Abstract: An information transmission method can be applied to a user equipment, and include: when a beam failure recovery procedure is initiated for a first cell, initiating random access to a base station through a second cell, wherein the second cell is the first cell or another cell other than the first cell; and if the number of times random access is initiated without being able to complete the random access reaches a preset number, transmitting to the base station indication information for a problem existing in a cell group where the second cell is located, wherein the indication information is used to indicate that the cause for the problem existing in the cell group is the failure of random access caused by the initiation of the beam failure recovery procedure.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems for a beam failure recovery on one or more secondary cells are described. In one example aspect, a wireless communication method includes receiving, by a first device, parameters configured to carry out beam failure detection and beam failure recovery for secondary cells associated with the first device, determining, by the first device, whether a beam failure event has occurred on at least one of the secondary cells based on at least one of the parameters, performing, upon a determination that the beam failure event has occurred, a beam failure recovery procedure for the secondary cell with the beam failure event, and terminating the beam failure recovery procedure upon an occurrence of a termination event.

Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to communicating a first random access message in a two-step random access procedure, where the first random access message includes an indication to receive one or more repetitions of a second random access message from the base station, and communicating, based on the indication, an initial transmission of the second random access message and the one or more repetitions of the second random access message.

Abstract: A UE may receive a BFD-RS and calculate, based on the BFD-RS, one or more of a value of an RSSI or at least one of a value of an SNR or a value of an RSRP, such that the UE may report a BFI based on the calculated values. The UE may initiate at least one of a total BFI timer or a consecutive BFI timer when a first BFI of a plurality of BFIs is stored, and increment at least one of a total BFI counter or a consecutive BFI counter when each of the plurality of BFIs is stored. A BFD procedure may be performed if at least one of the total BFI counter is greater than or equal to a maximum total count or the consecutive BFI counter is greater than or equal to a maximum consecutive count prior to an expiration of respective BFI timers.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communications, and more particularly, to detecting data inactivity and expediting recovery action. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes maintaining at least one inactivity timer to detect when uplink or downlink data transfer between the UE and network has stalled and expediting one or more recovery actions if the inactivity expires due to one or more conditions.

Abstract: A method for aligning an antenna device to a peer antenna device is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by an alignment management computing device, first geolocation data and a first orientation data for the antenna device. A second set of geolocation data for the peer antenna device is received. A static vector is determined for aligning the antenna device to the peer antenna device based on the first geolocation data, the first orientation data, and the second geolocation data. A first set of instructions is provided for adjusting the position of the antenna device based on the static vector to align the antenna device to the peer antenna device. An articulated antenna device configured to operate in accordance with the method is also disclosed. An antenna alignment management computing device and a non-transitory computer readable medium for performing the alignment method are also disclosed.

Abstract: Methods and system for supporting multiple management interfaces using a network analytics engine. The network analytics engine can run on a core switch for performing data collection and monitoring of network traffic through the switch. The switch can receive a first list including a first set of network packet parameters for monitoring network traffic using certain monitoring criteria. Then, the switch can receive a second list including a second set of network packet parameters for monitoring network traffic in accordance using different monitoring criteria. The switch can generate a concatenated list including the first list and the single list to form a single set of packet parameters. Concatenation may be consistent with a determined sequential order and priorities assigned to the lists. The switch can be programmed with the concatenated list such that network monitoring is accomplished using both monitoring criteria, while only implemented a single concatenated list.

Abstract: A method and apparatus may be used to support coordinated and cooperative sectorized transmissions. Power control and clear channel assessment for sectorized transmissions may be used, along with sectorized beacon and associated procedures. Transmissions in a network may be protected by a first access point (AP) sending an omni-directional transmission and a beamformed or sectorized transmission to a station (STA), an overlapping basic service set (OBSS) confirming a spatially orthogonal (SO) condition based on the omni-directional transmission, and a second AP monitoring the omni-directional transmission and confirming the SO condition. The STA may be configured to receive a request-to-send (RTS) frame indicating data is available for transmission, and transmit a cooperative sectorized (CS) clear-to-send (CTS) frame indicating an ability for multiple AP reception.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application disclose a method and terminal device for data transmission. The method is applied to a vehicle-to-everything system, and comprises: a terminal device in a first protocol layer determining, according to service information of data to be sent, a transmission mechanism for transmitting the data to be sent. The method and terminal device in the embodiments of the present application enhance data transmission capabilities.

Abstract: A method for operating a UE for CSI reporting comprises receiving configuration information for a CSI report, where the configuration information configures a PMI codebook and partitions the PMI codebook into first and second PMI subsets respectively indicating first and second subsets of a set of components S to represent N3 precoding matrices; determining, based on the configuration information, the CSI report comprising first and second CSI parts, the second CSI part including the second PMI subset and partitioned into N groups; selecting M groups from the N groups of the second CSI part based on a resource allocation for transmission of UCI, where M?{1, . . . , N}; and transmitting, over an UL channel, the UCI including a first UCI part and a second UCI part, the first UCI part including the first CSI part and the second UCI part including the M groups from the N groups of the second CSI part.

