Abstract: A method and wireless device for determining a time interval, T2, for selecting a time-frequency resource are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes determining the time interval based on at least one parameter serving as a proxy indicative of a likelihood of collision. In some embodiments, at least one of the at least one parameter is a priority level indication, such that a higher priority transmission results in a lower value of T2.

Abstract: A method at a first device for enabling a device-to-device wireless link, the method detecting whether a presence signal of a second device is received over a first time period, the presence signal of the second device having a time-slot boundary; and if the presence signal of the second device is not detected, initiating a time-slot boundary by the first device including: transmitting a first presence signal of the first device in a selected time-slot; and checking for an acknowledgment to the first presence signal.

Abstract: A method at a first wireless network element, the method receiving, from a second wireless network element, a plurality of packet data units (PDUs) for a user equipment; transmitting the PDUs to the user equipment (UE); compiling a PDU delivery status report in response to the transmitting of the PDUs; and sending the compiled PDU delivery status report to the second wireless network element.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure relates to transmission of a reference signal in a wireless communication system, and an operation method of a terminal comprises the steps of: receiving control information for reference signals from a base station, and receiving the reference signals according to the control information. Further, embodiments of the present disclosure also differ from the embodiment described above.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method executed by a user equipment and a user equipment, and the method comprises: receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message; determining, according to one or more information elements (IEs) or a portion of one information element (IE) in the RRC message, indication information related to a control region in a subframe and/or an access to a cell; and performing, according to the indication information, processing related to the access to the cell and/or processing related to resource mapping, so as to make the user equipment speed up cell selection and save power consumption.

Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provide a serving node update method and a device. The method includes: sending a first message to a target node; receiving, from the target node, a second message used for responding to the first message; and sending a third message to a terminal device when the second message indicates that the target node rejects a multi-connectivity serving node update, where the third message is used to indicate the terminal device to perform a serving node update in a legacy serving node update manner.

Abstract: Example methods and apparatus to recognize metered devices connected to proprietary WiFi extenders are disclosed herein. In some examples, a first device comprising at least one memory including a table, and at least one processor to broadcast a first message to a network extender, the first message including a first address associated with a second device and a message identifier, identify, in response to obtaining a second message including the message identifier, a second address embedded on a data link layer of the second message, and store the second address in the table in association with the second device.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may monitor a search space associated with a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) corresponding to a multicast/broadcast (MBS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) for at least one MBS PDCCH communication having a payload that is scrambled according to a PDCCH payload scrambling sequence based on a value of a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), wherein the value of the RNTI is equal to a group-RNTI (G-RNTI) or zero. The UE may receive the at least one MBS PDCCH communication. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A method for performing wireless communication by a first device and a device for supporting same are provided. The method may include receiving information related to a time division duplex (TDD) slot configuration, transmitting, to a second device, a sidelink-synchronization signal block (S-SSB), wherein the S-SSB includes a sidelink primary synchronization signal (S-PSS), a sidelink secondary synchronization signal (S-SSS) and a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH), and transmitting, to the second device, a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) based on the information related to the TDD slot configuration. For example, candidate resources to which a bitmap related to a sidelink resource pool is applied are configured based on the information related to the TDD slot configuration. For example, the candidate resources include one or more slots. For example, configuration information related to a sidelink symbol included in each of the one or more slots is received.

Abstract: A wireless device receives, from a first base station, at least one radio resource control (RRC) message. The at least one RRC message comprises master cell group (MCG) configuration parameters of a primary cell (PCell) of the first base station and secondary cell group (SCG) configuration parameters of a primary SCG cell (PSCell) of a second base station, for dual connectivity of the wireless device with the first base station and the second base station. The wireless device determines a failure of the PCell before the PSCell configuration is applied. Based on the failure of the PCell, the wireless device performs a cell selection. In response to the selected cell being the PSCell, the wireless device synchronizes with the PSCell based on the SCG configuration parameters.

