Abstract: Method and apparatus relating to a wireless device supporting 3GPP 4G and 5G radio interfaces and also supporting non-3GPP access, i.e., WiFi, for selecting a security gateway of a first type e.g., ePDG or a security gateway of a second type, e.g., N3IWF for accessing to the core network of first type, e.g., EPC or of a second type e.g., SGC. As the access methods via ePDG and N3IWF are not the same, the wireless device has to determine based on information obtained by a function in the network and its capabilities whether to use an ePDG or an N3IWF for untrusted non-3GPP access. The wireless device may take into account in the selection whether it is connected to the Core network over 3GPP 4G or 5G radio access network. A corresponding apparatus claim is provided.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, in a single dynamic signaling communication, an indication to activate one or more coverage enhancement parameters. The UE may activate the one or more coverage enhancement parameters based at least in part on receiving the indication. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for wireless communication including an apparatus, e.g., a UE and/or base station. The apparatus can select one or more rows or one or more columns in a DFT matrix, the one or more rows being even-numbered rows in the DFT matrix and the one or more columns being even-numbered columns in the DFT matrix. The apparatus can also determine an orthogonal matrix based on the one or more rows or the one or more columns in the DFT matrix, the orthogonal matrix having a size of (M×N)×(M×N) with M×N rows and M×N columns. Also, the apparatus can determine a codebook based on the orthogonal matrix, the codebook including a plurality of codepoints. The apparatus can also transmit at least one signal including a first codepoint of the plurality of codepoints in the codebook.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may determine at least one of a granularity or range of a timing adjustment value based at least in part on at least one of a timing adjustment command indicating the granularity, configuration information indicating the granularity, information regarding a communication, carrier, or band associated with the user equipment, or a combination thereof; and/or perform timing adjustment based at least in part on at least one of the granularity or the range of the timing adjustment value. Numerous other aspects are provided.

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: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for channel access for semi-static uplink (UL) resources are provided. One method may include receiving, at a user equipment, an indication of at least one of time portions of channel occupancy time (COT) where the user equipment can use a first type of channel access for configured uplink (CUL) transmission or time portions where a second type of channel access is required prior to the configured uplink (CUL) transmission. The method may then include, based on the received indication, determining a channel access mechanism to use when transmitting on a configured uplink (CUL) resource.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method in a network node comprises determining a first uplink/downlink scheduling pattern for a first plurality of consecutive subframes; transmitting the first uplink/downlink scheduling pattern to a wireless device; transmitting at least one subframe to the wireless device according to the first uplink/downlink scheduling pattern; determining a second uplink/downlink scheduling pattern for a second plurality of consecutive subframes, wherein the first plurality of consecutive subframes and the second plurality of consecutive subframes share at least one subframe; and transmitting the second uplink/downlink scheduling pattern to the wireless device.

Abstract: A modulation technique, such as for example either Pi/2 BPSK or QPSK, is selected for transmission, based on a characteristic of the data to be transmitted, or the physical channel over which it is to be transmitted. The data characteristic may be the coding rate, or characteristics indirectly related to the coding rate, such as the number of coded bits or number of uncoded bits (payload size). The physical channel characteristic may for example be the physical channel bandwidth, the physical channel length, a number of physical channel modulation symbols, a number of the physical channel resource elements used for the data to be transmitted, or a number of the physical channel modulation symbols carrying the data to be transmitted.

Abstract: A method and a BS for construction of a DCI format are provided. The method includes configuring a first DAI field of first DCI with a first size and configuring a second DAI field of second DCI with a second size; generating at least one bit with a zero value for one of the first DAI field and the second DAI field if a size difference between the first size and the second size exists; and transmitting, to a UE, an RRC message, the first DCI, and the second DCI, wherein the RRC message includes information for configuring a HARQ-ACK codebook list, 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, and the first DCI and the second DCI have a same format.

