Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for multiple system information handling are provided. One method includes receiving, by a UE, one or more instances of system information from the network. For example, the system information may be received in one or more SIBs from an eNB. In one example, the instances of system information may include at least one of legacy system information or eMTC system information. The method may further include determining which of the received instances of system information the UE should use.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure discloses a method for access to NB IoT, comprising the following steps of: detecting a NPSS and a NSSS to realize downlink synchronization; detecting a NPBCH to acquire MIB-NB information; and acquiring SIB1-NB according to the MIB-NB information, wherein at least one of the NPSS, the NSSS, the MIB-NB and the SIB1-NB is transmitted on a non-anchor carrier.

Abstract: Method, base station and user equipment are disclosed for uplink transmission and control thereof. A base station transmits to a user equipment a first grant that schedules a first uplink transmission in a first at least one subframe over a first carrier. In response to a trigger event, the base station determines a second grant that schedules a second uplink transmission over the first carrier. The base station transmits the second grant to the UE over a second carrier that has a different frequency than the first carrier.

Abstract: A method and device for determining one or more frequency bands to report to a network, including acquiring an information from the network, assembling a database, the database comprising a plurality of frequency bands derived from the information acquired from the network, creating a priority frequency band list using an extraction parameter, wherein the priority frequency band list consists of one or more frequency bands from the plurality of frequency bands in the database, and reporting the priority frequency band list to the network.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatuses related to enhanced network slice management. An apparatus may identify a first network slice instance management action request. The apparatus may identify a second network slice instance management action request. The apparatus may determine a coordination between the first modification and the second modification based on a received policy.

Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting broadcasting signal using transmitter identification and method using the same are disclosed. An apparatus for transmitting broadcasting signal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a waveform generator configured to generate a host broadcasting signal; a transmitter identification signal generator configured to generate a transmitter identification signal for identifying a transmitter; and a combiner configured to inject the transmitter identification signal into the host broadcasting signal in a time domain so that the transmitter identification signal is transmitted synchronously with the host broadcasting signal.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for indicating a system information block change in a wireless communication network is provided. According to the instant application, a single bit within the MIB is assigned as a change indicator, for example a SIB change indicator bit. As such upon the receipt of the MIB by the UE, evaluation of the change indicator within the MIB can enable the UE to determine if the SIB1 or SIB1-BR has changed.

Abstract: A communication system includes a plurality of full duplex transceiver assemblies each having an ON condition and an OFF condition, and configured to be worn by a different user, each of the plurality of full duplex transceiver assemblies having a housing and printed circuit board coupled to the housing, the printed circuit board including a transceiver having a microprocessor. Each microprocessor is configured to emit a different stream of controlling data when the plurality of full duplex transceiver assemblies are in the ON condition, thereby allowing each of the plurality of full duplex transceiver assemblies to communicate among a plurality of different logical channels. Embedded with each different stream of controlling data is a unique identification number for grouping each of the plurality of full duplex transceiver assemblies together.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for performing a radio resource selection and contention indication in a wireless communication system are provided. The method for performing, a user equipment (UE), the radio resource selection and contention indication in the wireless communication system includes selecting a plurality of sidelink resources from a sidelink resource pool and contending at least one of the sidelink resources reserved in advance from another UE.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determining that a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate and a second PDCCH candidate in a control resource set (CORESET) are aligned with each other, wherein the first PDCCH candidate is a common search space (CSS) candidate and the second PDCCH candidate is a UE-specific search space (UESS) candidate; and decode downlink control information in accordance with a selected candidate, of the CSS candidate or the UESS candidate, based at least in part on a rule indicating whether the time-domain resource allocation is to be determined in accordance with the CSS candidate or the UESS candidate. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A method of receiving, by a user equipment, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a higher layer signal including first information for an uplink (UL)-downlink (DL) configuration; repeatedly receiving, from the BS, a first transport block (TB) via the PDSCH based on the first information for the UL-DL configuration; receiving, from the BS, a first control channel including second information for the UL-DL configuration; and discarding a second control channel based on: (i) the second control channel scheduling a PDSCH repetition of a second TB in a transmission time unit, (ii) the first information for the UL-DL configuration indicating the transmission time unit as an uplink, and (iii) the second information for the UL-DL configuration indicating the transmission time unit as a downlink.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may transmit, and a UE may receive, via a configuration message, a group identifier indicating a group of UEs with which the UE is associated, the group of UEs being one of multiple groups of UEs which are each allocated resources. The base station may transmit the group downlink control information message to the group of UEs, and the UE may receive the group downlink control information message. The UE may determine that the group downlink control information message pertains to the UE by associating the group identifier with the group downlink control information message. The base station and the UE may communicate in accordance with the group downlink control information message based at least in part on the UE being associated with the group to which the group downlink control information message pertains.

