Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a method for managing QoS, a relay terminal, a PCF network element, an SMF network element, and a remote terminal. The method includes: A relay terminal obtains QoS information from a network device, where the QoS information includes first QoS information and/or second QoS information, the first QoS information is used to transmit data of a remote terminal between the remote terminal and the relay terminal, and the second QoS information is used to transmit the data of the remote terminal between the relay terminal and a UPF network element; and the relay terminal sends the first QoS information to the remote terminal based on the QoS information. According to embodiments of this application, QoS from the remote terminal to a network side can be properly managed, and a requirement on service transmission from the remote terminal to the network side is ensured.

Abstract: A method operable by a communication network gateway for providing communication services includes (a) supporting respective communication links with a plurality of communication service providers, (b) supporting a plurality of virtual local area networks (VLANs), (c) associating each virtual local area network (VLAN) with a respective communication service provider of the plurality of communication service providers, and (d) routing data between each VLAN and the respective communication link of the respective communication service provider associated with the VLAN.

Abstract: An electronic device may include a wireless communication circuit, a battery, a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit and the battery and including a regulator, and a processor electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit, the battery, and the PMIC. The processor may, responsive to the electronic device satisfying a specified condition, identify a change in a magnitude of a voltage of an output terminal of the regulator for a first time interval, identify a ratio of a time interval during which the change in the magnitude of the voltage of the output terminal satisfies a threshold value with respect to the first time interval, and adjust the magnitude of the voltage of the output terminal in a step-wise manner based on the ratio.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present application are a method and device for data forwarding. The method includes: sending to a second wireless access network node a first interface message requesting to modify the node; receiving a second interface message returned by the second wireless access network node, where the information in the second interface message includes first radio resource control (RRC) configuration information and first data forwarding and distribution information used for indicating first data that needs data forwarding; and sending a third interface message carrying the information in the second interface message to a third wireless access network node, to request the third wireless access network node to receive the first data forwarded from the second wireless access network node.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for determining a transmission mode of a sidelink, a terminal apparatus, and a network apparatus. The method includes: a first terminal apparatus determining a first transmission mode from multiple transmission modes; and the first terminal apparatus performing, by adopting the first transmission mode, sidelink communications with other terminal apparatuses. The method for determining a transmission mode of a sidelink, the terminal apparatus, and the network apparatus in the present disclosure enable a terminal apparatus to adopt a suitable transmission mode for sidelink communications.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described for user equipment (UE) indication of uplink scheduling information to a base station. The uplink scheduling information may provide information on a periodic traffic pattern, such as for periodic extended reality (XR) data flows. The uplink scheduling information may provide uplink assistance information (UAI) to a base station to assist the base station with providing uplink resources that efficiently serve an XR session. The UAI may indicate one or more of a periodicity of uplink traffic, an offset between uplink traffic and a packet arrival, a data size for uplink traffic for each time period associated with the XR session, a request to enable uplink transmission skipping, or any combinations thereof. A base station may provide one or more dynamic grants, configured grants, or proactive grants to a UE based on the uplink scheduling information.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application discloses an information indicating method, a device and a system. The method includes: sending a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), wherein the PUSCH bears uplink control information (UCI), the UCI is used to indicate at least one of the following: remaining MCOT information which is used to indicate a remaining maximum channel occupancy time (MCOT) of a channel occupancy time (COT) within which a user equipment (UE) performs uplink transmission, or a target time period. The target time period includes: a time period for allowing a network device to transmit downlink data within COT within which uplink transmission is performed.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station (BS), a paging communication while the UE is in an inactive mode or an idle mode. The UE may transmit, to the BS and based at least in part on receiving the paging communication, a first communication as part of a random access channel (RACH) procedure. The UE may receive, from the BS and based at least in part on transmitting the first communication, a second communication that includes mobile-terminated downlink data, an indication of an uplink resource, and a radio resource control (RRC) release message. The RRC release message may cause the UE to remain in the inactive mode or the idle mode while receiving the mobile-terminated downlink data. The UE may transmit mobile-originated uplink data using the uplink resource. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to join a standalone non-public network (SNPN). The receives SNPN information from one or more broadcast messages transmitted from a base station serving as an onboarding base station for the SNPN, determines whether the onboarding base station may be used for onboarding by the UE based on the SNPN information and UE SNPN information stored at the UE and onboards the UE to the SNPN when it is determined that the onboarding base station may be used for onboarding by the UE.

