Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for sidelink assisted retransmissions, in which a first UE obtains first data intended for a second UE by decoding a first transmission of the first data targeting the second UE, receives signaling indicating the first UE is to retransmit the first data to the second UE, and retransmits the first data to the second UE, via a sidelink, in response to the signaling.

Abstract: Embodiments of an apparatus and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method of enabling and disabling of links in the system a multi-link communications system comprises receiving, by a first multi-link device in the multi-link communications system, a status change information of a link in the multi-link communications system for the first multi-link device from an enabled status to a disabled status, and in response to the status change information, at least partially resetting, by the first multi-link device, parameters related to per-link operations for the link.

Abstract: An apparatus, method, and computer-readable recording medium perform client optimized onboarding in a wireless network. A network controller of a gateway device determines a first received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of a new client device, receives a second RSSI of the new client device from each of one or more wireless extenders, and determines a strongest RSSI among the determined first RSSI and the received second RSSI from each of the one or more wireless extenders. The network controller of the gateway device receives an onboarding request with respect to any one or the gateway device and the one or more wireless extenders, and sends a command to proceed with an onboarding operation of the new client device to any one of the gateway device and the one or more wireless extenders having the strongest RSSI from the new client device.

Abstract: A control method for User Equipment (UE) comprising: performing communication with a master cell group (MCG) and a secondary cell group (SCG); detecting whether a failure occurred in the MCG transmission; if it is detected that the failure has occurred in the MCG transmission, executing an MCG failure processing operation; and sending a message to a base station, the message indicating information related to the failure.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to performing beam failure recovery using a contention based random access procedure in a cellular communication system. A wireless device and a cellular base station may establish a cellular link. Beam configuration information indicating an active beam for downlink communications may be provided. The wireless device may detect beam failure for the active beam. The wireless device may perform a contention based random access procedure based at least in part on detecting beam failure for the active beam. An indication of the detected beam failure may be provided to the cellular base station by the wireless device as part of the contention based random access procedure.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed that includes a receiver that receives downlink control information that is used for scheduling of a downlink shared channel, via a downlink control channel in a control resource set. The apparatus also includes a processor that determines a starting location in a time domain of the downlink shared channel based on the downlink control information. The apparatus further includes an output device that performs output based on downlink data signal in the downlink shared channel. When the downlink shared channel overlaps with the control resource set, a resource to which the downlink control information is mapped is not available for the downlink shared channel and wherein a field value in the downlink control information indicates an index for designating one of a plurality of starting locations that are provided in advance. In another aspect, a system is also disclosed.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method of wireless communication includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a preconfigured uplink resource (PUR) configuration message indicating a PUR configuration for small data transmissions. The method also includes determining, by the UE, a PUR configuration release trigger for the PUR configuration. The method further includes receiving, by the UE, a PUR configuration release message configured to release the PUR configuration. In another aspect, a method of wireless communication includes transmitting, by a network entity, a preconfigured uplink resource (PUR) configuration message indicating a PUR configuration for small data transmissions. The method also includes determining, by the network entity, a PUR configuration release trigger for the PUR configuration. The method further includes transmitting, by the network entity, a PUR configuration release message configured to release the PUR configuration. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless node may determine a default periodicity for repetition of a reference signal period, and may monitor for one or more reference signals in the reference signal period using a plurality of configurations for a plurality of intervals of the reference signal period. Each interval may be shorter than the default periodicity. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a connection control method, which includes that: a first network element receives an Up Link (UL) S1 message used for establishing or resuming an S1 interface related to User Equipment (UE) from a second network element; and the first network element sends a Downlink (DL) S1 message to the second network element, the DL S1 message including at least one of first indication information and second indication information. The present disclosure also discloses a connection control method and device, a service processing method and device, a processor and a storage medium.

Abstract: Radio communication method and device with an alterable TTI are provided. The method includes: blindly detecting a primary physical downlink link control channel to acquire first downlink control information which includes configuration information and an exit frame number of a first target TTI; scheduling the first target TTI based on the first downlink control information, and performing data transmission with a base station; and when a frame number of transmitted data exceeds the exit frame number, blindly detecting the primary physical downlink link control channel to schedule a second target TTI indicated by the primary physical downlink link control channel. Solutions in embodiments of the present disclosure may enable to use various TTI simply and efficiently in radio communication, and are particularly adaptive to the feature of TCP service.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for handling of a data inactivity timer for MBS session in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device may receive, from a network, a configuration of a data inactivity timer. A wireless device may receive a Medium Access Control Service Data Unit (MAC SDU) for a Multicast Traffic Channel (MTCH) for a MBS session. A wireless device may start or restart the data inactivity timer based on determining that the MBS session cannot be received in RRC_IDLE through the MTCH.

