Abstract: Disclosed is a way to expand the range of Internet of Things devices in a home, office, or structure to the range of a local WiFi network. This is accomplished by generating a network bridge for the devices using machine-to-machine protocols to communicate using the WiFi network backhaul channel. Transmissions in machine-to-machine protocol are tunneled through WiFi communications and extracted by the closest access point. Access points include radios for both WiFi and machine-to-machine protocols.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to routing data communications based on time zone. According to a specific example, a data-communications system for routing data communications based on time zone includes a communications routing circuit and a processing circuit. The communications routing circuit receives and routes data communications to a plurality of data communications stations and provides data communications services to remotely-situated client entities. For data communications routed for client entities in which a time zone routing feature is applied, the processing circuit determines a geographic location of the respective data communications station. The processing circuit then identifies a respective set of routing functions, based on a time zone of the geographic location, and routes the data communication based on the time zone, and according to the respective set of routing functions.

Abstract: An information indication apparatus and method and a communication system. The information indication method includes: transmitting a plurality of physical broadcast channels and a plurality of synchronization signals at a plurality of time units or a plurality of time instances within a time interval; wherein, each of the physical broadcast channels carries timing information of the time interval. Hence, even a plurality of physical broadcast channels and a plurality of synchronization signals are transmitted at a plurality of time units or a plurality of time instances within a time interval, the timing information of the time interval may be obtained with a simple structure and operation.

Abstract: Disclosed is the generation of a bit-indexed forwarding table (BIFT) that can include a plurality of entries, each such entry corresponding to a bit position of a plurality of bit positions, where each such bit position represents an egress network node of a plurality of egress network nodes, and the generating configures the BIFT to be used in forwarding a packet to one or more of the plurality of egress network nodes, based at least in part on a bit string in the packet. The generating includes selecting a bit position of the plurality of bit positions as a selected bit position, creating an entry of the plurality of entries (where the entry corresponds to the selected bit position), identifying a neighbor node associated with the selected bit position, and updating one or more fields of the entry with neighbor information regarding the neighbor node.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus for setting a gain of a RF repeater includes: a synchronization signal power calculator configured to determine an average received power level of a synchronization signal received over a predetermined number of times as a synchronization signal power; a downlink power calculator configured to calculate a downlink input power according to a power ratio of synchronization signal to data channel signal based on the synchronization signal power; and a downlink gain setting unit configured to calculate a downlink gain by subtracting the downlink input power from a downlink output power determined by hardware specifications to set the downlink gain.

Abstract: Functionality for creating a bit routing table for use in a bit-indexed explicit replication (“BIER”) environment in disclosed herein. In one embodiment, this functionality includes receiving information from a host, and determining whether the information comprises a MAC address that is a bit-indexed explicit replication (“BIER”) MAC address. In response to determining that the information comprises a BIER MAC address, this functionality creates an entry corresponding to the MAC address in a bit routing table. This functionality also analyzes the information to determine a bit position that is associated with the host, and also determines a port via which the host is reachable. The functionality updates the bit routing table by storing information identifying the bit position and the port in the entry, such that the bit position and the port both correspond to the MAC address. This functionality can be used to route packets in a BIER environment.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless device, such as a base station or a user equipment, may identify an energy detection threshold for a sensing beam associated with a channel access procedure, such as a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure. The wireless device may also identify a set of transmit power parameters for one or more transmit beams. The wireless device may determine a degree of overlap between a coverage area of one or more transmit beams and a coverage area of the sensing beam. The wireless device may adjust the set of transmit power parameters, the energy detection threshold, or a combination thereof based on the degree of overlap. The wireless device may perform the channel access procedure based on the determining, the adjusting, or both.

Abstract: A first communication device allocates respective portions of a communication channel, that includes at least one primary component channel and one or more non-primary component channels, to a plurality of second communication devices, including a bandwidth-limited second communication device configured to operate with a maximum bandwidth that is less than a full bandwidth of the communication channel. The bandwidth-limited second communication device is operating in a particular component channel, and allocation of a frequency portion to the bandwidth-limited second communication device is restricted to the particular component channel.

Abstract: A mechanism is presented for attributing users to one or more of a plurality of sub-bands in a multiple access communications system, wherein in an initial assignment phase, a first user is selected for a sub band, for example on the basis of a user priority. Users having complementary channel gains to that of the first user are identified, and then a second sub-band user maximizing a performance metric reflecting the achieved throughput, and/or fairness across users, is selected to accompany the first user on that sub-band. The initial assignment phase may terminate once all users have been assigned to a sub-band once. After the first phase is complete, the first user for each sub-band may be the user whose achieved total throughput is furthest from a target throughput defined for that user, wherein each user is assigned to the remaining sub-band to which no first user is currently attributed offering the highest channel gain for that user.

