Abstract: An extractor includes an external connection terminal, a common terminal, input-output terminals, a band elimination filter that is connected to the common terminal and the first input-output terminal input-output terminal and that uses a first frequency band as a stop band, a band pass filter connected to the common terminal and the second input-output terminal and that uses a second frequency band overlapped with at least a portion of the first frequency band as a pass band, and an inductor connected on a path connecting the common terminal to the external connection terminal. The band elimination filter includes series arm resonators located on a series arm connecting the common terminal to the input-output terminal and an inductor that is located on the series arm between the series arm resonator and the first input-output terminal. The inductor is inductively coupled to the inductor.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a grant for a communication with the base station. The UE may determine whether the communication is associated with a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)-based transmission mode or a HARQ-less transmission mode. The UE may communicate with the base station based at least in part on the grant and the determination of whether the communication is associated with the HARQ-based transmission mode or the HARQ-less transmission mode. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: To configure uplink sounding transmissions by mobile terminals in a wireless communication network, sets of configuration parameters for uplink sounding signal transmissions are determined for a given mobile terminal. Each of the sets of configuration parameters comprising frequency-domain and/or time-domain parameters. The sets of configuration parameters are transmitted to the mobile terminal, thereby enabling the mobile terminal to generate different sounding signals used by the wireless communication network to estimate different properties associated with at least one of uplink signals and uplink channels.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide for the pairing of an inter-band carrier with a time division duplex (TDD) carrier. If the paired band is a frequency division duplex (FDD) band, then base stations and mobile devices may transmit and receive additional thin control channels on FDD carriers to enable full duplex operations. If the paired band is a TDD band, then a conjugate or inverse carrier may be used such that full duplex, or a close approximation thereto, is achieved. With the introduction of a paired channel and fast control channels, rapid uplink/downlink switching may be achieved for TDD carriers efficiently and effectively. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: A method and system for dynamically reconfiguring an air interface that defines a continuum of frames each divided into a sequence of transmission time intervals (TTIs). The air interface is initially configured according to a first radio access technology (RAT). The base station then detects that at least a threshold extent of wireless client devices (WCDs) served by the base station on the air interface support operation according to a second RAT. And in response, the base station reconfigures the air interface so that certain TTIs per frame instead operate on a second RAT, with the remaining TTIs per frame still operating on the first RAT. The base station then serves WCDs that support the second RAT in the TTIs now configured according to the second RAT, while continuing to serve other WCDs according to the first RAT in the remaining TTIs configured according to the first RAT.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a communication device in a wireless communication network. The method includes communicating utilising data signaling based on a code block size and/or code block length, the code block size and/or code block length being based on at least a first indication associated to a received control information message. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive a timing advance (TA) command indicating partial TA compensation, start a TA timer for partial TA compensation for full duplex based at least in part on receiving the TA command, and perform a synchronization procedure based at least in part on expiration of the TA timer for partial TA compensation for full duplex. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a user equipment (UE) may determine to change a first slot format used when operating in a half-duplex mode based on a traffic pattern or a channel quality, or both, and may transmit a request to change the slot format to a base station. The request may include information relating to a slot format based on the traffic pattern or the channel quality, or both, such as an explicit indication of a slot format or a request for a different resource distribution between uplink symbols, downlink symbols, or flexible symbols, or any combination thereof. The base station may receive the request to change the slot format and may transmit an indication of a second slot format to the UE based on the request. The base station and the UE may communicate using the second slot format.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system, such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The disclosure is to transmit or receive data and control information in a wireless communication system. A method for operating a terminal includes receiving indication on limited-buffer rate-matching (LBRM) from a base station, acquiring at least one parameter required in order to perform the LBRM, determining a limited range of parity bits for the LBRM based on the at least one parameter, and transmitting or receiving data based on the limited range.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may determine, for full-duplex mode communication on a first link and a second link, a timing adjustment to at least one of a first timing or a second timing, wherein the timing adjustment is to cause a delay between clutter reflection from a first signal and an occurrence of a second signal to occur during a cyclic prefix of the second signal; cause the timing adjustment to be applied to the at least one of the first timing or the second timing; and communicate in the full-duplex mode with a first node and a second node in accordance with the timing adjustment, wherein communicating includes transmitting the first signal to the first node and receiving the second signal from the second node. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Harmonic suppression in bulk acoustic wave duplexer. In some embodiments, a filter circuit can include an input node and an output node, and a first assembly having one or more bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonators implemented electrically between the input node and the output node, and configured to filter a signal. The filter circuit can further include a second assembly having one or more surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonators implemented electrically relative to the first assembly, and configured to suppress one or more harmonics resulting from the filtering of the signal by the first assembly.

