Abstract: There are provided mechanisms for generating a beam set. A method is performed by a radio transceiver device. The method comprises generating the beam set as combination of at least two beam pairs. Each beam pair is formed by two respective beams with orthogonal polarizations. The two beams have their pointing directions separated by a first angular separation delta1>0. Neighbouring beam pairs have their pointing directions separated by a second angular separation delta2>0. The first angular separation delta1 is a function of the second angular separation delta2.

Abstract: To provide a base station apparatus, a terminal apparatus, and a communication method capable of improving a frequency efficiency or throughput by suppressing an overhead associated with feedback from the terminal apparatus in a case that the base station apparatus acquires highly accurate CSI. A terminal apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a receiver configured to receive at least one NZP CSI-RS, and a transmitter configured to transmit a signal including at least one piece of CSI. The at least one piece of CSI includes at least an RI and a PMI, the receiver acquires a first value for configuring the number of vectors indicated by the PMI, and in a case that a value of the RI exceeds a prescribed value, the number of vectors is configured by a second value being a value equal to or less than the first value.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for receiving a user message in a communication network are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a method includes receiving data samples in an uplink transmission from user equipment, performing preamble detection on the data samples, generating a trigger signal that indicates when a preamble is detected, and decoding a user message in response to the trigger signal, wherein the user message follows the detected preamble.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing beam failure recovery in a wireless communication system are disclosed. A method for performing beam failure recovery by a user equipment according to embodiment of the present disclosure may include transmitting, to a base station, capability information including a maximum number of BFD-RSs per a BFD-RS set supported by the UE and receiving, from the base station, configuration information including information related to at least one BFD-RS set, and each of the at least one BFD-RS set may include the maximum number of BFD-RSs or less.

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a Long Training Field (LTF) signal used in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system. The LTF signal may be generated by a transmitting station (STA) and received by a receiving STA. The LTF signal may be included in a physical protocol data unit (PPDU), and the PPDU may be transmitted an 80 MHz band. The LTF sequence may include at least two parts, i.e., a first LTF sequence and a second LTF sequence.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a first antenna and a second antenna which are disposed near at least one edge of the housing inside the housing and a first distance away from each other, wherein the first antenna and second antenna are positioned different distances away from an edge vertical to the one edge, a communication circuit operatively connected to the first antenna and second antenna, at least one sensor, a processor, and a memory.

Abstract: The present invention relates to precoding and feedback channel information in wireless communication system. A method includes receiving a first Precoding Matrix Index (PMI) and a second PMI from a terminal; mapping one or two codewords into layers; precoding symbols mapped into the layers using a first precoding matrix derived from the first PMI and a second precoding matrix derived from the second PMI; and transmitting the precoded symbols to the terminal, wherein the reception of the first PMI is less frequent than the reception of the second PMI.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a beam configuration method and apparatus. The method includes: determining base station scheduling information rank, and determining a direction of arrival power spectrum; determining peak information based on the direction of arrival power spectrum; determining, based on the peak information, beam directions that meet power conditions; selecting, based on a preset filtering condition, at least one candidate beam direction from the beam directions that meet the power conditions; and determining a target beam direction of a terminal from the at least one candidate beam direction based on the base station scheduling information rank, a value of a channel quality indicator CQI, and the direction of arrival power spectrum. In this way, a beam configuration manner on a terminal side is more flexible, to meet requirements of different service scenarios, and improve stability of a communications link.

Abstract: This application provides a wireless communication method and an apparatus. In the method, a terminal device receives first indication information from a network device. The first indication information indicates a first maximum multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layer quantity N to be used by the terminal device when the terminal device performs wireless communication, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1. The method further includes that the terminal device performs wireless communication with the network device based on the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N, so that the maximum MIMO layer quantity that the terminal device should use can be adjusted as required.

Abstract: Provided are a communication device and an SRS transmission method capable of reducing the possibility of a difference in recognition between the presence or absence of an SRS transmission between a base station and a terminal or of an SRS resource so as to prevent degradation of system throughput. At a terminal (200), a reception processing unit (203) detects control information indicating whether or not to request transmission of a sounding reference signal (SRS), whereupon a transmission signal forming unit (207) transmits an A-SRS by way of control by a transmission control unit (206) on the basis of control information. The transmission control unit (206) determines whether or not to execute SRS transmission on the basis of an “SRS Transmission Execution Rule” and the reception status of trigger information.

