Abstract: A wireless communications method includes acquiring, by a first radio terminal, one or more radio link qualities according to one or more first reference signal (RS) resources. One or more first RS resources are transmitted by a second radio terminal, in a first cell. The method includes determining, by the first radio terminal, a beam failure instance according to the one or more radio link qualities. The method further includes initializing, by the first radio terminal, a recovery request procedure. The recovery request procedure includes at least transmitting, in a case wherein a first condition is met, from the first radio terminal to the second radio terminal in a second cell, a link recovery request message. The first condition includes at least that a number of beam failure instances is equal to or greater than a first threshold value.

Abstract: Mechanisms for efficient transmission of large amount of download data from a base station to a user equipment in a multi-carrier that minimizes power consumption on the user equipment are described. When multiple component carriers are to be used to transmit the download data, the base station informs the user equipment. The base station transmits on the anchor carriers without wait after informing the user equipment and transmits on the non-anchor carriers after waiting a predetermined delay. The predetermined delay provides time to allow the user equipment to activate the receiving resources and be ready to receive the download data over the non-anchor carriers. In this manner, the user equipment can be in a power conservation mode and activate the receiver resources only when needed.

Abstract: A reference signal sending or receiving method includes: determining, by the network device, a plurality of resource elements REs used to carry a first CSI-RS, where the plurality of REs are distributed in a plurality of resource units, and in each resource unit, a plurality of REs used to carry the first CSI-RS are located on a plurality of subcarriers in a same symbol, values of the first CSI-RS carried on at least two REs are different, and values of the first CSI-RS are loaded to the plurality of REs in the resource unit by using a first multiplex code; and sending, by the network device, the first CSI-RS to the terminal device by using the plurality of REs.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide data transmission methods and apparatuses. One method includes: receiving, by a communications apparatus, indication information from a network device, wherein the indication information indicates a data distribution selected from a first data distribution and a second data distribution; performing, by the communications apparatus, data transmission with the network device based on the data distribution; wherein the data distribution indicates a distribution of modulation symbols of a code block (CB) on one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of at least one resource unit, and wherein the one or more OFDM symbols are consecutive in time-domain.

Abstract: A WTRU may receive downlink control information (DCI) indicating a start of a frame. The DCI may be received on a control channel, such as the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) from an eNB, base station, AP, or other infrastructure equipment operating in a wireless communications system. The WTRU may decode the DCI and may determine a transmit time interval (TTI) duration, which may be expressed in terms of an integer number of basic time intervals (BTIs). The WTRU may determine a downlink (DL) transmission portion and assignment and an uplink (UL) transmission portion and UL grant based on the received DCI. Additionally, the WTRU may determine the start of the UL portion based on an offset (toffset). The WTRU may receive data in a DL portion of the frame and may transmit in an UL portion of the frame based on the determined UL grant and TTI duration.

Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for reliable, out-of-order transmission of packets. In some implementations, provided is an apparatus configured to communicate with a network and a host device. The apparatus may receive out-of-order packets from a remote device. The apparatus may transmit selective-acknowledgements to the remote device such that remote device can retransmit certain packets. The out-of-order packets can be provided to software for re-ordering.

Abstract: A method, performed by a network node, is disclosed, for configuring resources to be used for Wake-Up Signal, WUS, transmission to a plurality of wireless device groups in the communications network. The method comprises obtaining a number of wireless device groups supported by the communications network. The method comprises allocating, based on the obtained number of wireless device groups supported by the communications network, one or more active resources, out of a set of available resources, for WUS for the number of wireless device groups. The method comprises determining, based on a set of resource configuration criteria, a WUS resource configuration defining a mapping of the wireless device groups to the determined one or more active resources. The method comprises providing, to the wireless device, a set of resource configuration parameters indicative of the determined WUS configuration.

Abstract: Provided is a wireless relay system including multiple terminal station apparatuses and a base station apparatus. The base station apparatus includes: a base station reception unit that respectively receives pieces of upstream data traffic from the multiple terminal station apparatuses; an encoding unit that, if pieces of upstream data traffic that require mutual forwarding in opposite directions are present in the respective pieces of upstream data traffic, performs network encoding on the respective pieces of upstream data traffic such that the pieces of upstream data traffic are pieces of data traffic of mutually identical content; and a base station transmission unit that simultaneously transmits encoded data traffic as downstream data traffic to the multiple terminal station apparatuses.

Abstract: Provided are a synchronization signal transmission method, a transmitting end device and a receiving end device. A frequency domain candidate position (also called SS raster) of a synchronization signal on an unlicensed frequency band is designed, the complexity of initial cell search is reduced, and the impact, on the other channels in a subband, of the position of the initial access of a cell in the unlicensed frequency band to a synchronization signal block in the subband is also reduced. The method comprises: a transmitting end device sending a synchronization signal block at a first frequency domain position, wherein the first frequency domain position is located at a frequency domain candidate position of a synchronization signal, and each 20 MHz subband comprises at least one of the synchronization signal frequency domain candidate positions.

