Abstract: A first communication device receives an uplink orthogonal frequency multiple access (OFDMA) transmission. The uplink OFDMA transmission includes respective transmissions from multiple second communication devices, and the respective transmissions from the multiple second communication devices include indications of respective acknowledgment policies corresponding to the respective transmissions from the multiple second communication devices. The first communication device generates one or more acknowledgment physical layer (PHY) data units to acknowledge at least a portion of the uplink OFDMA transmission, where the one or more acknowledgment PHY data units do not comply with at least one of the acknowledgment policies corresponding to the uplink OFDMA transmission. The first communication device transmits the one or more acknowledgment PHY data units to acknowledge the at least the portion of the uplink OFDMA transmission.

Abstract: Communication network architectures, systems and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide communication network architectures, systems, and methods for managing resource utilization in a network of moving things, for example including autonomous vehicles.

Abstract: A base station device includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with a terminal device using a beam which is output in a specific direction; and a control unit. The control unit is configured to acquire a first communication traffic volume of communication with a first terminal device which is performed using a first beam, and control the communication unit such that the communication with the first terminal device is performed using a second beam different from the first beam based on the first communication traffic volume.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe apparatuses and methods for selecting or extending time resource patterns relating to device-to-device (D2D) functionality. Various embodiments may include processing circuitry to select a subset of a predefined set of D2D time resource pattern bitmaps and generate a signal having information corresponding to the selected subset of D2D time resource pattern bitmaps. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device (110) for measurement reporting includes sorting a plurality of measurements for a measurement report based on at least one measurement quantity. The method further includes reporting, to a network node (160), measurement information selected from the plurality of measurements sorted based on the at least one measurement quantity.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications and more specifically to a method for machine type communications involving identifying one or more subframes, within at least one radio frame, unavailable for bundled transmissions across multiple subframes and communicating, via at least one narrowband region within a wider system bandwidth, using bundled transmissions across multiple subframes based on the identification.

Abstract: Disclosed are a CSI-RS configuration and CSI feedback method and apparatus, and a relevant device, which are used for implementing 16-port CSI-RS configuration and performing CSI feedback based on a 16-port CSI-RS. The CSI-RS configuration method comprises: determining 16-port channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) configuration information configured to a user equipment (UE), wherein the CSI-RS configuration information comprises information about a resource element (RE) occupied by a 16-port CSI-RS configured to the UE, and the RE occupied by the 16-port CSI-RS comprises an RE other than REs occupied by a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a cell-dedicated reference signal (RS) and a UE-dedicated RS; and sending, to the UE, the 16-port CSI-RS configuration information configured to the UE.

Abstract: Techniques for managing re-contention on a shared communication medium are disclosed. In order to facilitate re-contending for access to the communication medium, an access point may adjust one or more uplink transmission parameters associated with a triggering condition for invoking a contention timer. In addition or as an alternative, the access point may mute transmission on the communication medium during one or more symbol periods designated for transmission. In addition or as an alternative, the access point may configure a timing advance to create a re-contention gap.

Abstract: A system including at least one hardware processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon program instructions, the program instructions executable by the at least one hardware processor to: receive, using a first transceiver, a radio-frequency (RF) transmission from an RF device; extract, from said RF transmission, at least one of: (i) noise samples from one or more segments of said RF transmission, and (ii) signal samples from one or more segments of said RF transmission; and determine the presence of a second transceiver in the path of said RF transmission, based, at least in part, on processing said extracted noise samples and signal samples.

Abstract: There is provided a technique that enables flexible response to system configurations, application, and aims in a wireless connection sensor network system. A multihop wireless communication system includes an aggregation device and multiple wireless terminals connected to the aggregation device in wireless connection. The aggregation device includes, in a data request packet to request the data, a communication requirement to transmit data, and transmits the data request packet to the wireless terminal to be a data request destination terminal through the wireless terminal to be a relay terminal. The relay terminal and the data request destination terminal transmit a data packet including the requested data to the aggregation device in accordance with the communication requirement.

Abstract: A user equipment is configured for use in a wireless communication system. The user equipment in particular is configured to receive from a base station one or more configuration messages that indicate a pattern of downlink transmission gaps in time. The user equipment is further configured to receive from the base station a scheduled downlink transmission that comprises a downlink data block and one or more repetitions of the downlink data block. The scheduled downlink transmission is received with downlink transmission gaps therein according to the indicated pattern. Alternatively or additionally, the user equipment is configured to transmit a scheduled uplink transmission that comprises an uplink data block and one or more repetitions of the uplink data block. In this case, the scheduled uplink transmission is transmitted with uplink transmission gaps therein according to an uplink transmission gap pattern that specifies a pattern of uplink transmission gaps in time.

