Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide method, device and computer readable medium for beam failure recovery. In example embodiments, a method implemented at a terminal device is provided. The method comprises determining a configuration for receiving Physical Downlink Control Channels (PDCCHs) from a network device, the network device communicating with the terminal device via first and second Transmission and Reception Points (TRPs), wherein the configuration indicates which one of the first and second TRPs are the PDCCHs to be received from. The method further comprises determining whether a beam failure occurs in at least one of the first and second TRPs. In addition, the method further comprises, in response to determining that a beam failure occurs in at least one of the first and second TRPs, performing beam failure recovery (BFR) for the first and second TRPs at least based on the configuration.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for wireless communication, including techniques for sidelink resource allocation and communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive from a base station a single message that indicates a first transmission opportunity for transmission of information from the UE to a second UE and that indicates one or more additional transmission opportunities for at least one subsequent transmission of information from the UE to the second UE. The UE may transmit the information to the second UE in the first transmission opportunity. The UE may also retransmit the information to the second UE in at least one of the one or more additional transmission opportunities responsive to the transmission of the information in the first transmission opportunity being unsuccessful. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a communication device and a communication method that can achieve communication that has high reliability and low delay. Provided is a communication device that constitutes a base station, the communication device including a control unit that performs a control that generates redundancy information regarding a provision of redundancy for transmission data transmitted by a terminal station or the base station, and multiplexing information regarding multiplexing of the transmission data, and transmits the redundancy information and the multiplexing information that have been generated to the terminal station.

Abstract: Systems and methods provide for beam detection in a wireless communication system. An apparatus for a UE may be configured to identify a plurality of CSI-RS resources corresponding to different Tx beams configured for measurement by the UE, measure an L1-RSRP for the plurality of CSI-RS resources, determine a selected Tx beam of the different Tx beams based on measured L1-RSRP values for the plurality of CSI-RS resources, and determine a measurement accuracy of a first L1-RSRP value corresponding to the selected Tx beam based on successful beam detection probability.

Abstract: Provided are a Random Access (RA) configuration method and apparatus, an RA method and apparatus, a base station, User Equipment (UE) and a computer-readable storage medium. The RA configuration method may include: grouping multiple Synchronization Signal Blocks (SSBs) and selecting a primary SSB from each SSB group; sending UE indication information indicating a primary SSB to be sent in an SSB group to be sent; sending at most one SSB in each SSB group to be sent to the UE; and sending the number of SSBs corresponding to preambles in each RA Channel (RACH) Occasion (RO) and the number of ROs under Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM) to the UE.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described herein for beamforming based initial access, beam management, and beam based mobility designs for NR systems. Issues are identified and addressed related to, for example, initial access, control channel design, eMBB and URLLC mixing, and beam training.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal capable of predicting fluctuation in communication quality. The mobile terminal according to the present invention uses terminal information consisting of position/orientation/speed/component operation/control command information/camera information/sensor information, and the like of the mobile terminal to model a relationship with communication quality and predict the communication quality using the obtained communication quality prediction model. When fluctuations in communication quality can be predicted, it is possible to cope with the fluctuations (especially deterioration) in communication quality in advance (for example, to change a communication destination station, to decrease a data rate in an application, or to change a control mode of a terminal to a safer mode, by knowing in advance deterioration in quality of a radio signal).

Abstract: In a first example embodiment, a control transmission portion of a mmWave communication is received at a user equipment. The control transmission portion is divided into a plurality of control transmission portion sub-regions, each sub-region scheduling a data transmission for a corresponding sub-region of a data transmission portion of the mmWave communication. Then a first of the control transmission portion sub-regions is demodulated and decoded. A receive analog antenna beamforming is armed according to the demodulated and decoded first of the control transmission portion sub-regions. Beamforming is performed on a first sub-region of the data transmission portion of the mmWave communication, the first sub-region of the data transmission portion corresponding to the first of the control transmission portion sub-regions. During the arming and performing, a second of the control transmission portion sub-regions is demodulated and decoded.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide novel methods for providing a stateful service at a network edge device (e.g., an NSX edge) that has a plurality of north-facing interfaces (e.g., interfaces to an external network) and a plurality of corresponding south-facing interfaces (e.g., interfaces to a logical network). A set of interfaces on each side of the network edge device for a set of equal cost paths, in some embodiments, are bonded together in the network edge device to correspond to a single interface on either side of a logical bridge including at least one logical switch providing a stateful service implemented by the network edge device. The bond is implemented, in some embodiments, by a bonding module executing on the network edge device that maintains a mapping between ingress and egress interfaces to allow deterministic forwarding through the network edge device in the presence of bonded interfaces.

