Abstract: Techniques providing opportunistic frequency switching for frame based equipment (FBE), such as may be configured to minimize opportunistic frequency switching delay in FBE new radio (NR) unlicensed (NR-U) networks and/or to provide frequency diversity FBE access based on offset sequences of medium sensing occasions for the carrier frequencies are disclosed. Within the FBE mode network, a base station may configure a pattern of sensing locations in each frame for each frequency transmission unit of the plurality of frequency transmission units, wherein an inter-unit delay of sensing locations between a first frequency transmission unit and a next adjacent frequency transmission unit and between a last frequency transmission unit and the first frequency transmission unit is a fixed duration.

Abstract: An example method of packet forwarding for a packet set in a network device includes: selecting a first bit pattern of multiple adjacent bits from a bit string that represents an input packet set; selecting a second bit pattern of multiple adjacent bits from a first node of a data structure that implements a prefix-compressed decision diagram representing a first class of packets; performing a comparison of the first bit pattern to the second bit pattern; generating an output packet set, which is a subset of the input packet set, in response to the first bit pattern matching the second bit pattern; and applying a network forwarding action to the output packet set, the network forwarding action associated with the prefix-compressed decision diagram and dictating packet forwarding behavior of the network device with respect to the output packet set.

Abstract: A method and apparatus in a user equipment and a base station for narrowband communication based on a cellular network are provided. The user equipment receives first information, and then detects the first wireless signal including at least one of {a first characteristic sequence, a first reference signal, and a second information} in a first time window. The transmitter of the first wireless signal is a second node, and the transmitter of the first information and the second node are non-co-located. The first information determines at least one of {the first time window, a parameter of the first characteristic sequence, a parameter of the first reference signal}. The embodiments save power consumption of the relayed user equipment and ensure that the channel quality of the sidelink is better than the channel quality of the uplink. In addition, the embodiments utilize the first flag bit to reduce the air interface overhead.

Abstract: Systems and methods for measuring wireless uplink signal quality of a P25 H-CPM uplink waveform are provided. In particular, such systems and methods can include calculating an SINR measurement and/or an FBER measurement for the P25 H-CPM uplink waveform to determine whether P25 user equipment has been successfully deployed.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to identifying, by a processor of a wireless communications device, a service, determining, by the processor and based at least in part on the service, whether to prioritize a type of connection gateway to utilize in connecting to the service, where the processor determines to prioritize the type of connection gateway, selecting, by the processor, a connection gateway for the service based at least in part on a stored network access preference for the service, where the processor determines not to prioritize the type of connection gateway, selecting, by the processor, the connection gateway for the service regardless of the stored network access preference for the service, and connecting, by the processor, to the service via the connection gateway.

Abstract: User equipment (UE) handover (HO) techniques for reducing or eliminating interruption time during an HO process are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may include at least one memory and logic for an evolved node B (eNB), at least a portion of the logic comprised in hardware coupled to the at least one memory. The logic may be operative to forward downlink (DL) data received from a serving gateway (SGW) to user equipment (UE), transmit a handover command to the UE to trigger execution of a handover (HO) process to handover the UE to a target eNB, continue forwarding at least a portion of the DL data to the UE following transmission of the handover command, and terminate transmission of the DL data to the UE responsive to detecting a stop DL data event. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: A VM receives a first ARP request from a first instance of a virtualized network function (VNF) associated with a first MAC address. The VM may determine the first MAC address and, based at least in part on the first MAC address, may a second MAC address with which to respond to the first ARP request. The VM may then send, to the first instance of the VNF, a response to the first ARP request specifying the second MAC address. The VM may also receive a second ARP request from a second instance of the VNF associated with a third MAC address. The VM may determine a fourth MAC address with which to respond to the second ARP request, and may thereafter send a response to the second ARP request to the second instance of the VNF, with the response specifying the fourth MAC address.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems for wireless communications are described. Uplink signals may be time aligned based on different synchronization signals as a timing reference for different carrier groups. A base station may send, to a wireless device, a time alignment command comprising: an indication of a carrier group index, and a time adjustment value. Based on the time alignment command, the wireless device may send second uplink signals.

Abstract: A method performed by a first wireless communication system operating on a first subframe structure in an unlicensed spectrum is disclosed. The method comprises determining a subframe timing difference between the first wireless communication system and a second wireless communication system operating on a second subframe structure in the unlicensed spectrum and determining whether timing difference exists between the first and second wireless communication systems based on the subframe timing difference. The method further comprises adjusting a subframe timing of the first wireless communication system, in response to determining the existence of the timing difference, to obtain a channel on an unlicensed carrier in the unlicensed spectrum for data communication by the first wireless communication system.

Abstract: A system includes a terminal apparatus and a base station. The base station includes a transmitter which transmits an offset value for controlling a transmission power of a sounding reference signal (SRS) to the terminal apparatus, and a receiver which receives the SRS from the terminal apparatus. The terminal apparatus includes a transmission controller which controls the transmission power of the SRS using the offset value, and a transmitter which transmits the SRS. The offset value is set within one of a first offset setting range having a first lower limit value and a first upper limit value and a second offset setting range having a second lower limit value and a second upper limit value, wherein a difference between the first lower limit value and the second lower limit value is equal to a difference between the first upper limit value and the second upper limit value.

