Abstract: A wireless communication system according to the present disclosure includes an access point (AP) and a terminal (STA) that belong to a BSS. The AP and the STA adaptively disable OBSS_PD-based SR.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel access. A device may determine one or more time division duplex (TDD) service periods (SPs). The device may determine a directional multi-gigabit (DMG) frame to be sent to a responder device on a channel associated with a MIMO communication. The device may cause to send the DMG frame to the responder device on the channel. The device may establish a MIMO channel access based on sending the DMG frame to the responder device.

Abstract: A transmitter (e.g. a packet data convergence protocol, PDCP, in the transmitter), which may be a base station for downlink communications or a user equipment device for uplink communications, may control timing of the delivery of duplicate (same) packets to multiple (e.g. two) wireless links (e.g. radio link control links) for transmission to a receiver, based at least on synchronization information received from the receiver. The duplicate packets may be transmitted over the multiple wireless links to the receiver, which may receive the duplicate packets over the multiple wireless links. The receiver may collect and/or generate synchronization information indicative of the timing or latency between the multiple wireless links, based at least on the respective receive timings of the duplicate packets over the multiple wireless links. The receiver may transmit a report containing the synchronization information to the transmitter periodically and/or in response to a trigger event.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing quasi-licensed spectrum allocation among two or more entities within a prescribed coverage or operational area. In one embodiment, the quasi-licensed spectrum utilizes 3.5 GHz CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) spectrum allocated between two or more Federal or commercial SASs (Spectrum Access Systems), for use by various service provider entities such as a managed content delivery network that includes one or more wireless access nodes (e.g., CBSDs). In one variant, each of two or more SAS entities generate both proposed allocations for themselves and other participating SAS entities with respect to available GAA spectrum, and differences between the proposed allocations are reconciled and condensed using a dynamic, iterative process to converge on a final allocation which fits the available GAA spectrum and which equitably distributes the spectrum between the participating SAS entities.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of operating a low power wireless receiver in which a radio is periodically operable for receive intervals with sleep intervals therebetween and comprising a sleep clock having a sleep clock accuracy. A first transmission or packet is received. Based on a start moment of the first received packet, and an expected interval between packets, a nominal start moment is determined to start the radio for a packet window until a nominal end moment, for receiving a second packet; the packet window duration is extended in dependence on an estimated drift based on the SCA to provide a widened window. A start moment of a second received packet is measured within the widened window. An actual drift is calculated, from the start moment of the second packet; and an actual start moment and an actual window duration is determined, for receiving a third packet, based on the actual drift.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are described which implement an internal Precision Time Protocol (PTP) instance on a stacked network device within a larger external PTP instance in the network to which the stacked network device. The internal instance of PTP is local to the stacked network device synchronizes the N devices (“members”) in the stack. Each of the members of the stacked network device may act as a BC in this local virtual instance of PTP. One member, which may be referred to as the commander node or primary member node, may synchronize its clock based on an external GSC or external BC, and then that member may act as a BC for a downstream member, and so on in an iterative manner until all of the members within the stacked network device have synchronized clocks. The individual members may also act as BCs to the external endpoints coupled thereto, providing PTP timestamp messages to those endpoints.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a transmitter may broadcast a first set of network coding encoded packets for reception by a plurality of receivers, and receive feedback information associated with the first set of network coding encoded packets, the feedback information indicating that one or more receivers of the plurality of receivers did not successfully receive a quantity of network coding encoded packets that satisfies a decoding threshold associated with recovering the plurality of source packets, and a first subset of network coding encoded packets of the first set of network coding encoded packets that were not successfully received by at least one receiver. The transmitter may broadcast a second set of network coding encoded packets. The second set of network coding encoded packets may include at least the first subset of network coding encoded packets. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A method and user equipment configured for discontinuous transmission, DTX, of sounding reference signals, SRSs, the user equipment served by a base station in a wireless network are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes, when operating in a first mode of operation, the method includes comparing a change in channel conditions to a channel condition threshold and transmitting an SRS only if the change in channel conditions exceeds the channel condition threshold. When operating in a second mode of operation, the method includes determining a content of an uplink data buffer and transmitting an SRS only if the uplink data buffer is not empty.

Abstract: An uplink transmission method and a terminal are provided. The uplink transmission method is applied to a terminal and includes: acquiring at least one piece of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) configuration information and at least one multiple access signature configured by a network device; selecting a piece of target DMRS configuration information and a target multiple access signature, which have a corresponding relationship, from the at least one piece of DMRS configuration information and the at least one multiple access signature, and performing an uplink transmission; where one piece of DMRS configuration information corresponds to one multiple access signature, and different multiple access signatures correspond to different pieces of DMRS configuration information.

Abstract: A communication method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, sub-network information of a RAN sent by a network side device, where the sub-network information is used to indicate at least one RAN sub-network included in the RAN; accessing, by the terminal device, a target RAN sub-network among the at least one RAN sub-network based on a service requirement of the terminal device; and communicating, by the terminal device, with the network side device by using the target RAN sub-network.