Abstract: An apparatus means for performing: communicating with a serving node in a wireless communication system; and storing preconfigured beam information for communication between the apparatus and one or more candidate nodes; and when the apparatus initiates a connection with a candidate node of the one or more candidate nodes, using the preconfigured beam information for at least initial communication with the candidate node; wherein the preconfigured beam information is obtained by the apparatus based on or more measurements performed by the apparatus with the one or more candidate nodes.

Abstract: A wireless communication network and wireless communication method are disclosed. The network has a plurality of transceivers forming a wireless communication network in which the plurality of transceivers include one or more central nodes and each end node capable of connecting to the one or more central nodes and forming a link. At least some of the transceivers of the network having a plurality of antennas and an array processing element coupled to the plurality of antennas and at least some of the transceivers are housed in an aerial communication node that may be a mini-satellite, a balloon or a drone.

Abstract: A wireless device may receive first configuration parameters, of a logical channel, and second configuration parameters for uplink LBT failure recovery. The second configuration parameters may comprise a parameter indicating a first number. The wireless device may receive an uplink grant for transmission of a TB via a cell. The wireless device may multiplex the logical channel in the TB based on an LBT counter, associated with the cell, not reaching the first number. The wireless device may transmit the TB based on the uplink grant.

Abstract: A wireless device receives configuration parameters comprising: first beam identifiers of a first plurality of beams; second beam identifiers of a second plurality of beams; and at least one measurement parameter indicating a measurement reporting event type. The measurement reporting event type is triggered based on a second combined reference signal measurement value of the second plurality of beams exceeding a first combined reference signal measurement value of the first plurality of beams by more than a first offset value. An occurrence of the measurement reporting event type is determined based on monitoring the first plurality of beams and the second plurality of beams. In response to the determination, a measurement report is transmitted. The measurement report comprises: the first combined reference signal measurement value of the first plurality of beams; and the second combined reference signal measurement value of the second plurality of beams.

Abstract: A wireless device may receive a first configuration parameter indicating a CI-RNTI, for cancellation indication, and DRX configuration parameters. The wireless device may monitor a control channel for the CI-RNTI in a time window that is based on a timing of a scheduled uplink transmission and regardless of a DRX procedure, performed by the wireless device based on the DRX configuration parameters, indicating a DRX Active Time or not. The wireless device may receive a cancellation indication DCI, associated with the CI-RNTI, comprising an uplink cancellation indication. The wireless device may cancel the scheduled uplink transmission based on the uplink cancellation indication.

Abstract: A first base station receives a handover trigger change from a second base station. The handover trigger change is for a handover between: at least one first beam of a first cell of the first base station; and at least one second beam of a second cell of the second base station. The handover trigger change indicates a request for a change of a handover threshold for the first base station initiating a handover from the at least one first beam to the at least one second beam. The first base station makes, based on the change of the handover threshold, a handover decision for a wireless device from the at least one first beam to the at least one second beam. The first base station transmits to the second base station, a handover request for the wireless device.

Abstract: A method by which a terminal monitors a control channel in a wireless communication system, and a device using the method are provided. The method determines whether physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions overlap in a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETs), selects at least one CORESET from among the plurality of CORESETs when the PDCCH monitoring occasions overlap, and monitors a PDCCH only in the selected at least one CORESET from among the plurality of CORESETs.

Abstract: A communications device includes a transmitter configured to transmit signals to one or more other communications devices via a wireless access interface, the one or more communications devices configured to perform device-to-device communications. A receiver is configured to receive signals from the one of the other communications devices via the wireless access interface, and a controller controls the transmitter and receiver to transmit or to receive the signals via the wireless access interface to transmit or to receive data represented by the signals. The wireless access interface provides a scheduling region including plural predetermined sections of communications resources, and plural sections of shared communications resources. Transmission of a scheduling assignment message in a section of the scheduling region informs other devices of a group that a communications device will transmit signals representing data in a corresponding section of the shared communications channel.