Abstract: Provided is a method for a user device in a wireless communication system according to an aspect of the present disclosure in which: allocation information relating to a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWPs) is received, wherein the plurality of BWPs comprise a first BWP and a plurality of second BWPs comprised in the first BWP; a sidelink signal is transmitted on the first BWP on the basis of the activation of the first BWP; and the sidelink signal is transmitted on at least one second BWP on the basis of the activation of the at least one second BWP among the plurality of second BWPs. The allocation information comprises: the start point of the first BWP and the plurality of second BWPs; the size of the first BWP and the plurality of second BWPs; and the gap among the plurality of second BWPs. Each of the plurality of second BWPs is allocated within the first BWP from the start point in the gap unit on a frequency domain.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a method of a user equipment in a wireless communication system comprises: receiving a plurality of configured bandwidth parts (BWPs) defined on the basis of different numerologies; receiving a discovery signal on each of at least two active BWPs among the plurality of BWPs; transmitting information on one active BWP selected from among the at least two active BWPs; and transmitting a sidelink control signal and a sidelink data signal on the selected one active BWP, wherein the at least two active BWPs are activated concurrently in a time domain, and the selected one active BWP is selected on the basis of a length of a cyclic prefix (CP) of the discovery signal and a point in time at which the discovery signal is received.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an uplink transmission method and a terminal configured with at least two uplink carriers. The method may include receiving a scheduling request from a network side device to perform uplink transmission simultaneously on the at least two uplink carriers. The method may also include refusing to perform the scheduling request when at least one of the at least two uplink carriers requires two antennas for transmission.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to performing implicit radio resource control state transitions in a cellular communication system. A wireless device may establish a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a cellular base station. A data inactivity timer length and a target RRC state for implicit RRC transitions may be determined. A data inactivity timer having the determined data inactivity timer length may be initiated. It may be determined that the data inactivity timer has expired. The wireless device may transition to the target RRC state based at least in part on determining that the data inactivity timer has expired.

Abstract: A bandwidth information indication method includes generating, by a first communications device, a first frame, where the first frame includes a channel bandwidth field, a first channel center frequency segment field, a second channel center frequency segment field, a third channel center frequency segment field, and a fourth channel center frequency segment field, where the channel bandwidth field indicates a basic service set (BSS) bandwidth, and the first channel center frequency segment field, the second channel center frequency segment field, the third channel center frequency segment field, and the fourth channel center frequency segment field indicate a location of an operating channel of a BSS, and sending, by the first communications device, the first frame.

Abstract: Disclosed is a 5th generation (5G) or a pre-5G communication system provided to support a higher data transmission rate than that of post-4th generation (4G) communication systems, such as long term evolution (LTE). A method of operating a network node in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving, from a plurality of first network nodes, network data, generating first recommendation operation information for a second network node based on the network data, and transmitting, to the second network node, a first analysis result message including the first recommendation operation information.

Abstract: An electronic device is configured to use a first protocol to transmit and/or receive a radio frequency signal during a first part (291) of each of a plurality of periods (281-285). The radio frequency signal is used for presence and/or location detection. The electronic device is further configured to obtain network messages transmitted wirelessly using a second protocol during a second part (292-294) of each of the plurality of periods. The second part does not overlap with the first part. A duration of the first part varies between at least two of the plurality of periods and/or a duration of the second part varies between at least two of the plurality of periods.

Abstract: A user terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a first PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel) from a first transmission/reception point (TRP), and a second PDSCH from a second TRP, the second PDSCH overlapping the first PDSCH in at least one of time and frequency resources, and a control section that performs control for using a common codebook to transmit a first Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest ACKnowledgement (HARQ-ACK) for the first PDSCH and a second HARQ-ACK for the second PDSCH. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the HARQ-ACK control can be preferably implemented even in a case of using the multi-TRP.

Abstract: An apparatus in a base station and comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to: cause scheduling information to be transmitted to a plurality of communication devices and control information to be transmitted to at least one communication device of the plurality of communication devices, said control information controlling in the respective communication device at least one of triggering an inter communication device interference reduction mechanism and parameters of the inter communication device interference reduction mechanism.

Abstract: This technology of this application relates to a communication method and an apparatus. The method includes selecting, by user equipment (UE), a type of a random access message and determining one or more transmission opportunities based on one or more of a configuration message of a network device, a capability of the UE, and a preset rule set; and sending, by the UE, the random access message on one or more valid transmission opportunities in the one or more transmission opportunities. Types of random access messages include a first random access message and a second random access message, the first random access message includes a preamble sequence preamble and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and the second random access message includes a preamble but does not include a PUSCH.

Abstract: A method for facilitating communications between client devices in geographically separated networks is described. First, message monitoring is conducted by each of a plurality of virtual appliances within a local network to detect a message of a first message type. Responsive to failing to locate a Media Access Control (MAC) address of a destination for the message within a prescribed table by a default gateway, one of the plurality of virtual appliances is selected for handling a forwarding of the message to a plurality of remote networks, and the message via the selected virtual appliance is forwarded to a plurality of gateways associated with a plurality of remote networks. Responsive to locating the MAC address of the destination within the table, the virtual appliance previously handling communications with the destination to forward the message to the destination.

