Abstract: A method can be performed by a first node for determining a parameter of physical (PHY) layer circuitry of a second node. The method can include implementing a cascaded hierarchy of techniques to determine, based on an electrical signal from a second node, a parameter of the PHY layer circuitry of the second node, and causing an antenna of the first node to transmit an electromagnetic wave consistent with the determined parameter.

Abstract: Non-pre-provisioned cellular Internet of things (IoT) devices can be added to an existing user's subscription with an operator and a service provider. The procedure can include obtaining a security association between a device and a user's smartphone using the operator's network. The operator and the service provider can verify the device with a certificate authority. In one embodiment, the smartphone reads (302) a URL pointer to the device certification and sends it (304) to the MME. The MME forwards (306) the URL to the HSS. The HSS verifies (312) the certificate and derives security credentials including the Master key K?. The HSS also derives another key K? used to establish security context between the IoT device and the smartphone. The device uses its key deriving function KDF with K? and Rand to generate K?.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to time-sensitive networking in wireless communications. A device may exchange time-sensitive networking (TSN) capabilities with one or more station devices associated with the device. The device may identify a TSN capability request received from a TSN management entity associated with a TSN domain. The device may transmit a TSN capability response to the TSN management entity. The device may identify a TSN capability configuration frame from the TSN management entity. The device may configure the TSN capabilities based on the TSN capability configuration frame.

Abstract: Non-pre-provisioned cellular Internet of things (IoT) devices can be added to an existing user's subscription with an operator and a service provider. The procedure can include obtaining a security association between a device and a user's smartphone using the operator's network. The operator and the service provider can verify the device with a certificate authority. In one embodiment, the smartphone reads (302) a URL pointer to the device certification and sends it (304) to the MME. The MME forwards (306) the URL to the HSS. The HSS verifies (312) the certificate and derives security credentials including the Master key K?. The HSS also derives another key K? used to establish security context between the IoT device and the smartphone. The device uses its key deriving function KDF with K? and Rand to generate K?.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments may include apparatus, system and method of scheduling Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) wireless communications. For example, an apparatus may include logic and circuitry configured to cause a wireless communication Access Point (AP) to allocate at least one Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) enabled (TSN-enabled) Target Wakeup Time (TWT) Service Period (SP) based on one or more timing requirements of a TSN schedule of at least one TSN stream for at least one wireless communication station (STA); to transmit a TWT scheduling message to schedule the TSN-enabled TWT SP, the TWT scheduling message including an indication that the TSN-enabled TWT SP is restricted to only TSN communications; and, during the TSN-enabled TWT SP, to communicate one or more frames of the at least one TSN stream with the at least one STA.

Abstract: User equipment (UE) provides machine type communications (MTC) through a narrowband (NB)-long term evolution (LTE) system having a downlink transmission bandwidth in a range from about 180 kilohertz (kHz) to about 200 kHz. Receive circuitry is configured to receive, through a downlink transmission of an evolved node B (eNB) in the NB-LTE system, an NB-physical synchronization channel (NB-PSCH), the NB-PSCH including a synchronization signal and having a channel structure, the synchronization signal including a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and the channel structure defined by multiple subcarriers mutually spaced apart by about 15 kHz and located entirely within the downlink transmission bandwidth. Control circuitry configured to decode the synchronization signal.

Abstract: Described is a Logical Network Controller (LNC) operable to communicate with a User Equipment (UE) on a wireless network. The LNC may be operable to process connection request transmissions from the UE requesting a connection with an application service, such as a Mission-Critical Internet-of-Things (MC-IoT) service, to determine a Connection-specific Application Server Instance (CASI) for the application service, and to generate connection response transmissions for the UE carrying a connection-specific source IP address corresponding to the UE and a connection-specific destination IP address corresponding to the CASI.

Abstract: An access point (AP) may be configured by processing circuitry to operate as a coordinator AP for performing BSS channel level coordination. The coordinator AP is configured to assign non-overlapping channels to one or more coordinated APs of overlapping BSSs to schedule time-sensitive traffic to help ensure bounded latency, jitter and reliability per BSS. In some embodiments, the AP may be configured for performing transmission level coordination and may initiate a coordinated transmission opportunity (TXOP) for resource assignment to control contention access among managed BSSs. To perform the BSS channel level coordination, the coordinator AP is configured to encode a multi-AP trigger frame (M-TF) to initiate the coordinated TXOP. The M-TF may be encoded to include a time-sensitive operation IE indicating how each STA is to access the channel within the coordinated TXOP.

Abstract: Technology for a user equipment (UE) operable to receive system information change notifications from an eNodeB is disclosed. The UE can receive one or more system information (SI) change notifications that indicate a change has occurred in one or more system information blocks (SIBs). The UE can receive a SIB1 that is associated with a value tag, and the SIB1 can include a bit-map that indicates which of the one or more SIBs include a change. The UE can compare the value tag associated with the SIB1 with a value tag stored at the UE. The UE can obtain scheduling information for the one or more SIBs that include a change according to the bitmap when the value tag associated with the SIB1 does not equal to the value tag stored at the UE. The UE can retrieve the SIBs that include a change using the scheduling information.

