Abstract: Indications of packet processing operations to be performed for packets of a resource group, as well as configuration settings of the group, are obtained. A packet that satisfies a requirement of the configuration settings and meets a fast path criterion is processed at a fast path node configured for the group. In response to determining that another packet does not satisfy a criterion for fast path processing, the other packet is transmitted to an exception path target.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide procedures for transparent demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) design. According to certain aspects, a method of wireless communication by a base station (BS) is provided. The method generally includes transmitting one or more pilots based on at least one precoder used for transmitting data. The BS transmits the data based on the at least one precoder. A method by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving one or more pilots based on at least one precoder used for transmitting data on a channel. The UE estimates interference based on the one or more pilots and the UE decodes the data transmission based on the interference estimate.

Abstract: Systems and methods for grouping client devices for uplink multi-user transmission are provided. Client device groups may be determined based on at least one of traffic compatibility/similarity, client device class compatibility/similarity, and uplink pathloss similarity. A target received signal strength measured by an AP with which client devices in the client device groups communicate and an appropriate modulation coding scheme rate to be used by the client devices may be determined and set for the client devices. The modulation coding scheme rate can be adjusted based on feedback regarding successful data packet reception at the AP from each of the client devices.

Abstract: A method for a conditional handover (CHO) is described in some of the present embodiments. The method may receive from a source base station (e.g., a gNB or an eNB) one or more CHO commands that each is associated with one or more triggering conditions for a CHO to a target cell associated with a target base station (e.g., a target gNB or a target eNB). The method may continuously evaluate the triggering condition(s) associated with each received (and valid) CHO command. When the method determines that at least one of the triggering conditions has been fulfilled, the method may execute the CHO command that is associated with the triggering condition in order to connect to one or more candidate target cells associated with the CHO command.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for receiving an MBMS service and a device supporting same. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for receiving an MBMS service by a terminal in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: deciding a coverage enhancement (CE) level of a terminal; receiving CE level information of an MBMS service of interest; comparing the decided CE level of the terminal and the received CE level information of the MBMS service and thus determining whether or not the MBMS service can be received by means of MBSFN transmission or SC-PTM transmission; and receiving the MBMS service on the basis of the determination result.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed in relation to antenna arrays. The method may include transmitting a reference signal to one or more remote user terminals from each of a plurality of sub-arrays of an antenna array, each sub-array including a quantity of radiating elements of the antenna array capable of establishing a backhaul link with a remote communications node. The method may also include receiving measurement signals from the one or more remote user terminals, indicative of one or more characteristics of the received reference signals. The method may also include selecting, based on received measurement signals, a first subset of the sub-arrays for backhaul communications with the remote communications node and a second subset of the sub-arrays, including one or more of the remaining sub-arrays, for access communications with the one or more remote user terminals.

Abstract: Disclosed are a network slice creation method and a management and orchestration system. The method includes MANO acquiring name information of a first slice network that needs to be created, the MANO acquiring first VNFD information corresponding to a first NS and second VNFD information corresponding to a first VNF, the MANO creating the first slice network corresponding to the name of the first slice network, the first NS corresponding to the name of the first NS, a subnet of the first NS, the first VNF corresponding to the name of the first VNF, and a subnet of the first VNF, and the MANO creating at least one port and at least one virtualized network function component (VNFC), and connecting the at least one port to the at least one VNFC.

Abstract: Methods and devices for controlling channel occupancy measurement quality are disclosed. A wireless device is configured for carrier aggregation under operation with frame structure type 3. The wireless device is configured to obtain a channel occupancy threshold, obtain a set of received signal strength indication, RSSI, samples on a carrier frequency and obtain a quality criterion for a channel occupancy measurement. The quality criterion defines a quality of an RSSI sample based on whether a value of the RSSI sample is within a range of a value of the channel occupancy threshold. The wireless device is further configured to determine the channel occupancy measurement for the carrier frequency based on the obtained channel occupancy threshold, the quality criterion and at least one RSSI sample of the set of RSSI samples, and perform at least one task based on the channel occupancy measurement.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. For example, a requesting device may transmit a sensor data request message to a responding device. The sensor data request message may include a token identifier associated with the sensor data request message. The requesting device may receive a sensor data response message from the responding device. The sensor data response message may include a first indication of the token identifier at a first layer and a second indication of the token identifier at a second layer. The first layer may be a physical layer that is a lower layer than the second layer. The requesting device may transmit a first feedback message to the responding device and in response to detecting the first indication of the token identifier at the first layer.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques that include representing, traversing, and processing directed graphs using one or more content-addressable memory devices. In one example, this disclosure describes a method that includes presenting query data to one or more ternary content-addressable memory (TCAM) devices, wherein the query data includes state data and key data; receiving, from the TCAM devices, information about a matching address identified by the TCAM devices; accessing, based on the information about the matching address, information in one or more storage devices; performing, based on the information in the one or more storage devices, at least one operation on data included within the one or more storage devices to generate processed data; outputting the processed data; determining, based on the information in the one or more storage devices, new state data and a new key value; and presenting new query data to the TCAM devices.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for connecting to a local area communication resource in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes receiving access point connection-related information and automatic connection support-related information from a plurality of access points, identifying at least one access point capable of supporting automatic connection among the plurality of access points based on the automatic connection support-related information, receiving connection information from an information server connected to the at least one access point, selecting one access point from the at least one access points based on basic service set (BSS) link information included in the access point connection-related information with respect to the at least one access point, Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) information, and link information of an external network included in the connection information, and performing a local area communication with the selected access point.

