Abstract: A method for operating a node in a wireless network is provided that includes computing an estimated time drift between the node and a parent node of the node, and using the estimated time drift and a number of hops between the node and a root node of the wireless network to determine a keep alive period for the node.

Abstract: A method and an access node for communicating in a wireless communication network, the method comprising at an access node obtaining a timing indicator; transmitting to at least one communication device a first frame sequence. The first frame sequence comprises a first portion comprising a first preamble associated with a first communication protocol, a second portion comprising a first polling frame associated with the first communication protocol, and a third portion comprising a second preamble followed by a second polling frame, the second preamble and second polling frame are associated with a second communication protocol. The third portion is multiplexed in the frequency domain with the second portion. The method further comprises providing to the at least one communication device the timing indicator for enabling the access node to control a time of reception of a first portion of a subsequent second frame sequence.

Abstract: A method for managing traffic of a plurality of packets in a plurality of packet flows transmitted using a time-slotted interface. The packet flows traverse a plurality of switches of a transport network according to an assigned path from a source node to a destination node. The method comprises determining an end-to-end latency of a plurality of packets traversing a current switch in packet flows and assigning priority values to the packets traversing the current switch, wherein a priority value of a packet depends on the determined end-to-end latency of said packets. The method further comprises allocating a time slot in an output interface of the current switch to the packet having the highest priority value among the packets competing for said time slot.

Abstract: An electronic device includes one or a plurality of processing circuits configured to execute the following operations: adjusting the length of a symbol in a self-contained subframe under a first sub-carrier, such that within a transmission time interval (TTI) of a self-contained subframe under a second sub-carrier: the edge of each symbol of an uplink symbol and downlink symbol in a self-contained subframe under the second sub-carrier is aligned with the edge of the symbol in the self-contained subframe under the adjusted first sub-carrier; furthermore, the first symbol in the self-contained subframe under the adjusted first sub-carrier is longer than the other non-adjusted symbols in the self-contained subframe under the adjusted first sub-carrier.

Abstract: Systems and methods of performing a RACH procedure in a MulteFire scenario are described. An eMTC UE communicates with an eNB on an anchor channel at a predetermined frequency of an unlicensed band and data channels on other frequency hopping channels of the unlicensed band. The UE receives a PBCH signal with System Information Broadcast Anchor (SIB-A-MF) scheduling information, and a SIB-A-MF after the PBCH. The SIB-A-MF indicates a RAC) resource configuration for a RACH procedure and dwell time of the data channels. The dwell time of the anchor channel is smaller than that of the data channels. The anchor channel includes a UL RACH resource for transmission of a RACH Request. The UE transmits UL RACH messages on UL resources indicated by the SIB-A-MF and receives DL RACH messages on different data channels.

Abstract: In wireless communications for multi-users, an access point may transmit a first trigger frame to one or more stations. The first trigger frame may be for scheduling a first uplink multi-user transmission and may indicate a plurality of resources for indicating existence of data to be sent to the access point. The station(s) may process the first trigger frame received from the access point. In response to the first trigger frame, the station(s) may generate and transmit a respective first uplink frame to the access point. In some cases, the first uplink frame(s) from the station(s) does not have a data field and does have a signal indicating existence of data to be sent from the station(s) to the access point. The signal may be sent using a resource(s) of the plurality of resources. Other methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and wireless terminal devices that deal with issues relating to resource allocation in sidelink radio connections. One embodiment provides a method in a first wireless terminal device. The method comprises: establishing a sidelink radio connection with a second wireless terminal device; selecting one of a plurality of resource pools for wireless communication over the sidelink radio connection, the plurality of resource pools comprising a first resource pool and a second resource pool, the first resource pool defining a first subset of available physical resources and the second resource pool defining a second subset of available physical resources; and utilizing the selected resource pool for transmitting wireless communications to the second wireless terminal device, or receiving wireless communications from the second wireless terminal device.

Abstract: Mitigation of inter-base station resynchronization loss in wireless networks including contention-based shared frequency spectrum is discussed. Aspects of such mitigation provide for base stations entering into an idle mode when a transmission opportunity occurs in a radio frame of the next resynchronization occasion. Additional aspects provide for the base station to signal a flexible listen before talk (LBT) frame length to the user equipment (UE), either with or without explicit signaling of the downlink-uplink division. Further aspects provide for the base station to signal a reset indication to UEs that will prompt the UEs to monitor for downlink channel reserving signals prior to the current LBT frame ending by the resynchronization occasion.

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: Provided are a method and a device for setting a space division connection between terminals for V2X communication in a wireless communication system. Specifically, a second terminal requests a connection setting with a first terminal from a base station. The second terminal measures a signal of the first terminal and generates a first beam group pair comprising a transmission beam group of the first terminal, which has a large signal size, and a reception beam group of the second terminal. When the second terminal receives a signal of a third terminal by using the reception beam group of the second terminal, the second terminal measures a signal of the third terminal and generates a second beam group pair comprising a transmission beam group of the third terminal, which has a large signal size, and the reception beam group of the second terminal.

Abstract: A method of optimising a network includes selecting an operating characteristic of a network to optimise; determining at least one operating parameter of network nodes within the network which affects the operating characteristic; selecting an optimisable network node from within the network; identifying a cluster of the network nodes whose operating characteristic is affected by a change in the at least one operating parameter of the optimisable network node; iteratively adjusting the at least one operating parameter of the optimisable network node; determining the operating characteristic of the cluster of the network nodes in response to that adjusted at least one operating parameter of the optimisable network node; and selecting that adjusted at least one operating parameter of the optimisable network node which improves the operating characteristic of the cluster of the network nodes.

