Abstract: An integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node switching method, including: receiving, by a third IAB node, a node switching command from a source donor node, where the node switching command is used to indicate a parent node of the third IAB node to switch to a second node, the source donor node is a control node of the third IAB node, the first node is a source parent node of the third IAB node, the first node is a donor node or another IAB node, and the second node is a donor node or another IAB node; and switching, by the third IAB node, to the second node, and sending, by the third IAB node, first indication information to a child node of the third IAB node, where the first indication information indicates the child node to interrupt transmission with the third IAB node.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for 5GS assisted adaptive AI or ML operation are disclosed. In one embodiment, an SMF comprises a processor; and a transceiver coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to: receive, via the transceiver, app assistant information from a NG-RAN node, wherein the app assistant information includes at least one of predicted UL data rate of UE and predicted DL data rate of UE; and transmit, via the transceiver, the app assistant information to an AF.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for hybrid automatic retransmission request (HARQ) is provided. The method is performed by a first UE. The method includes receiving, from a NodeB, an acknowledge configuration indicating an HARQ scheme of the first UE and uplink resource for the HARQ scheme; determining whether an acknowledgement for a data block associated with a first downlink control information (DCI) is to be transmitted according to the HARQ scheme.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to methods and apparatuses for a combined condition in a conditional handover (CHO) procedure under a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) 5G system or the like. According to an embodiment of the present application, a method can be performed by a user equipment (UE) and can include: receiving, from a network node, CHO configuration information associated with a candidate cell of the UE, wherein the CHO configuration information includes an execution condition comprising an event and a further event; and transmitting, to the network node, assistant information related to at least one of the event and the further event.

Abstract: A communication method, a device, and a system, the method including sending, by a terminal device that supports a first user identity and a second user identity, first information to a first access network device using the first user identity, the first access network device being an access network device to which a first cell belongs, where the first cell is a primary cell in which the terminal device communicates with the first access network device by using the first user identity, where the second cell is a cell on which the terminal device camps using the second user identity, and the first indication information indicates that the first user identity and the second user identity that are supported by the terminal device share capabilities of the terminal device, and receiving first configuration information from the first access network device using the first user identity.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to wireless communication in an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) network. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method performed by a UE may include: determining a location status of the UE relative to a mobile wireless network node based on a criterion. wherein the mobile wireless network node is allowed to serve as a mobile relay node between a BS and the UE: and transmitting the determined location status of the CE to at least one of the mobile wireless network node or the BS.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for processing XR traffic are disclosed. In one embodiment, an Session Management Function (SMF) of a network architecture comprises: a processor and a transmitter coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to construct XR traffic handling information based on XR traffic configuration information obtained from another network entity; and to transmit, via the transmitter, the constructed XR traffic handling information to UPF.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to methods and apparatuses for deactivation secondary node (SN) with multiple transmission reception points (TRPs) and a secondary cell group (SCG) activation failure. According to an embodiment of the present application, a user equipment (UE) includes a transceiver and a processor coupled to the transceiver; and the processor is configured: to receive a first configuration associated with a set of transmission reception points (TRPs) for a secondary cell group (SCG) of a network; to receive a second configuration associated with a state of the SCG of the network, wherein the state of the SCG corresponds to a deactivated state; to receive an activation indication associated with the SCG from the network; and to access to the SCG via a random access channel (RACH) procedure.

Abstract: The present application relates to methods and apparatus for MRO for PSCell change or CPAC in NR-U. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a master node (MN), comprising: a transceiver; and a processor coupled to the transceiver, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive first information related to downlink (DL) listen before talk (LBT) failure from a first secondary node (SN), and/or second information related to uplink (UL) LBT failure associated with secondary cell group (SCG) failure from one of: a user equipment (UE), or a third node, or a second SN; and wherein the processor is configured to determine whether or not to transfer the first information and/or the second information to the second SN for the second SN to perform a SCG failure type detection.

Abstract: A terminal device obtains first configuration information, where the first configuration information includes indication information of a UL MAC CE. Then, the terminal device preferentially sends a UL MAC PDU or an SL MAC PDU based on the indication information, where the UL MAC PDU can be used to transmit the UL MAC CE.