Abstract: A multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) transceiver comprises a plurality of RF chains, a plurality of antennas, a plurality of switching components, and control circuitry operatively coupled to the plurality of switching components. In some examples, a total quantity of RF chains included in the plurality of RF chains is equal to a first value, and a total quantity of antennas included in the plurality of antennas is equal to a second value that is less than the first value.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for search space channel sensing in sidelink communication between one or more sensors/actuators (SAs) and programmable logic controller (PLC) in internet of things (IoT) applications. Particularly, the techniques described herein configure a search space (e.g., subset of all available sub-channels/resources) for transmission and reception of sidelink packets (e.g., physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) and physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH)) between the PLC from the one or more SAs. Thus, in some instances, the UE may perform congestion control metrics for a one or more search spaces in which the UE may transmit sidelink communications. The congestion control metrics that may be limited to the search space may preserve UE resources that would otherwise need to be expended to perform channel sensing on an entire resource pool prior to initiating sidelink communication.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a technology for allocating a Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) in a wireless communication system. Embodiments of the present invention provides an apparatus and method for allocating CSI-RSs to resource areas, in which, under the condition of a subframe in which the CP is an extended CP, and the duplex scheme is TDD, if CSI-RSs for maximum 8 antenna ports are allocated, the CSI-RSs are allocated to the 8th and 9th symbols (symbol No. l=7 and 8), wherein each CSI-RS for every two antenna ports is allocated to the same RE while being discriminated from each other by an orthogonal code and neighbor CSI-RS allocated REs in the frequency axis are spaced by an interval of three REs.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a distributed antenna system comprises at least one master unit; at least one remote antenna unit coupled to the master unit and comprising a power amplifier to radiate a remote downlink radio frequency signal, the remote antenna unit further configured to receive a remote uplink radio frequency signal from at least one antenna, the remote downlink radio frequency signal comprises first and second downlink frequency bands and wherein the remote uplink radio frequency signal comprises first and second uplink frequency bands; a band suppression module comprising: a controller; an uplink band suppression element configured to apply an attenuation to suppress the first uplink frequency band in response to a signal from the controller; and a downlink band suppression element configured to apply an attenuation to suppress the first downlink frequency band in response to the signal from the band suppression controller.

Abstract: Examples relate to a digitally controlled oscillator circuit arrangement, a digitally controlled oscillation means, a method for a digitally controlled oscillator, a digital loop filter circuit arrangement, a digital loop filtering means, a method for a digital loop filter, a phase locked loop circuit arrangement and phase locked loop, a user device and a base station.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for providing measurement information are provided. The method for providing measurement information of a user equipment (UE) includes measuring an uplink duty cycle percentage within a measurement duration, wherein the measurement duration is one of a configuration duration form a network node, a default duration, and a pre-defined duration, and reporting a maximum uplink duty cycle percentage according to a measured uplink duty cycle percentage within the measurement duration.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for LTE operation in an unlicensed spectrum (LTE-U). A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may establish a connection with a first cell on a licensed frequency band. The WTRU may receive a first downlink transmission from a second cell operating on an unlicensed frequency band. The WTRU may determine that a synchronization signal transmission from a third cell operating on the unlicensed frequency band is transmitted using one or more resource elements. The WTRU may perform frequency and/or timing estimation based on the synchronization signal transmission. The WTRU may perform rate matching around the one or more resource elements that correspond to the synchronization signal transmission. The WTRU may perform rate matching around the one or more resource elements by de-mapping symbols of the downlink transmission.

Abstract: A terminal device, a base station device, a communication system, a measurement method, and an integrated circuit, which are capable of efficiently performing Sidelink Direct Discovery, are provided. In the terminal device, a reception unit is configured to receive an RRC connection reconfiguration message including a first configuration related to Sidelink Direct Discovery, and in a case where the first configuration includes frequency information, to attempt to acquire configuration information about monitoring of a Sidelink Direct Discovery announcement at a frequency indicated by the frequency information, using a timer configured to count a predetermined time and while the timer is counting, by acquiring system information to be broadcast at the frequency.

