Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for event-triggered EMR reporting. One method may include receiving, at a user equipment, from a network entity, a measurement configuration for early measurement reporting. The measurement configuration may include at least one early measurement reporting event associated with the user equipment re-accessing the network entity. The method may further include transmitting, to the network entity, an early measurement reporting result.

Abstract: Methods may be provided to operate a wireless terminal in communication with a base station. Such methods may include receiving a Radio Resource Control RRC message from the base station, wherein the RRC message includes information regarding at least one Quality of Service, QoS, flow being reflective and/or non-reflective. Such methods may also include providing communication of a data packet between the wireless terminal and the base station using a non-reflective QoS flow, wherein the data packet includes a data field and a Service Data Application Protocol SDAP header field with a QoS Flow Identity QFI, and wherein the QFI is used for the data packet based on the information from the RRC message. Methods of operating base stations and core network nodes may also be provided. Related wireless terminals, base stations, and core network nodes are also discussed.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, architectures and interfaces for a Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) host providing a MEC platform, including a reliable and available wireless (RAW) control entity, are provided. A method may include any of: generating MEC application information associated with a MEC-to-RAW request according to information indicating a MEC application; transmitting, to another network entity, the MEC-to-RAW request including the MEC application information; and receiving, from the other network entity, a MEC-to-RAW response including information indicating any of: (1) a wireless communication network path, and (2) RAW control information associated with the wireless communication network path.

Abstract: Procedures, methods, architectures, apparatuses, systems, devices, and computer program products may be used to communicate with a wireless network. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may be configured to multiplex the transmission of measurement data, as control plane data, between the WTRU and a network entity via a first wireless path and the transmission of measurement data, as user plane data, between the WTRU and the network entity via a second wireless path. Switching to/from the second wireless path may be based on a state of the first wireless path, a state of the network, a state of the WTRU and/or an amount of measurement data to be communicated by the WTRU or which has been communicated by the WTRU.

Abstract: Procedures, methods, architectures, apparatuses, systems, devices, and computer program products directed to improved service continuity in connection with wireless transmit/receive devices not remaining within proximity/range of each other to continue device-to-device (D2D) communications are provided.

Abstract: A method of operating a receiver in a communications network includes receiving a protocol data unit, PDU, from a transmitter, wherein the PDU carries at least part of a service data unit, SDU, determining that first and second non-adjacent segments of the SDU were not successfully received at the receiver, and requesting retransmission by the transmitter of a portion of the SDU from a beginning of the first non-adjacent segment to an end of the second non-adjacent segment.

Abstract: Methods may be provided to operate a wireless terminal in communication with a base station. Such methods may include receiving a Radio Resource Control RRC message from the base station, wherein the RRC message includes information regarding at least one Quality of Service, QoS, flow being reflective and/or non-reflective. Such methods may also include providing communication of a data packet between the wireless terminal and the base station using a non-reflective QoS flow, wherein the data packet includes a data field and a Service Data Application Protocol SDAP header field with a QoS Flow Identity QFI, and wherein the QFI is used for the data packet based on the information from the RRC message. Methods of operating base stations and core network nodes may also be provided. Related wireless terminals, base stations, and core network nodes are also discussed.

Abstract: Method and apparatuses for low-latency transmission of sensor data and wireless modem data are described herein. A method may comprise associating, by a Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit (WTRU), a first Unique Data Identifier (UDI) with the sensor data and a second UDI with the wireless modem data. The method may further comprise generating, by the WTRU, a mapping between the first UDI and a first network Quality of Service (QoS) Flow Identifiers (QFIs) and a mapping between the second UDI and a second network QFI. The method may further comprise transmitting, by the WTRU, the sensor data and the wireless modem data to a network node.

Abstract: Methods may be provided to operate a wireless terminal in communication with a base station. Such methods may include receiving a Radio Resource Control RRC message from the base station, wherein the RRC message includes information regarding at least one Quality of Service, QoS, flow being reflective and/or non-reflective. Such methods may also include providing communication of a data packet between the wireless terminal and the base station using a non-reflective QoS flow, wherein the data packet includes a data field and a Service Data Application Protocol SDAP header field with a QoS Flow Identity QFI, and wherein the QFI is used for the data packet based on the information from the RRC message. Methods of operating base stations and core network nodes may also be provided. Related wireless terminals, base stations, and core network nodes are also discussed.

Abstract: Transmitters consider the size of a gap segment adjacent to at least one negatively acknowledged (NACKed) Radio Link Control (RLC) Service Data Unit (SDU) when considering when and/or how to concatenate one or more NACKed SDU segments for retransmission. Depending on which RLC SDU segment(s) is/are NACKed, e.g., considering the size of NACKed segments in relation to Protocol Data Unit (PDU) header size(s) needed, the transmitter implements a single RLC SDU retransmission or multiple RLC SDU segment retransmissions. In so doing, the solution presented herein not only defines how such transmissions occur, but also provides improved efficiency when retransmitting such NACKed SDU segments.

Abstract: A method of operating a receiver in a communications network includes receiving a protocol data unit, PDU, from a transmitter, wherein the PDU carries at least part of a service data unit, SDU, determining that first and second non-adjacent segments of the SDU were not successfully received at the receiver, and requesting retransmission by the transmitter of a portion of the SDU from a beginning of the first non-adjacent segment to an end of the second non-adjacent segment.

