Abstract: A method of sending an uplink control channel and a device thereof, a method of receiving an uplink control channel and a device thereof, a terminal and a base station are provided. The method of sending an uplink control channel includes: determining a plurality of target slots for sending uplink control information to be fed back, where the uplink control information to be fed back is sent in the target slots through an uplink control channel; acquiring a transmission duration or format of the uplink control channel carrying the uplink control information to be fed back in each of the target slots, where the transmission duration or format of the uplink control channel in every target slot is the same; and sending the uplink control channel carrying the uplink control information to be fed back in each of the target slots, according to the determined transmission duration or format of the uplink control channel.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine a UE capability for available radio access technologies. The UE may determine which of the available radio access technologies are suitable for idle cell reselection (e.g., inter-radio access technology idle cell reselection, intra-radio access technology idle cell reselection) according to the UE capabilities, which may be related to a UE category or UE usage mode (e.g., voice centric mode, data centric mode) of the UE, etc. The UE may transmit a signal indicating the UE capabilities to a network entity (e.g., a serving cell). The network entity may receive the signaling and determine suitable radio access technologies for the idle cell reselection, and transmit a set of parameters in a message for the UE to use as part of the idle cell reselection.

Abstract: A communication apparatus transmits a frame including frequency band allocation information for communication based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), and determines whether to permit or prohibit Spatial Reuse Parameter (SRP) based communication in accordance with a communication partner apparatus of each of a plurality of terminal stations in a network managed by the communication apparatus. The communication apparatus, in a case where it is determined that the SRP based communication is to be prohibited, transmits the frame including information indicating that the SRP based communication is prohibited.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transmitting terminal for transmitting data to a receiving terminal over a direct link connection. The transmitting terminal comprises a receiving unit that receives from the base station a timing command for adjusting an uplink transmission timing value for data transmissions to the base station. A generating unit generates direct link timing information, based on the uplink transmission timing value, the direct link timing information being usable for generating a direct link transmission timing value for determining the timing of the data transmission over the direct link. A transmitting unit transmits to the receiving terminal the generated direct link timing information, the direct link timing information being usable at the receiving terminal for generating a direct link reception timing value for determining the reception timing of data to be received on the direct link from the transmitting terminal.

Abstract: In accordance with one or more aspects, service requesters (e.g., advertisers) and/or affiliates (e.g., providing data traffic) may be set up for operation on a performance exchange. In accordance with other aspects, performance and monitoring may be carried out for such advertisers and/or affiliates. In some embodiments, a quality assessment module monitors resource distribution by affiliates (including user response characteristics), and assesses quality characteristics of the distribution and related responses based on the monitored performance and stored affiliate data. Affiliate performance metrics are generated based on the quality characteristics. A router establishes routing criteria for service requesters, which may include information for selecting data traffic resources to be routed and served by the affiliates for providing traffic.

Abstract: A method of evaluating whether to handover a terminal device from communicating with a first network infrastructure element associated with a first communication cell to communicating with a second network infrastructure element associated with a second communication cell in a wireless telecommunications system. The method includes establishing an indication of radio conditions associated with a path between the terminal device and the first network infrastructure element; and establishing an indication of a second measurement of radio conditions associated with a communication path between the terminal device and the second network infrastructure element; and determining whether to handover the terminal device from communicating with the first network infrastructure element to the second network infrastructure element based on a comparison of the indication of the first measurement of radio conditions and the indication of the second measurement of radio conditions.

Abstract: A forwarding element includes data plane forwarding circuitry for forwarding data messages received by the forwarding element to other network elements in a network. The data-plane forwarding circuitry includes several snapshot-match circuitry units. Each snapshot-match circuitry unit compares a set of header fields of incoming data messages with a corresponding matching data. The data-plane forwarding circuitry also includes several snapshot-capture circuitry units. Each snapshot-capture circuitry units stores a set of header fields of data messages that matches a corresponding matching data.

Abstract: Communication device for communicating within a group of communication devices. The communication device comprising circuitry configured to listen to a training and control period of a further communication device which is acting as a wireless network coordinator of a further group of communication devices and transmits frames with a succession of directive beams, each identified by a transmit sector and to generate reception quality information associating each transmit sector with a quality indicator indicative of a reception quality of the received frames.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for configuring physical downlink control channel candidates are described. The method may include monitoring, by a UE, an initial set of physical downlink control channel candidates in a first slot, receiving, by the UE, an indication of an adjusted set of physical downlink control channel candidates to monitor in a second slot based on decoding a physical downlink control channel candidate in the initial set, and monitoring, by the UE in the second slot, the adjusted set of physical downlink control channel candidates. The method may also include adaptively (e.g., autonomously) determining, by the UE, the adjusted set of physical downlink control channel candidates, and corresponding determinations by the base station.