Abstract: Aspects of disclosure relate to a UE reporting to a gNB time delays and phases of pilot signals received via multiple transmission paths in order for the gNB to pre-equalize a future transmission to the UE. The UE determines a first time delay for receiving a first pilot signal from a gNB via a first path, determines a second time delay for receiving a second pilot signal from the gNB via a second path, and generates a report based on the first time delay and the second time delay. The UE then sends the report to the gNB and receives a multi-TRP signal from the gNB via the first path and the second path, wherein the multi-TRP signal is pre-equalized for transmission based on the report to at least have a same time delay as a shorter one of the first time delay or the second time delay.

Abstract: A base station communicating data to/from plural mobile terminals over plural OFDM sub-carriers within a coverage area. The base station allocates transmission resources provided by a first group of the plural OFDM sub-carriers within a first frequency band to mobile terminals of a first type and allocates transmission resources provided by a second group of the plural OFDM sub-carriers within a second frequency band to terminals of a second type, the second group being smaller than the first group and the second frequency band selected from within the first frequency band. The base station transmits control information including resource allocation information for terminals of the first type over a first bandwidth corresponding to the combined first and second groups of OFDM sub-carriers and transmits control information including resource allocation information for terminals of the second type over a second bandwidth corresponding to the second group of OFDM sub-carriers.

Abstract: Some of the present implementations provide a method for a first user equipment (UE) to exchange sidelink packets with at least a second UE. The method receives, through a first interface and via a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, a sidelink configuration from a first base station during a handover procedure of the first UE to a second base station. The method then exchanges, through a second interface, one or more sidelink packets with the second UE based on the sidelink configuration received from the first base station and previously stored sidelink configuration at the first UE. The first interface is configurable to be one of a long term evolution (LTE) Uu interface and a new radio (NR) Uu interface, and the second interface is configurable to be one of an LTE proximity service (ProSe) sidelink PC5 interface and an NR ProSe sidelink PC5 interface.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method (200) in an access device for transmitting scheduling commands. The method (200) includes: transmitting (210) a scheduling command for scheduling a downlink data transmission in a first subframe where the downlink data transmission occurs; and transmitting (220) a replica of the scheduling command in each of one or more further subframes different from the first subframe.

Abstract: This application discloses a resource configuration method and an apparatus. The method includes: obtaining, by a terminal device, configuration information, where the configuration information includes at least one piece of the following information: random access resource configuration information and downlink signal parameter information; and accessing, by the terminal device, a network device based on the configuration information. A corresponding apparatus is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present specification provides a method for handling a collision between a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) and a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method performed by a terminal comprises the steps of: receiving a DMRS from a base station; receiving a CSI-RS from the base station; and when a collision between the DMRS and the CSI-RS occurs on at least one resource element (RE), puncturing a resource associated with the DMRS, or a resource associated with the CSI-RS on the basis of time domain behavior of the CSI-RS.

