Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods and apparatuses for inter-radio access technology carrier aggregation. In some aspects, a user device establishes a wireless link for communicating with a base station via a first radio access technology. The user device receives an inter-radio access technology carrier aggregation communication via the wireless link in accordance with the first radio access technology. The inter-radio access technology carrier aggregation communication includes data relating to a component carrier of the wireless link that uses a second radio access technology. The user device may use the data to configure the user device for communication via the second component carrier of the wireless link.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods and apparatuses for enhancing emergency communications in a wireless system. Implementations can be realized with an end-user device, a base station, or a combination thereof. Described implementations facilitate the institution of emergency communications with a heightened level of reliability to increase the safety of an end-user that is relying on a wireless connection to make an emergency communication. Example implementations include local transmission priority elevation, automatic audio channel modification, transmission power boosting, end-user interaction control, modulation scheme adjustment, robust category selection, prioritized resource assignment, and so forth. In some aspects, an end-user device includes a transmission data buffer to store emergency communication data having a first priority level and other communication data having a second priority level.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods and apparatuses for interleaving radio access technologies. In some aspects, the systems include a user device with a first wireless connection of a first RAT and a second wireless connection of a second RAT. The user device receives a coordinated uplink schedule for transmitting via the first wireless connection and the second wireless connection. The user device transmits a first portion of data during a data frame via the first wireless connection. According to the coordinated uplink schedule, the transmission of the first portion of data is interrupted, by the user device, to transmit a signal via the second wireless connection of the second RAT. The user device may then resume transmitting the data frame by transmitting a second portion of the data frame via the first wireless connection.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes apparatuses and methods of resource element-level allocation for wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station of a wireless network determines an amount of information to be transmitted by a wireless device of the wireless network. Based on the determined amount of information, the base station can allocate one or more resource elements of a resource block to the wireless device. The base station then receives, via the allocated one or more resource elements, the information transmitted by the wireless device. At least some other resource elements of the resource block are not allocated to the wireless device for communication of the information. By so doing, the other resource elements of the resource block can be allocated to other wireless devices. This may enable multiple wireless devices to access the wireless network through respective allocations of resource elements of the resource block.

Abstract: In aspects of downlink-only fifth generation new radio, a mobile communication device includes a radio frequency transceiver, a radio frequency receiver, and a processor and memory system to implement a radio control manager application that establishes an LTE anchor link with a base station using the LTE transceiver, establishes a 5G NR downlink from the base station to the mobile communication device using the radio frequency receiver, and manages the 5G NR downlink via an uplink of the LTE anchor link. In another aspect, a mobile communication device estimates channel conditions for a 5G NR downlink, selects a precoding matrix to beamform the 5G NR downlink, and provides an indication of the selected precoding matrix via the LTE anchor link.

Abstract: In aspects of downlink-only fifth generation new radio, a mobile communication device includes a radio frequency transceiver, a radio frequency receiver, and a processor and memory system to implement a radio control manager application that establishes an LTE anchor link with a base station using the LTE transceiver, establishes a 5G NR downlink from the base station to the mobile communication device using the radio frequency receiver, and manages the 5G NR downlink via an uplink of the LTE anchor link. In another aspect, a mobile communication device estimates channel conditions for a 5G NR downlink, selects a precoding matrix to beamform the 5G NR downlink, and provides an indication of the selected precoding matrix via the LTE anchor link.