Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive a timing advance (TA) command indicating partial TA compensation, start a TA timer for partial TA compensation for full duplex based at least in part on receiving the TA command, and perform a synchronization procedure based at least in part on expiration of the TA timer for partial TA compensation for full duplex. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A wireless device may receive a first synchronization signal block (SSB) in a radio frequency band of a first cell of a neighbor base station, and report a physical cell identifier (PCI) for the first cell to a serving base station. The serving base station may identify, based on the PCI report, whether a radio frequency band of the first SSB is in or off a synchronization raster, and determine whether to instruct the UE to report a global cell identifier (CGI) for the neighbor base station (e.g., CGI for the neighbor cell) based on the identification. The wireless device may identify CGI based system information obtained from the neighbor cell, system information obtained from a master cell associated with the neighbor base station, system information obtained from CGI broadcast from the neighbor cell, or system information requested from the neighbor cell using dedicated resources, based on the instruction.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A method and system for managing data transmission in a communication network is provided. During Data Resource Bearer (DRB) creation, network signals to a transmitting node, the data transfer requirement. The network uses a signaling parameter to indicate a large data transfer requirement. Based on the data transfer requirement information collected from the network, the transmitting node determines the type of data format that needs to be used for the data transmission. If the network signals large data transfer requirement, then the transmitting node selects a Subheader format in which the length field of the data format suits the large data transfer requirement. Further, data communication is initiated using the selected Subheader format.

Abstract: A method for constructing an aggregated frame for efficient wireless communication in a high-density environment and a wireless communication method using the same is provided. The wireless communication method may include: generating an aggregated MPDU (A-MPDU) including a plurality of MAC protocol data unit (MPDU) groups to which independent modulation and coding schemes (MCSs) are applied, respectively; and transmitting the generated A-MPDU through the transceiver and a wireless communication terminal may use the same.

Abstract: Aspects of data re-direction are described, which can include software-defined networking (SDN) data re-direction operations. Some aspects include data re-direction operations performed by one or more virtualized network functions. In some aspects, a network router decodes an indication of a handover of a user equipment (UE) from a first end point (EP) to a second EP, based on the indication, the router can update a relocation table including the UE identifier, an identifier of the first EP, and an identifier of the second EP. The router can receive a data packet for the UE, configured for transmission to the first EP, and modify the data packet, based on the relocation table, for rerouting to the second EP. In some aspects, the router can decode handover prediction information, including an indication of a predicted future geographic location of the UE, and update the relocation table based on the handover prediction information.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE). In one embodiment, the method includes the UE receiving from a base station a first information indicating multiple sets of transmission occasions for a signal. The method also includes the UE receiving from the base station a second information indicating an association between a transmission occasion of the signal and a base station beam.

Abstract: A method performed by a system of a wireless communication network is disclosed. The method relates to provisioning of a time-sensitive service related to a wireless device. The wireless communication network comprises a plurality of antenna reference points, ARPs, of one or more radio access network nodes of the wireless communication network. The method comprises obtaining information that a first ARP and a second ARP of the plurality of ARPs are to provide the time-sensitive service to the wireless device, determining, by inter-ARP radio signalling between ARPs of one or more pairs of the plurality of ARPs, one of the one or more pairs including the first ARP and one of the one or more pairs including the second ARP, a relative timing error between the first ARP and the second ARP, and taking the determined relative timing error into consideration when providing the service to the wireless device.

Abstract: A communication device is connected to a plurality of external communication devices. The communication device includes one or more hardware processors. The processors receive frames transmitted from the plurality of external communication devices at timings prescribed for each of the plurality of external communication devices. The processors calculate, for each of the plurality of external communication devices, an arrival ratio indicating a ratio at which transmitted frames have reached the communication device, based on a number of timings in a measurement period and a number of frames received in the measurement period.

Abstract: The present specification provides a method for performing measurement by using an RSS in a wireless communication system. More specifically, the method performed by a terminal comprises the steps of: receiving, from a first base station, power boosting information indicating a relative value compared to cell-specific reference signal (CRS) power and CRS port information indicating the number of CRS antenna ports; receiving the RSS from the first base station; and measuring the reference signal received power (RSRP) and/or the reference signal received quality (RSRQ) of the RSS on the basis of the power boosting information and the CRS port information.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may detect a trigger for transmitting a buffer status report (BSR). The UE may transmit, to a base station, a long BSR for a single logical channel group (LCG) with data to be transmitted based at least in part on at least one of a determination that a current buffer size for the single LCG is greater than a maximum buffer size indication in a short BSR or a determination that a current achievable uplink throughput using the short BSR is less than a configured uplink throughput. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods described herein provide a method for padding a signal extension of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols. A transceiver may obtain a plurality of data symbols for transmission, and determine that a number of information bits for a last symbol of the plurality of data symbols is not an integer value. A special padding rule may be applied to add padding bits to the last symbol. A number of coded bits for the last symbol may be determined when the number of information bits for the last symbol has changed, and the plurality of data symbols for data transmission may be encoded based on the determined number of coded bits for the last symbol.

