Abstract: The invention discloses a wireless device and a channel selection method thereof, comprising: Step S1, a channel selection device launches into an operating state; Step S2, the channel selection device scans adjacent access devices and sends a state query request; Step S3, the channel selection device judges whether any adjacent access device is in the operating state by feedback information for the state query request; if the result shows “No”, turning to Step S5; Step S4, the channel selection device switches into a waiting state, and returning to Step S2 after a predefined first delay; and Step S5, the channel selection device maintains in the operating state, and executes an automatic channel selection, then exits. The problem of channel selection by a plurality of neighboring wireless devices is solved; a channel congestion problem is relieved; the connection quality of the wireless network is improved; and the user experience is upgraded.

Abstract: A method for communicating by an electronic device is provided. The method includes acquiring a value indicating a signal quality of a first network that provides a packet data based call service, when the acquired value satisfies a first condition, receiving a call or transmitting a call request through a second network that provides a circuit-switching based call service, and, when the acquired value satisfies a second condition, receiving a call or transmitting a call request through the first network.

Abstract: A light-weight solution for media handovers between different Radio Access Technologies (RAT) is provided. A user may switch from Wi-Fi to Cellular Data (e.g., LTE/4G/3G/ . . . ), from Cellular data to Wi-Fi, and the like. In contrast to a “make-before-break” design for switching between RATs, the technologies described herein are a “break-before-make” design. When a change in a RAT is detected, an application on the computing device utilizing the connection is notified of the change. Instead of removing connection information, the connection is maintained for a configurable period of time such that the application can re-register with the network to continue the communication session. During a transition to a second RAT, the application provides one or more notifications to the user of the change in RAT. For instance, a graphical user interface (GUI) can be displayed showing the change and/or a tone can be played indicating the change in the RAT.

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a mobile edge computing handover service is provided. The mobile edge computing handover service provides for the prospective provisioning of a target mobile edge computing network based on mobility information pertaining to an end device. The mobile edge computing handover service includes managing the provisioning of the application or service, content, and context information in relation to a source mobile edge computing network and the target mobile edge computing network.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a service request processing method and an associated device. The service request processing method includes: receiving a service request from a User Equipment (UE) in an inactive state; when the serving network side device fails to retrieve context information about the UE, retrieving the context information about the UE from a core network device; and transmitting a response message for the service request to the UE. The context information about the UE is retrieved from the core network device, so it is able to respond to the service request from the UE in the inactive state, thereby to prevent a service for the UE from being adversely affected.

Abstract: A communication system is described in which user plane communication and control plane communication for a particular mobile communication device can be split between a base station that operates a small cell and a macro base station. Appropriate security for the user plane and control plane communications is safeguarded by ensuring that each base station is able to obtain or derive the correct security parameters for protecting the user plane or control plane communication for which it is responsible.

Abstract: Steering for location-assisted inter-set roaming, between different networks of the same or different types is provided by: identifying a first station connected to a first wireless network in an environment; identifying a direction of travel of the first station; identifying a second wireless network and a third wireless network as candidate roaming targets, based on the second wireless network and the third wireless network neighboring the first wireless network in the direction of travel, wherein the second wireless network and the third wireless network are different from the first wireless network; modifying a neighbor list for the first station to include an Access Point (AP) included in the third wireless network based on environmental knowledge; removing APs included in the second wireless network based on the environmental knowledge; and transmitting the neighbor list to the first station.

Abstract: A radio network device, having a narrowband receiver and operative in a wireless communication network, exploits the periodicity of transmission of network sync signals by iteratively receiving a plurality of frequency-offset portions of the sync signal, and then assembling the portions to recreate the entire sync signal. The recreated sync signal is then processed to attempt network detection and synchronization. In some embodiments, frequency/time compensation may be applied to the received and stored sync signal portions, prior to their combination, to compensate for uncertainty in the frequency drift (and time drift due to frequency error) of the sync signal location.

