Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a method and apparatus for determining a dynamic hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledge (HARQ-ACK) codebook. A method for determining a dynamic HARQ-ACK codebook for includes receiving a plurality of downlink (DL) transmissions, wherein each DL transmission has an associated first signal indicating whether the DL transmission is a last transmission of the plurality of DL transmissions. The method further includes transmitting a HARQ-ACK codebook corresponding to the plurality of DL transmissions, wherein, based on the first signal, HARQ-ACK feedback for the last transmission of the plurality of DL transmissions is arranged at the end of the HARQ-ACK codebook. The present disclosure reduces signaling overhead for a dynamic HARQ-ACK codebook and avoids misunderstanding between a base unit and a remote unit when determining the dynamic HARQ-ACK codebook.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for channel state information report on physical uplink shared channel in new radio are provided. An apparatus for a user equipment (UE), comprising: a processor, configured to generate a uplink (UL) signal data for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) by using a resource mapping scheme; and a radio frequency (RF) interface, configured to receive the generated UL signal data from the processor, wherein at least a part of the resource mapping scheme is predefined, configured by higher layer signalling, or indicated in downlink control information (DCI).

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system identifies a plurality of performance indicators comprising device performance indicators for a plurality of communication devices on a cellular network and network performance indicators for the cellular network. The method also includes obtaining historical data regarding the plurality of performance indicators for each of a series of time points during a past time period; the historical data for each of the plurality of performance indicators form an array of values for that performance indicator. The method further includes generating from each array a set of inputs to an algorithm for predicting a throughput of the cellular network during a future time period; the set of inputs comprises quantiles of the array, and the algorithm comprises a machine learning algorithm. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive signaling, such as a downlink control information (DCI), that identifies a transmission configuration state from a set of transmission configuration states, from which the UE may determine a receiver timing. The UE may then receive a downlink transmission, such as a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), from one or more transmission/reception points (TRPs). The UE may use the receiver timing to decode the downlink transmission by performing a fast fourier transform (FFT) with the receiver timing for the downlink transmission.

Abstract: A method for connecting a user terminal to a subset of a network dedicated to a service, termed network slice, implemented by the terminal. This method includes at least one step of receiving at least one network slice identifier, originating from an access device associated with the at least one identified slice, a step of selecting a network slice as a function of parameters included in the terminal, and of the at least one slice identifier received. The method furthermore includes a step of attaching to the access device associated with the selected network slice.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a configuration for periodic communications. The UE may determine that the UE has successfully received a respective initial transmission in each transmission cycle of a threshold number of transmission cycles associated with the periodic communications. The UE may deactivate repetitions in one or more transmission cycles based at least in part on the determination. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: In a base station (100), a controller (101) determines one set from among a plurality of sets, each of which including one or more candidates for a resource for an uplink (UL) control channel during initial access, and determines one candidate from among the one or more candidates for the resource, which is included in the determined set. A transmitter (114) indicates the determined set to a terminal (200) by higher layer signaling, and indicates the determined candidate by dynamic signaling. A receiver (116) receives a UL control signal, using the resource corresponding to the determined candidate in the determined set. In the base station, the association between a value to be indicated by the higher layer signaling and the plurality of sets is configured for each of one or more parameters relating to the initial access.

Abstract: Provided are a PDCCH monitoring method and device of a DRX-configured terminal in a wireless communication system. In the method, if a monitoring occasion is present in a monitoring window for monitoring DCI (WUS) comprising a wake-up indication, the WUS is monitored in the monitoring occasion and, if the WUS is detected, the relevant operation is performed in a DRX ON duration on the basis of same. The WUS can indicate whether or not to wake up from a plurality of DRX cycles. Also, the WUS can indicate various configurations in accordance with the length of the DRX cycles. If the monitoring occasion is not present in the monitoring window, the terminal wakes up from a DRX cycle linked to the monitoring occasion and performs PDCCH monitoring for a general DCI detection not comprising a wake-up indication.