Abstract: The present invention related to a 5G or pre-5G communication system to be provided to support a higher data transmission rate since 4G communication systems like LTE. The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for encoding a channel in a communication or broadcasting system supporting parity-check matrices having various sizes are provided. The method for encoding a channel includes determining a block size of the parity-check matrix; reading a sequence for generating the parity-check matrix, and transforming the sequence by applying a previously defined operation to the sequence based on the determined block size.

Abstract: A mobile communication device that is configured to cancel interference within received millimeter wave band signals. The device includes a receiver circuit that is configured to receive a millimeter wave band signal, adjust gain provided to the millimeter wave band signal at a first amplifier, cancel interference in millimeter wave band signal after gain is adjusted by the first amplifier, and adjust gain provided to the millimeter wave band signal at a second amplifier after interference is cancelled.

Abstract: Communication of Measurement Results in Coordinated Multipoint Methods (200, 400, 600) performed by a wireless device (1100), Radio Access node 5 (1300) and training agent (1500) are disclosed. The wireless device is operable to receive signals over a communication channel from a Transmission Point (TP) of a communication network, which TP is a member of a Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP) set and may be managed by the Radio Access node. The method (200) performed by the wireless device comprises performing a measurement on communication channels to 0 each of a plurality of TPs in the CoMP set (210), and using an autoencoder to compress a vector of measurement results of the performed measurements (220). The method further comprises transmitting the compressed vector of measurement results to TPs in the CoMP set (230) and receiving a joint transmission from TPs in the CoMP set (240).

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a baseband chip may be configured to receive a data stream associated with a channel. The baseband chip may be configured to select a first anchor point from the first constellation points of the first transmission layer. The baseband chip may be configured to select a first subset of constellation points from the first constellation points and the second constellation points. The baseband chip may be configured to perform a first iteration of a recursive tree search. The baseband chip may be configured to determine a first path metric based at least in part on the first iteration of the recursive tree search operation. The baseband chip may be configured to select a second anchor point from the second constellation points of the second transmission layer. The second anchor point may be associated with a second iteration of the recursive tree search.

Abstract: Principles for reliable manufacturing carbon-based electrodes with arbitrary sensitivity and homogeneity are provided. Specifically, the sensitivity of carbon-based electrodes can be engineered by changing the density of sp2 type defects present in a multilayer graphene film. The engineered carbon-based electrodes can be used as a passive sensing element in electrochemical measurement of a target analyte. Carbon-based electrodes are also disclosed that have sp2 hybridization and can include multilayer graphene films. The disclosed carbon-based electrodes have a density of zero-dimensional defects (i.e., point-like defects) which provides enhanced area-normalized sensitivity when used in sensing applications. The maximum area-normalized sensitivity is achieved at the point defect density of 4-5×1012 cm?2.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for adaptation of multiple input multiple output (MIMO) mode in mmW Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) systems. A first station (STA) may receive a mode change request from a second STA. The mode change request may indicate a mode change for a MIMO mode, a polarization mode, and/or an orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) mode. The mode change request may include one or more STA fields. The one or more STA fields may include a STA field associated with the first STA. Each of the one or more STA fields may include a MIMO mode subfield, a polarization mode subfield, and/or an OFDMA mode subfield. The first STA may change the MIMO mode, the polarization mode, and/or the OFDMA mode, for example, based on the mode change request. The first STA may send a mode change response to the second STA.

Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) for aperiodic channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) reception comprises receiving aperiodic CSI-RS configuration information including a CSI-RS triggering offset; receiving downlink control information (DCI) via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), where the DCI triggers an aperiodic CSI-RS; and determining the CSI-RS triggering offset based on the CSI-RS configuration information, wherein the CSI-RS triggering offset is configured from a first set when ?PDCCH<?CSIRS, and the CSI-RS triggering offset is configured from a second set when ?PDCCH>?CSIRS, wherein ?PDCCH and ?CSIRS are subcarrier spacing configurations for the PDCCH and the aperiodic CSI-RS, respectively, and receiving the aperiodic CSI-RS in a slot KS determined based on the CSI-RS triggering offset, a slot containing the triggering DCI, and the subcarrier spacing configurations (?PDCCH and ?CSIRS).

