Abstract: A notification system that provides a notification to a mobile device over a pager network is described. In some embodiments, the system receives, at an interface device associated with the mobile device, a notification from a server over a radiofrequency communications network, and transmits the notification from the interface device to the mobile device over a short area communications channel, such as a Bluetooth channel.

Abstract: A method configured to selectively retransmit a message includes analyzing a message received by a device to determine a set of radio access technologies (RATs) in which the message has been transmitted. If the device supports a device RAT that is different from set of RATS the message is updated to include the device RAT and the updated message is transmitted using the device RAT.

Abstract: A wireless device may detect a beam failure on at least one beam. The at least one beam may be of a first cell. A beam failure recovery procedure may be started in response to the beam failure. The beam failure recovery procedure may comprise transmitting a recovery request for a first beam. A beam failure recovery timer for the beam failure recovery procedure may be started. The wireless device may determine a connection failure based on expiration of the beam failure recovery timer. The wireless device may transmit a radio link failure report to a first base station based on the connection failure. The radio link failure report may comprise an index of the first beam.

Abstract: A time synchronization system includes a first wireless device and a second wireless device. A wireless unit of the first wireless device wirelessly transmits timing information and time information separately, the time information being acquired from a first clock and relating to a transmission time when the timing information was transmitted. A wireless unit of the second wireless device receives the wirelessly transmitted timing information and time information separately. A correction unit of the second wireless device corrects s a second clock on the basis of a reference time indicated by the second clock at a time when the wireless unit received the timing information, and a transmission time obtained from the time information.

Abstract: Provided are a periodic uplink information/signal transmission method, apparatus and system. The method includes that: a terminal receives configuration signaling transmitted by an access network device, the configuration signaling containing a configuration parameter of periodic uplink information/signal; and the terminal determines a target transmission unit according to the configuration parameter, and transmits or cancels target periodic uplink information/signal according to the number of an uplink symbol in the target transmission unit.

Abstract: A communication method and system for converging a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with a technology for internet of things (IoT) are provided. The communication method and system 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 of a terminal for receiving data in a cellular network is provided. The method comprises receiving a synchronization signal block (SS block) including at least one synchronization signal and a broadcast channel from a base station, identifying an offset between the SS block and a resource block (RB) grid from system information in the broadcast channel, and determining the resource block grid based on the offset.

Abstract: A method for performing handover in a wireless communication system and a device therefor are disclosed. Specifically, the method for performing handover by a user equipment (UE) without a wireless local area network (WLAN) termination (WT) change from a source eNodeB (eNB) to a target eNodeB (eNB) in a wireless communication system, the method includes transmitting an end-marker request for requesting retransmission of an end-marker packet to the target eNB when a loss of the end-marker packet is detected after the handover without the WT change is started, and retransmitting the end-marker request or performing a recovery procedure for the end-marker packet when the end-marker packet is not received from the target eNB after the transmitting the end-marker request.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for multiplexing signals using layered division multiplexing are disclosed. A signal multiplexing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to combine a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal at different power levels, and a time interleaver configured to perform interleaving applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal.

Abstract: Provided is a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna having a lightweight stacked structure. According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a MIMO antenna assembly having a lightweight stacked structure, in which a calibration network, which was provided between antenna elements and filters in the related art, is provided on one printed circuit board (PCB), together with a power amplifier and a digital circuit, and filters are closely coupled to the bottom of the PCB on which the feeding network is provided. The present invention employs a strategy in which an antenna assembly is reduced to a compact size while managing phase deviation caused due to filters at an acceptable level.

Abstract: This invention presents Capacity Projectors (CaPs) for intelligent control and management that collect information on channel conditions, actual and/or predicted demand for connectivity, data throughput and its distribution for a first time period in the future using signaling and control messages, analyze the collected information to identify the configurations of the BSs and CaPs that are needed to produce desired MU-MIMO communication channels in the first time period to meet the connectivity and data throughput demand and its distribution in the first time period, and adaptively control and configure the CaPs to actively shape the MU-MIMO communication channels to meet the predicted demand and its distribution, wherein controlling and configuring the CaP comprises implementing which of the CaPs to switch to sleeping mode or work mode and adjusting one or more of transmitting power gain, antenna tilt, beam direction and/or pattern of the transmitter and/or receiver, filtering of the receiving and/or transm

Abstract: A data transmission method is provided. The method includes: receiving, by user equipment, first information from a radio access device, where the first information indicates different transmission classes corresponding to a plurality of logical channels; determining, by the user equipment based on the first information, a transmission format of uplink data on at least one logical channel corresponding to at least one transmission class in the different transmission classes, and determining a transmission resource in the transmission format; and sending, by the user equipment, the uplink data by using the transmission format and the transmission resource in the transmission format. In this application, different transmission resources are allocated to uplink data on logical channels (LCHs) of different transmission classes, so that different requirements of different uplink data can be met.