Abstract: A wireless communication terminal and wireless communication method for clear channel assessment, and more particularly, to a wireless communication terminal and a wireless communication method for performing an efficient clear channel assessment for spatial reuse of a communication system are provided. The wireless communication terminal comprises: a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal; and a processor configured to control an operation of the terminal. The processor is configured to: perform a backoff procedure of a channel for data transmission, suspend the backoff procedure when a wireless signal having a signal strength higher than a predetermined first clear channel assessment (CCA) threshold is received through the channel, identify whether the received wireless signal is a wireless signal of the same basic service set (BSS) as the terminal, and determine whether to resume the backoff procedure based on a CCA threshold determined according to the identification result.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a child node may receive a message, from a serving or neighboring cell, that includes an indication of an intended time division duplex (TDD) configuration for the serving or neighboring cell. The indication may include downlink and uplink indicators for at least one slot used within the intended TDD configuration. Accordingly, the child node may determine a symbol to use within a TDD configuration for the child node, based at least in part on receiving the message. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes reception circuitry and demodulation circuitry. The reception circuitry, in operation, controls receiving one or more repetitions of control information in a search space region. The search space region includes a first plurality of sub-regions of different lengths for a largest repetition number of the control information. The search space region includes a second plurality of sub-regions of different lengths for a second-largest repetition number of the control information. An interval of subframes to which the first plurality of sub-regions are mapped is greater than an interval of subframes to which the second plurality of sub-regions are mapped. The demodulation circuitry, in operation, controls performing a demodulation process of the one or more repetitions of the control information.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging an IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to an intelligent service (e.g. a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, a retail business, a security and safety-related service, etc.) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. The present disclosure provides a method wherein, after a MICO mode terminal establishes a connection and transmits data, the MICO mode terminal can be kept in a connected mode state, rather than entering an idle mode, in order to provide for a case where slightly delayed response traffic occurs according to the type of application or service.

Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for providing network-enabled connectivity for disadvantaged communication links in wireless networks are described. One example method for enabling connectivity over a disadvantaged link includes receiving, by a first node of a plurality of nodes from a source node in the first frequency band in a first timeslot, a first signal comprising a message, receiving, by the first node from at least a second node in a second frequency band in a second timeslot, a second signal that is used to generate a first reliability metric corresponding to the message, and performing, based on a plurality of reliability metrics corresponding to the message and the first reliability metric, a processing operation on the message, the first frequency band being non-overlapping with the second frequency band, and a duration of the first timeslot being greater than a duration of the second timeslot.

Abstract: A wireless device receives one or more radio resource control messages. The one or more radio resource control messages comprise configuration parameters of semi-persistent channel state information (CSI) reports for transmission via a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of a first cell in a timing advance group. A downlink control information (DCI) indicating activation of semi-persistent CSI is received via PUSCH resources of the PUSCH of the first cell. In response to a time alignment timer of the timing advance group expiring, first PUSCH resources of the PUSCH resources are cleared. The first PUSCH resources occur after the time alignment timer expires.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure to techniques for sidelink re-discovery without repeating beamforming in millimeter wave (e.g., Frequency Range 2) bands. For example, a Tx UE may complete a first beam training with a Rx UE. The Tx UE may generate a discovery message that includes at least one of: an indication of a beam training reference signal (BT-RS) sequence index of the first beam training; an indication of a timer for changing the BT-RS sequence; or an indication of a second BT-RS sequence to be used by the Tx UE before an expiration of the timer. The second BT-RS sequence may be indicated as an index to a set of BT-RS sequences including the BT-RS sequence associated with the first beam training. The Tx may transmit the generated discovery message to the Rx UE.

Abstract: Various solutions for dynamic physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may receive a switching group configuration indicating a group of serving cells which are bundled. The apparatus may receive a first configuration and a second configuration. The apparatus may perform control signal monitoring according to the first configuration. The apparatus may determine to switch to the second configuration on a first serving cell of the group of serving cells according to an indication associated with the first serving cell. The apparatus may apply the switching to all serving cells within the group of serving cells according to the indication associated with the first serving cell.

Abstract: According to one or more of the embodiments herein, systems and techniques for satellite relaying for geolocation and mitigation of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) denial are provided.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer storage medium, including a computer program stored in a memory of a UE and executed by a processor of the UE. The processor is configured to execute the computer program so as to implement a reception method performed by the UE. The reception method includes: receiving downlink transmission on a second target BWP in accordance with one or more target downlink power adjustment parameters among downlink power adjustment parameters configured by a network device. The one or more target downlink power adjustment parameters correspond to the second target BWP. And the downlink power adjustment parameters are configured by the network device for respective BWPs separately.

Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing a communication interface between control functions of a network core and a network data node associated with a user side packet core are discussed herein. The system can enable configuration information to be stored and dynamically updated by the network data node such that control nodes of the user side packet core requesting service from the network core are provided with up to date configuration information associated with active control functions. As control functions are activated and deactivated, the configuration information can be updated to reflect the current state of the network core and ensure that user device connects are routed to active control functions configured to provide user requested services.