Abstract: Traffic services for network addresses may be provided within threads executing within a main process for managing the traffic services. The threads may share resources within the main process, reducing the computing resources consumed to provide traffic services to large pools of network addresses. According to one embodiment, a method may include executing a main process for managing traffic services; determining, by the main process, a configuration specifying at least one or more destination addresses; instantiating, by the main process, one or more traffic service (TS) threads for the one or more destination addresses; and/or processing, by the one or more traffic service (TS) threads, inbound traffic for the corresponding one or more destination addresses. Other aspects and embodiments for traffic management are also disclosed.

Abstract: [Object] To improve the reliability by using an acknowledgement response while using radio resources efficiently in multicast transmission over wireless transmission. [Solution] A plurality of wireless communication devices included in a multicast group, when receiving a data frame, transmit simultaneously an acknowledgement response of multicast using spatial multiplexing in response to an acknowledgement request from a transmission source. On the other hand, a wireless communication device of the transmission source decomposes the acknowledgement responses simultaneously received into the original individual acknowledgement responses and restores them using signal processing based on information on a channel with each wireless communication device of a transmission destination.

Abstract: A method for performing wireless communication by a first device and a device for supporting same are provided. The method may include receiving a plurality of reference signals from a second device through a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) or a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH), herein, the plurality of reference signals are transmitted through a plurality of antenna ports, determining a reference signal received power (RSRP) value using the plurality of reference signals based on indexes for the plurality of antenna ports, and transmitting the RSRP value to the second device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to data sending methods, terminal devices, access network devices, and systems. One example method includes receiving, by a first terminal device, first resource configuration information from an access network device, where the first resource configuration information indicates a time-frequency resource for sending first data and at least one of frequency domain configuration information or time domain configuration information of the time-frequency resource, sending, by the first terminal device, first control information to a second terminal device, where the first control information indicates the time-frequency resource and at least one of the frequency domain configuration information or the time domain configuration information of the time-frequency resource, and sending, by the first terminal device, the first data to the second terminal device on the time-frequency resource.

Abstract: A device includes a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the processor. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium has programming instructions for being executed by the processor. The programming instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the device to receive configuration information sent by an access network side communications apparatus. The configuration information includes identification information of at least one cell. The device is also caused to detect first indication information sent by the access network side communications apparatus by using a length of a first time as a granularity. The first indication information indicates a transmission structure corresponding to one or more time units included in a second time of the at least one cell identified by the identification information. The length of the first time is different from a length of the second time.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for communicating in a wireless communications system utilizing a plurality of frequency bands for downlink (DL) transmission and a plurality of frequency bands for uplink (UL) transmission. In an embodiment, a mobile device receives a DL signal via a DL frequency band. The DL signal contains DL-UL frequency band association information which is used to determine a UL frequency band for UL transmission. The mobile device configures its radio-frequency (RF) circuitry to operate in the UL frequency band for UL transmission.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for a terminal for receiving a positioning reference signal (PRS) in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method includes: receiving first information related to a PRS resource group including a plurality of PRS resources, and second information related to a repetition count for the PRS resource group; and receiving a PRS on the plurality of PRS resources based on the first information and second information, wherein the PRS resource group may be allocated repeatedly as many times as the repetition count within a certain period.

Abstract: Aspects are provided in which narrow channels are configured and carrier aggregated with defined channel bandwidths in order to support irregular channel bandwidths that are not a multiple of 5 MHz or other defined bandwidth multiple. An apparatus such as a UE receives, from a base station, a configuration for carrier aggregation for a PCell and one or more SCells. A total bandwidth of the PCell and the one or more SCells is not a defined bandwidth multiple. The apparatus communicates with the base station through the PCell and the one or more SCells. In this way, the available spectrum of wireless operators that include channel bandwidths of irregular size may be supported.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for transmitting system information on sidelink. A method that may be performed by a first user equipment (UE) includes receiving first system information from a second UE; determining, based on one or more first parameters, to receive second system information from the second UE; receiving the second system information in a sidelink system information block (S-SIB) from the second UE; and communicating with the second UE via sidelink resources determined based on the first system information and the second system information.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. Receiving circuitry is configured to receive a radio resource control (RRC) message including information used for configuring more than one periodicities, each of the more than one periodicities corresponding to each of more than one uplink bandwidth parts (UL BWPs). The receiving circuitry is also configured to receive on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a downlink control information format used for scheduling of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), the downlink control information format being used for activating one UL BWP among the more than one UL BWPs. Transmitting circuitry is configured to perform, based on a periodicity among the more than one periodicities, an uplink transmission on the PUSCH in the activated one UL BWP. The periodicity among the more than one periodicities is determined based on the activated one UL BWP in which the uplink transmission is performed on the PUSCH.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for providing configurable flow management, comprising: a first base station coupled to a user device and with an established control connection with the user device; and a coordinating node coupled to the first base station and coupled to a core network, thereby providing a gateway for the first base station and the user device to the core network, the core network further comprising a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) node with a database of policy rules, wherein the coordinating node is configured to retrieve policy rules from the PCRF node, to enable enforcement of retrieved policy rules on flows from the user device passing through the coordinating node, and to transmit policy rules to the first base station for enforcement at the first base station.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and device in User Equipment (UE) and base station for wireless communication. The UE receives Q1 first-type information groups, and transmits or receives a first radio signal in a first time-frequency resource according to a configuration of a first information group; the first information group is one of the Q1 first-type information groups; a frequency domain position of the first time-frequency resource is used for determining the first information group from the Q1 first-type information groups; each of the Q1 first-type information groups includes at least one of relevant information to a subcarrier spacing. The disclosure establishes an association between the frequency domain position of the first time-frequency resource and the first information group, thereby simplifying the reception of the first-type information group, improving the flexibility of scheduling of frequency domain resources on unlicensed spectrum, and improving the overall performance of the system.

