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.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment, there is disclosed a method comprising: receiving, by a user equipment in a wireless network, beam information from a serving cell and each neighboring cell; assessing a beam quality of the serving cell and each neighboring cell from the information; determining a subset of the serving cell and neighboring cells comprising the serving cell and each neighboring cell with a beam quality within a first offset of the serving cell and each neighboring cell with a highest quality beam; ranking each cell of the subset in descending order from highest to lowest quality.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a channel measurement method and device. The method includes: receiving, by an access network device, a sounding reference signal (SRS) from a terminal device; receiving, by the access network device from the terminal device, a power adjustment factor used by first antenna ports, where the first antenna ports are antenna ports used by the terminal device to send a data signal; determining, by the access network device, a first uplink channel based on the SRS; and determining, by the access network device, a target channel based on the first uplink channel and the power adjustment factor used by the first antenna ports, where the target channel is a target uplink channel or a target downlink channel.

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 the 5G communication technology and the 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. The method includes configuring, by a User Equipment (UE) (100), a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session type as an always-ON type or a normal PDU type. Further, the method includes sending, by the UE (100), a PDU session establishment request message including the PDU session type to be the always-ON type or the normal PDU type to a network (200) during an initial PDU session establishment procedure.

Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein relate to reducing RRC signalling messages. Techniques can be employed to reduce the number of Random Access Channel (RACH) attempts to obtain NotBroadcasted (e.g., On Demand System Information(s) (SIs)) by a UE in response to a paging message indicating SI modification. The UE may monitor the Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) for a given duration in attempt to decode the On Demand SI(s) without initiating a RACH procedure. If the UE fails to decode the On Demand SI(s) within the given duration, the UE may initiate a RACH procedure to obtain the On Demand SI(s).

Abstract: The present invention is for beam selection for communication, and an electronic device may include a housing, at least one antenna array including antenna elements disposed in the housing, or formed in part of the housing, at least one processor electrically or operatively connected with the antenna array, and configured to form a plurality of reception beams (rx beams) having different directions, using the antenna array, and a memory operatively connected with the processor. The memory may stores instructions for causing the processor to measure, by using the plurality of the rx beams, signal strength values of a plurality of tx beams transmitted from at least one base station and having different directions, generate measurement results of (the number of the rx beams)×(the number of the tx beams), and select one of a plurality of methods for selecting one beam pair from among the (the number of the rx beams)×(the number of the tx beams)-ary beam pairs, based at least in part on the measurement results.

Abstract: A data processing method and apparatus are disclosed, and the method includes: determining a radio bearer (RB) to which a first flow is mapped changing from a first RB to a second RB; and sending end indication information. Data packet disorder can be avoided by said method and apparatus.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a transmitter user equipment (UE) determines a first zone identifier (ID) corresponding to a first zone in which the transmitter UE is located, determines a distance threshold based on a distance requirement of an application associated with the transmitter UE, determines a second zone ID based on the first zone ID, the distance threshold, a size of the first zone, or any combination thereof, and transmits the second zone ID and the distance threshold to one or more receiver UEs. In an aspect, the receiver UE receives the second zone ID and the distance threshold, determines a distance between the receiver UE and the transmitter UE based on the second zone ID and a location of the receiver UE, and transmits, based on the distance being less than the distance threshold, a feedback message to the transmitter UE.

Abstract: An information transmission method includes: determining grant-free uplink transmission configuration information of at least two target UEs, the grant-free uplink transmission configuration information at least comprising LBT detection configuration information of each of the at least two target UEs, the LBT detection configuration information configured to distinguish respective LBT detection priorities of the at least two target UEs for channel collision avoidance, wherein the at least two target UEs share periodic uplink transmission resources in an unlicensed spectrum; and transmitting, to each of the at least two target UEs, the grant-free uplink transmission configuration information, so that any one of the at least two target UEs performs an LBT detection according to the grant-free uplink transmission configuration information, transmits uplink service data through a currently shared uplink transmission resource after the LBT detection succeeds.

Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to a front end architecture for selectively adding an external carrier aggregation band. A switch element can connect a radio frequency signal path to an antenna path through a frequency domain multiplexer, such as a diplexer, in a first mode. The switch element can connect the radio frequency path to the antenna path and bypass the frequency domain multiplexer in a second mode. The frequency domain multiplexer can be external to a front end module that include the radio frequency signal path. In the first mode, a front end system can support carrier aggregation with a band associated with circuitry implemented external to the front end module.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform methods for determining resources for scheduling side-link communications. The resources may be semi-persistent and/or dynamic resources. A user equipment device (UE) may determine a resource map for use in scheduling semi-persistent resources for side-link communications with at least one wireless node. The UE may transmit a resource map request message indicating preferred resource blocks, where each resource block may be defined by a time and a frequency. The UE may receive a confirmation message that may include a report regarding a set of resource blocks. The set of resource blocks may be from the preferred resource blocks included in the resource map request message. The UE may determine, based, at least in part, on the confirmation message, resource blocks to be used for the side-link communications and initiate the side-link communications using the determined resource blocks.

