Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to facilitate target wake time management between access points and devices. An example station based apparatus to facilitate target wake time operations between an access point and the station includes a data manager to determine at least one of a quantity of uplink data to be sent by the station or a quantity of downlink data to be received by the station, a connection manager to schedule a connection of the station to a device different than the access point, and a target wake time negotiator in communication with a component interface to at least one of receive a signal from or distribute a signal to the access point, the signal to modify a service period of the target wake time based on at least one of the quantity of uplink data, the quantity of downlink data, or the scheduled connection.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for beam refinement. The techniques presented herein may allow for beam refinement using an existing frame structure and utilizing resources (receive antenna ports) that may otherwise be idle.

Abstract: A disclosed method may include (1) detecting, at a network stack of a network device, a packet that (A) is destined at least intermediately for a network interface of the network device and (B) has been flagged by the network stack to be dropped instead of forwarded to the network interface based on at least one characteristic of the packet, (2) instead of dropping the packet, forwarding the packet to an alternative network interface of the network device that analyzes content of packets, (3) identifying, at the alternative network interface, the characteristic of the packet, and then (4) executing, based on the characteristic of the packet, at least one action in connection with the packet that improves the performance of the network device. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A channel state information receiving method, a channel state information feedback method, a device, a base station and a terminal are provided. It is related to telecommunication field. The receiving method includes: obtaining group identifiers of groups into which multiple terminals having accessed to a base station are classified; transmitting a triggering signaling to one group of terminals having an identical group identifier; and receiving, on a pre-configured resource block, pieces of channel state information respectively fed back by the group of terminals having the identical group identifier in response to the triggering signaling. With the above technical solution, consumption of downlink signalings of the base station can be reduced and feedback efficiency of channel state information can be improved.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device for scheduling resources in an internet of vehicles system, to centrally allocate timeslot resources in the internet of vehicles system at a network side. The method includes: receiving, by a scheduling device, information of a geographical area reported by a first node and corresponding to the first node; and determining, by the scheduling device, timeslot resources capable of being scheduled within the geographical area reported by the first node, and allocating a timeslot resource from the determined timeslot resources for the first node. Each cell is divided into geographical areas, and an identical timeslot resource can be shared by non-adjacent geographical areas in an identical cell, and/or non-adjacent geographical areas in different cells. By centralized scheduling of timeslot resources, it is able to ensure communication between nodes within a predetermined range, thereby preventing impact of timeslot resources used by the nodes.

Abstract: Examples herein relate to a state of a multi-access edge computing (MEC) application. Examples disclose the identification of a device that is capable of executing the MEC application. In response to the identification of the device executing the MEC application, caching at a MEC platform within a home network for the device, the state of the MEC application and associated data for the device. The examples transmit the state of the MEC application and associated data to a different MEC platform located outside of the home network.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to obtain location information indicating locations of a wireless transmitter and a wireless receiver, simulate a first power of a first reception signal at the wireless receiver in a condition that a radio signal is transmitted from the wireless transmitter, identify a first probability distribution model in accordance with the first reception signal, identify a first parameter of the first probability distribution model in accordance with the first power and a propagation environment defined by the locations of the wireless transmitter and the wireless receiver indicated by the location information, and based on the first probability distribution model using the first parameter, simulate a second power of a second reception signal at around the wireless receiver.

Abstract: A method of operating a communications network, in which a primary learning process periodically determines which routes communications sessions are assigned to in order that the session can be carried with a requested QoS. A secondary learning process is used, in between instances of the primary learning process to check that the QoS constraints are still satisfied. If not, action is taken, for example using a load balancer to transmit the session over one or more further network routes.

Abstract: A system and method for improving a network topology to minimize load imbalance and latency between network nodes is provided. A network performance and configuration tool receives performance data from payload handling nodes, including radio stations, transport nodes and payload gateways to calculate a current network condition related to the current network topology. A revised network topology is determined by selecting a radio station to re-home from its parent transport node and payload gateway to a newly selected transport node and payload gateway. The revised network condition is calculated and compared to current network condition to determine if the re-homing should be accepted. The process can be repeated for a number of iterations until an optimized network topology is found. Configuration instructions are then transmitted to any radio stations that have been re-homed in the final network topology.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for supporting narrowband device-to-device wireless communication, including possible techniques for performing discovery in an off grid radio system. According to some embodiments, a wireless device may determine a number of synchronization signal repetitions to use for a narrowband device-to-device transmission. The wireless device may perform the transmission, including transmitting the determined number of synchronization signal repetitions. The transmission may include an indication of the number of synchronization signal repetitions used in the transmission.

