Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, via multiple UE receive beams, one or more reference signals transmitted over a wideband, the wideband including one or more subbands. The UE may transmit a report based at least in part on one or more measurements of the one or more subbands. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system identifies a set of target users of user equipment communication devices (UEs), based on reports from the UEs regarding a quality of service (QoS) experienced by the respective UEs; obtaining from internal sources a set of key performance indicators (KPIs) for the communication network; correlating information received from external sources with the data obtained from the internal sources to validate the reports from the UEs; and recommending, in accordance with data records generated by the correlating, an action to improve the QoS for a UE of the set of UEs, where the action includes a modification of the UE and/or a reconfiguration of the network. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a control channel position determining method, a device, and a processor-readable storage medium. A terminal device determines an available unlicensed band set and a control channel resource group, and determines at least one first unlicensed band to which at least one of control channel resource groups belongs, based on bitmap information or offset information. The at least one first unlicensed band belongs to the available unlicensed band set. Compared with that a control channel resource group is semi-statically configured to belong to a first unlicensed band, according to the embodiments of the present invention, no matter how an available unlicensed band included in an available unlicensed band set changes, a first unlicensed band to which at least one control channel resource group belongs can always be determined, thereby ensuring normal communication.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication technique for combining a 5th generation (5G) communication system with an IoT technology to support a higher data transmission rate than a 4th generation (4G) system, and a system thereof. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (for example, services related to smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety, etc.) based on a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. A method and an apparatus for 5G migration in a frequency interference combination band and, more specifically, to a scheduling method and apparatus for interference control and efficient resource utilization in a mobile communication system supporting a carrier aggregation technology, a dual connectivity or multi-connectivity technology, or the like which simultaneously uses a plurality of frequency resources are provided.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, terminal device and apparatus for physical random access channel (PRACH) power control and a method, network device and apparatus for transmitting parameters of PRACH power control. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method of PRACH power control may comprise determining a transmission power of PRACH preamble based on a power constriction of a terminal device, a preamble received target transmission power and a downlink path loss on a beam level. With embodiments of the present disclosure, it could provide a power control for PRACH with improved accuracy, which increases the success possibility of random access attempt and interferences to other devices.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a first user equipment (UE) may monitor and perform blind decoding for a sidelink transmission, such as a first part of sidelink control information (SCI), from a second UE over a configured search space. The first UE may receive signaling indicating an update to the search space via lower layer signaling, such as via a second part of SCI or a sidelink data channel, and may monitor for the sidelink transmission over the updated search space. The update to the search space may indicate a blocking of one or more monitoring occasions from the configured search space, an addition of one or more monitoring occasions to the configured search space, a reactivation of one or more previously blocked monitoring occasions, or a switching from a first search space to a second search space.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for configuring device-to-device (D2D) communication in new radio (NR) for one or more user equipments (UEs). Specifically, features of the present disclosure provide techniques for initial beam-pairing for sidelink communication that optimize communication resources (e.g., resource pools) by indicating the direction of traffic (e.g., transmit or receive) during the initial beam-pairing procedure and to establish sidelink communication without the need for scheduling request transmissions between the UEs.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for handling measurement operations in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes a UE receiving a first measurement configuration in system information from a first serving cell. The first measurement configuration indicates at least one first cell applicable for being measured by the UE in a first Radio Resource Control (RRC) state which is an RRC idle state or an RRC inactive state. The method further includes the UE performing, in the first RRC state, a first measurement operation based on the first measurement configuration to generate a first measurement result of the at least one first cell and retaining the first measurement result when the UE transitions from the first RRC state to a second RRC state.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE). The UE receives an uplink (UL) cancellation indication (ULCI) from a network entity cancelling resources assigned to the UE for UL transmission and indicating the UE to measure cross-link interference (CLI) from one or more other UEs within the cancelled resources. The UE measures the CLI from the one or more other UEs based on the ULCI. The UE sends a CLI measurement report based on the measured CLI to the network entity.

Abstract: A method according to one embodiment is used in a user equipment configured to perform early data transmission in which uplink data is transmitted during random access procedure. The method comprises starting a timer that determines a holding time of parameters used for cell reselection operation; receiving an Early Data Complete message used to confirm successful completion of the early data transmission, after the random access procedure has started; stopping the timer in response to receiving the Early Data Complete message; and starting the timer in response to the Early Data Complete message including the parameters used for cell reselection operation.