Abstract: During an RRC Connection setup or resume procedure, a user equipment may explicitly identify itself to the network using Msg3. Rather than using the spare bit or including additional bits in Msg3, one or more values of the LCID field of the MAC sub-header of the MAC PDU may be used to identify a reduced capability user equipment. The one or more LCID field values that can identify a reduced capability user equipment may also be configured to identify a common control channel service data unit size. A plurality of LCID field values may be defined to identify varies types of RedCap UEs.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for user equipment (UE) context duplication. In certain embodiments, when a UE may resume at a target network node within its configured radio area, a duplication of a UE context may occur at the target network node, and the target network node may allocate an additional/secondary identifier to the UE. The secondary identifier may indicate the UE's identity within the network. When configured with a secondary identifier, the UE may retain an original/primary identifier assigned by the anchor network node. The anchor network node may retain the UE context and may maintain user plane connectivity to a core network. The UE may use this primary identifier for operations within the configured radio area, whereas the secondary identifier may be used when resuming operations to a cell that is outside of the configured radio area.

Abstract: Optimal determination of wireless network pathway configurations may be provided. A computing device may detect, at a first network Access Point (AP), interference on a channel with a second AP. Then, the computing device can check availability of a redundant radio at the second AP. Based on the availability, the computing device can establish a new radio link with the redundant radio at the second AP and reroute data traffic over the new radio link to the second AP. After establishing the new radio link, the computing device can then sever the channel with the second AP.

Abstract: A method and device are disclosed for a remote User Equipment (UE) to support UE-to-Network relay communication. The remote UE establishes a PC5 connection with a first relay UE for a relay communication with a first network node. The remote UE also performs a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection establishment procedure with the first network node via the first relay UE. Furthermore, the remote UE transmits a first RRC message to a second network node via a second relay UE for requesting RRC connection re-establishment, wherein the first RRC message includes a first Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI) of the remote UE. Also, the remote UE receives a second RRC message from the second network node via the second relay UE for re-establishing a RRC connection between the second network node and the remote UE, wherein the second RRC message includes a second C-RNTI of the remote UE.

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing a network are disclosed. One method can comprise determining signal information relating to a first network device such as an access point. The signal information may be associated with signal characteristics such as a radio frequency signal strength over a communication channel. An attenuation value for one or more receiving paths of the first network device may be determined using the signal information. The one or more receiving paths of the first network device may be attenuated based on the determined attenuation value. A transmission power of the first network device may be configured based on the determined attenuation value.

Abstract: A wireless device receives, during a discontinuous reception (DRX) active time of a DRX operation of the wireless device, a response to a message that comprises a preamble and a transport block. The DRX active time is determined based on a time window that starts at least one symbol after a transmission occasion of the transport block.

Abstract: Provided is a terminal device that is capable of improving the characteristics of a response signal having poor transmission characteristics when ARQ is utilized in communication using an uplink unit band and a plurality of downlink unit bands associated with the uplink unit band. At the time of channel selection, a control unit selects a resource used in sending a response signal from among specific PUCCH resources notified in advance from a base station and PUCCH resources mapped to a CCE, and controls the transmission of the response signal. A response signal generating unit supports implicit signaling with respect to any given response signal, and at the same time as supporting LTE fallback from 2CC, uses a mapping method that, between bits, smooths the number of PUCCH resources that can determine ACK/NACK simply by determining the PUCCH resource regarding which the response signal had notified.

Abstract: A wireless device, in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state or RRC inactive state, transmits, to a base station, a message. The message comprises first data associated with a small data transmission (SDT) procedure and an RRC request message. While the wireless device is in the RRC idle state or RRC inactive state, the wireless device receives, from the base station, an indication of an uplink resource, transmits, via the uplink resource, second data associated with the SDT procedure, and receives, from the base station and after the transmitting the second data, an RRC release message.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus for communicating with a base station apparatus, the terminal apparatus including: a receiver configured to receive, from the base station apparatus, a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration message including a radio bearer configuration information element; and a processing unit configured to, in a case that a radio bearer identity included in the radio bearer configuration information element is not part of a configuration of the terminal apparatus and that the radio bearer configuration information element includes a Service Data Adaptation Protocol (SDAP) configuration information element and that a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session information element included in the SDAP configuration information element is not part of the configuration of the terminal apparatus, indicate to upper layers that a user-plane resource is configured for a PDU session corresponding to a value of the PDU session information element.