Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving configuration information about a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state indication, the configuration information including a set of TCI states and information for configuring a medium for the TCI state indication; receiving, based on the configuration information, the TCI state indication via the configured medium, wherein the TCI state indication indicates M>1 TCI states; determining M beams based on the M TCI states, applying at least one of the M beams for a reception of a downlink (DL) data channel, and applying a control beam determined based on the M beams for a reception of a DL control channel.

Abstract: A first network element includes trail trace identifier information in an optical network frame. The first network element obtains data to transmit over an optical network link to a second network element. The first network element generates an optical network frame with alignment marker bytes, which are followed by padding bytes. The optical network frame also includes overhead bytes following the padding bytes. The overhead bytes include a Multi-Frame Alignment Signal (MFAS) byte, a link status byte, and reserved bytes. The optical network frame also includes a payload bytes following the overhead bytes. The payload bytes encode at least a portion of the data to transmit to the second network element. The first network element inserts trail trace identifier information into the reserved bytes in the overhead bytes. The trail trace identifier information identifies the first network element as a source of the optical network frame.

Abstract: A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. A network node is configured to communicate with a wireless device, WD, where the network node configured to, and/or comprising a radio interface and/or comprising processing circuitry configured to: receive an indication whether the WD is to cache at least one file based on spatial statistics of a cache-enabled device-to-device, D2D, network collected by the WD, and perform spectrum allocation based on the received indication.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods relate to a hybrid wireless access point (AP) which can support both single-channel mode and multi-channel mode at same time and within the same device. Uplink and/or downlink packets may be received by the hybrid AP, where the received packet may be same packet sent to different hybrid APs, and then each hybrid AP may decide to use these received packets for single-channel architecture (SCA), multi-channel architecture (MCA), or both. In SCA, the hybrid APs may communicate with each other to sync the SCA behavior.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods may determine a transport block size using a number of resource elements for sidelink data. The number of resource elements for the sidelink data is calculated based at least on a reference second stage Sidelink Control Information (SCI) overhead. The reference second stage SCI overhead is calculated using the reference coding rate, the reference beta offset, the reference PSFCH symbol number, the alpha value, and the second stage SCI payload size.

Abstract: A 3GPP LTE protocol enhancement realizes the full benefit of discontinuous reception (DRX) in Long Term Evolution networks by coordinating and aligning DRX operations for conserving power and timing overhead. A dual connectivity enabled User Equipment (UE) comprising a processor and transceiver is configured to align DRX configuration between counterpart Evolved Node Bs (eNB)s, wherein counterpart eNBs are a Master eNB (MeNB) and a Secondary eNB (SeNB) simultaneously connected to the UE, communicate system frame timing and system frame number (SFN) information between the counterpart eNBs, align DRX start offset (drxStartOffset) values for the counterpart eNBs according to the communicated system frame timing and SFN information to compensate for offsets in system frame timing, and allow the start of a DRX ON duration at specific frame or sub-frame times determined by the drxStartOffset values, after the expiration of a DRX inactivity timer.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for supporting TSN in a wireless communication network are disclosed.

Abstract: In some embodiments of the invention, a system for managing resource use in a Distributed Antenna System is provided. The system may include: a plurality of Digital Remote Units (DRUs) configured to send and receive wireless radio signals; a plurality of sectors, each configured to send and receive wireless radio signals; and a plurality of inter-connected Digital Access Units (DAUs), each configured to communicate with at least one of the DRUs via optical signals, and each being coupled to at least one of the sectors.

Abstract: A wireless communication network includes a user equipment (UE) to receive a set of instructions, from a base station, to perform a simultaneous change of a set of current bandwidth parts (BWPs) to a set of new BWPs in a set of cells. The set of instructions schedules set of slots for the UE to receive and/or transmit a set of downlink and/or uplink signals via the set of new BWPs, respectively. The UE also determines a delay associated with performing the simultaneous change of the set of current BWPs to the set of new BWPs, respectively, and determines whether it is able to receive and/or transmit the set of downlink and/or uplink signals via the set of new BWPs in the set of slots satisfying the delay, respectively. A base station is also included to communicate with the UE to effectuate the aforementioned operation.

Abstract: A Method of scrambling reference signals, device and user equipment using the method are provided. In the method, a plurality of layers of reference signals assigned on predetermined radio resource of a plurality of layers of resource blocks with the same time and frequency resources are scrambled, the method comprising: an orthogonalizing step of multiplying each layer of reference signal selectively by one of a plurality of orthogonal cover codes (OCCs) with the same length wherein the OCC multiplied to a first layer of reference signal can be configured as different from those multiplied to other layers of reference signals; and a scrambling step of multiplying all of symbols obtained from the OCC multiplied to each of the other layers of reference signals by a symbol-common scrambling sequence wherein the symbol-common scrambling sequences can be different from each other for reference signals multiplied by the same OCC.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for signaling QoS Flow control parameters, and corresponding NF entities. The method comprises generating one or more data flow rules associated with a QoS Flow and a QoS Flow profile. The data flow rules include parameters specific to a data flow that belongs to the QoS Flow, while the QoS Flow profile includes parameters that are common to all data flows that belong to the same QoS Flow. The present disclosure further discloses a corresponding method of receiving the QoS Flow control parameters. The present disclosure further provides corresponding computer readable medium.

