Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting and receiving signals, applicable to a first integrated access and backhaul node donor central unit (IAB-donor-CU) includes a first controller configured to: transmit a traffic offload request to a second TAB-donor-CU; and receive a reply of agreement of traffic offload or a reply of rejection of traffic offload transmitted by the second TAB-donor-CU.

Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting and receiving information, provided in a terminal equipment, includes: a generator configured to generate first information, the first information being information on artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) in wireless communication; and a first transmitter configured to transmit the first information to a network device.

Abstract: An apparatus for configuring a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, configured in a network device, includes: a transmitter configured to transmit a first configuration message to a terminal equipment, the first configuration message configuring a non-integer DRX cycle represented by one or more fractions; and the first configuration message includes a first information element, the first information element including a field indicating a non-integer long DRX cycle and a start offset thereof and/or indicating a non-integer short DRX cycle.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving information. Including: receiving first configuration information by a first network device from a second network device, the first configuration information being used for data collection configuration; receiving first information and/or second information by the first network device from the second network device, the first information and the second information being related to data collection, the first information is at least used to generate a measurement configuration, and the second information is at least used to generate a data report configuration related to the measurement; and transmitting third information by the first network device to the second network device, the third information being at least used for suggestions and/or feedback of the data collection configuration given by the second network device.

Abstract: An apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive a configuration message from a network device; and processor circuitry configured to determine whether a configured uplink grant in a multi- Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (PUSCH) Configured Grant (CG) is going to be used according to the configuration message via a MAC entity of the terminal equipment, and notify a lower layer of information on whether the configured uplink grant is going to be used, wherein the configuration message is a first configuration message, comprising a first information element, the first information element comprising a first field, the first field providing the number of consecutive slots allocated in one multi-PUSCH CG period, wherein, if the first field is configured, fields in a sub-information element rrc-ConfiguredUplinkGrant in the first information element are used to determine a time-domain resource configuration of a first configured uplink grant in the multi-PUSCH CG period.

Abstract: An information receiving apparatus, applicable to a first remote UE (user equipment), includes: processor circuitry configured to communicate with at least one of second remote UEs via a relay UE; and a receiver configured to receive a notification message transmitted by the relay UE, the notification message being used to indicate a radio link failure between the relay UE and at least one of the second remote UEs, wherein the notification message comprises identification information related to the radio link failure.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting beam failure for a beam failure detection reference signal set of a serving cell includes: a receiver configured to receive a beam failure instance indication in each of two beam failure detection reference signal sets configured for a serving cell; and processor circuitry configured to: increment, when the receiver receives a beam failure instance indication in a BFD-RS set which is included in the two BFD-RS sets, a beam failure indication count of the BFD-RS set by 1, trigger, in a case where the beam failure indication count of the BFD-RS set is greater than or equal to a beam failure instance maximum count for BFD-RS set, beam failure recovery for the BFD-RS set of the serving cell.

Abstract: A message transmission apparatus, applicable to a first integrated access and backhaul node (IAB-node) includes: a receiver configured to: receive a second radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message for path migration of a second IAB-node while the first IAB-node is still connected with source parent node, the second radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message being transmitted by a donor central unit (donor-CU), the second IAB-node is a downstream child node of the first IAB-node; and receive a first RRC reconfiguration message for path migration of the first IAB-node, the first RRC reconfiguration message being transmitted by the donor-CU; and a transmitter configured to forward, to the second IAB-node, the second RRC reconfiguration message which is withhold until random access of the first IAB-node is successful.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing a sidelink radio link failure, configured in a first remote device, includes: processor circuitry configured to transmit indication information to a relay device when detecting a sidelink radio link failure (SL RLF) for a second remote device or detecting that an upper layer in the first remote device requests to release a PC5 RRC (radio resource control) connection between the first remote device and the second remote device, the indication information indicating that an end-to-end sidelink radio link failure occurs.

Abstract: An apparatus for IAB (Integrated Access and Backhaul)-node integration, applicable to a mobile IAB-node, includes: a mobile IAB-MT (Mobile Termination); and a mobile IAB-DU (Distributed Unit), wherein, the mobile IAB-DU is configured by an OAM (Operation, Administration and Maintenance) with a base station information of an F1-terminating IAB-donor-CU (Central Unit); and the mobile IAB-DU performs F1 setup with the F1-terminating IAB-donor-CU according to the base station information.

Abstract: A signal transmission and reception method and apparatus and a communication system, the signal transmission and reception apparatus being applicable in an IAB-DU and includes a first receiver configured to receive uplink data transmitted to a parent node of an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node via an uplink; and a first transmitter configured to transmit flow control feedback information to a child node of the integrated access and backhaul node, the flow control feedback information being used to indicate a load status of uplink transmission of the integrated access and backhaul node.