Abstract: A method and network node for dual connectivity for a wireless device are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method in a network node is provided for use in a dual connectivity mode to communicate with wireless devices (WDs), according to a first radio access technology (RAT), and to communicate with WDs according to a second RAT is provided. The method includes scheduling uplink and downlink signals to be transmitted and received by a first set of WDs such that the first set of WDs are operable to: receive downlink signals and transmit uplink (UL) signals using the first RAT only in even Transmission Time Intervals (TTIs) of the first RAT; and transmit uplink signals using the second RAT only in in UL TTIs of the second RAT that do not collide with even TTIs of the first RAT.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a method, an apparatus, and a system for reporting data usage, so that for a PDU session into which a UL CL user plane network element or a BP user plane network element is inserted, statistics can be accurately collected on data usage. The method includes: An aggregate user plane network element determines discarded data usage of the aggregate user plane network element, and sends the discarded data usage to a session management network element. The first session management network element receives the discarded data usage, and receives transport data usage of one or a plurality of anchor user plane network elements, which are anchor user plane network elements connected to the aggregate user plane network element. The first session management network element determines actual data usage of a terminal device based on the discarded data usage and the transport data usage.

Abstract: Provided is a system and method for a multi-tenant datacenter with layer 2 cloud interconnection and cloud storage. More specifically, the datacenter providing cloud storage, includes a plurality of Client Systems coupled to a first datacenter each Client System having a set of infrastructure resources and an initial networking configuration; and a first cloud computing environment established in the first datacenter, and coupled to the Client Systems by OSI Layer 2 as a data link layer for the transfer of data frames, each frame having a plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags, the first cloud computing environment providing storage resources for allocation to at least two Client Systems, the plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags permitting the at least two Client Systems to have overlapping network configurations. An associated method of providing a multi-tenant datacenter with layer 2 cloud interconnection and cloud storage is also provided.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices and computer readable media for communication. A method of communication comprises receiving, at a first device, control information from a second device; determining a transmission control indication (TCI) codepoint from the control information, the TCI codepoint indicating at least a first TCI state and a second TCI state to be used for communicating data with the second device over a physical shared channel; in response to a number of repetitions of the data being configured to be scheduled by the control information, determining a first configuration for communicating the repetitions of the data with the second device, the first configuration assigning the first and second TCI states to the repetitions of the data; and communicating, at least based on the first configuration, the repetitions of the data with the second device over the physical shared channel.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable media for evaluating the accuracy of user equipment (UE) reference signal receive power (RSRP) measurements is disclosed. This includes determining both a total reference signal receive power (RSRP) accuracy and a RSRP baseband accuracy associated with the UE. This also includes executing a plurality of comparisons between the total RSRP accuracy, the RSRP baseband accuracy, and a plurality of accuracy thresholds, and then determining the UE passes a measurement accuracy test based on the plurality of comparisons.

Abstract: A method for control channel monitoring includes: obtaining the wideband configuration indicating information about a plurality of LBT subbands within the wideband; obtaining a CORESET configuration of multiple CORESETs; obtaining a search space set configuration of multiple search space sets, each configured search space set being associated with a configured CORESET and containing an indication to enable/disable multiple subband monitoring; and determining the CORESET to be monitored based on each search space set configuration, so that when the indication is to enable multiple subband monitoring, monitoring the associated CORESET in the LBT subband within which the associated CORESET is confined, and monitoring frequency shifted CORESET of the associated CORESET, in the other LBT subbands of the plurality of LBT subbands, each frequency shifted CORESET being confined within one other LBT subbands; when the indication is to disable multiple subband, monitoring the associated CORESET in the plurality of LBT

Abstract: A session management function (SMF) sends a first message for user plane activation of a wireless device to an access and mobility management function (AMF), where the first message includes an identifier of a packet data unit (PDU) session of the wireless device and a subscriber permanent identifier (SUPI). The SMF receives a second message from the AMF in response to the wireless device being unreachable and determines an extended buffering time according to the second message. The SMF also sends a third message to a user plane function (UPF), where the third message includes the extended buffering time and an indication to buffer downlink data of the wireless device.

Abstract: An HARQ feedback method and a UE performing the HARQ feedback method are provided. The HARQ feedback method includes transmitting a Physical Sidelink Control Channel (PSCCH)/Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH) to a second UE, and receiving a Physical Sidelink Feedback Channel (PSFCH) transmitted by the second UE performing the HARQ feedback according to a decoding result of the PSCCH/PSSCH.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to communicating a serving cell dormancy indication field and acknowledgement. In some implementations, a wireless communication device (e.g., user equipment), may detect a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) with a secondary cell (Scell) dormancy indication field. The user equipment can change states from an initial state to another state (e.g., a dormancy-like state to a non-dormancy like state) based on detecting Scell indicator field in the PDCCH. The user equipment may also transmit a hybrid-ARQ acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) in response to the detecting the PDCCH with the Scell dormancy indication field. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.