Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may select, in a first time slot, a set of resources to use for transmission to another UE; evaluate, in a second time slot, whether one or more resources of the set of resources is available; and transmit, based on the one or more resources of the set of resources being available, information to the other UE in a third time slot and using the set of resources, or reselect, based on the one or more resources of the set of resources being unavailable, another resource for transmission of the information to the other UE. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for bandwidth allocation using machine learning. In some implementations, a request for bandwidth in a communications system is received. Data indicative of a measure of bandwidth requested and a status of the communication system are provided as input to a machine learning model. One or more outputs from the machine learning model indicate an amount of bandwidth to allocate to the terminal, and bandwidth is allocated to the terminal based on the one or more outputs from the machine learning model.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for random access. A method performed by a terminal device comprises determining a random access procedure to be performed, the random access procedure being one of a two-step random access procedure and a four-step random access procedure, and transmitting a request message for random access in the determined random access procedure.

Abstract: Example communication methods apparatus are described. One example method includes receiving air interface link signal information of neighboring network devices by a source network device from a terminal device. The source network device determines a target network device based on sidelink information of the terminal device and the air interface link signal information of the neighboring network devices. Then, the source network device may send a handover request to the target network device, so that the terminal device can be handed over from the source network device to the target network device. Therefore, the target network device determined by the source network device can better meet an air interface link communication requirement and a sidelink communication requirement of the terminal device.

Abstract: This application discloses a fault protection method, including: A first node determines that a first cross-domain node is faulty. The first node is a head node of a segment routing best effort SR-BE service tunnel, the SR-BE tunnel is a cross-domain tunnel that passes through a first IGP domain and a second IGP domain, the SR-BE tunnel passes through the first cross-domain node, and the first cross-domain node is a node that crosses the first IGP domain and the second IGP domain. The first node switches a service transmission path from the SR-BE tunnel to a backup tunnel. The backup tunnel does not pass through the first cross-domain node, and the backup tunnel is a tunnel with a strict explicit path.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of determining a transmission power for device to device, D2D, transmissions between a first user equipment device and a second user equipment device using transmission resources being used for transmissions to a cellular network entity by a third user equipment device, the method comprising determining a measure of a path loss between the cellular network entity and the first user equipment device, and using the measure of the path loss to determine a maximum transmission power such that the D2D transmissions are received at the cellular network entity with a signal level around or below a noise level.

Abstract: An approach is described for a source device associated with a source cell, where the source device includes radio front end circuitry and processor circuitry coupled to the radio front end circuitry. The processor circuitry is configured to transmit configuration information to a user equipment (UE); transmit a request for a transmission or receiving time offset (TO) to the UE; receive the transmission or receiving TO from the EE. The processor circuitry is further configured to transmit the configuration information and the transmission or receiving TO to a second source device associated with a second source cell for a CLI reference signal measurement, wherein the EE is associated with the source cell, and the configuration information comprises an SRS instruction for the EE to enable an uplink (EE) CSI acquisition or tracking.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for beam refinement via physical random access channel (PRACH) repetition. A method that may be performed by a network entity includes determining resources to monitor for a PRACH transmission sent from a user equipment (UE) as part of a random access channel (RACH) procedure, performing receive beam sweeping when receiving PRACH repetitions sent using the determined resources, using results of the receive beam sweeping to refine one or more beams and to select a refined beam of the refined one or more beams, and using the selected refined beam for at least one of receiving a subsequent message from the UE as part of the RACH procedure or sending a subsequent message to the UE as part of the RACH procedure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for a base station transmitting a downlink signal for a machine-type communication (MTC) terminal. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting and receiving PBCH, PRACH, PDSCH, PDCCH, EPDCCH for a low cost and enhanced coverage MTC terminal, and an apparatus therefor. Particularly, provided are an apparatus and a method for a base station transmitting a control channel, the method comprising the steps of repeatedly transmitting a control channel comprising control information, and repeatedly transmitting downlink data channel (PDSCH) on the basis of information for a subframe ending the control channel being repeatedly transmitted.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating multi-tasking and smart location selection during connected-mode discontinuous reception (CDRX) mode are disclosed herein. Example techniques disclosed herein enable a UE to perform multiple tasks during a same SSBS to reduce the number of wake-up SSBSs. For example, disclosed techniques enable a UE to perform RLM tasks and loop tracking tasks during a first SSBS and thereby reduce the number of wake-up SSBSs. In some examples, the UE may also perform the search task or the measurement task during the same first SSBS and, thereby, further reduce the number of wake-up SSBSs. Example techniques disclosed herein may also enable the UE to select which SSBS occurrences to wake-up for during the OFF duration of the CDRX cycle.

