Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for performing radio link monitoring (RLM) and radio link failure procedures in multiple-TRP (mTRP) communications, wherein the first TRP is part of a first cell group comprising the first TRP and one or more additional TRPs. The techniques include a method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising establishing a plurality of radio links between the UE and a first transmission reception point (TRP) and a second TRP, determining an RLM resource of a first radio link of the plurality of radio links, monitoring the first radio link according to the determined RLM resource, detecting an RLF of the first radio link, determining that the first TRP is associated with the RLF of the first radio link based on the RLM resource of the first radio link, and transmitting an RLF notification indicating the RLF of the first radio link.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device, includes: a receiver configured to receive a first frame that requests permission of transmission; and controlling circuitry configured to perform control to prevent transmission in a case where the first frame is not addressed for the own device, wherein the controlling circuitry is configured to keep prevention of the transmission even when a second frame notifying the permission of transmission is not received after a lapse of a first time period following receipt of the first frame.

Abstract: A broadband communication system aboard an aircraft includes a steerable antenna, a modem, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry determines a region on the ground where sidelobes of the radiated signal power pattern are incident. A regulatory power flux density (PFD) envelope is determined. PFD generated by the sidelobes in the region on the ground is estimated based on the ESD pattern of the steerable antenna and the aircraft altitude, attitude, and location. The processing circuitry determines, based on the estimate of the PFD generated by the sidelobes in the region on the ground and based on the regulatory PFD envelope, a target ESD pattern for the steerable antenna. The processing circuitry further controls at least one of: 1) output power of the modem based on the target ESD pattern; and 2) bandwidth of the data traffic output by the modem based on the target ESD pattern.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of a user equipment (UE) for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication system. The UE receives first time division duplex (TDD) uplink-downlink configuration information for a first cell and second TDD uplink-downlink configuration information for a second cell, determines whether a subframe in the first cell is a special subframe and the subframe in the second cell is a downlink subframe according to the first and second TDD uplink-downlink configuration information, and determine, if the subframe in the first cell is the special subframe and the subframe in the second cell is the downlink subframe, not to receive a signal on the second cell in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols that overlaps with at least one of a guard period (GP) or uplink pilot time slot in the first cell.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and a device for camping. The method includes: receiving selection or reselection configuration information, wherein the selection or reselection configuration information indicates a location of a bandwidth part (BWP) or a beam; and according to the selection or reselection configuration information, camping on the BWP or beam on which the corresponding UE is able to camp.

Abstract: A method of adapting operation of self-organizing network functions in a communication network comprising a big data level system and a self-organizing network system and at least one network element is provided, wherein the method comprises adapting the operation of at least one self-organizing network function by using knowledge achieved by analysis performed on the big data level.

Abstract: A wireless device triggers transmission of a scheduling request (SR) based on triggering a beam failure recovery (BFR) of a secondary cell. A configured transmission of the SR based on transmitting a medium access control protocol data unit (MAC PDU) is stopped. The transmission comprises a BFR medium access control control element (BFR MAC CE) comprising information of the BFR triggered prior to assembling of the MAC PDU.

Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to reporting feedback for semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration updates. SPS communications can be activated over SPS resources with an access point. SPS update resources related to a configured periodicity for receiving SPS updates to SPS resource grants over a control channel can be determined. It can also be determined whether a SPS update is received in the SPS update resources over the control channel. Feedback can be transmitted to the access point, where the feedback indicates whether the SPS update is received over the SPS update resources.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for decentralized data storage and processing for IoT devices are disclosed. An example apparatus includes memory; and a processor to cause storage of a contract in an off-chain datastore; generate a hash value of the contract; cause storage of the hash value on a blockchain to be accessible to multiple nodes in an IoT network; and cause storage of a transaction on the blockchain, the transaction corresponding to an objective of the contract based on data sensed by an IoT device in the IoT network.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for synchronization signal block selection. One method includes receiving multiple synchronization signal blocks on a first wideband carrier. Each synchronization signal block includes at least one synchronization signal and a physical broadcast channel. The method includes detecting at least one synchronization signal block of the synchronization signal blocks, determining at least one synchronization signal frequency associated with the at least one detected synchronization signal block, and selecting a first synchronization signal block of the at least one detected synchronization signal block and a first synchronization signal frequency of the at least one synchronization signal frequency. The first synchronization signal block is associated with the first synchronization signal frequency.

Abstract: A small cell interference coordination method and wireless communication device includes obtaining mobile information of at least one of the small cells. Relative movement between the small cells is determined according to at least the movement information. A Doppler frequency shift of a signal between small cells is estimated according to the relative movement. An interference alignment policy between small cells is implemented according to the estimated Doppler frequency shift.