Abstract: A wireless communication method including: transmitting, from a base station, a signal in a second control channel that is used for transmitting information indicating a resource of first resource information indicating a resource of a first control channel, and receiving, by a wireless terminal, second resource information that indicates the resource of the first control channel and that is transmitted from the wireless base station before a transmission of the second control channel from the wireless base station to the wireless terminal.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for a repeated pattern over multiple slots in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a user equipment includes receiving a configuration for search space sets, determining a combination (X, Y), and determining a bitmap for a search space set from the search space sets based on the configuration. Each bit in the bitmap is associated with a slot within a group of X consecutive slots. A physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) reception occasion in a slot is present if the associated bit for the slot in the bitmap has a value of “1” and is absent if the associated bit for the slot in the bitmap has a value of “0”. Bits with a value of “1” are consecutive in the bitmap. The method further includes receiving PDCCHs in PDCCH reception occasions that are indicated as present according to the bitmap.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to integrated circuit devices that may include a network processor in a data processing die and an on-package memory in a base die. The data processing die may implement one or more network functionalities that may exchange data with low-latency memory, high capacity in the base die. The data processing die may be programmable fabric, which may be dynamically reconfigured during operation.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for sidelink (SL) based multi-hop UE relaying, for example, to support tracking applications are provided. One method may include determining, at a user equipment (UE), to which tier of a sidelink (SL) based multi-hop user equipment (UE) relaying the user equipment (UE) belongs. The method may also include determining at least a relaying mode and arrangement of transmit and receive occasions for sidelink (SL) transmission and reception in dependence on the determined tier that the user equipment (UE) belongs, and performing, on the determined transmit and receive occasions, transmit and receive operations for the sidelink (SL) based multi-hop user equipment (UE) relaying based on the determined relaying mode and arrangement.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus in a communications network as described herein are suitable for determining a first model for use in predicting conditions on carrier frequencies in the communications network. In a method, network measurements are obtained (302) of conditions on a plurality of carrier frequencies. A first model is then determined (304) based on the obtained measurements that takes as input the conditions on a first subset of the plurality of carrier frequencies and outputs a prediction of the conditions on a second subset of the plurality of carrier frequencies, based on the conditions of the first subset of carrier frequencies.

Abstract: A method for information transmission includes that: a terminal device sends a first preamble and a first uplink data channel to a network device; the terminal device receives first downlink control information from the network device; and the terminal device determines at least one of the following based on a related parameter of the first DCI: a type of a random access channel (RACH) process; a content of the first DCI; a transmission mechanism for first data scheduled by the first DCI; or information carried in the first data scheduled by the first DCI. A device for information transmission is also provided.

Abstract: Wireless communication method, systems and devices for reference signal configuration. The wireless communication method comprises configuring, to a wireless terminal, at least one first sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set, and receiving, from the wireless terminal, at least one first SRS based on the at least one SRS resource set, wherein each of the at least one SRS resource set comprises at least one SRS resource.

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 disclosure provides a method for coverage enhancement for a PDCCH in a wireless communication system. The disclosure provides a method for effectively improving the reception reliability of downlink control information in a mobile communication system via multiple transmission points (TRPs).

Abstract: A method and apparatus for data transfer in RRC_INACTIVE state is provided. Method for data transfer in RRC_INACTIVE state includes receiving RRC Reconfiguration message, receiving RRC Release message and triggering BSR based on the second BSR configuration and the second LCGs for the logical channels of second set and the first LCGs for the logical channels of the first set.

Abstract: Disclosed are a signal transmission method and a device, the signal transmission method on a terminal side includes: sending, via a sidelink between a first terminal and a second terminal, a first sidelink positioning reference signal (SPRS) to the second terminal, and receiving a second SPRS sent by the second terminal; performing, on the basis of the second SPRS, a positioning measurement so as to obtain a first positioning measurement value; reporting the first positioning measurement value to a network side; and receiving a second positioning measurement value forwarded by the network side, wherein the second positioning measurement value is obtained by the second terminal performing a positioning measurement on the basis of the first SPRS.

Abstract: A method includes selecting a study group including a first network element and a second network element of a network, selecting a control group including a third network element, identifying times at which a change is deployed at the first network element and the second network element, time-aligning the change at the first element and the change at the second network element to a common time, performing a statistical analysis that compares the performance of the network before the common time to the performance of the network after the common time, detecting an impact of the change on a performance of the network based on the statistical analysis, and initiating a remedial action when the impact comprises a degradation to the performance.