Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, components, devices and systems for channel access techniques in a multi-hop framework for ultra-high reliability (UHR). Some aspects more specifically relate to a transmission opportunity (TXOP) sharing mechanism according to which wireless communication devices can relay data frames along multiple hops within a same TXOP, a coordinated medium access scheme associated with relaying data frames between a root access point (AP) and a wireless station (STA) via multiple service periods, and various signaling mechanisms and frame formats according to which wireless communication devices can exchange or negotiate information associated with a coordinated medium access scheme. In some implementations, a coordinated medium access scheme may be associated with multiple time epochs (each associated with a service period) and differentiated channel access across the multiple time epochs may facilitate the relay with or without TXOP sharing within the associated service periods.

Abstract: A method is disclosed, performed by a wireless device, for simultaneous communication using a plurality of subscriber identities. The method comprises establishing, with a first network node, a first radio connection. The first radio connection is associated with a first subscriber identity out of the plurality of subscriber identities. The method comprises establishing, with a second network node, a second radio connection. The second radio connection is associated with the second subscriber identity out of the plurality of subscriber identities. The method comprises transmitting, to the first and/or the second network node, a control message indicating that the wireless device intends to communicate simultaneously using more than one of the plurality of subscriber identities.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods of channel access priority determination for sidelink transmission are disclosed.

Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, components, devices, and systems for reconfiguring link characteristics while maintaining links. Some aspects more specifically relate to a first and second wireless communication device establishing a plurality of wireless communication links that are based on or associated with a set of characteristics such as capabilities of the first and second wireless communication devices and association parameters. The first wireless communication device may transmit, to the second wireless communication device, a request to update one of the characteristics while maintaining each wireless communication link of the plurality of wireless communication links. The second wireless communication device may transmit a response to the request that includes an indication about updating the characteristic. Then if the response includes an indication to update the characteristic, the first and second wireless communication devices may communicate according to the updated characteristic.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to service packet transmission methods. In one example method, a target user plane network element receives a first uplink service packet from a source user plane, where the first uplink service packet is an uplink service packet received by the source user plane after receiving a second uplink service packet, and the second uplink service packet is the last uplink service packet from the source user plane to a source application server. The target user plane network element receives first indication information, used to indicate that sending of the first uplink service packet by the source user plane network element ends, from the source user plane network element. The target user plane network element sends, to a target AS after the first uplink service packet is sent, an uplink service packet that is from an access network device to the target user plane network element.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to a method and apparatus for sidelink DRX alignment. An exemplary method includes: obtaining configuration information indicating at least one DRX configuration for a data, wherein the at least one DRX configuration is associated with a first resource pool; and transmitting or receiving the data based on the at least one DRX configuration indicated by the configuration information. Embodiments of the present application can minimize the power consumption of the UEs as well as ensuring the data transmission among the UEs.

Abstract: A transmission timing determining method and apparatus are provided, to determine a transmission timing of an IAB node. The method is applied to a first node, and a second node may be an upper-level node or a donor node of the first node. The method includes: The first node receives control information from the second node, where the control information includes scheduling information of uplink transmission, and the control information includes first scrambling information. The first node determines a first timing type associated with the first scrambling information. The first node determines a transmission timing of the uplink transmission based on the first timing type.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and device in a node for wireless communications. A first node receives N signaling groups in M time-frequency resource sets, and transmits a first information block in a first time-frequency resource block. The first information block comprises HARQ-ACKs associated with the N signaling groups; a first signaling group comprises a last signaling in the N signaling groups, the first signaling group is one of the N signaling groups, the N signaling groups are respectively used to determine N reference times, and a first reference time is one of the N reference times determined by the first signaling group; a target signaling group is used to determine the first time-frequency resource block, the target signaling is one of the N signaling groups, N is a positive integer greater than 1.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. According to one or more aspects, a device, such as a user equipment (UE), may establish a primary cell (PCell) connection and a secondary cell (SCell) connection which may trigger a power headroom (PHR) report and initiate a timer for PHR reporting based on the triggering. The UE may configure a bandwidth part (BWP) associated with the SCell connection to operate in a first dormancy state. The UE may receive an indication to configure the SCell BWP to operate in a second dormancy state and may switch the SCell BWP operations to the second dormancy state. The UE ay determine a status of the timer for PHR reporting and may determine whether to transmit a PHR report based on the status of the timer and the indication to switch the BWP operations.

Abstract: Disclosed in embodiments of the present application are a resource allocation method, a device, and a medium. The method comprises: a terminal device determines N NPRACH transmission resources corresponding to a sending period of an ephemeris-bearing SIB bearing according to said sending period as well as configuration information for an NPRACH transmission resource indicated in an SIB2, where N is a natural number greater than zero; the terminal device randomly selects one NPRACH transmission resource from among the N NPRACH transmission resources; and the terminal device performs random access on a network device by means of the selected NPRACH transmission resource.