Abstract: A method of performing cell reselection by a wireless communications device comprises measuring a signal strength of radio signals received from a serving cell, determining whether the signal strength of the signals received from the serving cell is lower than a first predetermined signal strength threshold, if the signal strength is lower than the first predetermined signal strength threshold measuring a signal strength of a neighbor cell operating on the same frequency as the serving cell to generate signal strength measurements at a first rate, and in accordance with the signal strength measurements of the neighbor cell generated at the first rate determining whether to reselect to the neighbor cell.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may implement cross-carrier scheduling. A user equipment (UE) may identify a minimum scheduling delay and may receive a downlink grant on a first CC. The UE may further identify the slot in which a downlink data transmission corresponding to the downlink grant will be received, and may identify the slot such that the minimum scheduling delay is satisfied. The UE may the receive the downlink data transmission, as indicated in the downlink grant, in the identified slot. In some examples, the UE and the base station may alternate between a long minimum scheduling delay and a short minimum scheduling delay. In some examples, the UE and the base station may alternate between a cross-carrier mode, and a self-scheduling mode.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a set of frequency components to use in sidelink operation based at least in part on an inter-band carrier aggregation configuration. In some aspects, the set of frequency components includes one or more frequency components in a first frequency band and one or more frequency components in a second frequency band. The UE may communicate with another UE over a sidelink using one or more beams that are selected based at least in part on channel conditions associated with the one or more frequency components in the first frequency band and channel conditions associated with the one or more frequency components in the second frequency band. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for transmitting control information. In example embodiments, a method implemented in a network device is provided. According to the method, a configuration for PDCCH transmission is determined at least based on a periodicity of a plurality of symbol-based control resource sets (CORESETs) within one slot. The configuration indicates an allocation of a first number of PDCCH candidates to the plurality of symbol-based CORESETs. The first number of PDCCH candidates is less than a second number of PDCCH candidates preconfigured for a slot-based CORESET. The configuration is transmitted to a terminal device served by the network device. Downlink control information (DCI) is transmitted based on the configuration to the terminal device in the plurality of symbol-based CORESETs.

Abstract: Systems and methods for recommending a data rate on an uplink or downlink communication channel between the network node and a wireless device in a wireless communications system are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method performed by a wireless device for recommending a data rate on an uplink or downlink communication channel between the wireless device and a network node in a wireless communications system comprises determining to request that the network node recommend a data rate on the uplink or downlink communication channel for the wireless device. Further, the method includes generating a first information element that indicates the request. Also, the first information element is sent via a protocol layer on the uplink communication channel.

Abstract: A virtual network monitoring apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire first network information, the first network information being network information possessed by a virtual machine control unit functioning as an orchestrator, and second network information, the second network information being network information possessed by a virtual machine generated by the virtual machine control unit among network information on a virtual network to which the virtual machine is connected, and a generation unit configured to generate a traffic filter indicating a filter for traffic flowing through the virtual network on the basis of the first network information and the second network information.

Abstract: During operation, an access point may determine, based at least in part on communication with the electronic device, that an electronic device is in a communication performance category. In response, the access point may provide one or more requests to one or more neighboring access points of the access point, where a given request is for an assessment of communication performance of the electronic device from a perspective of a given neighboring access point. Next, the access point may receive one or more reports associated with one or more neighboring access points with one or more assessments of the communication performance of the electronic device. When the one or more assessments indicate that superior communication performance is unavailable, the access point may provide a notification to a computer that indicates that the electronic device is in a coverage hole in a WLAN.

Abstract: Provided is a method and system for optimizing utilization and performance of a Wi-Fi network for one or more subscriber client devices through a Wi-Fi console application by monitoring an RF environment of the Wi-Fi network to detect interference to a subscriber client device from one or more neighboring client devices that include non-subscriber client devices and other subscriber client devices and allocating a spectrum/channel for the subscriber client device to access the Wi-Fi network using an AI model based on the interference detected, throughput requirements of applications running on the subscriber client device and importance/priority of an activity on the subscriber client device. The AI model constructs a relational aggregated graph and decompose the relational aggregated graph into dynamic clusters. A heuristic deep-learning method is applied to analyze the dynamic clusters to reduce a computation time for recommendation of a suitable spectrum/channel for accessing the Wi-Fi network.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Downlink carriers in the millimeter wave spectrum may be paired with one or more carriers in a lower frequency spectrum, such as one or more uplink carriers in a sub-6 GHz band.

Abstract: Method, base station and control node for exchanging UL interference detection related information are disclosed. A method of exchanging UL interference detection related information among base stations, the method comprising: receiving the UL interference detection related information and distribution information distributed from a first base station; updating the distribution information; checking whether to transmit the UL interference detection related information to other base stations based on the updated distribution information; and transmitting or stopping transmitting the UL interference detection related information according to the checking result.