Abstract: Provided is a method for operating network switching by a mobile device. The method comprises the steps of connecting to a Wi-Fi network, detecting an interruption of a Wi-Fi signal, while connecting to the Wi-Fi network, obtaining a probability that the mobile device belongs to an exit zone, in response to detecting the interruption of the Wi-Fi signal, disconnecting the Wi-Fi network and connecting to a cellular network when the probability that the mobile device belongs to the exit zone is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, and maintaining connection to the Wi-Fi network when the probability that the mobile device belongs to the exit zone is less than the threshold value.

Abstract: Provided in the implementations of the present disclosure are a connection management method and apparatus, a terminal and a system, relating to the field of communications. The method comprises: a first terminal sending, to a second terminal, first connection management information corresponding to a first service, wherein the first connection management information is used for managing a connection between the first terminal and the second terminal, and different services correspond to different pieces of connection management information; and the first terminal receiving first response information sent by the second terminal, wherein the first response information is a response to the first connection management information.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for beam measurement, reporting, and indication operations. A method for a user equipment includes receiving first configuration information for joint reporting, in a same reporting instance, of both one or more synchronization signal block resource indicators (SSBRIs) and channel state information reference signal resource indicators (CRIs); and receiving second configuration information for differential reference signal received power (RSRP) reporting of RSRP values for the one or more SSBRIs and CRIs, respectively. The method further includes determining, based on the first configuration information, the one or more SSBRIs and CRIs and determining, based on the second configuration information, the RSRP values for the one or more SSBRIs and CRIs, respectively.

Abstract: 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) are provided. The communication method and system may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. A method performed by a terminal for beam failure recovery (BFR) on a secondary cell (SCell) in a wireless communication system comprises receiving information for BFR on an SCell including a scheduling request configuration for the BFR on the SCell; detecting beam failure on the SCell based on whether a number of beam failure instances within a preconfigured time duration exceeds a preconfigured number; and, as a response to detecting the beam failure on the SCell, transmitting a scheduling request for the BFR on the SCell based on the scheduling request configuration.

Abstract: In some implementations, a method is provided. The method includes receiving captured packet traffic, the captured packet traffic including a plurality of packets transmitted over a network. One or more communication patterns for each of one or more levels in a network stack are detected based on metadata of the captured packet traffic, each communication pattern indicating communication between two components in the network. The method further includes generating a topology of the network in view of the one or more communication patterns detected for each of the one or more levels in the network stack.

Abstract: A method for data transmission is performed by a first device, and includes: determining a first sequence control field for a first category of data frame, wherein the first sequence control field has a bit length configured to enable the first sequence control field to support multi-link communication; and sending the first category of data frame carrying the first sequence control field.

Abstract: A signaling-link retimer concatenates discontiguous leading and trailing portions of a precoded and scrambled symbol stream, shunting the trailing portion of the stream ahead of unneeded stream content to dynamically reduce the number of symbols queued between retimer input and output and thus reduce retimer transit latency.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques for preemption indication in wireless communication systems are described. A described technique includes receiving, by a User Equipment (UE) via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a downlink control information (DCI) message in a Control Resource Set (CORESET) configured with a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state, the TCI state being associated with a transmission reception point (TRP), the DCI message comprising a downlink preemption indication for the TCI state; and applying preemption to a reference signal or a channel associated with the TCI state responsive to the downlink preemption indication.

Abstract: A communication apparatus sets, in a case where an operation state of the communication apparatus is a first operation state in which data of a predetermined type is not transmitted and received, a ratio of a first period assigned for a first communication mode to a second period assigned for a second communication mode to a first ratio. In a second operation state in which data of the predetermined type is transmitted and/or received, a ratio of the first period to the second period is set to a second ratio. In a case where, in the second operation state, a channel used in one communication mode of the first communication mode and the second communication mode is a Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) channel, a period assigned for the one communication mode to satisfy a DFS operation regardless of the second ratio is set.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for reporting a Downlink Data Delivery Status (DDDS) are disclosed herein. An example method includes a network node generating a DDDS frame including an indicator that a highest transmitted Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) Packet Data Unit (PDU) sequence number is present in the DDDS frame, an indicator that a highest successfully delivered PDCP PDU sequence number delivered is present in the DDDS frame, a desired buffer size for a data bearer, the highest transmitted PDCP PDU sequence number, and the highest successfully delivered PDCP PDU sequence number. The network node provides the DDDS frame to a second network node.

