Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a communication method, a related device, and a system. The method includes: receiving, by a network device, a first preamble sequence that is sent by a first terminal in a time window; sending, by the network device, a response message to the first terminal based on the first preamble sequence; receiving, by the network device, a first message sent by the first terminal, where the first message includes information used to identify the first terminal; and sending, by the network device, a second message to a second terminal and the first terminal, where the second message is used to indicate that the first terminal and the second terminal belong to a same user equipment cooperative group. According to this application, efficiency of establishing a user equipment cooperative group can be improved.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). The method includes: determining a time domain location for transmitting the PUSCH according to a downlink transmission time interval TTI for receiving a scheduling grant; and transmitting the PUSCH in the determined time domain location; wherein the scheduling grant comprises at least one of: indication information for indicating whether to transmit a demodulation reference signal DMRS; first time domain location related information for transmitting the demodulation reference signal DMRS; second time domain location related information for transmitting data; information on frequency domain density of the demodulation reference signal DMRS; and frequency domain offset information of the demodulation reference signal DMRS.

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.

Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) to receive physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) with a first sub-carrier spacing (SCS) includes receiving a bitmap indicating symbols of a slot that are first symbols of control resource sets (CORESETs) for PDCCH receptions, determining, based on the bitmap, a first number of symbols that is a smallest number of symbols in between a first symbol of PDCCH receptions in first CORESETs and a first symbol of PDCCH receptions in second CORESETs, determining, based on the first number of symbols and the SCS, a first maximum number of non-overlapping control channel elements (CCEs), and receiving the PDCCHs with the first SCS according to the first maximum number of non-overlapping CCEs.

Abstract: A method for configuring a wireless network system, and a terminal are provided. The method includes: collecting relevant information of respective equipment nodes in a wireless network system to be configured; determining network configuration parameters of virtual nodes corresponding to the respective equipment nodes based on the relevant information of the respective equipment nodes, and constructing a virtual network system including the virtual nodes corresponding to the respective equipment nodes; and performing a network configuration on the respective equipment nodes in the wireless network system to be configured by using the constructed virtual network system.

Abstract: A battery-powered infusion pump for delivery of insulin or other medicament may collect and store data related to the pump. The infusion pump can communicate some or all of the stored data to another device, and control the timing and amount of data communicated in order to conserve battery life.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive signaling configuring a first active transmission configuration indication (TCI) state for an initial control resource set and a second active TCI state for a second control resource set. The UE may monitor the initial control resource set using a first beam corresponding to the first active TCI state, the second control resource set using a second beam corresponding to the second active TCI state, and a shared data channel using one of the two beams. The UE may perform a random access channel procedure to select a third beam and update a quasi co-location assumption for the initial control resource set to correspond to the third beam. The UE may apply a selection rule for selecting between the second beam and the third beam and monitor the shared data channel using the selected beam.

Abstract: A device may determine sample points associated with network routes within a network during a time interval, wherein each sample point that is associated with a respective network route comprises an amount of uptime for the respective network route during the time interval and a total frequency of state changes for the respective network route during the time interval. The device may generate, using an unsupervised machine learning mechanism, clusters of the sample points and may label the network routes with route stability labels based at least in part on the clusters. The device may generate, using a supervised machine learning mechanism, a route stability classifier based at least in part on the route stability labels for the network routes, and may determine, using the route stability classifier, a route stability of a new network route within the network.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitting device may identify multiple demodulation reference signal (DMRS) symbols corresponding to multiple DMRS ports of a multiple input multiple output configuration. The transmitting device may generate multiple phase-rotated and precoded DMRS symbols by applying an orthogonal cover code, a phase rotation scheme, and a precoding matrix to the identified DMRS symbols. The transmitting device may map the phase-rotated and precoded DMRS symbols to time-frequency resources corresponding to multiple antenna ports, and transmit a DMRS based on the mapped phase-rotated and precoded DMRS symbols. The transmitting device may transmit the DMRS using multiple antennas that correspond to the antenna ports.

Abstract: An approach for improving throughput for encapsulated network traffic is provided. In an embodiment, a method comprises obtaining a plurality of network addresses of a plurality of intermediaries that facilitate communications between a plurality of virtual machines. A set of source-destination intermediary pairs is determined based on the plurality of network addresses, and for each source-destination intermediary pair, from the set of source-destination intermediary pairs, a precomputed encapsulated header is generated and included in a set of precomputed encapsulated headers.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure generally relate to enhancement of downlink control channel. A network device maps control information to a resource region. The control information is associated with data to be transmitted at a first subframe of a first cell. The resource region crosses a plurality of subframes and/or a plurality of cells. Then, the network device transmits the control information on the resource region to a terminal device.