Abstract: Timing determination techniques for 5G radio access network cells are described. According to various such techniques, during a random access procedure in a 5G cell, user equipment (UE) may determine slot offset values applicable to various transmissions associated with the random access procedure using procedures that do not rely on UE-specific radio resource control (RRC) signaling. According to some such techniques, during system information acquisition in a 5G cell, a UE may determine applicable slot offset values for one or more system information block (SIB) transmissions using procedures that do not rely on UE-specific radio resource control (RRC) signaling. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: A method and system are provided having an uplink control structure and a pilot signal having minimal signal overhead for providing channel estimation and data demodulation in a wireless communication network. The uplink control structures enable mobile terminals to communicate with corresponding base stations to perform various functions including obtaining initial system access, submitting a bandwidth request, triggering a continuation of negotiated service, or providing a proposed allocation re-configuration header. A dedicated random access channel is provided to communicatively couple the base station and the mobile terminal so that the mobile terminal can select a random access signaling identification. A resource request is received at the base station to uplink resource information from the mobile terminal and an initial access information request is received from the mobile terminal to configure the base station connection.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and device in communication node used for wireless communication. A first node receives a first signaling, transmits a first bit block set in a first air interface resource block, receives a second signal in a second air interface resource block, and transmits a third signal in a third air interface resource block. The first signaling is used for determining the first air interface resource block, and the first air interface resource block is used for determining the second air interface resource block; the second signal and the third signal indicate whether the first bit block set is correctly received respectively; the first signaling indicates a first time interval. The above method simplifies the design of downlink signalings for allocation of sidelink resources and reduces signaling overheads.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques to minimize the electricity consumption of battery powered devices during network discovery and other phases of network operation. Example techniques include efficiently listening for other mains powered and battery powered devices within communication range of the battery powered device by, for example, shortening its listening window depending on how close the time reference maintained by the battery powered device is estimated to be to the time reference used by the other mains powered and battery powered devices within communication range. Other techniques include slowing the rate of listening by the battery powered device when the battery powered device is unlikely to be able to receive discovery messages or is already connected to the network. Other techniques include using knowledge of the network to listen for discovery messages on a channel or channels on which other devices are likely to be transmitting.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure includes a method and apparatus for scheduling request in wireless communication system. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system comprises determining a scheduling request (SR) configuration among a plurality of SR configurations based on a network condition, and transmitting an SR associated with the determined SR configuration. Each of the plurality of SR configurations corresponds to at least one logical channel (LCH).

Abstract: Provided are a wireless communication terminal device and a control channel forming method with which, in the forming of a control channel for transmitting control information including an ACK/NACK and CSI (channel state information), wasteful use of resources is reduced compared to that in related art. In the case where CSI is transmitted independently, and in the case where CSI and an ACK/NACK are transmitted at the same time, the same format is used to form a control channel. Furthermore, in the case where an ACK/NACK is transmitted independently, another format is used if a component carrier (CC) number is equal to or less than 2, and the same format is used if the CC number is equal to or greater than 3.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for controlling multiplexing of a reference signal on an uplink shared channel (UL-SCH). In an implementation, a user equipment (UE) may time division multiplex (TDM) a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) with other signaling across symbol periods of one or more allocated resource blocks. The UE may map the DMRS to resource elements of one or more symbol periods within the allocated resource blocks. The UE may then map uplink control information (UCI) to one or more symbol periods different than the symbol periods of the DMRS mapping. In some cases, the DMRS, UCI, or both may be frequency interleaved with UL-SCH data for the allocated resource blocks. The UE may generate and transmit an uplink waveform for transmission within the allocated resources of the uplink shared channel.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). An apparatus and a method for managing uplink control channels in a wireless communication system are provided. The operating method of a base station includes transmitting configuration information for a carrier aggregation (CA) operation using a first carrier and a second carrier, and transmitting a message for activation or deactivation of an uplink control channel in the second carrier based on an electric field strength of a channel with a terminal or a location of the terminal during the CA operation according to the configuration information.

Abstract: Proposed is an operation method of a first device in a wireless communication system. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a base station, TDD-UL-DL configuration information including information related to a first slot pattern and information related to a second slot pattern; acquiring the number of first SL slots related to the first slot pattern and the number of second SL slots related to the second slot pattern on the basis of first SCS related to SL communication and the TDD-UL-DL configuration information; and transmitting, to a second device, a PSBCH including information related to the number of the first SL slots and information related to the number of the second SL slots.

Abstract: The present specification relates to a method for a terminal to transmit hybrid automatic repeat and request (HARQ) feedback information in a wireless communication system supporting coordinated multiple point (CoMP) transmission, the method comprising: a step for receiving a first PDCCH and a second PDCCH from a first transmission node and a second transmission node, respectively; a step for receiving, from the first transmission node and the second transmission node, a first PDSCH and a second PDSCH scheduled by the first PDCCH and the second PDCCH, respectively; a step for determining the type of HARQ-ACK codebook for the first PDSCH and the second PDSCH; and a step for transmitting HARQ feedback information for the determined HARQ-ACK codebook, wherein the first PDCCH and the second PDCCH include specific HARQ feedback timing information used for the CoMP, and when a reception occasion for the first PDSCH and a reception occasion for the second PDSCH overlap, the HARQ feedback information is transmitted o

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an operation method of a terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system supporting an unlicensed band, and an apparatus supporting same. As a specific example, the present disclosure comprises an operation method of a terminal and an operation method of a base station corresponding thereto, by which a terminal can obtain timing information relating to a unlicensed band on the basis of a PBCH payload in a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence for the PBCH.

Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a receiver that receives multiple downlink control information for scheduling downlink shared channels in a plurality of downlink control channels; and a processor that determines an uplink control channel resource for a delivery acknowledgement information based on a control channel element (CCE) index of a downlink control channel corresponding to a specific downlink control information when the delivery acknowledgement information for the multiple downlink control information is transmitted in a same slot, wherein the uplink control channel resource is based on a resource indication field in the specific downlink control information, and wherein the specific downlink control information is a last downlink control information in a time order of the multiple downlink control information. In other aspects, a communication method for a terminal and a base station are also disclosed.