Abstract: Provided are wake-up signal sending and receiving methods and apparatuses and storage media. The wake-up signal sending method includes sending a WUS by using at least one of a first sending manner: sending a first WUS in a first basic unit and sending a second WUS in a second basic unit; a second sending manner: determining, according to a preset condition, whether a third WUS or a fourth WUS is sent in a basic unit; a third sending manner: determining, according to first signaling, whether the fourth WUS is sent in the basic unit or one of the third WUS or the fourth WUS is sent in the basic unit; or a fourth sending manner: determining, according to second signaling and a basic unit index, a fifth WUS sent in the basic unit.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for channel state estimating and reporting schemes in wireless communication are described. In one aspect, a wireless communication method is provided to include transmitting, by a communication device, a channel state report message that includes at least one of a first field indicative of a value of a parameter or a second field that includes a deviation or a change rate of the parameter.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a user equipment (UE) may receive downlink control information (DCI) in a first fixed frame period (FFP) for frame based equipment (FBE) from a base station (BS), and perform a channel access procedure for a scheduled uplink (UL) transmission based on the DCI. In a first state in which it is indicated that the scheduled UL transmission is related to channel occupancy initiated by the BS, and the UE should perform channel sensing for the scheduled UL transmission, the UE may perform the channel access procedure for the scheduled UL transmission based on whether a resource for the scheduled UL transmission allocated by the DCI is confined within the first FFP in which the DCI is received.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a user equipment (UE) may obtain fixed frame period (FFP)-related information, and perform clear channel assessment (CCA) for at least one FFP starting with a UE-initiated channel occupancy time (COT) for transmission of an uplink signal. The FFP-related information may include information about an FFP starting offset and information about an FFP duration or period, and the UE may identify a starting time of the FFP, based on the FFP starting offset having an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol-level granularity.

Abstract: Presented in one embodiment of the present invention is a method by which a first terminal communicates with a second terminal in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: allowing the first terminal to receive control information from a base station; allowing the first terminal to select a transmission resource on the basis of the control information; and allowing the first terminal to communicate with a second terminal on the basis of the transmission resource, wherein the control information is transmitted to the first terminal and the second terminal by the base station, and the control information includes information for preventing a transmission resource selection collision between the first terminal and the second terminal. The first terminal is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, a base station or a network.

Abstract: A data flow redirection method to overcome a disadvantage that a quantity of adjustable data flows is relatively small due to limited space of a flow specification forwarding table. The method includes receiving, by a network device, a control message sent by a control device, where the control message carries redirection routing information of a data flow and a redirection routing indication, the redirection routing indication instructing to convert the redirection routing information of the data flow into a forwarding entry in a target forwarding table, and tablespace of the target forwarding table is greater than tablespace of a flow specification forwarding table of the network device, and converting, by the network device, the redirection routing information of the data flow into the forwarding entry in the target forwarding table according to the redirection routing indication.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a wireless communication system are disclosed. A method of receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) according to an aspect of the present disclosure may include: receiving, from a base station, a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block including a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) and a PBCH; and receiving, from the base station, the PDCCH on a PDCCH monitoring occasion determined based on a master information block (MIB) in the SS/PBCH block.

Abstract: Technology for a low mobility user equipment (UE) operable to perform uplink (UL) transmissions using configured grant (CG) physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resources is disclosed. The UE can decode a CG PUSCH resource configuration from an eNodeB while the low mobility UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state. The CG PUSCH resource configuration can indicate CG PUSCH resources for the low mobility UE after the low mobility UE transitions from the RRC connected state to an RRC idle state. The UE can transition from the RRC connected state to the RRC idle state. The UE can encode data packets for transmission over a PUSCH to the eNodeB using the CG PUSCH resources while the low mobility UE is in the RRC idle state.

Abstract: A method for a UE for performing a dormant operation is provided. The method includes receiving, from a BS, an RRC configuration indicating a set of one or more dormancy cell groups, wherein a group of serving cells belongs to a specific dormancy cell group in the set of one or more dormancy cell groups; receiving, from the BS, a signal including a bitmap, each bit of the bitmap being associated with a respective dormancy cell group in the set of one or more dormancy cell groups; and switching, based on a bit in the bitmap that is associated with the specific dormancy cell group, active BWPs of all serving cells included in the group of serving cells to a dormant BWP or to a non-dormant BWP.

