Abstract: A method is provided. The method includes: sending first information to a first terminal device, the first information indicate one or more feedback opportunities of feedback from the first terminal device, and each feedback opportunity corresponds to a set of bits of a code block (CB); sending one or more sets of bits of a first code block (CB) to the first terminal device; receiving feedback corresponding to the first codeword from the first terminal device, wherein the feedback is used for indicating whether the first codeword is decoded successfully; and stop sending the one or more sets of bits of the first codeword in a case where the first codeword is decoded successfully.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to a method and apparatus, for example, for spectrum sharing between network technologies. An example method includes: receiving a first synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block, where the first SS/PBCH block includes a first part, and the first part includes part or all of a second SS/PBCH block associated with a second radio access technology; and processing the first SS/PBCH block.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to detecting a control channel used to transmit scheduling information in a wireless network. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, an apparatus may receive configuration information including a plurality of control channel candidates (CCCs), wherein each subset of CCCs includes one or more CCCs and wherein each subset of CCCs is located within a time-frequency resource region of a control resource set (CORESET). The apparatus then may receive indication information including a scheduling message, wherein the indication information is carried by at least one CCC of a subset of CCCs from the one or more subsets of CCCs. The scheduling message includes scheduling resources for communication between the apparatus and another apparatus.

Abstract: A communication method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: A network device determines first information, and sends the first information. The first information includes information about at least one region served by a first beam or a first cell. A communication apparatus receives the first information, and performs at least one of access control, camping control, or measurement control based on location information of the communication apparatus and the first information. Based on this solution, because the region is fixed relative to the earth, the network device may send information about a region served by a beam or a cell in either an earth-moving mode or an earth-fixed mode, to indicate a service region of the beam or the cell.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide an information transmission method and an apparatus. The method includes: A first device sends first indication information to a second device, where the first indication information indicates S1 orthogonal vectors, and S1 is a positive integer; the second device determines a first channel estimation assistance matrix based on the S1 orthogonal vectors; and the second device performs channel estimation based on the first channel estimation assistance matrix. It can be learned that the second device performs channel estimation based on the first channel estimation assistance matrix.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a method and an apparatus for communications. A receiving apparatus obtains common information and receives information of K reference channel(s) from a transmitting apparatus. The common information is used for determining information of a downlink (DL) channel between the transmitting apparatus and the receiving apparatus, and the K reference channel(s) is related to an environment parameter set. The receiving apparatus transmits feedback information based on the common information and the information of the K reference channel(s), and the feedback information includes the information of the DL channel. The feedback information is no longer a channel estimation result itself but information of a reference channel that may be a representative of the DL channel.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and a communication apparatus, to improve communication reliability; and can be applied to a communication system. The method includes: A first apparatus receives first indication information from a second apparatus, where the first indication information indicates a first resource and a second resource, the first resource is used by a third apparatus to send first information to the first apparatus, and the second resource is used by the second apparatus to send the first information to the first apparatus. The first apparatus receives the first information sent by the third apparatus on the first resource, and receives the first information sent by the second apparatus on the second resource.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a method and apparatus for spectrum sharing between network technologies. The method includes: receiving first indication information, where the first indication information indicates a mode among multiple modes, the multiple modes include a first mode, and a first set of configurations associated with the first mode includes part or all of a second set of configurations associated with a second radio access technology; and communicating based on the first indication information.

Abstract: Provided are a method, apparatus and system for semantic communications. A first device such as a sensing device can send a first message that includes semantic capability information of the first device, so that a second device, such as a central device, can obtain the semantic capability information and send a second message to the first device based on the semantic capability information of the first device.

