Abstract: Aspects of the present application relate to mobile communication devices having active device components and passive device components and, more particularly, to operation of the passive device components to form a backscatter signal from a received forward signal. Forming the backscatter signal may include generating the backscatter signal from the received forward signal without decoding a plurality of sub-signals in the received forward signal, the backscatter signal being a time-domain function of a contiguous subset of the time-domain plurality of sub-signals in the received forward signal. Upon receipt of the backscatter signal, a reception point may obtain information about the mobile communication device that contains the passive device components. Such information may relate to timing, position and identity.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for performing adaptive cell searching. In one example, a method for a user equipment (UE) includes determining that the UE has entered an out of coverage (OOC) status and, in response, configuring a cell search pattern that defines a series of scheduled search instances for each of one or more frequency sets. A timing of the series of scheduled search instances is based on a time at which the UE entered OOC status and the cell search pattern is configured to cause performance of a respective minimum search rate of respective frequency sets. The frequency sets are searched based on the configured cell search pattern.

Abstract: A cell determination method is performed by a terminal, and includes: receiving slice-related information from a non-access stratum through an access stratum; and performing at least one of a cell selection or a cell reselection based on the slice-related information.

Abstract: An electronic device may include a communication circuit and a processor electrically connected to the communication circuit, where the processor may be configured to receive location information of the electronic device, identify whether an amount of the location information is greater than or equal to a reference amount, and change a geofence configuration based on a location accuracy radius of the location information, in case that the location information amount is equal to or greater than the reference amount, and the location accuracy radius may be determined based on a probability that the electronic device is actually located in a specific area.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for enhanced location services in 5G are provided. One method may include storing, at a network node, at least one of data network access identifier(s) (DNAIs), an indication of serving area(s), and/or slice information that is supported by a location management function (LMF) with or in a LMF profile. The method may also include transmitting, to a consumer network function (NF), the LMF profile with the at least one of DNAIs, indication of serving area(s), or slice information supported by the LMF.

Abstract: A cellular communication system supports network slicing and has a network relay function (140) for managing the indirect connections. A mobile device (110) may send a request message to a relay device (120), the request message including a slice to access. A response message indicates available slice(s) and relay device(s). The device selects a slice and/or relay device in dependence of the response message. The relay device receives the request message and sends a transfer request message to the cellular communication system indicating a request to transfer data via an indirect connection and including the requested slice, and sends the response message.

Abstract: The invention relates to using a message modification attribute value to indicate restrictions on lines of communication that may be used for a particular device. In some aspects, a network node of a telecommunications network receives a request to deliver a SMS message from a first mobile device to a second mobile device. The network node determines that the first mobile device is eligible to receive SMS messages but not instant messages. Therefore, the network node generates a message modification attribute value indicating the communication channel via which messages are to be delivered to the first mobile device. The network node sends the SMS message to the second mobile device modified by the message modification attribute value. The second mobile device receives the message and, based on the message modification attribute value, acknowledges to use SMS communication with the first mobile device for a first duration of time.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support enhanced burst transmission operations. In a first aspect, a method of wireless communication includes receiving, by a wireless communication device, a signaling message indicating a burst transmission, the burst transmission including one or more sets of physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) or physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions. The method also includes transmitting or receiving, by the wireless communication device, at least one set of PDSCH or PUSCH transmissions of the one or more sets of PDSCH or PUSCH transmissions of the burst transmission based on the signaling message. The method further includes transitioning, by the wireless communication device, to a power saving mode based on the signaling message. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: Provided are a data sending method and apparatus, a data receiving method and apparatus, a first node, and a second node. The data sending method includes that in the case of the inactive state or in the case where the radio resource control state is the idle state, data is sent to a second node through a first uplink channel; and that downlink control channels in a first search space are detected.

Abstract: Disclosed is a solution for controlling a routing of data traffic of a roaming ter-minal device with data network, the method includes: detecting if the terminal device is served by a private network, and in accordance with a detection re-sult performing one of: selecting a network node of the private network for managing the routing if the roaming terminal device is served by the private network; or selecting a network node of a mobile communication network for managing the routing if the terminal device is not served by the private net-work, the method further including: generating a control signal to a respective network the selected network node resides for assigning a responsibility for managing the routing.

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed a 5G mobile network. In one embodiment a method is disclosed, comprising: providing a 5G standalone (SA) base station; providing an Interworking Function (IWF) in communication with the 5G SA base station; providing an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) in communication with the IWF; and functioning, by the IWF, as an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) to the 5G SA base station and functioning as a Mobility Management Entity (MME) towards the EPC.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for dynamic control of power amplifier back off for repeaters. The apparatus uses a channel model to model a first signal at a channel output. The channel model models a channel between a receiver and a transmitter. The apparatus performs a PAPR reduction on the first signal at the receiver to generate a second signal having a reduced PAPR. The apparatus inputs the second signal through an inverse channel model to generate an output signal. The apparatus outputs the output signal to the receiver, such that the PAPR of the output signal is reduced at an input of the receiver.