Abstract: Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) is measured accurately even in a case where a discovery signal is transmitted. A receiver receives a plurality of subframes, at least one of which includes a discovery signal, and a measurer measures Reference Signal Reception Power (RSRP) using a first resource in which the discovery signal is mapped, measures RSSI using a second resource different from the first resource for which the discovery signal is mapped, and calculates Reference Signal Reception Quality (RSRQ) using RSRP and RSSI.

Abstract: A method for configuring a frequency priority, a terminal device, a base station and a core network device are provided. When the base station or the core network device configures information of a frequency priority, information of a frequency corresponding to a network slice registered by the terminal device is considered. The method includes: transmitting a first request message to a core network device, wherein the first request message is used for requesting information of a network slice registered by a terminal device; receiving a response message transmitted by the core network device for the first request message, wherein the response message includes the information of the network slice registered by the terminal device; configuring information of a frequency priority for the terminal device according to the response message; and transmitting the configured information of the frequency priority to the terminal device.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present application relate to the technical field of communications, and particularly relate to a Voice over Long-Term Evolution (VoLTE) data guarantee method and device, this being used for ameliorating the problem of poor VoLTE call quality caused by poor access network quality. The method involves: a first device receiving at least one group of first data packets sent by a second device; with regard to each group of first data packets in the at least one group of first data packets, executing the operation of the first device carrying out FEC coding on M VoLTE data packets comprised in the group of first data packets to obtain N FEC redundant data packets; adding FEC group information, corresponding to each data packet, to each data packet among the M VoLTE data packets and N FEC redundant data packets; and sending, to a third device, the M VoLTE data packets and N FEC redundant data packets with the FEC group information added thereto.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided which comprises: a plurality of data routers to route data packets, wherein the plurality of data routers comprises: a first data router comprising a trace port, and a second data router coupled to a component; and one or more trace routers to route trace information of the apparatus, wherein a first trace router of the one or more trace routers is coupled to the trace port, and wherein the first trace router is to route configuration information from the component to the trace port, the configuration information to configure the trace port.

Abstract: The present disclosure provide a method and terminal for counting preamble retransmission in a random access procedure. The method includes: in a random access procedure, when detecting that no Random Access Response (RAR) is received or contention resolution fails, counting a number of times of retransmission of a preamble and/or a number of times of power ramping of transmission of the preamble according to a configured counter/counters.

Abstract: Example data transmission methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes obtaining at least two signature sequences used to perform multiple access for at least two to-be-sent data packets by a user equipment. The user equipment processes the at least two data packets by respectively using corresponding signature sequences, to obtain at least two transmit sequences. The user equipment sends the at least two transmit sequences to a network device on a same time-frequency resource. Then the network device obtains the at least two signature sequences used by the user equipment to send the at least two transmit sequences, and separately detects a corresponding transmit sequence based on each signature sequence, to obtain the at least two data packets. The user equipment can transmit a plurality of data packets on a same time-frequency resource in a same slot.

Abstract: Provided in embodiments of the present application are an information transmission method, network apparatus, and terminal apparatus, enabling flexible distribution of reserved resources, and accordingly improving efficiency of using the reserved resources. The method comprises: a network apparatus sending second instruction information used to configure first instruction information; and the network apparatus sending, according to the configuration of the first instruction information, the first instruction information used to instruct resource reservation.

Abstract: A video encoding device (e.g., a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU)) may transmit an encoded frame with a frame sequence number using a transmission protocol. The video encoding device, an application on the video encoding device, and/or a protocol layer on the encoding device may detect a packet loss by receiving an error notification. The packet loss may be detected at the MAC layer. The packet loss may be signaled using spoofed packets, such as a spoofed NACK packet, a spoofed XR packet, or a spoofed ACK packet. A lost packet may be retransmitted at the MAC layer (e.g., by the encoding device or another device on the wireless path). Packet loss detection may be performed in uplink operations and/or downlink operations, and/or may be performed in video gaining applications via the cloud. The video encoding device may generate and send a second encoded frame based on the error notification.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for autonomous reference signal transmission configuration. Certain aspects provide a method of receiving a configuration message from the base station, wherein the configuration message comprises an indication of a set of candidate resources for transmitting the reference signal. Certain aspects provide a method of detecting a future downlink transmission from the base station, and other aspects provide a method of transmitting, in response to detecting the future downlink transmission, the reference signal utilizing a first resource of the set of candidate resources prior to receiving the future downlink transmission via a second resource in the set of candidate resources.