Abstract: A software defined network controller receives from a radio access network access point an attach request generated by a user equipment that includes a user equipment identification and an IP address for the radio access network access point. The controller assigns a temporary identification to the user equipment and sends a modified attach request including the temporary identification, and application server identification and an application server IP address to the radio access network access point. The controller configures a forwarding table associated with the radio access network access point so that the access point forwarding table matches the user equipment identification, the application server identification and the application server IP address. The controller configures a service edge creation environment function forwarding table so that the forwarding table matches the user equipment identification mapped to the radio access network access point IP address.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may identify a set of time instances to monitor for paging, wherein the set of time instances are identified based at least in part on a first discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle parameter set, identify a subset of time instances, of the set of time instances, for which a narrowband reference signal is to be monitored irrespective of whether paging is present on the subset of time instances, wherein the subset of time instances is identified based at least on a second DRX cycle parameter set; and communicate based at least on the set of time instances and the subset of time instances. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining a resource field that carries feedback information. One apparatus (200) includes a transmitter (210) that transmits (502) data. The apparatus (200) includes a processor (202) that determines (504), based on transmission of the data, a resource field that carries feedback information corresponding to the data. The resource field is contained in control signaling. The apparatus (200) includes a receiver (212) that receives (506) the control signaling.

Abstract: The method for monitoring a wireless link of a wireless node of a CPE device during operation of the CPE device, comprises the steps of taking samples of one or several of the following parameters in a defined time interval: Received Signal Strength (RSSI), modulation rate (Physical Layer Rate) and/or the number of spatial streams used for the wireless link, and calculating an average for that parameters by including a filtering of said parameters.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for communicating to a wireless device (WD) a DL-to-UL frequency offset (or frequency shift) that may need to be applied. For example, a method implemented in a wireless device (WD) is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from the network node, an indication of a frequency offset; and applying the received frequency offset; wherein the WD is configured to operate on a narrow-band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) carrier in a New Radio (NR) carrier.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A serving cell may configure one or more neighbor cells to perform measurements on sounding reference signals (SRSs) received from a user equipment (UE). The serving cell and a subset of the one or more neighbor cells may then transmit data to the UE in a single frequency network (SFN) transmission based on the SRS measurements. For instance, the serving cell may determine whether to add each of the one or more neighbor cells to an SFN cell group for an SFN transmission to a UE based on measurements performed by each neighbor cell on SRSs received from the UE. A neighbor cell of the one or more neighbor cells may also determine which beam to use for an SFN transmission to a UE based on measurements performed by the neighbor cell on SRSs received from the UE.

Abstract: Methods, devices and systems that use a control channel to coordinate quality of data communications in software-defined heterogenous multi-hop ad hoc networks are described. In some embodiments, an example apparatus for wireless communication in a network includes performing, using a control plane, network management functions over a control channel that has a first bandwidth, implements a frequency-hopping operation, and operates at in a first frequency band, and performing, using a data plane that is physically and logically decoupled from the control plane, data forwarding functions, based on a routing decision, over at least one data channel that has a second bandwidth and operates in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a power control method, a reception method, a power allocation method, a User Equipment (UE) and a network device. The power control method includes performing transmission power control over uplink transmission on a first target Bandwidth Part (BWP) in accordance with one or more target uplink power control parameters corresponding to the first target BWP.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a signaling radio node in a radio access network, the signaling radio node being adapted for transmitting on a plurality of layers utilizing an antenna arrangement; wherein the method comprises transmitting, on each of the plurality of layers, reference signaling in the same symbol time interval, wherein reference signaling on at least a first layer of the plurality of layers is shifted in time and/or phase relative to reference signaling on at least a second layer of the plurality of layers. There are also disclosed related methods and devices.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for narrowband communications using frequency hopping in an unlicensed frequency band. In some aspects, a base station (BS) and a user equipment (UE) may communicate with one another over a sequence of unique frequency sub-bands of a frequency hopping pattern. In some instances, the BS and the UE may switch from a current frequency sub-band to another frequency sub-band based on a number of unsuccessful attempts to gain access to the current frequency sub-band. In some other instances, the BS and the UE may communicate data using configured grant (CG) resources based on a number of unsuccessful attempts to gain access to the current frequency sub-band.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, method, and computer-readable media for operating a sensor network. The sensor network can include an array of sensor devices and gateways. The sensor devices can sense various conditions of an environment. The sensor devices can include temperature sensors, occupancy detectors, access sensors, motion sensors, tracking devices, etc. The sensor devices can also network and communicate with one another and the gateways in an ad hoc or mesh network. The environment can include different locations, such as warehouse, office building, a complex of buildings, cargo vehicles, containers or the like. The sensor network can be deployed for controlling power consumption, logistics, automated manufacturing, healthcare, intelligent buildings, and smart cities among many other implementations. The sensor devices can communicate sensed conditions and transmit data among each other without a predefined route.