Abstract: Mechanisms for beam management. An example method, in a network node, comprises transmitting a reference signal so as to enable each of the terminal devices participating in a first part of the beam management procedure to identify in which of a first set of beams the reference signal is received with highest power. The method comprises transmitting the reference signal in a second part of the procedure so as to enable each of the terminal devices to identify in which of a second set of beams the reference signal is received with highest power. The method comprises transmitting the reference signal during a third part of the procedure so as to enable each of the terminal devices to identify in which of a third set of beams the reference signal is received with highest power. There is one third set for each beam in the first set.

Abstract: A first base station receives from a second base station: a cell identifier of a cell of the second base station; and a second radio access network (RAN) area identifier of the cell. A packet for a wireless device in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state is received. A RAN paging message is sent to the second base station in response to receiving the packet. The RAN paging message is based on a first RAN area identifier of the first base station being identical to the second RAN area identifier.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques associated with coefficients for channel state information (CSI) reports are described. A described technique includes receiving, at a user equipment (UE), a CSI configuration and a codebook configuration, the codebook configuration specifying a codebook; determining a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) that specifies a precoding matrix associated with the codebook, wherein the precoding matrix is based on spatial-domain (SD) vectors and linear combining coefficients; and transmitting a CSI report containing the PMI in accordance with the CSI configuration.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may encode, for a first set of resource elements (REs), a first layer for sidelink control information. The UE may encode, for a second set of REs, a second layer for sidelink data, wherein the first set of REs and the second set of REs are associated with a same one or more symbols. The UE may transmit, to another UE and based at least in part on applying superposition coded modulation (SCM) to the first layer and the second layer, the sidelink control information using the first set of REs and the sidelink data using the second set of REs. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: The OAM mode multiplexing transmission apparatus includes a UCA antenna, a correction circuit, a correction value calculation circuit that calculates correction values, and a correction value feedback part that regularly feeds back the correction values from a receiving end to a transmitting end. The correction value calculation circuit is connected to a database that stores information about an ideal MIMO channel matrix, which is calculated by using an array diameter of the UCA antenna, a number of antenna elements, an RF frequency, and a link distance as parameters, in a state in which transmission and reception UCA antennas face each other, or is connected to a calculation apparatus that calculates the information. The correction value calculation circuit regularly calculates the correction values relating to signal phase rotation by using a MIMO channel matrix estimated with known signals embedded in received transmission frames and the ideal MIMO channel matrix.

Abstract: A method performed by a UE for providing CSI feedback in the form of CSI reports in a wireless communication system includes receiving, from a gNB, higher layer configurations of one or more downlink reference signals, and CSI report configurations associated with the downlink reference signal configurations, and a radio signal including the downlink reference signals according to the one or more downlink reference signal configurations, the downlink reference signals provided over a configured number of frequency domain resources, time domain resources and one or more ports; determining, for each CSI report, a precoding matrix based on the downlink reference signals and two codebooks, and one or more non-zero combining coefficients for complex combining of one or more spatial domain and delay domain basis vectors; and reporting to the network node the CSI reports for the CSI report configurations.

Abstract: This application provides a communications method and apparatus, to improve uplink transmission performance. The method includes determining, by a terminal device, capability indication information and sending the capability indication information to a network device. The capability indication information is used to determine a power scaling factor, the power scaling factor is a ratio of a sum of actual transmit power of n non-zero antenna ports to channel transmit power, and a maximum value of the channel transmit power is a rated maximum transmit power of a system.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a signal, and an apparatus, a storage medium, and a user terminal are provided. The method includes: determining a plurality of baseband signals of Component Carriers (CC); selecting a plurality of phase rotation factors and recording a number of times of selection by adding one each time of selection; determining a candidate signal and a Peak to Average Power Ratio (PAPR) of the candidate signal, wherein in response to the PAPR being greater than or equal to a preset threshold and the number of times of selections not reaching a preset number of times, reselecting phase rotation factors and re-determining another candidate signal and a PAPR of the another candidate signal, until a PAPR is less than the preset threshold or the number of times of selections reaches the preset number of times; and transmitting the candidate signal.

