Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and apparatus for performing fractional subframe transmission. The method may comprise: in response to detecting that a channel becomes available, determining a target position from at least one potential position predefined in a subframe; and performing the fractional subframe transmission from the target position.

Abstract: A method of distributing and aggregating resource data, such as transmission capacity. First, for each edge node in the domain a respective spanning tree is constructed that connects said edge node to ail other edge nodes and that identifies for each node other than said edge node in said tree a single upstream neighbour node and zero or more downstream neighbour nodes. Second, any node that has a change in resource data in connection with a particular spanning tree it is a member of, such as the transmission capacity increase or decreases, will send a message to update each of its upstream and downstream neighbour in that spanning tree on said change. Third, each such neighbour will calculate impact of said change to its own resource data and will send a message to update each of its upstream and downstream neighbour in that spanning tree on said impact.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for advertising operating channels that are being operated in an unlicensed frequency band. One or more access points (APs) may transmit discovery information on a dedicated discovery channel for the unlicensed frequency band. The discovery information may indicate at least one operating channel that is being used by an AP for providing wireless access. The discovery information also may include other information useful for a station (STA) to discover APs, operating channels, and operating parameters. The STA may monitor the dedicated discovery channel to obtain the discovery information without conducting an active scanning or passive scanning procedure.

Abstract: Methods performed by a wireless device operating in a dormant mode comprise performing a measurement on each of a plurality of resources from a predetermined set of resources or demodulating and decoding information from each of a plurality of resources from a predetermined set of resources, such as a set of beams. The methods further include evaluating the measurement or the demodulated and decoded information for each of the plurality of resources against a predetermined criterion, and then discontinuing the performing and evaluating of measurements, or discontinuing the demodulating and decoding and evaluation of information, in response to determining that the predetermined criterion is met, such that one or more resources in the predetermined set of resources are neither measured nor demodulated and decoded. The methods further comprise deactivating receiver circuitry, further in response to determining that the predetermined criterion is met.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting/receiving a downlink signal in a wireless communication system are provided. Carrier information about a second carrier that is different from a first carrier can be transmitted on the first carrier. Downlink data for UE can be transmitted on the second carrier based on the carrier information. The first carrier is a carrier having a synchronisation signal and a physical broadcast channel, and the second carrier can be a carrier without any synchronisation signals or physical broadcast channels. The first carrier can be operated on a single resource block in a guard frequency that is used in the wireless communication system.

Abstract: A method for processing a service request in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, is performed by a reception device and comprises the steps of: receiving, from a source device, a retrieve request for a resource corresponding to the service satisfying a filter condition; if a target of the retrieve request is an application resource indicating a specific device, searching for a resource satisfying the filter condition included in the retrieve request; if the resource satisfying the filter condition is not present in the reception device, checking whether the filter condition included in the retrieve request includes at least one new resource creation request indicator corresponding to the service, transmitting a request including the filter condition and an identifier of the source device to the specific device; and receiving a response to the request from the specific device, wherein if the specific device successfully generates at least one new resource sati

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a transmitter configured to transmit a first field containing information to identify a plurality of wireless communication terminals, and configured to multiplex and transmit a plurality of second fields in each of which a first frame containing an address of any of the wireless communication terminals is set; and a controller configured to determine, for the first frames, values pertaining to lengths of durations to suppress access to a wireless medium to the wireless communication terminal having an address different from the address contained in each of the first frames. The transmitter is configured to set the values in the first frames, the second fields, or the first field. The controller is configured to determine the values so that the durations have an end at an identical time.

Abstract: A method is provided that uses a consistent hashing technique to dispatch incoming packets in a stable system prior to adding of a node. The method uses a hash table and assigns hash buckets in the table to each network node. A set of fields in each incoming packet is hashed and is used to identify the corresponding hash bucket. The packets are then dispatched to the network nodes based on the nodes' hash buckets. During an observation period, the method identifies the ongoing sessions by creating a bit vector table that is used to identify the old and new sessions during a re-dispatching period. The method uses the consistent hashing method and the probabilistic method dispatch the incoming packets such that each packet that belongs to an old session is dispatched to the same old node that has been processing the other packets of the session.

Abstract: A method of processing state information in a radio access network (100). The radio access network (100) includes a first radio access node (103, 104) that is associated with a cell (105, 106) and user equipment (102). The method comprises maintaining state information at the user equipment (102), the state information comprising at least one state information part associable with different values. The method further comprises transmitting a current value associated with at least one state information part from the user equipment (102) to the first radio access node (103, 104) in response to detecting at least one predetermined trigger indicating that the first radio access node (103, 104) may not hold the current value. The method further comprises relying on the first radio access node (103, 104) holding the current value associated with the at least one state information part if no predetermined trigger is detected.

