Abstract: A method includes: obtaining, by a first communications device, a first carrier, where the first carrier is used to transmit a first message and a second message; obtaining, by the first communications device, a first transmission resource and a second transmission resource of the first carrier, where the first transmission resource is used to send the first message, the second transmission resource is used to send the second message, and the first transmission resource and the second transmission resource are different transmission resources; sending, by the first communications device, the first message on the first transmission resource by using a first wireless access technology; and sending, by the first communications device, the second message on the second transmission resource by using a second wireless access technology, where the first wireless access technology and the second wireless access technology are different inter-device direct communications technologies.

Abstract: Various solutions for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring enhancement for carrier aggregation (CA) with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may transmit a capability report to indicate a supported PDCCH monitoring capability to a network node. The apparatus may receive a PDCCH monitoring configuration compliant with the supported PDCCH monitoring capability from the network node. The apparatus may determine a monitoring budget based on the PDCCH monitoring configuration and the supported PDCCH monitoring capability. The apparatus may perform a PDCCH monitoring according to the monitoring budget.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. One example method for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE) includes detecting a radio link failure (RLF) condition for a connection between the UE and a network over a first cell group and determining, in response to detecting the RLF condition, whether an air interface resource allocation is available for a signaling radio bearer (SRB) between the UE and the network over another cell group. The method also includes selecting, based at least in part on the determination, one of a plurality of RLF procedures. In some examples, the UE may select a first RLF procedure that fully releases radio resources when no SRB is available and a different, second RLF procedure that partially when an SRB is available between the UE and the network over a second cell group.

Abstract: The present specification provides a method for transmitting a grant related to sidelink transmission of a remote UE, through a UE-to-network relay in a wireless communication system. A method performed by a relay UE comprises the steps of: receiving a first control message related to a grant from a serving base station, wherein the first control message includes an identifier for identifying a remote UE, first control information related to a time point of monitoring the grant, and second control information related to a time point at which the relay UE relays the grant to the remote UE; receiving the grant from the serving base station on the basis of the first control information; and transmitting the grant to the remote UE on the basis of the identifier and the second control information.

Abstract: This application provides a data transmission method and a communications apparatus. The method includes: receiving uplink resource configuration information including information about at least two uplink reference points, and one uplink reference point corresponds to one uplink carrier; and determining, based on the uplink resource configuration information, an uplink carrier on which an uplink transmission resource is located.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for determining resource elements REs used for Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP) transmission schemes. The techniques generally include determining, by a User Equipment (UE), a set of data REs used for Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP) operation. The determination is based on a CoMP scheme and data REs available to particular base stations involved in the CoMP operation. The technique further includes processing data received via the CoMP operation on the determined set of data REs.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for indications of demodulation reference signal port groups and phase-tracking reference signal port indications. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: A data communication method and a related apparatus are provided, and the data communication method includes: constructing, by an access device, a beacon frame, where the beacon frame includes a newly added field, and the newly added field represents multiple data guard interval lengths supported by the access device; and broadcasting, by the access device, the beacon frame, so that a terminal selects an available guard interval length matching a data guard interval length supported by the terminal from the beacon frame, and performs data communication with the access device by using the available guard interval length. By using the present invention, data communication between the access device and the terminal can be implemented when the access device supports multiple data guard interval lengths.

Abstract: A method of operating a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes obtaining, from a radio link control (RLC) entity associated with a cell group of the terminal, information about a number of retransmissions of a packet, identifying whether packet duplication is activated, based on information indicating that the number of retransmissions of the packet reaches a maximum number of retransmissions of the packet, and transmitting, to a base station, a message indicating a failure of retransmission of the packet, based on a result of the identifying.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for remaining minimum system information (RMSI) reception. The method can include receiving a PBCH carrying a beam index (SBI) and indicating configuration information of a sequence of RMSI PDCCH monitoring occasions. The PBCH is carried in an SS block of an SS block burst set. The configuration information indicates an RMSI offset (D) between a timing reference and a slot carrying the RMSI PDCCH monitoring occasion at the beginning of the sequence of the RMSI PDCCH monitoring occasions, and an RMSI interval (T) between two RMSI PDCCH monitoring occasions in the sequence of RMSI PDCCH monitoring occasions. The method further includes determining a timing of a first RMSI PDCCII monitoring occasion in the sequence of RMSI PDCCH monitoring occasion according to the SBI and the configuration information.

Abstract: A resource assignment method, a related device, and an apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal from a network device, a resource assignment indication used to indicate frequency domain resource assignment, where the resource assignment indication is used to indicate a plurality of first resource units assigned to the terminal and that the plurality of first resource units are categorized into one or more groups, where a quantity of first resource units in each group is a product of powers of 2, 3, and 5; and performing, by the terminal, discrete Fourier transform based on the plurality of first resource units. According to the resource assignment method, flexible resource assignment can be performed, and spectrum utilization can be improved.