Abstract: A method of wireless communications performed by a receiving device includes transmitting, to a first transmitting device of a set of transmitting devices, a request for a first known payload for training an artificial neural network of the receiving device. The set of transmitting devices may be a multi-transmit and receive point (TRP) group or a set of user equipment (UEs). The first transmitting device may be a serving TRP or one UE of the set of UEs. The method also includes receiving, from the first transmitting device, the first known payload in response to the request. The method further includes updating, at the receiving device, the artificial neural network based on at least the first known payload.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for transmitting and/or receiving system information for changing a configuration. One apparatus includes a receiver that: receives first system information for a first configuration; and receives second system information for a second configuration based on the first configuration. The second system information includes changes to the first configuration without repeating information common to the first and second configurations.

Abstract: Disclosed are a synchronization method and a terminal apparatus resolving the issue of how to support synchronization of resources having different SCSs. The synchronization method includes: a terminal apparatus determining a type of synchronization sources, the synchronization sources including one or more combinations of: a base station in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, a base station in the Fifth Generation Mobile Communication Technology (5G) network, a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and a communication node; the terminal apparatus determining, from one or more synchronization sources matching the type, a synchronization source of the terminal apparatus; and the terminal apparatus synchronizing with the determined synchronization source.

Abstract: A multicast group creation method, a multicast group joining method, and an apparatus, where the multicast group creation method includes: a user multicast source terminal sending a first request message to a first control plane network element to request creation of a multicast group; the first control plane network element sending a second request message to a second control plane network element to request creation of the multicast group; the second control plane network element determining that a next-hop user plane network element of the second user plane network element is a first user plane network element, and then sending information about the first user plane network element to the first control plane network element, which indicates the second user plane network element to send a multicast packet received from the terminal to the first user plane network element.

Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to systems, devices, apparatuses, products, and methods for wireless communication. For example, a communication system may include a repeater having a first communication interface that receives a control message that indicates a measurement configuration for a second communication interface of the repeater that is different than the first communication interface. The repeater receives, via the second communication interface, a first signal at the repeater from a first device. The repeater also measures a power metric associated with the first signal based on the measurement configuration. In some implementations, a base station or another device (e.g., UE), may communicate with the repeater and take one or more actions based on the power metric measured by the repeater.

Abstract: A communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT) is provided. The communication method and system include intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.

Abstract: Provided is a mechanism which is capable of improving wireless link quality regarding transmission from a terminal device on the ground to a non-ground station device. A terminal device including a control unit configured to acquire information regarding a type of a base station device and control a transmission timing of a signal to the base station device on the basis of the information regarding the type of the base station device.

Abstract: An infrastructure equipment for use in a wireless communications system comprising the infrastructure equipment and one or more communications devices is provided. The infrastructure equipment comprises controller circuitry and transceiver circuitry which are configured in combination to broadcast one or more synchronisation signals for use by the one or more communications devices to achieve synchronisation with a cell provided by the infrastructure equipment, and to broadcast an additional synchronisation signal, the additional synchronisation signal including an indication of a status of a first communications parameter selected from a plurality of communications parameters in accordance with conditions determined by the controller circuitry.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus and computer program for power control. A method implemented in a terminal device comprises performing power control for at least a first type of traffic based on a first parameter configuration of a first power control loop; and performing power control for at least a second type of traffic based on a second parameter configuration of a second control loop, wherein the first parameter configuration of the first power control loop includes at least one parameter different from the second parameter configuration of the second power control loop.

Abstract: A battery operated device, comprising a low throughput network interface sending said data messages to a cloud application over a low throughput connection. An acknowledgement receiver receiving from said cloud application over said low throughput connection and interpreting an acknowledgment message containing acknowledgement information for one or more of said data messages. Wherein said device further comprises an acknowledgement request generator generating and sending a request over the low throughput network to said cloud application for said acknowledgement message.

Abstract: Switchless interconnect fabric message distribution includes end-to-end partitioning of message pathways or multiple priority levels with interrupt capability. A switchless interconnect fabric message distribution system includes a data distribution module and at least two host-bus adapters connected to the data distribution module. The data distribution module includes partition first in first out buffers. Each of the host-bus adapters includes an input manager connected to input priority first in first out buffers and an output manager connected to priority first in first out buffers.