Abstract: A method and a receiving node for determining a channel window length (l{circumflex over (?)}) for a transformed domain channel estimator, the channel window length (l{circumflex over (?)}) to be applied for a particular reference signal (RS) carrying symbol. At least two subsets (A1, A2, . . . ) of received RS carrying symbols are obtained out of a set of RS carrying symbols ({S1, S2, . . . }), where the particular RS carrying symbol is included in at least one of the at least two subsets (A1, A2, . . . ). A corresponding hypothesis channel window length (l*) is determined for the at least one of the subsets (A1, A2, . . . ) based on a set of channel responses. The channel window length (l{circumflex over (?)}) for the particular RS carrying symbol is then determined based on the corresponding hypothesis channel window length (l*).

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for providing pre-configured dedicated resources for communications during the RRC (radio resource control) idle state, thereby enabling significant energy savings during the communication of small data packets, are described. One exemplary method for wireless communication includes transmitting a first message comprising an indication of pre-configured terminal-specific dedicated resources for a communication between the network device and a terminal, and receiving information from the terminal over the pre-configured terminal-specific dedicated resources, wherein the terminal is in an idle mode and is without an established RRC connection.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for configured grants based on channel quality and/or repetition level in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device receives a configured grant which is mapped to a channel quality, determines the channel quality of the wireless device, and performs data transmission based on the configured grant.

Abstract: A first method (and related first apparatus) includes transmitting, in a handover request message, an indication of a first protocol version; a second method (and related second apparatus) includes receiving, in the handover request message, the indication, deciding, based on the received indication and a second protocol version, on a value of an information element included in a handover request acknowledgement message to be transmitted, the information element indicating usage of a first or second signaling scheme, and transmitting the handover request acknowledgement message including the information element; and in the first method receiving the handover request acknowledgement message including the information element; and a third method (and related third apparatus) including receiving the handover command message including the information element, and configuring according to one of the first and second signaling schemes indicated by the information element.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a broadcast, unknown-unicast, or multicast (BUM) frame from a connected device, where the BUM frame is associated with a broadcast domain, determining a segment within the broadcast domain associated with the device, adding to the BUM frame a segment identifier that uniquely identifies the segment within the broadcast domain, and causing the BUM frame to be delivered to one or more recipient network apparatuses in a network associated with the broadcast domain, where the segment identifier added to the BUM frame is configured to be used by the one or more recipient network apparatuses to selectively forward the BUM frame to connected devices that are associated with segment identifier.

Abstract: This wireless communication system has a first base station, and a second base station whereby downlink data received from a core network can be transmitted to a terminal via the second base station and the first base station. The second base station transmits, to the first base station, information that makes it possible to identify whether or not flow control can be carried out.

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to wireless communications and, more particularly, to systems and methods for uplink signaling using blind channel estimation at a base station. In one embodiment, a method performed by a communication device, includes: associating a time slot with a data packet comprising a head portion and a tail portion, wherein the head portion comprises a communication device identifier and the tail portion comprises user data associated with the head portion; spreading the head portion into a first predetermined transmission format; spreading the tail portion into a second predetermined transmission format; and transmitting the spreaded head portion with the spreaded tail portion to a communication node, wherein the spreaded head portion comprises information to be used by the communication node for channel estimation and for decoding the tail portion to retrieve the user data.

Abstract: Embodiments may comprise an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system operating in the 1 GHz and lower frequency bands. In many embodiments, physical layer logic may implement a new preamble structure with a new signal field. Embodiments may store the preamble structure and/or a preamble based upon the new preamble structure on a machine-accessible medium. Some embodiments may generate and transmit a communication with the new preamble structure. Further embodiments may receive and detect communications with the new preamble structure.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A communication device, such as a user equipment (UE) may transmit a message to a base station (e.g., a NodeB, an eNodeB (eNB), a next-generation NodeB or a giga-NodeB (either of which may be referred to as a gNB)) in wireless communications with the UE. The message may include a UE capability to append a preamble waveform to an uplink transmission to the base station. In some examples, a preamble waveform may include a Wi-Fi preamble or a new radio unlicensed (NR-U) preamble. Based on the UE capability, the base station may determine and transmit a preamble configuration to the UE, which the UE may use to generate and append a preamble waveform to another message for an uplink transmission to the base station.

Abstract: Techniques and examples of efficient detection of a transmission session in New Radio unlicensed spectrum (NR-U) are described. An apparatus (e.g., user equipment (UE)) detects presence of an indication from a base station of a wireless network in an NR-U. The apparatus determines that a transmission opportunity (TXOP) follows the indication responsive to the detecting. The apparatus then receives a downlink (DL) transmission in the NR-U from the base station during the TXOP.

Abstract: The embodiments of the invention provide an information transmission method and apparatus. The method comprises: determining, from a plurality of numerologies, a target numerology, and transmitting or receiving, according to the target numerology, a synchronization signal.