Abstract: Systems and methods of early termination of uplink data transmissions for a UE are described. The UE transmits capacity information that indicates that the UE supports use of an ETS. The ETS indicates successful reception by the eNB of the uplink data prior to an end of a scheduled transmission period to transmit repeated instances of the data. The UE receives a schedule for repeated transmissions of the data that is based on a coverage level of the UE, and then transmits sets of one or more repetitions. After the transmission, the UE monitors a predetermined resource whether the ETS is present or whether the ETS indicates an ACK. If the ETS indicates successful reception, the UE terminates transmission of the remaining repetitions of the data and enters a sleep mode or transmits other uplink data.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a data link layer (layer 2) gateway device configured to connect the physical network to the SDN network, routing data to a computing device, the computing device selected to receive a packet transmitted from the physical network to the SDN network; receiving, from a source element in the physical network, an address request for a layer 2 address of a router element in the SDN network, the address request including a networking layer address of the router element; transmitting, to the source element in response to receiving the address request, a layer 2 address of the router element using the routing data; receiving, from the source element, a routing request to route a packet to a destination element in the SDN network using the layer 2 address; routing, using the routing data, the received packet to the computing device to route to the destination element.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for transmitting an uplink channel in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, a method by which a terminal transmits uplink control information comprises the steps of: identifying a resource region allocated to a first uplink control channel for transmitting first uplink control information, and a resource region allocated to a second uplink control channel for transmitting second uplink control information; and transmitting a specific modulation symbol to a base station using a specific uplink resource, if the transmission of the first uplink control channel and the transmission of the second uplink control channel overlap.

Abstract: A load control system may include a load control device for providing power to an electrical load and a control device that may send instructions to the load control device for providing the power to the electrical load. The control device may communicate with the load control device using a link address assigned to the load control device. The load control device may provide power to the electrical load in a manner that causes the electrical load to indicate the link address assigned to the load control device. The link address may be identified by a user or a user device. The identified link address may be associated with a load control device identifier that may identify a physical location of a load control device that is assigned the link address. A user may control a load control device at a physical location by sending instructions via the link address.

Abstract: Various arrangements for monitoring and enforcing multi-tier throughput assignments in a network, such as satellite-based communication network, are presented. Throughput usage may be monitored on a beam-level, satellite-level, gateway-level, and system level. Throughput usage for individual satellite terminals may be aggregated and used to determine the throughput usage on an entity-by-entity basis. An entity can have one or more sub-entities to which throughput is allocated. Excessive throughput usage for higher-tier entities can result in throughput being restricted for satellite terminals associated with lower-tier entities.

Abstract: A radio communication system includes a radio apparatus and a signal processing apparatus that function as a base station, and the radio apparatus includes a channel estimation unit that, on the basis of a radio signal transmitted from a terminal apparatus, estimates channel information relating to a radio transmission path between the radio apparatus and the terminal apparatus; a demodulation unit that performs soft-decision demodulation of the radio signal on the basis of the channel information estimated by the channel estimation unit; a decoding unit that decodes a log likelihood ratio obtained by the soft-decision demodulation and outputs a result of an error detection code obtained by the decoding; and a transmission control unit that, on the basis of the error detection code result, controls transmission, to the signal processing apparatus, of data obtained by the decoding.

Abstract: Techniques, apparatus and methods are disclosed that enable non-adaptive Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) retransmission using SPS resources. Non-adaptive HARQ retransmission can be enabled in a configured Uplink (UL) resource (such as SPS resources). As it may not be beneficial to allow non-adaptive HARQ retransmission on SPS resources for all kinds of traffic, options for proper configuration can be provided either by network signaling or by predefined configurations.

Abstract: A method for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication in a wireless network is provided. The method includes transmitting, by a base station, a resource grant message to a first user equipment (UE), the resource grant message identifying available resources for V2X communication by the first UE. The method further includes receiving, by the base station, a feedback report from a second UE, the feedback report indicating a quality of the V2X communication by the first UE.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a D2D communication method and a D2D device. The method comprises: a first terminal device determines information to be forwarded, the information to be forwarded comprising target information and forwarding condition information; and the first terminal device sends the information to be forwarded, such that when receiving the information to be forwarded, a second terminal device determines, according to the forwarding condition information, whether to forward the information to be forwarded. In this way, congestion caused by a large amount of information forwarding is avoided by filtering terminal devices available for information forwarding and enabling a terminal device meeting particular conditions to forward information to be forwarded, thereby avoiding congestion caused by forwarding of a large amount of information.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from improved single carrier-based waveform techniques. An apparatus may comprise at least one memory comprising computer program code and at least one processor. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to transmit at least one indication of synchronization signal block (SSB) to a network entity. The apparatus further receives at least one bandwidth part comprising at least one SSB associated with CP-OFDM waveform and/or at least one SSB below at least one threshold peak to average ratio. The apparatus further configures at least one waveform based upon the received at least one SSB. The at least one SSB below at least one threshold PAR comprise at least one indication of PDCCH.