Abstract: Described is an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE). The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry, a second circuitry, and a third circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to process one or more configuration transmissions from the gNB carrying a rule for Uplink (UL) collisions and process a first Downlink (DL) transmission and a second DL transmission. The second circuitry may be operable to identify a first UL transmission for the first DL transmission and a second UL transmission for the second DL transmission, the first UL transmission overlapping with the second UL transmission in at least one Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol. The third circuitry may be operable to generate at least one of the first UL transmission and the second UL transmission in accordance with the rule for UL collisions.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for private communications networks. In various embodiments, a communication system in accordance with the disclosed technology includes a private communications network that has earth stations configured to communicate with a multi-spot beam satellite. The earth stations are communicatively unreachable by communication sources that are remote from the earth stations and that are outside the private communications network, and the earth stations are distributed across geographies covered by different spot beams of the multi-spot beam satellite.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a control message indicating a resource configuration for uplink and downlink transmissions. The UE may determine an uplink buffer threshold for a modem buffer of the UE based on the resource configuration. The UE may transmit, to the base station, a feedback request message requesting that the base station provide feedback for at least one previously transmitted uplink packet based on a comparison of an amount of previously transmitted uplink data and scheduled uplink data stored in the modem buffer relative to the uplink buffer threshold. The UE may receive, based on transmitting the feedback request message, a feedback response message corresponding to a first previously transmitted uplink packet of the at least one previously transmitted uplink packet.

Abstract: A method of detecting nearby monitoring devices by a monitoring device, including using an internal real-time clock to keep track of periodic preselected times for the monitoring devices to communicate with each other; upon approaching the preselected times, using a processor and short range transceiver to perform a three stage process that enables nearby monitoring devices to take turns communicating their identity to each other.

Abstract: A processor-implemented communication method includes: sequentially transmitting scan packets comprising information of current transmission frequencies to a target device while changing a transmission frequency of a control device within a scan frequency range; and receiving, from the target device, a return packet comprising information of a reception frequency of the target device corresponding to any one of the current transmission frequencies included in the scan packets.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus communicably connected with an intermediary device capable of communicating with at least one device, the information processing apparatus including: circuitry configured to receive, from a terminal operated by a user, identification information that the terminal has acquired from the extraneous source; and transmit a request for execution of a process associated with the acquired identification information to the intermediary device, the request for execution causing the intermediary device to execute the process according to the request for execution to control the device.

Abstract: Method and device for notifying reference signal configuration information are disclosed. Channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) configuration information is coded to obtain one or more CSI-RS configuration codes. The CSI-RS configuration codes are sent to a terminal device. The terminal device determines, based on CSI-RS configuration codes, CSI-RS configuration information such as a quantity of antenna ports for transmitting a CSI-RS, a CSI-RS pattern, a CSI-RS period and an offset corresponding to the CSI-RS period.

Abstract: A request from a client device is received at a first one of a plurality of compute nodes at a first one of a plurality of data centers of a distributed cloud computing network. A destination of the request is determined. An optimized route for transmitting the request toward an origin server that corresponds with the destination of the request is determined, where the optimized route is based on at least in part on probe data between data centers of the distributed cloud computing network for a plurality of transit connections, and where the optimized route has an IP address that encodes an identification of which of the plurality of transit connections is to be used to deliver the request. The request is transmitted to a next hop as defined by the optimized route over the identified one of the plurality of transit connections.

Abstract: An information transmission method, a base station, and a terminal are provided. The method includes: acquiring a quantity of times of repeated transmissions of a terminal in a target configuration period; sending, to the terminal, Physical Downlink Control Channels for supplementary transmissions, if the quantity of times of repeated transmissions is less than a preset quantity of repeated-transmission times.

Abstract: A mixed Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network includes both extension header capable (EH capable) nodes and EH non-capable nodes. A first EH capable node receives advertised capabilities of a downstream node. These advertised capabilities indicate whether the downstream node is EH capable. The first EH capable node receives a packet to be transmitted to the downstream node via the MPLS network, and determines whether the packet includes an extension header (EH). The node inserts an EH label into an MPLS label stack of the packet after determining the advertised capabilities of the downstream node indicate that the downstream node is EH capable, and after determining the packet does not include the EH.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for flow control. The method which may be performed by a first radio device comprises generating a first flow control message based at least in part on flow control information per flow control group. The method further comprises transmitting the first flow control message to a second radio device.