Abstract: Methods and systems for reporting CSI and selecting optimal beams using ML. The CSI report is sent to a gNB, which includes feedback parameters, computed and predicted using ML. The feedback parameters are computed using measurements performed using CSI-RS. Values of the feedback parameters likely at future, based on channel variation and the measurements, are pre-dieted using ML. The computed and predicted feedback parameters are included in the CSI report. Optimal CSI-RS resource allocation and optimal CSI reporting periodicity are determined using ML and sent to the gNB. The CSI report is encoded using the ML based model. The RSRP of the beams are predicted using ML for beam selection.

Abstract: Aspects relate to establishing a signaling connection between a radio access network (RAN) node and a first scheduling entity. The RAN node may communicate in a dual connectivity (DC) mode of operation with the first scheduling entity (e.g., a secondary gNB) using a first radio access technology (RAT) and with a second scheduling entity (e.g., a master eNB) using a second RAT. The RAN node and the first scheduling entity may support sending information for a first signaling connection between the RAN node and the first scheduling entity over a second signaling connection through the second scheduling entity (e.g., when the second signaling connection is more reliable than the first signaling connection). To establish the second signaling connection, the RAN node and the first scheduling entity may signal support for the second signaling connection and exchange Internet Protocol information for the second signaling connection.

Abstract: A fault root cause identification method, apparatus, and device. For a failure flow that occurs when a connectivity fault for access in a network occurs, a target success flow that has a high similarity with the failure flow is determined from a plurality of success flows in the network based on the failure flow. Then, a target fault root cause of the failure flow is obtained based on the failure flow, the target success flow, and a trained first machine learning model. In this way, the target success flow related to the failure flow is determined from the plurality of success flows in the network, and the first machine learning model trained by using a large quantity of success flows and failure flows whose feature indicators are slightly different from each other is used.

Abstract: A network device receives, from a congestion controller, traffic policy information associated with a data stream between a sender and a receiver, where the traffic policy information includes a maximum round trip delay time (RTT) and a maximum throughput rate (Rate). The network device obtains a receiver advertised window size (RWND) for the receiver for the data stream. The network device modifies the RWND based on the RTT and the Rate to produce a modified receiver window size (RWND?) and sends the RWND? to the sender for use in controlling congestion on the data stream between the sender and the receiver.

Abstract: A system and method for network control and optimization may be integrated into an application executed by a computing device so that the application and/or the user of the application can control the digital data network by which the application may access remote data. In one embodiment, the digital data network may include a cellular digital data network and a WiFi network.

Abstract: A comprehensive integrated system and method includes (i) proactively monitoring a network for degraded service and to proactively make repairs to components before service outages, (ii) identifying the root causes of hard alarms and failures on a layer 1 transport network and generate trouble tickets; and (iii) after repair, verifying that repaired backbone network meets or exceeds performance criteria of Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with customers. A method includes surveilling first equipment in a network wherein the first equipment is in a controlled portion of the network, observing a set of messages wherein the set of messages relate to second equipment in a leased portion of the network, and detecting a fault in the network based on the surveilling step or the observing step.

Abstract: A radio communication device capable of randomizing both inter-cell interference and intra-cell interference. In this device, a spreading section primarily spreads a response signal in a ZAC sequence set by a control unit. A spreading section secondarily spreads the primarily spread response signal in a block-wise spreading code sequence set by the control unit. The control unit controls the cyclic shift amount of the ZAC sequence used for the primary spreading in the spreading section and the block-wise spreading code sequence used for the secondary spreading in the spreading section according to a set hopping pattern. The hopping pattern set by the control unit is made up of two hierarchies. An LB-based hopping pattern different for each cell is defined in the first hierarchy in order to randomize the inter-cell interference. A hopping pattern different for each mobile station is defined in the second hierarchy to randomize the intra-cell interference.

Abstract: A method and user equipment (UE) for configuring a secondary cell in a dual connectivity (DC) mode by a UE. The method includes connecting to a primary cell and the secondary cell based on configurations received from a network, identifying at least one parameter related to performance of the UE for the secondary cell, comparing the at least one parameter with a threshold and releasing connection with the secondary cell based on a result of the comparison.

Abstract: Provided are methods and apparatuses of processing data in an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node using new radio (NR) wireless communication technology. The method of an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node processes data, includes: configuring a mobile-termination (MT) function and a distribute unit function of the IAB node; monitoring an uplink buffer state or a downlink buffer state in the IAB node; and transmitting downlink buffer state information or uplink buffer state information to the donor base station or an associated parent IAB node on the basis of a monitoring result of the uplink buffer state or the downlink buffer state.