Abstract: A method for facilitating allocation of network resources to at least one slice in a communication network includes obtaining information identifying a mapping between network resource allocations and a respective quality of experience (QoE) associated with a user and obtaining information relating to a quality of service (QoS) tolerance for a particular QoE. The method includes providing to a controller for allocating at least a portion of the network resources to the at least one slice: i) the information identifying a mapping between network resource allocations and a QoE; ii) the information relating to the QoS tolerance; and iii) information identifying a current QoE and a target QoE associated with at least one user.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support allocation of resources for a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) for reduced bandwidth devices. In a first aspect, a method includes monitoring, by a user equipment (UE) configured for reduced bandwidth operation, at least a subset of a first set of time and frequency resources allocated to a synchronization signal block (SSB) for UEs configured for non-reduced bandwidth operation. The SSB includes synchronization signals and a PBCH. The method includes monitoring, by the UE, a second set of time and frequency resources allocated to the PBCH for UEs configured for reduced bandwidth operation. The method includes receiving, by the UE, the synchronization signals and the PBCH within at least the subset of the first set of time and frequency resources and the second set of time and frequency resources. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for paging in a wireless communication system. A method that may be performed by a base station (BS) generally includes determining one or more groups of UEs, each group of UEs comprising UEs configured to monitor a same paging occasion (PO) for a same paging radio network temporary identifier (PRNTI). The BS determines whether to postpone paging for a group of UEs based, at least in part, on an indication from a network entity of priorities associated with the UEs in the group. The method generally includes paging or postponing paging for at least one of the UEs in the group based on the determination.

Abstract: When downlink data allocation is indicated in an ePDCCH, this terminal device can determine PUCCH resources to be used in notification of response signals indicating results of error detection of downlink data without imposing scheduling restrictions on future DL subframes. In this device, an extraction unit receives downlink data on multiple unit bands. A CRC unit detects errors in the downlink data. A response signal generation unit generates a response signal by using the results of error detection of the downlink data obtained by the CRC unit. The control unit arranges the response signal in the PUCCH resources corresponding to the current DL subframe.

Abstract: A wake-up signal being for providing an indication to one or more flood of the communications devices that they should receive a paging message in one or more of a plurality of temporally spaced paging occasions, and transmitting a candidate indicator message to the one or more communications devices in advance of the wake-up signal search space, the candidate indicator message indicating one or more characteristics of the wake-up signal by which the wake-up signal may be transmitted as one or more candidates, wherein the one or more candidates are to be searched for detection of the wake-up signal by the one or more communication devices.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a method performed by a station to identify the maximum allowed transmit power spectral density (PSD) of a basic service set (BSS), including: receiving, by the station, a first field from an access point (AP) of the BSS, wherein the first field indicates that the BSS bandwidth is set to M times a unit channel bandwidth; receiving, by the station, a set of second fields from the AP, wherein the set of second fields includes K fields corresponding to K channels and wherein each of the K second fields indicates the maximum allowed transmit PSD for the K channels and the bandwidth of the channel is the unit channel bandwidth; and identifying, by the station, the maximum allowed transmit PSD of the M channels of the BSS bandwidth from the first M consecutive second fields.

Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to determining a multicast broadcast (MB) bandwidth size for receiving an MB service, the MB bandwidth being different than each bandwidth size in the set of multiple configurable bandwidth sizes for receiving unicast services.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling implementation of network policies in a system including a core network and an open radio access network (O-RAN). The method includes receiving a request for accessing one of multiple network components from an application at a centralized network policy controller. The method additionally includes evaluating the request at the central network policy controller to determine if the request is core related or RAN related and assigning the application to a selected one of the multiple network components based on the evaluation, wherein the selected one is a core component when the request is core-related and the selected one is a RAN component when the request is RAN-related.

Abstract: A protocol data unit (PDU) type setting method, a user equipment (UE) policy setting method, and a related entity, where the PDU type setting method includes: setting, by UE, a requested PDU type of a PDU session in a process of establishing the PDU session, where the requested PDU type of the PDU session is set by the UE based on a first condition, the first condition includes an Internet Protocol (IP) version corresponding to an application, and the application is associated with the PDU session. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the requested PDU type of the PDU session can be consistent with a PDU type requested by the application, such that the application can normally perform communication.

Abstract: A method for receiving downlink data by the terminal in a wireless communication system, includes receiving, from a base station, downlink control information for scheduling a short physical downlink shared channel (sPDSCH) on a short physical downlink control channel (sPDCCH), and receiving, from the base station, downlink data on the sPDSCH based on the downlink control information. Here, the sPDCCH and the sPDSCH are based on a first transmission time interval (TTI)-based radio frame structure, wherein the first TTI-based radio frame structure is shorter in time than a second TTI-based radio frame structure related to (i) a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and (ii) a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). Further, a number of resource element groups (REGs) consisting of a control channel element (CCE) related to the sPDCCH is smaller than a number of resource element groups (REGs) composed of a CCE related to the PDCCH.