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle can be configured to adjust a beam direction, provide path information, act as a base station, act as a cluster head, include an improved directional antenna or array of directional antennas, communicate in a collaboration using belief propagation, receive communications from a serving station aiding in navigation or improved signal performance, or the like.

Abstract: A wireless communication device controls Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) layers that use a radio band. The wireless communication device determines radio band status for the radio band. The wireless communication device wirelessly indicates the radio band status for the radio band to a wireless access node. The wireless access node selects a number of the MIMO layers based on the radio band status for the radio band. The wireless communication device wirelessly receives signaling from the wireless access node that indicates the number of the MIMO layers. The wireless access node wirelessly receives user data from the wireless access node over the radio band using the number of MIMO layers in response to the signaling.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a channel estimation method and apparatus, and relate to the field of communications technologies, to help reduce indication overheads. The method includes: generating and sending indication information, wherein the indication information is used to indicate M N-dimensional precoding vectors, each precoding vector is applied to one of M frequency bands, the M N-dimensional precoding vectors form a space-frequency matrix, and the space-frequency matrix is generated by performing weighted combination on a plurality of space-frequency component matrices, wherein the space-frequency matrix is an M×N-dimensional space-frequency vector or an X×Y space-frequency matrix, X and Y are one and the other of M and N, M?1, N?2, and both M and N are integers.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first wireless device may be configured to transmit, to a second wireless device, one or more orbital angular momentum (OAM) signals in accordance with a set of radial codeword sequences associated with a polynomial radial codeword configuration, where the one or more OAM signals are transmitted based on a first value of a polynomial term for the polynomial radial codeword configuration. The first wireless device may receive, from the second wireless device on the one or more OAM signals, a feedback message indicating a second value of the polynomial term. The first wireless device may then transmit, to the second wireless device, one or more additional OAM signals in accordance with the set of radial codeword sequences and based on the second value for the polynomial term.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a blockage condition associated with at least one antenna element of a plurality of antenna elements. The UE may deactivate a set of antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements based at least in part on the determination of the blockage condition, wherein the set of antenna elements includes the at least one antenna element. The UE may transmit, based at least in part on deactivating the set of antenna elements, an indication of a beam correspondence state. The UE may communicate using an activated set of antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A network node signals to a wireless communication device which precoders in a codebook are restricted from being used. The network node in this regard generates codebook subset restriction signaling that, for each of one or more groups of precoders, jointly restricts the precoders in the group by restricting a certain component (e.g., a certain beam precoder) that the precoders in the group have in common. This signaling may be for instance rank-agnostic signaling that jointly restricts the precoders in a group without regard to the precoders' transmission rank. Regardless, the network node sends the generated signaling to the wireless communication device.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to wireless communications in a system are provided. A user equipment (UE) may receive from a base station (BS), a subband precoding configuration including a first number of bits and an indication of a common size for each subband of a set of subbands. The UE may select a plurality of precoders from a precoder candidate set based on the first number and the common size. The precoder candidate set may be based on an order of a spatial direction. Additionally, the UE may transmit to the BS, a communication signal in the plurality of subbands using the plurality of precoders.

Abstract: A network node may transmit a training signal for a UE on a plurality of sub-carriers, the training signal transmitted via multiple IQ modulators and multiple RF antenna panels and receive a feedback associated with an FDRSB based on the training signal. The network node may apply an FDRSB correction filter to at least one signal to be transmitted to the UE, and the FDRSB correction filter may be based on the feedback received from the UE. The training signal may include at least one tone transmitted on a first subset of sub-carriers of the plurality of sub-carriers, the first subset of sub-carriers being configured symmetric to a second subset of sub-carriers with respect to a center frequency of the plurality of sub-carriers, and the second subset of sub-carriers being free of the at least one tone of the training signal.

Abstract: A channel state information reporting method and apparatus are described. The method can include a terminal device obtaining first indication information and sending the first indication information to a network device. The network device receives the first indication information, where the first indication information indicates a differential value between channel state information of a first antenna port set and channel state information of a second antenna port set. The first antenna port set includes x antenna ports of the terminal device, the second antenna port set includes m antenna ports of the terminal device, and the first antenna port set is different from the second antenna port set. The channel state information reporting method and apparatus in embodiments of this application help improve accuracy of channel state information obtained by a network device, and improve data transmission performance.

