Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may determine that a threshold is satisfied with regard to a search space set mapping, for a plurality of search space sets, for a slot of a downlink control channel, wherein the threshold relates to at least one of: a slot-based control channel element limit, or a slot-based blind decode limit; and perform a mapping of or monitor a subset of search space set occasions, of a search space set of the plurality of search space sets, in the slot in connection with determining that the threshold is satisfied. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of transmitting a sounding reference signal (SRS) and a device utilizing the same. The method comprises: a user equipment transmits, to a base station, a sounding reference signal (SRS) on a time domain symbol in a special subframe, wherein the time domain symbol comprises one or more time domain symbols of time domain symbols occupying an uplink pilot time slot; and a number of the time domain symbols occupying the uplink pilot time slot is N, N is an integer, and 3?N?12. The embodiment resolves a problem of an incomplete scheme of transmitting an SRS on a time domain symbol, and realizes transmission of an SRS on increased time domain symbols.

Abstract: A method of a network node for changing a first frequency of a first original cell, wherein one or more wireless communication devices are served by the original cell, and wherein the network node controls a plurality of other cells. The method comprises selecting one or more second frequency of an unlicensed spectrum that the network node should switch the original cell to, determining a second cell on the selected one or more second frequency as target cell and causing the target cell to maintain the same neighbor cell relations as the original cell. The method also comprises moving the one or more wireless communication devices from the original cell to the target cell, turning off the original cell when the one or more wireless communication devices have been moved from the original cell to the target cell and informing one or more neighboring network nodes of the frequency change to the one or more second frequency. Also disclosed is a computer program product, an arrangement and a network node.

Abstract: There is disclosed a radio node for a wireless communication network, the radio node being adapted for processing reference signaling based on a coding, the coding being based on a Golay sequence. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.

Abstract: A disclosed method may include (1) sampling traffic forwarded by a network device in accordance with certain prefixes, (2) determining, based at least in part on the sampling of traffic, a subset of the prefixes whose usages satisfy a certain threshold, (3) computing a plurality of hit probabilities that each represent a relative likelihood that one of the subset of prefixes is used by the network device to forward the traffic, (4) identifying a plurality of outgoing interfaces that carry the traffic in connection with the subset of prefixes, (5) identifying a plurality of prefix-specific loads of the outgoing interfaces, and then (6) predicting a plurality of future traffic loads of the outgoing interfaces based at least in part on (A) the hit probabilities of the subset of prefixes and (B) the prefix-specific loads of the outgoing interfaces. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present specification provides a beam management method in a wireless communication system. The beam management method performed by a serving base station according to the present specification comprise setting, to a UE, a plurality of beam management reference signals (RSs) for downlink beam scanning of the UE, transmitting at least one beam management reference signal to the UE through at least one transmission beam; receiving beam index information corresponding to a predetermined number of transmission beams from the UE; and based on the received beam index information, transmitting indication information for controlling a beam used for transmission of a downlink reference signal of the neighboring eNB and/or transmission of an uplink reference signal of the neighboring UE to the neighboring eNB and/or the neighboring UE.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for continuing transmission while in leaving a connected state with a network in wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device leaves a connected state with the network. The wireless device performs transmission with a configured grant in a validity area, wherein the configured grant is received from the network and mapped to the validity area, while in leaving the connected state. The wireless device performs a random access to the network, after the wireless device leaves the validity area.

Abstract: There is provided a solution for capturing vehicle-to-vehicle messages in a cellular communication system. According to an aspect, a method comprises capturing, by an access node of a cellular communication system, a broadcast message transmitted by a vehicular terminal device; and forwarding contents of the captured broadcast message to an application server via a network of the cellular communication system and according to a forwarding rule.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for determining a data transmission mode, and a computer storage medium. The method includes: determining, by a terminal, a small data transmission mode corresponding to service data based on a preset policy, where small data refer to data of which data amount is less than or equal to a preset value; and notifying, by the terminal, a base station of the small data transmission mode through an uplink message.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a power headroom control element for communicating power information from a user equipment (UE) to a base station (BS), a corresponding method, a method for processing received power information at a radio access network (RAN) as well as to a user equipment for communicating power information and a base station configured to process received power information, which particularly enable simple handling and processing of transmission power information, respectively. A power headroom control element is structured to comprise a power headroom field containing power headroom information and having a predetermined number of bits in the power headroom control element, and an indicator field associated with the power headroom field, wherein the indicator field serves to indicate whether a transmission power field with a predetermined number of bits is present in the power headroom control element.