Abstract: A method to operate a transmitting radio device of a radio communications network is provided, wherein the method comprises: transmitting (102), towards a receiving radio device, first data according to a first transmit mode; determining (104) a last reception time when a positive acknowledgment was received from the receiving radio device, the positive acknowledgement indicating a successful reception of the transmitted first data at the side of the receiving radio device; and transmitting (106), towards the receiving radio device, second data according to a second transmit mode, wherein the second transmit mode is activated upon expiry of a first transmit mode time period since the determined last reception time.

Abstract: A communication method and a communications apparatus are provided. The communication method includes: sending, by a terminal device, a first indication message, where the first indication message is used to indicate a first time type and/or a first time precision, or the first indication message is used to indicate an access network device to send time information to the terminal device; receiving, by the terminal device, the time information; and synchronizing, by the terminal device, a time of the terminal device based on the time information. Correspondingly, a communications apparatus is further provided. According to the embodiments of this application, the terminal device can obtain, based on requirements of different application scenarios, a time type and/or time precision preferred by the terminal device.

Abstract: Geographic proximity and network congestion are used to determine efficient routing of data in networks. If two devices are geographically close, then device-to-device communication may be possible. Data may thus be routed using device-to-device communication, which avoids consuming bandwidth in wide area networks and in cellular networks.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for managing mutual and transitive trust relationships between resources, such as Fog/Edge nodes, autonomous devices (e.g., IoT devices), and/or analog/biological resources to provide collaborative, trusted communication over a network for service delivery. Disclosed embodiments include a subject resource configured to assign an observed resource to a trust zone based on situational and contextual information. The situational information may indicate a vector of the observed resource with respect to the subject resource. The contextual information may be based in part on whether a relationship exists between the subject resource and the observed resource. The subject resource is configured to determine a trust level of the observed resource based on the determined trust zone. Other embodiments are disclosed and/or claimed.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device includes a wireless communication module, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: acquire data rate information of at least one external electronic device through the wireless communication module; identify a first external electronic device having a data rate pattern corresponding to a first condition among the at least one external electronic device based on the data rate information; identify channel state information (CSI) of a channel through which the first external electronic device performs communication, through the wireless communication module; identify whether the data rate pattern of the first external electronic device matches a CSI pattern of the channel; and identify whether a space where the electronic device is located is captured by the first external electronic device based on the identification result.

Abstract: A method for identifying a current state of an electronic system is provided. The method includes identifying a pool of candidate states of the electronic system, selecting a probing parameter in accordance with a model, and probing the electronic system based on the selected probing parameter. When the probing yields a positive result, all candidate states that are not intersected by the probing parameter are removed from the pool. When the probing parameter yields M negative results, all candidate states that are intersected by the probing parameter are removed from the pool, where M?1. A last remaining candidate state in the pool is identified as the current state of the electronic system. The model is based on at least one of a probability that the probing would yield a false-negative result or a probability that a result of the probing would be interpreted and/or processed incorrectly.

Abstract: A method is provided for a radio aware transport network. A network device obtains a first request for a status of one or more radio cells of a radio access network. The network device is configured to transmit radio traffic of the radio access network in a fronthaul packet network and is in communication with a radio controller that manages the one or more radio cells. The network device provides, to the radio controller, a second request for operational data related to the one or more radio cells. The second request is in a format specific to the radio controller. The network device obtains, from the radio controller, the operational data and determining the status of the one or more radio cells based on the operational data.

Abstract: In one example, a processor may receive network traffic from a demultiplexer via a first network interface card and place portions of the network traffic into a plurality of hash buckets. The processor may further process a first portion of the portions of the network traffic in at least a first hash bucket of the plurality of hash buckets and forward a second portion of the portions of the network traffic in at least a second hash bucket of the plurality of hash buckets to a switch via a second network interface card. In one example, the switch distributes the second portion of the network traffic to one of a plurality of overflow probes. In one example, the plurality of overflow probes comprises a network function virtualization infrastructure for processing the second portion of the network traffic.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a network assurance service that monitors a wireless network identifies a set of wireless network anomalies detected in the wireless network that are associated with a set of one or more network measurements. The network assurance service classifies the set of wireless anomalies as radio-related or backend-related. The network assurance service, when the set of wireless anomalies are classified as radio-related, determines that the wireless anomalies are recurring for a particular wireless access point in the network. The network assurance service initiates a change to the wireless network in part to move clients in the wireless network from the particular wireless access point to another wireless access point in the network.