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver, in operation, receives from a neighboring cell a reference signal mapped to at least one first resource element. No signal is received from a serving cell on the at least one first resource element. The transmitter, in operation, transmits to a base station measurement information obtained based on the reference signal.

Abstract: The application relates to a method for antenna port indication. A terminal receives information indicating an antenna port set of a pilot from a base station. The antenna port set is used for a resource block (RB) set and the pilot is used for data demodulation. The terminal determines the antenna port set based on the received information. By implementing the solution in the application, transmission resource utilization is improved.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes receiving a first beam using a first antenna device during an occasion of a reference signal. The method further includes receiving a second beam using a second antenna device that is distinct from the first antenna device during the occasion of the reference signal. Receiving the first beam and the second beam includes inputting, to a modem, a representation of a combination of the first beam and the second beam. Receiving the first beam and the second beam further includes generating, by the modem based on the representation, a first signal associated with the first beam using a first parameter associated with the first antenna device and a second signal associated with the second beam using a second parameter associated with the second antenna device.

Abstract: An MIMO training method including performing transmission sector sweeping using an initiator including a plurality of transmitting antennas, selecting a set of at least one transmission sector for each of the transmitting antennas using a responder including a plurality of receiving antennas; performing reception sector sweeping using the initiator, selecting a set of at least one reception sector for each of the plurality of receiving antennas using the responder, performing beam combination training using the initiator; and selecting a determined number of sector pairs consisting of a transmission sector and a reception sector from among the selected set of transmission sectors and the selected set of reception sectors using the responder, wherein the transmitting antennas in the selected sector pairs differ from one another, and the receiving antennas in the selected sector pairs differ from one another.

Abstract: Example implementations include a method, apparatus and computer-readable medium of wireless communication. A user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration indicating whether a beam switching gap is expected at a first symbol position within a subframe of a physical channel for the UE, the first symbol position having a first cyclic prefix length that is longer than a second cyclic prefix length of a second symbol position within the subframe of the physical channel for the UE. The UE may determine whether a transmission includes a missing symbol for the beam switching gap based on the configuration and the symbol position of a symbol where a beam switch is scheduled.

Abstract: Provided are a transmission control method, sounding reference signal transmission method, terminal, base station and medium. The transmission control method includes: receiving the configuration information sent by the network side, the configuration information including an association relationship between a group index and first information, where the first information has an association relationship with a channel or a reference signal; and determining a receiving mode or a sending mode of the channel or reference signal associated with the first information according to the group index.

Abstract: The invention discloses a method for estimating the air propagation delay of a direct wave, wherein an azimuth, an elevation angle and a total delay of a multipath wave reaching a receiving end are obtained through a receiving device; a departure angle of a reflected wave is obtained using a geometric relationship of wave reflection; a hypothetical point on a direct wave ray is selected as a transmitting end, and hereby the air propagation delay of the direct wave and the position of a reflection point of the reflected wave are calculated; the propagation delay and distance of the reflected wave are calculated according to the total delay of the direct wave and the reflected wave and the position of the hypothetical point. The invention can obtain the air propagation delay of the direct wave, thereby obtaining a propagation distance of the direct wave and fulfilling the requirements of ranging and positioning.

Abstract: A method may include detecting parameter(s) of communication between an AP and a STA. The method may include determining a training configuration for a channel estimation of the communication based on the parameter(s). The method may include transmitting a DL transmission or a trigger frame to the STA. The DL transmission may include a training block configured according to the training configuration. The trigger frame may include the training configuration and instructions for the STA to include a training block configured according to the training configuration in a UL transmission to the AP. The STA may be configured to determine the channel estimation of a channel of the communication using the training block of the DL transmission received at the STA. Alternatively, the method may also include determining the channel estimation of a channel of the communication using the training block of the UL transmission received at the AP.

