Abstract: Access, collision handling, and resolution for non-orthogonal multiple-access (NOMA) may be used. Fixed or dynamic group demodulation reference signal (DMRS) and multiple-access (MA) signature for NOMA retransmission may be used. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive MAS information or DMRS information from a network entity. A WTRU may receive indication of the MAS information or DMRS information via a subgrouping-based scheme, a bitmap indication, or a binary threshold. A WTRU may receive an indication of a resource group size from the network entity. Based on the resource group size, the WTRU may determine whether the MAS information or the DMRS information is indicated via the subgrouping-based scheme or via the binary threshold scheme. The WTRU, based on how the MAS information or the DMRS information is indicated, may determine a resource to be used for a NOMA transmission. The WTRU may send the NOMA transmission using the determined resource.

Abstract: A method is provided of managing a non-static collection of machines. A first client machine runs a first communication protocol. The non-static collection of machines includes a first linear communication orbit, the first linear communication orbit comprising a sequence of machines that run the first communication protocol, and a second linear communication orbit, the second linear communication orbit comprising a sequence of machines that run a second communication protocol distinct from the first communication protocol. The first client machine receives an instruction from a server to install the second communication protocol, installs the second communication protocol, and then submits a registration request to the server. The first client machine receives, from the server, contact information of a list of potential neighbors. The first client machine then, proactively constructs and maintains a respective local segment of the second linear communication orbit.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to BIER forwarding over varying BSL domains, the methods including the steps of receiving, at a border node, a packet comprising a BIER header having a BIER bit string with a first bit string length; reading an incoming label of the packet comprising instructions to split the BIER header into a plurality of smaller headers associated with a plurality of smaller bit strings; generating a set of split bit masks; performing a separate bitwise AND operation on each split bit mask and the BIER bit string to generate the plurality of smaller bit strings, each copied to a corresponding smaller header of the plurality of smaller headers; and performing a lookup for each of the plurality of smaller headers on a respective forwarding table to determine one or more egress routers to which to transmit the packet.

Abstract: A packet forwarding method and a network device are provided, and the method is applied to the network device. The network device includes a first virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) table and a second VRF table. The method includes: the network device receives a first packet. If the first packet carries tunnel attribute information, the network device forwards the first packet based on the first VRF table. The first VRF table includes one or more local routes, and next-hop outbound interfaces of the one or more local routes are all local outbound interfaces. The network device forwards the first packet based on the first VRF table, so that a packet from a tunnel may be forwarded to a local virtual machine for processing and may not be forwarded to another tunnel endpoint device, to avoid a routing loop during packet forwarding.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is a device-to-device (D2D) signal receiving method in which a terminal receives a D2D signal in a wireless communication system. The method includes the steps of: receiving a first medium access control protocol data unit (MAC PDU); receiving a second MAC PDU; and determining whether to combine the first MAC PDU and the second MAC PDU in order to decode; wherein whether to combine the first MAC PDU and the second MAC PDU in order to decode is determined from the number of transmissions of MAC PDUs and an NDI that have been instructed to the terminal.

Abstract: Embodiments include methods for a target node to establish a connection with a user equipment (UE) operating in dual connectivity (DC) with a PCell utilizing a first radio access technology (RAT) and with a PSCell utilizing a second RAT. Embodiments include receiving, from the UE, a re-establishment request message comprising parameters associated with the PSCell, a first message authentication code (MAC), and an indication of the UE's selection of a target cell served by the target node as a replacement for the PCell. The target cell utilizes the second RAT. Embodiments include verifying the message integrity based on the first MAC, and determining a full UE context based on the plurality of parameters associated with the PSCell and on a successful verification of the message integrity. Embodiments include establishing a connection with the UE based on the full UE context, whereby the target cell serves as a PCell for DC.

Abstract: Embodiments include a power distribution access network comprising power sourcing equipment (PSE) having a hybrid power-data port and at least one remote distribution node coupled to the PSE. The PSE delivers power at a first voltage to the distribution node and the distribution node delivers power at a second voltage to a remote device. Delivery of power to the distribution nodes may be based on information from the distribution node. Other embodiments include a power distribution access network with remote distribution nodes daisy-chained together by hybrid power-data cables so that a power line and a plurality of optical lines pass along the distribution nodes. The optical lines sequentially drop off along the chain and a remainder of the optical lines is indexed at each distribution node. Remote powered devices are coupled to the distribution nodes. Each remote powered device receives power and optical signals from the respective remote distribution node.

Abstract: One example discloses a first near-field device, including: a near-field antenna; a tuning circuit; a communications unit coupled to the near-field antenna and tuning circuit; a controller coupled to the tuning circuit and the communications unit; wherein the first near-field device is configured to have a near-field communications channel path-loss with respect to a second near-field device; wherein the controller is configured to set the path-loss to a first channel path-loss before contact detected between the first and second near-field devices; wherein the controller is configured to set the path-loss to a second channel path-loss after contact detected between the first and second near-field devices; and wherein the first path-loss is greater than the second path-loss.

Abstract: A wireless device receives configuration parameters of a secondary physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) group. The secondary PUCCH group comprises: a PUCCH secondary cell; and a secondary cell. The wireless device receives, during a first time interval, a command activating the secondary cell. The wireless device starts transmission of channel state information for the secondary cell from a second time interval that is a positive number plus a pre-determined number of time intervals after the first time interval. In response to activation of the PUCCH secondary cell being completed in or after the pre-determined number of time intervals after the first time interval, the positive number is based on when activation of the PUCCH secondary cell is completed.