Abstract: A method of buffering application data operable at a delivery control server is provided. Related systems and computer program products are also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems to facilitate management of carriers to help ensure QoS for single-carrier UEs. In particular, a base station may serve one or more first user equipment devices (UEs) on just a first carrier. While doing so, the base station may determine that each of the one or more first UEs being served on just the first carrier is receiving threshold low quality of service from the base station on the first carrier. Responsive to this determining, the base station may (i) select one or more second UEs based on the one or more second UEs being served by the base station on both the first carrier and one or more other carriers and (ii) discontinue serving each selected second UE on the first carrier while continuing to serve each selected second UE on one or more other carriers.

Abstract: Discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for zero trust endpoint network security. A method can include providing, by a ZTENS device, first data indicating the ZTENS device is communicatively coupled to a compute device, providing, by the ZTENS device and over a first communication channel through a web application of the compute device, one or more URLs, receiving, by the ZTENS device and over the first communication channel, data indicating a URL of the one or more URLs selected by a user of the compute device through the web application, communicating, by the ZTENS device a request for website data of a website associated with the selected URL, and receiving, by the ZTENS device, the website data and providing the website data to the compute device.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) with a transmission/reception unit is provided. The UE comprises: when a timer for a Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI) and a Data Network Name (DNN) is operating, the transmission/reception unit initiates an Evolved Packet System (EPS) Session Management (ESM) procedure in the EPS by using a Access Point Name (APN); the APN is same as the DNN; and the transmission/reception unit receives a value of the timer in a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session establishment reject message.

Abstract: Methods and systems for partial retransmission are provided. According to one aspect, a method for receiving, at a receiver, a partial retransmission from a sender, comprises: receiving a control information message indicating a second transmission to be received, the second transmission comprising retransmitted data, the retransmitted data comprising a retransmission of a portion of a first transmission; receiving the second transmission; determining, based on a mapping indicator, a location of the retransmitted data within the second transmission; and decoding the retransmitted data at the determined location within the second transmission. The mapping indicator may be received as part of the control information message or may be received separately from the control information message. In one embodiment, the combination of the control information and the mapping indicator indicates what portions of the first transmission are being retransmitted and where they are located within the second transmission.

Abstract: A control signal used for selecting a parent node in a tree route is transmitted from a first wireless node among a plurality of wireless nodes which constitute a backhaul network. Second wireless nodes each select, as a parent node, one of transmission source nodes of a plurality of control signals on the basis of an index indicating the radio wave propagation quality of a route through which each of the control signals received from different route has been propagated. Fixed wireless nodes among the second wireless nodes each transmit the received control signal to the other second wireless nodes, and a movable wireless node among the second wireless nodes terminates the received control signal.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a non-transitory computer readable medium for receiving data and one or more redundant equivalent versions of the data from a remote user equipment (UE), buffering the data and the one or more redundant equivalent versions of the data, transmitting the data to a base station, receiving at least one negative acknowledgement, relating to the data, from the base station indicating an unsuccessful reception of the data; and transmitting, in response to receiving the at least one negative acknowledgement, at least one of the one or more redundant equivalent versions of the data to the base station.

Abstract: This application provides a network quality monitoring method and apparatus. A network quality monitoring apparatus obtains network running data, where the network running data includes dynamic data corresponding to a plurality of sampling periods and static data that are of an AP; determines one channel efficiency value of the AP based on each of a plurality of groups of dynamic data of the AP, so as to obtain a plurality of channel efficiency values of the AP; determines a channel efficiency baseline of the AP based on the static data of the AP; and determines, based on the plurality of channel efficiency values of the AP and the channel efficiency baseline of the AP, network quality of a wireless local area network in which the AP is located.

Abstract: A user equipment implements a method of processing indication messages, such as SCRI (signalling connection release indication) messages. The user equipment (UE) maintains a count of how many indication messages with a cause set have been sent by the UE while in at least one radio resource control (RRC) state. Various conditions are provided for resetting the count. These include receiving packet switched (PS) data by the UE and transmitting packet switched (PS) data.

Abstract: A digital communication method, comprising: providing a digital packet radio transceiver which communicates through an antenna array, defining a directional pattern with distinct spatial communication channels using a plurality of frequency channels; detecting channel conditions based on a feedback protocol between the digital packet radio transceiver and a remote digital packet radio system, selectively controlling the digital packet transceiver to transmit information responsive to the channel conditions; detecting another digital packet radio transceiver concurrently using the same frequency channels, and selectively controlling an interference with the other digital packet radio transceiver in dependence on information from the other digital packet radio transceiver, by one of deferring to transmissions by the other digital packet radio transceiver, and competing with transmissions by the other digital packet radio transceiver.

Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes a network device to determine a cause of packets being dropped within a network. An example method includes generating, by a traffic monitor operating on a network device, an exception packet that includes a unique exception code that identifies a cause for a component in the network device to discard a transit packet, and a nexthop index identifying a forwarding path being taken by the transit packet experiencing the exception. The method also includes forwarding the exception packet to a collector to be processed.

Abstract: Enabling Ethernet Header Compression (EHC) for use with data sent within a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) control plane of a wireless communication network. In one aspect, a wireless communication device sends a signal to a wireless communication network indicating the device supports EHC for data transfer over a control plane. The device obtains a response from the wireless communication network indicating the wireless communication network supports EHC for data transfer over the control plane. The device then sends an Ethernet packet compressed using EHC to the wireless communication network over the control plane. The wireless communication device may be configured to send a request to the wireless communication network to use EHC before sending the Ethernet packet compressed using EHC. The device then sends the compressed Ethernet packet only if the request is granted. In another aspects, complementary EHC features are provided within a network component of the wireless communication network.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify radio access technology (RAT) state information associated with the UE, the RAT state information including an indication of whether the UE is operating in a steady state or is operating in a transition state. The UE may adapt a codec rate associated with an application of the UE based at least in part on whether the UE is operating in the steady state or is operating in the transition state. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein are directed to creating a cognitive heterogeneous ad hoc mesh network via generation and utilization of a participant table. Participant object transmit notification signals to inform other participants objects in line-of-sight of their position and movement. Mobile participants that receive these notification signals update a local version of the participant table. If the receiving mobile participant is responsible for forwarding participant table updates to the sending mobile participant, then the receiving mobile participant includes the received notification signal with the transmission of its next notification signal to propagate the participant table update to a stationary participant. The stationary participant can then transmit participant table updates to other mobile participants. If a stationary participant is not accessible or not functioning, the participants continue to propagate participant table changes when a responsible forwarding participant changes.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to an XR messaging system that can conduct a message thread between multiple users, where individual messages can be designated for delivery to particular artificial reality locations or devices. When sending a message, a user can choose to send the message to a particular destination associated with one or more other users on the message thread. When such a destination selection is made, the message can be formatted for viewing at the selected destination by applying a template, to the message, selected based on the template being configured for the types of data defined in the message and for the type of the destination.

Abstract: Methods, servers, and computer programs for processing multiple data records in response to a database request with search indications are provided. The server retrieves multiple data records with parameter values in the fields which correspond to the search indications indicated by the database request, determines weight values for at least two of the fields based on the corresponding parameter values of the at least two fields, calculates an aggregated score for at least a number of the retrieved data records based on the determined weight values, and returns at least a subset of the retrieved data records to the client based on the calculated aggregated scores.

Abstract: A wireless communication device for a transmission end of a wireless communication system is provided. The wireless communication device includes a wireless analog transmission unit, for transmitting a data packet on a data transmission channel; and a packet generating unit, for generating the data packet and at least one protection packet; wherein before transmitting the data packet on the data transmission channel, the wireless communication device transmits the at least one protection packet on at least one adjacent channel of the data transmission channel to indicate to at least one user of the at least one adjacent channel to stop using the at least one adjacent channel before transmission of the data packet is completed, and at least one frequency band of the at least one adjacent channel overlaps a frequency band of the data transmission channel.

Abstract: A cross-layer security scheme can be used for a Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) antenna-based large-scale multihop mobile ad hoc network (MANET) with a set of frequency-nonselective, slow/Rayleigh fading, and uncoded channels along with interference combining both physical, link, and higher layer encryption techniques for the payload in addition to signaling. Furthermore, MIMO-aware cross-layer secure MANET physical and key-based logical hierarchical routing proving scalability can be used. Security can be provided in Multi-Hop MIMO MANETs in Physical, medium access control (MAC), and internet protocol (IP) Routing layer. The MIMO-aware MANET IP Routing can include two kinds of routing: Physical Routing such as secure ad-hoc on-demand distance vector (SAODV) in the access MANET and Secure Key-based distributed hash table (DHT) “logical” routing in the backbone MANET. Both security and performance metrics can be employed to improve (e.g., optimize) both network secrecy and throughput/bandwidth capacity.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a communication method, a terminal device, and a network device. Referring to the method, blind detection of a terminal device can be performed in different scheduling periods based on a maximum number of blind detection in a preset time period, thereby helping to reduce energy consumption that is caused to a terminal device by blind detection, and reduce blind detection complexity.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a data transmission method, which meets a requirement for an Ethernet network with diversified rate levels. The method includes: grouping media access control (MAC) layer data into a plurality of MAC layer data groups; allocating, according to a bandwidth required by a target MAC layer data group and a reference bandwidth of a logical channel, at least one target logical channel to the target MAC layer data group; encoding the target MAC layer data group to generate target physical layer data, where the target logical channel corresponds to the target MAC layer data group and the target physical layer data; and sending the target physical layer data and first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate a relationship between the target physical layer data and the target logical channel.