Abstract: A method of operating an infrastructure equipment configured for communicating with one or more communications devices via a wireless access interface. The wireless access interface comprises resource elements for carrying sub-carriers of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbols. Forming a downlink signal comprises selecting a plurality of component-signals from a set of component-signals, each of the component-signals from the set of component-signals being formed from a sequence of signal samples for transmission in one of the blocks of resource elements and in one of the time units by the number of OFDM symbols, each of the component-signals being detectable by a narrow bandwidth receiver, and selecting for each of the plurality of component-signals one or more of the plurality of the blocks of resource elements and one or more of the time units to transmit the component-signal.

Abstract: A method of selecting a set of beams to be monitored by a User Equipment (UE) in a telecommunication network comprises the steps of receiving measurement data comprising measurements of qualities of beams observed by said UE, where said beams originate from at least one access node (AN) to the UE and from at least one other AN to the UE; retrieving at least one measurement data from a particular UE that matches the received measurement data, where the historical database comprises historical measurement data comprising measurements of qualities of beams observed by UE's in said telecommunication network over time; selecting a set of beams to be monitored by said UE based on the retrieved measurement data and based on subsequent measurement data of the particular UE over time in the historical database; and transmitting said selected set of beams to be monitored to said UE.

Abstract: A WTRU may receive downlink control information (DCI) indicating a start of a frame. The DCI may be received on a control channel, such as the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) from an eNB, base station, AP, or other infrastructure equipment operating in a wireless communications system. The WTRU may decode the DCI and may determine a transmit time interval (TTI) duration, which may be expressed in terms of an integer number of basic time intervals (BTIs). The WTRU may determine a downlink (DL) transmission portion and assignment and an uplink (UL) transmission portion and UL grant based on the received DCI. Additionally, the WTRU may determine the start of the UL portion based on an offset (toffset). The WTRU may receive data in a DL portion of the frame and may transmit in an UL portion of the frame based on the determined UL grant and TTI duration.

Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, where the method includes: receiving, through higher layer signaling, uplink (UL)/downlink (DL) resource configuration including information regarding a first UL/DL resource pattern; determining, based on the received UL/DL resource configuration, the first UL/DL resource pattern that is applicable over a first configuration period; and based on the received UL/DL resource configuration also including information regarding a second UL/DL resource pattern: determining the second UL/DL resource pattern that is applicable over a second configuration period, wherein the first configuration period and the second configuration period are restricted to values such that an integer multiple of a sum of the first configuration period and the second configuration period is time-aligned with a 20 ms time duration.

Abstract: The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a time code synchronization method, which includes following steps of: determining a target master node and one or more target slave nodes of a network system among the plurality of nodes; periodically sending a data packet to the one or more target slave nodes by the target master node, wherein the data packet includes a first time code and serial number information of the target master node; compensating the first time code according to the serial number information to obtain a second time code, and synchronizing the second time code by the one or more target slave nodes.

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 5G communication technology and 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. A system and a method for routing a data packet to a user equipment (UE) in a long term evolution-wireless local area network (LTE-WLAN) aggregation are provided. The system includes an evolved node B (eNB) with a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) adaptation layer that adds a header to the data packet.

Abstract: A method of receiving a wake-up signal from a network node is performed by a wireless device. The method includes determining provided coverage enhancement level with respect to the network node, determining an activity level of the wireless device, determining a required wake-up signal reception effort, wherein the wake-up signal reception effort includes an amount of the redundancy of the wake-up signal being exploited at reception, based at least the coverage enhancement level and the activity level, and receiving a wake-up signal based on the determined reception effort. A wireless device having a wake-up receiver capable of receiving a wake-up signal from a network node and a computer program for implementing the method in the wireless device are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for transmitting in a communication network uplink data from an application module in a user terminal. The method includes: determining, by said user terminal, if a correspondence exists between an application module providing at least one uplink packet and at least one rule designating a network slice instantiation to be used for transmitting uplink packets in the communication network; and in response to a determination by said user terminal that the application module providing at least one uplink packet corresponds to a rule designating a network slice instantiation to be used for transmitting the uplink packet in the communication network, transmitting said at least one uplink packet from the user terminal to an entity for access to a user plane of the designated network slice instantiation.

Abstract: A wireless station (STA) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) performs a method to avoid media access control (MAC) padding of a physical layer convergence protocol data unit (PPDU) (e.g., a trigger-based (TB) PPDU, etc.). The method can reduce current or power consumption by the STA, which can in turn optimize the STA and, in certain instances, the WLAN as whole. In one example, the method includes the STA receiving a trigger frame from an access point (AP). The trigger frame specifies a length of a PPDU. The method further includes the STA generating a TB PPDU based on the specifications in the trigger frame. In particular, the STA generates a PPDU that has a length that is less than the length specified by the trigger frame. The method also includes the STA transmitting the generated PPDU to the AP.

Abstract: A communication system that includes neural network system configured to learn from training examples of radio frequency (RF) signals, and circuitry configured to label a first set of fifth generation (5G) RF signals originated from a first type of source and a second set of 5G RF signals originated from a second type of source. At least one RF impairment is added randomly to each labelled example of the first set of 5G RF signals and the second set of 5G RF signals, wherein randomization of artificially added RF impairment to each labeled example corresponds to addition of different RF impairments randomly to different labeled examples. The neural network system is trained with a plurality of labelled examples. Each labelled example includes an artificially added RF impairment. The circuitry uses the trained neural network system to detect an input 5G RF signal having a new RF impairment.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for performing beam failure recovery involving a secondary cell.