Abstract: An information transmitting apparatus, configured in a terminal equipment, includes: processor circuitry configured to trigger a delay information reporting at a media access control layer of the terminal equipment; and a transmitter configured to transmit the delay information reporting to a network device via a media access control control element, wherein that the processor circuitry triggers the delay information report at the media access control layer of the terminal equipment comprises: the media access control layer of the terminal equipment determines whether to trigger the delay information report according to a value of at least one discard timer.

Abstract: An indicating apparatus, configured to indicate unused transmission occasions, configured in a terminal equipment, includes: determining processor circuitry configured to determine an unused transmission occasion at a media access control layer of the terminal equipment; and indicating processor circuitry configured to indicate relevant information on the unused transmission occasion to a physical layer of the terminal equipment via the media access control layer of the terminal equipment; wherein the determining processor circuitry determines whether a transmission occasion in a predetermined number of valid transmission occasions is an unused transmission occasion.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for detecting beam failure. The method comprises: receiving a beam failure instance indication by a medium access control (MAC) entity of a terminal equipment, incrementing a transmission reception point (TRP)-specific beam failure indication count by 1, and in a case where the TRP-specific beam failure indication count is greater than or equal to a TRP-specific beam failure instance maximum count, determining that a beam failure occurs in a transmission reception point or beam failure recovery (BFR) of the transmission reception point is triggered or a beam failure indication of the transmission reception point is triggered.

Abstract: A path processing apparatus, applicable to a remote terminal equipment configured with an indirect path, includes: a first receiver configured to receive first indication information transmitted by a network device, the first indication information comprising an indication for adding or changing a direct path in addition to the indirect path; and first processor circuitry configured to initiate RRC reestablishment when a direct path is added or changed according to the first indication information and the adding or changing a direct path fails.

Abstract: An apparatus, configured in a terminal equipment, includes: processor circuitry configured to: maintain uplink time alignment of a serving cell based on one or two timing advance (TA) timers, one TA timer in the one or two TA timers being associated with a timing advance group (TAG), and the serving cell being associated with two TA timers; and start or restart a TA timer in the two TA timers when the signal is received, the TA timer corresponding to a TAG which corresponds to the TAG ID of the one or more TAGS; and a receiver configured to receive a signal including a timing advance command (TAC) of the serving cell and TAG ID of one or more TAGS, the signal being a random access response (RAR) message or a message B (MSGB).

Abstract: A multi-path communication apparatus, configured in a remote terminal equipment, includes: a receiver configured to receive a radio resource control reconfiguration message for adding or changing an indirect path transmitted by a network device via a direct path; and a transmitter configured to transmit a radio resource control reconfiguration complete message to the network device via the direct path, wherein, a first timer is started when the remote terminal equipment receives the radio resource control reconfiguration message for adding or changing an indirect path; and, the first timer is stopped under a first condition, the first condition includes: the remote terminal equipment receives indication information transmitted by the relay terminal equipment.

Abstract: A multi-path communication apparatus, configured in a remote terminal equipment, includes: a receiver configured to receive first indication information transmitted by a relay terminal equipment and second indication information transmitted by a network device; and processor circuitry configured to transmit a first PC5-RRC (radio resource control) message to the relay terminal equipment according to the second indication information, the first PC5-RRC message being used to bring the relay terminal equipment into a radio resource control connected state.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling migration of a distributed unit, applicable to an integrated access and backhaul node (IAB-node), includes: first processor circuitry controlling the node to execute the following: migrating an F1 terminating donor of the node from a first donor central unit (donor-CU) to a third donor-CU, wherein a radio resource control (RRC) terminating donor of the node is a second donor-CU, the second donor-CU being identical to the first donor-CU, or the second donor-CU being identical to the third donor-CU, or the second donor-CU being different from both the first donor-CU and the third donor-CU, and the node has two logical IAB-DUs, wherein the first IAB-DU has F1 connection with a first donor-CU and a second IAB-DU has F1 connection with the third donor-CU.

Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting and receiving signals, applicable to a mobile integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, includes: first processor circuitry controlling the IAB node so that the IAB node executes the following: configuring a first logical mobile IAB distributed unit (IAB-DU) and a second logical mobile IAB distributed unit (LAB-DU) in the node respectively with uplink backhaul mapping configuration by different IAB-donor central units; and transmitting signals by a mobile termination of the node (IAB-MT) according to the uplink backhaul mapping configuration.