Abstract: A base station can select orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) numerologies that define subcarrier spacing values based on attributes associated with one or more services that a user equipment (UE) is using. The base station can use the selected OFDM numerologies for transmission associated with the services. When the UE is using multiple services simultaneously, the base station can select the same or different OFDM numerologies for the multiple services.

Abstract: In order to improve the selection of search space candidates for a downlink control channel, an apparatus determines a set of decoding candidates of a lower aggregation level for a downlink control channel based on a random selection from a plurality of potential decoding candidates, wherein the plurality of potential decoding candidates are defined from a second set of decoding candidates of a higher aggregation level. The apparatus then attempts to decode the downlink control channel based on determined sets of decoding candidates of different aggregation levels. The downlink control channel may comprise a PDCCH.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for implementing a composed virtual private network (VPN). The method includes: obtaining a service type and a customer site that are input by a user; determining an access point corresponding to the customer site; determining one or more segment VPNs according to the service type and the access point corresponding to the customer site; obtaining a composed VPN according to the one or more segment VPNs; and outputting an access point list and a segment VPN list of the composed VPN to the user.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for a station for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, and an apparatus for the method. More specifically, disclosed are a method for transmitting and receiving a signal and an apparatus for the method, the method, when a station transmits and receives a signal by means of a channel in which four channels have been bonded, generating an enhanced directional multi gigabit (EDMG) short training field (STF) for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) packet, and transmitting and receiving a signal comprising the generated EDMG STF field.

Abstract: Provided is a transmission apparatus including a transmission signal generator which, in operation, generates a transmission signal that includes a legacy preamble, a non-legacy preamble and a data field. The non-legacy preamble comprises a first signal field and a second signal field. The first signal field comprises a second signal field compression subfield and a number of second signal field symbols subfield. The second signal field symbols subfield indicates a number of second signal field symbols when the second signal field compression subfield indicates that a full bandwidth containing first and second frequency subbands is not allocated for multi-user (MU) MIMO transmission. The number of second signal field symbols indicates a number of MU MIMO users when the second signal field compression subfield indicates that the full bandwidth is allocated for MU MIMO transmission. The transmission apparatus includes a transmitter which, in operation, transmits the generated transmission signal.

Abstract: An IP address allocation method for D2D communication includes: sending, by a first user equipment, a first message to a second user equipment, where the first message includes a first IP address allocated by the first user equipment to the second user equipment; and receiving, by the first user equipment, a second message sent by the second user equipment, where the second message is used to indicate whether allocation of the first IP address succeeds or fails.

Abstract: An example communication system includes remote units, each which includes one or more radio frequency (RF) units to exchange RF signals with mobile devices, with at least some of the RF signals including information destined for, or originating from, a mobile device. A controller is separated from the remote units by one or more networks. The controller is connected to an external network, and is for implementing a scheduler. The scheduler is for allocating resources for transmission of data representing the information, and is configured to override a pending hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission on a HARQ process by scheduling a new HARQ transmission on the HARQ process.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, an AP generates a frame including a signaling field and a data field so as to transmit the frame to one or more STAs, wherein: the signaling field includes a first signaling field having first common control information on the one or more STAs, and a second signaling field having individual control information for each of the one or more STAs; and the second signaling field includes a common field having second common control information on the one or more STAs, and individual fields having individual control information for each of the one or more STAs. In addition, if the frame is transmitted with a bandwidth of 40 MHz or more, the second signaling field transmits independent control information in two adjacent 20 MHz bands.

