Abstract: The present disclosure provides a handover method performed by user equipment and user equipment. The handover method performed by user equipment (UE) comprises: receiving, by the UE, a handover command, the handover command instructing the UE to perform a handover from a source base station to a target base station with an enhanced handover mechanism; and applying, by the UE, to the target base station a Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration comprised in the handover command, and maintaining an RRC configuration for the source base station at the same time, so as to perform the handover. In this way, the UE can communicate with the source base station and the target base station during the handover procedure, thereby implementing an enhanced handover mechanism, and reducing a handover interruption delay and a packet loss rate.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transceiver device and scheduling device, and communication methods for transceiver device and scheduling device. The transceiver device comprises a transceiver which, in operation, receives, over a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a sub-band occupancy indicator indicating sub-bands determined to be available for a transmission, and a resource allocation indicator indicating resources included in the available sub-bands and assigned to the transceiver device for the transmission. The transceiver device further comprises circuitry which, in operation, determines the assigned resources according to the resource allocation indicator and the sub-band occupancy indicator.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for a node used for wireless communication are provided. The method includes: receiving a first SS/PBCH block, wherein an index of the first SS/PBCH block is one of a plurality of candidate SS/PBCH block indexes; and transmitting a first preamble group, wherein the first preamble group comprises a plurality of preambles; a first PRACH occasion group comprises a plurality of PRACH occasions, and the plurality of PRACH occasions in the first PRACH occasion group are configured for transmitting the plurality of preambles in the first preamble group; and any two PRACH occasions in the first PRACH occasion group are orthogonal in time domain.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication that a tune-away period is available. The UE may perform one or more neighbor cell measurements during the tune-away period based at least in part on the indication. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method, performed by a base station, of transmitting or receiving data, the method including: determining whether to respectively allocate a plurality of transport blocks to different resource regions, based on channel information; determining, based on a result of the determining, a resource region to which the plurality of transport blocks are allocated and a modulation and coding scheme of the plurality of transport blocks; and transmitting, to a terminal, first downlink control information including an indicator of a transmission mode which indicates whether the plurality of transport blocks are allocated to different resource regions and resource allocation information of a resource region to which the plurality of transport blocks are allocated.

Abstract: The present invention discloses method for transmitting downlink packet in function-separated core network. It is an object of the embodiments of the present disclosure to provide a method for transmitting a downlink packet for a UE in an idle mode which is capable of reducing a data transmission latency for a user and efficiently using network resources in a mobile communication system in which the control plane and the user plane of a gateway node are separated.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for enhancing a multi-carrier cell, and a computer storage medium. The method includes: when broadcasting a common carrier list of a multi-carrier cell, simultaneously broadcasting, by a base station, at least one piece of following configuration information at the same time: a first common carrier list of a first-type user equipment (UE), or a second common carrier list of the first-type UE, where the first-type UE is a UE supporting a multi-carrier cell enhancement function; and if the broadcast configuration information includes the second common carrier list of the UE, simultaneously broadcasting indication information about whether the first-type UE can use a carrier in a common carrier list of a second-type UE, or a weight value of each carrier configured for the first-type UE is broadcast at the same time, where the second-type UE is a UE not supporting the multi-carrier cell enhancement function.

Abstract: Embodiments include methods for radio link monitoring (RLM) by a user equipment (UE) in a combined terrestrial and satellite wireless communication network. Such methods include, during a discontinuity in a connection between a UE and a terrestrial network node (TNN), performing RLM of the connection based on a second configuration. Such methods also include, before and/or after the discontinuity, performing RLM of the connection based on a first configuration. The connection includes a first link between the UE and a satellite and a second link between the satellite and the TNN. The discontinuity includes a link switch in at least one of the first link and the second link. The RLM before, during, and after the discontinuity can include various first, second, and third operations, respectively. Embodiments also include complementary methods performed by a TNN, as well as UEs and TNNs configured to perform operations corresponding to such methods.

Abstract: A carrier aggregation capability reporting apparatus and method are disclosed, so as to prevent a user equipment (UE) from repeatedly reporting capability information corresponding to a carrier combination supported by the UE, and to reduce waste of signaling resources used for reporting. The method includes: determining, by the UE, information about a carrier combination supported by the UE and information about a sub-combination that is of the carrier combination and that is supported by the UE; and reporting, by the UE to a base station, the determined information about the carrier combination supported by the UE and the determined information about the sub-combination that is of the carrier combination and that is supported by the UE.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for reporting channel state information in a wireless communication system, and a device for same.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for an incentive and measurement coordination function in a mobile communications network cooperating with a gaming server, advertisement server or similar node or function to attract smartphone users, or users of other devices, to geographical areas where there is a need for coverage measurements. In particular, user equipments may be directed or steered towards areas where network related measurements are necessary (e.g. RSRP) and which are relevant e.g. for network planning. In this manner, an operator may reduce the amount of, or completely eliminate, drive tests (minimization of drive tests, MDT). Users may get incentives (e.g. vouchers, prizes, etc.) in order to move to areas where such measurements are necessary.