Abstract: A method (1100) in a wireless device (110) comprises obtaining (1104) a configuration for measurement management associated to cell definitions based on multiple signals, the configuration defining a first cell (125A) based on a first set of signals. The method comprises configuring (1108) measurement management associated to cell definitions based on multiple signals according to the obtained configuration. The method comprises performing (1112) one or more measurements on the first set of signals defining the first cell.

Abstract: A measurement method for wireless communication networks, a base station and a terminal are provided. The method includes transmitting measurement configuration information to a terminal, wherein the measurement configuration information includes measurement object configuration information carrying a differentiation indication usable to differentiate a measurement object type; receiving a measurement result transmitted by the terminal after the terminal measures a determined measurement object which is determined according to the differentiation indication by the terminal, the measurement object type includes a Licensed-Assisted Access (LAA) cell configured with LAA frequency bins, a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell configured with LTE frequency bins, or a MulteFire cell configured with MulteFire frequency bins; and the differentiation indication is an Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a communication state transition method. The method comprises: receiving, by a user equipment, information of one or more candidate cells from a current cell; measuring, by the user equipment, the one or more candidate cells when the user equipment is in a RRC_INACTIVE or RRC_IDLE state to obtain measurement results; and building up, by the user equipment, a connection with a desired cell instead of a resident cell to transit from the RRC_INACTIVE or RRC_IDLE state to a RRC_CONNECTED state after receiving a paging message, wherein the desired cell is selected by the user equipment from the one or more candidate cells based on the measurement results. The present disclosure also discloses a communication state transition apparatus.

Abstract: The invention refers to a transfer of a User Equipment context from a source secondary network node (110A) to a target secondary network node (110B) that is different than the source secondary network node, wherein the UE (105) is served by a master network node (120) and the source secondary network node (110A), the source secondary network node (110A): transmitting a first message to the target secondary network node (110B), the first message comprising a handover request, receiving a second message comprising configuration data of the target secondary network, and after receiving the second message, transmitting to the master network node a third message comprising the configuration data of the target secondary network node; the invention further referring to a master network node (120): receiving a first message from the source secondary network node, the first message comprising a request to initiate a transfer of the UE context from the source secondary network node to the target secondary network node,

Abstract: An apparatus comprising at least one processing circuitry, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processing circuitry, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processing circuitry, cause the apparatus at least: to prepare configuration information regarding cell reselection in a communication network for at least one communication element capable of communicating in a multi-connectivity communication mode, wherein the configuration information comprises at least one preservation scope indication related to at least one cell reselection priority indication which indicates that priority is to be assigned to a first type of cells of the communication network for cell reselection, compared to other types of cells of the communication network, wherein the at least one preservation scope indication indicates at least one cell across which the at least one cell reselection priority indication is to be maintained, and to provide th

Abstract: There is provided a communication control apparatus including a radio communication unit that provides a second radio communication service within a cell in which a first base station provides a first radio communication service, and a control unit that, when an operation mode of the radio communication unit is made to transition from a first mode to a second mode in which power is less consumed than in the first mode, switches the operation mode to the second mode after stepwisely reducing transmission power of a reference signal to be transmitted from the radio communication unit.

Abstract: A technique relating to resource configuration in a wireless communication network. A terminal device in the wireless communication network receives information about supplemental resource from a source cell. Then the terminal device determines a time interval, in which the supplemental resource is available to the terminal device, in a transition period of a handover from the source cell to a target cell based on a timer associated with a random access procedure in the handover. In this way, the terminal device may use the supplemental resource during the handover.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a method and an apparatus for determining a state of a terminal device. The method includes: the terminal device determines an amount of data to be sent; and the terminal device determines, according to the amount of data to be sent, a state in which the terminal device needs to be. According to the embodiments of the present application, unnecessary state switching can be avoided for the terminal device, signaling overhead can be reduced, and power consumption of the terminal device can be reduced, thereby improving system efficiency.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an access network node for a wireless communication system. The access network node is configured to act as a source access network node or as a target access network node, and comprises a transceiver configured to receive a handover instruction from a control device, the handover instruction comprising a handover time instance for a user device, a processor configured to serve the user device by maintaining a data connection with the user device until the handover time instance, and share an Automatic Repeat Request/Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request, ARQ/HARQ, process with a target access network node for the user device; or serve the user device by maintaining a data connection with the user device after the handover time instance, and share a ARQ/HARQ process with a source access network node for the user device.

