Abstract: A terminal comprises a function capable of operating in a plurality of states that include a first state in which a connection with a base station has been established, and a second state in which a connection with a base station has not been established, but the base station holds information regarding the terminal device. After starting operation in the second state from a state in which the terminal operates with a first base station in the first state, if predetermined information that enables communication with the first base station in the second state and that has been acquired from the first base station in the first state is held, the terminal determines whether a signal transmission target has changed from the first base station to a second base station device, and performs communication according to a result of the determination.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for configured grant small data transmission reconfiguration without user equipment context in a distributed unit are provided. For example, a method can include receiving, at a first network element, data in a transmission from a user equipment. The method can also include storing a first indication of a first configuration used by the user equipment to perform the transmission. The method can further include sending, to a second network element, a resume request to set up communication context for the data transmission. The method can additionally include receiving, from the second network element, a second indication of a second configuration previously allocated to the user equipment. The method can also include comparing the first indication and the second indication. The method can further include proceeding with setting up the communication of the data based on the comparing.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network entity, an indication of a first sidelink grant associated with a first set of resources. The UE may receive, from the network entity, an indication of a second sidelink grant associated with a second set of resources, wherein the first set of resources at least partially overlaps in a time domain with the second set of resources. The UE may perform an action based at least in part on the first set of resources at least partially overlapping in the time domain with the second set of resources. The UE may transmit one or more sidelink messages using at least one of the first sidelink grant or the second sidelink grant based at least in part on performing the action. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: An electronic device that includes a processing circuit that obtains, from a base station, configuration information used for beam failure recovery of a user equipment in multiple transmission/reception points (TRPs). Here, the configuration information includes a first configuration or a second configuration, the first configuration being used for determination of a beam failure event of each of the multiple TRPs, and the second configuration being used for joint determination of beam failure events of the multiple TRPs. The processing circuit of the electronic device reports the beam failure event to the base station on the basis of the configuration information.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for secondary cell (SCell) beam failure recovery. One apparatus includes at least one processor coupled with at least one memory and configured to cause the apparatus to receive a scheduling request (SR) configuration from a radio access network (RAN), to detect that a beam failure recovery procedure has been triggered for a SCell in the RAN, and to transmit a beam failure Medium Access Control (“MAC”) control element on resources of the SR configuration in response to the beam failure recovery procedure being triggered for the SCell.

Abstract: A communication system, a UE (User Equipment), a communication method and a computer readable medium may be provided. The communication system (100) includes: a first UE (User Equipment) (110) including a first controller and a first transceiver, wherein the first controller is configured to control the transceiver to send a message including L2 ID (Layer 2 Identity) and verification information; and a second UE (120) including a second controller and a second transceiver, wherein the second controller is configured: to control the transceiver to receive the message from the first UE (110); and to determine whether to accept the L2 ID or not using the verification information.

Abstract: A method includes restarting, by a base station, a deactivation timer of a first secondary cell configured with one or more beam failure recovery (BFR) parameters in response to transmitting, to a wireless device, a physical downlink control channel indicating an uplink grant or a downlink assignment for any secondary cell, other than the first secondary cell, in a cell group of secondary cells including the first secondary cell and one or more further secondary cells configured to use the first secondary cell for a BFR procedure of the cell group. The method also includes deactivating, by the base station, the first secondary cell based on an expiry of the deactivation timer of the first secondary cell.

Abstract: A device includes a processor that may be configured to obtain a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) identifier (ID) from a signal broadcast by a network and determine whether the obtained PLMN ID is an original preferred PLMN ID of the device. When the processor determines that the obtained PLMN ID is the original preferred PLMN ID, the processor may attempt to attach to the network over a wireless link. When the attempt to attach to the network fails, the processor may rewrite, in a list of PLMN IDs, a non-preferred PLMN ID as a new preferred PLMN ID.

Abstract: In an embodiment a communication method includes receiving, by a terminal device, configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the configuration information comprises reliability information and channel busy ratio (CBR) information, wherein the reliability information comprises information indicating a reliability scope or level, and wherein the CBR information comprises information indicating a CBR scope or level, and determining, by the terminal device, a packet data convergence protocol duplication (PDCP) duplication processing operation based on service-related information and the configuration information, wherein the service-related information comprises information related to a service corresponding to a PDCP entity, and wherein the processing operation comprises an activation operation or a deactivation operation.