Abstract: A method for data transmission includes: during Bluetooth communication, negotiating, by transmitting a sounding data packet at a data size which is a candidate value of a maximum transmission unit (MTU), with a second electronic device about an applied value of the MTU for the Bluetooth communication. Through the technical solution according to embodiments of the disclosure, MTU sounding is performed by sending a data packet during data transmission between Bluetooth devices. Through the MTU negotiation between the two parties of interaction, an appropriate and stable MTU value is finally obtained to serve as a standard parameter of the interaction.

Abstract: A data transmission method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: sending, by a digital unit (DU), first uplink scheduling information to a radio unit (RU); receiving a predicted decoding result from the RU; receiving uplink data from a terminal, and decoding the uplink data to obtain an actual decoding result; and performing, by the DU, an error remedy for uplink data transmission based on the actual decoding result and the predicted decoding result. The decoding result is predicted, and scheduling information for data transmission is adjusted based on the predicted decoding result, thereby improving data transmission reliability, so that a data transmission latency in a relaxed latency communication scenario can be met, data transmission can be normally performed, and an interface of a base station after a re-split can be normally used, thereby reducing a bandwidth requirement on the interface.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for a self-contained multi-modal communication system. The multi-modal communication system comprises a first mobile telecommunication node, which provides a private telecommunication network, a layer 2 (L2) backhaul wireless transceiver, an ethernet switch and an embedded edge cloud compute device. The edge cloud compute device includes an automatic failover detection system, wherein the automatic failover detection system receives as input a plurality of network parameters and automatically performs failover and communication modality switching for one or more communication devices associated with the self-contained multi-modal communication system.

Abstract: A wireless communication system utilizes a synchronization signal block (SSB) structure to enable beam switching at higher sub carrier spacing (SCS) or uplink transmissions within an SSB. The SSB structure has a first SCS for an SSB transmission and a second SCS for a data transmission. The SSB structure is based on the first SCS and the second SCS, with the SSB structure including at least one gap between SSB symbols or between SSBs. The wireless communication system transmits or receives an SSB based on the SSB structure. A base station may transmit a downlink signal during the gap, for example, where the second SCS is much greater than the first SCS. A user equipment may transmit an uplink signal such as an acknowledgment during the at least one gap. The user equipment or the base station may perform analog beam switching during the at least one gap between SSBs.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining an association between DMRS and PTRS. One apparatus (200) includes a processor (202) that: determines (1402) a scheduled physical resource block position and bandwidth; and determines (1404), based on the scheduled physical resource block position and bandwidth, an associated demodulation reference signal port index within the physical resource block for a phase tracking reference signal.

Abstract: A wireless device may receive at least one message comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of cells being in a cross-carrier scheduling group comprising a first cell and a second cell. The first cell identified by a first cell identifier may employ a first number of bits. The configuration parameters may indicate that the second cell is a cross-carrier scheduling cell for the first cell. The configuration parameters may comprise the first cell identifier and a first cell indicator field. The first cell indicator field may employ a second number of bits. The wireless device may receive downlink control information via a control channel of the second cell for a packet transmitted via the first cell. The downlink control information may comprise the first cell indicator field identifying the first cell. The wireless device may receive the packet on the first cell via radio resources identified by the downlink control information.

Abstract: A method performed by a computing system includes receiving a first request from a first pod being executed on the computing system, responding to the first request with an Internet Protocol (IP) address and a first port range, receiving a second request from a second pod being executed on the computing system, and responding to the second request with the Internet Protocol (IP) address and a second port range that is different than the first port range. The method further includes, with a networking service implemented within the kernel, processing network traffic between external entities and the first and second pods by updating source and destination IP addresses and ports of packets of the network traffic.

Abstract: A method, performed by a User Equipment (UE), includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising an information for configuring a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-ACKnowledge (HARQ-ACK) codebook list, first downlink control information (DCI) and second DCI; determining whether a size difference exists between a first downlink assignment index (DAI) field of the first DCI and a second DAI field of the second DCI; and inserting at least one bit with a zero value into one of the first DAI field and the second DAI field when the size difference between the first DAI field of the first DCI and the second DAI field of the second DCI is determined, wherein the HARQ-ACK codebook list includes a first HARQ-ACK codebook indicated by the first DCI and a second HARQ-ACK codebook indicated by the second DCI.

Abstract: A device includes a plurality of blocks. Each block of the plurality of blocks includes a plurality of rows. Each row of the plurality of rows includes a plurality of configurable elements and a routing line, whereby each configurable element of the plurality of configurable elements includes a data analysis element comprising a plurality of memory cells, wherein the data analysis element is configured to analyze at least a portion of a data stream and to output a result of the analysis. Each configurable element of the plurality of configurable elements also includes a multiplexer configured to transmit the result to the routing line.