Abstract: Example methods and apparatus for transmitting ACK/NACK information for data are disclosed. One method includes sending a data packet from a base station to a user equipment. A control signaling is transmitted from the base station to the user equipment and is used to indicate a subframe to be used by the user equipment to send ACK/NACK information corresponding to the data packet.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a transmitter device may transmit, to a receiver device, an initial message associated with a communication using a first code rate. The transmitter device may receive, from the receiver device, first feedback information indicating that the communication was not successfully decoded by the receiver device. The transmitter device may transmit, to the receiver device based at least in part on the reception of the first feedback information, one or more retransmissions associated with the communication including a first retransmission, wherein the first retransmission includes a first number of bits to lower an effective code rate of the communication to a second code rate. The transmitter device may receive, from the receiver device, second feedback information indicating that the communication was successfully decoded by the receiver device. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to extremely high throughput (EHT) resource unit (RU) allocation. A device may utilize a tone plan to generate an EHT frame to be sent using an 80 MHz frequency band, wherein the tone plan comprises a plurality of null tones. The device may encode one or more resource units (RUs) for the EHT frame, wherein the one or more RUs comprise at least one of a 26-tone RU, a 52-tone RU, a 106-tone RU, a 242-tone RU, a 484-tone RU, or a 996-tone RU, wherein the 106-tone RU, the 242-tone RU, and the 484-tone RU comprise null tones located at least at subcarriers ±258, ±257, ±256, ±255, and ±254. The device may cause to send the EHT frame to a first station device using the 80 MHz frequency band.

Abstract: A network device processes received packets to determine port or ports of the network device via which to transmit the packets. The network device classifies the packets into packet flows and selects, based at least in part on one or more characteristics of data being transmitted in the respective packet flows, a first packet memory having a first memory access bandwidth or a second packet memory having a second memory access bandwidth, and buffers the packets in the selected first or second packet memory which the packets are being processed by the network device. After processing the packets, the network device retrieves the packets from the first packet memory or the second packet memory in which the packets are buffered, and forwards the packets to the determined one or more ports for transmission of the packets.

Abstract: A method of transmitting data, a UE, a network side device and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The method of transmitting data is applicable to the UE and includes: transmitting, by the UE, duplicated transmission data to different radio link control (RLC) entities respectively when a network side configures or activates a packet duplication mode for a bearer; transmitting, by one of the different RLC entities, the transmission data through one of logical channels to a master medium access control (MAC) entity and transmitting, by each of the others of the different RLC entities, the transmission data through a different one of the logical channels to a different one of one or more secondary MAC entities; and transmitting, by the master MAC entity and the one or more secondary MAC entities, the transmission data to the network side through different carriers.

Abstract: An acknowledgment (ACK)/negative-ACK (NACK)-based relaying scheme for uplink coverage improvement is provided. A relay station receives, from a destination device, a first feedback transmission associated with the first data transmission. The relay station determines whether the destination device successfully receives the first data transmission based on the first feedback transmission. The relay station communicates, with the destination device, a second feedback transmission associated with the first data transmission when the destination device does not successfully receive the first data transmission. The relay station communicates, with the destination device, a second data transmission associated with the second feedback transmission, in which the second data transmission comprises at least a portion of the first data transmission.

Abstract: A policy control device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an amount of communication of an accommodated user terminal from a relay device that notifies the amount of communication when the amount of communication exceeds a communication amount threshold value, a calculation unit configured to calculate a communication speed by using an amount of communication in a past fixed period of time including at least the amount of communication currently acquired by the acquisition unit, and calculate the communication amount threshold value based on the calculated communication speed, and a notification unit configured to notify the relay device of the communication amount threshold value calculated by the calculation unit.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a feedback error configuration indicating an error threshold associated with a feedback error type of a set of feedback error types, and a time window for feedback error detection per frequency band combination. The UE may detect one or multiple feedback errors for the feedback error type within the time window, and determine that a number of the one or multiple feedback errors for the feedback error type exceeds the error threshold. The UE may transmit a feedback error indication based on the determination that the number of the detected one or multiple feedback errors exceeds the error threshold. The feedback error indication may include an indication of the one or multiple feedback errors and the feedback error type associated with the one or multiple feedback errors.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for monitoring health of each switch of a plurality of switches on a network by selectively mirroring packets transmitted by each switch of the plurality of switches. In some embodiments, control circuitry generates a plurality of mirroring parameters, each mirroring parameter comprising an instruction to mirror a respective type of packet. The control circuitry transmits the plurality of mirroring parameters to each switch of the plurality of switches on the network, and receives, from a switch, a packet that was mirrored by the switch according to a mirroring parameter of the plurality of mirroring parameters. The control circuitry determines the respective type of the packet, executes an analysis of contents of the packet based on the respective type of the packet, and determines a health of the switch based on results of the analysis.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for receiving a transmit power control command for transmission power adjustment. One method includes monitoring a feedback channel. The feedback channel includes: feedback information corresponding to a data transmission from a remote unit to a network unit; and a transmit power control command including information for the remote unit to adjust a transmission power for subsequent data transmissions to the network unit.

