Abstract: Methods and apparatus for configuring a reference signal are provided. The method includes that: a first terminal receives first information, the first information including configuration information of a first reference signal, and the first reference signal being a reference signal for sidelink positioning.

Abstract: A device may receive at least first network parameters and first performance indicators of a first access station in a first access network; receive at least second network parameters and second performance indicators of a second access station in a second access network; determine whether to steer a User Equipment device (UE) wirelessly connected to the first access station, from the first access station toward the second access station, based on the at least first and second network parameters and first and second performance indicators; and based on the determination, modify one or more of the first network parameters of the first access station and the second network parameters of the second access station.

Abstract: A method is disclosed in which a UE communicates with a RAN node in a set of cells. The UE receives, from the RAN node, control information for scheduling resources for a respective shared channel in each of at least two cells of the set of cells. The respective control information for each of the at least two cells of the set of cells is received in a single scheduling downlink control information (DCI) transmission. The UE respectively communicates with the RAN node in each of the at least two cells of the set of cells using the corresponding shared channel resources scheduled via the single scheduling DCI transmission. The scheduling DCI includes a DCI field, and the DCI field carries information for identifying each cell, of the at least two cells of the set of cells, for which resources for a respective shared channel have been scheduled.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support a scheduling request configuration. In a first aspect, a method of wireless communication receiving a first transmission configuration indicator for one or more transmissions associated with a communication session. The first transmission configuration indicator indicates a first configuration for a first set of transmissions. The first configuration includes a first periodicity of a first available transmission time for the first set of transmissions. The first transmission configuration indicator further indicates a first repetition interval for the first available transmission time. The method also includes initiating at least one transmission of the first set of transmissions based on the first transmission configuration indicator. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Techniques described herein provide for avoiding sounding reference signal (SRS) and paging occasion collisions. In some examples, a user equipment (UE) may receive first control signaling indicating a set of SRS resources associated with a first subscriber identity associated with the UE. The UE may receive second control signaling indicating a first set of paging occasions and a set of synchronization signal block (SSB) occasions associated with a second subscriber identity associated with the UE. A first serving SSB may be associated with one of the SSB occasions. The UE may transmit, in accordance with a scheduling overlap in time between a SRS resource of the set of SRS resources and a paging occasion of the first set of paging occasions, an indication of a transition of the second subscriber identity from the first serving SSB to a second serving SSB.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. There is provided method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment, UE, comprising: receiving a single downlink control information, DCI, message scheduling a plurality of transmissions for communicating a plurality of transport blocks, TBs, wherein the DCI message comprises an indication of a plurality of frequency domain resource allocations, FDRAs, for a plurality of slots including a first FDRA for a sub-band full duplex, SBFD, slot of the plurality of slots and a second FDRA for an uplink slot of the plurality of slots; and communicating, with a network entity, in accordance with the received indication.

Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for wireless communications. For example, an apparatus (e.g., a user equipment (UE)) may receive a downlink transmission in a first downlink time slot and receiving an update to a scheduling offset associated with a propagation time delay of communications between the apparatus and a network entity. The update indicates an updated scheduling offset. The apparatus may determine a selected scheduling offset as one of the scheduling offset or the updated scheduling offset. The apparatus may transmit, using a second uplink time slot, an uplink transmission associated with the downlink transmission. The second uplink time slot may be determined based on a first uplink time slot and the selected scheduling offset.

Abstract: An ephemeral secure wireless ad hoc network for programmable devices uses a technique for reading an encoded identification value disposed with a housing of the programmable device. A software application uses the read encoded identification value to configure the programmable device for use in the network. When the network is shut down, all network session information is erased for security purposes.

Abstract: Techniques for making the state of a peering connections or routes between SD-WAN routers of an SD-WAN fabric and external routers dependent on the state of a local instance of a service chain of redundant service chains in the SD-WAN fabric. In examples, an SD-WAN router may determine that a local instance of a service chain is unavailable for inspecting network traffic, and terminate a peering session with an external router such that routes through the SD-WAN router are no longer available to the external router. In other examples where the SD-WAN router determines that the local instance of the service chain is unavailable, the SD-WAN router may use an update message to notify the external router that certain routes are not available through the SD-WAN router for network traffic that needs to be service-chained.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for timing advance management during layer (L1/L2) Triggered Mobility (LTM). In one aspect, a method comprises obtaining timing advances (TAs) for one or more LTM candidate cells based on indication from a serving gNB-DU and storing the obtained TAs and receiving LTM serving cell switch command to switch from a current serving cell to a target cell. The method further comprises transmitting, a list of candidate cell IDs and the stored TAs corresponding to the list of candidate cell IDs, to the target gNB-DU serving the target cell, in response to the successful completion of the LTM cell switch.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. For instance, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network entity, an indication of a set of time resource common to a set of UEs and available for communication of a multicast transmission from the network entity to two or more of the set of UEs, where the two or more of the set of UEs includes the UE, and where the set of time resources are a subset of a plurality of time resources of a carrier configured for the UE. The UE may receive, from the network entity, a grant for the multicast transmission and the multicast transmission over a subset of the set of resources, where the subset of the set of time resources is determined based on scheduling information associated with the grant and the indication of the set of time resources.

