Abstract: A method and system for operating a user equipment (UE) wherein a first set of radio access procedures are supported when the UE is in a first operating state, and a second set of radio access procedures are supported when the UE is in a second operating state.

Abstract: A method and system for operating a user equipment (UE) wherein a first set of radio access procedures are supported when the UE is in a first operating state, and a second set of radio access procedures are supported when the UE is in a second operating state.

Abstract: A method and system for operating a user equipment (UE) wherein a first set of radio access procedures are supported when the UE is in a first operating state, and a second set of radio access procedures are supported when the UE is in a second operating state.

Abstract: A method and system for operating a user equipment (UE) wherein a first set of radio access procedures are supported when the UE is in a first operating state, and a second set of radio access procedures are supported when the UE is in a second operating state.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a first device from a second device, a plurality of encoded messages on a plurality of transmission time intervals (TTIs), where the plurality of encoded messages are forward error correction (FEC) encoded, and where the FEC spans the plurality of encoded messages and decoding the plurality of encoded messages using FEC. The method also includes determining a plurality of decoding status messages in accordance with decoding the plurality of encoded messages and transmitting, by the first device to the second device, the plurality of decoding status messages less often than once every TTI.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed in which the start time of a downlink transmission to a user equipment (UE) is more flexible. For example, instead of beginning at predetermined starting points in a frame or subframe, a downlink transmission may instead possibly begin every x OFDM symbols, where x may be as small as one OFDM symbol.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for a wireless device to receive data in an eco state is provided. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, upon determining that data is to be transmitted to the wireless device in the eco state, a network node operates to transmit a unicast notification message to the wireless device in order to inform the wireless device of the impending data transmission. According to another embodiment of the disclosure, in response to receiving the unicast notification message, the wireless device operates to receive the data in accordance with the unicast notification message. To this end, the wireless device might for example try to receive data for a time period following the unicast notification message. Meanwhile, the wireless device may remain in the eco state.

Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes determining a first operating state in accordance with a first message traffic generated by a non-session based application executing in the UE, setting a state machine in the UE to the first operating state, and transmitting a first message in accordance with the state machine.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for a wireless device to receive data in an eco state is provided. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, upon determining that data is to be transmitted to the wireless device in the eco state, a network node operates to transmit a unicast notification message to the wireless device in order to inform the wireless device of the impending data transmission. According to another embodiment of the disclosure, in response to receiving the unicast notification message, the wireless device operates to receive the data in accordance with the unicast notification message. To this end, the wireless device might for example try to receive data for a time period following the unicast notification message. Meanwhile, the wireless device may remain in the eco state.

Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes determining a first operating state in accordance with a first message traffic generated by a non-session based application executing in the UE, setting a state machine in the UE to the first operating state, and transmitting a first message in accordance with the state machine.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for a wireless device to receive data in an eco state is provided. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, upon determining that data is to be transmitted to the wireless device in the eco state, a network node operates to transmit a unicast notification message to the wireless device in order to inform the wireless device of the impending data transmission. According to another embodiment of the disclosure, in response to receiving the unicast notification message, the wireless device operates to receive the data in accordance with the unicast notification message. To this end, the wireless device might for example try to receive data for a time period following the unicast notification message. Meanwhile, the wireless device may remain in the eco state.

Abstract: Different filtered-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (f-OFDM) frame formats may be used to achieve the spectrum flexibility. F-OFDM waveforms are generated by applying a pulse shaping digital filter to an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) signal. Different frame formats may be used to carry different traffic types as well as to adapt to characteristics of the channel, transmitter, receiver, or serving cell. The different frame formats may utilize different sub-carrier (SC) spacings and/or cyclic prefix (CP) lengths. In some embodiments, the different frame formats also utilize different symbol durations and/or transmission time interval (TTI) lengths.

Abstract: A network for facilitating wireless radio communication. The network includes a first access area, wherein the access area includes one or more transmission/receive points. At least one transmission/receive point includes a base station that supports wireless communication between a network and user equipment (UE), such as, a mobile device. The network includes a dedicated connection signature (DCS) that is assigned to a UE. The DCS provides for and is used by the UE to maintain active, unified access to the wireless network. More particularly, the DCS provides for active, contention free, and fast access for the UE to the network through transmission/receive points within the first access area, which is of significance to present and future UE centric virtual radio access networks having high densities of mobile and non-mobile users and with high populations of different types of traffic patterns and applications.

Abstract: System and method embodiments are disclosed to provide mechanisms that allow adaptive transmission time interval (TTI) coexistence in Long Term Evolution (LTE) and fifth generation (5G) cellular systems. In accordance with an embodiment, a method for an adaptive TTI coexistence mechanism includes allocating, by a network controller, a LTE TTI at a first bandwidth. The first bandwidth is smaller than an available system bandwidth and is centered around a carrier frequency at a center of the available system bandwidth. The method further includes broadcasting the first bandwidth in LTE system information messages, allocating adaptive TTIs in the available system bandwidth outside the first bandwidth, and broadcasting adaptive TTI bandwidth partitioning information to adaptive TTI-capable terminals.

Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes determining a first operating state in accordance with a first message traffic generated by a non-session based application executing in the UE, setting a state machine in the UE to the first operating state, and transmitting a first message in accordance with the state machine.

Abstract: It is possible to reduce the processing intensity of blind detection by configuring user equipments (UEs) to search for fewer than all possible DCI formats defined for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), as this reduces the number of searches performed by the corresponding UE during blind detection. The UE may select the subset of DCI formats to search for during blind detection based on various criteria, such as an air interface configuration assigned to the UE, a UE group to which the UE belongs, a transmission mode used by the UE, a re-transmission scheme assigned to the UE, a characteristic (e.g., size, location) of the UE's search space, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A method for wireless communications includes receiving signaling for indicating a time division duplexing (TDD) frame structure configuration from a base station. The TDD frame structure configuration corresponds to a time duration of 0.1 ms, 0.125 ms, 0.2 ms, 0.25 ms, 0.5 ms, or 1.0 ms, the TDD frame structure configuration including two switching points between downlink transmissions and uplink transmissions. The method further includes communicating downlink and uplink transmissions according to the TDD frame structure configuration. The TDD frame structure configuration may further include a guard period for separating the first downlink transmission and the first uplink transmission in the time domain.

Abstract: Feedback from a base station is used to reduce retransmissions of a grant-free UE where the SINR of an initial transmission from the grant-free UE is higher than a threshold. Feedback from a base station is also used to adjust transmission by grant-based UEs in resources that overlap with those also available to grant-free UEs.

Abstract: Systems and methods for reference signal transmission, such as demodulation reference symbol and CSI-RS. The network transmits a reference signal scrambling ID to the UE, and both the network and the UE use this to calculate an initialization sequence for the reference signal. The, one or the other of the network and the UE transmit the reference signal. Optionally, the reference signal is based on a UE-related ID, or a combination of the UE-related ID and one or more other fields.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for adaptive transmission time intervals (TTIs) includes transmitting, by a communications controller to a user equipment (UE), a segment of a first TDD TTI configuration of a first TDD interval and a second TDD TTI configuration of the first TDD interval, where the first TDD TTI configuration has a first pattern, where the second TDD TTI configuration has a second pattern, where the first pattern is different than the second pattern, where the first TDD TTI configuration has a first uplink TTI segment and a first downlink TTI segment. The method also includes transmitting a first plurality of data on a first TTI in the first downlink TTI segment of the first TDD TTI configurations of the first TDD interval and receiving a second plurality of data on the first uplink segment of the first TDD TTI configuration of the first TDD interval.