Abstract: In some embodiments, a method of operation of a node to monitor for faults in a receiver subsystem of a radio node comprises estimating a noise floor for each receiver chain of a plurality of receiver chains in the receiver subsystem of the radio node for each of one or more carriers to thereby provide a plurality of noise floor estimates. The method further comprises determining average received power for each receiver chain of the plurality of receiver chains in the receiver subsystem of the radio node for each of one or more carriers to thereby provide a plurality of average received power measurements. The method further comprises determining that there is a fault in the receiver subsystem of the radio node based on at least one of (a) a subset of the plurality of noise floor estimates and (b) a subset of the plurality of average received power measurements.

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 a Long Term Evolution (LTE). The various embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and system for enabling device-to-device (D2D) discovery message transmission in a wireless communication network. The method comprises of identifying, by a D2D communication user equipment (UE), one or more carriers for transmission of one or more D2D discovery messages, determining, one or more discovery resources for transmission of one or more D2D discovery messages on the one or more identified carriers and transmitting the one or more D2D discovery messages on the one or more identified carriers.

Abstract: This application provides example communication methods, terminal devices, and network devices. One example method includes configuring, by a network device, a first bandwidth part BP and a second BP for a terminal device. The network device then sends a first TB to the terminal device. When the first BP and the second BP correspond to a same physical parameter, the first TB is mapped onto the first BP and the second BP. When the first BP and the second BP correspond to different physical parameters, the network device further sends a second TB to the terminal device, where the first TB is mapped onto the first BP, and the second TB is mapped onto the second BP.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for resource selection in D2D communication and a terminal device, the method includes: performing, by a physical layer of a first terminal device, sensing in a first resource pool on a first carrier within a time interval [n+T1, n+T2] to obtain a first resource set, and resources in the first resource set can be used for the first terminal device to transmit a target service, where n is a time when the target service arrives, or a time when the first terminal device determines that performing sensing is required, 0?T1<T2; and reporting, by the physical layer of the first terminal device, information of the first resource set to a higher layer of the first terminal device. Therefore, the terminal device can obtain transmission resources for transmitting the target service when the available resources are insufficient for resource selection.

Abstract: An 802.11-compliant device for high throughput is disclosed. A plurality of TCP packets received in a buffer for transmission are stored. The plurality of TCP packets can be aggregated as A-MSDU sub-frames to form a A-MSDU frame in accordance with an IEEE 802.11 standard. Additionally, a plurality of A-MSDU frames can be aggregated as A-MPDU sub-frames to form a A-MPDU frame. The A-MPDU frame is compliant with a number of allowable sub-frames and a maximum size in accordance with an 802.11 standard. The A-MPDU frame is sent for transmission as an IEEE 802.11 packet.

Abstract: A method for assigning a percentage of a CSAT time cycle to each radio node (RN) in a plurality of RNs that belong to a small cell radio access network (RAN) having a central controller includes: (i) for each time cycle period during which the RNs share a channel with one or more nodes that employ a different radio access technology (RAT), assigning a default occupancy percentage of the time cycles to each of the RNs; (ii) determining if the default occupancy percentage is able to be increased without violating one or more co-existence principles pre-established for the RAT employed by the RNs in the RAN and the different RAT; (iii) increasing the occupancy percentage of the first RN if it is determined that the default occupancy percentage is able to be increased without violating the co-existence principles; and (iv) sequentially repeating (ii)-(iii) for each remaining RN in the RAN.

Abstract: A method of a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises identifying a first configuration including a first set of resources for a first type of user equipment (UE) and a second configuration including a second set of resources for a second type of UE, generating a first sequence and a second sequence based on (i) the first set of resources and the second set of resources, respectively, and (ii) a physical cell identifier (PCID), generating, using the first sequence, a first signal to be transmitted to the first type of UE in the first set of resources, generating, using the second sequence, a second signal to be transmitted to the second type of UE in the second set of resources, transmitting, to the first type of UE, the first signal, and transmitting, to the second type of UE, the second signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method performed in an operator network providing data network connectivity to Machine-to-Machine (M2M) devices, for charging of a service session involving a plurality of the M2M devices. The method comprises, from each of the plurality of M2M devices involved in the service session, receiving a service message comprising a service identifier (SID) corresponding to the service session. The method also comprises, by means of the received SID from each of the plurality of M2M devices, determining the number of M2M devices involved in the service session. The method also comprises, based on the determined number of M2M devices, calculating a charging rate for the service session. The method also comprises using the calculated rate, charging the service session.

Abstract: A communication device for handling transmission/reception for a serving cell comprises a storage unit for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage unit. The processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit. The instructions comprise receiving an indication indicating at least one subband unit of a serving cell from a network; and performing a communication operation in the at least one subband unit with the network, after receiving the indication.