Abstract: A first access node obtains (601) an identity of a plurality of MRSs associated with the first access node, determines (602) an identity of a second mobility beam associated with a second access node, which second mobility beam is a neighbour mobility beam to a first mobility beam associated with the first access node, wherein the identity of the second mobility beam is determined based on a neighbour relation between the second mobility beam and the first mobility beam, and controls the transmission of MRSs by transmitting (605), to the second access node, a request to transmit a reference signal for mobility comprised in the plurality of MRSs, on the second mobility beam, and wherein the request comprises: a respective identity of one or more MRSs comprised in the plurality of MRSs, which respective identity is based on the identity of the plurality of MRSs, and the identity of the second mobility beam.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A node (e.g., a base station or network entity) may identify a signal that provides an indication of a location of a contention free random access channel (CFRA) resource within a time region and an indication of a timing pattern for the CFRA resource, the timing pattern associated with a pattern of subsequent instances of the time region in which the CFRA resource is repeated, wherein the CFRA resource is not a fully overlapping resource with respect to a contention based random access (CBRA) resource. The node may convey the signal to one or more user equipment (UE) to indicate the location and the timing pattern.

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are disclosed for user equipment and/or network nodes. An example method performed by a network node includes providing a shared resource to a plurality of user equipments (UEs) that are active on a bandwidth part (BWP). The network node receives a Scheduling Request (SR) on the shared resource of the BWP, and responsive to the SR, assigns one or more grants to one or more of the plurality of UEs that are provided with the shared resource. The network node monitors another resource, for a time window after the assigning of the one or more grants, and after receiving a transmission on the monitored resource from a UE, provides the UE with a dedicated resource on the BWP.

Abstract: A device configured to communicate via a Wi-Fi channel obtains a contention-free access period on the Wi-Fi channel. The device sends a first probe packet to a receiving Wi-Fi device during the contention-free access period, with at least one parameter of a Wi-Fi transmitter of the Wi-Fi transceiver set to a first setting, and waits for a first reply period. The device sends a second probe packet to the receiving Wi-Fi device during the contention-free access period, with the at least one parameter of the Wi-Fi transmitter set to a second setting, where the second setting is based on a result of the first reply period, and waits for a second reply period. The device sets the at least one parameter of the Wi-Fi transmitter to a data packet setting, where the data packet setting is based at least on a result of the second reply period.

Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to POLL timer enhancement in fifth generation new radio (5G NR). In an example, the aspects may include determining whether a count of packet data unit (PDU) without POLL associated with a current PDU sequence satisfies a threshold for maximum PDUs without POLL; determining whether a total transmission queue memory exceeds an uplink transmission queue memory threshold; generating a POLL bit based on a determination that the PDU without POLL count associated with the current PDU without POLL in-sequence satisfies the threshold for maximum PDUs without POLL and the total transmission queue memory exceeds the threshold for uplink transmission queue memory; and transmitting, to a network entity, the current PDU with the POLL bit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to apparatus and methods of monitoring a region by a transmitting device within a wireless medium for transmissions using at least one directional beam covering the region. Upon determining that the region in the wireless medium is free of transmissions, the transmitting device transmits to a plurality of wireless devices in the region using a plurality of spatially separated directional beams. Other aspects of the disclosure relate to apparatus and methods for receiving an instruction, e.g., at a user equipment (UE), to perform a channel assessment at a first time. The UE monitors a region within a wireless medium for transmissions after receiving the instruction. Upon determining that the region is free of transmissions, the UE may send an acknowledgment of the received instruction.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a second UE in a sidelink communication with the first UE, an indication to switch from utilizing a first sidelink bandwidth part (SL-BWP) to utilizing a second SL-BWP. The UE may selectively switch from utilizing the first SL-BWP to utilizing the second SL-BWP based at least in part on receiving a positive acknowledgment message from the second UE. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A method for optimized hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) operation. The method comprises transmitting an uplink data transmission on the shared uplink resource to a network node, and receiving a feedback message from the network node, the feedback message comprising a feedback indication indicating a reception status of the uplink data transmission from the terminal device. An explicit HARQ feedback can be provided for uplink data transmission in a wireless communication network such as a new radio (NR) network.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in a UE includes processing circuitry coupled to a memory. To configure the UE for 5G-NR sidelink communications, the processing circuitry is to decode SCI received from a second UE via a PSCCH, the SCI indicating a sidelink resource for transmission of a transport block during multiple transmission time intervals, and a PSFCH indicator. A PSSCH is decoded to obtain the transport block, the PSSCH received in one of the multiple transmission time intervals using frequency resource assignment and time resource assignment of the sidelink resource. HARQ feedback information for the decoded PSSCH is encoded for transmission to the second UE using a PSFCH associated with the sidelink resource, based on the PSFCH indicator and a time gap configured by higher layer signaling.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for a first device to transmit SL HARQ feedback information. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a PSSCH from a second device; determining a resource related to a PSFCH on the basis of a resource related to the PSSCH; determining an SL HARQ feedback option on the basis of link quality between the first device and the second device; and transmitting SL HARQ feedback information on the PSSCH to the second device through the resource related to the PSFCH, on the basis of whether or not decoding for a transmission block received through the PSSCH is successful and the SL HARQ feedback option, wherein the SL HARQ feedback option is determined as any one from among a first SL HARQ feedback option and a second SL HARQ feedback option.