Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a solution for AI model transfer. In one aspect of the solution, the terminal device keeps part of an AI model that has been successfully received at the terminal device if an interruption occurs during a reception of the AI model. Upon the interruption has been recovered, the terminal device transmits, to a first network device, a status message indicating the part of the AI model for the first network device to decide handling of the part of the AI model at the terminal device. In some embodiments, the first network device may transfer a remaining part of the AI model instead of providing the whole of the AI model. Therefore, the transmission efficiency may be improved and the air interface resources may be used in a more efficient way.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to network devices, a terminal device, and methods performed by the network devices and/or the terminal device. In an aspect, a first network device determines a conditional handover (CHO)-only configuration, wherein the CHO-only configuration does not support a terminal device to perform a conditional primary secondary cell addition or change (CPAC) in a multi-radio dual connectivity (MR-DC) environment. The first network device transmits, to the terminal device, the CHO-only configuration for deployment by the terminal device in the event that a CPAC execution condition in the MR-DC environment is not fulfilled by the terminal device. In this way, the communication reliability and efficiency may be improved.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to methods and apparatuses of a mobility robustness optimization (MRO) mechanism for a mobility procedure, for example, a MRO mechanism for a conditional handover (CHO) procedure, or a MRO mechanism for a conditional primary secondary cell group cell (PSCell) change/conditional PSCell addition (CPC/CPA) procedure, or a MRO mechanism for a CHO including target master cell group (MCG) and candidate secondary cell groups (SCG) s for CPC/CPA procedure. According to an embodiment of the present application, a network node includes a transceiver and a processor coupled to the transceiver, and the processor is configured to cause the network node to: obtain information of a cell for recovering a failure, when the failure occurs in one of the following: a CHO procedure, a conditional PSCell addition or change (CPAC) procedure, and a CHO including target MCG and candidate SCGs for CPC/CPA procedure; and perform analysis for the failure.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to methods and apparatuses for a conditional handover (CHO) with a candidate secondary cell groups (SCG)s for conditional primary secondary cell group cell (PSCell) change (CPC)/conditional PSCell addition (CPA) procedure. 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 cause the UE to: receive radio resource control (RRC) configuration information for a CIIO with candidate secondary cell groups (SCG)s for conditional primary secondary cell group cell (PSCell) change (CPC)/conditional PSCell addition (CPA) procedure; and access the candidate PCell based on the RRC configuration information.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to a base station, a user equipment, a method and an apparatus for determining a transmission configuration indicator state pool. The base station may include a processor; and a transceiver coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to determine a plurality of TCI states for a candidate cell, wherein each TCI state of the plurality of TCI states is associated with the candidate cell or other candidate cells or a serving cell; and transmit a TCI state pool to a UE, wherein the TCI state pool provides a mapping of each TCI state to the associated candidate cell or the other candidate cells or the serving cell. By implementing the embodiments of the present disclosure, the index conflict or index confusion among different DUs can be avoided, and the UE can have a common understanding of the TCI state indexes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for supporting radio access network (RAN) analytics information (RAI) exposure in an open-RAN (O-RAN). One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a server, as a producer of RAI, which includes: a first module for transmitting, to a RAN intelligent controller (RIC) platform, a first message(s) indicating at least one supported RAI type; and a second module for generating RAI of a supported RAI type.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices and methods for supporting layer 1 measurement-based layer 1 or layer 2 triggered mobility. A first network device obtains a channel state information (CSI) resource set associated with one or more candidate cells for at least one Layer 1 (L1) measurement, wherein the CSI resource set is to be used by a terminal device to perform the at least one L1 measurement; and transmit, via the transceiver to a second network device serving the terminal device, information indicative of the CSI resource set. In this way, the L1 measurement report may not support the L1 measurement-based LTM.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for beam report with AI/ML capability are disclosed. In one embodiment, a UE comprises a transceiver; and a processor coupled to the transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to receive, via the transceiver, a configuration for a CSI report, wherein, the configuration is associated with a measurement resource set and a prediction resource set; and transmit, via the transceiver, the CSI report including a resource type indication field to indicate the reported resources are measured resources selected from the measurement resource set or predicted resources selected from the prediction resource set.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to methods and apparatuses for maintaining timing advance (TA) values under a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) 5G system or the like. According to an embodiment of the present application, a centralized unit (CU) includes a transceiver and a processor coupled to the transceiver, and the processor is configured to: transmit a request for cell switching including identifier (ID) information of one or more candidate cells via the transceiver to one or more candidate distributed units (DU) s of the BS; receive radio resource control (RRC) configuration information for the one or more candidate cells via the transceiver from the one or more candidate DUs; and transmit an RRC reconfiguration message associated with the one or more candidate cells via the transceiver to a user equipment (UE).