Abstract: In this invention, we disclose methods for enabling ad hoc cellular base station functionality within a user equipment when the connection quality between a base station and the user equipment is limited or nonexistent. These methods include measuring a connection quality between a user equipment and its serving base station. If the connection quality is below a threshold, the user equipment can enable its internal ad hoc cellular base station functionality. This is done by running a software within the user equipment that (a) checks the connection quality periodically, and (b) enables ad hoc cellular base station functionality of the connection threshold dips below a certain value. In one embodiment, that threshold could be the same threshold value that a user equipment would use if it were making a decision to handoff to another base station based on poor connection quality.

Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to message distribution protocols for a group-based communication platform, in which messages exchanged within a plurality of individual communication channels are provided to client devices via a single websocket connection for each client device. The messages are provided together with associated correspondence tags identifying communication channels in which the messages are exchanged, and the client device disseminates those messages for display in appropriate communication-channel-specific display windows based at least in part on the correspondence tags transmitted with the messages.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, a UE, and a base station for transmitting a HARQ-ACK are disclosed. The method includes: determining a channel for transmitting a HARQ-ACK; determining a HARQ-ACK feedback bit; and sending the HARQ-ACK feedback bit on the channel. According to this application, transmission of a HARQ-ACK between a UE and a base station can be implemented in a scenario where carrier aggregation is performed between base stations having a non-ideal backhaul.

Abstract: Techniques for collision avoidance on a current receiving network node using a half duplex wireless transceiver include, in response to receiving a request to transmit a variable length data message from a first node, transmitting a clear to transmit message that indicates the first node followed by transmitting a physical layer first pilot message. In some circumstances, the techniques include transmitting an acknowledgement message that indicates the first node, only in response to successfully receiving the variable length data message that indicates the first node followed by receiving a physical layer second pilot message. The second pilot message can be detected using either or both of energy detection and preamble detection.

Abstract: A communication apparatus has a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver, in operation receives a control signal including a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) Index, a channel quality indicator (CQI) trigger and information indicating uplink resource blocks. The transmitter in operation, determines whether to multiplex an aperiodic CQI report with data in an uplink signal based on the MCS Index, the channel quality indicator trigger, the information indicating uplink resource blocks, and a threshold number of resource blocks, and transmits the uplink signal.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for enhancing a beamforming training procedure.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a method in a wireless telecommunications network, and a wireless telecommunications network node for implementing the method, the network including a transmitter having an overall coverage area and a plurality of User Equipment (UE) within the transmitter's overall coverage area, the method including receiving data indicating a first count of UEs of the plurality of UEs disposed in a first section of the transmitter's overall coverage area and further indicating a second count of UEs of the plurality of UEs disposed in a second section of the transmitter's overall coverage area; comparing the first and second counts to a predetermined threshold; and transmitting a first data beam having a first beam coverage area and a second data beam having a second beam coverage area, wherein a magnitude of the first beam coverage area is based on the comparison of the first count to the predetermined threshold and a magnitude of the second beam coverage area is based on upon the comparison of the

Abstract: A network switching system and method and a computer program product for operating a network switch are disclosed. The network switch includes a multitude of input ports and a multitude of output ports. In one embodiment, one processing device is assigned to each of the input ports and output ports to process data packets received at the input ports and transferred to the output ports. In one embodiment, the method comprises creating an intermediate adjustable configuration of processing devices functionally between the input ports and the output ports, and assigning the processing devices of the intermediate configuration to forward the data packets from the input ports to the output ports to obtain a balance between latency and synchronization of the transfer of the data packets from the input ports to the output ports. In an embodiment, software is used to create and to adjust dynamically the intermediate configuration.

Abstract: Techniques are described herein for network slice support of respective transport protocols. In one example, a session management function obtains, from a user equipment, a request for a network slice identifier in a network that includes a plurality of network slices each configured to support a respective transport protocol. In response to the request, the session management function identifies a first transport protocol of the respective transport protocols by which the user equipment is to communicate. Based on the first transport protocol, the session management function identifies a first network slice of the plurality of network slices by which the user equipment is to communicate. The first network slice is configured to support the first transport protocol. The session management function provides the network slice identifier to the user equipment. The network slice identifier corresponds to the first network slice.

Abstract: A user equipment device (UE) reduces receive beam selection time. An antenna array forms receive beams to receive synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) transmitted by a base station (BS). Each SSB comprises OFDM symbols. Each SSB includes a BS-assigned index. The receive beams are switched in time such that, for each SSB, two or more of the receive beams are used to receive corresponding two or more mutually exclusive sets each having at least one but less than all of the OFDM symbols of the SSB. A processor is programmed to, for each receive beam/SSB index pair, measure a signal quality based on the at least one but less than all of the OFDM symbols of the indexed SSB received by the receive beam of the pair. The processor uses the measured signal qualities to select one of the receive beams to use to receive subsequent communications from the BS.