Abstract: A system includes persistent storage containing configuration items (CIs) representing discovered attribute values of computing resources associated with a managed network, and an application configured to perform operations, including obtaining test result data generated based on a third-party scanning system executing tests of a particular computing resource associated with the managed network. The test result data includes attribute values of the particular computing resource. The operations also include generating, by way of an embedding model and based on the attribute values, an embedding vector representing the attribute values, and comparing the embedding vector to a plurality of candidate embedding vectors, each representing the discovered attribute values of a corresponding CI of the CIs.

Abstract: A (repeater) node may identify a first indication of a waveform switch associated with a first link between a base station and the node or a second link between the node and a UE. A waveform switch associated with the first link may be triggered by the base station or the node. A waveform switch associated with the second link may be triggered by the node or the UE. The waveform switch may correspond to a first switch from an OFDM waveform to an SC waveform or a second switch from the SC waveform to the OFDM waveform. The base station may transmit, to the node, an indication of a post-waveform switch resource mapping between a first waveform associated with the first link and a second waveform associated with the second link. The node may execute the waveform switch associated with the first link or the second link.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a segment routing and tunnel exchange provides packet forwarding efficiencies in a network, including providing an exchange between a segment routing domain and a packet tunnel domain. One application includes the segment routing and tunnel exchange interfacing segment routing packet forwarding (e.g., in a Evolved Packet Core (EPC) and/or 5-G user plane) and packet tunnel forwarding in access networks (e.g., replacing a portion of a tunnel between an access node and a user plane function for accessing a corresponding data network). In one embodiment, a network provides mobility services using a segment routing data plane that spans segment routing and tunnel exchange(s) and segment routing-enabled user plane functions. One embodiment uses the segment routing data plane without any modification to a (radio) access network (R)AN (e.g., Evolved NodeB, Next Generation NodeB) nor to user equipment (e.g., any end user device).

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) may include determining a directional quality of service parameter for a data packet based at least in part on sensor information or application information associated with the data packet and transmitting the data packet via sidelink communications according to the directional quality of service parameter.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a sounding reference signal and a terminal device are provided. The method includes: receiving, by the terminal device, SRS configuration information from a network device; determining, based on one or more of an SRS bandwidth configuration parameter, a sequence number nSRS of a quantity of SRS transmissions, a quantity ? of antenna ports, and the received SRS configuration information, an index ?(nSRS) corresponding to an antenna port used to transmit an SRS; selecting the antenna port with the index of ?(nSRS) from indexes corresponding to the ? antenna ports; and transmitting the SRS through the antenna port with the index of ?(nSRS) during an nSRSth SRS transmission. nSRS is an integer greater than or equal to 0, ? is a positive integer greater than or equal to 4, and a symbol * indicates a multiplication operation.

Abstract: Beam failure recovery (BFR) procedures for wireless communications are described. When beam failures occur on secondary cells, wireless devices may trigger a BFR proceudre via an uplink resource for BFR. If a beam failure occurs for a secondary cell at a time that a wireless device does not have an uplink resource for BFR, the wireless device may perform one or more other actions for BFR of the secondary cell.

Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a target network node for communicating with a user equipment (UE) that was previously in communication with a source network node, comprises an interface operably coupled to processing circuitry. The interface is configured to receive a connection resume request from the user equipment, wherein the connection resume request comprises a resume identification associated with the source network node. The processing circuitry is configured to determine that the UE was previously in communication with the source network node. The interface is further configured to transmit the connection resume request to the source network node, receive a radio resource control (RRC) response from the source network node, and forward the RRC response to the UE.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes: a receiver that configured to receives a first frame; and a transmitter that configured to transmits a second frame including a first identifier and acknowledgement information on the first frame, the first identifier being extracted from a predetermined field of the first frame and being different from a source address of the first frame.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which a receiving device, such as a receiving user equipment (UE) or vehicle, may provide channel state information (CSI) in which two or more parameters associated with the CSI are provided in a single joint indication. A transmitting device may transmit one or more reference signals and the receiving device may perform one or more measurements on the received reference signal(s). Based on the one or more measurements, the receiving device may determine one or more CSI parameters, such as a rank indicator, channel quality indicator, precoding matrix indicator, or combinations thereof, that may be provided to the transmitting device in a joint indication.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a segment routing and tunnel exchange provides packet forwarding efficiencies in a network, including providing an exchange between a segment routing domain and a packet tunnel domain. One application includes the segment routing and tunnel exchange interfacing segment routing packet forwarding (e.g., in a Evolved Packet Core (EPC) and/or 5-G user plane) and packet tunnel forwarding in access networks (e.g., replacing a portion of a tunnel between an access node and a user plane function for accessing a corresponding data network). In one embodiment, a network provides mobility services using a segment routing data plane that spans segment routing and tunnel exchange(s) and segment routing-enabled user plane functions. One embodiment uses the segment routing data plane without any modification to a (radio) access network (R)AN (e.g., Evolved NodeB, Next Generation NodeB) nor to user equipment (e.g., any end user device).