Abstract: A technology related to a terminal apparatus, a communication method, and an integrated circuit is provided for efficiently monitoring a status of communication. The terminal apparatus communicates with the base station apparatus by switching between a first frequency and a second frequency in a cell, a timer for monitoring a radio link in the cell starts based on consecutively detecting that out of synchronization occurs a prescribed number of times, the timer stops in the case of switching between the first frequency and the second frequency, and any one of the first frequency and the second frequency is a frequency by which the terminal apparatus has established Radio Resource Control connection.

Abstract: A mobile communication method according to an embodiment includes a step in which a base station configured to perform communication by using a narrow band which is a second bandwidth narrower than a first bandwidth compatible with a first user terminal in one unit time transmits information for allocating a second user terminal an extended band having a third bandwidth wider than the second bandwidth and narrower than the first bandwidth in the one unit time.

Abstract: A wireless communication system and method for allowing two or more wireless networks to operate simultaneously in the same geographical area and through the same radio frequency (RF) spectrum band includes a plurality of wireless networks each network having at least one radio frequency (RF) transmitting node, capable of estimating the effect of its transmission on another, separate, wireless network of the plurality of wireless networks, each transmitting node having a modulation classifier that estimates from a received wireless signal, a modulation scheme used in the transmission of a wireless link that is received in the highest power in a secondary network of the plurality of wireless networks; and a throughput estimator which predicts, without the need to exchange information between a primary and secondary networks of the plurality of wireless networks, the adaptive modulation and coding configuration for the primary link that is received with highest power at the secondary network transmitting node.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for handling hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes with discontinuous reception (DRX) operations. A user equipment (UE) may use timers to maintain an ON duration in DRX. The UE may receive, via downlink control information (DCI), an indication of a feedback transmission opportunity (TxOP) for a HARQ process. The UE may activate a timer at the end of the TxOP regardless of whether the UE transmits feedback in the TxOP to ensure that the UE remains active. In some implementations, a base station may provide the UE with multiple opportunities to transmit a feedback message. The UE may reactivate a timer after each feedback TxOP for the same HARQ process or may activate the timer after the first feedback TxOP and may refrain from activating the timer after subsequent feedback TxOPs for the HARQ process.

Abstract: In an example embodiment, a device comprises one or more processors and a baseband controller. The one or more processors are configured to: determine, from a payload of at least one received packet, a channel identification (ID) of a notice window in a sequence of transmission windows; transmit, in the notice window, a notice packet that identifies a target window, the target window being later in the sequence of transmission windows than the notice window; generate a target packet that includes inverse whitened data; and transmit the target packet in the target window. The baseband controller is configured to execute signal whitening on the target packet, where the signal whitening of the inverse whitened data in the target packet results in a substantially sinusoidal signal when the target packet is transmitted by the device.

Abstract: A system and method for providing improved in-vehicle wireless connection to roadside access devices for connection to network is described. The system includes an in-vehicle device, one or more roadside access devices, a cloud management server, and backhaul Internet access connection. The roadside access device includes in its broadcasted beacon frame message information required by an in-vehicle device to set network connection parameters. The in-vehicle device automatically connects to roadside access devices for access to the network, using information included in the broadcasted beacon frame message. The in-vehicle device also manages and categorizes data traffic, maps user priority assigned to data traffic to network transmission priority, and adapts transmission rates to network condition, such as backhaul network bandwidth available, number of mobile users connected to the same roadside access devices and data traffic load, among others.

Abstract: Improved non-cellular (e.g., Wi-Fi) link integration with a cellular (e.g., LTE) network is described. The improved link integration can relate to utilizing an eNodeB device (e.g., residing in a radio access network portion of a cellular network) as an anchor point rather than a packet data network gateway device (e.g., residing in a core network portion of the cellular network) utilized by other approaches. The improved link integration can maintain full compliance with or support for other approaches, and can reduce signaling overhead, simplify quality-of-service management, and/or provide a more rapid reaction to changes of access, particularly in cases where the eNodeB device and a non-cellular access point device are co-located.

Abstract: A method in a network node (115) comprises determining (208, 304) to page one or more user equipments (UEs) (115). The method comprises transmitting (214, 308) a paging indicator associated with the one or more UEs. The method comprises receiving (218, 312), in response to the transmitted paging indicator, a predefined uplink signal from at least one of the one or more UEs. The method comprises sending (220, 316), in response to the received predefined uplink signal, a downlink message for initiating an exchange and verification of one or more paging identities, wherein each of the one or more paging identities is uniquely associated with one of the one or more UEs.

Abstract: A wireless communication device performs first carrier sensing, regarding part of multiple channels that are candidates for receiving a first signal before reception of the first signal. After having received the first signal, the wireless communication device performs second carrier sensing regarding one or more channels, out of the plurality of channels, that are one or more channels corresponding to the channel information included in the first signal, and where at least the first carrier sensing has not been executed, before reception of data signals by transmission of a second signal.