Abstract: A BSR method, adapted for UE is provided, including: receiving one or more preset configurations of one or more Buffer Size Tables (BSTs) from a network device, wherein the one or more BSTs are candidate BSTs to be selected as the target BST to the LCG; and in response to identifying the target BST used for the LCG, signalling an advanced BST indication to the network device, wherein the advanced BST indication is configured to record an advanced BST index and at least one of following information: a target LCID, and a target eLCID, wherein the network device queries a target Buffer Size (BS) range in the target BST according to the received advanced BST indication, and the network device grants a UL resource for the LCG based on the target BS range, wherein the target BS range is identified by a BS index of the target BST.

Abstract: A PDCP SDU discard method, adapted for a UE, is provided. The method includes: setting one or more discard timers based on a RRC configuration transmitted from a network device; receiving a PDCP SDU from a upper layer, wherein the PDCP SDU corresponding to a PDU belonging to a PDU Set; and in response to receiving a PSI-based SDU discard indication from the network device, determining whether to discard the PDCP SDU or not according to a PSI of the PDU Set and a target discard timer. The step of determining whether to discard the PDCP SDU according to the PSI of the PDU Set and the target discard timer comprises: identifying the PSI of the PDU Set; determining the target discard timer corresponding to the PSI among the one or more discard timers; and discarding the PDCP SDU when the target discard timer is expired.

Abstract: A method and a user equipment for reporting a remaining delay budget information are provided. The method includes: receiving a radio resource control configuration, wherein the radio resource control configuration indicates the user equipment to report the remaining delay budget information of a logical channel or a logical channel group through a status report message; determining whether a triggering condition is met, wherein the triggering condition is associated with a threshold of remaining delay budget; and in response to the triggering condition being met, transmitting the status report message including the remaining delay budget information, wherein the remaining delay budget information indicates at least one remaining delay budget and at least one associated buffer size.

Abstract: A method of logical channel prioritization and a device thereof are provided.

Abstract: A user equipment and a method related to reporting management are provided. In the method, event-triggered information is received for a quality of experience (QoE) measurement configuration. A pause indication is received. To send or pause one or more QoE reports is determined based on the event-triggered information. The QoE report is associated with the QoE measurement configuration.

Abstract: A network equipment, user equipment, and method related to reporting management are provided. In the method, a pause indication with report selection information is received. The report selection information is related to avoidance of report pause for at least one quality of experience (QoE) measurement configuration. The QoE report is sent based on the report selection information, wherein the at least one QoE report is associated with the at least one QoE measurement configuration.

Abstract: A method for slice-based access barring and a user equipment are provided. The method includes: acquiring, by the non-access stratum, a unicasted non-access stratum signalling, wherein the unicasted non-access stratum signalling comprises an access category definition corresponding to a network slice; acquiring, by the access stratum, broadcasted system information, wherein the broadcasted system information comprises a local access category definition corresponding to the network slice; delivering, by the access stratum, the local access category definition to the non-access stratum; initiating, by the non-access stratum, an access attempt; determining, by the non-access stratum, an access category of the access attempt according to the access category definition and the local access category definition; and performing, by the access stratum, an access barring check for the access attempt according to the access category.

Abstract: A paging method for a user equipment in an NR-U system is provided, wherein the user equipment is configured with a paging monitor window comprising paging plurality of monitor occasions. The paging method includes determining locations of the plurality of monitor occasions based on at least one NRUP rule; and receiving a paging message at the plurality of monitor occasions within the paging monitor window.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a method used by a network apparatus for transmitting a buffer status report in a multi-hop wireless network and a network apparatus using the same method. According to an exemplary embodiment, the method may include not limited to receiving a priority information of a LCH having a highest priority among a plurality of LCHs included in a BSR message which indicates a wireless resource to be needed for upstream data from a child node; determining whether a condition is met based on the priority information; and triggering a pre-emptive BSR message comprising the priority information in response to the condition having been met.

Abstract: A method for an uplink data transmission and user equipment (UE) and a base station using the same are provided. The method for the UE includes: receiving a first message to obtain a dynamic grant; using the dynamic grant to upload a first type data according to the first message; receiving a second message to obtain a configured grant; using the configured grant to upload a second type data according to the second message; cancelling the first type data uploading if the first type data uploading and the second type data uploading are partially or fully overlapping in time and a first priority of the dynamic grant is lower than a second priority of the configured grant; and determining whether to resume the first type data uploading after the end of the second type data uploading.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to an RLC SDU transmission method, and an IAB node using the same method. In as aspect, the RLC SDU transmission method is used by a first IAB node and includes: receiving a control signal from an IAB donor node; identifying a stray RLC SDU destined for the UE, associated with a sequence number, and not acknowledged by the second IAB node in response to receiving the control signal; and transmitting an RLC PDU to the second IAB node to inform the second IAB node of the stray RLC SDU.

