Abstract: A user equipment may be configured to perform demodulator selection based on ML model coefficients trained by a base station. In some aspects, the user equipment may transmit a dynamic demodulator indication to a base station, transmit channel information to the base station, and receive, in response to the dynamic demodulator indication, updated coefficient information based on the channel information. Further, the user equipment may select a demodulator based on the updated coefficient information, and communicate with the base station via the demodulator in response to the selection of the demodulator.

Abstract: A communication device includes a service transmitter (Tx) configured to transmit a second beam of RF signals in a first radiation pattern to a user equipment (UE). The communication device further includes a control circuitry configured to: detect an amount and direction of echo signals at the donor receiver Rx corresponding to reflected RF signals in an environment surrounding a communication device; determine an installation location for the communication device based on echo signal measurements at one or more different locations; adjust polarization of the second beam of RF signals to minimize the echo signals at the donor receiver Rx based on the echo signal; and generate a second radiation pattern for at least the second beam of RF signals based on the amount and direction of the echo signals in the environment detected at the donor receiver Rx.

Abstract: The caching method for F-RAN based communications in a mmWave communication system includes receiving a request for a network function generated from a requesting mobile station at a layer-two fog node closest to the requesting mobile station. In a clustered caching method, the network functions a cached on a layer-three cluster fog node servicing a cluster or layer two fog nodes. In a distributed caching method, a single, unique network function is cached on each of the layer-two fog nodes in the cluster, which are serially polled until the requested network function. The requested network function is executed at the layer-two or layer three fog node having the network function cached thereon in order to reduce fronthaul communications with layer four cloud nodes for greater efficiency.

Abstract: Presented herein are techniques to facilitate the configuration of hybrid cells to support shared cell and unique cell operating modes for user equipment. In one example, a method may include obtaining a registration request for a user equipment (UE) in which the mobile network includes a radio access network (RAN) comprising a plurality of radio units (RUs) in which each RU provides a shared cell that is shared with at least one other RU and each RU also provides a unique cell that is not shared with any other RU. The method may further include determining an operating mode for the UE in which the operating mode indicates whether the UE is to operate in a shared cell or a unique cell operating mode, and facilitating connection of the UE to one of the shared cell or the unique cell of an RU based on the operating mode.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which two or more UEs of a wireless communications system may establish a sidelink connection. A first UE that is initiating sidelink communications may evaluate whether the sidelink connection can support a quality of service (QoS) for a data flow prior to admitting the data flow. The first UE may evaluate a link quality with one or more other UEs that are to use the data flow on the sidelink connection, evaluate system congestion of time/frequency resources that are available for the sidelink connection, or any combinations thereof, and admit the data flow based on the evaluation. A link quality of the sidelink connection may be determined based on a type of communication associated with the data flow, such as unicast communications with one other UE, multicast communications with multiple other UEs, or broadcast transmissions to multiple UEs.

Abstract: Selecting a transport configuration for a data network adapted to transport data traffic belonging to different traffic types. A selecting device determines an actual traffic mix of traffic types and corresponding traffic loads transported on the data network. The device determines, based on the actual traffic mix, multiple future traffic mixes of traffic types and corresponding traffic loads, wherein the future traffic mixes are associated with probability values and classifiable into different future traffic mix classes, each future traffic mix class being associated with a predefined transport configuration capable of handling any future traffic mix falling in that future traffic mix class. The device is configured to aggregate the probability values associated with those future traffic mixes that belong to the same future traffic mix class and to select the transport configuration associated with the highest probability value across the aggregated and non-aggregated probability values.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to the cross carrier scheduling of sidelink carrier aggregation, and includes a method and apparatus for determining a component carrier (CC) index for at least one of a first sidelink transmission with a second UE and a Uu transmission with a network entity, the CC index indicating one or more CCs among which at least one of the first sidelink transmission and the Uu transmission occur; and communicating at least one of the first sidelink transmission to the second UE and the Uu transmission to the network entity based on the CC index.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of decoding, by a user equipment, a downlink signal in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving a semi-persistent zero power-channel state information reference signal (SP ZP CSI-RS) resource configuration from a base station; and decoding a downlink signal according to the SP ZP CSI-RS resource configuration. The SP ZP CSI-RS resource configuration includes a plurality of SP ZP CSI-RS resources and information on whether or not each of a plurality of the SP ZP CSI-RS resources is used can be indicated or configured by the base station.

Abstract: Disclosed is a base station in which the frequency usage efficiency can be improved when the communication bandwidths are asymmetric in the uplink line and the downlink line. A base station can communicate by using a plurality of downlink unit bands and a smaller number of uplink unit bands. A control unit allocates uplink resource allocation information and downlink resource allocation information to a PDCCH which is arranged in each of the plurality of downlink unit bands, and allocates a response signal to the uplink line data to a PHICH which is arranged in the same number of downlink unit bands from the plurality of downlink unit bands as there are uplink unit bands. A transmit RF unit transmits the resource allocation information or the response signal.

Abstract: A location awareness system including a communication network, and a network operating element coupled to the communication network. At least one anchor network gateway is coupled to the communication network, the at least one anchor network gateway configured to generate a wireless anchor network. A plurality of anchors are configured to couple to one of the at least one anchor network gateway via its respective wireless anchor network. A plurality of tags is each configured to communicate with at least one anchor to provide ranging information for determination of a position of the tag within an area covered by the system.

