Abstract: A method of modulating and demodulating superposed signals for MUST scheme is proposed. A transmitter takes bit sequences intended for multiple receivers under MUST scheme to go through a “bit sequence to constellation points” mapper before entering the modulators to satisfy the Gray coding rule and to achieve high demodulation performance for the receivers. In a first method, each bit sequence is assigned for each constellation point on the constellation map to satisfy one or more conditions under different power split factors. In a second method, the constellation map is divided into sub-regions according to the clustering of the constellation points for bit sequence assignment. A near-UE may use an ML receiver for demodulation and decoding the superposed signal. A far-UE may use an ML receiver or an MMSE receiver for demodulation and decoding the superposed signal.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for efficient bandwidth adaptation for wideband carrier. In one novel aspect, the UE starts a BWP timer upon detecting one or more BWP timer starting triggering events, resets the BWP timer upon detecting BWP resetting triggering events, and switches to the default BWP upon expiration of the BWP timer. The BWP timer starting triggering events comprises decoding a command to switch away from the default BWP, the detection of end of DL data transmission in DRX mode. In another novel aspect, the UE only decodes the DCI indication for active BWP switching in the first three OFDM symbols of a subframe or a slot. In yet another novel aspect, when the SPS is configured for the serving cell for a UE with multiple BWPs, the SPS is configured for all the BWPs accordingly.

Abstract: Techniques and examples of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) buffer size design for communication systems are described. A user equipment (UE) communicates with a serving cell of a wireless network using a HARQ mechanism, with the communicating involving: (a) determining, by the processor, a respective size of each buffer of a plurality of buffers corresponding to a plurality of HARQ processes on a per-HARQ process basis; and (b) storing, by the processor, respective information in each buffer of the plurality of buffers for a corresponding HARQ process among the plurality of HARQ processes.

Abstract: Periodic Radio Resource Management (RRM) reporting from user equipments (UEs) is beneficial for a network to efficiently select a carrier with a cleaner channel to serve the UEs. To enable periodic RRM reporting from UEs, periodic beacon signal transmission for UE measurements is necessary. However, in a shared spectrum, precise periodic transmission cannot be guaranteed due to channel contention. A method of transmission with periodic time windows for beacon signal transmission is proposed to resolve potential issues. Under the proposed solution, beacon signal can be transmitted in a certain periodic fashion without frequent physical layer signaling. Furthermore, periodic beacon signal transmission for measurements can be kept with low transmission failure rate due to channel contention.

Abstract: A method of two-stage scheduling in downlink control channel is proposed to enhance downlink control information (DCI) forward compatibility and hardware flexibility. The DCI comprises a basic DCI and an extended DCI. The basic DCI provides basic scheduling information of the scheduled data. The extended DCI provides extended scheduling information of the scheduled data channel. The basic DCI can be unicast to a single UE over UE-specific search space. The basic DCI can also be broadcast or multicast to a group of UEs over common search space. UE performs blind detection of the basic DCI only, while the location and size of the extended DCI can be provided by the basic DCI or provided by a higher layer signaling. Cross-slot/subframe and Multi-slot/subframe scheduling can also be applied in the two-stage scheduling.

Abstract: An efficient Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) operation for low-latency and high-performance services in one radio access technology (RAT) in a wireless communication network is proposed. Under the proposed single HARQ operation scheme, an adaptive HARQ-ACK feedback timing is applied based on UE conditions and UE capability to support the tradeoff between low-latency and high-performance applications. In one embodiment, UE signals the network its HARQ-ACK timing capability. Furthermore, an adaptive number of HARQ processes is applied with a fixed HARQ soft buffer size because the hardware cost for HARQ soft buffer does not linearly increase with the number of HARQ processes. In one embodiment, UE determines a nominal HARQ soft buffer size and HARQ soft buffer size for each HARQ process based on a network-configured HARQ process number.

Abstract: Concepts and examples pertaining to efficient coding switching and modem resource utilization in wireless communication systems are described. A processor of a modem of a user equipment (UE), configured with at least a first-capacity decoder and at least a second-capacity decoder, receives a common virtual carrier (CVC), a dedicated virtual carrier (DVC), or both. The CVC contains common information shared by multiple UEs, control information for the UE, and/or data information related to first data destined for the UE. The DVC contains control information for the UE, the first data, or a combination thereof. The first-capacity decoder decodes data of a small size up to a low data rate. The second-capacity decoder decodes data of a large size up to a high data rate. The processor determines whether to decode the first data using the first-capacity decoder or the second-capacity decoder based on the data information in the CVC.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for virtual carrier operation in wireless systems with large carrier bandwidth. In one novel aspect, virtual carrier (VC) with a block of physically contiguous radio resources within a component carrier is configured. In one embodiment, the UE configures a downlink (DL) common virtual carrier (CVC) and an uplink (UL) CVC, which carry control information for the UE, and one or more DL/UL dedicated VCs (DVCs), which carry data services. In one embodiment, the UE obtains the CVC configuration information including the channel bandwidth and the physical location through system information. In another embodiment, the UE obtains DVC configuration through a RRC-layer signaling. In another novel aspect, the UE obtains a VC configuration switch command through either a MAC signal or a PHY signal, and subsequently reconfigures one or more configured VCs based on the received switch command.