Abstract: A communication method includes: a terminal device sends, to a network side device, information indicating that a first user identity of the terminal device and a second user identity of the terminal device are associated with the terminal device; and the terminal device receives, by using the first user identity, paging information corresponding to the second user identity of the terminal device. In the method, the terminal device receives a paging-related message or paging-related information in a cell corresponding to a single user identity, to monitor paging information of a plurality of user identities of the terminal device, so that the plurality of user identities of the terminal device can be effectively paged.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to methods and apparatuses for mobility enhancements for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). According to an embodiment of the present application, a user equipment (UE) includes a processor and a transceiver coupled to the processor; and the processor is configured: to receive, via the transceiver, configuration information of a conditional handover (CHO) procedure regarding at least one of a height based condition or a flight path based condition; to evaluate whether at least one execution condition for at least one candidate cell of the CHO procedure is satisfied, wherein the at least one execution condition includes the at least one of the height based condition or the flight path based condition; and to execute the CHO procedure upon the at least one execution condition being satisfied.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to buffer status reporting. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method performed by a wireless node may include: receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message configuring one or more logical channels (LCHs) of the wireless node, wherein the RRC message comprises one or more logical channel group (LCG) IDs corresponding to the one or more LCHs; generating a first buffer status reporting (BSR) medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) based on the received RRC message; and transmitting the first BSR MAC CE to a network node.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for handover in a communication system. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a UE may: receive, from a first BS, a reconfiguration message for handover, wherein the reconfiguration message indicates a direct path to a target cell and an indirect path to a target relay, and the target cell and target relay are served by a second BS; and perform a handover procedure based on the reconfiguration message.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to a method and apparatus of supporting multicast and broadcast services (MBS). An exemplary method includes: receiving at least one signaling indicating MRB configuration information for multicast reception in RRC non-connected state, wherein the at least one signaling is at least one of: a RRC dedicated signaling received in a RRC connected state or a RRC dedicated signaling received during a state transition from the RRC connected state to the RRC non-connected state; and in response to the state transition from the RRC connected state to the RRC non-connected state, receive, multicast data of MRB in the RRC non-connected state based on the received MRB configuration information for multicast reception in RRC non-connected state.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to a method and apparatus of supporting multicast and broadcast services (MBS). An exemplary method includes: receiving by a user equipment (UE), configuration information on at least one condition parameter associated with radio resource control (RRC) state transition for multicast reception; and triggering a RRC connection resume procedure by the UE to enter a RRC connected state from a RRC inactive state in response to that the at least one condition parameter is fulfilled in the case that the UE is receiving multicast or is configured to receive the multicast in the RRC inactive state.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to methods and apparatuses for handling establishment and failure in a multi-path case. According to an embodiment of the present application, a user equipment (UE) includes a processor and a transceiver coupled to the processor; and the processor is configured: to access a serving cell of a network node via a path, wherein the path is a direct path or an indirect path between the UE and the network node; to receive configuration information regarding a path addition procedure via the transceiver from the network node, wherein the path addition procedure is for adding a further path between the UE and the network node; to initiate the path addition procedure; and to start a timer related to the path addition procedure.

Abstract: A communication method and apparatus, the method including obtaining, by a distributed unit (DU), resource occupation information of network slices that are in at least two public land mobile networks (PLMNs) supported by a cell of the DU, where the network slices in the at least two PLMNs share a resource, sending, by the DU, the resource occupation information to a centralized unit (CU), receiving, by the DU, request information from a terminal, where the request information comprises an identifier of a first PLMN and an identifier of a first network slice, and where the request information is used by the terminal to request to access the first network slice that is in the first PLMN, and sending, by the DU, the request information to the CU.

Abstract: A time domain resource format configuration method is provided. In addition to configuring time domain resources for an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node based on a downlink-flexible-uplink time domain resource format, an IAB donor may further configure time domain resources for the IAB node based on an uplink-flexible-downlink time domain resource format, so that the time domain resources can be flexibly configured for the IAB node, to improve utilization and a throughput of the time domain resources in an IAB network.

Abstract: This application provides a method, includes: receiving a second message from a second network node, wherein the second message comprises identification information of a terminal device, and wherein the identification information of the terminal device is in association with context information of the terminal device that is stored at a first network node; retrieving based on the identification information of the terminal device, the context information of the terminal device stored at the first network node; and, replacing the original cell radio network temporary identifier with a new cell radio network temporary identifier allocated by the first network node for the context information of the terminal device.