Abstract: When a first base station is serving a UE with carrier-aggregation on a combination of carriers including a first carrier as PCC of the carrier-aggregation service and a second carrier as an SCC of the carrier-aggregation service, the first base station could predict that the UE will hand over from being connected with the first base station to being connected with an adjacent second base station on the second carrier. In response to this prediction, the first base station could then reconfigure the UE's carrier aggregation service by swapping the UE's PCC and SCC so that the second carrier would become the PCC of the carrier-aggregation service and the first carrier would become an SCC of the carrier-aggregation service. This reconfiguration of the UE's carrier-aggregation service could thereby facilitate carrier continuity as the UE engages in the predicted handover.

Abstract: Various aspects related to techniques for harmonization between common reference signal (CRS) and demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) based transmission modes (TMs) in unlicensed spectrum are described. In one aspect, a downlink/uplink (DL/UL) subframe configuration may be signaled for each subframe. Information provided by the DL/UL subframe configuration may indicate whether the respective downlink subframe is a single-frequency network (MBSFN) subframe (associated with DM-RS-based TM) or a non-MBSFN subframe (associated with CRS-based TM). In another aspect, periodic as well as aperiodic channel state information (CSI) reporting requests may be supported. In yet another aspect, discontinued reception (DRX) wake ups for unlicensed carriers may be explicitly or implicitly indicated to a user equipment (UE) via a carrier in a licensed spectrum.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes generating a hash key using a number of least significant bits (LSBs) for indexing an indirection table in a computing system including multiple processing cores. In generating the hash key, symmetry constraints for a request packet and a response packet through a same communication channel are computed. The symmetry constraints include at least a condition where the LSBs of a hash value corresponding to a source or destination IP address of the request packet are equal to the LSBs of a hash value corresponding to a destination or source IP address of the response packet, wherein the LSBs of the hash value of the request and response packets are of a number same as the number of LSBs used for indexing the indirection table. A string of bits are subjected to the symmetry constraints and adjusted to satisfy the symmetry constraints to generate the hash key.

Abstract: Techniques for detecting puncturing of a first PDSCH (physical downlink shared channel) associated with a UE (user equipment) by a second PDSCH with a shorter TTI (transmission time interval) are discussed. A base station (e.g., Evolved NodeB or eNB) can configure the UE for potential puncturing and/or parameter(s) of the second PDSCH. The UE can detect puncturing of the first PDSCH based on the configuration, and can discard punctured symbols to mitigate interference from the second PDSCH.

Abstract: Techniques for sending packets and maintaining synchronization during handover is described. A user equipment (UE) may be handed over from a source base station to a target base station. The source base station may forward packets for the UE to the target base station, which may receive the packets out of order. In one design, the target base station may determine whether each packet can be sent in order to the UE, send the packet if it can be sent in order, and discard the packet otherwise. In another design, the target base station may re-order packets received within a re-ordering window and may send the re-ordered packets to the UE. In yet another design, the target base station may process each packet received out of order as if the packet is in order, e.g., by incrementing a hyper-frame number (HFN) or re-assigning the packet with a later sequence number.

Abstract: The application provides a service data splitting method and apparatus. A SeNB receives distributed service data from an MeNB based on a first expected volume of distributed data, and buffers the distributed service data. The SeNB determines a data volume change status of the distributed service data when a preset period expires, where the data volume change status includes a buffered-data volume reduced state, a buffered-data volume accumulated state, and a received-data volume insufficient state. The SeNB adjusts the first expected volume of distributed data based on the data volume change status to obtain a second expected volume of distributed data. and the SeNB sends the second expected volume of distributed data to the MeNB, so that the MeNB performs splitting based on the second expected volume of distributed data.

Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for measuring a power level in at least a portion of a plurality of resource blocks occurring in a radio frequency spectrum, wherein the measuring occurs for a plurality of time cycles to generate a plurality of power level measurements, calculating a baseline power level according to at least a portion of the plurality of power levels, determining a threshold from the baseline power level, and monitoring at least a portion of the plurality of resource blocks for signal interference according to the threshold. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to method and device for sharing state related information among a plurality of electronic devices and, more particularly, to method and device for predicting the state of a device on the basis of information shared among a plurality of electronic devices. In order to attain the purpose, a method for sharing state related information of a device, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: generating a state model of a device on the basis of state related data; selecting one or more parameters for determining the state of the device on the basis of the generated state model; and transmitting the one or more selected parameters to at least one other device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting, by a terminal, an HARQ-ACK in a CA wireless communication system and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a first PDCCH including a first DAI and a second DAI within SF #n?k; configuring an HARQACK payload using the first DAI and the second DAI; and transmitting the HARQ-ACK payload in SF on, wherein the value of the first DAI indicates the order values of scheduling of cell/SF units associated with the first PDCCH in SF #n?k, the order values of scheduling of cell/SF units are counted in a manner in which priority is given to cells in the cell/SF domain, and the value of the second DAI corresponds to a value obtained by accumulating the numbers of cells scheduled for the terminal by a DG DCI in each SF from the first SF to the SF, in which the first PDCCH is received, within SF #n?k (k#K).

Abstract: A method and system for distributing communication devices across a cluster of network nodes are disclosed. The method and system can use call statistics information to determine which node within the cluster to use to register one or more communication devices. The system and method can additionally periodically review such information and register the communication devices to other nodes based on the information.