Abstract: A method is provided for improvising handover in a mobile station configured to operate a time division multiple access, TDMA, protocol in a global system for mobile communications, GSM, telecommunication network. The method comprises the steps of receiving a handover command requesting that the mobile station perform a handover operation from a serving cell to a target cell, and configuring the mobile station to transmit and receive user plane data with the serving cell and the target cell during a time period between receiving the handover command and the handover operation being completed.

Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and method used for wireless communication. The electronic device comprises: a processing circuit, configured to: acquire a first candidate list of a first mobile base station, wherein the first candidate list comprises at least some neighbour nodes of the first mobile base station; determine a neighbour node as a second mobile base station from the first candidate list, wherein the second mobile base station is capable of replacing the first mobile base station as a successor base station of the first mobile base station for continuing to provide a service for a current user; and acquiring a second candidate list of the second mobile base station, wherein the second candidate list comprises at least some neighbour nodes of the second mobile base station.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a communication method and a device, which are used for inter-system handover of UE, so that a connection can be established between a source application management unit and a target application management unit, thereby effectively improving communication efficiency. The method in the embodiments of the present application includes: obtaining, by a network device, a source system identifier of a source application system and/or a target system identifier of a target application system; and sending, by the network device, the source system identifier to a target application management unit, or sending the target system identifier to a source application management unit, so that a connection is established between the source application management unit and the target application management unit, and the source application management unit and the target application management unit communicate with each other.

Abstract: A method performed by a User Equipment that includes a first wireless interface for establishing a communication link with an eNodeB of an LTE Radio Access Network, and a second wireless interface for establishing a communication link with a Wi-Fi Access Point. The method includes receiving, by the User Equipment Packet Data Units, PDUs, encoded using the Packet Data Convergence Protocol, PDCP, via the second wireless interface; deriving, by the User Equipment, PDCP SDU sequence numbers from the successfully received PDCP PDUs; and sending, by the User Equipment in response to an event, a PDCP Status Report derived at least in part from the sequence numbers of the successfully received PDCP PDUs.

Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for a NarrowBand-Internet of Things (NB-IoT) terminal to perform a mobility process. The method may include: transmitting an RRC connection re-establishment request message to a base station when a pre-set event occurs; receiving an RRC connection re-establishment message from the base station; and resuming a signaling radio bearer on the basis of the RRC connection re-establishment message.

Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: examining one or more parameter characterizing a prospective connection of the mobile airborne article to first through Nth base stations, the one or more parameter including a Doppler shift; determining based on the examining that a criterion is satisfied, the criterion having one or more factor; and initiating handoff of the mobile airborne article to one of the first through Nth base stations based on the determining.

Abstract: In a wireless network that includes a plurality of nodes, a method of maintaining, by a first node, information regarding communications links between nodes in the wireless network includes: for each communications link that is established with another node, recording an identification of the other node; and for each message received by the first node from the other node through the communications link with the other node, recording a network pathway by which the message has been sent in the wireless network, the network pathway identifying the nodes and the communications links therebetween by which the message has been sent. Another method includes recording, by a server, for each message that is received by the server from the wireless network, a network pathway by which the message has been sent, the network pathway identifying the nodes and the communications links therebetween by which the message has been sent.

Abstract: A system for relaying information comprising a plurality of communication devices, each communication device having means to transmit, receive and store relay information; a server operable to receive relay information and synchronize relay information when a connection between each communication device and the server is established; wherein at least one communication device is operable to broadcast relay information for asynchronous exchange of relay information when another communication device is within vicinity of at least one communication device.

