Abstract: A base station may transmit a report mask indicating a transmission of a layer 1 reference signal received power (L1-RSRP) report limited to a time period when a discontinuous reception (DRX) timer is running for a wireless device. The base station may receive the L1-RSRP from the wireless device at a first time, in response to the DRX timer running at a predefined time period before the first time. The received L1-RSRP report may include an L1-RSRP value and a reference signal index associated with the L1-RSRP value. At second time, the base station may skip a reception of a configured L1-RSRP report transmission from the wireless device in response to the DRX timer not running at the predefined time period before the second time and the report mask.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, specifically, to a method and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising the steps of: performing a RACH procedure for an initial access; receiving, from a base station, information about an A/N feedback scheme on the basis of the RACH procedure; and performing the A/N feedback procedure on the basis of the information about the A/N feedback scheme.

Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes monitoring, by a hub station, a first channel activity level associated with a first channel of a plurality of channels within a particular frequency range. The hub station communicates with a low-energy device using the first channel. The method includes determining that the first channel activity level satisfies a threshold activity level and switching to a second channel of the plurality of channels to communicate with the low-energy device. The method includes notifying the low-energy device that the hub station switched to the second channel by sending an acknowledgement message to the low-energy device on the second channel in response to receiving a message from the low-energy device on the second channel. The message is sent to the hub station on the second channel after at least one unsuccessful attempt to send the message to the hub station on the first channel.

Abstract: An access point advertises a management frame quality of service (MFQ) policy that defines an access category used for transmitting a first type of management frame. Each mobile station associated with the access point is to prioritize transmission of management frames according to the MFQ policy advertised by the access point, unless a policy configuration request for the mobile station to prioritize transmission of management frames according to a different MFQ policy has been accepted.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for tracking multiple beams between a first radio node and one or more other radio nodes. In this regard, embodiments of a method performed by a first radio node for mitigating interference between two or more three-dimensional (3D) beams between the first radio node and the one or more other radio nodes are provided. According to one embodiment, the method comprises determining that a particular 3D beam from among two or more 3D beams results in interference to at least one other 3D beam from among the two or more 3D beams, wherein both the particular 3D beam and the at least one other 3D beam are both operated on a first frequency. The method further comprises selecting a new frequency to which to switch the particular 3D beam, and switching the particular 3D beam from the first frequency to the new frequency.

Abstract: An update service of a provider network transmits an update to an edge device by opportunistically selecting one communication channel (or transmission bandwidth) over another (e.g., based on analysis of performance metrics associated with the channel) to transmit different portions of the update to the edge device. For example, the update service may choose the channel with highest available bandwidth or the channel with the lowest failure rates. The update service may receive indications from the edge device that transmission of different update portions was successful. In some cases, the edge device itself may instead perform the selection of one communication channel over another (e.g., based on analysis of channel metrics) to receive different portions of the update at the edge device. The edge device may transmit indications that the edge device successfully received different portions of the update.

Abstract: A method for data transmission and establishing unicast connection based on sidelink includes: sending a connection establishment request message for establishing a unicast connection with a second terminal to the second terminal, for determining by the second terminal, whether to agree to establish the unicast connection with the first terminal based on the connection establishment request message; receiving a connection establishment admission message returned by the second terminal; and establishing the unicast connection with the second terminal based on the connection establishment confirmation messages.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and device for multi-antenna transmission in UE and base station. The user equipment receives a first wireless signal at first; then transmits a second wireless signal, and monitors a first signaling in a first sub-time resource pool. Wherein the first wireless signal is transmitted by K antenna port group(s) and the second wireless signal is used to determine the first antenna port group. The first antenna port group is one of the K antenna port group(s). The first sub-time resource pool is reserved to the first antenna port group, or the index of the first antenna port group is used to determine the first sub-time resource pool. One antenna port group includes positive integer number of antenna ports, and the K is a positive integer greater than 1. The disclosure reduces the complexity of blind detection of downlink signaling by the UE.

