Abstract: New radio download numerology allocation information may be obtained through master information block data, system information block data, radio resource control signals, or signals or a physical downlink numerology indication channel, and used along with a reference signal detected in a search space to obtain resource element positions in an antenna port reference signal in a resource block that belongs to a particular band slice according to a reference signal allocation scheme for a band slice numerology. A physical download control may then be decoded based upon one or more resource elements of the reference signal, allowing the connection of, e.g., an enhanced mobile broadband, massive machine type communication, or ultra-reliable/low-latency application to a communications network thereby. Alternatively, multiple physical downlink control channels may be blindly demodulated at each of a number calculated reference signal locations, and one channel selected based on passing a cyclic redundancy check.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for indicating a purpose for a reference signal. According to certain aspects, a method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method generally includes receiving an indication of a purpose of a reference signal (RS) from a base station (BS) and processing the RS in accordance with the indicated purpose.

Abstract: Configuration of downlink and uplink partial subframes in shared radio frequency (RF) spectrum is discussed. The various described aspects provide for different configurations for start and end transmissions from base stations and user equipments (UEs) when transmitting over partial subframes. With downlink initial partial subframes, a uniform puncturing may be used to reduce the number of resource elements (REs) available for downlink transmission without causing the base station to re-precode any of the data. Additional aspect for downlink partial subframe transmission allows for downlink control channels to identify multiple start points within the subframe at short downlink shared channel locations. On the uplink aspect, UEs may be informed with configurations for both full and partial subframe transmissions. The UE will select which configuration to use based on whether it will transmit on full or partial subframes.

Abstract: A system is provided in which a user device communicates control data with a first base station and communicates user data with a second base station. The user device receives, from the first base station, configuration data specific to the first base station and configuration data specific to the second base station for configuring the user device to handle in-device coexistence interference. When the user device detects interference, it identifies the base station to which the interference relates, and controls the operating of its transceiver circuitry: i) using the first base station specific configuration data if it identifies that the interference is related to the first base station; and ii) using the second base station specific configuration data if it identifies that the interference is related to the second base station.

Abstract: A relay device accumulates received frames that are not determined as a specific frame in a queue and transfers the frames accumulated in the queue one by one according to a predetermined rule. The relay device transfers a received frame that is determined as a specific frame priority to the frames accumulated in the queue without accumulating the specific frame in the queue.

Abstract: Various example implementations are directed to circuits, apparatuses, and methods for providing virtual computing services. According to an example embodiment, an apparatus includes a data storage device and a set of computing servers communicatively coupled to the data storage device. The set of computer servers are configured to provide a respective virtual data center for each of a plurality of accounts. The respective virtual data center for each account is configured to provide virtual services specified in a respective settings file for the account stored in the data storage device. The virtual data center for at least one of the accounts includes a set of virtual desktops and a set virtual data-communications servers providing data communications services which may include Voice-over-IP (VoIP) services, and support services for each account as specified in the settings file for the account.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine at least one phase estimate for at least one beam received by the user equipment during a beam training or channel estimation procedure; and/or provide the at least one phase estimate to a base station from which the at least one beam is received for the base station to reconstruct an estimated channel matrix of the user equipment. In some aspects, a base station may receive feedback information from a UE identifying phase estimates for a plurality of beams transmitted to the UE, wherein the feedback information relates to a selected beam for the UE and one or more other beams of the plurality of beams; and/or determine an estimated channel matrix for the UE based at least in part on the feedback information. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A communication system according to the present invention includes: a transmission-side apparatus that transmits a packet train composed of a plurality of estimation packets for estimating an available bandwidth; and a reception-side apparatus that receives the packet train, stores one or more lower-limit expansion ideal curves, one or more in-range ideal curves, and one or more upper-limit expansion ideal curves; calculates an actual amount of increase in delay occurring in the respective estimation packets based on a reception time of the estimation packet; selects an ideal curve most similar to the increase tendency of a delay indicated by the calculated amount of increase in delay, from among the lower-limit expansion ideal curve, the in-range ideal curve, and the upper-limit expansion ideal curve; and estimates the available bandwidth, based on a selection result on the ideal curve.

Abstract: A method performed by a network node operating as a master node (MN) in dual connectivity with a secondary node (SN) for measurement gap configuration, comprises receiving a notification from the secondary node that it will perform a secondary node modification procedure; determining that a measurement gap configuration or reconfiguration is required; and sending a response message to the secondary node in response to said notification, wherein said message includes a gap configuration information.

Abstract: Various example implementations are directed to circuits, apparatuses, and methods for providing virtual computing services. According to an example embodiment, an apparatus includes a set of computing servers configured to provide a respective set of virtual servers for each of a plurality of accounts. The set of virtual servers for at least one of the accounts includes a voice-over-IP (VoIP) server. The apparatus also includes a processing circuit communicatively coupled to the set of computing servers. For each of the plurality of accounts, the processing circuit provides a graphical user interface (GUI) including a mechanism for an authorized user of the account to select options for reporting usage of the respective set of virtual servers. The processing circuit also monitors use of the respective set of virtual servers for the account and generates invoices for use of the respective set of virtual servers according to the selected options.