Abstract: A system and method for implementing Steering of Roaming for 5G core roaming in an Internet Packet Exchange (IPX) network. A Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)/2 Proxy is deployed in an IPX network. The HTTP/2 Proxy receives N32-f request message from a Visited Public Land Mobile Network (VPLMN). The N32-f request has an embedded N12 authorization request message or an embedded N8 registration request message. If VPLMN is a non-preferred roaming partner, the HTTP/2 Proxy appends a patch-request to N32-f request message and routes it to the Home Public Land Mobile Network (HPLMN). The patch-request causes the home Security Edge Protection Proxy (hSEPP) to replace Mobile Country Code (MCC) or Mobile Network Code (MNC) value with a predefined value that will trigger a rejection from HPLMN. The mobile device will select another VPLMN. If the VPLMN is a preferred roaming partner, the HTTP/2 Proxy routes the request without appending a patch-request.

Abstract: A multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) capable system is contemplated. The communication system may include a signal processor configured to separate an input stream into multiple signal paths to facilitate simultaneous transport through a communication medium. The capability to simultaneously transmit multiples signal paths may be beneficial in order to maximize throughput and/or minimize expense.

Abstract: Techniques for implementing dynamic timeout-based fault detection in a distributed system are provided. In one set of embodiments, a node of the distributed system can set a timeout interval to a minimum value and transmit poll messages to other nodes in the distributed system. The node can further wait for acknowledgement messages from all of the other nodes, where the acknowledgement messages are responsive to the poll messages, and can check whether it has received the acknowledgement messages from all of the other nodes within the timeout interval. If the node has failed to receive an acknowledgement message from at least one of the other nodes within the timeout interval and if the timeout interval is less than a maximum value, the node can increment the timeout interval by a delta value and can repeat the setting, the transmitting, the waiting, and the checking steps.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A base station apparatus according to various embodiments may comprise: a communication unit configured to transmit or receive information; and a control unit coupled to the communication unit, wherein the control unit may be configured to receive, from at least one other base station that shares a frequency band, first information associated with one or more of a second base station and a second terminal included in a second system that shares the frequency band, determine a transmission start alignment interval on the basis of the received first information, and transmit information on the transmission start alignment interval to the at least one other base station.

Abstract: A method includes the following. A first communications device obtains an ith data packet, divides the ith data packet into N data blocks, performs fountain-code encoding on the N data blocks to generate K fountain-code codewords, generates K protocol data units (PDUs) based on the K fountain-code codewords, and sends the K PDUs to a second communications device; and after the first communications device receives first acknowledgement information sent by the second communications device, the first communications device stops, based on the first acknowledgement information, sending a to-be-sent PDU in the K PDUs to the second communications device.

Abstract: A first wireless communication terminal includes a first communicator, a second communicator, a first memory, and a processor. When first time information is received by the second communicator, the processor switches a state of the first communicator from first state to a second state at a first switching time calculated on the basis of the first time information. The processor switches the state of the first communicator from the second state to the first state at a second switching time calculated on the basis of the first time information. The first time information is information regarding a next scanning time indicating a time at which scanning is to be next performed by a second wireless communication terminal.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an exploratory linktrace is initiated from an initiating network device with an exploratory linktrace message (ELM) having a target address. Each network device receiving the ELM may then propagate the ELM on a plurality of its ports to a plurality of downstream network devices based on the target address. In addition, each receiving network device returns an exploratory linktrace reply (ELR) for each of the plurality of ports, where each ELR is returned according to one or more mechanisms to mitigate stormed replies to the initiating network device.

Abstract: In one illustrated example, automated or semi-automated system operations for Massive IoT (MIoT) deployment may involve the automatic assignment of external IDs, subscriber IDs (e.g. IMSIs), and mobile network IDs (e.g. MSISDNs) to IoT devices of a group, followed by the provisioning of assigned identities at the relevant network nodes and the IoT devices themselves. The process may continue seamlessly with network slice orchestration for the creation of a network slice instance (NSI) and the provisioning of its associated Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI) and NSI ID at the relevant network nodes. Network Slice Selection Policies (NSSP) may be derived and sent to a policy function and subsequently to IoT devices of the group. Signaling efficiency may be achieved by performing operations on a group basis.

Abstract: The method includes: receiving, by a second transmit end, policy information sent by a first transmit end, where the second transmit end belongs to a second BSS, the first transmit end is a transmit end that is in a first basis service set and that transmits data by using a first link, and the policy information is used to indicate a condition that the second transmit end needs to satisfy to transmit data by using a second link, or used to indicate whether the second transmit end is allowed to transmit data by using a second link; and determining, by the second transmit end based on the policy information, whether to transmit data by using the second link. According to the wireless communication method, a spatial reuse transmission policy can be adjusted dynamically based on an actual situation of a current network. This improves a system throughput.

Abstract: A method includes receiving at a wireless access point a first probe request from a first client device requesting connection with the wireless access point via a first frequency band, queueing the first client device in response to an indication that the first client device supports connection via the second frequency band, and in response to receiving at the wireless access point a second probe request from the first client device requesting connection with the wireless access point via the second frequency band, establishing a connection between the wireless access point and the first client device using the second frequency band.