Abstract: A method of a terminal may comprise: receiving a first message including state information of a base station from the base station; identifying preliminary inactive state information included in the first message when the state information of the base station indicates a preliminary inactive state; and performing a cell selection based on the preliminary inactive state information.

Abstract: An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may comprise receiving first random access (RA) configuration information and second RA configuration information from a base station; transmitting a Msg1 to the base station based on the second RA configuration information; receiving a Msg2, which is a response to the Msg1, from the base station; and repeatedly transmitting a Msg3 K times to the base station.

Abstract: An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may comprise: predicting traffic using a traffic prediction function configured according to traffic prediction configuration information; transmitting a buffer prediction status report including a traffic prediction result to a base station; receiving a first physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource allocation information generated based on the buffer prediction status report; and transmitting data to the base station using first resources allocated by the first PUSCH resource allocation information.

Abstract: An operation method of a first terminal for establishing a relay connection may comprise: generating a PC5-RAL PDU header for the first terminal, the PC5-RAL PDU header including or not including a remote terminal identifier and a connection identifier; mapping the generated PC5-RAL PDU header to a PC5-radio link control (RLC) channel; and generating a PC5-RAL PDU by adding data to the PC5-RAL PDU header, and transmitting the generated PC5-RAL PDU to a corresponding second terminal through the PC5-RLC channel, wherein the first terminal is a remote terminal or a relay terminal, and the second terminal is a relay terminal or a remote terminal.

Abstract: An operation method of a first cell in a communication system may include: receiving, from a first communication node that is an upper node of the first cell, a first signal including second cell configuration information of a second cell connected with the first communication node and a second communication node that is a lower node of the first cell; identifying, based on the first signal, that the first cell and the second cell are jointly operated by the first communication node as coordinative PCells; transmitting, to the second communication node, a second signal including information on joint operations of the coordinative PCells by the first communication node; and performing communication with the first communication node and the second communication node based on the joint operations of the coordinative PCells.

Abstract: An operation method of a terminal may comprise: receiving, from a serving base station, measurement configuration information and measurement prediction configuration information; measuring signal strengths of the serving base station and a neighboring base station according to the measurement configuration information; predicting signal strengths of the serving base station and the neighboring base station based on a result of measuring the signal strengths of the serving base station and the neighboring base station, according to the measurement prediction configuration information; and transmitting, to the serving base station, a report message including the predicted signal strengths of the serving base station and the neighboring base station according to the measurement prediction configuration information.

Abstract: An operation method of a first terminal, for synchronized operations according to time-sensitive networking, may comprise: receiving information on a reference time from a base station; obtaining an offset of the first terminal with respect to the reference time or information for deriving the offset, and deriving the offset from the information for deriving the offset; determining a timing at which uplink transmission is performed by reflecting the offset to the reference time; and performing the uplink transmission at the determined timing.

Abstract: A apparatus and a method thereof for managing access nodes for a low-latency service in a multi-radio multi-connectivity network are proposed. The method of operating user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes a process of scanning a plurality of secondary nodes (SNs) where radio signals are measured around the UE, a process of transmitting a scanning result to a master node (MN), a process of receiving information about an SN group from the MN, a process of accessing an active SN on the basis of the information about the SN group, and a process of transmitting a message for establishing and modifying a protocol data unit (PDU) session to a core network (CN).

Abstract: An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may comprise: obtaining a plurality of serving beam measurement values by performing measurement on a plurality of serving beams; identifying a minimum measurement value among the plurality of serving beam measurement values; obtaining a plurality of beam measurement values by performing measurement on a plurality of beams received from a plurality of base stations included in the communication system; determining whether a first condition is satisfied, the first condition being defined based on a result of comparison between the plurality of beam measurement values and a sum of the minimum measurement value and a first offset; and in response to determining that the first condition satisfied, performing communication with at least part of the plurality of serving base stations and a first base station forming a first beam satisfying the first condition.