Abstract: For example, a wireless communication device may be configured to determine a Resource Unit (RU) allocation of a plurality of RUs to a plurality of wireless communication stations (STAs), respectively, the RU allocation to allocate to a STA of the plurality of STAs an RU of the plurality of RUs, wherein an RU size of the RU allocated to the STA is based at least on a traffic rate parameter, which is dependent on a traffic rate of Downlink (DL) traffic for the STA; and to transmit a Multi-User (MU) DL Orthogonal-Frequency-Division-Multiple-Access (OFDMA) Physical-layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) to the plurality of STAs according to the RU allocation.

Abstract: Provided is a method and device for transceiving a frame in a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) system. Particularly, an Access Point (AP) transmits a first frame to a first station (STA) via a first band. The AP receives a second frame from a second STA via a second band while the first frame is being transmitted. The first band and the second band are combined with each other as a multi-band. The multi-band simultaneously supports a Downlink (DL) transmission and a Uplink (UL) transmission. The relationship between the first STA and the second STA is a hidden node. A Physical (PHY) header of the first frame includes channel status information of the second band. A Network Allocation Vector (NAV) of the first STA is set up on the basis of the channel status information.

Abstract: A method for automatic discovery of a communication network including a hub, a plurality of termination devices, and a plurality of network elements. The method includes (a) associating respective geographic information with each termination device, (b) determining a respective distance of each termination device from the hub, (c) grouping, at least partially based on diagnostic information from the communication network, two or more of the plurality of termination devices sharing a common characteristic, (d) determining a topology of the communication network, and (e) determining a respective characteristic of at least one network element of the plurality of network elements.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to random access procedures. In one example, a UE initiates a random access procedure with a base station, and receives a random access response (RAR) message from the base station in response to the initiating of the random access procedure. The UE further determines a redundancy version (RV) pattern comprising a sequence of a plurality of RVs. The UE also transmits an uplink (UL) communication to the base station as part of the random access procedure. The UL communication comprises a plurality of repetitions of a UL message, each repetition being an iteration of the UL message that is configured by applying a respective RV of the plurality of RVs to the UL message based on the sequence. The UE further receives a downlink message from the base station based on the UL message. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: Rapid failure detection and recovery in wireless communication networks is needed in order to meet, among other things, carrier class Ethernet transport channel standards. Thus, resilient wireless packet communications is provided using a hardware-assisted rapid transport channel failure detection algorithm and a Gigabit Ethernet data access card with an engine configured accordingly. In networks with various topologies, this is provided in combination with their existing protocols, such as rapid spanning tree and link aggregation protocols, respectively.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for sidelink control information forwarding for sensing procedure are disclosed herein. An example method of wireless communication at a forwarding user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a forwarded UE, control information, and transmitting, to a sensing UE, a forward message including the control information and information associated with the forwarded UE. An example method of wireless communication at the sensing UE includes receiving, from the forwarding UE, a forward message including the control information containing a first measurement of the control information. The example method also includes obtaining a second measurement of the forward message and determining a ratio of the second measurement to the first measurement. The example method also includes selecting a specific resource based on the ratio and whether the forwarding UE is an intended receiver for the sensing UE or the forwarding UE intends to receive from the forwarded UE.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards embodiments are directed toward systems and methods for user plane function (UPF) and network slice load balancing within a 5G network. Example embodiments include systems and methods for load balancing based on current UPF load and thresholds that depend on UPF capacity; UPF load balancing using predicted throughput of new UE on the network based on network data analytics; UPF load balancing based on special considerations for low latency traffic; UPF load balancing supporting multiple slices, maintaining several load-thresholds for each UPF and each slice depending on the UPF and network slice capacity; and UPF load balancing using predicted central processing unit (CPU) utilization and/or predicted memory utilization of new UE on the network based on network data analytics.

Abstract: Described herein is a system and method for a microservices architecture for dynamic channel migration based on real time traffic load. Traffic loads on a first and second radio frequency (RF) channels used by a transceiver to communicate with a plurality of modem devices may be monitored, where the first RF channel is transmitted at a higher frequency than the second RF channel. Based on the monitored traffic loads of the RF channels, data traffic may be migrated from the first RF channel to the second RF channel. Finally, the plurality of modem devices may be notified of the migration.

Abstract: Technologies for scheduling time-sensitive cyclical network traffic in real-time include an internet-of-things (IoT) device that includes at least one sensor for collecting sensor data. The IoT device is configured to store the collected sensor data in a data buffer, allocate a packet descriptor for the sensor data, and populate the allocated packet descriptor with a cyclic data port pointer indicative of a location of the data buffer. The IoT device is additionally configured to queue the packet descriptor into a media access control (MAC) unit transmit direct memory access (DMA) of the IoT device, fetch the sensor data, and packetize the fetched data to form a network packet. Further, the IoT device is configured to transmit the network packet to a target computing device based on a launch time, update the launch time, and requeue the packet descriptor into the MAC unit transmit DMA. Other embodiments are described herein.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first base station central unit (CU) may transmit, and a second base station CU may receive, first inter-CU signaling including information related to cross-link interference (CLI) experienced by or to be measured by one or more victim downstream nodes associated with the first base station CU. The second base station CU may configure one or more aggressor downstream nodes to transmit one or more signals based at least in part on the first inter-CU signaling. The second base station CU may transmit, and the first base station CU may receive, second inter-CU signaling indicating a configuration associated with the signals to be transmitted by the one or more aggressor downstream nodes based at least in part on the first inter-CU signaling. Numerous other aspects are provided.