Abstract: Spatial compute devices form an ad-hoc communication network that comprises includes point-to-point wireless links between the spatial compute devices. The spatial compute devices exchange application data for a user application over the ad-hoc communication network. The spatial compute devices indicate their ad-hoc communication network, user application, and application users to an application server system. A new spatial compute device detects the ad-hoc communication network and queries the application server system. The application server system responds to the new device with the application users that are currently using the user application over the ad-hoc communication network. The new device presents to a user the application users that are currently using the user application over the ad-hoc network, and in response, receives a user selection of the user application.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to control of discovery signal transmissions for D2D communication. A first UE may transmit a discovery signal initiation message to at least a second UE to control transmission of a discovery signal from the second UE to a third UE. The second UE may identify a discovery signal monitoring duration of the second UE during which the second UE monitors for transmitted discovery signals transmitted from other UEs to the third UE. At expiration of the discovery signal monitoring duration, the second UE may transmit a discovery signal to the third UE when the number of transmitted discovery signals transmitted from the other UEs during the discovery signal monitoring duration is less than a discovery signal transmission number threshold.

Abstract: A wireless device may communicate with a base station via a cell. A cell may be selected for wireless communications based on having a configuration that is capable of serving certain wireless resources associated with a wireless device. A wireless device may select a cell that comprises a communication link supporting certain wireless resources that may be required for use by the wireless device.

Abstract: An apparatus, method, computer program product and system for: receiving information relating to available connections in a wireless network, the wireless network including at least one access node and at least one sidelink device, collecting information relating to a mobility pattern of at least one moveable device within a predetermined area covered by the wireless network, establishing a first data connection to the wireless network for the moveable device, predicting, based on the mobility pattern of the moveable device and the information relating to the wireless network, a second data connection to be established to the wireless network for the moveable device, and sending, in response to determining that at least one criterion related to the first data connection is fulfilled, a request to the at least one access node to activate the at least one sidelink device for providing the second data connection.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to ultra-low latency (ULL). A device may generate a first frame to be sent on a first link in a multi-link operation (MLO) with an multi-link device (MLD). The device may generate a second frame to be sent on a second link in the MLO with the MLD. The device may divide the first frame and the second frame into a first plurality of segments and a second plurality of segments separated by one or more first and second time gaps, respectively. The device may indicate to a first station device having a ULL packet to initiate a transmission of the ULL packet during an earliest time gap on the first link. The device may cause to send the one or more first and second plurality of segments on the first link and second link respectively.

Abstract: A method carried out in a User Equipment, UE, for controlling uplink transmission of data to a base station of a wireless network, includes: transmitting, to the base station, a buffer status report, BSR, indicative of a buffer data level value; transmitting, to the base station, information indicative of packet arrival rate of data entering the transmit buffer; receiving uplink resource information from the base station, in response to the BSR and said information; and transmitting data from the buffer using the received resource information.

Abstract: A terminal includes a transmission unit that transmits a request for channel state information and one or more shared channels including a reference signal to another terminal, a control unit that configures a latency bound for a channel state report triggered by the request, and a reception unit that receives the channel state report triggered by the request, before the latency bound from the other terminal, wherein the control unit performs at least one of: an operation of controlling the channel state report based on reception of a HARQ feedback in a case where the reception unit receives the HARQ feedback corresponding to the request; and an operation of configuring a specific latency bound for each of multiple requests for the channel state information in a case where the transmission unit transmits the multiple requests for the channel state information corresponding to a channel state report event.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to determine a repetition factor for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmissions. The UE receives a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) repetition factor indication, wherein the first PUCCH repetition factor indication is a radio resource control (RRC)-based indication, receives a second PUCCH repetition factor indication, wherein the second PUCCH repetition factor is dynamically indicated via a downlink control information (DCI) transmission and determines a number of PUCCH repetitions based on at least one of the first and second PUCCH repetition factor indications.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication method and a system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car, a connected car, healthcare, digital education, a smart retail, security and safety services. A method for a user equipment (UE) in a network is provided. The method includes determining one or more of a mode of the UE, a type of data required, and a service requested, and setting a UE behavior for initiating a NAS procedure based on one or more of the mode of the UE, the type of data required, and the service requested.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a device and method for generating and transmitting a TDM signal including both raw data and processed data. The device includes a sensor having a time division multiplexing (TDM) interface. The TDM interface transmits both raw data and processed data in a single TDM signal by reserving one or more slots inside a TDM frame for transmission of the processed data. The sensor also embeds additional information inside a data stream of raw data by repurposing one or more of values of the raw data as an exception code, flag, or another type of notification. The device is also enabled to transmit data, and disabled when not in use in order to conserve power.

Abstract: Provided in the present disclosure are a method for radio link failure recovery and user equipment. In the method for radio link failure recovery, a user equipment (UE) detects that a handover failure occurs, and when the UE has a stored conditional handover (CHO) configuration, or when the UE has a stored conditional handover (CHO) configuration and CHO recovery is enabled, the UE reverts back to a configuration used in a source cell. The configuration used in the source cell includes one or more of a physical layer dedicated configuration, a medium access control (MAC) layer configuration, or a semi-persistent SPS configuration.