Abstract: A wireless communication system includes one or more base stations, and a plurality of UEs for a sidelink communication using sidelink resources. The UEs includes a transmitting UE and a receiving UE using a subset of the sidelink resources of the wireless communication system. The receiving UE sends over the sidelink a sidelink feedback to the transmitting UE. The sidelink feedback indicates for a data transmission a successful or non-successful reception at the receiving UE. The transmitting UE reports the sidelink feedback to a base station. The base station provides to the transmitting UE, responsive to the sidelink feedback, sidelink resources for a possible retransmission of a data packet over the sidelink to the receiving UE. The reporting of the sidelink feedback to the base station by the transmitting UE is activated or deactivated responsive to one or more conditions.

Abstract: Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards a wireless device (101) and a network node (102, 103, 104, 110, 111, 115), and corresponding methods therein, for prescheduling uplink communications in a wireless network. Such prescheduling is performed prior to the time the uplink communication is needed. According to the example embodiments, the prescheduling is performed with the network node having knowledge of a communication pattern of the wireless device via at least one prescheduling parameter obtained by the network node (the base station, or a core network node), either transmitted by the wireless device or else retrieved by the network node from subscription or historical data. The prescheduling parameter may relate to the application or service that has been activated, and a prescheduling cancellation is sent when it is halted.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for dynamically assigning physical resource blocks (PRBs) based on available bandwidth. At least a first amount of bandwidth that is carrier controlled is determined. A standardized bandwidth that is greater than the first amount of bandwidth is determined. A bandwidth differential is determined as the difference between he standardized bandwidth and the first amount of bandwidth. Then, PRBs are assigned corresponding to the first amount of bandwidth while zero PRBs are assigned to the bandwidth differential.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus and method for a MAP wireless network that includes a collaborative channel sounding measurement phase to determine channel state information between devices (e.g., the channel state between an STA and a collaborative AP) for efficient configuration of the MAP wireless network and to improve the performance of the MAP wireless networks. The wireless AP and wireless STAs associated with the collaborative APs can simultaneously transmit by applying collaborative beamforming where the interferences between channels nullify each other (e.g., nulling), and the beamforming is performed based on a sounding phase performed by the collaborative APs.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a control node may receive a resource management indication from a network node to identify a resource utilization with communications of the network node; determine, based at least in part on the resource management indication, a collision management configuration for the network node; and transmit information associated with the collision management configuration based at least in part on the determination of the collision management configuration. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A timer-based processing method, a terminal device, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes the following. Obtain a first timer of a source network device. Monitor a connection between the terminal device and the source network device based on the first timer of the source network device, in response to the terminal device connecting to a target network device. The method further includes the following. During monitoring the source network device based on the first timer of the source network device, start the first timer of the source network device in response to a starting condition of the first timer being met, stop the first timer of the source network device in response to a stopping condition of the first timer being met, or the first timer of the source network device expires in response to elapse of timing time of the first timer.

Abstract: A network device for providing single-carrier quadrature amplitude modulation (SC-QAM) downstream channel fast pre-scanning. An orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) downstream (DS) channel scan in a foreground process and a single-carrier quadrature amplitude modulation (SC-QAM) DS channel scan in a background process are simultaneously performed. When a first OFDM downstream channel is locked onto, OFDM downstream channel is paused while scanning for SC-QAM downstream channels continues. SC-QAM DS channels identified in the background process are stored in a table. Based on a scan of all OFDM channels and failure to lock onto any OFDM DS channels, the SC-QAM DS channel scan in the background process is stopped and a normal SC-QAM DS channel scan is started. SC-QAM DS channels in the table are scanned first to provide fast pre-scanning. A modem becomes operational with a qualified SC-QAM DS channel obtained from the table.

Abstract: A system and a method to wirelessly synchronize, monitor, or communicate, or a combination thereof, amongst sensors (e.g., sensors, hubs, sensor controllers, etc.) in a Bluetooth Low Energy-based microlocation system. The system or method, or both, may use the BLE hardware (e.g., transmitters, receivers, antennas, etc.) to interleave a communications protocol within the connection interval gaps of the BLE protocol used to communicate with devices.