Abstract: A method and a first network node (800) serving a first cell (800A) in a wireless network, for enabling reduction of interference in a second cell (800B) caused by transmission of reference signals in the first cell (800A). The first network node (800) transmits (8:1) scheduling blocks with said reference signals, using a time offset relative transmission of scheduling blocks in the second cell. A timing advance value is determined (8:3) for a wireless device (802) and the wireless device (802) instructed (8:4) to apply said timing advance value for uplink transmissions. The timing advance value was determined such that uplink symbols transmitted from the wireless device (802) are aligned with uplink symbols received at a second network node (804) of the second cell (804A).

Abstract: Various aspects described herein relate to techniques for uplink reference signal sequence design in wireless communications systems. A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. In an aspect, the method includes identifying a set of sequences to include at least a base sequence, a reverse order sequence of the base sequence, a complex conjugate sequence of the base sequence, or a reverse order complex conjugate sequence of the base sequence, and transmitting an uplink reference signal based on at least one of the sequences in the set. The techniques described herein may apply to different communications technologies, including 5th Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) communications technology.

Abstract: Techniques described herein relate to performing wireless diagnostic analyses including execution and evaluations of interactive content resources executed by execution devices on and/or for separate content receiver devices. A multi-phrase diagnostic session may proceed with an execution of an initial set of diagnostic modules on an execution device, during which interactive content is transmitted/received from a connected receiver device. The results of the diagnostic modules may be evaluated in real-time and transmitted to a diagnostic analyzer server to select additional diagnostic modules for execution during the diagnostic session. The diagnostic analyzer server may select the additional diagnostic modules based on based on response data received via the content execution device to the interactive content of the previously executed diagnostic modules, and/or data received from additional data sources related to the content receiver.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus relating to designs for the remaining minimum system information (RMSI) control resource set (CORESET) and the other system information (OSI) CORESET. In certain aspects, a wireless communication device (e.g., user equipment) is enabled to determine the location of Type0-PDCCH common search space CORESET and the OSI CORESET in the frequency and time domains based on the location of the synchronization signal block (SSB) transmissions in the frequency and time domains. Determining the location of the RMSI CORESET and the OSI CORESET frequency and time resources enables the UE to receive the RMSI CORESET and the OSI CORESET, respectively.

Abstract: An example operation may include a system comprising one or more of receiving a heartbeat failure notification in a VNFCI when the VNFCI is in standby state, sending to a Virtual Network Function Manager (VNFM), by an operational state machine, a next state request message, determining if a peer VNFCI is online when an administrative state of the peer VNFCI is online, determining an operational state of the peer VNFCI when the peer VNFCI is online, sending a first next state response message with a standby state to the VNFCI when the peer VNFCI operational state is active, sending a second next state response with an active state to the VNFCI when the peer VNFCI operational state is not active, examining, in the VNFCI, a next state attribute in a received next state response message, staying in a standby state when the next state attribute is standby, and transitioning to active state when the next state attribute is active.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive a preemption indication identifying at least one symbol of a grant for preemption. The user equipment may selectively preempt the at least one symbol of the grant based at least in part on a receive time of the preemption indication, a processing time threshold, and a preemption time of the at least one symbol of the grant. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: An apparatus of a RAN node in which flexible feedback for user data transferred between RAN nodes is described. The DL PDCP PDUs to be delivered to a UE is transmitted over an Xn or X2 interface between RAN and NG-RAN nodes, respectively. Feedback received allows transmitting RAN node to control downlink user data flow. The feedback contains a DDDS frame that includes a highest transmitted and delivered PDCP SN indicator parameter that respectively indicates whether a highest transmitted and successfully delivered PDCP PDU is present in the DDDS message and a highest transmitted and successfully delivered PDCP SN PDU parameter that provides feedback respectively about a transmitted status of the PDU sequence and an in-sequence delivery status of the PDUs to the UE. Buffered PDUs reported by the DDDS message are removed from memory as transmitted or successfully delivered PDUs.

Abstract: Aspects directed towards wake-up signal (WUS) scrambling sequence design are disclosed. In one example, a time-based scrambling sequence that facilitates a phase shift in time may be generated according to a time parameter associated with a WUS or a paging occasion (PO). A scrambled WUS may be generated by multiplying a WUS base sequence by the time-based scrambling sequence, and subsequently transmitted to at least one scheduled entity. In another example, a scrambled WUS may be received from a scheduling entity. A time-based scrambling sequence associated with the WUS may be identified in which the time-based scrambling sequence facilitates a phase shift in time and corresponds to a time parameter associated with a WUS or a PO. The WUS may be descrambled according to the time-based scrambling sequence. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for providing control resource set configuration in a wireless communication system are disclosed herein. In one method, a network node transmits a signal indicating at least a first duration and a bit map, wherein the first duration is time duration of a control resource set (CORESET) and the bit map indicates first symbol(s) of monitoring occasion(s) of the CORESET within a slot, and wherein a set of bit position indicates value one in the bit map. The network node is not allowed to transmit the signal such that an interval between two bit positions in the set in the bit map is smaller than a second duration.