Abstract: A data transmission method is disclosed to improve service scheduling flexibility. The method includes: sending, by a base station, configuration information to a terminal, where the configuration information includes symbol quantity information, and the symbol quantity information is used to indicate a quantity of symbols that are used when the base station performs data exchange with the terminal; and sending, by the base station to the terminal, data transmitted in unit of a symbol, or receiving data transmitted in unit of a symbol, where the data occupies m symbols in a time domain, and m is a quantity that is indicated in the configuration information and that is of symbols that are used.

Abstract: A data transmission method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: determining, by a base station, a time-domain interval of available time-frequency resources in an unlicensed spectrum, where the available time-frequency resources are continuous time-frequency resources in a time domain; sending, by the base station, a preamble signal in a first subframe in the interval, where the first subframe is an initial subframe in the interval; and sending, by the base station, downlink control information and data after sending the preamble signal, where the data is in the first subframe, the downlink control information includes scheduling indication information, and the scheduling indication information is used to indicate a frequency-domain location of the data. According to the present invention, spectrum utilization can be improved.

Abstract: An apparatus for testing a sheet of brittle material is disclosed. The apparatus can include a plurality of assemblies configured for selectively applying a 3-point bending load on an edge of the sheet of material in a test region of the apparatus, a detection mechanism that optically measures strain in the sheet of material in the region, and a processor that determines the stress in the sheet based on the measured strain by calculating the stress that would be required to produce the measured strain in the sheet of material.

Abstract: A mobility management method, user equipment, and a network device are provided. The mobility management method includes: receiving, by user equipment UE in a connected state, a handover-free UE identifier from a network device, where the handover-free UE identifier is used to uniquely identify the UE in a handover-free state in a handover-free area, and the handover-free area includes at least two cells; entering, by the UE, the handover-free state after meeting an activation condition, where in the handover-free state, the UE stores the handover-free UE identifier and a connection context that is of the UE in the connected state, and the UE does not execute a handover procedure when the UE moves in the handover-free area; sending, by the UE, the handover-free UE identifier to the network device after the UE determines that a deactivation condition is met.

Abstract: A data transmission method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: determining, by a base station, a time-domain interval of available time-frequency resources in an unlicensed spectrum, where the available time-frequency resources are continuous time-frequency resources in a time domain; sending, by the base station, a preamble signal in a first subframe in the interval, where the first subframe is an initial subframe in the interval; and sending, by the base station, downlink control information and data after sending the preamble signal, where the data is in the first subframe, the downlink control information includes scheduling indication information, and the scheduling indication information is used to indicate a frequency-domain location of the data. According to the present invention, spectrum utilization can be improved.

Abstract: An apparatus for testing the edge strength of a discrete sheet of material such as glass where the sheet has an irregular free-form shaped outline is disclosed. The apparatus can include a plurality of assemblies configured for selectively applying a 3-point bending load on an edge of the sheet of material in a test region of the apparatus, a detection mechanism that optically measures strain in the sheet of material in the region, and a processor that determines the stress in the sheet based on the measured strain by calculating the stress that would be required to produce the measured strain in the sheet of material.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to apparatus, methods, and systems for cell selection. One example method includes measuring a received signal communication parameter value of a first cell, determining whether the communication parameter value is greater than a first threshold, if the communication parameter value is less than or equal to the first threshold, obtaining a second threshold, determining whether the communication parameter value is greater than the second threshold, and if the communication parameter value is greater than the second threshold, setting the first cell as a serving cell of a terminal device.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink information, the method including configuring, by a base station, a flexible subframe for a user equipment (UE), where the flexible subframe is a subframe in which the base station is configured to receive or transmit data according to a time division duplex (TDD) uplink-downlink subframe configuration of the subframe, and sending, by the base station, resource configuration indication information and subframe configuration indication information to the UE, where the resource configuration indication information indicates the flexible subframe and a subframe direction to which the flexible subframe currently needs to be applied, where the subframe direction is a direction of transmission with respect to the base station, and where the subframe configuration indication information instructs the UE to transmit uplink information according to the subframe configuration indication information.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a paging method, apparatus, and system, so as to implement paging of a UE in an area with relatively poor signal coverage. The UE includes: a receiving unit, configured to receive a broadcast message from a base station; and a determining unit, configured to determine whether the UE is first UE where the determining unit is further configured to: in a case in which it is determined that the UE is the first UE, determine a start PF and a start PO according to the first radio frame parameter; the determining unit is further configured to determine a first subframe set according to the start PF and the start PO; and the receiving unit is further configured to receive, according to the start PF, the start PO, and the first subframe set, a paging message sent by the base station.

Abstract: A subframe processing method and device are disclosed. A terminal can determine a special subframe in a non-contiguous secondary carrier according to a maximum continuous channel occupancy duration and a channel listening duration of the non-contiguous secondary carrier, and a channel occupancy start reference time point and/or a channel listening start reference time point of the non-contiguous secondary carrier that are obtained, where the special subframe includes all or some gap symbols occupied by the channel listening duration, use all symbols except the gap symbols in the special subframe as symbols that can be occupied by a PDCCH and/or a PDSCH, and correspondingly receive or decode the PDCCH and/or the PDSCH in the special subframe according to the symbols that can be occupied by the PDCCH and/or the PDSCH.

