Abstract: The application relates to the removal of one of the links in multi-flow HSPA but the proposed method is also applicable to normal HSDPA operation during handover. In particular the application aims at minimizing the negative impact of a removed radio link, i.e. drop of packets and/or delays. According to the proposed method, in which the radio link to be removed is via a first Node B NB1 (RL Removal Req), the NB1 ends the pending data transmission and informs the controlling RNC about the data which was not transmitted, in particular in the form of the lowest sequence number in its buffer. Subsequently, the RNC decides, based on this sequence number, which data packets need to be retransmitted on a second radio link via a second node B NB2, and instructs NB2 accordingly (Data Forwarding).

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and computer program provide for random access in a wireless communication system. A method implemented in a network device comprises receiving, from a terminal device, a signal for initiating an RA procedure of a first RA type, the signal including a preamble portion and an information portion. In response to successfully detecting the preamble portion of the signal, but failure in detection of the information portion of the signal, transmitting to the terminal device a first response indicating a successful detection of only a preamble portion of the signal, or a second response indicating an RA procedure of a second RA type different from the first RA type. The described technique may increase the reliability of a two-step RACH procedure and/or reduce consumption of time-frequency resources.

Abstract: The disclosure is related to a multi-gateway communication method. The method is applied to a wireless gateway system that includes multiple nodes including a number of gateways. A root gateway is provided among the gateways. When a gateway receives an uplink data from a node, the uplink data is transmitted to a backend server if the gateway is the root gateway. The uplink data is transmitted to a parent gateway if the gateway is not the root gateway. On the other hand, when the gateway receives downlink data from a node, it is determined if a destination node is recorded in a downlink routing table of a descendant gateway if gateway is not connected with the destination node but with the descendant gateway. If the destination node is recorded in the downlink routing table, the data is transmitted to the descendant gateway; otherwise, the downlink data is discarded.

Abstract: A network switch includes multiple ports that serve as ingress ports and egress ports for connecting to a communication network, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to receive packets via the ingress ports, select one or more of the packets for mirroring, create mirror copies of the selected packets and output the mirror copies for analysis, mark the packets for which mirror copies have been created with mirror-duplicate indications, and forward the packets to the egress ports, including the packets that are marked with the mirror-duplicate indications.

Abstract: A QoS control method and a device are disclosed. In the method, a session management function SMF entity obtains service data flow SDF-level QoS control information; the SMF entity sends the SDF-level QoS control information to a terminal; and the terminal performs QoS control on an uplink data packet based on the SDF-level QoS control information, or deletes the SDF-level QoS control information. In the foregoing method embodiments, the terminal can perform the QoS control on the uplink data packet based on the SDF-level QoS control information.

Abstract: Provided is an Internet of things (IoT) gateway to which it is possible to input access information for accessing a router without an additional input device and display device. The IoT gateway includes a wide area network (WAN) port monitoring portion; an operating mode determiner configured to determine an operating mode; a smart device access portion; a router access portion; and a service provider configured to, when the router access portion accesses the target router, transfer status messages acquired from one or more IoT devices to the target router, or receive control commands for the one or more IoT devices from the target router and transfer the control commands to the corresponding IoT devices.

Abstract: An operation method of a communication node in a vehicle network may include detecting a local event; transitioning an operation mode of the communication node from a sleep mode to a normal mode when the local event is detected; generating a wake-up signal including a wake-up pattern corresponding to the local event; and transmitting the wake-up signal.

Abstract: Various aspects of the disclosure relate to distributed multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication such as coordinated beamforming or Joint MIMO. In some aspects, distributed MIMO is used to support communication in a cluster of wireless nodes (e.g., access points). A distributed MIMO scheduling scheme as taught herein is used to determine each wireless node (e.g., station) in the cluster that needs to be nulled by another wireless node (e.g., an access point). For example, one of the wireless nodes may obtain signal measurement information from the other wireless nodes and thereby generate a list of wireless nodes (e.g., access points) that need to null one or more wireless nodes (e.g., stations).

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for employing multiple subframe configurations. A UE may identify a first reference subframe configuration (RSC) to use as a reference for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) operations for transmissions on an uplink, and a second RSC to use as a reference for HARQ operations for transmissions on a downlink. The UE may communicate with at least a node on the uplink and the downlink based on the first and second RSCs. In aspects, a base station (BS) may identify a first RSC to use as a reference for HARQ operations for transmissions on an uplink, identify a second RSC to use as a reference for HARQ operations for transmissions on a downlink, and communicate with at least one UE on the uplink and the downlink based on the first and second RSCs.