Abstract: A packet routing method is provided according to an embodiment. The method includes: updating a first routing configuration configured to a source node and a second routing configuration configured to a target node in response to a handover of a user equipment (UE) from the source node to the target node; receiving a first packet with a first header reflecting a result of the handover; and transmitting the first packet with the first header according to at least one of the updated first routing configuration and the updated second routing configuration.

Abstract: A centralized management node, a distributed node, and a method for packet delay control are provided. In the method, the centralized management node receives measurement data related to packet delay for each of a plurality of first communication channels from at least one node subsidiary to the centralized management node. The centralized management node assigns a packet delay budget (PDB) information to a data radio bearer (DRB) per hop of at least one user equipment (UE).

Abstract: A paging method for a user equipment in an NR-U system is provided, wherein the user equipment is configured with a paging monitor window comprising paging plurality of monitor occasions. The paging method includes determining locations of the plurality of monitor occasions based on at least one NRUP rule; and receiving a paging message at the plurality of monitor occasions within the paging monitor window.

Abstract: A method for receiving a plurality of data packets is disclosed. The method includes: receiving MAC PDUs from a source UE of the wireless network through a relay UE, a base station and directly from the source UE, wherein the MAC PDUs are composed of RLC PDUs and RLC PDU segments; demultiplexing the MAC PDUs to retrieve the RLC PDUs and the RLC PDU segments based on a header field of each MAC PDU; reordering the RLC PDUs and the RLC PDU segments and performing a duplicate detection of the RLC PDUs and the RLC PDU segments according to TSNs, wherein each TSN is included in a header field of each RLC PDU and each RLC PDU segment; and reassembling the RLC PDUs and the RLC PDU segments into RLC SDUs using information included in the header field of each RLC PDU and each RLC PDU segment.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a network link topology adaptation method for an IAB node and an IAB node using the same method. In an aspect, the disclosure is directed to a network link topology adaptation method used by a transmitting IAB node, and the method would include not limited to: receiving a topology adaptation configuration which comprises a blockage-related parameter from an upstream IAB node; determining whether a blockage condition of a radio link has occurred based on the blockage-related parameter; and transmitting a request to trigger a switch from a first network link topology to a second network link topology.

Abstract: In an aspect, the disclosure is directed to a method and device for generating, by a higher L2 sublayer before receiving an UL grant, PDUs of the higher L2 sublayer, wherein each PDU of the higher L2 sublayer includes one or more SDUs of the higher L2 sublayer; generating, by a lowest L2 sublayer before receiving the UL grant, subheaders for each of SDUs of the lowest L2 sublayer, wherein each SDU of the lowest L2 sublayer is equivalent to each PDU of the higher L2 sublayer; performing, by the lowest L2 sublayer, a LCP procedure for the SDUs in response to receiving the UL grant; and generating, by the lowest L2 sublayer based on a result of the LCP procedure, a PDU of the lowest L2 sublayer by multiplexing a portion of the SDUs of the lowest L2 sublayer and the subheaders of the portion of the SDUs.

Abstract: A method for receiving a plurality of data packets is disclosed. The method includes: receiving MAC PDUs from a source UE of the wireless network through a relay UE, a base station and directly from the source UE, wherein the MAC PDUs are composed of RLC PDUs and RLC PDU segments; demultiplexing the MAC PDUs to retrieve the RLC PDUs and the RLC PDU segments based on a header field of each MAC PDU; reordering the RLC PDUs and the RLC PDU segments and performing a duplicate detection of the RLC PDUs and the RLC PDU segments according to TSNs, wherein each TSN is included in a header field of each RLC PDU and each RLC PDU segment; and reassembling the RLC PDUs and the RLC PDU segments into RLC SDUs using information included in the header field of each RLC PDU and each RLC PDU segment.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method, a UE, and a base station for mapping data packets. In an aspect, the method may include not limited to: receiving through a first DRB, a first plurality of DL data packets; determining, from a first plurality of protocol headers which correspond to the first plurality of DL data packets, a first indicator which indicates that the first plurality of DL data packets belong to a first QoS flow which has not been mapped to the first DRB; and mapping the first QoS flow to the first DRB in response to the first plurality of DL data packets belonging to the first QoS flow which has not been mapped to the first DRB.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a plurality of data packets is disclosed. The method includes: receiving one or more first medium access control (MAC) protocol data units (PDUs) which include a plurality of radio link control (RLC) PDUs intended for a destination UE from a source UE; demultiplexing the first MAC PDUs to retrieve the RLC PDUs based on a header field of each first MAC PDU; generating a plurality of RLC PDU segments from one or more of the RLC PDUs or a plurality of RRLC (Relay RLC) PDUs from all of the RLC PDUs according to one or more MAC PDU sizes, wherein the RRLC is a protocol layer between the MAC layer and the RLC layer; multiplexing the RLC PDUs and the RLC PDU segments or the RRLC PDUs into one or more second MAC PDUs; and transmitting the second MAC PDUs to the destination UE.