Abstract: Techniques are described to provide for the ability to combine policies in a manner that utilized policy purposes to generate a combined policy. In one example, a method includes obtaining, at a network entity of a network, a plurality of policies, wherein each policy is associated with a policy purpose defined by a policy originator; combining the plurality of policies by the network entity to generate a combined policy, wherein the combining is performed based on a ranking of policy purposes; and enforcing the combined policy at one or more policy enforcement entities of the network for one or more packet flows communicated between a client and the network.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for transmitting downlink feedback information, a base station, and a terminal device, so as to ensure that the base station correctly receives the downlink feedback information sent by the terminal device, thereby effectively improving a transmission success rate of the downlink feedback information. In embodiments of the present disclosure, the method includes: sending, by the base station, indication information to the terminal device, where the indication information is used to indicate a target time-frequency resource location, the target time-frequency resource location is a time-frequency resource location at which the terminal device sends the downlink feedback information, and the downlink feedback information is used to feed back a reception status of downlink data that should be received by the terminal device; and receiving, by the base station, the downlink feedback information sent by the terminal device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for data transmission. The method includes: a terminal device receiving a first downlink control information (DCI) and second DCI scrambled with different radio network temporary identities (RNTIs), the first DCI comprising a first resource allocation information for a first channel, and the first resource allocation information indicating a first resource region, and the second DCI comprising a second resource allocation information for the first channel, and the second resource allocation information indicating a second resource region; and the terminal device determining that the first channel scheduled by the second DCI is transmitted in a third resource region, the third resource region being a resource region, except an overlapping resource region between the first resource region and the second resource region, in the second resource region. Further disclosed are a terminal device and a network device.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station for wireless communications. A UE receives first information, the first information being used for indicating M DCI blind decoding(s); monitors a first-type radio signal respectively on each of S sub-band(s) in a first time-domain resource; and performs at most M1 DCI blind decoding(s) of the M DCI blind decoding(s) on the S sub-band(s) in the first time-domain resource. Herein, the first-type radio signal detected on the S sub-band(s) is used for determining the M1 DCI blind decoding(s) out of the M DCI blind decoding(s). The above method allows the base station to make dynamic adjustments to the UE's blind decoding on PDCCH resources according to LBT results, ensuring that sufficient PDCCH resources are available and not too many PDSCH resources are preempted, and that excessive blind decodings can be avoided.

Abstract: A method for packet detection in a wireless communication network employing time based scheduling of packets. The method is performed by a packet receiver in the wireless communication network. The method includes receiving a packet from a packet transmitter. The packet includes a preamble that is composed of a single orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol and represented by a sequence of samples. T least part of the preamble is received within a packet detection window. Packet detection is performed in order to find a start of the packet only on those samples received within the packet detection window.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) with the capability to support a single active TCI state may receive configuration signaling which configures the UE with an active transmission configuration indication (TCI) state corresponding to a first beam for a control resource set and a shared data channel. The UE may perform a random access channel procedure to select a second beam from a set of different beams. The UE may update a quasi co-location (QCL) assumption for the control resource set to correspond to the second beam and deactivate the active TCI state based on updating the QCL assumption. The UE may then monitor the control resource set, the shared data channel, or both, using the second beam. The UE may deactivate the TCI state and use the indicated downlink beam so that the UE does not exceed its capability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method by which a terminal transmits/receives a signal in a wireless communication system and a device therefore and, more particularly, to: a method comprising the steps of receiving configuration information related to the activation or the deactivation of a wake-up signal (WUS), and monitoring the WUS and a channel corresponding to the WUS, when the WUS is activated on the basis of the configuration information, wherein the configuration information related to the activation or the deactivation of the WUS is configured to be terminal-specific; and a device therefor.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may transmit, and a user equipment (UE) may receive a group physical control channel signaling, which may configure grant uplink transmissions for a set of UEs including the receiving UE. The group physical control channel signaling may indicate allotted resources for configured grant uplink transmissions. The group physical control channel signaling may further indicate a group physical control channel which a UE may monitor for control messages. The UE may transmit a configured grant uplink transmission in accordance with the group physical control channel signaling. The base station may receive the configured grant uplink transmission and may determine a control message which it may transmit in the group physical control channel based on the configured grant uplink transmission. The UE may receive the control message, and may determine whether to retransmit a configured grant uplink transmission based thereon.

Abstract: Disclosed are a data transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: a transmission node acquiring information about a data transmission mode, herein the information about the data transmission mode includes a rapid data transmission mode in which a time-domain length of data transmission is configured based on a time-domain symbol; and the transmission node transmitting data according to the acquired data transmission mode. In the data transmission method, the time-domain length of data transmission is configured based on the time-domain symbol, the setting of the time-domain length of data transmission is flexible, multiple opportunities of data transmission can exist in one subframe, resources used for data transmission can be guaranteed to be found rapidly when there is a data transmission demand, thus rapid data transmission is realized and data transmission delay is reduced.