Abstract: A wireless device may receive first configuration parameters, of a first uplink carrier and a second uplink carrier of a first cell, and may receive second configuration parameters, of a third uplink carrier and a fourth uplink carrier of a second cell. The second uplink carrier may be a licensed carrier, and the fourth uplink carrier may be an unlicensed carrier. The wireless device may receive a first downlink control information (DCI) indicating switching from the first uplink carrier to the second uplink carrier and a second DCI indicating switching from the third uplink carrier to the fourth uplink carrier. The wireless device may determine whether to transmit a confirmation for uplink carrier switching based on the uplink carrier switching being to the licensed carrier or the unlicensed carrier. Based the determining, the wireless device may, or may not, transmit the confirmation.

Abstract: Wireless communication devices, systems, and methods for decoding data packets for establishing latency-critical services. Each mobile station transmits multiple copies of a same data packet over a contention-based multiple access uplink channel without prior reservation of resources. Then, for a given mobile station, copies of a data packet are transmitted over identified resources of the channel, in a sequence known to the base station. Thus, for each mobile station, the base station knows which channel resources to look at in order to perform its decoding in a facilitated manner.

Abstract: The present document relates to a method and device for an Access Point (AP) to transmit ACK/NACK signals for MU (Multi-User) transmission data of a plurality of stations (STA) in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system. To this end, the method and device are characterized in that a STA responds to a trigger frame received from an AP, transmits data to the AP through an MU access technique, and sets an ACK policy value for data transmitted on the basis of the trigger frame to another value other than a first ACK policy value requesting an ACK signal transmission on the basis of a block ACK request.

Abstract: A wireless communication device (100, 100?) receives resource allocation information from a wireless communication network. The resource allocation information indicates at least one condition for utilization of a set of resources allocated to device-to-device communication. Depending on the at least one condition, the wireless communication device (100, 100?) controls utilization of the set of resources for device-to-device communication between the wireless communication device (100, 100?) and a further wireless communication device (100, 100?).

Abstract: Systems and methods described include receiving traffic associated with a multi-access edge computing (MEC) application hosted at a MEC network; determining an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the MEC application, wherein the IP address indicates a priority of the traffic associated with the MEC application; modifying a header of the traffic to include the IP address associated with the MEC application; transmitting the traffic to a wireless station; and routing the traffic based on the priority associated with the MEC application.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a method of reporting telemetry data in a telecommunication network. The telemetry data is collected from a set of one or more telemetry-producing (TP) network elements and is distributed to a set of one or more telemetry-consuming (TC) network elements registered to receive the telemetry data. The method receives a telemetry packet produced by a TP network element and performs a filtering operation to determine whether the telemetry packet should be reported to at least a subset of one or more TC network elements. When the filtering operations result in a determination that the telemetry packet should be reported, the method forwards the telemetry packet to the subset of TC network elements.

Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to a user equipment (UE) for wireless communication within a network. The UE receives, from a radio access network (RAN) entity, one of an uplink indication or an uplink port identification associated with an uplink port. The uplink indication and the uplink port identification are associated with an uplink message. The UE also maps one of the uplink indication to a sidelink indication associated with a sidelink message or the uplink port identification to a sidelink port identification associated with a sidelink port and the sidelink message. The UE further superposition codes the uplink message and the sidelink message into a broadcast transmission based on one of (A) the uplink indication and the sidelink indication, or (B) the uplink port and the sidelink port. In addition, the UE transmits, to the RAN entity, the broadcast transmission.

Abstract: Systems and methods of providing DMRS for a UE are generally described. The DMRS locations in a resource unit of a Physical Resource Allocation of a shared channel are randomly determined, and the DMRS sequences randomly generated before transmission from a master UE to a wearable UE. The DMRS locations are disposed on different subcarriers and symbols in the resource unit and are repeated every k subframes or m resource units within the same subframe. In situations in which the collision/contention probability is relatively small, DMRS in control channels may be used rather than in the shared data channel.

Abstract: A method of processing spectrum monitoring (SM) big data based on tensor decomposition comprises the steps of: S1: processing calibration of geolocation V, synchronized clock t, synchronized time tn(0 . . . N); of SM stations and determining SM sampling point M and bandwidth B; S2: processing discretization for a monitoring time and structured processing of SM data for a monitoring period to obtain a one-dimensional SM sequence Itn at the given sampling time and a two-dimensional SM matrix W at the given monitoring period; S3: constructing a cuboid matrix Q based on the two-dimensional SM matrix W, processing tensor decomposition for the cuboid matrix Q and identify the emitter.

Abstract: A method, gateway device, computer and computer program product for monitoring responder interaction with equipment and credentialing of a responder are provides. A gateway device includes a memory and a processor. The memory is configured to store responder credentials and equipment data. The processor is in communication with the memory and is configured to translate equipment data received from equipment in a first format according to a first protocol to a second format according to a second protocol, the translated equipment data to be relayed to a computer. The processor is also configured to register equipment data in the memory. The gateway device also includes a transceiver configured to receive the equipment data from external equipment, transmit responder credentials to the computer and transmit the translated equipment data to the computer.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for wireless communication. In one aspect of the disclosure, a method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station, a scheduling downlink control information (DCI) message in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). The scheduling DCI message indicates a resource allocation for a scheduled DCI message in a subsequent physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The method further includes receiving, from the base station, the scheduled DCI message within the subsequent PDSCH. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.