Abstract: A method and a device for determining an uplink multiplexed time-frequency resource, a storage medium, and a user equipment. The method may include: acquiring indication information of the uplink multiplexed time-frequency resource from a base station, wherein the indication information comprises resource indication information of a frequency domain resource in the uplink multiplexed time-frequency resource; determining resource information of the frequency domain resource based on the resource indication information; and determining resource information of a time domain resource in the uplink multiplexed time-frequency resource at least based on a time domain position of the last symbol of the indication information. Resource information of a time domain resource may be determined based on less information, which facilitates saving signaling overheads of indication information of uplink multiplexed time-frequency resources.

Abstract: A processing device for a client device obtains a set of reference signal configurations for a set of serving downlink beams. Each reference signal configuration of the set of reference signal configurations is associated with a respective serving downlink beam of the set of serving downlink beams. Each reference signal configuration of the set of reference signal configurations also includes a reference signal periodicity. The processing device further performs beam monitoring on the set of serving downlink beams based on the reference signal periodicities of the set of reference signal configurations.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an activation control method, a user equipment and a network device. The method includes: receiving configuration information transmitted by a network device, where the configuration information is used to indicate at least one of a transmission resource and an operation attribute; when the transmission resource and/or the operation attribute are configured for a target object, performing a deactivation function operation on the target object. The target object is a cell, a carrier or a bandwidth part (BWP).

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may receive information, via radio resource control (RRC) signaling, regarding a search space of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for obtaining downlink control information (DCI) from a radio access network (RAN) node. Based on a slot format (SF) index in the DCI, the UE may determine a slot format for communicating with the RAN node, and communicate with the RAN node in accordance with the slot format. Additionally, a UE may communicate UE capability information, which may include a maximum number of blind decode attempts (BDAs), to the RAN node. The UE may determine shortened channel control elements (sCCEs) to be used, by the RAN node, to transmit shortened downlink control information (sDCI) via a shortened physical downlink control channel (sPDCCH), obtain sDCI by monitoring the sPDCCH in accordance with the determined sCCEs, and communicate with the RAN node in accordance with the sDCI.

Abstract: A communication method includes: determining a radio resource for a second communication node to send a reference signal; and receiving the reference signal sent by the second communication node using the radio resource; where the radio resource includes a time domain resource, and where determining the radio resource for the second communication node to send the reference signal includes: determining, by the first communication node, the time domain resource according to the following parameters: a period of the reference signal, and a slot offset of the reference signal.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for steering packet traffic through an online network. One method includes receiving, at a switch of a network, a packet of data; classifying, by the switch, the packet to a service function chain based on fields of a packet header of the packet, the service function chain including a set of service functions to be performed on the packet; setting, by the switch, fields of the packet header to identify the service function chain classified; and transmitting, by the switch over the network, the packet to a service function device that performs a service function on the packet, the service function being in the set of service functions.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for processing a packet by a transmission device in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: checking whether a data radio bearer (DRB) mapped to a quality of service (QoS) flow changes from a first DRB to a second DRB; and when the DRB changes from the first DRB to the second DRB, transmitting, to a reception device, information on a last packet transmitted through the first DRB in the QoS flow.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to communication methods and communications apparatus. One example method includes determining, based on a receiving status of a first power saving signal, that a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is not detected within a first discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, and performing, in a first time period within the first DRX cycle, radio resource management (RRM) measurement on a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) sent by a network device.