Abstract: A method is described of evaluating the energy consumption of a service unit rolled out, or intended for being rolled out, on a given infrastructure of a communications network. The method includes determining the energy consumption W_no measured on the infrastructure in the absence of the service unit, determining the energy consumption W_yes measured on the infrastructure in the presence of the service unit, and obtaining the energy consumption induced by rolling out the service unit by calculating the difference (W_yes?W_no). The disclosed technology is applicable to 5G networks.

Abstract: A communications device transmitting/receiving signals to/from a mobile communications network includes one or more network elements providing a wireless access interface for the communications device. The wireless access interface includes plural communications resource elements across a host frequency range of a host carrier, and a first section of the communications resources within a first frequency range for preferable allocation to reduced capability devices forming a first reduced bandwidth carrier and a second section of the communications resources within a second frequency range for preferable allocation to the reduced capability devices forming a second reduced bandwidth carrier. Each of the first and second frequency ranges is within the host frequency range.

Abstract: A device determines, from a network slice template associated with a network slice, a quality of service (QoS) profile for the network slice that includes performance metrics for corresponding QoS parameters associated with providing a service. The device monitors performance of the network slice in association with the QoS profile, and determines, based on the performance, that a performance indicator for a QoS parameter of the network slice is outside a threshold range of a performance metric. The device determines, based on the performance information and the QoS profile, a slice modification to the network slice template for the network slice, where the slice modification is configured to cause the performance indicator to be within the threshold range of the performance metric. The device causes a network slice orchestrator to update an instantiation of the network slice according to the slice modification and the network slice template.

Abstract: Dynamic configuration of multiple radios of an access point is described. An example of an access point includes a processor; a memory; hardware filters; and a first set of radio chains and antennas, the access point including a first radio mode for operation as a single radio on a first channel to service a first BSS and a second radio mode for operation as a first radio on the first channel and a second radio on a second channel to perform an additional service, wherein the access point is to provide dynamic configuration of the radios including, upon determining that operation of the first channel to service the first BSS is not compatible with a particular hardware filter of the first radio, migrating the first BSS from the first radio to the second radio to service on the second channel, and providing the additional service on the first channel.

Abstract: A Wi-Fi controller identifies a mismatch between a first prefix of a first IPv6 address for a data packet corresponding to a first VLAN on which the data packet was sent from the station to the access point, and a prefix of a second IPv6 address for a second VLAN from which the data packet was transmitted from the access point to the Wi-Fi controller. Responsive to the VLAN mismatch identification, the Wi-Fi controller transmits a DHCP reconfiguration packet to the station using the first VLAN. The DHCP reconfiguration packet causes the station to transmit a rebind packet to the DHCP server. The rebind packet causes the DHCP server to transmit an ACK frame on the first VLAN setting the valid lifetime for the first IPv6 address to zero.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for obtaining information about a forwarding path of a data packet in segment routing (SR) include, when a first path indicated by a plurality of path identifiers in initial information is a unique shortest path from a start node on the first path to an end node on the first path, the first path is indicated using a node-segment identifier (SID) of the end node on the first path instead of the path identifiers.

Abstract: A central unit (210) holds a plurality of parameters for controlling radio communication. A distributed unit (260) also holds a plurality of parameters for controlling the radio communication. A radio base station manages the parameters to be held by the central unit (210) and the distributed unit (260). The radio base station causes a coordination necessary parameter, which is a parameter for which a coordination is necessary between the plurality of the parameters, to be held in only one of the central unit (210) and the distributed unit (260).

Abstract: Provided are a method of configuring resource block (RB) indexing information about a component carrier (CC) by a base station (BS). The method may include: configuring common RB indexing information about the CC; configuring one or more bandwidth parts (BWPs) based on the common RB indexing information; and transmitting the common RB indexing information and configuration information about the bandwidth parts to a terminal.

Abstract: A repetition unit (212) performs a repetition for mapping a data signal and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) repeatedly at a symbol level over a plurality of subframes. A signal allocation unit (213) maps, in the a plurality of subframes, the repeated DMRS to symbols other than symbols corresponding to an SRS resource candidate, which is a candidate for a resource to which a sounding reference signal (SRS) to be used to measure an uplink received signal quality is to be mapped. A transmission unit (216) transmits an uplink signal (PUSCH) including the DMRS and the data signal over the a plurality of subframes.

Abstract: Solutions are proposed to handle PRACH resource and beam selection under the following scenarios. First, a CFRA procedure is initiated, but all beams associated with the CFRA resource is below a RSRP threshold and CBRA fallback is not supported. UE continues to perform CFRA by selecting any downlink beam associated with dedicated PRACH resource, and then select dedicated PRACH resource associated with the selected downlink beam; second, a CFRA procedure is initiated but the active UL BWP is not paired with the active DL BWP. Upon CFRA initiation, UE uses current active UL and DL BWP to perform CFRA, and switches to another BWP pair upon all beams associated with the CFRA resource are below a RSRP threshold; third, a CBRA procedure is initiated but the active UL BWP is not configured with PRACH resource. UE selects a special UL/DL BWP to perform the CBRA procedure.