Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media are described for monitoring downlink control information (DCI). In particular, some embodiments may be directed to monitoring DCI for an indication of channel occupancy time (COT) information. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: In wireless communications for multi-users, an access point may transmit a first trigger frame to one or more stations. The first trigger frame may be for scheduling a first uplink multi-user transmission and may indicate a plurality of resources for indicating existence of data to be sent to the access point. The station(s) may process the first trigger frame received from the access point. In response to the first trigger frame, the station(s) may generate and transmit a respective first uplink frame to the access point. In some cases, the first uplink frame(s) from the station(s) does not have a data field and does have a signal indicating existence of data to be sent from the station(s) to the access point. The signal may be sent using a resource(s) of the plurality of resources. Other methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: A display device includes a flexible substrate, a buffer layer on the flexible substrate and including an inorganic material, a display area including a plurality of pixels on the buffer layer and each including a pixel circuit including a first thin film transistor (TFT), a second TFT, and a storage capacitor and a display device connected to the pixel circuit, and a non-display area that is adjacent to the display area. The flexible substrate includes at least one base layer, at least one inorganic barrier layer, and a shielding layer including a portion having a certain area and an opening adjacent to the portion.

Abstract: A method for receiving a relay physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH) at a relay in a wireless communication system is discussed. The method according to one embodiment includes receiving first control information for downlink scheduling in a first slot of a set of resource block (RB) pairs. The first control information includes allocation information on one or more resource units. The method according to the embodiment further includes monitoring second control information in a second slot of the set of RB pairs. If the R-PDCCH is assigned to the second slot of the set of RB pairs, the R-PDCCH is configured to carry control information for uplink scheduling.

Abstract: Provided herein are method and apparatus for perform radio link monitoring (RLM) based on a Reference signal (RS). An embodiment provides a user Equipment (UE) comprising circuitry configured to: decode a Reference Signal (RS) received from an access node; and determine beam quality for one or more beam pair links (BPLs) of the RS between the UE and the access node based on the decoded RS, wherein each of the BPLs comprises a transmit (Tx) beam of the access node and a receive (Rx) beam of the UE. Also provided is a procedure of RLM. At least some embodiments allow for beam recovery request for UE beam refinement, and allow for determining whether radio link failure (RLF) occurs.

Abstract: A method comprises transmitting a downlink frame initiating an uplink multi-user transmission. The uplink multi-user transmission includes a plurality of uplink frames simultaneously transmitted by a plurality of respective stations. The downlink frame including power control information for the plurality of uplink frames. The method further includes receiving the uplink multi-user transmission that is transmitted based on the power control information. Another method comprises receiving a downlink frame initiating an uplink multi-user transmission. The uplink multi-user transmission includes a plurality of uplink frames simultaneously transmitted by a plurality of respective stations. The downlink frame including power control information for the plurality of uplink frames. The method further comprises participating in the uplink multi-user transmission based on the power control information.

Abstract: An apparatus is configured to be employed within a base station. The apparatus comprises baseband circuitry which includes a radio frequency (RF) interface and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to select one or more recovery channels based on one or more recovery factors; determine a beam recovery frame structure using the selected one or more recovery channels and based at least partially on beam correspondence capabilities; and provide the selected one or more recovery channels and the determined beam recovery frame structure to the RF interface for transmission to a user equipment (UE) device.

Abstract: In wireless communications, an access point may decrement multiple backoff counters. Each backoff counter may be associated with a respective access function. A first access function may be associated with downlink transmission of data of a first access category. A second access function may be associated with downlink transmission of a trigger frame for facilitating uplink multi-user transmission. The AP may transmit at least one of a first downlink frame or a trigger frame based at least on the decremented backoff timer associated with the first and second access functions. A station may receive the first downlink frame or the trigger frame. If the trigger frame is received, the station may transmit a second frame to the AP based on an indication of an access category contained in the trigger frame. Other methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: Embodiments are generally directed to establishment of random access channel communications. An embodiment of an apparatus for a user equipment (UE) to perform a random access (RACH) procedure, the apparatus including one or more baseband processors to generate a first Radio Resource Control (RRC) RACH procedure message to transmit to an Evolved Node B (eNB) or Next Generation Node B (gNB), the first RRC RACH procedure message including a UE identification (ID) and a request message with scheduled transmission content data, the UE ID being a common UE ID for RACH procedures between the UE and the eNB or gNB, and process a second RRC RACH procedure message received from the eNB or gNB, the second RRC RACH procedure message including contention resolution data for a random access preamble and the request message; and a memory to store data for the RACH procedure.