Abstract: The invention of the present application provides a transmission parameter control method in a radio communication system that performs, between a radio base station and a plurality of radio terminal stations, communication of a first method in which reception confirmation is enabled and communication of a second method in which reception confirmation is not possible. The radio base station selects transmission parameters including a transmission rate in the communication of the second method with the radio terminal stations, based on radio communication information in the communication of the first method with the radio terminal stations.

Abstract: A method in a User Equipment (UE) of an Evolved Packet System (EPS) establishes a security key (K_eNB) for protecting Radio Resource Control/User Plane (RRC/UP) traffic exchanged with a serving eNodeB. The method comprises sending a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) Service Request to a Mobility Management Entity (MME), the request indicating a NAS uplink sequence number (NAS_U_SEQ). The method further comprises receiving an indication of the NAS_U_SEQ of the NAS Service Request sent to the MME, back from the MME via the eNodeB. The method further comprises deriving the K_eNB from at least the received indication of the NAS_U_SEQ and from a stored Access Security Management Entity-key (K_ASME) shared with said MME.

Abstract: This application provides a data transmission method and an apparatus, to reduce a quantity of times of repeated transmission of data, reduce power consumption of a terminal device, save transmission resources, and maintain a high time diversity gain. The method includes: A network device sends first information, and a terminal device receives the first information, where the first information is used to configure K repeated transmission occasions. The network device and the terminal device repeatedly transmit first data on N repeated transmission occasions in the K repeated transmission occasions, where the N repeated transmission occasions are discontinuous in time domain, K is an integer greater than 1, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than K.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include channel state information processing methods and apparatuses. One example method includes configuring, by a network device, at least one piece of CSI reporting configuration information and resource configuration information corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration information, where one piece of the CSI reporting configuration information corresponds to at least two pieces of resource configuration information, wherein one resource configuration information is used for interference measurement and includes a CSI-RS resource set, wherein one resource configuration information is used for channel measurement and includes a NZP CSI-RS resource, and wherein one CSI-RS resource set corresponds to at least one CSI report. The at least one piece of CSI reporting configuration information and the resource configuration information is sent to a terminal device.

Abstract: A broadcast/broadband convergence system that delivers content from content sources to user equipment devices. The system provides: significantly enhanced mobile capability to the broadcast industry; an additional revenue source for the broadcast industry by dynamically selling available spectral resources for use by wireless broadband networks and/or broadcast content off-loaded from wireless broadband networks; additional spectrum for the broadband industry through the dynamic purchase of available spectrum; and an enriched user experience. A spectrum server may facilitate the dynamic allocation of radio spectrum made available by the broadcast networks. The broadcast networks may broadcast with enhanced waveform parameters to support mobile devices as well as fixed devices.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided to use a value tag in conjunction with transmission and/or processing of system information in a wireless communication network, specifically in conjunction with second type system information or non-essential type system information. An access node may initiate broadcasting second type system information when the second type information content is updated, in order to avoid multiple on-demand delivery requests from wireless terminals. The access node may compress second type system information to be delivered by broadcast.

Abstract: An information reporting method, an information reporting configuration method, a user equipment and a network side device are provided. The information reporting method is applied to the user equipment and includes reporting information of a frequency domain location where the user equipment is located recorded by the user equipment and/or information of a frequency domain location where the user equipment is currently located.

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, an indication of at least one of a configured grant or a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration. The UE may transmit or receive, based at least in part on a modification to the at least one of the configured grant or the SPS configuration, wherein the modification is based at least in part on a change from a first time domain pattern to a second time domain pattern. The UE may receive and indication of the modification from the base station. Additionally, or alternatively, the UE may determine the medication based at least in part on at least one rule stored in a memory of the UE. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method includes identifying a first uplink component carrier of a plurality of component carriers configured for a user equipment (UE); determining that the first uplink component carrier is transmitted over a shared radio frequency spectrum band; and performing a power management operation on the first uplink component carrier, for a current subframe, based at least in part on the determining.