Abstract: Provided are a method, an apparatus, a terminal device and a base station for controlling precoding. The method includes: receiving configuration parameters configured by a base station for the precoding, where the precoding is used for feeding back a channel state; determining an upper limit value of a feedback number of coefficients of composition vectors of the precoding according to the configuration parameters; and adjusting the upper limit value of the feedback number.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a technique for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE). The UE implements the technique to detect that a decoding failure of a first multiple input multiple output (MIMO) transmission, sent by a network entity on a first number of layers, is caused by a rank mismatch. The UE then sends a rank correction request to a network entity. The UE then combines samples from the first MIMO transmission and a second MIMO transmission, sent by the network entity using a space-time code (STC) with a second number of layers in response to the rank correction request, to recover data lost due to the decoding failure.

Abstract: To control transmissions to a user equipment (UE) over a downlink (DL) multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) channel, a base station determining that the UE is configured to support N DL MIMO layers and transmit reference signals over L antenna chains (852). In response to determining that L<N (870), the base station generates channel information for the DL MIMO channel using (i) L uplink reference signals, each transmitted by the UE over a respective one of the L antenna chains (880), and (ii) one or more additional transmissions received from the UE (882). The base station transmits data streams over the DL MIMO channel in accordance with the generated channel information.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, systems, etc., directed to performing positioning of a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) while it is in idle mode and/or inactive mode (collectively “idle/inactive mode”) in NR are disclosed herein. Performing positioning, including positioning measurement and/or reporting, in idle/inactive mode may allow for increased positioning accuracy and/or decreased latency of location determination. In various embodiments, a WTRU in idle/inactive mode may transmit a positioning measurement report in various ways, including (i) in a Random-Access Channel (RACH) preamble; (ii) appended to a RACH preamble; and/or (iii) in a Physical Uplink Shared Channel. In various embodiments, a WTRU in idle/inactive mode may transmit uplink-based positioning related reference signals. In various embodiments, a WTRU in an idle/inactive mode may transmit, over a dedicated physical channel, (e.g., downlink) positioning measurement reports and/or reference signals (RSs) for uplink positioning measurements.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some networks, a user equipment (UE) may switch between serving beams of a transmitting device that are associated with different bandwidth parts of a radio frequency spectrum. To improve aspects of beam measurement and selection, a UE may be configured to support various techniques for beam measurement according to the different bandwidth parts. For example, a UE may receive a beam measurement configuration associated with one or more beams, and may monitor for reference signals associated with the beams using the different bandwidth parts. The UE may determine a channel quality of one or more of the beams based on the monitoring, and transmit a beam measurement report to the network in accordance with the beam measurement configuration. In some examples, such a report may be transmitted based on the UE determining that an event condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A method implemented by an apparatus having multiple antennas includes determining information that is associated with a baseband channel. The information indicating any of: measurement information and channel information. The apparatus transmits a signal for requesting baseband beam tracking. The signal transmission is based on a determination that system performance is degraded in a beamforming transmission and re-estimation of the baseband channel is part of a current link adaptation procedure.

Abstract: One embodiment is directed to determining a composite precoder for transmitting to a UE using a group of one or more of the radio units by doing the following: for each of a plurality of subsets of the radio units, transmitting separate reference signals from the different antennas of only the radio units included in that subset; receiving subset-specific preferred precoder index reports from the UE for at least each individual radio unit included in the group of one or more of the radio units; determining the composite precoder for the UE using the subset-specific preferred precoder index reports from the UE for at least the one or more radio units included in the group; and using the composite precoder for transmitting to the UE using the one or more radio units included in the group. In some embodiments, each of the subsets includes less than all of the radio units.

Abstract: Systems and methods to authenticate a Non-Fifth Generation Capable (N5GC) device on a Residential Gateway (RG) include a wireline access network comprising the RG and a wireline-access gateway function (W-AGF). The RG connects to the W-AGF using a termination system (e.g., a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) and the like) to relay N5GC device messages received at the RG to the W-AGF and vice versa. During a registration/authentication procedure for the N5GC device, the W-AGF generates a Registration Request message on behalf of the N5GC device and sends the Registration Request message to an Access & Mobility Management Function (AMF) of a Fifth Generation (5G) core network. The Registration Request message includes an indication that the N5GC device lacks 5G capabilities (e.g., is N5GC). In response to the Registration Request message, the system causes the N5GC device to be authenticated at least partly in response to the Registration Request message.