Abstract: Embodiments provide techniques for device-level traffic shaping in a communications network. Embodiments operate in communication networks providing connectivity to large numbers of user-side network nodes via shared communications links. For example, customer premises equipment (CPE) devices behind one of the user-side network nodes are classified into device types according to a predetermined rate-relevant characteristic of the CPE device. Upon receiving a forward-link (FL) traffic flow destined for one of the CPE devices, the device type of the CPE device is identified, and the FL traffic flow is shaped in accordance with a traffic shaping policy that corresponds to CPE device type. Various embodiments are tailored to support architectures having device-level shapers and/or network address translators (NAT) in user-side network nodes and/or in a provider-side network node.

Abstract: A system includes a plurality of computer devices connected to a network. The computer devices are operable by a plurality of users. The system further includes a server connected to the network. The server is to communicate data with the plurality of computer devices. The system further includes a bridge device connected to the network. The bridge device is to receive connection requests from the plurality of computer devices via the network. The bridge device is further to receive connection requests from the server via the network. The bridge device is further to mediate data communications between the plurality of computer devices and the server by communicating data through open connections made based on connection requests received from the plurality of computer devices and the server.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE), such as a full-duplex UE, may receive a downlink transmission from a first transmit-receive point (TRP) in a full-duplex multi-TRP configuration. The UE may perform an uplink transmission to a second TRP in the full-duplex multi-TRP configuration based at least in part on a timing advance adjustment associated with the uplink transmission. The UE may apply the timing advance adjustment based at least in part on an indication received from a base station. The indication may be to set a timing advance offset to a value that satisfies a threshold value based at least in part on the downlink transmission and the uplink transmission being associated with two different TRPs. The downlink transmission and the uplink transmission may not be separated by a guard symbol when the downlink transmission and the uplink transmission are associated with the two different TRPs, which may improve a resource utilization.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a random access method and a terminal device. The method includes: reserving a first MAC PDU buffered in a HARQ buffer or buffering a second MAC PDU in a HARQ buffer if a random access procedure is successful, where the first MAC PDU is a PDU that is buffered in a Msg3 buffer in a contention random access procedure, the second MAC PDU is a PDU that includes at least data content of the first MAC PDU and is buffered in a target buffer, and the target buffer and the Msg3 buffer are different buffers.

Abstract: The present technology pertains to a group-based network policy using Segment Routing over an IPv6 dataplane (SRv6). After a source application sends a packet, an ingress node can receive the packet, and if the source node is capable, it can identify an application policy and apply it. The ingress node indicates that the policy has been applied by including policy bits in the packet encapsulation. When the packet is received by the egress node, it can determine whether the policy was already applied, and if so, the packet is forward to the destination application. If the egress node determines that the policy has not be applied the destination application can apply the policy. Both the ingress node and egress nodes can learn of source application groups, destination application groups, and applicable policies through communication with aspects of the segment routing fabric.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method performed by a wireless device for receiving and interpreting a Downlink Control Information (DCI) message having a flexible DCI format and embodiments of a corresponding wireless device are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device for receiving and interpreting a DCI message comprises receiving a DCI message from a base station and obtaining a DCI formatting indicator for the DCI message. The DCI formatting indicator is an indicator related to a flexible-interpretation DCI format, wherein the flexible-interpretation DCI format is a DCI format for which bits are interpreted differently based on the DCI formatting indicator. The method further comprises interpreting the DCI message in accordance with the DCI formatting indicator. Embodiments of a method performed by a base station for transmitting a DCI message having a flexible DCI format and embodiments of a corresponding base station are disclosed.

Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for reducing the size of packet headers without reducing the range of packet lengths supported. A packet header includes a fixed-width length field. Using a linear encoding, the maximum packet size is a linear function of the fixed-width length field. Thus, to expand the range of sizes available, either the granularity of the field must be decreased (e.g., by changing the measure of the field from flits to double-flits) or the size of the field must be increased (e.g., by changing the size of the field from 4 bits to 5 bits). However, by using a non-linear encoding, the difference between the minimum and maximum size can be increased without decreasing the granularity within a first range of field values and without increasing the size of the length field.

Abstract: Provided herein is a method for performing, by a first apparatus, wireless communication and an apparatus for supporting the same. The method may include the steps of generating a Phase Tracking—Reference Signal (PT-RS), transmitting a Physical Sidelink Control Channel (PSCCH) to a second apparatus, mapping, based on a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) on the PSCCH, the PT-RS to a subcarrier on a Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH) resource related to the PSCCH, and transmitting the PT-RS to the second apparatus.

Abstract: A network interface card (NIC) and a method for stablishing a connection between virtual machines of a network. The NIC includes: a programmable switching ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit), a central processing unit (CPU), multiple Ethernet controllers, and multiple on-board transceivers functioning as external ports. The switching ASIC functions as a switch that manipulates data traffic within the NIC including by switching the data traffic between and among the CPU, the Ethernet controllers, and the on-board transceivers. The method includes: installing rules that route a Synchronize (SYN) packet from a source virtual machine (VM) through a software engine, appending a signed cookie to the SYN packet; verifying that a policy represented by the signed cookie appended to the SYN packet matches a policy of a destination VM; and returning the SYN packet to the source VM which establishes a connection between the source VM and the destination VM.

Abstract: A transceiver for a wireless communication system for serving a plurality of user equipments is provided. A coverage area of the transceiver includes one zone or a plurality of zones, each zone having mapped thereto a resource pool. The transceiver is configured to signal to less than all user equipments assigned to a certain zone to return to the transceiver a zone occupancy report for the certain zone. The zone occupancy report indicates an occupancy status of the resource pool mapped to the certain zone.