Abstract: A method for determining analytics for service experience for a Network Slice instance in a network comprising one or more network entities is provided. The method includes obtaining first information for determining a mapping between a set of one or more user equipment (UEs) and a set of one or more Network Slice instances, obtaining second information for determining the analytics of the set of one or more UEs, and determining the analytics for a Network Slice instance based on the first information and the second information.

Abstract: In a voice signal relay and transfer method for a voice call between a radio voice terminal and a remote device includes, a radio voice signal is received from the radio voice terminal and converting the radio voice signal into a digital voice signal. The digital voice signal is further converted into a group of voice packets in a streaming form. Then the group of voice packets is transmitted to a streaming server via a mobile communication network. The group of voice packets is further transferred from the streaming server to the remote device in a streaming form.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for UE group wake up signals are disclosed. The apparatus includes a processor that determines a first time slot (w0) and a first frequency location for a first wake up signal; and a transmitter that transmits the first wake up signal starting from the first time slot (w0) and the first frequency location; wherein the first wake up signal is associated with a paging message and ends at a second time slot minus one (g0?1) with a first maximal duration; wherein a first time offset of the second time slot (g0) and a start of a time slot of the paging message is determined by at least one of: a second time offset of the second time slot to a third time slot for a second wake up signal, a second maximal duration of the second wake up signal, a presence of the second wake up signal, and a paged group number associated with the paging message; wherein the transmitter further transmits the paging message.

Abstract: A method for enabling communication between a first network entity and a second network entity via at least two network flows includes: providing at least a first network flow and a second network flow of the first network entity; measuring, by a measuring unit associated with the first network entity, condition values of each of the at least two network flows; comparing the measured condition values of the at least two network flows to entries of a condition matrix; based on comparing the measured condition values to the entries of the condition matrix, selecting a mode for the first network entity out of an aggregation mode, a reliability mode, and a single-connectivity mode; and activating the selected mode.

Abstract: An uplink information transmission method, as well as a user terminal and a computer-readable storage medium are provided, the method includes: receiving network configuration information, wherein the network configuration information comprises identification information for indicating a target transmission reception point; generating uplink information corresponding to the identification information of the target transmission reception point based on the identification information of the target transmission reception point; and transmitting the uplink information.

Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to techniques for transmitting reference signals in non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) communication protocols. In one embodiment, a method comprises determining a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for use by a group of mobile devices in association with uplink data transmissions, wherein respective mobile devices of the group of mobile devices are configured to employ a same time and a same frequency resource of a wireless communication network in association with communicating with network devices of the wireless communication network according to a NOMA communication protocol. The method further comprises determining different configuration parameters for application by the respective mobile devices in association with transmitting the DMRS with the uplink data transmissions, wherein the different configuration parameters facilitate differentiating between the DMRS as transmitted by the respective mobile devices.

Abstract: Various aspects include methods for supporting handover of a Voice over Internet Protocol (IP) (VoIP) call, such as a Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) call, with a user equipment (UE). Various aspects may enable VoWi-Fi call handover from support via an evolved Packet Data Gateway (ePDG) to support via Long Term Evolution (LTE) when Voice over New Radio (NR) (VoNR) is not supported by a User Equipment (UE) computing device and/or a fifth generation (5G) standalone (SA) (5G SA) network in which the UE is located.

Abstract: To provide a communication apparatus that achieves a high efficiency in carrier aggregation. A communication apparatus includes a communication section that transmits and receives a radio signal using a first communication band and a second communication band, and a controller that controls an operation of communication performed by the communication section, and the controller performs control such that a signal that includes information regarding a clear channel of the second communication band is transmitted using a channel of the first communication band. Further, the controller performs control such that data is transmitted to a transmission destination of the signal using one of a plurality of the clear channels of the second communication band, the plurality of the clear channels of the second communication band being included in the signal.

Abstract: A relay device including: an information storage unit that stores conversion-target header information; a downlink signal dividing unit that divides a downlink signal received from the radio control device into a header and a payload; a signal replicating unit that makes the same number of copies of the payload of the downlink signal as the number of the plurality of destination radio devices; a downlink signal header information conversion unit that performs conversion on the header of the downlink signal for each destination radio device based on the header information stored in the information storage unit; and a signal addition assignment unit that adds the header converted by the downlink signal header information conversion unit to each of the payloads of the downlink signal replicated by the signal replicating unit, and transfers the payloads to the radio devices respectively corresponding thereto.