Abstract: Proposed is a method for a first device to perform wireless communication. The method may include a step for generating a sidelink synchronization signal block (S-SSB) including a sidelink primary synchronization signal (SPSS), a sidelink secondary synchronization signal (SSSS), and a sidelink physical broadcast channel (PSBCH), and transmitting the S-SSB to a second device. For example, at least one of an SPSS-related symbol period, an SSSS-related symbol period, or a PSBCH-related symbol period may include a transition period. For example, the transition period may be determined on the basis of at least one of the priority of the SPSS, the priority of the SSSS, or the priority of the PSBCH.

Abstract: There is provided a method for transmitting a reference signal. The method for transmitting the reference signal includes: determining locations in time and frequency domains of a DRS, the DRS comprising at least one of a PSS, an SSS, a PBCH, a DMRS for PBCH, a CSI-RS for TRS, a CSI-RS for beam management, and a CSI-RS for acquiring channel state information; and transmitting the DRS at the locations in time and frequency domains of the DRS.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, particularly, to a method and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps of: receiving demodulation reference signal (DMRS) configuration information; receiving scheduling information about a plurality of transmission time intervals (TTIs); and transmitting data on the basis of the DMRS configuration information in a plurality of continuous TTIs, wherein first DMRS configuration information of the DMRS configuration information is applied to a first group from among the plurality of continuous TTIs, and second DMRS configuration information of the DMRS configuration information is applied to a second group from among the plurality of continuous TTIs.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may transmit, in a first part of two-part channel state information (CSI), a rank indication (RI) and an indication of one or more numbers of first transfer domain coefficients to be used to characterize compressed CSI for one or more layers; and transmit, in a second part of the two-part CSI, an indication of one or more numbers of second transfer domain coefficients to be used to characterize compressed CSI for one or more beams for the one or more layers. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: This application provides a radio scheduling method and apparatus. The radio scheduling method includes: receiving, by a terminal, a first message from a network device, where the first message indicates at least one index, each of the at least one index associated to an uplink grant resource corresponding to a logical channel; obtaining, by the terminal, a first uplink grant resource from the network device; determining, by the terminal, a first logical channel based on an index of the first uplink grant resource and the at least one index, wherein the at least one index comprises the index of the first uplink grant resource. The radio scheduling method in embodiments of this application helps ensure that the terminal selects an appropriate logical channel, thereby helping satisfy reliability requirements of different services.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for service-to-service scheduling in container orchestrators are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes reserving, by a network orchestrator, network resources requested between a plurality of services, wherein each of the services is implemented as one or more replicas running on a set of nodes of a cluster, managed by the network orchestrator, that use the network resources to serve incoming requests to the plurality services; monitoring utilization of the network resources; and scheduling, by the network orchestrator based on the monitoring, one or more new replicas of the plurality of services and the incoming requests to the plurality of services in a collaborative manner to increase at least one network performance characteristic.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a downlink control information message scheduling a downlink transmission that comprises a zero-power reference signal for the UE to use for rate matching during the downlink transmission. The UE may receive a signal triggering transmission of an aperiodic reference signal during the downlink transmission. The UE may determine whether the UE supports search space sharing. The UE may perform, upon determining that the UE supports search space sharing, rate matching around the aperiodic reference signal.

Abstract: A user device includes a receiving unit configured to receive first information and second information from a base station device, the first information indicating one or more bands that are candidates for a band combination to be supported, the second information indicating which RAT (Radio Access Technology) is to be used; a control unit configured to determine, based on the second information, the band combination to be supported from among the one or more bands included in the first information; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the base station device, is terminal capability information including the determined band combination.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for port selection codebook configuration. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, an indication of parameter settings of a port selection codebook. The port selection codebook includes a port selection matrix W1, a combinational coefficient matrix W2, and a frequency basis selection matrix Wf. Based at least in part on the parameter settings, the UE selects L CSI-RS ports, Mv frequency basis from a window of N consecutive frequency basis; and up to beta*L*Mv entries per layer, where beta is a percentage of the L*Mv entries per layer. The UE reports one or more of the port selection matrix W1, the up to beta*L*Mv entries in the combinational coefficient matrix W2 per layer, and the frequency basis selection matrix Wf to the base station.

Abstract: An uplink data transmission method, a user equipment, and a computer readable storage medium. The method includes: performing LBT respectively on at least one sub-band corresponding to a resource used for transmitting uplink data, wherein a frequency domain is divided into two or more sub-bands, and the resource used for transmitting uplink data corresponds to at least one of the two or more sub-bands; and transmitting the uplink data on at least one sub-band on which LBT succeeds. Using the present solution can increase data transmission efficiency and resource utilization.