Abstract: A duplexer included in a radio frequency module is used in a communication band in which the transmit band in a single communication band includes a first transmit band and a second transmit band overlapping each other and in which the receive band in the single communication band includes a first receive band and a second receive band overlapping each other. A transmit filter unit in the duplexer uses, as a pass band, a fixed frequency band including the first transmit band and the second transmit band. A receive filter unit of the duplexer uses, as a pass band, a fixed frequency band including the first receive band and the second receive band.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a method comprises detecting a need to change a duplex mode in a first network node from half duplex to full duplex, determining relevant neighboring network nodes of the first network node, determining duplex pairing information of the first network node, wherein the duplex pairing information of the first network node comprises duplex information of the relevant neighboring network nodes, the duplex information comprising at least information on a current duplex mode of a corresponding neighboring network node, using the duplex pairing information to determine duplex modes of the relevant neighboring network nodes, if all the relevant neighboring network nodes operate in half duplex mode, causing changing the duplex mode of the first net-work node to full duplex; and in response to the causing changing the duplex mode, causing updating information on a current duplex mode of the first net-work node.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit a signal to a base station indicating a UE capability configuration. The UE may receive, over an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, a wakeup signal during a monitoring period, the wakeup signal indicating that wireless communications are to be performed between the UE and the base station during an active time period. The UE may identify a guard time period upon receiving the wakeup signal, wherein the guard time period is based at least in part on the UE capability configuration. The UE may perform, after an expiration of the guard time period, the wireless communications with the base station during the active time period.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide for the pairing of an inter-band carrier with a time division duplex (TDD) carrier. If the paired band is a frequency division duplex (FDD) band, then base stations and mobile devices may transmit and receive additional thin control channels on FDD carriers to enable full duplex operations. If the paired band is a TDD band, then a conjugate or inverse carrier may be used such that full duplex, or a close approximation thereto, is achieved. With the introduction of a paired channel and fast control channels, rapid uplink/downlink switching may be achieved for TDD carriers efficiently and effectively. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: A user equipment (110), UE, receives (410), on a frequency carrier (200), a plurality of beams (130a, 130b). Each beam (130a, 130b) comprises a corresponding reference signal (210a, 210b). The UE (110) identifies (420) resources of the frequency carrier (200) carrying the corresponding reference signals (210a, 210b) and transmits (430) a report (310) comprising an indication of the resources on which the corresponding reference signals (210a, 210b) were carried. The access node (120a) receives (510) the report (310) from the UE (110) and identifies (520) a given access node (120a, 120b) based on the indication of the resources on which the corresponding reference signals (210a, 210b) were carried.

Abstract: A method for a communication apparatus selectively operating a duplex mode in a wireless communication system may comprise the steps of: operating in a half-duplex radio (HDR) mode in a resource including a physical channel or a signal used for initial access prior to radio resource control (RRC) connection; and operating in a full duplex radio (FDR) mode after the initial access.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the disclosure relate to techniques and apparatus for improving random access for SRS switching in a wireless network. Prior to transmitting a SRS, a UE may interrupt communication on a first carrier to switch from the first carrier to a second carrier to transmit a PRACH. To reduce interruption to the first carrier, the UE may use the beginning symbol(s) of a UpPTS on the second carrier to transmit the PRACH. In addition, to reduce interruption to the first carrier, the UE may monitor for another PDCCH order before transmitting another PRACH. Further, aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for jointly triggering SRS transmissions and performing power control for SRS transmissions. A BS may trigger SRS transmissions from multiple UEs, trigger SRS transmissions from multiple carriers from the same UE at the same time and/or perform power control separately for each carrier.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and a device for dynamic scheduling in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station. The UE detects a first signaling. The first signaling is a physical layer signaling. The first signaling includes a first bit block, and a number of bits in the first bit block is related to a transmission mode of the first signaling. The transmission mode of the first signaling is one of multiple candidate modes. For the first candidate mode, the first bit block is transmitted multiple times; and for the second candidate mode, the first bit block is transmitted once. The disclosure establishes a relationship between a payload size of the first signaling and a transmission mode of the first signaling, thus reducing the payload size of the first signaling, simplifying the complexity of blind decoding of control signalings, and improving transmission efficiency and spectrum efficiency of the system.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided that enable an OFDM transmitter to be used for transmitting conventional OFDM or a form of transformed OFDM. A technique is provided for transforming a coded and modulated sequence of samples prior to an IFFT that enables the transformed sequence of samples to be transmitted using conventional OFDM or transformed OFDM. The selection of a transform function for transforming the coded and modulated sequence of samples may be based on optimizing the transform function for particular operating conditions between the transmitter and receiver. In some embodiments of the invention OFDM and time transformed OFDM are multiplexed in time and/or frequency in a transmission frame. In some embodiments of the invention a pilot pattern is provided in which the pilot are sent using OFDM and data is sent using OFDM and/or transformed OFDM.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide for the pairing of an inter-band carrier with a time division duplex (TDD) carrier. If the paired band is a frequency division duplex (FDD) band, then base stations and mobile devices may transmit and receive additional thin control channels on FDD carriers to enable full duplex operations. If the paired band is a TDD band, then a conjugate or inverse carrier may be used such that full duplex, or a close approximation thereto, is achieved. With the introduction of a paired channel and fast control channels, rapid uplink/downlink switching may be achieved for TDD carriers efficiently and effectively. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide for the pairing of an inter-band carrier with a time division duplex (TDD) carrier. If the paired band is a frequency division duplex (FDD) band, then base stations and mobile devices may transmit and receive additional thin control channels on FDD carriers to enable full duplex operations. If the paired band is a TDD band, then a conjugate or inverse carrier may be used such that full duplex, or a close approximation thereto, is achieved. With the introduction of a paired channel and fast control channels, rapid uplink/downlink switching may be achieved for TDD carriers efficiently and effectively. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for adaptively determining windowing functions and/or filtering functions in a system that uses multiple multicarrier modulation numerologies. According to one aspect, a method comprises determining (1610) first and second quantities of frequency resources needed for first and second multicarrier modulation schemes, respectively, the first and second multicarrier modulation schemes having first and second subcarrier spacings, respectively, the first subcarrier spacing differing from the second subcarrier spacing; determining (1620) a first windowing function and/or first filtering function, for use with the first multicarrier modulation scheme, based on at least one of the first and second quantities of frequency resources; and transmitting (1630) a multi-mode multi-carrier modulation signal in a frequency band, during the first interval, using the first and second multicarrier modulation schemes and the first and second quantities of frequency resources.