Abstract: A method (100) for performing packet communication over a local network is disclosed, the local network connected to a cellular communication network via a gateway. The method comprises receiving configuration information specifying a condition for application of a local packet replication procedure (102) and determining if the condition is satisfied for a packet to be transmitted over the local network (110). The method further comprises applying the local packet replication procedure to the packet to be transported over the local network if it is determined that the condition is satisfied for the packet (118). The local packet replication procedure comprises generating a copy of the packet for transmission to the packet destination, and the local packet replication procedure is performed by at an application layer protocol.

Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for initial network access for a first wireless communication device to a wireless network. A method is performed by the first wireless communication device. The method comprises providing, as part of performing initial access of the first wireless communication device to the wireless network, a request to a second wireless communication device for assisted connection initialization of the first wireless communication device to the wireless network. The method comprises obtaining connection parameters from the second wireless communication device. The parameters are based on the network configuration. The method comprises establishing, using the connection parameters and without further assistance from the second wireless communication device, a connection to the wireless network.

Abstract: Methods may be provided to operate a wireless terminal in communication with a base station. Such methods may include receiving a Radio Resource Control RRC message from the base station, wherein the RRC message includes information regarding at least one Quality of Service, QoS, flow being reflective and/or non-reflective. Such methods may also include providing communication of a data packet between the wireless terminal and the base station using a non-reflective QoS flow, wherein the data packet includes a data field and a Service Data Application Protocol SDAP header field with a QoS Flow Identity QFI, and wherein the QFI is used for the data packet based on the information from the RRC message. Methods of operating base stations and core network nodes may also be provided. Related wireless terminals, base stations, and core network nodes are also discussed.

Abstract: Transmitters consider the size of a gap segment adjacent to at least one negatively acknowledged (NACKed) Radio Link Control (RLC) Service Data Unit (SDU) when considering when and/or how to concatenate one or more NACKed SDU segments for retransmission. Depending on which RLC SDU segment(s) is/are NACKed, e.g., considering the size of NACKed segments in relation to Protocol Data Unit (PDU) header size(s) needed, the transmitter implements a single RLC SDU retransmission or multiple RLC SDU segment retransmissions. In so doing, the solution presented herein not only defines how such transmissions occur, but also provides improved efficiency when retransmitting such NACKed SDU segments.

Abstract: A method (100) for performing packet communication over a local network is disclosed, the local network connected to a cellular communication network via a gateway. The method comprises receiving configuration information specifying a condition for application of a local packet replication procedure (102) and determining if the condition is satisfied for a packet to be transmitted over the local network (1 10). The method further comprises applying the local packet replication procedure to the packet to be transported over the local network if it is determined that the condition is satisfied for the packet (1 18). The local packet replication procedure comprises generating a copy of the packet for transmission to the packet destination, and the local packet replication procedure is performed by at an application layer protocol.

Abstract: The proposed technology generally relates to radio resource management in wireless communication systems, which operate based on directive beams for serving one or more wireless user devices (120). A basic idea is to process image information obtained from one or more image sensors (115) to predict a change in radio propagation characteristics between a network node (110) of the wireless communication system and a user device (120), and to control a mobility reference signal for at least one directive beam in the wireless communication system and/or configure measurements of the mobility reference signal and/or configure reporting and/or processing of measurement results from measurements of the mobility reference signal, based on the predicted change in radio propagation characteristics.

Abstract: The proposed technology generally relates to radio resource management in wireless communication systems, which operate based on directive beams for serving one or more wireless user devices (120). A basic idea is to process image information obtained from one or more image sensors (115) to predict a change in radio propagation characteristics between a network node (110) of the wireless communication system and a user device (120), and to control a mobility reference signal for at least one directive beam in the wireless communication system and/or configure measurements of the mobility reference signal and/or configure reporting and/or processing of measurement results from measurements of the mobility reference signal, based on the predicted change in radio propagation characteristics.

Abstract: Radio equipment (12, 14) is configured for use in a wireless communication system (10). The radio equipment (12, 14) transmits or receives a status report message (18) that includes a negative acknowledgement, NACK, sequence number, SN, field (20) and multiple different sets of segment offset, SO, fields (22-1, . . . 22-N) related to the NACK SN field (20). The different sets of SO fields (22-1, . . . 22-N) may for instance indicate different respective service data unit, SDU, portions that have been detected as lost. These different respective SDU portions may be portions of the same SDU with a SN indicated by the NACK SN field (20).

Abstract: Radio equipment (12, 14) is configured for use in a wireless communication system (10). The radio equipment (12, 14) transmits or receives a status report message (18) that includes a negative acknowledgement, NACK, sequence number, SN, field (20) and multiple different sets of segment offset, SO, fields (22-1, . . . 22-N) related to the NACK SN field (20). The different sets of SO fields (22-1, . . . 22-N) may for instance indicate different respective service data unit, SDU, portions that have been detected as lost. These different respective SDU portions may be portions of the same SDU with a SN indicated by the NACK SN field (20).