Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine to decode or refrain from decoding a transport block (TB) transmitted from a base station based on a decodability condition. The decodability condition may include whether an effective UE throughput for decoding the TB is greater than a predetermined decoding throughput threshold or not. If the effective UE throughput is greater than the predetermined decoding throughput threshold, the UE may refrain from decoding the TB. In some cases, the TB may be a subsequent transmission from the base station based on an initial transmission not being correctly decoded, and the UE may refrain from decoding the subsequent transmission.

Abstract: A user equipment device (UE) may implement improved communication methods which include radio resource time multiplexing, dynamic sub-frame allocation, and UE transmit duty cycle control. The UE may communicate with base stations using radio frames that include multiple sub-frames, transmit information regarding allocation of a portion of the sub-frames of a respective radio frame for each of a plurality of the radio frames, and transmit and receive data using allocated sub-frames and not using unallocated sub-frames. Additionally, the UE may operate according to a sub-frame allocation based on its current power state. The UE may transmit information to the base station and receive the sub-frame allocation based on at least the information and switch transmit duty cycles based on an occurrence of a condition at the UE. The UE may inform the network of the switch.

Abstract: Provided are a method by which a base station controls the access of a terminal, and a device for supporting the same. The method comprises the steps of: receiving, from a core network, information on an RRC connection procedure in which access in an RRC inactive state is restricted; receiving a request for executing the RRC connection procedure from a terminal which is in the RRC inactive state; and transmitting, to the terminal, a message notifying that the requested execution of the RRC connection procedure has been restricted, when the RRC connection procedure requested from the terminal corresponds to the RRC connection procedure in which the access is restricted.

Abstract: Techniques for implementing a network slice selection function are described. In one example aspect, a network slice instance request message is received for a user device. In response, the network slice selection function transmits a response message that includes information about allowed network slice instances for the user device. The allowed network slice instances include network slice instances that are available in the registration area of the user device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the communications field, and disclose a data transmission method and device to resolve a problem that a success rate of receiving data by an MTC terminal is relatively low after an SC-PTM technology is introduced. A specific solution is as follows: A base station device sends first control information to a terminal device, where the first control information is used to control repeated transmission of multicast service data; and the base station device sends the multicast service data to the terminal device according to the first control information. The present invention is used in a data transmission process.

Abstract: A communication device for handling a channel access procedure, comprises a storage device and a processing circuit coupled to the storage device. The storage device stores, and the processing circuit is configured to execute instructions of: receiving a system information (SI) broadcasted by a first cell of a first BS, wherein the SI configures a first energy detection threshold; and performing a first channel access procedure on a first unlicensed carrier according to the first energy detection threshold.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for transmitting a sounding reference signal, a terminal device and a network device. The method comprises: a terminal device determining, in a first time-domain resource unit, a plurality of second time-domain resource units for sending a sounding reference signal (SRS) of the terminal device; the terminal device determining, according to a frequency hopping pattern of the terminal device, a target resource for sending the SRS on the plurality of second time-domain resource units; and the terminal device sending, according to the target resource, the SRS to a network device. The present invention reduces the interference of SRS signals between different terminal devices, and also avoids the occurrence of a continuous strong interference situation between terminal devices.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a transmission resource determining method and device, a user equipment, and a storage medium. The method includes: deriving, by a user equipment, a hopping rule of a used transmission resource, wherein in the hopping rule, the transmission resource used after a current hopping is associated with identification information used in the latest transmission, and is associated with at least one of: frequency domain information corresponding to a physical resource used in the latest transmission, and time domain information of the latest transmission, wherein the identification information is used to distinguish a plurality of user equipments using the same resource for information transmission; and performing, by the user equipment, a corresponding transmission resource hopping at a preset time interval according to the hopping rule.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for random access, and a terminal device and a network device. The method comprises: where the random access of a first terminal device fails, the first terminal device determining, according to a trigger condition of the random access, the length of a waiting time before the random access is initiated again; and the first terminal device re-initiating the random access according to the length of the waiting time. The method, the terminal device and the network device provided in the embodiments of the present applicant can improve the flexibility and system performance of a communication system.

Abstract: Provided are a method and/or apparatus for performing a radio access network (RAN) function in a wireless communication system. A server performing a radio access network (RAN) function may be configured to obtain traffic processing information about a plurality of base stations (BSs) connected to the server, obtain information about traffic to occur in the plurality of BSs, based on the traffic processing information, and adjust a resource and/or the number of software components (SCs) to virtualize a RAN function in the server, based on the information about the traffic to occur in the plurality of BSs.

Abstract: A method may be disclosed in accordance with some embodiments, comprising: receiving, at a virtualizing gateway, a first service request from a first user equipment (UE) via a first eNodeB; creating, at the virtualizing gateway, an association from each of a plurality of UE identifiers to a desired core network; applying, at the virtualizing gateway, a first filter using a first UE identifier of the first UE, based on the association; forwarding, at the virtualizing gateway, based on the applied first filter, the first service request from the first UE to the first core network; receiving, at the virtualizing gateway, via a second base station, a second service request from a second user equipment (UE); applying, at the virtualizing gateway, a second filter using a second UE identifier of the second UE, based on the association; and forwarding, at the virtualizing gateway, based on the applied second filter, the second service request from the second UE to the second core network.