Abstract: A flexible radio frame structure for both FDD and TDD is proposed. Under the flexible frame structure, each radio frame consists of a plurality of slots, and each slot within a radio frame has a flexible slot type. As a basic scheduling unit, each slot can be configured by the base station via physical layer signaling. The slot type can be changed dynamically based on current system needs to support different DL/UL ratios and latency requirements. With the support of different slot types and asynchronous DL/UL HARQ operation, HARQ operation for DL/UL can share the same HARQ timing to simplify the system design and reduce implementation complexity.

Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE receives a CORESET configuration specifying one or more properties of a first CORESET. The UE also determines time and frequency resource elements of the first CORESET based on the one or more properties. The UE performs blind decoding on down-link control channel candidates in a search space carried by the first CORESET to obtain a down-link control channel.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for power-efficient operation for wide bandwidth. In one novel aspect, the configuration of the CORESET with CSS includes at least one of the time duration of the CORESET within a slot and the periodicity of the CORESET burst. In another embodiment, each configured BWP includes at least one CORESET with UE-specific search space and one CORESET with CSS. In another embodiment, at least one of the configured BWPs includes one CORESET with type-1 CSS for PCell. Each configured BWPs includes one CORESET with type-2 CSS for both PCell and SCell and at least one CORESET with UE-specific search space for PCell and SCell. In another novel aspect, a timer-triggered transmission of activating DL BWP indication in all DL BWP configured is used when the UE mis-detects or false-alarms the explicit signaling for BWP switch.

Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE receives, on a down-link, an indication indicating a first number of predetermined time units for delaying sending an acknowledgment message after receiving data in a slot. The UE obtains one or more conditions based on the first number, the one or more conditions affecting time required for processing the data received in the slot and affecting a duration of a predetermined time unit. The UE determines whether at least one of the one or more conditions is met. The UE further sends, on an uplink, the acknowledgment message according to the first number predetermined time units after receiving the data in the slot when at least one of the one or more conditions is met.

Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE receives resource elements in a time slot. The UE then locates a first control resource set (CORESET) in the resource elements. The UE performs, when the UE is configured to obtain a group common down link control channel, a first blind decoding on the first CORESET to obtain the group common down link control channel based on a group identifier.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a control apparatus that includes transceiver circuitry and processing circuitry. The transceiver circuitry is configured to transmit/receive signals from a plurality of terminal devices using a shared channel. The processing circuitry is configured to determine distances to the plurality of terminal devices, allocate resource elements in the shared channel according to the distances, and communicate, via the transceiver circuitry, with the plurality of terminal devices according to the allocation of the resource elements in the shared channel.

Abstract: A mobile communication device including a wireless transceiver and a controller is provided. The wireless transceiver includes a single interference cancellation or suppression receiver and is configured to perform wireless transmission and reception to and from a cellular station. The controller is configured to receive signaling information of a Multi-User Superposition Transmission (MUST) operation from the cellular station via the wireless transceiver, determine whether to perform a Network-Assisted Interference Cancellation and Suppression (NAICS) operation or the MUST operation according to the signaling information, and not perform both the NAICS operation and the MUST operation simultaneously.

Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. In accordance with the method, the UE receives symbols in a time slot. The time slot includes a control region and a data region. The UE further determines a down link data channel specific to the UE carried by the received symbols in the data region. The down link data channel is provided on at least one range of frequencies. The UE further determines that one or more of the received symbols on the at least one range of frequencies and in the control region are a part of the down link data channel.

Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a user equipment (UE). The UE receives symbols in a first time slot. The first time slot includes a control region and a data region. The UE attempts to detect, when the UE is configured to detect, a group common downlink control channel carried by the received symbols. The group common downlink control channel contains common information directed to a group of UEs including the UE. When the detection is successful, the UE determines, based on the common information, at least one of (a) a first slot configuration, (b) a puncture configuration, (c) a transmission burst duration, and (d) one or more sub-regions of the control region.

Abstract: An UE receives a downlink control channel. The UE also receives an aggregation indication indicating that a downlink control channel contains downlink control information (DCI) for one or more resource locations of the UE. The UE further determines that a payload size selected from a list of payload sizes is a size of a payload of the downlink control channel. The UE further determines an entry size of each entry of a number of DCI entries that are included in the payload and are corresponding to the one or more resource locations based on downlink transmission parameters at the one or more resource locations. The UE also locates from the payload, based on the selected payload size and the entry sizes of the number of DCI entries, bits of each entry of the number of DCI entries.

Abstract: A new air interface that is interference cancellation friendly is proposed. In one novel aspect, a novel code rate assignment with rate splitting is proposed. In one embodiment, a base station decomposes a codeword {x1} into two codewords {x1a} and {x1b}. The two codewords are applied with different code rates and/or modulation orders. More specifically, the code rate or modulation order of codeword {x1a} is set appropriately so that a victim UE can decode and cancel {x1a} under the channel quality of the victim UE. Typically, the channel quality of a victim UE is poorer than the channel quality of the intended UE. As a result, the MCS for {x1a} can be lower than the MCS for {x1b} such that the victim UE is able to apply CWIC to decode and cancel {x1a}.

Abstract: A method of determining and adapting a contention window size (CWS) based on channel loading for load-based equipment (LBE) listen before talk (LBT) channel access mechanism is proposed. The historic observations obtained from carrier sensing can reflect the state of channel loading, which is then used to adapt the maximal contention window size. A wireless device collects historical channel loading information including the number of idle slots and the number of busy slots. The wireless device uses the historical information to estimate the total number of active devices M in the wireless network and the channel-loading factor. The wireless device then computes the thresholds using the long-term value of M and then adapts the value of the CWS based on the channel-loading factor and the thresholds.