Abstract: A method for obtaining a quantity of resource elements in a communication process, comprising: determines a downlink control information format of downlink control information, obtains, based on the downlink control information format, a quantity of resource elements occupied by a demodulation reference signal (DMRS); and determines a size of transport block (TBS) based on the quantity of resource elements occupied by the DMRS.

Abstract: A device may receive a signal from a wireless station; and determine a network-permitted Time Division Duplex (TDD) uplink duty cycle based on the signal. If the determined network-permitted TDD uplink duty cycle is greater than a maximum allowable TDD uplink duty cycle for the device, when the device performs TDD uplink transmission after receiving a scheduling grant from the wireless station, the device may decrease the TDD uplink duty cycle of the device or may decrease a time-average transmission power of the device.

Abstract: Network devices and systems in 5G advance long term evolution (LTE) and new radio (NR) infrastructures utilize beam management operations to ensure communications for channel state information (CSI) reporting by a user equipment (UE). CSI report configuration reporting settings are processed based on a codebook subset restriction to indicate pre-coding matrix indicators (PMIs) that are restricted and non-restricted for PMI reporting associated with a rank indicator (RI). Based on the codebook subset restriction, an advanced CSI codebook or a new radio (NR) codebook is generated to be transmitted on non-restricted beams of the codebook subset restriction.

Abstract: At least one condition associated with radio communication of a radio device (10-A, 10-B-, 10-C, 100) with a further radio device (10-A, 10-B-, 10-C, 100) is monitored. In response to the at least one condition being met, full-duplex operation is activated for the radio communication of the radio device (10-A, 10-B-, 10-C, 100) with the further radio device (10-A, 10-B-, 10-C, 100). The full-duplex operation comprises transmission of a first signal on a carrier frequency from the radio device (10-A, 10-B-, 10-C, 100) to the further radio device (10-A, 10-B-, 10-C, 100) and simultaneous transmission of a second signal on the same carrier frequency from the further radio device (10-A, 10-B-, 10-C, 100) to the radio device (10-A, 10-B-, 10-C, 100).

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed that includes a processor configured to acquire subarray information indicating a plurality of subarrays usable for multilayer Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO), notify a terminal apparatus of information related to the subarray, wherein the terminal apparatus is a terminal apparatus that performs a report related to a combination of two or more subarrays included in the plurality of subarrays, and wherein the plurality of subarrays includes two or more subarrays that share one or more antenna ports.

Abstract: A method by which a terminal transmits a random access channel (RACH) signal in a wireless communication system comprises the step of transmitting the RACH signal to a base station according to an RACH format corresponding to a specific RACH subframe among previously defined RACH formats, wherein the method is configured such that a start point or an end point of the RACH signal in a time domain is differentiated according to whether a downlink control zone and an uplink control zone within the RACH subframe are punctured in a specific frequency band between the previously defined RACH formats.

