Abstract: A communication system includes a central cloud server that predicts a first travel path of a first edge device in motion. The first edge device is communicatively coupled to a first base station via a primary wireless connectivity option. The central cloud server determines a set of alternative wireless connectivity options to be made available to first edge device in advance for predicted first travel path. Each of the set of alternative wireless connectivity options includes a different specific initial access information. The set of alternative wireless connectivity options are pre-loaded at first edge device to cause first edge device to maintain a cellular connectivity with at least one of a plurality of base stations, where one or more alternative wireless connectivity options from the set of alternative wireless connectivity options are configured to be triggered along predicted first travel path bypassing an initial access-search at first edge device.

Abstract: Techniques for traffic steering are disclosed. A first signal characteristic of a first connection between an electronic device and a first wireless communications network is determined. A second signal characteristic of a second connection between the electronic device and a second wireless communications network is also determined. Based on the first signal characteristic and the second signal characteristic, the electronic device is prevented from attempting to establish the second connection until one or more establishment criteria are met.

Abstract: During operation, a radio node may determine a desired bandwidth in a shared-license-access band of frequencies. Then, the radio node may identify two or more sub-spectra based at least in part on the desired bandwidth, where a sum of ranges of frequencies in the sub-spectra equals the desired bandwidth, and a given sub-spectra includes a range of frequencies. Next, the radio node may provide, to the computer, grant requests for the sub-spectra, where a given grant request includes a request to reserve a given one of the sub-spectra for use by the radio node, and a probability of approval of the given grant request is larger than a probability of a grant request for the desired bandwidth. Note that at least two of the sub-spectra may be separated by an intervening band of frequencies (i.e., at least two of the sub-spectra may be non-contiguous).

Abstract: The method for a D2D terminal for receiving a D2D discovery signal including a plurality of radio frequency chains in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method includes the steps of: configuring discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle based on a higher layer signal, receiving physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a duration based on the configured DRX cycle from a base station using a first carrier, wherein a timer for the duration is counted based on consecutive PDCCH subframes, and the PDCCH is monitored in the consecutive PDCCH subframes, communicating with the base station using the first carrier based on the configured DRX cycle, and communicating with a second D2D UE using a second carrier, wherein the first UE includes a D2D dedicated radio frequency chain.

Abstract: An apparatus and method to automatically determine the location of unknown media devices is disclosed. An example apparatus includes a media device detector to detect an unknown media device identified in monitoring data collected by an audience measurement device at a location determined to have an “on” status, a media transmission detector to detect a media transmission associated with a device address and an association storer to store an association of the device address, the unknown media device and the location. A probability determiner determines a probability that the unknown media device is located at the location.

Abstract: Various communication systems may implement network management tools to help manage registration requests from a user equipment. For example, network functions in a communication system with a shared data layer may be used to manage requests from the user equipment. A method may include transmitting a request from a user equipment to a network function. The method may also include receiving at the user equipment a temporary identification from the network function The temporary identification comprises an identifier that helps locate a shared data layer function that stores context information for the user equipment. In addition, the method may include transmitting from the user equipment a subsequent request comprising the temporary identification to another network function or the network function.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit a grant delay request to a base station. The grant delay request may indicate a future time, at or thereafter a base station is requested to allocate resources to the UE. The base station may transmit the uplink grant to the UE allocating the resources to the UE based on the grant delay request, and the UE may transmit, to the base station, an uplink transmission including the uplink data based on the uplink grant. The UE may transmit the grant delay request as part of a scheduling request (SR), or as part of a buffer status report (BSR), or a combination of these.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE), the UE receives an uplink (UL) grant. The UL grant is indicative of a first Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission on a first Transmission/Reception Point (TRP) of a first cell. The UL grant is indicative of a second PUSCH transmission on a second TRP of the first cell. The UE transmits a Power Headroom Reporting (PHR) Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE). Based on the UL grant, the PHR MAC CE is indicative of a first power headroom (PH), associated with the first TRP, based on a real PUSCH transmission, and is indicative of a second PH, associated with the second TRP, based on a reference PUSCH transmission. The second PUSCH transmission is performed after transmitting the PHR MAC CE.

Abstract: A method of sidelink communications can include receiving at a user equipment (UE) a configuration for a first resource pool indicating a first size of a first first-stage sidelink control information (SCI) in terms of a number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols and a second size of the first first-stage SCI in terms of a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs). The first resource pool can be divided into slots in time domain and sub-channels each occupying a set of PRBs in frequency domain. The first first-stage SCI having the first size of the number of OFDM symbols and the second size of the number of PRBs indicated by the configuration for the first resource pool can be transmitted within a first slot and a first sub-channel of the first resource pool.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed, from the perspective of the UE, for reporting channel state information (CSI). In one embodiment, the method includes a UE being configured with at least two CSI-RS (Channel State Information-Reference Signal) resources. In addition, the method includes the UE performing measurements on the at least two CSI-RS resources. The method also includes the UE generating multiple CSIs according to measurements on the at least two CSI-RS resources, wherein at least one CSI corresponds to measurements on more than one CSI-RS resource. The method further includes the UE reporting at least one of the generated CSIs.