Abstract: A method and system for updating physical location data associated with a user data-communications endpoint device is implemented in a variety of embodiments. In one such embodiment, the endpoint device stores an identifier for a packet-communicating device which is subject to changing. The endpoint device has an interface for communication over the Internet via the packet-communicating device and uses a circuit-implemented method for prompting an update of physical location data associated with the endpoint device. In response to a communications connectivity-state transition and a change in the stored identifier, the endpoint device facilitates an update to the physical location data associated with the data-communications service.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus relating to minimizing interference by controlling beam width of a wireless device. In certain aspects, a method of minimizing interference by controlling beam width of a wireless device, such as a user equipment (UE), includes configuring antenna elements of the UE to communicate in a serving cell using a first beam, monitoring a channel quality metric in the serving cell, and re-configuring the antenna elements of the UE to perform mobility measurements of one or more neighboring cells using a second beam broader than the first beam if the metric falls below a threshold value.

Abstract: Power optimization modes for communication between a device and a server is disclosed. The device can dynamically change between communication modes based on an application or quality of service, battery life, an amount of noise associated with the communications link, a frequency of messages, and a type of message received in a given time period. In some examples, the device can determine if the number of pull messages is greater than the number of push messages. The device can select a push mode where a pull message can accompany a push message. In some examples, the device can determine that the number of push messages is greater than the number of pull messages, and the device can select a low-power associated sleep mode.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for disaster recovery of an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), where the method includes triggering a redundant Call Session Control Function (CSCF), obtaining, by the redundant CSCF, user backup data of registered IMS Private User Identities (IMPIs) that are associated with IMPUs and user service configuration data of IMS Public User Identities (IMPUs) in an IMS subscription from a network storage entity of a user; and recovering, by the redundant CSCF, a corresponding service according to the obtained user backup data of the registered IMPIs and user service configuration data of the IMPUs in the IMS subscription. Hence, the one-IMPU multi-IMPI, one-IMPI multi-IMPU, or multi-IMPI multi-IMPU service can be recovered, and this enables the user to have better service continuity experiences.

Abstract: A network terminal device communication method is provided. After a wireless terminal device establishes an RRC connection to a base station, a control plane connection to an MME, and a user plane bearer with a P-GW, the base station determines that a network terminal device uses a user plane bearer between the base station and the P-GW, which is established by the wireless terminal device to transmit user plane data of the network terminal device. The base station releases an air interface connection between the wireless terminal device and the base station, or the wireless terminal device enters a power saving state.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for configuring a system information transmission resource for an MTC terminal. The method may include configuring a system bandwidth including two or more physical resource blocks with one or more subbands defined by two or more physical resource blocks to enable at least one remaining physical resource block to be located in a center of the system bandwidth and transmitting the system information to a predetermined user equipment (UE) using the subband.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for estimating one or more quality of experience (QoE) parameters associated with a specific terminal. The apparatus includes a traffic processor configured to acquire a plurality of transactions for providing multimedia content to a specific terminal. At least one of such transactions is a secured transaction. The apparatus further includes a QoE parameter estimator configured to detect a quality level variation event based on the transactions and the sizes of the transactions, and to estimate one or more QoE parameters based on the detection of the quality level variation event.

Abstract: A communications system is described in which user devices are allocated sub-carriers on which to transmit uplink data to a base station. ACK/NACK messages for the data transmitted on the uplink are then transmitted by the base station on sub-carriers that depend on the sub-carriers used to carry the uplink data. A direct mapping function is preferably used to determine the sub-carriers to be used for the ACK/NACK messages from the uplink sub-carriers. In another embodiment, the ACK/NACK messages are transmitted to the user devices on sub-carriers that are previously identified to the user devices, preferably by transmitting one or more index values to the user device in a control channel thereof.

Abstract: An orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) transmission device transmits OFDM symbols to at least one reception device and includes an OFDM transmission processing unit which generates a plurality of OFDM symbols; a pilot insertion unit which inserts pilot tones into each of the plurality of OFDM symbols; and a control unit which controls the pilot insertion unit to insert the pilot tones according to a pilot insertion pattern which is selected to correspond to a communication environment from among a plurality of pilot insertion patterns.