Abstract: An operation method of a transmission and reception point (TRP) constituting a base station may include: receiving, from a first distributed unit (DU) and through a first physical layer, scheduling information of a first terminal and first data to be transmitted to the first terminal; receiving, from a second DU and through the first physical layer, scheduling information of a second terminal to be provided to the second terminal and second data to be transmitted to the second terminal; and simultaneously transmitting the first data and the second data to the first terminal and the second terminal, respectively, through a second physical layer based on the scheduling information of the first terminal and the scheduling information of the second terminal.

Abstract: An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may comprise receiving first random access (RA) configuration information and second RA configuration information from a base station; transmitting a Msg1 to the base station based on the second RA configuration information; receiving a Msg2, which is a response to the Msg1, from the base station; and repeatedly transmitting a Msg3 K times to the base station.

Abstract: A method of a terminal may comprise: receiving, from a base station, DCI including a first field indicating HARQ-ACK retransmission and a second field indicating a priority; identifying first HARQ-ACK information having a priority identical to the priority indicated by the second field; and transmitting, to the base station, a first HARQ-ACK codebook including the first HARQ-ACK information based on the indication of the first field.

Abstract: A subband duplex (SD) operation method of a terminal may include: receiving, from a base station, slot pattern information for a slot; receiving, from the base station, information on at least one subband; and performing uplink transmission and/or downlink reception with the base station in the at least one subband included in at least one SD symbol included in the slot.

Abstract: An operation method of a relay terminal for relaying radio communication between a base station and a remote terminal may comprise: recognizing a relay request of the remote terminal for system information provided by the base station; acquiring the system information from the base station; and transmitting the system information to the remote terminal.

Abstract: An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may comprise: receiving, from a base station, an SPS PDSCH; receiving a first PDSCH from the base station; generating SPS HARQ ACK/NACK information for the SPS PDSCH; generating first HARQ ACK/NACK information for the first PDSCH; and when the SPS HARQ-ACK/NACK information is not transmitted in a first slot and transmission of the SPS HARQ-ACK/NACK information is deferred, transmitting both the SPS HARQ ACK/NACK information and the first HARQ ACK/NACK information in a second slot after the first slot.

Abstract: An operation method of a base station in a communication system may comprise: generating first RACH configuration information for a normal terminal; generating second RACH configuration information for a RedCap terminal; transmitting a message including the first RACH configuration information and the second RACH configuration information; and performing a random access procedure with a first terminal based on the message, wherein a terminal type of the first terminal is identified based on the first RACH configuration information and the second RACH configuration information, and the terminal type is the normal terminal or the RedCap terminal.

Abstract: Provided is a method for transmitting, by a transmitter, a first data having periodicity through a channel of an unlicensed band: The transmitter adjusts at least one of transmission timing of the first data and clear channel assessment (CCA) timing for the channel to occupy the channel. The transmitter determines whether the channel may be occupied by performing a CCA on the channel at the CCA timing. The transmitter transmits the first data through the channel at the transmission timing of the first data, when it is determined that the channel may be occupied.

Abstract: A method for operating a transmission node performing link adaptation in a mobile communication network may include the steps of: receiving, from a resource allocation node, resource allocation information for a resource for transmission of data; determining link adaptation information and transmitting the determined link adaptation information to a reception node; and on the basis of the determined link adaptation information, transmitting the data to the reception node. Therefore, link adaptation accurately reflecting a radio channel state between a base station and terminals can be performed, thereby enabling efficient use of a radio resource.

Abstract: Provided is a method for transmitting, by a transmitter, a first data having periodicity through a channel of an unlicensed band: The transmitter adjusts at least one of transmission timing of the first data and clear channel assessment (CCA) timing for the channel to occupy the channel. The transmitter determines whether the channel may be occupied by performing a CCA on the channel at the CCA timing. The transmitter transmits the first data through the channel at the transmission timing of the first data, when it is determined that the channel may be occupied.

Abstract: A relaying method, performed by a relay terminal using sidelink in a communication system, may comprise: receiving a plurality of data units from a plurality of remote terminals; generating a multiplexed data unit including identification information of the plurality of remote terminals and the plurality of data units; and transmitting the multiplexed data unit to a base station, wherein the identification information includes a terminal identifier used to identify each of the plurality of remote terminals.