Abstract: A communication system (50) according to the present invention includes a first communication device (10) that functions as a main device, and a second communication device (20) that functions as a backup device for the first communication device (10). A second functional unit of the second communication device (20) transmits a response request to a first functional unit of the first communication device (10), and transmits a transfer-destination switching request to the first communication device (10) if a response to the response request has not been received from the first functional unit. If a first transfer unit receives the transfer-destination switching request from the second functional unit, the first transfer unit switches a transfer destination of packets that should be processed by the second functional unit from the first functional unit to the second functional unit.

Abstract: A system that incorporates aspects of the subject disclosure may perform operations including, for example, a method of identifying, by a system comprising a processor, network communication degradation in one or more layers of a multi-layered communication protocol above a physical layer, wherein the network communication degradation is associated with communications taking place through a network, in part over a radio frequency link, between a plurality of communication devices, obtaining, by the system, data from a layer below the one or more layers of the multi-layered communication protocol identified as having the network communication degradation, determining, by the system, one or more geographic regions of the network associated with the network communication degradation from the data, and mitigating, by the system, effects of the network communication degradation in the one or more geographic regions of the network. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A terminal device for use with a wireless telecommunications system, the terminal device comprising: a transmitter; a receiver configured to receive a measurement radio signal from each of one or more potential relay nodes of the wireless telecommunications system, each measurement radio signal being transmitted using the same predetermined radio frequency band and identifying the one of the potential relay nodes from which it is transmitted; and a controller configured: to measure a characteristic of each received measurement radio signal, and based on each received measurement radio signal and its measured characteristic, to determine a suitable one of the one or more potential relay nodes for acting as a relay node for relaying the further radio signal between the terminal device and the infrastructure equipment.

Abstract: A media system includes a computer network, a media device supporting a network-based media sharing protocol, a plurality of output devices located at a plurality of physical locations within a hospitality establishment, and a system controller. In response to a first event, the system controller assigns the media device to a particular guest device by reconfiguring one or more components of the computer network to enable the particular guest device to utilize the network-based media sharing protocol to share media over the computer network with the media device, and commands an output device located at a physical location associated with the particular guest device to play media corresponding to the media signal outputted by the media device on the output port. In response to a second event, the system controller un-assigns the media device from the particular guest device and commands the output device to stop playing the media.

Abstract: Systems and methods for mitigating an effect interference. The methods comprise: receiving, by a device, a signal comprising a plurality of signal components; determining whether each signal component has a sufficient reconstructability; reconstructing each said signal component that was determined to have sufficient reconstructability using the received signal or an at least partially clean signal with other signal component(s) removed from the received signal; and using the reconstructed signal components to generate a modified received comprising the received signal with the signal components removed therefrom that (i) are devoid of a signal of interest and (ii) have sufficient reconstructability.

Abstract: An example apparatus includes: a memory; instructions in the apparatus; and a Bluetooth controller to execute the instructions to: enable circuitry to receive a synchronized transmission; determine if a synchronized transmission is received during a first duration; increment the first duration to a second duration as a result of not receiving the synchronized transmission during the first duration; and determine a third duration based on a determined difference in time between enabling circuitry to receive a synchronized transmission and receiving the synchronized transmission.

Abstract: The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to quantum security enhancement for IPsec protocol. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a quantum resource manager (“Q-RM”) can find a recommended quantum routing path for routing data from a first data center to a second data center via a pair of entangled quantum particles. The Q-RM can instruct a first quantum node (“QN”) associated with the first data center and a second QN associated with the second data center to establish a quantum channel that facilitates the recommended quantum routing path. The Q-RM can prepare an IPsec encrypted tunnel to carry a qubit associated with the pair of entangled quantum particles from the first data center to the second data center. The Q-RM can find the recommended quantum routing path responsive to an issue detected with the IPsec encrypted tunnel previously established between the first data center and the second data center.

Abstract: During an RRC Connection setup or resume procedure, a user equipment may explicitly identify itself to the network using Msg3. Rather than using the spare bit or including additional bits in Msg3, one or more values of the LCID field of the MAC sub-header of the MAC PDU may be used to identify a reduced capability user equipment. The one or more LCID field values that can identify a reduced capability user equipment may also be configured to identify a common control channel service data unit size. A plurality of LCID field values may be defined to identify varies types of RedCap UEs.

