Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a wireless communication unit wirelessly communicating via an external access point; and a processing unit operating in one of a plurality of operation modes including a first operation mode and a second operation mode having lower power consumption than the first operation mode, the processing unit controlling the wireless communication unit. The processing unit executes first scan processing as scan processing for the access point when the operation mode is the first operation mode. The processing unit executes second scan processing in which a scanning target is limited compared with the first scan processing, when the operation mode is the second operation mode.

Abstract: Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, processors, systems, and methods for performing Quality of Service handling procedures. A wireless device may establish a cellular link that provides access to a fifth generation core network. The wireless device may establish a protocol data unit session with a cellular network entity of the fifth generation core network. The wireless device may determine one or more Quality of Service flow descriptions for the protocol data unit session. The wireless device may perform one or more Quality of Service related modifications to the protocol data unit session.

Abstract: A system generates, by a first source microcontroller, a first data packet comprising a payload and a first error code, the payload indicating a safety state of a robot. The first source microcontroller transmits the data packet from the first source microcontroller to a second source microcontroller. The second source microcontroller generates a second data packet that includes the payload, the first error code and a second error code. The second source microcontroller transmits the second data packet to a sink microcontroller, wherein the sink microcontroller recovers the payload based on at least one of the first error code and the second error code.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for multiple access with interference mitigation are described. An exemplary implementation of interference mitigation in a multiple access scheme includes rearranging a N-th bit stream corresponding to a N-th portion of the input bit stream to generate a N-th rearranged bit stream of K rearranged bit streams, for N=1, 2, . . . , K, generating a modulated symbol stream of hierarchical QAM symbols based on the K rearranged bit streams, where bits from the first rearranged bit stream correspond to one or more most significant bits of the hierarchical QAM symbols, bits from the K-th rearranged bit stream correspond to one or more least significant bits of the hierarchical QAM symbols, and bits from a second to (K?1)-th rearranged bit stream correspond to one or more remaining bits of the hierarchical QAM symbols, and transmitting a signal generated from the modulated symbol stream.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to wireless communications in a system are provided. A user equipment (UE) may receive from a base station (BS), a subband precoding configuration including a first number of bits and an indication of a common size for each subband of a set of subbands. The UE may select a plurality of precoders from a precoder candidate set based on the first number and the common size. The precoder candidate set may be based on an order of a spatial direction. Additionally, the UE may transmit to the BS, a communication signal in the plurality of subbands using the plurality of precoders.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus relating to a long uplink burst channel design. In certain aspects, the method includes determining, based on a hopping pattern, a first set of frequency resources available for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) within a first portion of a transmission time interval (TTI) and a second set of frequency resources available for transmitting UCI within a second portion of the TTI. The method also includes transmitting the UCI using the determined first set of frequency resources and the second set of frequency resources.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A communication device, such as, a base station and a UE may support transmitting and receiving information bits according to one or more index modulation schemes. For example, the communication device may support conveying information bits using a reference signal index modulation scheme, which uses reference signals transmissions using particular resources or reference signal sequences, or both, to convey the information bits. The communication device may improve reference signal resource usage by supporting a multi-mode reference signal index modulation scheme, which utilizes all reference signal resources to convey the information bits. By using the multi-mode reference signal index modulation scheme, the communication device may, as a result, include features for improvements to conveying information bits, among other benefits.

Abstract: Example wireless communications methods and apparatus with two-way beam failure recovery are disclosed. One example method includes receiving a downlink beam failure recovery request by a network device from a client device indicating at least one new downlink candidate beam determined to replace at least one failed downlink beam. The network device detects at least one failed uplink beam, determines at least one new uplink candidate beam to replace the detected at least one failed uplink beam, and generates uplink redirection information indicating the determined at least one new uplink candidate beam. A response including the generated uplink redirection information is generated by the network device, and transmitted to the client device.

Abstract: PCIe devices installed in host computers communicating with service nodes can provide virtualized NVMe over fabric services. A workload on the host computer can submit an SQE on a NVMe SQ. The PCI device can read the SQE to obtain a command identifier, an OpCode, and a namespace identifier (NSID). The SQE can be used to produce a LTP packet that includes the opcode, the NSID, and a request identifier. The LTP packet can be sent to the service node, which may access a SAN in accordance with the opcode and NSID, and can respond to the LTP with a second LTP that includes the request identifier and a status indicator. The PCI device can use the status indicator and the request identifier to produce a CQE that is placed on a NVMe CQ associated with the SQ.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for selecting User Equipment(s) (UEs) for pairing in a cellular network. A channel orthogonality of one or more UEs located within a radio range of a first Access Node (AN) may be determined. The one or more UEs may be prioritized for Uplink (UL) Multi-User Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MU-MIMO) pairing when a channel orthogonality meets a set channel orthogonality condition. A second AN located within the radio range of the first AN may be detected. At least one of the prioritized UEs located within a radio range of the second AN may be selected for de-prioritization. The prioritized UEs may be paired to share a same set of resource blocks.