Abstract: A managed hardware forwarding element (MHFE) that performs packet forwarding operations for a logical network is described. The MHFE receives configuration data for the logical network that defines a logical router and a set of logical switches for logically connecting several end machines that operate on different host machines to several physical machines that are connected to the MHFE. The logical router also includes multiple routing components. The MHFE also receives a first forwarding table and a second forwarding table. The first forwarding table stores linking data for each logical port of each logical switch in the set of logical switches that identifies a corresponding routing component in the logical router. The second forwarding table stores a set of routes for each routing component of the logical router. The MHFE uses the first and second forwarding tables to perform packet forwarding operations at the MHFE.

Abstract: A network slice controller obtains health information of an active network slice provided by a first vendor and health information of a set of backup network slices provided by a second vendor. The network slice controller evaluates, using a set of policies corresponding to management of the active network slice, the health information of the active network slice to determine whether the active network slice has failed. As a result of the failure of the active network slice, the network slice controller identifies one or more backup network slices of the set of backup network slices to serve as new active network slices. The network slice controller activates these one or more backup network slices to serve as the new active network slices for the network.

Abstract: Systems and methods compare a first battery life value associated with a first wireless device with a second battery life value associated with a second wireless device. Based on the comparison, systems and methods adjust a communication schedule by allocating timeslots of the communication schedule to the first wireless device and transmit the adjusted communication schedule to the first wireless device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for joining an IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than a 4G system, and a system thereof. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or a connected car, a health care, a digital education, retailing, security and safe-related service, etc.) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and an IoT related technology. The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication system, and to a method and an apparatus for smoothly providing a service in a communication system. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving downlink and uplink control information within a communication system.

Abstract: A controller determines a path from a first router in a first segment routing (SR) domain to a destination in a second SR domain, where the path includes a first sub-path in the first SR domain and a second sub-path in the second SR domain. The controller determines first SR instructions, that conform to a first SR protocol, for the first sub-path, and determines second SR instructions, that conform to a second SR protocol, for the second sub-path. The controller sends the first SR instructions to the first router in the first SR domain to enable segment routing of data towards the destination via the first sub-path, and sends the second SR instructions to a second router located at an end of the first sub-path or at a beginning of the second sub-path to enable segment routing of data towards the destination via the second sub-path.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for configuring radio transmission and reception parameters. The method includes: configuring, by a station, a transmission module by using a first parameter set and transmitting a first radio frame, where the first radio frame has a second parameter set; and configuring, by the station, a reception module by using the second parameter set and receiving a second radio frame triggered by the first radio frame. Also disclosed are an apparatus and system for configuring radio transmission and reception parameters.

Abstract: A central latency system includes a communication device configured to exchange data with an external device. The data includes current latency data, current contextual data associated with the latency data, or a combination thereof. The system further includes a controller configured to aggregate latency data in response to acquiring the current latency data, generate a latency characterization information based on the aggregated latency data, and transmit the latency characterization information to the external device.

Abstract: A device for multi-receive multi-subscriber identity module (SIM) includes an input buffer configured to provide samples of a baseband signal, a rake receiver including plural fingers and configured to generate a series of symbols from the samples, and a controller configured to assign the fingers to a single SIM in a multi-standby mode and respectively assign two or more finger groups divided from the fingers to two or more SIMs in a multi-receive mode.

Abstract: A data communication system includes a host computing system, a data communication network, and a mission context routing (MCR) system. The host computing system is configured to receive a user request to exchange data between the host computing system and a destination communication device. The data communication network is configured to establish at least one network path to facilitate data exchange between the host computing system and the destination communication device. The MCR system is configured to determine route connection data based on an input selected from a group that includes the user request in context of the activity a user is performing, and an operational context of a network owner entity. Accordingly, the MCR system establishes a designated network path among a plurality of different available network paths of the data communication network based at least in part on the route connection data.

Abstract: A test system for testing a device under test comprises a testing device and a device under test. A beam control channel is established between the device under test and the testing device, via which a respective beam of the device under test to be applied is controlled such that beamforming of the device under test is carried out in the testing device. The testing device applies a transposed combined channel matrix, wherein the transposed combined channel matrix encompasses a transposed beamforming matrix of the device under test, a transposed channel matrix and a transposed beamforming matrix of an entity emulated by the testing device. Further, a method of testing a device under test is described.