Abstract: The WTRU may determine that one or more data units correspond to a flow of such data units. The WTRU may perform such determination as a function of one or more matching rule(s). Flow-based processing may be enabled in the layer 2/layer 1 chain by per-packet determination using one or more rules, for example by routing through the applicable processing functions and/or using the applicable configuration and/or mapping to the applicable uplink physical layer functions and/or resources. One or more functions such as scheduling request, buffer status reporting, HARQ processing, and/or radio link failure and recovery may be controlled based on the policy associated with the flow corresponding to the data being processed.

Abstract: A server, includes a virtual machine identifier assigning section to assign an identifier of a virtual machine operating on the server; and a network interface to transmit a packet including a Layer 2 header information which includes the identifier of the virtual machine and a first packet field for a VLAN-Tag, wherein the network, interface transmits the packet to a packet encapsulate section which encapsulates a second packet field including the Layer 2 header information with a virtual network identifier representing a virtual network to which the virtual machine belongs.

Abstract: A method may include bridging in, via a fabric, a multicast data packet from a source device to a first edge device of a plurality of edge devices and flooding the multicast data packet to the plurality of edge devices within a mutual subnetwork of the fabric. The method further includes bridging out the multicast data packet from a second edge device of the plurality of edge devices to a receiving device. The source device and the receiving device are located within the mutual subnetwork.

Abstract: A computing system may include client devices configured to request connections to virtual sessions using connection leases issued based upon published resource entitlements, and a computing device configured to store and update the published resource entitlements. The system may also include a virtual delivery appliance configured to provide the client devices with access to the virtual sessions based upon connection descriptor files. A connector appliance may be configured to receive connection requests from the client devices including the connection leases, request validation of the connection leases from the computing device, and resolve the connection leases to the virtual delivery appliance and return a session validation to the client devices responsive to validation of the connection leases.

Abstract: Method and device used for wireless communications, including receiving a second media access control packet data unit (MAC PDU) group, a MAC Header of any MAC PDU in the second MAC PDU group comprising information corresponding to a first portion of a first old identifier (ID); the second MAC PDU group comprising a first packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) PDU, and a header of the first PDCP PDU comprising a first key ID; the first key ID being used to identify a first key, and the first key being used to generate a key for a security algorithm applied to the first PDCP PDU; transmitting a first MAC PDU group comprising a second PDCP PDU, the second PDCP PDU comprising information corresponding to a first portion of the first PDCP PDU; by determining a first key ID and a second key ID, reliability is improved, and risks during communications are avoided.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, a multi-link device (MLD) operating in a first link and a second link may transmit information on data buffered in the MLD through a first station (STA) operating in an awake state. The information on the data buffered in the MLD may include a first information field related to the first STA and a second information field related to a second STA.

Abstract: An RRC connection resume method of a wireless communication system is provided. An RRC suspend message is received by a UE from a first base station. An RRC resume procedure is performed by the UE with a second base station in response to the RRC suspend message. An RRC resume response is received by the UE from the second base station.

Abstract: Broadcasts of a probe request are detected from a wireless station with the MAC address for an unauthorized access point in order to begin association between the wireless station and the unauthorized access point. Responsive to the probe request detection, a spoofed probe response is transmitted including a MAC address of the unauthorized access point to the station to appear as if sent by the unauthorized access point. The probe response includes a NAV element and the MAC address of the unauthorized access point, the NAV element set at a value high enough to prevent the station from transmitting to the unauthorized access point during a period.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus communicably connected with an intermediary device capable of communicating with at least one device, the information processing apparatus including: circuitry configured to receive, from a terminal operated by a user, identification information that the terminal has acquired from the extraneous source; and transmit a request for execution of a process associated with the acquired identification information to the intermediary device, the request for execution causing the intermediary device to execute the process according to the request for execution to control the device.

Abstract: In some implementations, a device may determine one or more parameters for filtering network traffic of a network that includes a plurality of virtual packet brokers provided for a plurality of cloud random access networks and a plurality of traffic aggregation points. The device may provide the one or more parameters to the plurality of virtual packet brokers, to cause the plurality of virtual packet brokers to filter the network traffic to obtain network visibility traffic. The device may receive, from one or more probes of a session aggregation point of the network, one or more metrics calculated based on the network visibility traffic by the plurality of virtual packet brokers. The device may determine one or more actions to be implemented based on the one or more metrics. The device may cause the one or more actions to be implemented in the network.

Abstract: Aspects described herein include a method for use with an access point (AP). The method comprises inspecting control frames received from a rogue AP, characterizing an intrusion by the rogue AP using one or more spatial reuse parameters included in the control frames, and selecting a defensive posture for the AP based on the characterization.