Abstract: The present invention is designed so that communication can be carried out adequately even when a plurality of CCs with different TTI durations are used. A user terminal can communicate with a radio base station by using a plurality of CCs (Component Carriers) having different transmission time interval (TTI) durations, and has a transmitting section that transmits UL signals to predetermined CCs, and a control section that controls transmission of the UL signals, and the control section controls the transmission of the UL signals for each CC group formed with at least one CC, and CCs that form each CC group are configured based on TTI durations.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a network assurance service applies labels to feature vectors of network characteristics associated with a plurality of wireless access points in the network. An applied label for a feature vector indicates whether the access point associated with the feature vector experienced a threshold number of onboarding delays within a given time window. The service, based on the feature vectors and labels, trains a plurality of machine learning-based classifiers to predict onboarding delays, and uses one or more of the trained plurality of classifiers to predict onboarding delays for a particular access point. The service calculates one or more classifier performance metrics for the one or more classifiers based on the predicted onboarding delays for the particular access point. The service selects a particular one of the classifiers to monitor the network characteristics associated with the particular access point, based on the one or more classifier performance metrics.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method (20) for initiating a blind handover of a terminal (2) in a wireless communications system (1). The terminal (2) is served by a first cell using a first frequency band and a first radio access technology, wherein the wireless communications system (1) employs a method for dynamically changing coverage in at least one of the first cell and a second cell. The method (20) comprises estimating (21) the coverage in the second cell, wherein at least one of a second frequency band and a second radio access technology of the second cell may differ from the first frequency band and the first radio access technology, an initiating (22) the blind handover for the terminal (2) to the second cell only if the estimated coverage in the second cell meets a criterion. A wireless communications system (1), computer programs and computer program products are also provided.

Abstract: A method and system for resource allocation is provided. A method includes identifying bit map information on a set of resource blocks associated with a control channel for a UE, through radio resource control (RRC) signaling from a base station; receiving, from the base station, control information for downlink data on the control channel identified based on the bit map information; and receiving, from the base station, the downlink data on a data channel based on the control information. The control information is received on at least one control channel resource, which is included in the set of resource blocks. A search space for the control channel of the UE is defined based on an aggregation level, a number of the at least one control channel resource included in the set of resource blocks, and a number of a candidate associated with the control channel.

Abstract: Techniques are described for conveying identification information in a preamble transmission. A transmission burst may be generated for transmission over a wireless medium. The transmission burst may include the preamble and a body portion. The preamble may include identification information associated with at least one of a transmitting device or a category of data bring transmitted. The transmission burst may then be transmitted over the wireless medium.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for improving initialization of sidelink duplication reception in a wireless communication system are disclosed herein. In one method, a User Equipment (UE) receives a first Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) Protocol Data Unit (PDU) on a logical channel associated with a sidelink radio bearer (SLRB). The UE initializes a first state variable based on a partial Reordering_Window and a PDCP Sequence Number (SN) of the first received PDCP PDU, wherein the first state variable indicates the PDCP SN of a last PDCP Service Data Unit (SDU) delivered to the upper layers by a PDCP entity created for the SLRB, and the partial Reordering_Window is less than a Reordering_Window. The UE performs a re-ordering procedure for the first PDCP PDU using the initialized first state variable.

Abstract: Example method includes: defining, by a network device, a source virtual local area network (VLAN), wherein the source VLAN is common for at least a first switch and a second switch, and wherein the source VLAN is dedicated to a particular link between the first switch and the second switch; and using an Internet Protocol (IP) address corresponding to the defined source VLAN as a source address for peer-to-peer traffic transmitted between the first switch and the second switch, wherein no peer-to-peer traffic between the first switch and the second switch is transmitted over a link other than the particular link.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of determining a DTX cause at an access node, comprising: transmitting, to a User Equipment (UE), an Uplink (UL) grant and a Downlink (DL) assignment in a same DL subframe; detecting whether Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) of at least one of UL data to be transmitted in response to the UL grant received by the UE and Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) Acknowledgement (ACK)/Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) to be transmitted in response to DL data related to the DL assignment received by the UE occurs; and determining a cause of the DTX based on a result of the DTX detection. The present disclosure further provides an access node using the method and a computer program product.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) is discussed. The method is performed by a wireless device and includes receiving downlink control information (DCI), which is repeated on a plurality of downlink subframes, identifying a last subframe on which the repetition is completed, determining that the identified last subframe is not used for determining a start subframe to repeatedly transmit the PUSCH, substituting the last subframe with a first subframe usable for determining the start subframe to transmit the PUSCH after the identified last subframe, based on the determination that the identified last subframe is not used for determining the start subframe; determining the start subframe to transmit the PUSCH, based on the first subframe other than the last subframe, and transmitting the PUSCH repeated over a plurality of subframes starting from the determined start subframe.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for implementing channel measurement are disclosed in the present invention. The method includes: determining an antenna port subset, which is required to be measured, for a UE according to current state information of the user equipment UE; and informing the UE to perform channel measurement for the subset of antenna ports that is required to be measured and feed back channel state information. Through the present invention, when the state information of the UE meets a certain condition, the UE measures only the reference signals of a part of antenna ports, and feeds back channel state information for this part of antenna ports. Therefore, the overhead generated by the feedback of the UE to the channel state information is reduced.

Abstract: Methods, computer readable media, and wireless apparatuses are disclosed for trigger frame recovery. An apparatus of a wireless device is disclosed. The apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to: encode a trigger frame comprising a resource allocation for one or more stations, where the trigger frame comprises a network allocation vector (NAV) duration. The processing circuitry may be further configured to configure the wireless device to transmit the trigger frame to the one or more stations. The processing circuitry may be further configured to configure the wireless device to contend for the wireless medium a first time, encode a retransmission of the trigger frame, and configure the wireless device to transmit the retransmission of the trigger frame to the one or more stations, if a frame is not received from the one or more stations in response to the trigger frame before a trigger frame timeout duration.