Abstract: The present application discloses an uplink channel transmitting method and a terminal device. The method includes: a terminal device receives uplink grant information transmitted by a network device, where the uplink grant information is used to indicate the terminal device to transmit a first uplink channel and a second uplink channel in a first time unit; and the terminal device transmits, according to priority of uplink channel, at least one of the first uplink channel and the second uplink channel in the first time unit in case that total transmitting power for the terminal device to transmit the first uplink channel and the second uplink channel exceeds maximum transmitting power for the terminal device; where the priority of uplink channel from low to high includes: an uplink channel without HARQ-ACK; and an uplink channel with HARQ-ACK.

Abstract: Systems, components, and methods for use in a commercial kitchen intelligence system. A network appliance and a plurality of kitchen components are coupled to a data communication network. The network appliance establishes a VPN connection with a portal remote to the commercial kitchen. The network appliance establishes communication with a point-of-sale (POS) system for receipt of POS data. The network appliance facilitates communication among the kitchen components on the data communications network independent of different protocols by which the kitchen components are configured to communicate.

Abstract: A method is performed by a system of a wireless communication network, for detecting neighboring UEs of a first UE that is wirelessly connected to a first base station. The method includes receiving power measurements performed on signals received at the first UE, which signals are sent from base stations, each power measurement being associated with an ID of the base station from which the signal was sent. The method further includes receiving power measurements of signals received at a second UE that is wirelessly connected to a second base station, each power measurement being associated with an ID of the base station from which the signal was sent. The method further includes determining a correlation between the received power measurements of the first and second UEs, and based on the determined correlation, determining whether the second UE is a neighbor to the first UE.

Abstract: A system for automatically discovering fabric topology includes at least one or more processing units, one or more memory devices, a security processor, and a communication fabric with an unknown topology coupled to the processing unit(s), memory device(s), and security processor. The security processor queries each component of the fabric to retrieve various attributes associated with the component. The security processor utilizes the retrieved attributes to create a network graph of the topology of the components within the fabric. The security processor generates routing tables from the network graph and programs the routing tables into the fabric components. Then, the fabric components utilize the routing tables to determine how to route incoming packets.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus and computer program product for determining a data transfer manner. The method comprises determining a first transfer completion time for transferring a data block from a first device to a second device without compression; determining a second transfer completion time for transferring the data block from the first device to the second device with the compression performed; and selecting, based on a comparison of the first and second transfer completion time, a transfer manner for the data block from a first transfer manner comprising compressing the data block and transferring the compressed data block and a second transfer manner of directly transferring the data block without compression. Through the embodiments, compressing and uncompressing are evaluated based on the transfer completion time before data transfer, so as to select a transfer manner suitable for data to be transferred and for devices that perform data transfer.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to system to monitor and control data flow in a network. At least one device in a core network may be responsible for charging functions related to the data requests. During certain high usage scenarios (e.g., emergencies, special events, etc.), it may be possible for the charging system to be overwhelmed. For example, a policing system may be implemented in the core network to at least manage the flow of requests to the charging system. The policing system may monitor and control request flow to the charging system based on at least one policy. When a request is determined to violate a policy, the policing system may take corrective action to prevent the charging system from being overwhelmed. For example, the policing system may block the request, divert the request to another charging system that may have available capacity, etc.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for configuring a front end to process multiple sectors with multiple radio frequency frames. In an exemplary embodiment, a method includes decoding instructions included in a job description list, and configuring one or more processing functions of a transceiver to process a radio signal associated with a selected sector based on the decoded instructions. The configuration of the processing functions is synchronized according to time control instructions included in the job description list.

Abstract: A transmitting wireless device dynamically and periodically transmits beacon frames including either full set of information or a partial information about the BSS. The wireless device schedules the target beacon transmission time and target dynamic beacon transmission time to have different starting time and different interval for each BSS. A Nack based mechanism for detecting and report missing dynamic beacon frames is used to provide the wireless access point with a feedback information of dynamic beacon transmission for improving the transmission efficiency and reliability. A wireless station receives the transmitted beacon frames and uses the information in the beacon frames to associate with a wireless network.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for signaling information regarding beams used for data and control transmissions to a UE. For example, a method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), may generally include signaling information to a base station (BS) that the UE is seeking recovery of a beamformed link between the BS and the UE, and participating in recovery of the beamformed link in accordance with the information. A method for wireless communications by a base station (BS), may generally include receiving information from a user equipment (UE) that the UE is seeking recovery of a beamformed link between the BS and the UE, and participating in recovery of the beamformed link in accordance with the information.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving a downlink channel in a wireless communication system are provided. A physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) can be transmitted using one or more resource element groups (REGs) among a plurality of REGs in a transmission time interval (TTI). Each of the plurality of REGs occupies 12 consecutive resource elements (REs) belonging to a physical resource block (PRB) along a frequency domain within an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol with or without a reference signal (RS) in the TTI.

Abstract: A custom metrics technique includes: accessing a packet; processing the packet using a packet processing pipeline of a service engine in a distributed network service platform, including: reaching a pre-specified point in the packet processing pipeline; inserting, in the packet processing pipeline, script code that corresponds to the pre-specified point; executing the script code to collect at least metric-related data associated with a user-specified metric object; and executing remaining packet processing pipeline.