Abstract: A method and system for handling roaming in train-to-trackside wireless networks including: receiving, by an access point (APi) currently associated with a train access terminal installed on-board a train, radio measurements of signals received by the train access terminal from access points of the train-to-trackside wireless network; determining a next access point (APnext) providing the highest signal quality (maxSQ); evaluating compliance with roaming criteria including: the next access point (APnext) is included in a list of candidate access points (Ni); the time elapsed since the last roaming exceeds a minimum permanency time (tp); the highest signal quality (maxSQ) exceeds the signal quality (SQ(i)) of the access point (APi) by a roaming margin; if the roaming criteria are met, sending a roaming command instructing the train access terminal to roam to the next access point (APnext).

Abstract: A user device includes a receiver configured to receive, from a base station, a signal containing one or more transmission configuration indication information items; and a controller configured to determine whether an assumption of a QCL (Quasi-Co-Location) relationship between a first signal and a second signal is valid, based on the one or more transmission configuration indication information items, wherein the controller performs an operation with respect to the first signal in accordance with a result of the determination.

Abstract: A method and device are disclosed from the perspective of a first User Equipment (UE) to perform a PC5 unicast link establishment procedure. In one embodiment, the method includes the first UE transmitting a first PC5-S message for establishing a PC5 unicast link with a UE-to-UE Relay, wherein the PC5-S message includes a Layer-2 Identity (ID) of a second UE. The method further includes the first UE receiving a second PC5-S message from the UE-to-UE Relay, wherein the second PC5-S message is transmitted by the UE-to-UE Relay in response to reception of the first PC5-S message.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless repeater may communicate with multiple base stations, and the wireless repeater may identify a first base station as a primary base station. The wireless repeater may monitor for and receive control information from the primary base station, where the control information may include control information from a second base station and used by the wireless repeater to communicate with one or more UEs connected to the second base station. The primary base station may receive an indication of the control information from the second base station via a backhaul link. In other examples, the wireless repeater may monitor for control information from the two or more base stations based on a control signaling pattern. For example, the wireless repeater may be configured with periodic time intervals for monitoring for control signaling from respective base stations.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques to achieve inter-base station beam management to avoid interference during full-duplex (FD) operations, half-duplex (HD) operations, flexible time-domain duplexing (TDD), or a combination thereof, by performing interference management specific to beam configurations. For example, a first base station (e.g., an aggressor base station operating in FD) may perform one or more actions to proactively determine if inter-base station interference may occur. In some cases, the aggressor base station may request measurements from one or more victim base stations. In other examples, the victim base station may request measurements from the aggressor base station. Additionally or alternatively, the victim base station may provide reactive feedback to the aggressor base station upon detecting interference.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for diminishing adjacent channel interference between radios using shared frequency spectrum. A guard band may be inserted between a pair of adjacent frequency spectrums so that they are no longer adjacent.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for predictive beam management in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving configuration information for transmission configuration indication (TCI) states; receiving information indicating a number of TCI states and a number of corresponding TCI state application times; and determining, for one or more TCI states in the number of TCI states, at least one of downlink (DL) quasi-co-location (QCL) properties for DL communication and an uplink (UL) spatial domain filter for UL communication. The method further includes at least one of receiving, using the determined DL QCL properties, DL channels starting at the corresponding TCI state application times and transmitting, using the determined UL spatial filter, UL channels starting at the corresponding TCI state application times.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a routing management method and apparatus, a network device, and a readable storage medium. The method comprises: a controller obtaining network topology information of a network side; the controller calculating, on the basis of the network topology information, path information of a segment routing traffic engineering (SR-TE) instance to be created, and sending the path information to a header node of the network side, wherein the path information comprises segment list information and entropy label (EL) insertion position information; and the controller creating the SR-TE instance from the header node to a tail node on the network side.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method by a terminal for performing a sidelink (SL) communication, including receiving, from a base station, configuration information on an SL communication including information on one or more SL resource pools and information on a BWP for each of the one or more SL resource pools, receiving, from the base station, downlink control information (DCI) indicating resources for the SL communication from the one or more SL resource pools, identifying the resources and the BWP for the SL communication based on the configuration information and the DCI, and performing the SL communication based on the resources on the BWP.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a first signal from a base station indicating a set of available control channel monitoring sets to be used for control information. The UE may receive, over a default control channel monitoring set of the available control channel monitoring sets configured for the UE, a second signal from the base station activating at least one additional control channel monitoring set from the set of available control channel monitoring sets, the default control channel monitoring set comprising a subset of the set of available control channel monitoring sets. The UE may receive control information over the default control channel monitoring set and the at least one additional control channel monitoring set at least partially in response to receiving the second signal.