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

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 semiconductor device structure and a method for forming a semiconductor device structure are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a stack of channel structures over a base structure. The semiconductor device structure also includes a first epitaxial structure and a second epitaxial structure sandwiching the channel structures. The semiconductor device structure further includes a gate stack wrapped around each of the channel structures and a backside conductive contact connected to the second epitaxial structure. A first portion of the backside conductive contact is directly below the base structure, and a second portion of the backside conductive contact extends upwards to approach a bottom surface of the second epitaxial structure. In addition, the semiconductor device structure includes an insulating spacer between a sidewall of the base structure and the backside conductive contact.

Abstract: A semiconductor device with dual side source/drain (S/D) contact structures and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The method includes forming a fin structure on a substrate, forming a superlattice structure on the fin structure, forming first and second S/D regions within the superlattice structure, forming a gate structure between the first and second S/D regions, forming first and second contact structures on first surfaces of the first and second S/D regions, and forming a third contact structure, on a second surface of the first S/D region, with a work function metal (WFM) silicide layer and a dual metal liner. The second surface is opposite to the first surface of the first S/D region and the WFM silicide layer has a work function value closer to a conduction band energy than a valence band energy of a material of the first S/D region.

Abstract: A high-voltage semiconductor device structure is provided. The high-voltage semiconductor device structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a source ring in the semiconductor substrate, and a drain region in the semiconductor substrate. The high-voltage semiconductor device structure also includes a doped ring surrounding sides and a bottom of the source ring and a well region surrounding sides and bottoms of the drain region and the doped ring. The well region has a conductivity type opposite to that of the doped ring. The high-voltage semiconductor device structure further includes a conductor electrically connected to the drain region and extending over and across a periphery of the well region. In addition, the high-voltage semiconductor device structure includes a shielding element ring between the conductor and the semiconductor substrate. The shielding element ring extends over and across the periphery of the well region.

Abstract: A device includes: a stack of semiconductor nanostructures; a gate structure wrapping around the semiconductor nanostructures, the gate structure extending in a first direction; a source/drain region abutting the gate structure and the stack in a second direction transverse the first direction; a contact structure on the source/drain region; a backside conductive trace under the stack, the backside conductive trace extending in the second direction; a first through via that extends vertically from the contact structure to a top surface of the backside dielectric layer; and a gate isolation structure that abuts the first through via in the second direction.

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 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 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: 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: 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 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.