Abstract: A mobile terminal in a wireless communication network may be one of several modes of operation. When in an idle mode, the mobile terminal may avoid a lengthy random access procedure normally associated with responding to a page from a base station, if the base station includes in the page an indication of a resource that the mobile terminal may utilize when responding to the page. Additionally, the mobile terminal may transmit an efficient location update MAC header to a base station, whether prompted to by a page from the base station or not. Furthermore, without leaving the idle mode or a sleep mode, the mobile terminal may exchange short data burst messages with a base station.

Abstract: A novel algorithm for packet classification that is based on a novel search structure for packet classification rules is provided. Addresses from all the containers are merged and maintained in a single Trie. Each entry in the Trie has additional information that can be traced back to the container from where the address originated. This information is used to keep the Trie in sync with the containers when the container definition dynamically changes.

Abstract: A method for processing a service request in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, is performed by a reception device and comprises the steps of: receiving, from a source device, a retrieve request for a resource corresponding to the service satisfying a filter condition; if a target of the retrieve request is an application resource indicating a specific device, searching for a resource satisfying the filter condition included in the retrieve request; if the resource satisfying the filter condition is not present in the reception device, checking whether the filter condition included in the retrieve request includes at least one new resource creation request indicator corresponding to the service, transmitting a request including the filter condition and an identifier of the source device to the specific device; and receiving a response to the request from the specific device, wherein if the specific device successfully generates at least one new resource sati

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for cell-specific reference signal generation. One apparatus includes a processor that determines a NB-IoT CRS frequency offset. The processor may determine a first CRS sequence based on the NB-IoT CRS frequency offset. The processor may also determine a first time-frequency resource set. The apparatus may also include a transmitter that transmits the first CRS sequence on the first time-frequency resource set.

Abstract: There is provided a radio communication terminal that can reduce power consumption by a radio communication terminal when searching for a radio base station apparatus that is to be connected to the radio communication terminal, and that can reduce the time it takes to search for the radio base station apparatus. The radio communication terminal communicates with a radio base station apparatus through a network in which a plurality of radio communication schemes are present for use in a mixed manner, and includes a processor and an antenna.

Abstract: A unified frame structure design includes multiple structures to support multiple access requirements. In some aspects, traffic communicated according to one structure may puncture traffic communicated according to another structure. In some aspects, an indication of the puncturing may be communicated. In some aspects, communication based on the unified frame structure may use a code block-level acknowledgement. In some aspects, different access requirements may relate to different access terminal categories and/or different applications. In some aspects, different access terminal categories may relate to different performance requirements of different access terminals. In some aspects, the disclosed unified frame structure design could support, for example, and without limitation, at least one of: a low latency mode, a low overhead mode, a low power mode (e.g.

Abstract: A system and method for group management during making-to-machine communication, the method including receiving, by a group server and from a requesting apparatus, a group creation request for a group and that carries at least group type information indicating a group type of the group, checking whether a member type of each member of the group is consistent with the group type carried in the group creation request, determining whether at least one member of the group is unreachable, setting a value of a consistency check flag of the group according to whether any member of the group is unreachable, and returning, to the requesting apparatus, a group creation response comprising information indicating the consistency check flag of the group.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Methods, systems, and devices provide for different tone spacing schemes for different channels. Methods, systems, and devices also provide for different tone spacing schemes for different stages of communication between a UE and a base station. The base station may indicate, to the UE, the tone spacing scheme in a control channel, a synchronization signal, or a reference signal and the tone spacing scheme may be selected by the base station from available tone spacing schemes for communication. Tone spacing schemes may also be referred to as numerologies.

Abstract: A transmission method is provided for a communication system in which communications using a plurality of communication methods having different transmission parameters are performed at the same frequency (in frequency bands that at least partially overlap with each other). The transmission method includes: generating a first symbol group that includes a control symbol for causing a communication partner apparatus to recognize that communication using a first communication method is to be performed and a second symbol group that includes a data symbol for the first communication method; transmitting the first symbol group at a first transmit power; and transmitting the second symbol group at a second transmit power that is smaller than the first transmit power.

Abstract: A method for controlling a distributed system. The distributed system includes a plurality of nodes and a bus. The plurality of nodes is associated with a plurality of timers. The method includes assigning a plurality of timer values including a first timer value and a second timer value to the plurality of timers in response to no data being loaded on the bus, defining an initial timer value equal to the first timer value, counting down the plurality of timer values with a given rate by activating the plurality of timers, stopping counting down the plurality of timer values in response to the first timer value reaching zero by stopping the plurality of timers, replacing the first timer value with a reference value, and sending data from the first node to the bus. The first timer value is assigned to a first timer of the plurality of timers, and the second timer value is assigned to a second timer of the plurality of timers.

Abstract: The present invention provides a device-to-device (D2D) operation method performed by means of a terminal in a wireless communication system. In the method, uplink transmission and D2D transmission are determined to be contended or not. If the uplink transmission and the D2D transmission are contended, the D2D transmission is determined to be performed or not. And if the D2D transmission is determined to be performed, the D2D transmission is performed. The D2D transmission is determined to be performed or not on the basis of the priority of the uplink transmission and the priority of the D2D transmission.