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to a method and apparatus of supporting data forwarding. An exemplary apparatus, e.g., a candidate target master node (MN) may include: a processor, configured to: determine information of routing optimization for early data forwarding associated with one or more candidate target secondary nodes (SNs) at least prepared by the MN, wherein the early data forwarding is for a conditional handover (CHO) with secondary cell group (SCG) of a user equipment (UE); and a transceiver, coupled to the processor and configured to: transmit the information of routing optimization to a source MN.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to methods and apparatuses for an uplink (UL) synchronization failure and compliance check in a lower layer-based mobility case under a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) 5G system or the like.

Abstract: The present application relates to methods and apparatuses of supporting subsequent L1/L2-triggered mobility (LTM).

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to methods and apparatuses for uplink (UL) synchronization and downlink (DL) synchronization in a lower layer-based mobility case under a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) 5G system or the like. According to an embodiment of the present application, a candidate distributed unit (DU) of a base station (BS) includes a transceiver 2024/082427 and a processor coupled to the transceiver, and the processor is configured to cause the candidate DU to: receive a request from a centralized unit (CU) of the BS, wherein the request includes identifier (ID) information of one or more candidate cells; and transmit, based on the request, a response message to the CU, wherein the response message is associated with a cell switching procedure.

Abstract: A communication prediction-based energy saving method and an apparatus, the method including receiving, by a first radio access network device, from a second network device a communication prediction result that includes a communication period, traffic, a periodic communication indication, or a burst communication indication, where the traffic represents a predicted uplink or downlink data traffic volume, where the periodic communication indication represents whether communication predicted to occur is periodic, and when the communication predicted to occur is periodic, a communication interval, or the uplink or downlink data traffic volume of the periodic communication, where the burst communication indication represents whether the communication predicted to occur is bursty, and, when the communication predicted to occur is bursty, a time point, the uplink or downlink data traffic volume of the burst communication, and performing, by the first radio access network device, an energy saving operation based on

Abstract: This application provides a method and a related communication apparatus applicable to the communication field. In the method, a network device receives a first notification message sent by a terminal device, where the first notification message indicates that the terminal device has completed training on a target model, and the first notification message includes a model name corresponding to the target model. The network device then determines policy information based on the uplink channel state information of the terminal device; and sends a lightweight indication message to the terminal device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to methods and apparatuses for artificial intelligence (AI) model management. According to an embodiment of the present application, a network node includes a processor and a transceiver coupled to the processor; and the processor is configured to: receive, via the transceiver, information related to a set of artificial intelligence (AI) models available at a user equipment (UE); and transmit, via the transceiver, information indicating at least one of the following: information of an AI model that is not included in the set of AI models; or handling the set of AI models.

Abstract: This application provides a computing data transmission method and apparatus, to transmit computing data such as a computing model. The method includes: A terminal device sends a first message to an access network device, where the first message requests the access network device to set up a first radio bearer, and the first radio bearer carries computing data. The terminal device receives a second message sent by the access network device, and sets up the first radio bearer based on radio bearer configuration information carried in the second message.

Abstract: A network device and method for prediction information exchange under dual connectivity mode. The network device serves a UE under a dual connectivity mode. The network device generates a prediction information associated with a UE under the dual connectivity mode, and transmits the prediction information to another network device. The another network device serves the UE under the dual connectivity mode.

Abstract: This disclosure provides communication methods, apparatuses and communication system. One example apparatus at least one processor; and one or more memories are coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to perform operations comprising: sending, a first message to a first network device, wherein the first message comprises network slice configuration information, the network slice configuration information is used to indicate a maximum data rate provided by each of n network slices for a terminal device, and n is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and receiving a second message from the first network device, wherein the second message is in response to the first message.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses example wireless network communication methods and network devices. One example method includes sending a first message to a second network device by a first network device, where the first message includes measurement object information of the first network device. A second message sent by the second network device is received by the first network device, where the second message includes indication information or measurement result information of the first network device, and the indication information indicates whether an inter-system unnecessary handover of a terminal device occurs. The first network device determines, based on the second message, whether the inter-system unnecessary handover of the terminal device occurs.