Abstract: The present invention relates to performing properly wireless communications. A communication system includes a first information processing apparatus and a plurality of second information processing apparatuses. The first information processing apparatus is an information processing apparatus that assigns a plurality of channel resources for wireless communications to the plurality of second information processing apparatuses and notify the plurality of second information processing apparatuses of the assignments. The second information processing apparatuses, upon receipt of the notification, transmit to the first information processing apparatus a plurality of signals for providing predetermined information to the first information processing apparatus by using the plurality of assigned channel resources.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for dynamic medium switching in a hybrid network. A method for packet transmission by a combo device includes maintaining a wireless network confidence rating value that is indicative of packet transfer reliability of a wireless network accessed by the device. A wired network confidence rating value that is indicative of packet transfer reliability of a wired network accessed by the device is also maintained. One of the wireless network and the wired network to be used for initial transmission of the data packet is selected based on which of the wireless confidence rating value and the wired confidence rating value is indicative of a higher likelihood of the packet being successfully transmitted. The packet is routed to be transmitted via the selected network.

Abstract: A wireless mesh network system includes network nodes that operate in blink and canopy modes of operation. In operation, a network manager joins nodes operating in the canopy node to the network and allocates network bandwidth to the canopy nodes. The allocated bandwidth includes a first bandwidth allocated for transmitting and receiving data packets between canopy nodes that are joined to the network, and a second bandwidth allocation for receiving network joining messages from nodes that are not joined to the network. The second bandwidth allocation is also used for receiving data messages from nodes operating in the blink mode. Thus, in response to receiving a message that was transmitted from a blink node to a canopy node using the second bandwidth allocation, the network manager identifies the message as a data message and provides the data from the message to a host application.

Abstract: There is provided a solution for balancing application content processing in a mobile communication network. According to an aspect, a method comprises: determining to handover content processing of application data of a terminal device from a first network element to a second network element, wherein one of the first network element and the second network element is configured to perform multi-access edge computing and the other one of the first network element and the second network element is an application server in a core network or beyond the core network from a perspective of the multi-access edge computing; and transmitting at least one handover message to handover the content processing of the application data from the first network element to the second network element.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for power control system in a multi-hop integrated access and backhaul network. In a multi-hop integrated access and backhaul network a donor node can communicate with user equipment devices and relay nodes that have varying power levels, and to avoid receiving uplink transmissions with varying power levels which can impact automatic gain control systems and lower overall throughput, the power control system disclosed herein can manage the power levels of the relay node in order to reduce the difference in power levels. In one embodiment, the power control system can schedule relay node devices to transmit uplink transmissions alongside UE devices that have a high signal strength. In another embodiment, the power control system can schedule relay nodes and UE devices to separate symbols within a time slot.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided. an indication of a first uplink resource allocation of resource blocks for a transmission on a first carrier, and an indication of a second uplink resource allocation of resource blocks for a transmission on a second carrier are received. An indication of a downlink allocation for receiving a downlink signal is further received. A higher order intermodulation product, which is co-located with a lower order intermodulation product for the first and second allocations resulting from any respective higher order and lower order transceiver nonlinearities is identified. A determination is then made as to whether the co-located higher order intermodulation products have a region of overlap with the downlink allocation. When the co-located higher order intermodulation products have a region of overlap with the downlink allocation, adjustments in the operation are made to account for the overlap of the higher order intermodulation product and the downlink allocation.

Abstract: At least one embodiment relates to a method for controlling a wireless access point, including receiving, from a target wireless access point, management data representative of, for respective wireless end points associated with the target wireless access point, a received signal strength and a number of retransmissions, and IDs associated with neighboring wireless access points detected by the target wireless access point; identifying at least one wireless end point affected by a hidden node problem in function of the corresponding received signal strength and the number of retransmissions; identifying at least one potential hidden node in function of a channel used and a received signal strength of the detected neighboring wireless access points; and identifying a hidden node wireless access point based on the wireless access points detected by the wireless end point identified as affected by a hidden node problem and the identified potential hidden node.

Abstract: A cost-effective system and method of sending and receiving high quality phone calls over a low-cost network (e.g., a local area network, a WiFi network, etc.) with a wireless device, where such phone calls would typically have been delivered over a cellular network to the wireless device is provided herein. The system enables the wireless device to retain a phone number assigned by its home cellular network to send and receive calls, while still sending and receiving such calls over the low-cost network. The system also enables wireless devices to be authenticated with the home network of the wireless device for purposes other than sending and receiving high-quality phone calls.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive information from a network node. The system information may include inter-frequency configuration and measurement reporting configuration. The UE may perform a measurement of a frequency or multiple frequencies that are associated with the inter-frequency configuration. Subsequent to the measurement, the UE may transmit a report of the measurement of the frequency or multiple frequencies to the network node during a radio resource control (RRC) connection procedure based on the measurement reporting configuration.