Abstract: By a wireless communication control device, a wireless communication device, a wireless communication control method, a predicted travel route of a vehicle is identified, access point information for identifying a position of an access point and a communication range is acquired. estimation information for estimating a transit time in a section on the identified travel route is acquired, a transit time required for the vehicle to pass through a communication range of the access point connectable to the wireless communication device on the identified travel route is estimated, and the access point causing the estimated transit time to be equal to or higher than a threshold is determined.

Abstract: A central IoT controller is described for conserving power resources of mobile IoT devices. Specifically, the central IoT controller is configured to at least monitor power reserves of mobile IoT devices, and in response to detecting that a power reserve has fallen below a predetermined threshold, generate computer-executable instructions that adjust configuration settings of the mobile IoT devices to conserve a remaining power reserve. The central IoT controller may modify a check-in interval for mobile IoT devices, configure the transmission of data communications via more power-efficient communication protocols, or reduce the number of active sensors on the mobile IoT device based on proximity to a trusted geolocation or a trusted device. Further, data communications may be rerouted via a proximate trusted device or other proximate mobile IoT device, in response to such device providing an efficiency with respect to available communication protocols.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may transmit multiple repetitions of a paging early indication (PEI) signal to a user equipment (UE) to indicate that the UE is to receive paging signaling in a paging occasion. In some cases, a PEI occasion for transmitting a PEI repetition may have a scheduling conflict. For example, a PEI occasion may collide with other downlink signaling. A UE may implement techniques to resolve scheduling conflicts or collisions for PEI repetitions. For example, the UE may be configured to receive either colliding PEI signaling or colliding downlink signaling based on priorities of the signaling. Additionally, or alternatively, PEI signaling may be shifted (e.g., delayed) until after the downlink signaling ends. In some cases, a UE may be configured with a subset of blind decoding hypotheses for PEI decoding.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for positioning support are provided. One method may include receiving, by a UE configured with power saving feature(s), positioning performance requirements for a positioning session. The method may also include estimating an impact of one or more power saving or reduced capability features on positioning measurements associated with the positioning session and, based on the accuracy and latency requirements and the estimated impact, determining the power saving or reduced capability features that the UE can implement while still achieving the accuracy and latency requirements for the positioning session. The method may then include signaling, to a network node, information on the determined power saving or reduced capability features that the UE can implement while still achieving the required accuracy and latency requirements for the positioning session.

Abstract: There are provided measures for data collection optimization. Such measures exemplarily comprise selecting, out of a plurality of radio equipment entities, a set of radio equipment entities, based on correlation information reflecting at least temporal and/or spatial correlation among data from said plurality of radio equipment entities, and determining a movement trajectory for a movable data collection entity configured for reading-out data from said plurality of radio equipment entities, said movement trajectory being a path with a minimum length among paths connecting all data read-out zones corresponding to all radio equipment entities of said set of radio equipment entities.

Abstract: Systems and methods enable dynamic network function management, including obtaining user input data identifying network slice provisioning parameters for a creation of a network slice in a network; sending a request for a network repository function (NRF) instance for the network slice, to an orchestrator; receiving, from the NRF instance, a verification message of the creation of the network slice; sending, to the orchestrator, a request for a creation of multiple network function (NF) instances according to the network slice provisioning parameters; receiving, from the orchestrator, a verification message of the creation of the NF instances for the network slice; receiving, from the NRF, a confirmation message of a registration of the NF instances for the network slice; sending slice-specific subscriber provisioning data to a user data instance provisioned for the network slice; and generating a network slice creation confirmation message identifying the network slice.

Abstract: The apparatus may be a wireless device configured to transmit, for a network device, a first indication mapping each of a plurality of residual integrated phase noise powers (RIPNPs) to a corresponding number of subcarriers, receive, based on the first indication, a second indication of a number of subcarriers including a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS), receive, via one or more symbols, a transmission including a data signal and the PTRS over the number of subcarriers indicated in the second indication, and perform a demodulation of the data signal using a phase noise estimation based on the PTRS. The apparatus may be a network device configured to obtain, from a wireless device, the first indication, output, based on the first indication, the second indication, and transmit, via one or more symbols, the transmission including the data signal and the PTRS.

Abstract: A method for transferring a call from a vehicle to a mobile terminal is provided. According to the method, an emergency call system of the vehicle is initiated in order to place an emergency call, communication between the vehicle and a central unit is established, and at least one part of the communication between the vehicle and the central unit is transferred to a mobile terminal in order to implement a communication connection between the mobile terminal and the central unit.