Abstract: Techniques and apparatus for avoiding uplink orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA)-based random access (UORA) collisions for uplink transmissions are described. An example technique includes obtaining, by a wireless device, information indicating (i) a UORA resource unit (RU) assigned to a multi-user (MU) group including the wireless device and (ii) a number of spatial streams associated with the MU group. A respective user position associated with the wireless device within the MU group is determined from multiple user positions. A spatial stream of the number of spatial streams is selected based on the user position. Uplink data is transmitted on the UORA RU using the spatial stream.

Abstract: This application discloses a control information sending method, a control information receiving method, an apparatus, and a storage medium, applied to a communication system. The control information sending method includes: sending at least one piece of downlink control information and a corresponding downlink physical shared channel, where the downlink control information carries a count sequence number; and receiving feedback information from user equipment, where the feedback information includes DCI miss-detection information, the count sequence number indicates an accumulated quantity of uplink control information, the uplink control information corresponds to a downlink physical shared channel scheduled by using the downlink control information, and the uplink control information is used to transmit the feedback information.

Abstract: A random access method is applied to a user equipment (UE), and includes: receiving resource configuration information, wherein the resource configuration information is configured to configure resources in a specified random access resource pool corresponding to at least one network slice; determining a first random access resource based on slice information of a target network slice and the resource configuration information, wherein the target network slice is a network slice for the UE to initiate a random access; and initiating the random access based on the first random access resource.

Abstract: A method for handling network functionalities of a wireless network by a base station. The method may include receiving parameters from a plurality of User Equipments (UEs) in the wireless network. The method may include identifying a plurality of UE clusters within the cell of the base station based on the parameters. The method may include detecting a network service requirement of a UE cluster in the plurality of UE clusters. The method may include determining whether the UE cluster in the plurality of UE clusters meets a threshold condition based on the parameters. The method may include activating a network functionality for the UE cluster based on the network service requirement of the UE cluster upon determining that the UE cluster in the plurality of UE clusters meets the threshold condition.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for dynamic uplink transmission scheme indication for multi-panel user equipment are provided. For example, a method can include indicating to a network a capability of an apparatus to support simultaneous multi-panel transmission to the network. The method can also include receiving a configuration of two sounding reference signal resource sets for codebook based physical uplink shared channel and a three-bit sounding reference signal resource set indicator for the simultaneous multi-panel transmission over the physical uplink shared channel.

Abstract: A beam configuration method is performed by a terminal, and includes: determining one or more transmission configuration indication (TCI) states of a control resource set (CORESET); wherein one or more reference signal resources indicated by the one or more TCI states are associated with at least one of: a serving cell of the terminal; or a neighboring cell of the terminal.

Abstract: The application provides a method and device in a node used for wireless communications. A node receives a first information block, and the first information block determines a first search space set; the node monitors a first control channel candidate, and the first control channel candidate belongs to the first search space set; the node transmits a first bit set, the first bit set comprises X bit subsets, and each bit subset comprises a positive integer number of HARQ-ACK bit(s); the X bit subsets are respectively for X cell groups; the first control channel candidate is used for a first serving cell, and the first serving cell belongs to one or multiple cell groups among the X cell groups; the first control channel candidate is used to determine a first identity. The present application guarantees the transmission of HARQ.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a transceiver being configured to participate in at least one communication service provided by a wireless communication network, the transceiver having a communication interface for receiving and/or transmitting communication data pertaining to the at least one communication service. The transceiver is configured to transmit and/or receive the communication data pertaining to the at least one communication service only if at least one of the following predetermined criteria is met: a) the current location of the transceiver is determined to be inside a designated geographical area being related to the at least one communication service, b) the transceiver receives an intimation signal from a second being different to the at least one communication service, c) the transceiver received communication data pertaining to the at least one communication.

Abstract: Systems, devices, methods, and non-transitory, machine-readable media for uniquely identifying user equipment with a wireless network may include one or a combination of the following. A cellular network core may include a user plane function (UPF). The UPF may collect and store subscription permanent identifier (SUPI) information and/or generic public subscription identifier (GPSI) information corresponding to user equipment (UE) having an IP address. In response to a request, the cellular network core may execute a conditional process based at least in part on the UPF using the SUPI information and/or the GPSI information as part of the conditional process to respond to the request. The request may be for GPSI information corresponding to the UE. An external IP address of the UE may be provided along with the request. Upon completion of the conditional process, the cellular network core may return the GPSI information corresponding to the UE.