Abstract: Example communication methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes sending a first handover request by a source base station to a core network device, where the first handover request is used to request to hand over a current session of a terminal from the source base station to any one of at least one base station, and the first handover request includes information about the at least one base station. The source base station receives a first handover response message from the core network device, where the first handover response message includes indication information, and the indication information is used to indicate whether a first base station of the at least one base station supports a network slice corresponding to the current session of the terminal device.

Abstract: To provide a management server capable of changing conditions corresponding to delay requirements according to a change in wireless communication environment, a management server (10) according to the disclosure includes an update unit (11) configured to update any one of an uplink allowable delay associated with an uplink flow sent from a source communication terminal to an application server and a downlink allowable delay associated with a downlink flow sent from the application server to a destination communication terminal by using a delay of an end-to-end flow sent from the source communication terminal to the destination communication terminal through the application server and an allowable delay associated with the end-to-end flow, and a communication unit (12) configured to send the updated uplink allowable delay or the updated downlink allowable delay to a wireless access node that performs resource scheduling by using an uplink allowable delay or a downlink allowable delay.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a HARQ ACK/NACK feedback by a terminal may comprise: a step of transmitting, to a base station, a HARQ ACK/NACK feedback for a first downlink data, on a code block group (CBG) basis; a step of receiving, from the base station, a control channel including a specific control information; and a step of transmitting a HARQ ACK/NACK feedback on a transport block (TB) basis on the basis of the specific control information, for a second downlink data scheduled and received by the control channel, even if a CBG based retransmission is set for the terminal.

Abstract: The present subject matter relates to methods, systems, devices, circuitry and equipment providing for communication service to be transported between first and second networks and which monitors the communication service and/or injects test signals over two fiber cables. A first single fiber cable is used to interface the communication services between the first and second network. A second single fiber cable is used to monitor the communication services and/or inject signals. The circuitry comprises a plurality of input amplifiers, output amplifiers, and multiplexer switches between a plurality of port connectors. An SFP module is inserted in all ports, and the SFP modules connect to one or more fiber optic cables.

Abstract: A method performed by a first communication device operating in a wireless communications network. The first communication device obtains a set of correspondences associating: i) each set (?i) of a plurality of sets of antenna weights (?1 . . . ?i) having been sent by a third communication device in response to having received a respective set (RSsi) of a plurality of sets of radio signals (RSs1 . . . RSsi) from a set of antenna ports in a second communication device, with ii) a respective direction of transmission (di) between the second communication device and the third communication device. The respective direction is relative to an orientation (?i) of the second communication device. The respective direction of transmission (di) is a selected direction of transmission (di,?i). The first communication device then initiates transmission of a new radio signal, based on the obtained set of correspondences.

Abstract: Beam failure recovery (BFR) procedures for wireless communications are described. A wireless device may receive a scheduling request configuration for a first cell that indicates uplink resources dedicated to BFR of a second cell and/or uplink resources configured for scheduling requests. A beam failure for a second cell may occur at a time that the wireless device has no uplink resources dedicated to BFR. The wireless device may use (e.g., based on a type of data or resource) an uplink resource configured for scheduling requests to report the BFR.

Abstract: A method and corresponding terminal device that performs communication using at least one of a plurality, of network slices and includes a control circuitry that reports information used to determine a resource allocation to a network slice of the plurality of network slices used by the terminal device to a communication control device that controls the plurality of network slices.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a data processing apparatus, a data processing method, and a program that are capable of preventing output of data from being interrupted on a reception side, the data being wirelessly transmitted and received by the reception side. Control information for controlling a method of using data is generated by a reception side, the data being wirelessly transmitted and received by the reception side, and the control information is added to data to generate data-with-control-information. A method of using data is controlled on the basis of control information included in data-with-control-information for controlling the method of using data, the data-with-control-information being acquired by adding the control information to data, the data-with-control-information being wirelessly transmitted, and data whose use method is controlled is output on the basis of the control information.

Abstract: The present subject matter relates to methods, circuitry and equipment providing a multi-functional, cost effective, media independent, open platform device for communication services using differential signaling interfaces. The methods, circuitry and equipment comprise a plurality of input amplifiers, output amplifiers, and retimers. A non-blocking cross-point switch may be used to switch any differential signals from the cross-point switch input to output. The device aggregates communication services from a plurality of lower service capacity connectors and interfaces to a single higher capacity connector and interfaces. The device can establish a demarcation point with a single device capable of supporting any communication services, any physical media interfaces, from any location.