Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a receiver configured to receive first sidelink control information (SCI) in a first physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) from another terminal; a processor configured to measure a reception level based on the first PSCCH and determine whether a radio resource for sidelink transmission is usable based on the reception level; and a transmitter configured to transmit data via a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) within the radio resource, wherein the processor is configured to determine to not use the radio resource for transmission when the reception level of the first PSCCH is higher than a threshold. In other aspects, a radio communication system and a communication method are also disclosed.

Abstract: For multiplexing control information in a physical uplink data channel, a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a configuration for a first set of values and receiving a downlink control information (DCI) format scheduling a transmission of a physical uplink shared data channel (PUSCH) over a set of resource elements (REs) and including a field providing an index. The method further includes determining a first value from the first set of values based on the index, determining a first subset of REs from the set of REs, for multiplexing first uplink control information (UCI), based on the first value, and transmitting the first UCI in the PUSCH.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a 5G interoperability architecture. In one embodiment, a system is disclosed, comprising: at least one Radio Access network (RAN); at least one core network; and a gateway in communication with the RAN and the core network, the gateway including: a Radio Access Network (RAN) interface for communicating with the at least one RAN; a core network interface for communicating with the at least one core network; and a processor configured to: process 5G signaling received from the at least one RAN on the RAN interface and provide core signaling to at least one core network; and process signaling received from the at least one core on the core network interface and provide 5G RAN signaling to at least one RAN.

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes control circuitry and transmitting circuitry. The control circuitry maps data or a reference signal onto resources including orthogonal subcarriers of a first numerology and a second numerology, which differ at least by subcarrier spacing and are frequency-multiplexed on a subcarrier basis. The control circuitry assigns no transmit power to at least one subcarrier located between a subcarrier of the first numerology and a subcarrier of the second numerology. The subcarriers of the second numerology include: inter-numerology-orthogonal subcarriers, each of which is centrally aligned with a subcarrier of the first numerology, and non-inter-numerology-orthogonal subcarriers not centrally aligned with any subcarrier of the first numerology and located between two adjacent subcarriers of the first numerology. The control circuitry assigns no transmit power to at least one of the non-inter-numerology-orthogonal subcarriers.

Abstract: A system and method for simulating a real roadway environment that can be used for testing of a real connected autonomous vehicle (CAV) on roadways using augmented reality to add simulated virtual environmental objects such as additional vehicles, pedestrians, and other obstructions to the nearby surroundings seen by the CAV under test. The method carried out by the system includes: receiving vehicle status information indicating the location of a connected real vehicle as it moves along a roadway; and generating a simulated environment of the real vehicle on the roadway using a mapped model of the roadway and the vehicle status information. The simulated environment includes one or more virtual objects such as vehicles, pedestrians, or other obstructions, and these simulated virtual objects may be sent to the real vehicle for testing of its response without requiring the use of real vehicles, pedestrians, or other obstructions.

Abstract: An approach is provided for providing data-driven traffic simulations for ad-hoc reconfigurations of a smart-city infrastructure. The approach involves retrieving training traffic data collected from a geographic area supported by the smart-city infrastructure. The approach also involves determining one or more configurations of the smart-city infrastructure corresponding to one or more times at which the training traffic data was collected, wherein the one or more configurations indicate respective states of one or more traffic-related actions supported by the smart-city infrastructure. The approach further involves training a predictive model to predict a traffic-related key performance indicator based on the training traffic data and the one or more configurations, wherein the predictive model is used to predict the traffic-related key performance indicator for a reconfiguration of at least one of the one or more traffic-related actions.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may adaptively choose a resource selection scheme between a sensed selection scheme and a random selection scheme to determine a sidelink resource. The UE may transmit a sidelink communication utilizing the sidelink resource based at least in part on adaptively choosing the resource selection scheme. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle control device mounted on a vehicle and a method for controlling the vehicle. A vehicle control device according to the present disclosure is a vehicle control device that controls a vehicle platooning with at least one other vehicle, the vehicle control device including: a communication portion communicating with the at least one other vehicle; and a control portion calculating a sensing range allocated to each of the at least one other vehicle in the platooning based on an arrangement pattern of the platooning.

Abstract: A wireless access point (WAP) determines whether to switch from one or more first communication channels to one or more second communication channels when the one or more first communication channels are experiencing congestion. The WAP determines an amount of congestion the one or more first communication channels are experiencing. When the one or more first communication channels are experiencing congestion, the WAP determines whether one or more communication devices can support, or reliably support, a channel switching announcement signal using the one or more first communication channels. If a sufficient number of communication devices from among the one or more communication devices can support, or reliably support, the channel switching announcement signal, the WAP broadcasts the channel switching announcement signal to the one or more communication devices to announce its intention to switch from the one or more first communication channels to the one or more second communication channels.