Abstract: Virtual machine environments are provided in the switches that form a network, with the virtual machines executing network services previously performed by dedicated appliances. The virtual machines can be executed on a single multi-core processor in combination with normal switch functions or on dedicated services processor boards. Packet processors analyze incoming packets and add a services tag containing services entries to any packets. Each switch reviews the services tag and performs any network services resident on that switch. This allows services to be deployed at the optimal locations in the network. The network services may be deployed by use of drag and drop operations. A topology view is presented, along with network services that may be deployed. Services may be selected and dragged to a single switch or multiple switches. The management tool deploys the network services software, with virtual machines being instantiated on the switches as needed.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for transmitting an uplink control signal. The method includes: transmitting M predefined sequences on two transmission symbols within a transmission time interval, and determining an acknowledgement (ACK) message or a negative acknowledgement (NACK) message according to the M predefined sequences and mapping patterns of the M predefined sequences in a time domain and a frequency domain, where M is a positive integer. By means of the above technical solution, a problem that a transmission structure for transmitting the ACK message and the NACK message is imperfect when the transmission time interval is equal to the length of two symbols is solved, and the transmitting of the ACK message and the NACK message when the transmission time interval is equal to the length of two symbols is perfected.

Abstract: A user equipment prepares a signalling report in response to receiving a control element for activation/deactivation of component carriers to be used by the user equipment for communication in a cellular communications network system, and transmits the signalling report.

Abstract: Techniques and described for wireless communication. One method includes generating a channel usage beacon signal (CUBS) at a wireless device, wherein a waveform of the CUBS is based at least in part on a scheduled uplink transmission by the wireless device; and transmitting, by the wireless device, the CUBS over an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band to occupy the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band prior to the scheduled uplink transmission.

Abstract: A method for signal transmission and reception on an unlicensed band by a terminal in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving a reference signal that has been generated from a scrambling sequence having initial values that vary every 10 subframes; and receiving a downlink signal on the basis of the reference signal, wherein the seed value of the variation pattern of the initial values are determined on the basis of an operator of a base station that transmits the downlink signal on the unlicensed band.

Abstract: Virtual machine environments are provided in the switches that form a network, with the virtual machines executing network services previously performed by dedicated appliances. The virtual machines can be executed on a single multi-core processor in combination with normal switch functions or on dedicated services processor boards. Packet processors analyze incoming packets and add a services tag containing services entries to any packets. Each switch reviews the services tag and performs any network services resident on that switch. This allows services to be deployed at the optimal locations in the network. The network services may be deployed by use of drag and drop operations. A topology view is presented, along with network services that may be deployed. Services may be selected and dragged to a single switch or multiple switches. The management tool deploys the network services software, with virtual machines being instantiated on the switches as needed.

Abstract: An intelligent transportation system (ITS) station (400) for a vehicle (200) is described. The ITS station (400) includes a packet count and vehicle count estimator (342) arranged to receive broadcast ITS transmissions from a plurality of neighbouring vehicles and provide an indication of a number of the plurality of vehicles and a number of packets received from the plurality of neighbouring vehicles; and a fair resource allocator circuit (410) operably coupled to the packet count and vehicle count estimator (342) and configured to adjust a broadcast message rate and a modulation data rate of an ITS transmission in a cooperative manner based on application reliability requirements, the number of the plurality of vehicles and the indication of the number of received packets; and a transmitter operably coupled to the fair resource allocator circuit (410) and configured to broadcast at least one ITS message using the adjusted broadcast message rate and adjusted modulation data rate.

Abstract: A communication path management apparatus includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and to decide, for each of processing-pairs, part of inter-adjacent-server communication paths that couple adjacent servers on communication paths among servers in the network as data-transfer-paths used for data transfer from a first processing to a second processing of a processing-pair, the processing-pair including first and second processings that are consecutive in the order of execution, based on an execution track record of the first processing that is earlier in the order of execution and the second processing that is later in the order of execution in the processing-pair in each of the servers, and instruct servers at both ends of the data-transfer-paths decided regarding each of the processing-pairs to carry out data transfer of an execution result of the first processing by the data-transfer-paths.

Abstract: A main carrier on a licensed frequency band and a plurality of auxiliary carriers on an unlicensed frequency band exist in a wireless communication system, and a device at a base-station side in the wireless communication system includes: a controller configured to conduct power adjustment according to a result of detecting the usability of the plurality of auxiliary carriers, to enable a predetermined transmission power pre-allocated to one or more unavailable auxiliary carriers to be allocated to an auxiliary carrier to be used in available auxiliary carriers; and a communication unit configured to send a power adjustment result of the control unit to a user equipment, wherein the power adjustment result at least includes information instructing whether the power allocation changes.

Abstract: A method for processing a broadcast signal, the method includes receiving a broadcast signal via a broadcast stream, the broadcast signal including service components of a broadcast service, service signaling information for signaling the broadcast service and a service list table; parsing the broadcast signal and obtaining the service list table, the service list table including bootstrap information for indicating a Real time Object delivery over Unidirectional Transport (ROUTE) session which delivers the service signaling information; obtaining the service signaling information by using the bootstrap information, the service signaling information includes first and second metadata, wherein the first metadata is used to determine a transport mode of each of the service components, and wherein the second metadata provides session description information for accessing the service components from the broadcast stream; and obtaining the service components for the broadcast service, and providing the broadcast s