Abstract: A base station (BS) and user equipment (UE) are configured to perform measurement/reporting and spectrum coordination request/response in wireless networks. A method for operating a UE includes receiving configuration information for measuring interference from a neighboring cell, measuring the interference from the neighboring cell based on the configuration information, and computing a change in the measured interference from the neighboring cell based on a current measured interference level and a previous measured interference level. The method further includes determining, based on at least in part a determination that the change in the measured interference exceeds a first threshold, whether to generate a measurement report and transmitting the measurement report on an uplink channel.

Abstract: A method for automatic management of a wireless access point includes (a) changing a minimum modulation coding scheme of the wireless access point from a first minimum modulation coding scheme to a second minimum modulation coding scheme; (b) determining a first change in performance of the wireless access point in response to changing the minimum modulation coding scheme; and (c) in response to the first change in performance of the wireless access point meeting a first threshold condition, continuing to operate the wireless access point in the second minimum modulation coding scheme.

Abstract: Techniques for ingesting data streams to a distributed-computing system using a multi-directional data ingestion pipeline are provided. In one embodiment, a method for ingesting data streams includes, at a client gateway, receiving a plurality of messages; assigning the plurality of messages to one or more data streams; obtaining stream routing configurations; and identifying one or more receivers. The method further includes determining whether at least one of the one or more data streams is to be delivered to one or more receivers operating in the first computing environment; and if so, delivering the at least one of the one or more data streams to the one or more receivers operating in the first computing environment. The method further includes delivering the one or more data streams to a data ingress gateway operating in a second computing environment.

Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for transmitting uplink reference signals. A method is performed by a terminal device. The method comprises obtaining, from a network node, a configuration of transmission of the uplink reference signals. The configuration comprises an indication of a first frequency interval in which the uplink reference signals are to be transmitted. The method comprises distributing transmission power available for transmitting the uplink reference signals over the first frequency interval based on channel information for the first frequency interval. The method comprises transmitting the uplink reference signals in accordance with the distributed transmission power.

Abstract: Techniques for grouping multiple serving component carriers (CCs) are disclosed. In one example, a frequency separation that defines a frequency range from a lower bound frequency to a higher bound frequency for each CC group of a plurality of CC groups may be determined, wherein a difference between the lower bound frequency and the higher bound frequency of each CC group may be equal to the frequency separation. A frequency of a first CC from a collection of CCs may be determined. The first CC may be assigned to a first CC group, of the plurality of CC groups, wherein the first CC group may have a frequency range that includes the frequency of the first CC.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method in a base station configured to transmit and receive wireless signals to and from a user equipment, UE. A downlink channel response of a first UE antenna is determined, based on uplink signals received from the UE. First preceding weights are calculated based on the determined channel response of the first UE antenna. Orthogonal or quasi-orthogonal preceding weights are determined based on the first preceding weights. First and second downlink signal layers are transmitted using the first preceding weights and the orthogonal or quasi-orthogonal preceding weights.

Abstract: A method for use in a first layer-3 switch, the method comprising: learning, by the first layer-3 switch, a first layer-3/layer-2 (L3/L2) cache, the learning of the first L3/L2 cache including generating a first cache entry that maps a layer-3 address of a first device to a layer-2 address of the first device, the first device being part of a first LAN portion; and transmitting, over a wireless network, contents of the first L3/L2 cache to a second layer-3 switch, the transmitted contents including at least a portion of the first cache entry, the second layer-3 switch being part a second LAN portion, the second LAN portion being connected to the first LAN portion via the wireless network.

Abstract: An uplink transmission band and a downlink transmission band that are allocated to each of a plurality of users are determined based on allocation information indicating allocation of a frequency bandwidth available to each of the plurality of users, and are output as uplink transmission band allocation information and downlink transmission band allocation information, respectively. Based on the downlink transmission band allocation information, downlink signals output from a plurality of wireless control devices toward a plurality of wireless devices for each of the plurality of users, and the uplink transmission band allocation information are multiplexed, and the multiplexed signal is demultiplexed into downlink signals for each of the plurality of users and the uplink transmission band allocation information.

Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provide a serving node update method and a device. The method includes: sending a first message to a target node; receiving, from the target node, a second message used for responding to the first message; and sending a third message to a terminal device when the second message indicates that the target node rejects a multi-connectivity serving node update, where the third message is used to indicate the terminal device to perform a serving node update in a legacy serving node update manner.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) receives a SPS resource configuration from an eNodeB (eNB), and transmits information related to a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) activation for a specific logical channel to the eNB. The information may include timing information for the specific logical channel which indicates when a SPS resource for the specific logical channel should be activated. The specific logical channel may correspond to a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to an active set management scheme implemented by a scheduler in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) network that minimizes capacity and interference issues. For example, the scheduler can initially group each base station into a separate active set. The scheduler can then analyze each active set to determine whether the active set is a good or bad based on the level of interference in and the number of MIMO receive dimensions available in the respective active set. If the scheduler determines that an active set is a bad, the scheduler can determine a set of metrics that each represent a capacity and link quality that would result if the bad active set is combined with another active set. Based on the set of metrics, the scheduler can combine the bad active set with another active set, and repeat this process until no bad active sets remain.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application disclose a traffic data self-recovery processing method, including: monitoring an operation result of traffic data synchronization operation of a target system; repeatedly performing the traffic data synchronization operation of the target system until the traffic data synchronization is successful or cumulative number of traffic data synchronization failures exceed a failure frequency threshold, if the monitored operation result is that the traffic data synchronization is failed; clearing the cumulative number if the monitored operation result is that the traffic data synchronization is successful; stopping the traffic data synchronization operation of the target system and sending out a message indicative of the traffic data synchronization failure if the cumulative number of traffic data synchronization failures exceeds the failure frequency threshold, wherein the failure frequency threshold is determined by current network signal intensity of the target system and is

Abstract: A wireless communication system having base stations, remotely located terminal units and a base station controller. The base stations and the remotely located terminal units communicate data over operational wireless communication links between them. The base stations include respective in-channel detectors and out-of-channel detectors for detecting radar or other extraneous received signals. The in-channel detectors analyse signals over the operational communication links. The out-of-channel detectors include respective out-of-channel receiver elements that monitor possibly available channels alternative to the respective operational communication link channels. The base station controller registers whether channels are available or not for communication links, and allocates to the base stations respective target channel parameters including frequencies available for operational and alternative communication links.

Abstract: A radar system, apparatus, architecture, and method are provided for generating a transmit reference or chirp signal that is applied to a waveform generator having a frequency offset generator and a plurality of single channel modulation mixers configured to generate a plurality of transmit signals having different frequency offsets from the transmit reference signal for encoding and transmission as N radio frequency encoded transmit signals which are reflected from a target and received at a receive antenna as a target return signal that is down-converted to an intermediate frequency signal and converted by a high-speed analog-to-digital converter to a digital signal that is processed by a radar control processing unit which performs fast time processing steps to generate a range spectrum comprising N segments which correspond, respectively, to the N radio frequency encoded transmit signals transmitted over the N transmit antennas.

Abstract: Methods and systems for providing data are disclosed. An optimal set of subcarriers can be determined for a data transmission when a plurality of devices have requested the data transmission. The optimal set of subcarriers can be determined based on similarities or differences between parameters assigned to subcarriers in capability profiles. Capacity loss and other information can be determined based on the similarities or the differences among corresponding parameters of the capability profiles. The data transmission can be transmitted to the plurality of devices via the optimal set of subcarriers.

Abstract: A disclosure of the present specification provides a user equipment (UE) supporting a Dual Connectivity (DC) with Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and New Radio (NR). The UE may include a transceiver configured with the DC and configured to transmit an uplink signal and receive a downlink signal; and a processor configured to control the transceiver. Wherein based on (i) that the E-UTRA includes at least E-UTRA operation band 41, (ii) that the NR includes at least NR operation band 41, and (iii) that a band to be protected is a first band, the transceiver may be configured with a predetermined maximum level of a spurious emission.