Abstract: This disclosure involves neighboring node discovery in a network. For instance, a neighboring node discovery method includes receiving, at a first node, a neighbor solicitation message. The neighbor solicitation message includes an indication that a second node is a low power device and a first scheduled response time. The method also includes transmitting at the scheduled response time, by the first node, a first neighbor advertisement message. The first neighbor advertisement message includes an indication of no availability in a neighbor cache of the first node and a second scheduled respond time. Further, the method includes removing one or more nodes from the neighbor cache, and receiving, at the first node at the second scheduled response time, a second neighbor solicitation message from the second node indicating availability in the neighbor cache. Additionally, the method includes linking the first node and the second node.

Abstract: Embodiments for a routing module for a first node are disclosed. The routing module includes a computer readable medium having instructions thereon. The instructions cause one or more processing devices to track former links between the first node and a second node and determine a probability of a future link with the second node based on the former links. If the probability of a future link with a second node is above a threshold, an advertisement is sent to at least one other node indicating that the second node is reachable from the first node. If the probability of a future link with the second node is below the threshold and no other route exists from the first node to the second node, an advertisement is sent to at least one other node indicating that the second node is not reachable from the first node.

Abstract: A server-based environment for management of widget programs distributable to remote execution and display devices is provided. Embodiments of the present invention provide a set of tools for operator development of widget programs, operator provisioning of the widget programs and user selection of programs or parameters for the widget programs. Embodiments of the present invention further provide for operator-determined widget program or widget program functionality distribution.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques described herein relate to migrating a communication session from a path including a stressed user plane function (UPF) to a path including a replacement UPF. A communication session may traverse a first path including the first UPF. After establishing the communication session, the first UPF may be determined to be stressed. In response, the communication session can be proactively migrated to a second path including a second UPF. According to various implementations, the existing communication session can be maintained during the migration, thereby substantially eliminating interruptions caused by the stressed first UPF.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an anchor gateway switching method, apparatus, and system. The method includes: determining, by a control plane (CP) device, to switch a source anchor gateway; obtaining, by the CP device, location information of a terminal; determining, by the CP device, a target anchor gateway based on the location information; and sending, by the CP device, a modification request message to an software defined network (SDN) controller, where the modification request message includes an identifier of the terminal and an identifier of the target anchor gateway, the modification request message is used to notify the SDN controller to: update, based on the identifier of the terminal and the identifier of the target anchor gateway, a forwarding flow table corresponding to a downlink packet, and send an updated forwarding flow table to an SDN switch.

Abstract: An access management element of a cellular network uses a network operator identifier to determine whether a user device is allowed to use a particular set of resources of the cellular network. When the access management element of the cellular network receives an attach request from a user device, the access management element queries an entitlement server to obtain a network operator identifier based on an identity of the user device. The access management element then determines whether to allow access by the user device to the particular set of network resources in the cellular network based on the network operator identifier.

Abstract: In a cellular communications network including user equipment and an access network, a cell-blocking method involves designating a cell in the network that is to be blocked and activating a cell-blocking operating mode of a node of the access network of the cellular communications network. According to the cell-blocking method, upon activation of the cell-blocking mode of the access-network node, active calls in the designated cell are detected and disconnected. The disconnection of active calls may be performed selectively based on an access class or establishment cause associated with the call. The cell-blocking may be hidden because the access-network node may not broadcast any data that is indicative of cell-blocking and, when a user equipment in the affected cell attempts to set-up a call, the access-network node may reject the call using an admission control mechanism or may send back a spoofed message from the core network.

Abstract: A method and a device for transmitting system information, a UE and a network device are provided. The method includes: acquiring scheduling information transmitted from a network device; determining a transmission subframe scheduled by the network device for the system information in accordance with the scheduling information, the system information including first system information and/or second system information, the first system information being system information of a first type, the second system information being system information of a second type; and receiving the system information transmitted from the network device within the transmission subframe.

Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus/system/method utilizing directional data transmission over a communication (e.g., mmW) band and propagating discovery assistance request and responses to neighboring stations (e.g., in its BSS or in the surrounding area) toward increasing network efficiency. If these stations support discovery assistance they send a discovery assistance response to the station from which the request was propagated. The STA that sent the propagated discovery assistance request processes all the responses and sends a discovery assistance response, containing information about the discovery assistance campaign, to the STA that requested the discovery assistance request.