Abstract: At times a UE may have a data transmission that needs to extend beyond a resource grant in an ULRB portion of a slot. The UE may receive resource region reservation information from a base station and determine when to extend an UL transmission from the ULRB portion of a slot into the ULCB portion of the slot based resource region reservation information. The resource region reservation information may indicate ULCB resources which are reserved for PUCCH, PRACH, PUSCH, SRS, or other transmissions. The UE may determine to refrain from extending the data transmission into the ULCB when at least a portion of the data transmission would overlap reserved resources as indicated by the resource region reservation information.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention are a relay transmission method and device, enabling reduction of complexity of relay transmission and a decrease of transmission latency. The method comprises: a relay terminal apparatus receives a first lower-level data frame sent by a transmitting-end apparatus to a receiving-end apparatus, wherein the first lower-layer data frame is obtained by the transmitting-end apparatus by means of processing a MAC PDU carrying identifier information of a remote terminal apparatus; the relay terminal apparatus determines, at the lower layer, whether the first lower-layer data frame is required to be forwarded; and the relay terminal apparatus forwards, at the lower layer, the first lower-layer data frame, wherein the transmitting-end apparatus is the remote terminal apparatus, and the receiving-end apparatus is a network apparatus; alternatively, the transmitting-end apparatus is a network apparatus, and the receiving-end apparatus is the remote terminal apparatus.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a method for operating a wireless communication network, wherein a first member of the network transmits a scheduling message to a secondary member of the network and the secondary member receives the scheduling message. The secondary member schedules sounding signal transmissions and/or a corresponding schedule based on the scheduling message, wherein the scheduling message and/or the sounding signal schedule refers to a schedule for sounding signals based on a status of beam forming performed in the network and/or wherein the sounding signal schedule and/or the schedule message refers to a compact schedule of sounding signals. There are also disclosed associated devices and methods.

Abstract: A heterogeneous network includes a first base station, a number of second base stations and a mobile device. The mobile device communicates with the second base stations via mm-wave signals and send, via wireless signals, the first base station a position of the mobile device and a request for connecting with one of the second base stations. The first base station determines one of the second base stations to connect with the mobile device according to the position and the request sent by the mobile device. The first base station sends, via the wireless signals, the mobile device a first beam angle information and triggers the mobile device and the one determined second base station to perform a beam training process according to the first beam angle information.

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 utilizing an unlicensed frequency band as a supplementary band is used in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system.

Abstract: A communication device includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to extract first division data from transmission data when transmitting the transmission data. The processor is configured to store, as held data, the first division data in the memory in association with first identification information that identifies the transmission data. The processor is configured to transmit, to a communication destination, a first transmission packet including the transmission data and information that identifies the held data to cause the communication destination to store second division data which is not included in the held data, among the transmission data in association with the first identification information.

Abstract: Methods of the present inventions allow for generating and providing an enhanced domain name. An exemplary method may comprise providing an enhanced domain to a second party. The enhanced domain may comprise a domain name, a web space automatically enabled and associated with the domain name, and at least one application automatically enabled and associated with the domain name.

Abstract: A terminal includes: an application compatibility information acquirer that acquires first application compatibility information indicating an application with which a base station located on a channel of communication with a communication partner terminal is compatible; a utilized application negotiator that negotiates with the communication partner terminal about utilization of an application, included in applications with which the terminal is compatible, that matches the application indicated by the first application compatibility information; and a compression mode determiner that determines a compression mode on the basis of a result of negotiations about the application.

Abstract: Predictive scheduling may be provided. First, a first device may identify when a service flow is expected to become active. The first device may estimate an initial traffic profile in response to identifying when the service flow is expected to become active. The first device may then grant allocation based on the initial traffic profile of the service flow. Next, the first device may collect feedback to later update the traffic profile estimate. The first device may then update the traffic profile estimate.

Abstract: Wideband multiplexer for radio-frequency (RF) applications. In some embodiments, a multiplexer may include a common path configured to receive a plurality of RF signals. The multiplexer may further include a first path having an output coupled to the common path and configured to provide a band-pass response for a frequency band BX. The multiplexer may further include a second path having an output coupled to the common path such that RF signals in the first and second paths are combined and routed through the common path. The second path may be configured to provide a band-stop response for the frequency band BX such that the common path includes a wideband response that includes the frequency band BX and one or more other frequency bands.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and associated system. A computing device determines that a mobile application has been downloaded onto a first primary portable communication device of a user, wherein paired devices are the first primary portable communication device paired to a secondary portable communication device. The computing device receives an acknowledgment by the user of a notification enabled by the mobile application, the notification being received by the first primary portable communication device and shared with the secondary portable communication device, wherein the acknowledgment includes device identifications of the paired devices. The computing device stores, into a memory of the computing device and in response to the acknowledgment, the device identifications of the paired devices.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method in a network node for configuring monitoring occasions for use in a network node of a wireless communication network comprises determining a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) search space monitoring configuration for a wireless device. The PDCCH search space monitoring configuration comprises a monitoring periodicity and a number of blind decodes for each search space of a plurality of search spaces over a plurality of slots. The method further comprises sending the monitoring configuration to the wireless device. A method in a wireless device comprises receiving the monitoring configuration and monitoring each search space according to the monitoring configuration.