Abstract: Techniques and examples of determination of receiver (RX) beam for radio link monitoring (RLM) based on available spatial quasi-co-location (QCL) information in New Radio (NR) mobile communications are described. An apparatus receives downlink (DL) signaling from a network. The apparatus determines whether to extend an evaluation period of RLM based on a quasi-co-location (QCL) association provided in at least the DL signaling. The apparatus then executes extension of the evaluation period of the RLM, or not, based on a result of the determining.

Abstract: The present invention is designed so that, even when a sequence-based uplink control channel is used, uplink control information is reported appropriately. A user terminal according to one aspect of the present invention has a control section that determines to use one or both of a short uplink control channel, which is transmitted in a short period, and a long uplink control channel, which is transmitted in a longer period than the short uplink control channel, based on certain information, and a transmission section that transmits the uplink control information using the determined uplink control 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. A method for switching resource pools by a device arranged to transmit according to a first resource pool is provided. The method includes sensing a second resource pool, determining whether the second resource pool has been sensed sufficiently long to apply sensing based resource selection, and selecting resources from an exceptional pool by using random resource selection, if the second resource pool has not been sensed sufficiently long to apply sensing based resource selection.

Abstract: Application Function (AF) influenced routing for peer-to-peer (P2P) communications is provided. Core network elements correlate PDU sessions and optimize the UP path for peer-to-peer traffic. UP selection, reselection, configuration or reconfiguration can be performed in support of P2P traffic routing. P2P traffic between a pair of UEs is routed or rerouted through a bridge. The bridge may be established between the first UP and the second UP, and/or between associated RAN nodes. One or more application functions can be included along the bridge path. A policy control function (PCF) directs underlying resources to route P2P traffic via the bridge, for example in response to a trigger from the AF. A session management function (SMF) directs underlying resources to configure or reconfigure user plane data paths to route P2P traffic via the bridge. First and second SMFs of the first and second UPs can cooperate to establish the desired traffic routing.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments that provide demand-based allocation of ephemeral radio-based network resources. In one embodiment, a determination is made that an unmanned vehicle has unallocated computing capacity along a travel path. At least a portion of the unallocated computing capacity is provisioned for use by a customer for a time period as the unmanned vehicle progresses on the travel path.

Abstract: An NSSF (69) includes: a selection unit selecting a slice corresponding to a service related to a request from a terminal (10) and a target processing server corresponding to the slice based on slice correspondence information including information where a slice, a processing server corresponding to the slice, and a service used by a terminal are associated with one another; and a notification unit notifying an AMF (30) of selection result including information regarding the slice and target processing server. The AMF includes: a determination processing unit determining whether the AMF is a target processing server based on information on the target processing server in the selection result information, and performing processing for a service when the AMF is the target processing server, or transferring a request for processing for a service to the target processing server when the AMF is not the target processing server.

Abstract: Provided is a terminal including a receiver, which, in operation, receives a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) candidate list for CSI-RS configuration information. The CSI-RS candidate list is indicated as Radio Resource Control (RRC) control information for respective terminals. The terminal further includes circuitry, which, in operation, specifies at least one CSI-RS resource information of a measurement target based on the CSI-RS candidate list, and measures a reception power using the specified CSI-RS resource information. The terminal also includes a transmitter, which, in operation, reports the result of the reception power measurement. A reception power measurement method is also provided.

Abstract: A communication device for handling a power headroom report (PHR) for multiple transmission time intervals (TTIs) comprises a storage device for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage device. The processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage device. The instructions comprise determining a single PHR for a first TTI of at least one first serving cell according to at least one PH level of the at least one serving cell, wherein the communication device is configured with at least one second serving cell of at least one second TTI; and transmitting the PHR to a network via one of the at least one serving cell; wherein a length of the first TTI is different from each length of the at least one second TTI.

Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating the mitigation of interference in the uplink of a small cell caused by macrocell user equipment in the case where the macrocell cannot identify the interfering macrocell user equipment because the user equipment cannot detect and report the small cell's downlink due to the small cell's uplink/downlink coverage imbalance. In an embodiment, the small cell provides the macrocell with a notification of the interference, the configuration information about its Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH), and a plurality of unique preambles and transmission times for non-contention-based transmissions on the small cell's PRACH. The macrocell orders each of one or a plurality of macrocell user equipment to transmit one of the unique preambles on the small cell's PRACH. The small cell reports to the macrocell the detected preamble transmissions, which allows the macrocell to identify interfering user equipment and perform corrective actions.

Abstract: Provided are a paging method, base station, and user equipment (UE). The paging method includes that a base station configures a paging parameter according to a UE category. The paging parameter includes at least one of configuration information for scheduling paging or information about a downlink carrier for carrying paging.