Abstract: Technology described herein provides systems and technologies that help avoid waste of wireless network resources due to frequent losses of wireless connectivity with energy-harvesting devices (EHDs). An energy-harvesting-indicator communication can be sent from a wireless device to a cellular base station to inform the cellular base station that the wireless device is an EHD. The cellular base station can preserve context information and/or DL data pertaining to a wireless connection with the EHD when a wireless connection is lost due to a temporarily low level of available energy at the EHD. The context information and/or DL data can be preserved by the cellular base station until the period of time elapsed exceeds a threshold time value. Upon receiving a connection-resumption communication from the EHD, the cellular base station can use preserved context information to restore the wireless connection and proceed to send preserved DL data to the EHD.

Abstract: Embodiments of an evolved Node B (eNB) and User Equipment (UE) for dynamic frequency selection are generally described herein. An eNB may include a transceiver to: receive an indication from a User Equipment (UE) indicating that the UE is capable of detecting radar, send instructions to the UE to detect radar on a channel of an unlicensed band, the instructions including a scheduling information element and a measurement information element, and receive a notification of radar on the channel of the unlicensed band from the UE. The eNB may include a processor to: determine whether the radar was previously detected by the eNB on the channel of the unlicensed band, and in response to determining that the radar was previously undetected, detect radar on the channel of the unlicensed band.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for channelization of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) networks in a wireless network are disclosed. An apparatus of an of a next generation vehicle to everything (V2X) (NGV) wireless device includes processing circuitry configured to: encode a management frame, the management frame including an indication of resource units (RUs) for use by NGV stations during transmission opportunities (TXOPs) where the RUs part of a channel. The processing circuitry is further configured to configure the NGV wireless device to transmit the management frame on the channel and configure the NGV wireless device to transmit a short sequence frame (SF) at a start of each TXOP of the TXOPs. An apparatus for V2X networks is disclosed that is configured to transmit a packet in center tones of a channel and to simultaneously transmit parity or redundancy information for the packet on tones on either side of the center tones.

Abstract: Disclosed are narrowband (NB)-physical random access channel (PRACH) techniques for NB-long term evolution (LTE) systems supporting cellular internet of things (CloT) and machine-type communications (MTC) deployments. Apparatus and methods are described for generating, transmitting, or receiving an NB-PRACH defined by an NB-PRACH physical structure and an NB-PRACH numerology.

Abstract: Devices and methods of using a reduced complexity network protocol are generally described. An evolved NodeB (eNB) transmits an Attach Request to a mobility management entity (MME), which transmits a Create Session Request for transmission of non-IP (NIP) data of user equipment (UE) to a Packet Data Network (P-GW). The P-GW in response transmits a Create Session Response, with the UE ID if originating at the P-GW and free from a UE IP address and an Up Link Traffic Flow Template, to the MME, which transmits an Attach Accept to the eNB and UE. A UE identifier (UE ID) either originates at the UE and is transmitted in the Attach Request, or is generated by the eNB, MME or P-GW. The NIP data has a tunneling NIP data packet with a NIP header with the UE ID and a NIP user data packet free from TCP/IP encapsulation and header compression.

Abstract: Systems and methods provide resource allocation signaling for low cost machine type communication (LC-MTC) devices with the elimination of the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in long term evolution (LTE) communication systems. Disclosed systems and methods provide alternative light-weight, efficient control signaling for resource allocation of LC-MTC devices.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for contention based spatial sharing in wireless communications. An example first wireless communications device includes: a memory to store data for transmission; a priority controller to: determine an estimated transmission time; set a contention window setting based on the estimated transmission time; a media access control to: wait for a timer to expire, a duration of the timer selected based on the contention window setting; and transmit the data when the timer expires.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus circuitry, and storage media are described for mobile-terminated packet transmissions. In one embodiment, an apparatus of a control plane device configured to operate within an evolved packet network core identifies a first service flow event trigger associated with a first packet data unit (PDU) session and processes a path reselection for a first PDU session in response to the first service flow event trigger, wherein the path reselection determines a new gateway for the first PDU session resulting from the path reselection. Transmission of a change notification to an application server controller associated with the first PDU session is initiated in response to the path reselection. Transmission of a routing update to the new gateway in response to the path reselection is also initiated. In various embodiments, the trigger may be a mobility event, a load balancing event, or operations in association with an application server controller.

Abstract: Embodiments of Evolved Node-B (eNBs), user equipment (UE) and methods for licensed shared access (LSA) handover are generally described herein. An eNB includes hardware processing circuitry to receive a command to release spectrum resources in a LSA band over which the eNB serves an LSA cell; to determine whether user equipment (UEs) served by the eNB are permitted to skip a random access process (RAP) to be handed over to a target cell operating on a band separate from the LSA band; and to transmit a message to a UE served by the eNB instructing the UE that the UE is to be handed over to the target cell, the message including one or more indicators based on the determination. Other apparatuses, systems and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: An SDN architecture, for a cellular communications system, is described herein that includes a Quality of Service (QoS) provisioning framework to provision and manage traffic flows in the cellular communications system. The described architecture separates the control plane and the user plane for the transport of the user plane traffic. Network entities in the SDN architecture, such as a network controller, can detect and react to changes in network state (e.g., load conditions) to route or reroute traffic flows in the network. QoS and routing parameters may be determined for the network traffic on a per-flow basis, even when multiple flows are associated with a single service request.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for contention based spatial sharing in wireless communications. An example first wireless communications device includes: a memory to store data for transmission; a priority controller to: determine an estimated transmission time; set a contention window setting based on the estimated transmission time; a media access control to: wait for a timer to expire, a duration of the timer selected based on the contention window setting; and transmit the data when the timer expires.