Abstract: A method for random access in an idle state and a device, in which the method includes: sending, by user equipment (UE), a random access preamble to a evolved NodeB (eNB), and receiving a random access response message that is sent by the eNB according to the random access preamble; sending, by the UE, a first message to the eNB according to first uplink grant information; and receiving, by the UE, second uplink grant information sent by the eNB, and sending to-be-sent data to the eNB according to the second uplink grant information. According to the method for random access in an idle state and the device provided in the embodiments of the present invention, accuracy of uplink resource allocation is improved during random access of UE in an idle state.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for random access in an idle state and a device. The method includes: sending, by user equipment (UE), a random access preamble to a evolved NodeB (eNB), and receiving a random access response message that is sent by the eNB according to the random access preamble; sending, by the UE, a first message to the eNB according to first uplink grant information; and receiving, by the UE, second uplink grant information sent by the eNB, and sending to-be-sent data to the eNB according to the second uplink grant information. According to the method for random access in an idle state and the device provided in the embodiments of the present invention, accuracy of uplink resource allocation is improved during random access of UE in an idle state.

Abstract: A data transmission method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: determining, by a base station, a time-domain interval of available time-frequency resources in an unlicensed spectrum, where the available time-frequency resources are continuous time-frequency resources in a time domain; sending, by the base station, a preamble signal in a first subframe in the interval, where the first subframe is an initial subframe in the interval; and sending, by the base station, downlink control information and data after sending the preamble signal, where the data is in the first subframe, the downlink control information includes scheduling indication information, and the scheduling indication information is used to indicate a frequency-domain location of the data. According to the present invention, spectrum utilization can be improved.

Abstract: Resource scheduling includes pre-dividing a resource block RB into a plurality of sub-RBs and scheduling a UE by using a resource scheduling indication during data transmission to perform data receiving or sending in a position of a corresponding sub-RB. The resource block RB is pre-divided into a plurality of sub-RBs and during data transmission the UE is scheduled by using the resource scheduling indication to perform data receiving or sending in the position of the corresponding sub-RB, thereby improving resource utilization efficiency during transmission of a small data service and improving transmission efficiency of small data.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for controlling data transmission, where the method includes: receiving, by user equipment UE, at least one transmission control parameter transmitted by a base station; and when the UE needs to initiate data transmission to the base station, applying, by the UE, the transmission control parameter to control data transmission. An embodiment of the present invention further discloses a terminal device.

Abstract: A method includes: obtaining, by a communication device, a configuration message sent and a secondary cell activation command for a first secondary cell; determining, by the communication device, according to the configuration message, a second secondary cell configured with a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), the second secondary cell is in an active state, sending, by the communication device, after a preset time point after the secondary cell activation command is received, a channel status information (CSI) report of a first secondary cell on the PUCCH of the second secondary cell.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and device for maintaining service continuity. The method for maintaining service continuity includes: receiving, by a base station, a first notification, which is sent by an MCE, for stopping scheduling of an MBMS service; and notifying, by the base station, user equipment of MBMS service scheduling stop information, and continuing to schedule the MBMS service. In this way, a service interruption time that is caused when UE receives a service after an MCE stops scheduling of the service can be effectively reduced.

Abstract: The present invention provides a demodulation reference signal transmission apparatus, system, and method. The method includes: sending, by a base station, a configuration indication to user equipment UE, where the configuration indication is used to instruct the UE to send an independent DMRS and/or instruct the UE to send a combination of a DMRS and uplink data; and subsequently receiving, by the base station, the independent DMRS sent by the UE; and/or receiving the combination of the DMRS and the uplink data sent by the UE. In this way, the base station can trigger the UE to send the foregoing DMRS to complete frequency offset estimation, thereby improving accuracy of the frequency offset estimation.

Abstract: A data transmission method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: determining, by a base station, a time-domain interval of available time-frequency resources in an unlicensed spectrum, where the available time-frequency resources are continuous time-frequency resources in a time domain; sending, by the base station, a preamble signal in a first subframe in the interval, where the first subframe is an initial subframe in the interval; and sending, by the base station, downlink control information and data after sending the preamble signal, where the data is in the first subframe, the downlink control information includes scheduling indication information, and the scheduling indication information is used to indicate a frequency-domain location of the data. According to the present invention, spectrum utilization can be improved.

Abstract: The present invention provides a carrier aggregation capability reporting apparatus and method, so as to prevent UE from repeatedly reporting capability information corresponding to a carrier combination supported by the UE, and reduce waste of signaling resources used for reporting. The method in the present invention includes: determining, by user equipment UE, information about a carrier combination supported by the UE and information about a sub-combination that is of the carrier combination and that is supported by the UE; and reporting, by the UE to a base station, the determined information about the carrier combination supported by the UE and the determined information about the sub-combination that is of the carrier combination and that is supported by the UE.