Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for efficient sparse network resource usage and connection release procedures. According to some embodiments, a wireless device may utilize techniques for efficiently releasing a radio resource control (RRC) connection, including techniques that avoid or reduce the occurrence of random access procedures when out-of-sync with the network when the RRC connection is being released. In some embodiments, a wireless device may utilize techniques for efficiently sparsely using network uplink resources, including techniques that avoid or reduce the occurrence of random access procedures to regain timing alignment to perform uplink communication when out-of-sync with the network.

Abstract: A method implemented in a user equipment (UE) for adjusting for propagation delay includes transmitting one or more preamble sequence sequences to a network node. The method further includes recording a response result for each preamble sequence transmitted to the network node. The method includes analyzing each response result to determine whether a propagation delay condition exists. If the propagation delay condition exists, the method includes adjusting a timing of a preamble sequence transmission in accordance with a time shift or monitoring for a preamble sequence in accordance with the time shift.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for configuring a switching device, wherein the method includes: setting a first flow entry in at least one flow table, where the first flow entry includes a match field, the match field is used for designating information that needs to be matched, and instructing the switching device to perform matching between a value of information that is of a received packet and needs to be matched and a first field of each record in a database, to obtain a first record matching the packet, where each record in the database includes the first field, and the first field is used for denoting a designated value of the information that needs to be matched. The present invention reduces a quantity of flow entries.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for selecting a capillary network gateway for a machine device of a capillary network. The capillary network gateway is capable of data exchange between the machine device and a wireless network. The method comprises: acquiring information about a respective message box capability for two or more capillary network gateways of the capillary network; and selecting, for the machine device, the capillary network gateway based on the information about the message box capability. The disclosure also relates to a corresponding node, computer program and computer program product.

Abstract: This invention provides a communication system, a wireless communication apparatus and a wireless communication method wherein times can be synchronized with high precision. A communication apparatus (10) comprises: a clock unit (11) that counts a first time; a reception unit (12) that receives a time synchronization message transmitted from a transmission source apparatus; a time synchronization message processing unit (13) that updates time information of the received time synchronization message on the basis of the first time; a transmission unit (15) that transmits the time synchronization message, the time information of which has been updated, to a communication apparatus (20) via a communication line (2) and communication apparatuses (30, 40); and a time synchronization unit (14) that executes time synchronization, which is based on the first time, together with the communication apparatus (20) via the communication line (2) and communication apparatuses (30, 40).

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for increasing quality of service in a network having nodes if there is a faulty node which can result in data traffic being overloaded in at least one part of the network are provided. The disclosed embodiments of the invention can be used in the field of safety-critical applications, such as medial applications, monitoring devices, and in-vehicle communication systems.

Abstract: Provided are a communication method and an apparatus for a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) in a wireless communication system. A wireless device determines, from among a plurality of subframes, a shared multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe utilized in a plurality of MBSFN regions, and receives a shared MBSFN reference signal (RS) from within the shared MBSFN subframe.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a wireless device receives (1020) a discovery burst from a network node (115). The same discovery burst includes multiple signals within at least one subframe, each of the multiple signals having one or more associated measurement functions. At least one of the multiple signals is received with multiple repetitions within the same discovery burst and two or more repetitions of the same type of signal can be combined by the wireless device. The wireless device performs (1024) at least one radio measurement based at least in part on a particular one of the signals of the discovery burst. The performed at least one radio measurement corresponds to a measurement function associated with the particular signal of the discovery burst.

Abstract: Auditing networking devices is provided. A first traceroute is initiated from a first computing device to a second computing device. The first traceroute identifies at least one networking device along a data path from the first computing device to the second computing device. The first computing device is caused to send a first resource discovery packet to the second computing device. The first resource discovery packet includes a value matching a reserved multicast MAC address. Information describing one or more networking devices is compiled. The information is based, at least in part, on replies generated by one or more networking devices that received a resource discovery packet. One or more networking devices described by the information from the data path is excluded responsive to receiving a request.

Abstract: A method (900) performed by a communication device for receiving a downlink transmission across a plurality of subframes comprises receiving (901) control information comprising a repetition index. The method further comprises receiving (902) a set indicator for indicating one of a plurality of sets. Each set comprises a plurality of subframe values. A number of subframes used to carry the downlink transmission is indicated by a said subframe value, and wherein the said subframe value is indicated by the repetition index within the indicated set.

Abstract: This specification describes a method comprising generating a first packet based on user plane data relating to a single user which is output by a first L1 PHY processing stage, the first packet including a proper subset of the user plane data which is to be transmitted to the user equipment during a first time-slot symbol; passing the first packet to a second L1 PHY processing stage across a split fronthaul interface in a first time period having a duration corresponding to a duration of transmission of the first time-slot symbol; and passing one or more subsequent packets including the remainder of the user plane data across the split fronthaul interface in one or more successive time periods which are immediately subsequent to the first time period.

Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to negotiating a best device-to-device (D2D) radio access technology (RAT) to use in a D2D connection. In particular, two wireless devices that correspond to potential D2D peers may exchange respective radio configurations according to a D2D coexistence protocol to mutually negotiate the “best” RAT to use in the D2D connection, wherein the exchanged radio configurations may comprise at least radio capabilities and coexistence states (e.g., in-device and/or cross-device coexistence states) associated with the respective wireless devices. The potential D2D peers may then negotiate one or more compatible RATs that are available to use in the D2D connection according to at least the radio capabilities and the in-device and cross-device coexistence states exchanged therebetween. As such, the two wireless devices may then establish one or more D2D connections using the negotiated compatible RAT(s).

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a bandwidth selection method of a WiFi technology and an AP, and in the method, the AP obtains a negotiation bandwidth negotiated by the AP and a station STA. The method includes receiving, by the AP, a data transmission request of the STA, obtaining, by the AP, a transmission bandwidth upper limit of the STA, and delivering, by the AP, a first MCS to the STA if the transmission bandwidth upper limit is less than the negotiation bandwidth, where the first MCS is less than an MCS that corresponds to the negotiation bandwidth and that is in a correspondence between a bandwidth and an MCS, and is greater than or equal to an MCS that corresponds to the transmission bandwidth upper limit and that is in the correspondence between a bandwidth and an MCS.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for reducing signaling overhead in a wireless communication network. In one embodiment, the method is implemented in a UE. The method includes receiving a first indication from a network node to tell the UE to remember, after the UE enters RRC_IDLE, a first configuration which is currently used while the UE is in RRC_CONNECTED. The method also includes keeping the first configuration upon leaving RRC_CONNECTED. The method further includes releasing the first configuration when the UE connects to a RAT different from where the first indication was received.

Abstract: The disclosure provides for reporting a channel quality indicator (CQI) in wireless communications. A user equipment (UE) may determine that a calculated CQI value to be reported in a current sub-frame is affected by a deterministic null scheduling on a downlink channel. The UE may determine a compensatory CQI value. The UE may report the lesser of the calculated CQI value and the compensatory CQI value in response to determining that the calculated CQI value is affected by the deterministic null scheduling. In an aspect, the deterministic null scheduling is associated with a compressed mode gap. The UE may determine whether the calculated CQI value is affected by the deterministic null scheduling by determining whether the current sub-frame is within a first time period before the start of the compressed mode gap or within a second time period after the end of the compressed mode gap.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to coverage monitoring and in particular it relates to determining radio coverage using correlated radio condition measurements and position estimates, for example for small cell deployment in a building. The disclosure relates to methods for coverage determination as well as to corresponding devices and computer programs. According to some aspects, the disclosure proposes a method, performed in a node 10, 110 of determining radio coverage of at least one small cell base station in a wireless communications network. The method comprises the steps of obtaining radio condition measurements, wherein a respective first time value is associated to each radio condition measurement.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting a frame on the basis of a sounding procedure is disclosed. The method for transmitting the frame on the basis of a sounding procedure in a wireless LAN may comprise the steps of: transmitting an NDPA frame to each of multiple STAs by an AP wherein the NDPA frame notifies of the transmission of NDP; transmitting the NDP to each of the multiple STAs by the AP; receiving, by the AP, multiple feedback frames transmitted through multiple transmission sources allocated to the multiple STAs in time sources overlapped by the multiple STAs, respectively; and transmitting, by the AP, multiple downlink frames to the multiple STAs respectively.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to triggering conditions for power headroom reporting (PHR) in a wireless network employing TDD scheme. According to one aspect of the present invention, the a user equipment (UE), receives information informing the UE of multiple time division duplex (TDD) uplink/downlink (UL/DL) subframe configurations and information on a threshold value for a power headroom reporting (PHR). And, the UE triggers a power headroom reporting (PHR), when a required power backoff due to a power management for any of the multiple TDD UL/DL subframe configurations has changed more than the threshold value.

Abstract: Technologies for dynamically managing data bus bandwidth usage of virtual machines include a network device that includes a data bus, one or more processors coupled to the data bus, and one or more throttled devices coupled to the data bus. Each throttled device is configured to use no more than an amount of bus bandwidth associated with at least one throttle value assigned to the corresponding throttled device. The network device is to assign functions to virtual machines, determine throttle values for each of the throttled devices utilized by the virtual machines to perform their assigned functions, and perform the assigned functions subject to the determined throttle values. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: A method for transmitting uplink (UL) data requiring low latency in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a first control message for informing a basic Contention-based PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel) Zone (CP zone) allocated to each subframe from an enhanced Node B (eNB), receiving a second control message for informing changes in a CP zone allocated to a specific subframe from the eNB, and transmitting UL data to the eNB through a CPRB (Contention PUSCH Resource Block) of the changed CP zone based on the received second control message. The first control message includes basic CP zone resource information indicating resource information of the basic CP zone, and the second control message includes changed CP zone resource information indicating resource information of the changed CP zone.