Abstract: An apparatus and system for aperiodic sounding reference signals (SRS) transmission are described. Downlink control information (DCI) format 2_3 indicates a Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) state for beam indication for transmission of an SRS triggered by the DCI. An explicit field is added to the DCI to indicate the TCI state or the TCI state of the scheduling carrier used to transmit the DCI is used for the SRS. The TCI state indicates a joint uplink/downlink TCI state or a separate uplink or downlink TCI state. The DCI indicates an available slot to use for the SRS explicitly in a DCI field or implicitly based on the component carrier used for transmission of the SRS, the slotOffset parameter, or the first available slot.

Abstract: In aspects, a high altitude platform station, HAPS, communicating with a user equipment, UE, using an adaptive phase-changing device, APD. The HAPS receives characteristics of the APD and selects the APD for inclusion in a wireless communication path with the UE based at least in part on the characteristics. The HAPS transmits a resource grant to the APD that includes an indication of air interface resources for an APD-Physical Downlink Control Channel, APD-PDCCH, between the HAPS and the APD, transmits, to the APD, an indication of phase vectors and timing information for a surface of the APD using the APD-PDCCH, and communicates with the UE using wireless transmissions that travel along the wireless communication path that includes the surface of the APD.

Abstract: A method and apparatus to support XR services is provided. Method for supporting XR services includes receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message, triggering a first Medium Access Control (MAC) CE (Control Element) or a second MAC CE, and transmitting to the base station the first MAC CE or the second MAC CE. The first MAC CE is triggered based on existence of uplink data for a logical channel of a first set of logical channel group. The second MAC CE is triggered based on remaining time until discard of a one or more PDUs of a logical channel group of a second set of logical channel group.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a processing device for a base station including a first layer and a second layer, includes a receiver unit configured to receive first data from the first layer, a processing unit configured to generate second data based on the first data, and a transmitter unit configured to transmit the second data to the second layer. The processing unit is configured to determine a transmission cycle of the first data based on a timing at which the first data is received and a plurality of transmission cycle candidates, and cause the transmitter unit to transmit the second data at a timing based on the transmission cycle of the first data.

Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure are directed to a method performed by a receiving node. The method includes receiving a packet/frame comprising Per Packet Value (PPV) information from a transmitting node, wherein the PPV information indicates a level of importance of the packet/frame determined based on a marking policy of the transmitting node, and wherein the packet/frame comprises (a) an Ethernet packet, (b) an IPv4 packet, (c) an IPv6 packet, (d) a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) packet, or (e) a multilayer packet descriptive of one or more of (a)-(d). The method includes processing the PPV information in the received packet/frame when the receiving node is configured to handle the PPV information.

Abstract: A communication method by a user equipment (UE) is described. The method includes receiving, from a base station, system information including a first radio resource control (RRC) parameter, wherein the first RRC parameter provides a cell-specific physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource set and the cell-specific PUCCH resource set includes one or more PUCCH resources; and receiving a PDCCH with a DCI format scheduling a PDSCH; and transmitting, on a PUCCH resource included in the cell-specific PUCCH resource set, a PUCCH with HARQ-ACK information in response to the PDSCH received, wherein whether or not to transmit the PUCCH using frequency hopping is determined based on one, more or all of a first DCI field of the DCI format, RRC parameter(s) and a predefined rule.

Abstract: A method for transmitting indication information, includes: determining a discontinuous reception mode of a user equipment according to service data traffic and channel state information of the user equipment in a current discontinuous reception period; and transmitting first indication information to the user equipment, where the first indication information is used to indicate the discontinuous reception mode.

Abstract: A Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest ACKnowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook construction method and transmission method, and a device, are provided. The HARQ-ACK codebook construction method includes: obtaining a time domain feedback record set, where each time domain feedback record in the time domain feedback record set includes a time domain resource assignment record and an equivalent feedback time offset corresponding to the time domain resource assignment record, and the equivalent feedback time offset is a feedback time offset value actually applied when a HARQ-ACK for the time domain resource assignment record corresponding to the equivalent feedback time offset is fed back in an uplink slot; dividing the time domain feedback record set into subsets based on equivalent feedback time offset(s), where each equivalent feedback time offset corresponds to one subset; and constructing a HARQ-ACK codebook based on the subsets obtained through division, to perform feedback in the uplink slot.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to receive at least a first downlink control information (DCI) from a base station of a network, the first DCI scheduling multiple physical downlink shared channels (PDSCH) across multiple cells of the UE, construct a Type 2 hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook based at least on a number of DCI scheduling PDSCH corresponding to the Type 2 HARQ-ACK codebook and transmit the Type 2 HARQ-ACK codebook feedback in a physical uplink channel.

Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for providing service to access nodes are presented. In some embodiments, a computing device may generate a geographical coverage map comprising a plurality of wireless access nodes respectively at a plurality of geographic locations and a wireless coverage range for each wireless access node. The computing device may receive from at least one wireless access node of the plurality of wireless access nodes an indication that the at least one wireless access node detected a first wireless access node of the plurality of wireless access nodes. The computing device may refine a first coverage range of the first wireless access node based on a respective geographic location of the at least one wireless access node. In some embodiments, a first wireless access node may receive and forward join emergency mesh (JEM) messages to establish a wireless network.

Abstract: A method for scheduling data transmission is performed by a base station, and includes: sending feedback indication information to a user equipment (UE), wherein the feedback indication information is configured to indicate whether the UE provides a transmission feedback for a downlink transmission with the UE as a destination address.

Abstract: A method of operating a user equipment, UE, configured with a plurality of transmission configurations for lower layer mobility and associated with one or more cells, each cell associated with one or more physical cell identities, PCIs, in a wireless communication network is provided. The method includes receiving a lower layer signaling that includes an indication of a change of transmission configuration from a first transmission configuration to a second transmission configuration from the plurality of transmission configurations, and in response to receiving the lower layer signaling, performing the change of transmission configuration and performing an action related to a measurement configuration. The action includes one of performing an update to at least one element in the measurement configuration based on the second transmission configuration, and applying a stored measurement configuration associated with the second transmission configuration.

Abstract: A data communication gateway for a construction machine communication system, including a first, a second, and a third data interface arranged to be mutually interconnected. The first interface is arranged to be connected to a private network of a construction machine, the second interface is arranged to be connected to an attachment network, and the third interface is arranged to be connected to an auxiliary network. A message format table configured in the gateway ECU is indicative of a message formatting relative to a standard message format of the construction machine communication system. The gateway ECU is arranged to receive a message on a source interface out of the first, second, and third interfaces, translate a data content of the message based on the message format table, and forward a message comprising the translated data content onto a destination interface out of the first, second, and third interfaces.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus caused at least to determine a common automatic gain control symbol to be transmitted during a first symbol of a slot, wherein the first symbol of the slot is for a transmission of a first automatic gain control symbol by a transmitting sidelink user equipment and for a transmission of a second automatic gain control symbol by a receiving sidelink user equipment and the apparatus is the transmitting sidelink user equipment, wherein the common automatic gain control symbol comprises the first automatic gain control symbol and the second automatic gain control symbol and transmit the first automatic gain control symbol during the first symbol of the slot.

Abstract: A communication device includes a processor and a communication part. The communication part communicates with one or more slaves. The processor has a function of executing communication processing and setting processing. The communication processing includes causing the communication part to transmit a frame including main data to the one or more slaves in a first period. The setting processing includes setting N (N is an integer of 2 or more) second periods within the first period. The setting processing includes setting a slot for performing communication of sub-data other than the main data for each of the second periods. The frame includes at least one of the slots during a transmission period of the main data.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to receive at least a first downlink control information (DCI) from a base station of a network, the first DCI scheduling multiple physical downlink shared channels (PDSCH) across multiple cells of the UE, construct a Type 2 hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook based at least on a number of DCI scheduling PDSCH corresponding to the Type 2 HARQ-ACK codebook and transmit the Type 2 HARQ-ACK codebook feedback in a physical uplink channel.

Abstract: Wireless planning for reduced power consumption may be provided. Characteristics of a space may be received, wherein the characteristics include a representation of the space. A model of the space may be generated using the representation of the space. Next, a coverage requirement and a power saving requirement may be determined for the space. An initial wireless plan may be generated including one or more APs positioned in the model of the space. The initial wireless plan may be adjusted based on the coverage requirement and the power saving requirement to generate a final wireless plan.

Abstract: A PDSCH transmission method includes: in a case that transmission of a PDCCH occupies one or more transmission occasions for repetition sending, transmitting a PDSCH based on related configuration information of the PDCCH.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for predicting and accommodating for outages in a satellite network using crowdsourced data. An example method includes receiving outage data indicating first outages experienced by first endpoints in a first geographical region. The first outages, for instance, include interruptions in communication between first satellites and the first endpoints. The example method further includes predicting, based on the outage data, a second outage comprising an interruption in communication between at least one second satellite and a second endpoint in a second geographical region. Further, the example method includes causing the second endpoint to transmit user data over a secondary network in advance of the second outage.

Abstract: An operating method of a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) from a base station (BS), wherein the PDCCH corresponds to a cell group including a plurality of cells, and wherein the PDCCH is received through a certain cell of the cell group; acquiring downlink control information (DCI) from the PDCCH, identifying whether scheduling has been performed on the cell group based on the DCI, and receiving physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) from the base station (BS) based on the DCI, wherein the PDSCHs correspond to the cell group and are received through the plurality of cells.