Abstract: A communication method and a related apparatus are provided. The method includes: A terminal device receives a downlink synchronization signal from an access network device, where the downlink synchronization signal is used for downlink synchronization; and the terminal device sends a wake up signal to the access network device, where the wake up signal indicates assistance information, and the assistance information is used to trigger the access network device to send all or a part of information in system information. Embodiments of this application help reduce network energy consumption.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a method and apparatus for spectrum sharing between network technologies. The method includes: receiving configuration information, where the configuration information indicates a first sounding reference signals (SRS) resource, the first SRS resource includes a first part, and the first part includes part or all of a second SRS resource associated with a second radio access technology; and mapping an SRS sequence to the first SRS resource. The resource utilization could be improved when multiple terminal devices associated with different generations of technology co-exist.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a method and apparatus for spectrum sharing between network technologies. The method includes: receiving indication information, in a first state, where the indication information indicates a mode among multiple modes, the multiple modes include a first mode, and a first set of configurations associated with the first mode includes part or all of a second set of configurations associated with a second radio access technology; and transitioning from the first state to the indicated mode. The multiple terminal devices associated with different technologies may co-exist better.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to operations associated with an artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) model. In an example method, a first network device transmits, to a second network device, a first request indicating the second network device to provide a first AI/ML model, and receives the first AI/ML model from the second network device. The first network device then obtains a fine-tuned AI/ML model based on the first AI/ML model.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to communication methods and communication apparatuses. In one example method, a first apparatus receives a reference signal. A frequency domain position of the reference signal and a transmit antenna port corresponding to the frequency domain position are a combination of frequency domain position and transmit antenna port that corresponds to a first index in an arrangement matrix. In other words, the reference signal received by the first apparatus may be a part of reference signals (for example, only a part of all receive antenna ports and a part of all frequency domain positions are occupied).

Abstract: Systems and methods of scheduling for lower-layer transport block-based UE cooperation are provided. One or more PDCCH are used to schedule a downlink joint UE transmission, which may also be referred to as a UE cooperation (UC) transmission, from a transmitter and involving a first UE, also referred to as a target UE, and a second UE, also referred to as a cooperative UE. This may involve transmission of a single PDCCH to the transmitter, or transmitting a respective PDCCH to each of the transmitter and the second UE. The first UE receives a first TB based on scheduling information in the PDCCH. The second UE receives a second TB as part of the joint/UC transmission. Various design options for downlink control information carrying the scheduling information are provided.

Abstract: An apparatus can broadcast or multi-cast or unicast query message(s), so that other apparatus(es) can obtain the query message(s) and respond with sensing result(s). The sensing result(s) may include the at least one piece of sensed data and/or the at least one sensing semantic, where the at least one piece of sensed data and/or at least one piece of sensed data corresponding to the at least one sensing semantic is included in one or more pieces of sensed data and matches query message(s) based on respective score of relevance of each of the at least one piece of sensed data in the sensing result(s) and/or each of the at least one piece of sensed data corresponding to the at least one sensing semantic in the sensing result(s), and for each of the one or more pieces of sensed data, a respective score of relevance is calculated.

Abstract: Systems and methods of integrated sensing and communication are provided. These involve using a communications network for the exchange of both communications signals and sensing signals. A device on the network, which might be a user equipment or a network device, uses a first set of channels to transmit sensing signals for use in cooperative sensing involving a multiple devices, which may include user equipment and/or network devices, for sensing a target that is not registered in the network, such as a building. The device uses a second set of channels to transmit a communications signal. The second set of channels includes at least one channel not included in the first protocol stack.

Abstract: A first sensing coordinator in a radio access network may communicate a first signal with a second sensing coordinator through an interface link. The first sensing coordinator may include a sensing protocol layer, and may communicate the first signal through the interface link using the sensing protocol. Similarly, a second sensing coordinator may communicate a first signal with a first sensing coordinator in a radio access network through an interface link, with the second sensing coordinator including a sensing protocol layer and communicating the first signal through the interface link using the sensing protocol. A sensing device or apparatus may access an interface link through a radio access network and communicate a first signal, including a sensing configuration or sensing data, with a sensing coordinator that has a sensing protocol layer. The communicating may involve communicating the first signal through the interface link using a sensing protocol.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a communication method and a communication apparatus. The method includes: transmitting first information indicating information of a common pilot signal, where the common pilot signal is being transmitted on a first resource unit, and pilot signal collision of different communication devices happens at least on the first resource unit; and transmitting the common pilot signal on the first resource unit.

Abstract: Systems and methods of scheduling for lower-layer transport block based UE cooperation are provided. One or more PDCCH are used to schedule a joint UE transmission involving a first UE, from which data is originated, and a second UE. This may involve transmission of a single PDCCH to the first UE, or transmitting a respective PDCCH to each of the first UE and the second UE. The first UE conveys data to the second UE over an inter-UE connection and transmits a first TB based on scheduling information in the PDCCH. The second UE transmits a second TB as part of the joint/UC transmission. Various design options for downlink control information carrying the scheduling information are provided.