Abstract: A first base station receives a second base station addition request indicating, for each packet flow of packet flows of a wireless device, whether each packet flow is for at least one vehicle-to-everything (V2X) service, and a quality-of-service indicator of each packet flow. The first base station sends an indication of an acceptance or rejection of each packet flow of the packet flows.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for data transfer in RRC_INACTIVE state is provided. Method for data transfer in RRC_INACTIVE state includes transmitting a UECapabilityInformation, receiving a RRCRelease the RRC release message includes a first information for a second resume procedure, receiving a system information the system information includes a first threshold and a second threshold, initiating a second resume procedure and cancelling triggered PHR.

Abstract: An NCR may receive, from a base station, a SIB message comprising an IE indicating that a cell supports an NCR. An NCR may be an RF repeater for amplifying and forwarding of signals between a wireless device and a base station based on side control information received by the NCR from the base station. The NCR may select the cell based on the SIB message comprising the IE indicating that the cell supports an NCR.

Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, components, devices and systems for channel access techniques in a multi-hop framework for ultra-high reliability (UHR). Some aspects more specifically relate to a transmission opportunity (TXOP) sharing mechanism according to which wireless communication devices can relay data frames along multiple hops within a same TXOP, a coordinated medium access scheme associated with relaying data frames between a root access point (AP) and a wireless station (STA) via multiple service periods, and various signaling mechanisms and frame formats according to which wireless communication devices can exchange or negotiate information associated with a coordinated medium access scheme. In some implementations, a coordinated medium access scheme may be associated with multiple time epochs (each associated with a service period) and differentiated channel access across the multiple time epochs may facilitate the relay with or without TXOP sharing within the associated service periods.

Abstract: An IAB node communicates over at least two radio interfaces including a first interface and a second interface, the first interface being configured to establish a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a donor node, the second interface being configured to serve one or more cells to communicate with one or more child nodes. In an example embodiment and mode the IAB node comprises processor circuitry and transmitter circuitry. The processor circuitry is configured to establish an RRC connection with a first donor node, and perform an update of the RRC connection to be used for a second donor node. The transmitter circuitry is configured to transmit, using the second interface, a re-establishment indication, upon performing the update of the RRC connection. The re-establishment indication is used to request that each of the one or more child nodes initiate an RRC re-establishment procedure. During the RRC re-establishment procedure, the one or more cells are considered as candidate cells.

Abstract: A method of wireless pairing electronic devices includes: receiving a pairing request; transmitting, a first wildcard token via radio communication; searching for a pre-shared token; searching for the wildcard token via radio communication; establishing a wireless connection with a first device via radio communication based on the first wildcard token in response to receiving information including the first wildcard token from the first device; establishing a wireless connection with a second device via radio communication based on the pre-shared token in response to receiving information including the pre-shared token from the second device; and establishing radio communication at a second power level in response to initiating pairing with one or more of the first device and the second device.

Abstract: Techniques pertaining to an efficient pre-channel reservation mechanism for target wake time (TWT) and restricted TWT (rTWT) in overlapping basic service set (OBSS) dense networks are described. A first station (STA) transmits a frame to reserve a reservation period. The first STA then communicates with a second STA during the reservation period which aligns at least partially with a target wake time (TWT) service period (SP) or a restricted TWT (rTWT) SP of the second STA.

Abstract: Proposed is an operation method for a first device (100) in a wireless communication system. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a second device (200), first sidelink control information (SCI) via a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH); receiving, from the second device (200), a reference signal and data via a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) related to the PSCCH; determining a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) resource, on the basis of a subchannel and slot related to the PSSCH; measuring reference signal received power (RSRP), on the basis of the reference signal received via the PSSCH related to the PSFCH resource; determining first transmit power of a PSFCH transmitted on the PSFCH resource, on the basis of the RSRP; and transmitting, to the second device (200), the PSFCH on the basis of the determined first transmit power of the PSFCH.

Abstract: A method and a terminal for determining a sidelink resource are disclosed. The method includes: determining a first sensing window, performing channel sensing in the first sensing window, and determining, in a transmission window, a sidelink resource for transmitting a sidelink transmission according to a result of the channel sensing, wherein the transmission window is used for transmitting the sidelink transmission. The disclosure determines a range of channel sensing, so that the power consumption of a UE monitoring a sidelink is reduced.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to report capabilities to as network. The UE transmits UE capabilities for channel state information (CSI) reporting to a base station, wherein the UE capabilities include a CSI-RS-resource-indicator(CRI)-rank indicator(RI)-channel quality indicator (CQI) reporting capability and a further CRI-RI-CQI reporting capability and receives a CSI report configuration from the base station, wherein the CSI report configuration is based on the UE capabilities.