Abstract: A user equipment and a buffer status report (BSR) cancellation method are provided. In the method, the data duplication is activated on at least one data unit of packet data convergence protocol (PDCP). The data duplication works such that, in the carrier aggregation (CA), one data unit corresponds to at least two component carriers provided by a base station supporting integrated access and backhaul (IAB) mechanism. For each data unit, at least two BSRs are triggered, and each BSR corresponds to one logical channel. Then, at least one BSR is canceled according to a canceling condition. Accordingly, the IAB network can be applied with multiple BSR cancellation.

Abstract: Disclosed is method and an evolved NodeB (eNB) for use in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network including establishing an X2 interface between the eNB and another eNB and communicating information between the eNB and the another eNB via the X2 interface.

Abstract: Described is a method and system for connectivity diagnostics in communication systems. The method comprises: querying a first communication device at a first time and a second time to determine whether a second communication device is connected to the first communication device and to determine a value of an operational parameter at the first and second times; and determining the second communication device disconnected from the first communication device based on detecting the second communication device was connected to the first communication device at both the first time and the second time, and detecting the value of the operational parameter at the second time is inside a range of threshold values. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining a link is unstable for connectivity based on connection duration, number and/or pattern of connection and/or disconnection events, and/or traffic activity during connection and/or disconnection events.

Abstract: A communications device transmits and receives date via a wireless access interface in a mobile communications network. First resource allocation messages are received by communications devices to allocate one or more of plural communications resource elements of a host frequency range of a host carrier.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for determining position information of a motor vehicle, which has an inductive charging device with at least one charging coil, which is in particular situated in the region of the bottom of the vehicle, and a measurement means which is assigned to the charging coil to measure a magnetic field, the method having the following steps: magnetizing, by supplying current to the charging coil, at least one magnetic structure which is situated in or on a surface on which the motor vehicle drives, wherein the structure and further structures are stored together with a position indication for the respective structure in a digital map; measuring, using the measurement means, measurement data which describe the magnetic behavior of the structure; identifying the structure by evaluating the measurement data; and determining the position information depending on position indication assigned to the identified structure.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a vehicle communications system of a vehicle comprises a vehicle controller with a wireless communications interface capable of providing wireless coverage in a plurality of vehicle regions, and a set of relay devices that are each communicatively coupled to the vehicle controller and are each capable of providing wireless coverage in at least one of the plurality of vehicle regions. In a further aspect, the vehicle controller transitions between first and second modes of communication based in part upon a traffic condition.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first wireless communication device may iterate a value of a channel access counter (CAC) to a trigger value based at least in part on configuring the value of the CAC. In some aspects, the first wireless communication device may utilize a channel access mechanism to select a set of time-frequency resources for a transmission of a packet based at least in part on iterating the value of the CAC to the trigger value. In some aspects, the first wireless communication device may transmit the packet to a second wireless communication device via the set of time-frequency resources based at least in part on utilizing the channel access mechanism to select the set of time-frequency resources for the transmission. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a first device, the first device determines a second sidelink resource in a first sidelink slot in a carrier and/or a cell, wherein the first device has a configuration of a first sidelink resource pool in the carrier and/or the cell. The first device performs a procedure to select a first sidelink resource in the first sidelink resource pool, wherein the first sidelink resource is selected from among candidate sidelink resources, of the first sidelink resource pool, that are not in the first sidelink slot. The first device performs a first sidelink transmission on the first sidelink resource.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for performing a random-access channel procedure (RACH procedure) by a terminal in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method may comprise transmitting a first physical random-access channel (PRACH) preamble through message A on the basis of a RACH occasion, and receiving, as a response to message A, a random-access response (RAR) through message B related to contention resolution, wherein on the basis of the first PRACH preamble corresponding to a PRACH preamble mapped to a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) occasion, message A comprises the first PRACH preamble and a PUSCH based on the mapped PUSCH occasion, and on the basis of the first PRACH preamble corresponding to a PRACH preamble failed to be mapped to a PUSCH occasion, message A comprises the first PRACH preamble.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive downlink data that is associated with triggering a feedback message; transmit, before receiving the feedback message for the downlink data at a component of the user equipment, a scheduling request to request an allocation of a set of resources for transmitting the feedback message; and transmit the feedback message in connection with the set of resources. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A method of a communication technique in which a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting more high data transmission rate after a fourth generation (4G) system converges with an internet of things (IoT) technology, and a system is provided. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g., a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or a connected car, healthcare, digital education, a retail business, security and safety-related services, or the like) based on a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. A terminal receives, from a base station, a first message including configuration information of at least one band, receive, from the base station, a second message for activating a band among the at least one band, and activate the band according to the second message, the configuration information including indication of the at least one band, and each band of the at least one band being part of a bandwidth.