Abstract: A terminal device, a base station device, a communication system, a measurement method, and an integrated circuit, which are capable of efficiently performing Sidelink Direct Discovery, are provided. In the terminal device, a reception unit is configured to receive an RRC connection reconfiguration message including a first configuration related to Sidelink Direct Discovery, and in a case where the first configuration includes frequency information, to attempt to acquire configuration information about monitoring of a Sidelink Direct Discovery announcement at a frequency indicated by the frequency information, using a timer configured to count a predetermined time and while the timer is counting, by acquiring system information to be broadcast at the frequency.

Abstract: A guard period for switching between uplink and downlink subframes is created by shortening an uplink subframe, i.e., by not transmitting during one or more symbol intervals at the beginning of the subframe interval. A grant message includes signaling indicating when a shortened subframe should be transmitted. An example method is implemented in a first wireless node configured to transmit data in transmit subframes occurring at defined subframe intervals and having a predetermined number of symbol intervals. This example method includes determining (1620) that a transmit subframe is to be shortened, relative to the predetermined number of symbol intervals and, in response to this determination, shortening (1630) transmission of the transmit subframe by not transmitting during a beginning portion of the subframe interval for the transmit subframe and transmitting during the remainder of the subframe interval.

Abstract: There is provided network units operating based on different radio access technologies and one or more associated wireless communication devices. In downlink, DL, a network unit of the first RAT is configured to transmit a DL carrier in a frequency channel of the first RAT that is higher than the frequency channel of the second RAT. Correspondingly, a wireless communication device is configured to receive and demodulate and/or decode the DL carrier of the first RAT. In the uplink, UL, the wireless communication device is configured to transmit an UL carrier of the first RAT in an UL frequency channel overlapping with the UL frequency channel of the second RAT. Correspondingly, the network unit is configured to receive and demodulate and/or decode the UL carrier of the first RAT.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a transmission processing method and device. The transmission processing method includes: performing uplink scheduling for a User Equipment (UE) in accordance with an uplink scheduling criterion, and determining whether to apply puncturing in accordance with an uplink scheduling result and/or determining whether to instruct the UE to apply the puncturing via signaling in accordance with the uplink scheduling performed for the UE. The uplink scheduling criterion is preset and is for limiting the uplink scheduled UE to reduce a number of puncturing operations. In the prior art, an uplink scheduled UE that is transmitting data needs to be instructed to apply puncturing in a fixed position of a subframe whenever a new uplink scheduled UE appears in a wireless communication system, resulting in a technical problem of a low transmission rate, which is solved in the present disclosure.

Abstract: The present invention realizes a thin dual-polarized leaky-wave antenna which uses a CRLH (Composite Right/Left Handed) transmission line and capable of obtaining a high tilt angle in a directivity in the vertical plane while suppressing cross polarization and side lobe at a target operation frequency. Specifically, the present invention provides a leaky-wave antenna including a dielectric substrate, a ground surface formed on a bottom surface of the dielectric substrate, a ground unit formed on a top surface of the dielectric substrate, and a CRLH (Composite Right/Left Handed) transmission line which is arranged adjacent to the ground unit and formed on a top surface of the dielectric substrate and uses a coplanar transmission line with a ground, in which a series capacitor (CL) and a parallel inductor (LL) constituting the CRLH transmission line are formed on a top surface of the dielectric substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present application are a data transmission method and a communication device. The method comprises: determining transmission parameters for transmitting the target transport block, the transmission parameters comprising a target modulation and coding scheme (MCS), the number of target physical resource blocks (PRBs), and information about PRB resource overhead; determining, according to the transmission parameters, the target transport block size (TBS) of the target transport block; and sending or receiving, according to the target TBS, the target transport block. Said method is able to determine, on the basis of different resource overhead, TBS information used for data transmission.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for determining a location of a user equipment (UE) communicating over a shared communication medium in unlicensed spectrum. In an aspect, the UE receives a unique or distinct positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration for each of a plurality of secondary cells, where each PRS configuration includes a common set of positioning occasions and where the plurality of secondary cells are in contention for the common set of positioning occasions. The UE attempts to measure a PRS for each of the PRS configurations in each positioning occasion and typically measures a PRS for just one PRS configuration in each positioning occasion due to the contention for positioning occasions. The UE reports the PRS measurements and the identities of the measured PRS configurations to a location server which uses the reported data to determine a location for the UE.