Abstract: A communication system includes a central cloud server that predicts a first travel path of a first edge device in motion. The first edge device is communicatively coupled to a first base station via a primary wireless connectivity option. The central cloud server determines a set of alternative wireless connectivity options to be made available to first edge device in advance for predicted first travel path. Each of the set of alternative wireless connectivity options includes a different specific initial access information. The set of alternative wireless connectivity options are pre-loaded at first edge device to cause first edge device to maintain a cellular connectivity with at least one of a plurality of base stations, where one or more alternative wireless connectivity options from the set of alternative wireless connectivity options are configured to be triggered along predicted first travel path bypassing an initial access-search at first edge device.

Abstract: A method for determining a transmit power includes: determining, by UE, a transmit power of a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) based on a downlink pathloss of at least one of a serving cell or one or more neighbor cells, wherein the SRS transmission is for positioning purpose.

Abstract: Provided is a method Methods and devices for indicating a resource location include a first-type node sending resource location information to a second-type node. The resource location information at least indicates a frequency-domain location of a second resource according to a frequency domain offset from the second resource to a boundary location of a first resource in a frequency domain, and a bandwidth of the second resource. The first resource can include a synchronization signal (SS) block and the second resource can include a common control resource set. A frequency-domain location of the first resource can be indicated by the boundary location of the first resource in a frequency domain and a bandwidth of the first resource.

Abstract: A wireless device receives configuration parameters of a bandwidth part comprising resource block (RB) sets, wherein control channel elements (CCEs) are across the RB sets and a subset of the CCEs, within each RB set of the RB sets, are indexed from a same initial value. Control information is received via one or more CCEs of a first subset, of the CCEs, within an RB set of the RB sets. The wireless device transmits a signal via an uplink resource based on an index of a CCE of the one or more CCEs.

Abstract: Various aspects include a method for preserving a msg3 transmission. The method may include receiving, by a UE device, from a base station, a CI that overlaps with the msg3 transmission. Responsive to receiving the CI, the msg3 transmission is not canceled. Another method disclosed herein includes continuing an RA procedure. The method may include encoding a first part of the msgB. The method may include encoding a second part of the msgB. The method may include attempting to decode, by the UE device, the first part of the msgB. The method may include attempting to decode, by the UE device, the second part of the msgB. Based on successfully decoding of the first part of the msgB, and unsuccessfully decoding of the second part of the msgB, the method may include continuing the RA procedure.

Abstract: A method for data transmission in a sidelink includes: a first terminal device selecting a first resource from a data resource pool in a selection window, the first resource being used for sending data of the first terminal device; the first terminal device selecting, from a control resource pool in the selection window, a second resource for sending first indication information, the first indication information being used for indicating the first resource, the positions of the first resource and the second resource in a time domain and/or frequency domain being different; and the first terminal device sending the first indication information over the second resource, and sending the data of the first terminal device over the first resource.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to performing subband-based random access and/or subband-based scheduling request in a network are provided. A first wireless communication device receives a communication configuration indicating one or more subbands for transmitting a signal including at least one of a random access preamble sequence or a scheduling request. The first wireless communication device performs a clear channel assessment (CCA) on each subband of the one or more subbands. The first wireless communication device transmits the signal using at least one subband of the one or more subbands based on a result of the CCA.

Abstract: A method for scheduling resources is disclosed herein. A terminal device receives a downlink control information (DCI) indication sent by a network device. The DCI is used to indicate a first resource, and the first resource is a time-frequency resource for a narrowband physical uplink shared channel (NPUSCH) format 2 transmission. The NPUSCH format 2 is used to bear downlink hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) feedback information. The terminal device determines the first resource according to the DCI, and sends a scheduling request to the network device on the first resource.

Abstract: A method for allocating wireless resources for a number of user equipment in a wireless communication system is applied in an apparatus. The apparatus collects the traffic demands of all the user equipment and then selects a beam based on the traffic demands of all the user equipment in every time slot to make better utilization of resource blocks.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating dual stage CSI selection for CSI feedback are disclosed herein. An example method of wireless communication at a UE includes, after detecting a CSI report triggering event, selecting a subset of CSI-RS resources from a set of CSI-RS resources configured for the UE by applying at least one of an RSRP threshold or an SINR threshold to each CSI-RS resource of the set of CSI-RS resources. The example method also includes selecting a CSI-RS resource from the subset of CSI-RS resources based on an efficiency metric associated with each of the CSI-RS resources of the subset of CSI-RS resources. The example method also includes transmitting a CSI report to a base station, the CSI report including a CQI associated with the selected CSI-RS and at least one of a PMI, an RI, or a wideband component of the PMI.