Abstract: A system includes an avionics power bus network, switch, and data concentrator. The avionics power bus network provides power to at least a first endpoint system and second endpoint system coupled via at least one network pathway configured for transmitting a data packet between the first and second endpoint and is operably connected to the switch. The switch is configured to receive a data packet from the first endpoint and transmit the data packet along the network pathway to the second endpoint and is configured to receive power from the avionics power bus network. The data concentrator is operably connected the first endpoint to receive the data packet from the first endpoint and is operably connected to the switch through a wire. The wire is configured to transmit power from the switch to the data concentrator and to transmit the data packet from the data concentrator to the switch.

Abstract: A method for Wireless Local-Area Network (WLAN) communication in a WLAN device includes generating a WLAN transmission including first bits, by at least (i) encoding the first bits with a Forward Error Correction (FEC) code to produce first encoded bits, and (ii) scrambling the first encoded bits with a first scrambling sequence. The WLAN transmission is transmitted from the WLAN device to a remote WLAN device. In response to receiving from the remote WLAN device an indication that reception of the WLAN transmission has failed, a WLAN retransmission including second bits is generated. Generating the retransmission includes (i) obtaining second encoded bits, which include the second bits encoded with the FEC code, and (ii) scrambling the second encoded bits with a second scrambling sequence that is different from the first scrambling sequence. The WLAN retransmission is transmitted from the WLAN device to the remote WLAN device.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a method and a device for transmitting UL packet based on QoS flow, the method including receiving uplink (UL) packet from an upper layer; checking whether a IP flow of the UL packet is matched to any of UL IP flow to QoS flow mapping defined in QoS rules configured to the UE; setting a QoS Flow ID of the UL packet to a special value if a IP flow of the UL packet is not matched to any of UL IP flow to QoS flow mapping defined in the QoS rules configured to the UE; and transmitting the UL packet with the QoS Flow ID set to the special value to a network via a DRB. The UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, a base station or a network.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for initiating, at a first wireless audio device, a handover interval including one or more extended synchronous connection-oriented (eSCO) windows, buffering a set of one or more audio (e.g., microphone) data packets during the handover interval, discarding at least a portion of the set of one or more audio data packets during the handover interval, receiving a handover indication from a second wireless audio device during an extended retransmission portion of a first eSCO window of the handover interval, and transmitting one or more audio data packets during a second eSCO window that is subsequent to the handover interval.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) for discontinuous reception (DRX) operation having a Downlink DRX Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) Round-Trip Time Timer (drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL) is disclosed. The UE comprises one or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon; at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, and configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to perform the DRX operation, wherein the DRX operation comprises: starting the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL from an initial value in a first symbol after an end of a corresponding transmission carrying a DL HARQ feedback, the DL HARQ feedback corresponding to downlink data. The initial value is represented in number of symbols of a BWP (bandwidth part) where the downlink data is received.

Abstract: A first communication device receives an aggregated data unit from a second communication device. The aggregated data unit aggregates (i) one or more sets of multiple data units, each set of multiple data units to be acknowledged by a respective block acknowledgement and (ii) one or more single data units, each single data unit to be acknowledged by a respective single acknowledgement. The first communication device generates a block acknowledgment frame that includes (i) block acknowledgement information to acknowledge the one or more sets of multiple data units, and (ii) single acknowledgment information to acknowledge the one or more single data units, where the block acknowledgement frame omits an indication that the block acknowledgement frame includes the single acknowledgement information. The first communication device causes the block acknowledgement frame to be transmitted to the second communication device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the communications field, and provide a method and device for sending system information. The method comprises: a terminal receives a broadcast message from a network device, the broadcast message comprises indication information for an system information (SI) and wherein that the indication information is for indicating that whether the SI is being broadcasted or not, in case that the indication information indicating that the SI is not being broadcasted, the terminal sends a system information request to the network device for acquiring the SI.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for reporting channel state information (CSI) by a user equipment (UE). The method includes identifying two interference measurement resources, if the UE is configured with two CSI subframe sets by a base station (BS); obtaining CSI based on an interference measurement resource within a subframe set; and reporting the obtained CSI associated with the subframe set to the BS.

Abstract: Techniques are described to provide for re-timing a packetized radio flow to clean noise induced by packet delay variation of a packet network. In one example, a method includes receiving, at a first node of a fronthaul network, a Radio over Ethernet (RoE) frame transmitted by a second node in which the RoE frame comprises a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) bit stream associated with a first radio device, a sequence number, and a first time stamp. The method may further include generating a second time stamp by the first node upon obtaining the RoE frame; calculating an induced delay value based, at least in part, on the first time stamp and the second time stamp; calculating a re-timing value based on a re-timing interval and the induced delay value; and transmitting the CPRI bit stream to a second radio device based on the re-timing value.