Abstract: Various example implementations are directed to circuits, apparatuses, and methods for providing virtual computing services. According to an example embodiment, an apparatus includes a set of computing servers configured to provide a respective set of virtual servers for each of a plurality of accounts. The set of virtual servers for at least one of the accounts includes a voice-over-IP (VoIP) server. The apparatus also includes a processing circuit communicatively coupled to the set of computing servers. For each of the plurality of accounts, the processing circuit provides a graphical user interface (GUI) including a mechanism for an authorized user of the account to select options for reporting usage of the respective set of virtual servers. The processing circuit also monitors use of the respective set of virtual servers for the account and generates invoices for use of the respective set of virtual servers according to the selected options.

Abstract: Advertising wireless devices (e.g., user equipments (UEs)) within a distributed wireless network may indicate radio frequency and/or baseband capabilities (e.g., via transmitting capabilities messages). A responding UE may receive one or more capabilities messages, and identify radio frequency (RF) capabilities (e.g., indicated via a bitmap) and/or baseband capabilities of the advertising UEs. The responding UE may then determine a transmission scheduling policy based on the one or more received capabilities messages. For example, the responding UE may generate a combined list of frequencies based on the one or more received capabilities messages, and distribute transmissions over the list of frequencies. Additionally or alternatively, the responding UE may determine block decoding baseband capabilities of the one or more advertising UEs, and may accordingly enable block coding schemes for transmissions on frequencies supported by the advertising UEs with such block decoding baseband capabilities.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for a device-to-device (D2D) terminal to transmit a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: a step in which the terminal selects one or more resource blocks to transmit the PSSCH in a subchannel; and a step in which the terminal transmits the PSSCH via the selected one or more resource blocks, wherein the number of the selected one or more resource blocks is the largest value, among values corresponding to the products of the respective exponentiation values of 2, 3, and 5, which does not exceed the number of all resource blocks available for PSSCH transmission in the subchannel.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods and systems for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system with technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure is applicable to intelligent services based on 5G communication and IoT-related technologies. A method for configuring a connection by a terminal is provided, which includes receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message from a base station, determining whether semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) and transmission time interval (TTI) bundling are configured based on the RRC message, determining whether dual connectivity is configured, if the SPS and the TTI bundling are configured, determining whether the TTI bundling is configured for master cell group (MCG) and the SPS is configured for secondary cell group (SCG), if the dual connectivity is configured, and configuring an RRC connection based on the RRC message, if the TTI bundling is configured for the MCG and the SPS is configured for the SCG.

Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems are described for the execution of centralized control of IP routing. The described methods may be used for video production systems. The methods may also be configured for other applications or in any IP routing environment to provide centralized routing control of any IP traffic.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a notification method. In one example method, a first base station configures a first cell identity for a first cell. The first cell identity comprises a first identifier field and a second identifier field. A reserved bit in the second identifier field and the first identifier field identify the first base station. A remaining bit in the second identifier field identifies the first cell. The first base station notifies a second base station or a core network device of a part of the first cell identity that identifies the first base station.

Abstract: System and method embodiments are provided for enabling flexible and reliable UE-to-UE based relay. The embodiments include using fountain codes for combining signals at a suitable network layer higher than a media access control (MAC) sub-layer and using a MAC sub-layer hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission scheme. When a relay UE in a UE group for joint reception receives, from a network access point, a data packet intended for a destination UE in the UE group and including fountain code at the higher network layer, the relay UE sends the data packet to the destination UE and returns a HARQ ACK message at the MAC sub-layer to the access point. The destination UE then receives and decodes the data packet. Subsequently, upon receiving the entire data, the destination UE sends an ACK message at the higher network layer to the access point.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for network function data layer determination. One apparatus (200) includes a receiver (212) that receives (902) a request message at a second network function. The request message includes identification data corresponding to a first network function. The apparatus (200) also includes a processor (202) that determines (904) whether the first network function includes a data layer based on the request message.

Abstract: A method for wireless communications includes: receiving a sounding packet from an access point; determining a rank of a channel matrix corresponding to a communications channel; and when the rank of the channel matrix is a full rank: selecting at least one of a plurality of pieces of codebook information previously stored in a memory, as beamforming information, transmitting the beamforming information to the access point, and applying channel smoothing to a communications channel provided by the access point.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of one or more resources, assigned to multiple UEs, to be used to transmit a channel quality indicator (CQI) report; receive an indication of a threshold value associated with a range of channel conditions corresponding to a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) being used to communicate with the UE; and selectively transmit the CQI report on the one or more resources based at least in part on whether a measured channel condition is outside of the range of channel conditions by at least the threshold value. Numerous other aspects are provided.