Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for congestion signaling by a radio link control layer in wireless networks.

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for detecting congestion in wireless networks.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) configured to establish a protocol data unit (PDU) session including one or more quality of service (QoS) flows and multiple data radio bearers (DRB) for communications with a network, decode, from signaling received from the network, or determine an initial mapping table for a QoS flow to DRB mapping based on a network configuration of mapping parameters, determine a first QoS flow to map or remap to a new or different DRB and configure transceiver circuitry to transmit a request to the network for the first QoS flow to be mapped or remapped to the new or different DRB.

Abstract: A unit equipment (UE) configured to establish a protocol data unit (PDU) session including one or more quality of service (QoS) flows and multiple data radio bearers (DRB) for communications with a network, decode, from signals received from the network, or determine an initial mapping table for a QoS flow to DRB mapping based on a network configuration of mapping parameters, decode, from signals received from the network, or determine information regarding current or upcoming traffic on the one or more QoS flows or one or more DRBs, and configure transceiver circuitry to transmit an indication to the network based on the information regarding current or upcoming traffic on the one or more QoS flows or one or more DRBs.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) configured to establish a protocol data unit (PDU) session including one or more quality of service (QoS) flows and multiple data radio bearers (DRB) for communications with a network, decode, from signaling received from the network, or determine an initial mapping table for a Qos flow to DRB mapping based on a network configuration of mapping parameters, determine a first QoS flow to map or remap to a new or different DRB and configure transceiver circuitry to transmit a request to the network for the first Qos flow to be mapped or remapped to the new or different DRB.

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for media access control congestion signaling in wireless networks.

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for congestion signaling in wireless networks.

Abstract: A medium access control (MAC) layer instance of a user equipment (UE) or a base station is configured to determine to transmit a first MAC control element (MAC CE), construct a MAC sub protocol data unit (sub-PDU) including a MAC sub-header and a payload including the first MAC CE, indicate, in the MAC sub-header, a logical channel identifier (LCID) value that identifies a first group of MAC CEs categorized based on a feature, the first group of MAC CEs including the first MAC CE and map the MAC sub-PDU to a transport block (TB) for transmission on a physical (PHY) layer.

Abstract: Communicating in a wireless communication system includes generating at least one of a time-varying radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) and a time-varying identifier (ID), seeding a scrambling sequence with the at least one of the time-varying RNTI and the time-varying ID, scrambling a physical channel or a reference signal using the scrambling sequence, and transmitting the physical channel or the reference signal. A common key between a base station and a user equipment (UE) may be derived. Generating the time-varying RNTI may include using a function based on the common key, an RNTI, and a time variable.

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for concatenating in the packet data convergence protocol sublayer or the service data adaptation sublayer in wireless networks.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to negotiate with an Internet Security Protocol (IPSec) host device to determine whether both a user equipment (UE) and the IPsec host device are capable of supporting synchronization of IPSec information and when both the UE and the IPsec host device are capable of supporting synchronization of IPSec information, receive IPSec information from the IPSec host device over a dedicated channel, the IPSec information being configured to support encapsulation.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for using an application Layer 2 buffer for reordering out of sequence (OOS) packets when possible to reduce an amount of memory allocated to a baseband (BB) Layer 2 (L2) buffer. In one example, a baseband circuitry of a user equipment (UE), includes BB memory, configured as a BB L2 buffer and one or more BB processors. The BB processors are configured to receive an OOS packet from a physical layer; and in response to an APP L2 buffer status indicating at least a first amount of memory is available, send the OOS packet to APP circuitry for storing in an APP L2 buffer.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for Reflective Quality of Service (RQoS) enhancements. Methods may include enhancements for both UE behavior and network function behavior. Network function behaviors may include enhancements to UPF behavior and SPF behavior. Enhancements to RQoS may include methods for resetting an RQoS indicator (RQI) bit for downlink packets of a flow destined for a UE, methods for generating a flow ID to include in a SDAP header destined for a UE, methods for using the flow ID to limit L3 and L4 header parsing, methods for sending/receiving feedback regarding processing of the RQI bit, methods for maintaining a QFI mapping table, methods for skipping parsing of SDAP header fields, methods for specifying and signaling a QoS Flow Identifier (QFI) range to a UE, methods for limiting downlink header parsing, methods for updating a QFI, and methods for performing high efficiency RQoS processing.

Abstract: The techniques described herein may include a device, comprising: a memory; and one or more processors configured to, when executing instructions stored in the memory, cause the device to: communicate, via a wireless communication network, information as in-order traffic using an in-order radio link control (RLC) entity; and communicate, via the wireless communication network, information as out-of-order traffic using an out-of-order RLC entity. The in-order traffic and the out-of-order traffic may be communicated using the same data radio bearer (DRB). The out-of-order traffic may include selective out-of-order delivery (OOD) or per-packet OOD. Additional examples, features and other techniques are also described herein.

Abstract: The techniques described herein may include a device, comprising: a memory; and one or more processors configured to, when executing instructions stored in the memory, cause the device to: communicate, via a wireless communication network, information as in-order traffic; and communicate, via the wireless communication network, information using out-of-order traffic. The out-of-order traffic may comprise selective out-of-order delivery OOD or per-packet OOD delivery. Additional examples, features and other techniques are also described herein.

Abstract: Provided is a method of a transmitter in a wireless communication system, that includes: generating protocol data units (PDU) in layer 2 (L2); performing security protection on a control PDU of the PDUs in L2 to obtain a protected control PDU for the control PDU, wherein the control PDU in a sublayer lower than service data adaptation protocol (SDAP); and transmitting the protected control PDU.

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for concatenating in the packet data convergence protocol sublayer or the service data adaptation sublayer in wireless networks.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for using an application Layer 2 buffer for reordering out of sequence (OOS) packets when possible to reduce an amount of memory allocated to a baseband (BB) Layer 2 (L2) buffer. In one example, a baseband circuitry of a user equipment (UE), includes BB memory, configured as a BB L2 buffer and one or more BB processors. The BB processors are configured to receive an OOS packet from a physical layer; and in response to an APP L2 buffer status indicating at least a first amount of memory is available, send the OOS packet to APP circuitry for storing in an APP L2 buffer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and apparatuses configured to direct wireless communication. In some embodiments, a networking apparatus is configured to generate a plurality of sequences of symbols for transmission to plurality of client devices; transmit the plurality of sequences to the plurality of client device via one or more beams focused toward the client devices; and transmit the first sequence of symbols and the second sequence of symbols at least partly simultaneously.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and apparatuses configured to direct wireless communication. In some embodiments, a networking apparatus is configured to generate a plurality of sequences of symbols for transmission to plurality of client devices; transmit the plurality of sequences to the plurality of client device via one or more beams focused toward the client devices; and transmit the first sequence of symbols and the second sequence of symbols at least partly simultaneously.