Abstract: A method may include receiving, from a user device, a request to establish a packet data unit (PDU) session; determining that the PDU session should be established as an always-on PDU session; determining whether subscription data associated with the user device indicates that the user device is allowed to establish the always-on PDU session; and establishing the PDU session as an always-on PDU session in response to determining that the subscription data indicates that the user device is allowed to establish the always-on PDU session.

Abstract: Provided are a signal sending and receiving method and device. The signal sending device includes: a first transmission module (301), configured to send at least one of a signal and a channel to a second-type node on a first frequency domain resource set, or send at least one of the signal and the channel to the second-type node on the first frequency domain resource set and a second frequency domain resource set; where each of the first frequency domain resource set and the second frequency domain resource set is a resource element (RE) set on a physical carrier, and a position of the center RE of the first frequency domain resource set is associated with a channel number of the physical carrier.

Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to, e.g., a method performed by a communication node for controlling one or more communication parameters of a channel between a first communication device and a second communication device in a wireless communication network. The communication node, upon obtaining an indication of a channel quality of the channel to the second communication device, uses a correction value and the indication when determining the one or more communication parameters. The correction value is based on a decoding success of one or more previous transmissions, which one or more previous transmissions are based on an obtained previous indication of a previous channel quality from the second communication device, and wherein a change of the correction value relative a previous correction value is limited.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may determine a block error rate (BLER) target for communications associated with the user equipment; determine a resource allocation pattern for transmission of channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) based at least in part on the BLER target; and monitor one or more resources, indicated by the resource allocation pattern, for the CSI-RS. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: In a method for managing access by a user device to multimedia services delivered by a communication system, the user device accesses the multimedia services through a Radio Access Technology (RAT). An information element sent to the user device from the communication system includes restriction information that indicates the types of RAT that the user device may use to access the multimedia services. The restriction information also includes the types of RAT that the user device cannot use to access the multimedia services. The information element also includes additional restriction information indicating the multimedia services that can be accessed by the user device, and the multimedia services that cannot be accessed by the user device. The additional restriction information is based on subscription information for the user device.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for terminating HARQ retransmissions. A wireless receiver may determine that a transmission of a first TB based on a first redundancy version is not received from a wireless transmitter. Based on the determination, the wireless receiver may transmit, to the wireless transmitter, a HARQ ACK to terminate one or more HARQ retransmissions associated with the different redundancy versions of the first TB.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a method for wireless communication. The method generally includes receiving a message for dual-active-protocol stack (DAPs) handover (HO) from a source network entity to a target network entity, wherein carrier-aggregation (CA) is configured with the source network entity prior to reception of the message for HO, deactivating the CA in response to reception of the message for handover (HO) to activate a single carrier mode with the source network entity, and performing the HO from the source network entity to the target network entity during a HO period, wherein the single carrier mode is maintained with the source network entity during at least a portion of the HO period, and wherein connection with the target network entity is maintained during the at least the portion of the HO period.

Abstract: A communication system is disclosed in which a base station receives, from a core network entity, a paging request for paging an MTC device. The base station determines a paging occasion for sending to said MTC device paging related information, wherein the paging occasion is defined such that it identifies a plurality of subframes in which the paging related information can be sent and repeated. The base station sends (and repeats, as appropriate) the paging related information in the plurality of subframes identified by the paging occasion.

Abstract: A method for controlling configuration of an air interface between an access node and at least one user equipment device (UE), where the air interface is divided over time into frames and the frames are further divided at least into subframes, where the air interface operates in accordance with a time-division-duplex (TDD) configuration that defines at least a number of uplink subframes per frame for communication over the air interface. An example method includes (i) detecting at least a threshold high rate of uplink voice muting on the air interface, and (ii) responsive to at least the detecting, changing the TDD configuration to increase the number of uplink subframes per frame over the air interface.