Abstract: A short-distance wireless communication module according to the Bluetooth standard, able to communicate data packets between at least one client and at least one remote device. The communication module includes a processor configured to execute at least two high-level software components for implementing a communication protocol, which are distinct and independent, and a hardware component connected to a communication antenna. The antenna is capable of communicating with the at least one remote device according to the Bluetooth standard. This module has an intermediate software component, connected between the at least two high-level software components and the hardware component, which includes a decoder module and a routing module, configured to route a received data packet to a recipient according to stored routing information and according to information obtained from the decoder module.

Abstract: Methods, a first, and a second network node as well as a user equipment for exchange of measurement period related parameters are provided. The user equipment performs a method for measuring a measurement quantity of a secondary cell on a second carrier operated by a second radio network node. The user equipment receives, from the second radio network node, an indication indicative of the second carrier and a first parameter indicating a measurement period for measuring the measurement quantity of the secondary cell. The user equipment measures said measurement quantity on the secondary cell on the second carrier over the measurement period. The measurement period is a predefined value times the first parameter.

Abstract: Method, systems and devices for identifying and mitigating remote interference, e.g. a downlink transmission from a remote network device interfering with uplink transmissions of another network device, are described. One example method for identifying remote interference includes determining that an interference type is a remote interference, and transmitting, in response to the determining, a reference signal indicative of a resource that was affected by the remote interference. Another example method for identifying remote interference includes detecting a reference signal in a frame, and determining a resource that was affected by a remote interference based on a position of the reference signal in the frame.

Abstract: An industrial software defined network (SDN) architecture, system and methods for centralized and simplified management of an industrial network is disclosed.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may detect that a timer has expired prior to completing a handover of the UE from a source base station (BS) to a target BS. In some aspects, the UE may selectively declare, based at least in part on detecting that the timer has expired, a radio link failure. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A method, wireless device and network node are disclosed. According to one aspect, a wireless device includes a radio interface configured to obtain a timer value, T, for measuring time elapsed from a start of a semi-persistent scheduled, SPS, uplink, UL, data transmission. The wireless device includes processing circuitry configured to perform an SPS UL data transmission associated with a hybrid automatic repeat request, HARQ, process identification, ID, wherein the HARQ process ID is one of a plurality of HARQ process IDs. The processing circuitry is configured to perform a new data transmission or autonomous retransmission with said HARQ process ID at the next available time for said HARQ process ID after elapsed time T.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for the creation, management, and utilization of a multi-region virtual overlay wide area network from a plurality of special purpose network appliances. In exemplary embodiments, multiple regions are created for the virtual overlay wide area network, each region having its own network topology. At least one network appliance from each region is in communication with at least one network appliance from each other region, for inter-region connectivity within the virtual overlay wide area network. A subnet sharing protocol can be utilized to exchange routing information among each network appliance within each region, and between each region.

Abstract: A method of routing data that is part of a grid job including steps of: receiving a data packet at a routing device; determining whether the data packet is identified as part of a grid job; and routing the data packet that is identified as part of a grid job through the Internet to an external node.

Abstract: Disclosed are a transmission device and a transmission method with which it is possible to prevent delays in data transmission and to minimize the increase in the number of bits necessary for the notification of a CC to be used, in cases where a CC to be used is added during communication employing carrier aggregation. When a component carrier is to be added to a component carrier set, a setting section provided in a base station: modifies a CIF table that defines the correspondence between code points, which are used as labels for the respective component carriers contained in the component carrier set, and the identification information of the respective component carriers; and assigns a vacant code point to the component carrier to be added, while keeping the correspondence between the code points and the component carrier identification information defined in the CIF table before modification.

Abstract: An intelligent electronic device (IED) of an electric distribution system includes processing circuitry and a memory having instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processing circuitry, are configured to cause the processing circuitry to perform operations that include receiving an indication to establish a media access control security (MACsec) communication link in accordance with a confidential mode configured to block access to communication traffic associated with the MACsec communication link, indicating that the MACsec communication link is to be established in accordance with the confidential mode, receiving establishment of the MACsec communication link in accordance with the confidential mode, and communicating data via the MACsec communication link.

Abstract: An electronic device, which performs ranging by using ultra wide band (UWB) communication, and an operating method of the electronic device, is provided. The operating method includes a first electronic device performing operations including transmitting a ranging control message including block striding information to a second electronic device, determining whether to perform hopping based on a result of transmitting the ranging control message, determining a hopping round value based on a result of determining whether to perform the hopping and the block striding information, and performing ranging with the second electronic device based on the block striding information and the hopping round value.