Abstract: In wireless communications for multi-users, an access point may generate a first frame for allocating resources to a plurality of stations. The first frame may contain an indication as to whether a station(s) is allocated at least one of a set of resource units (RUs) of a plurality of RUs, such as a center 26-tone RU. The set of resource units may be based on a channel bandwidth of the wireless communications. The indication may be contained in a common block field of signal fields, such as a common block field of high efficiency (HE) signal content channel(s) of an HE signal field. The station(s) may receive the first frame and determine whether the one of the set of RUs is allocated. The station(s) may transmit a second frame to the access point based on resource allocation information in the first frame. Other methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: In wireless communications for a 20 megahertz (MHz) channel bandwidth, a first device may determine a high efficiency long training field (HE-LTF) mode. The first device may generate an HE-LTF symbol by using a portion or an entirety of an HE-LTF sequence corresponding to the channel bandwidth and HE-LTF mode. The first device may transmit, in the channel bandwidth, a high efficiency physical layer protocol data unit (HE PPDU) that includes the HE-LTF symbol. A second device may receive, in the 20 MHz channel bandwidth, a downlink HE PPDU that includes an HE-LTF symbol. The second device may obtain, from the HE-LTF symbol, a portion or an entirety of an HE-LTF sequence corresponding to the channel bandwidth and an HE-LTF mode of the HE-LTF symbol. The downlink HE PPDU may be the HE PPDU from the first device. Other methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: In wireless communications for multi-users, an access point may transmit a first trigger frame to one or more stations. The first trigger frame may be for scheduling a first uplink multi-user transmission and may indicate a plurality of resources for indicating existence of data to be sent to the access point. The station(s) may process the first trigger frame received from the access point. In response to the first trigger frame, the station(s) may generate and transmit a respective first uplink frame to the access point. In some cases, the first uplink frame(s) from the station(s) does not have a data field and does have a signal indicating existence of data to be sent from the station(s) to the access point. The signal may be sent using a resource(s) of the plurality of resources. Other methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: In wireless communications for multi-users, an access point may generate a first frame for allocating resources to a plurality of stations. The first frame may contain an indication as to whether a station(s) is allocated at least one of a set of resource units (RUs) of a plurality of RUs, such as a center 26-tone RU. The set of resource units may be based on a channel bandwidth of the wireless communications. The indication may be contained in a common block field of signal fields, such as a common block field of high efficiency (HE) signal content channel(s) of an HE signal field. The station(s) may receive the first frame and determine whether the one of the set of RUs is allocated. The station(s) may transmit a second frame to the access point based on resource allocation information in the first frame. Other methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: In wireless communications for a 20 megahertz (MHz) channel bandwidth, a first device may determine a high efficiency long training field (HE-LTF) mode. The first device may generate an HE-LTF symbol by using a portion or an entirety of an HE-LTF sequence corresponding to the channel bandwidth and HE-LTF mode. The first device may transmit, in the channel bandwidth, a high efficiency physical layer protocol data unit (HE PPDU) that includes the HE-LTF symbol. A second device may receive, in the 20 MHz channel bandwidth, a downlink HE PPDU that includes an HE-LTF symbol. The second device may obtain, from the HE-LTF symbol, a portion or an entirety of an HE-LTF sequence corresponding to the channel bandwidth and an HE-LTF mode of the HE-LTF symbol. The downlink HE PPDU may be the HE PPDU from the first device. Other methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: In wireless communications, an access point may send a first frame and a second frame to multiple stations. In one aspect, the first frame may be a frame for initiating a sounding protocol. The first frame may include subband-related information. In response to the first and second frames, one or more stations may generate beamforming feedback information based on content of the second frame according to the subband-related information of the first frame. The beamforming feedback information may include average signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs), where an SNR may be for a space-time stream averaged over data subcarriers in a subband. The stations may send a third frame(s) that includes the beamforming feedback information to the access point. The access point may generate, and transmit to the stations, a beamforming matrix based on the third frame(s). Other methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of generating a reference signal includes acquiring a base sequence and acquiring a reference signal sequence with a length N from the base sequence. Good PAPR/CM characteristics of the reference signal can be kept to enhance performance of data demodulation or uplink scheduling.

Abstract: A method and user equipment for receiving channel status information-reference signals (CSI-RSs) from a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, are discussed. The method includes receiving, through a higher layer, configuration about two or more CSI-RS; and receiving, from the BS, the CSI-RSs based on the configuration, wherein, when the configuration includes an indicator related to antenna ports of the two or more CSI-RS, the CSI-RSs are received on the assumption that the antenna ports for two or more CSI-RS resources are same.

Abstract: In wireless communications, an access point may transmit a first frame to one or more stations. In response to the first frame, the station(s) may transmit a respective second frame to the access point. The access point may generate a beamforming report based on the second frame(s) received by the access point from the station(s). The access point may transmit a third frame(s) that includes the beamforming report to the station(s). The station(s) may generate a respective beamforming matrix based at least on the third frame(s). Other methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of a first cell for supporting a downlink channel demodulation at a user equipment, includes receiving, from a second cell, Multicast/Broadcast over Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframe configuration information for the second cell; and transmitting, by the first cell to the user equipment via a higher layer signaling, information on a Cell-specific Reference Signal (CRS) of the second cell including the MBSFN subframe configuration information of the second cell, wherein the information on the CRS of the second cell is used by the user equipment to mitigate the inter-cell interference from the CRS of the second cell.

Abstract: Disclosed is a microcapsule encoded depending on the kind of a target substance included therein. The encoded microcapsule has a hydrophilic liquid core including the target substance and a hydrophobic shell surrounding the liquid core. The encoded microcapsule includes graphical codes introduced on the surface of the shell.