Abstract: A method for configuring a wireless communication coverage extension system is described. The latter comprises a backhaul subnetwork in tree form comprising a plurality of interconnected nodes. At least two nodes directly connected to an internet access gateway are identified among the nodes of the backhaul subnetwork. A single node is selected from the at least two identified nodes to be the node through which a configuration of the wireless communication coverage extension system is defined. The configuration of the wireless communication coverage extension system defined is then sent from the selected node to all the other nodes of the backhaul subnetwork.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A wireless device may initiate a random access process comprising transmitting a transport block comprising data of a CCCH logical channel. The CCCH logical channel may be associated with an identifier indicating that the wireless device is a reduced capability wireless device.

Abstract: A service function chaining (SFC)-based packet forwarding method, an apparatus, and a system, where the packet forwarding method includes receiving, by a first service function forwarding node, a packet forwarding rule from a control node, where the packet forwarding rule indicating a mapping relationship between a match item of traffic characteristic information of a packet and route prefix information, receiving, by the first service function forwarding node, a first packet, where a header of the first packet carries traffic characteristic information of the first packet, determining, by the first service function forwarding node based on the packet forwarding rule, target route prefix information corresponding to the traffic characteristic information of the first packet, determining, by the first service function forwarding node, target next-hop information based on the target route prefix information, and forwarding the first packet based on the target next-hop information.

Abstract: [Object] To make it possible to further increase a possibility of a success in a handover. [Solution] A first apparatus of the present invention includes: a first communication processing unit configured to transmit reference signals using beamforming; and a second communication processing unit configured to receive a handover message from a source base station of a handover of a terminal apparatus. The handover message includes beam related information related to a beam. The first communication processing unit is configured to receive an access signal of the terminal apparatus based on the beam related information.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises first causing, by a controller device, wireless access points (APs) to allocate first non-interfering wireless channels for a prescribed reliable data service for wireless client devices in a WLAN; second causing the wireless APs to allocate a second shared channel having a bandwidth that is at least twice the corresponding bandwidth of any of the first non-interfering wireless channels; allocating for each wireless client device a corresponding location service interval on the second shared channel for transmission of at least a corresponding identifiable wireless data unit for locating the corresponding wireless client device between two or more of the wireless APs; and determining a location of at least one of the wireless client devices based on reception of at least the corresponding wireless data unit between the one wireless client device and the two or more wireless APs during the corresponding location service interval.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a base station can dynamically change a repetition transmission method as appropriate. In a base station (100), a repetition control unit (103) determines a data repetition pattern for a terminal (200). A transmission unit (109) repeatedly transmits data (repetition transmission) on the basis of the repetition pattern. The data repetition pattern corresponds to control information to be reported to the terminal (200) by dynamic signaling.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some wireless communications systems, a user equipment (UE) may determine that its operating temperature exceeds an overheating condition threshold temperature, reducing overall device performance. To address the overheating condition, the UE may transmit an uplink control message containing UE assistance information to request a reconfiguration of one or more measurement parameters. In some cases, the UE may request to reduce one or more measurements associated with radio resource management (RRM). The UE may receive a downlink control message from a base station which indicates a reconfiguration of the measurement parameters, and the UE may implement the reconfiguration to mitigate the overheating.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for controlling network access. According to the method, a target type carrier carrying traffic to be transmitted is determined when a traffic request is to be initiated, where the target type carrier includes a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier, or a non-SUL carrier, Target AC configuration information applicable to the target type carrier is determined according to access control AC configuration information issued by a base station. It is determined whether the user equipment is allowed to perform an AC process through the target uplink carrier by matching the target AC configuration information against access detection information of the user equipment.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, apparatus and computer program product for sidelink transmission control. The method implemented at a first user equipment which supports a first radio access technology comprises: determining a sidelink transmission mode for transmitting, wherein the sidelink transmission mode is one of a first mode corresponding to the first radio access technology and a second mode corresponding to a second radio access technology; and transmitting a sidelink signal according to the sidelink transmission mode using a sidelink resource configured by a network node which serves the first user equipment.

Abstract: A communication method and system for converging a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of things (IoT) are provided. The communication method and system include intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car, a connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method performed by a base station for transmitting a paging message is provided. The method includes determining a number of paging frames (PFs) in a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle based on information on paging search space, transmitting, to a terminal, information on the number of PFs in system information block 1 (SIB1), identifying at least one PF based on the number of PFs, and transmitting, to the terminal, at least one paging message in the at least one PF.