Abstract: Method and systems are provided for receiving and transmitting signals over a time division duplex communication path (the “Path”). Operations may include sending a first signal via an uplink portion of the Path, and receiving a second signal via a downlink portion of the Path. The Path operates over a first band having a first frequency range and during a communication time including an uplink period (TU) and a downlink period (TD). The uplink portion is sent during the uplink period, uses a first portion of the first frequency range and is disposed between a first uplink guard band portion and a second uplink guard band portion. The guard bands are allocated from a second portion and a third portion of the first band. The first band is disposed between a second band, providing a second communication path, and a third band providing an FDD communication path.

Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for generating one or more predictive models of device availability, which may be used to predict whether a given device will be able to be reached via one or more networks to receive information, such as Over-the-Air (“OTA”) updates. The predictive models may be based on, for example, radio frequency (“RF”) metrics, device availability metrics, and timing offsets between times associated with such RF metrics and availability metrics. For a given device, based on RF metrics associated with the device and further based on a candidate time, the predictive model may be used to determine whether the device will be available at the candidate time.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide a framework rescheduling traffic for improved efficiency using a cellular network. A method includes receiving an uplink (UL) grant, wherein the UL grant schedules a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH). A frequency resource for the PUSCH is allocated within an active UL Bandwidth Part (BWP) of a user equipment (UE). The frequency resource is allocated using a physical resource block (PRB) index of the active UL BWP. The method includes receiving an UL cancellation indication (CI) that indicates a UL resource in a reference UL resource, wherein the reference UL resource is allocated within a carrier including at least the active UL BWP. The frequency resource is allocated using a common resource block (CRB) index of the carrier. The method further includes determining whether the UL resource overlaps with the PUSCH and cancelling the PUSCH as a result of the UL resource overlapping with the PUSCH.

Abstract: A communication method and a communications apparatus, the method including determining a first determining result when a first physical uplink channel and a second physical uplink channel overlap in time domain, where the first determining result includes a determining result about whether first data is intended to be sent, the first physical uplink channel includes a dynamic grant physical uplink channel, and the second physical uplink channel includes a configured grant physical uplink channel, and determining, in the first physical uplink channel and the second physical uplink channel based on the first determining result, a target physical uplink channel that is intended to be sent.

Abstract: A method that includes retrieving a first list of routing prefixes learned by a border node in a first network fabric and retrieving a second list comprising addresses of nodes in a second network fabric. The method also includes generating a dependency mapping based on the routing prefixes in the first list and the addresses in the second list. The dependency mapping indicates that network traffic to the addresses of the nodes in the second network fabric is affected by the border node in the first network fabric. The method further includes, in response to detecting that the border node in the first network fabric has malfunctioned and based on the dependency mapping, generating an alert indicating that network traffic to the addresses of the nodes in the second network fabric is affected by the border node in the first network fabric malfunctioning.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device for performing remote interference management. The method comprises receiving, from a victim gNB, at least one RIM-reference signal (RS); transmitting, from a distributed unit (DU) of the aggressor gNB to a central unit (CU) of the aggressor gNB, a message comprising RIM information; and determining to stop monitoring the at least one RIM-RS based on the RIM information.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive scheduling information that schedules a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) communication for the UE; and select a downlink beam for reception of the PDSCH communication from a set of usable downlink beams associated with an uplink beam to be used by the UE for uplink transmission in one or more symbols in which the PDSCH communication is scheduled. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A system and method in various embodiments implements a virtual spectrum band stacking technique facilitating spectrum sharing by converting and combining spectrum bands consisting of several different RF channels, common air interfaces, and radio channel protocols in the radio frequency channel domain to form IP Virtual Radio Channels (IP-VRCs) in the packet data domain. This virtual spectrum stacking technique combines the transmissions of contiguous and non-contiguous RF channels with differing physical layers into IP-VRCs. This technique enables simultaneous parallel high-speed wireless transmission; virtual radio channel hopping for enhanced security; and customized security schemes for different IP-VRC Groups. The deployment of the combination of IP-VRC Groups; Universal “Small Cell” Base Stations; and Universal Wireless End-Point Devices allows the aggregation of all available spectrum bands for use within a building environment.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for facilitating updating a slot format used for establishing a radio sidelink. According an embodiment, a system can receive a slot format over a sidelink, wherein the slot format comprises a first release parameter and a transmit period. The system can further facilitate determining whether the first release parameter matches a second release parameter stored in the memory. The system can further facilitate, in response to the determining indicating that the first release parameter matched the second release parameter, updating a resource map used to transmit data, resulting in an updated resource map. The system can further facilitate transmitting the slot format based on the transmit period.