Abstract: Dynamic roaming partner prioritization based on service quality feedback may be provided. First, a server associated with an enterprise may receive performance data and location data for each of a plurality of service provider networks from a plurality of end use devices associated with the enterprise. Next, the server may assign a ranking to a plurality of service providers by location based upon information. The information may comprise the received performance data and the location data corresponding to each of the plurality of service provider networks. The server may then push the ranking to a first end use device.

Abstract: Performing wireless transmissions over a unified air interface that span portions of both the primary band and the complementary band may provide improved throughput and spectral efficiency in next generation networks. Wireless transmissions spanning both the licensed and unlicensed spectrum carry data in different frame formats over the respective primary and complementary bands. For example, frames communicated over the primary band may have a different channel structure (e.g., different size, placement, orientation, etc.) than frames communicated over the complementary band. Wireless transmissions spanning the licensed and unlicensed spectrum may also utilize different access schemes and/or waveforms over the respective primary and complementary bands. Embodiment unified air interfaces may be dynamically configurable via software defined radio (SDR) signaling instructions.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for selecting an access for transmitting messages on a 5G network. An access may be selected based on determined conditions in relation to one or more network policies and a message may be transmitted on the selected access.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the communications field, and disclose an AC, a STA, an AP, and a control method to solve a problem that a STA located in a coverage hole area of a Wi-Fi network cannot access the Wi-Fi network. A specific solution is: a receiving unit receives an access request message sent by a STA; a determining unit determines, sleeping APs managed by the AC and having access ranges covering the STA as first candidate APs; an allocation unit allocates the first candidate AP to the STA as a target AP; and a sending unit sends a wake-up control message to the target AP, and sends an access permission message to the STA. The present invention is used in a control process.

Abstract: A wireless user equipment (UE) device may include a receiver and transmitter. The UE device may dynamically vary the fidelity requirements imposed on the analog signal processing performed by the receiver and/or the transmitter in response factors such as: amount of signal interference (e.g., out-of-band signal power); modulation and coding scheme; number of spatial streams; extent of transmitter leakage; and size and/or frequency location of resources allocated to the UE device. Thus, the UE device may consume less power on average than a UE device that is designed to satisfy fixed fidelity requirements associated with a worst case reception scenario and/or a worst case transmission scenario.

Abstract: A first wireless communication terminal includes a first communicator, a second communicator, a first memory, and a processor. When first time information is received by the second communicator, the processor switches a state of the first communicator from first state to a second state at a first switching time calculated on the basis of the first time information. The processor switches the state of the first communicator from the second state to the first state at a second switching time calculated on the basis of the first time information. The first time information is information regarding a next scanning time indicating a time at which scanning is to be next performed by a second wireless communication terminal.

Abstract: A method performed by a WTRU may comprise receiving scheduling information on a broadcast control channel (BCCH) which defines time periods for reception of broadcast messages transmitted on a downlink shared channel. The WTRU may determine whether additional messages are available upon request. The availability of the additional messages is indicated via the BCCH. The WTRU may transmit a request for one or more of the additional messages.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for wireless communication are provided. In one configuration, an apparatus is configured to transmit a wake-up radio (WUR) signal, to determine to transmit a second signal within a SIFS after transmitting the WUR signal to increase medium reuse, and to transmit the second signal within the SIFS after transmitting the WUR signal based on the determination. The second signal may be a data, management, control, ACK, or CF-end frame to enable legacy devices that do not decode the WUR signal to avoid wasted airtime cause by EIFS after the WUR signal. In another configuration, the apparatus is configured to transmit a CTS-to-self frame, to determine to transmit a second signal within a SIFS after transmitting the CTS-to-self frame, and to transmit the second signal based on the determination. The second signal may be a WUR signal or an intermediate signal followed by a WUR signal.

Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, computer readable media, and other various embodiments are described for location management processes in wearable electronic devices. Performance of such devices is improved with reduced time to first fix of location operations in conjunction with low-power operations. In one embodiment, low-power circuitry manages high-speed circuitry and location circuitry to provide location assistance data from the high-speed circuitry to the low-power circuitry automatically on initiation of location fix operations as the high-speed circuitry and location circuitry are booted from low-power states. In some embodiments, the high-speed circuitry is returned to a low-power state prior to completion of a location fix and after capture of content associated with initiation of the location fix. In some embodiments, high-speed circuitry is booted after completion of a location fix to update location data associated with content.

Abstract: A power management method and a terminal device are provided, so as to prevent an ongoing service from being affected because of power saving. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, a first operation, where the first operation is used to invoke a first application program; querying, by the terminal device, an association relationship between a power range and an application program, so as to determine whether the first application program to be invoked in response to the first operation is an available application program associated with a power range to which current remaining power of the terminal device belongs; and skipping invoking, by the terminal device, the first application program if the first application program is not an available application program associated with the power range to which the current remaining power belongs.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and a device used for power adjustment in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station. The UE receives L reference signal groups transmitted by L antenna port sets respectively; receives R first signaling(s) for determining R first offset(s); and then transmits a first radio signal for determining K difference value(s) corresponding to K first reference power value(s) respectively, each of which is linearly correlated to a sum of the R first offset(s). Measurement(s) on K reference signal group(s) is (are) respectively used for determining K first reference power value(s). A transmitting power of the first radio signal is a first power associated with a first reference signal group, which is one of the K reference signal group(s). All of the L antenna port sets are used for one same serving cell or carrier. The disclosure helps improve power control performance and reduce overhead.

Abstract: Power control can be employed, whereby a power control adjustment can be determined by a relay distributed unit (DU) device, based on a measurement of the power level of received access uplink transmissions, and a measurement of the power level of a reference signal received from a donor DU via a backhaul downlink transmission. The power control adjustment can be transmitted to the donor distributed unit device, which uses the power control adjustment to reduce the amount of power of downlink transmissions to the relay distributed unit device.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Techniques for multiple transmission reception points (TRPs) in a cluster may coordinate scheduling and communications with a user equipment (UE). Different TRPs may allocate uplink resources for one or more UEs within a coordinated cluster to transmit feedback information. A first TRP may provide a first set of resources that one or more associated UEs may use to transmit acknowledgment (ACK) feedback to indicate successful receipt of a downlink transmission of the first TRP, and one or more other TRPs of the coordinated cluster may provide a second set of resources that the one or more UEs may use to transmit negative acknowledgment (NACK) feedback to indicate that a downlink transmission of the first TRP was lost. The second set of resources may include non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) resources.

Abstract: Disclosed are an uplink resource allocation method and a cognitive small cell network system performing the method. In the method, a small cell manager collects an access request from a small cell user and forms a preference relationship for each small cell user. Then, sub-channel-specific transmission power for providing a maximum data transmission rate at the time of uplink transmission is calculated and the calculated sub-channel-specific transmission power information is transferred to the small cell user. Meanwhile, the small cell user forms all possible sub-channel-specific preference relations and thereafter, transmits the access request for each sub-channel having a maximum preference relationship to the small cell manager.

Abstract: A radio terminal according to one embodiment comprises a controller configured to receive first control information for receiving, by the radio terminal, a special downlink control channel. The special downlink control channel carries control information to the radio terminal from a first cell with no connection for transmitting and receiving user data being established. The controller directly receives second control information for reducing an uplink interference in the first cell, on the special downlink control channel, from the first cell.

Abstract: A method for processing information is provided. The method includes the following. A wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) scanning operation is performed through a Wi-Fi scanning unit to obtain N feedback durations corresponding to N access points (APs). The first AP is any one of the N APs and N is an integer greater than one. When an access instruction for the second AP is detected, first power of information transmission is determined according to a feedback duration corresponding to the second AP. The first power is equal to second power plus a first power variable, where a value of the first power variable is greater than zero when the feedback duration corresponding to the second AP is within a preset duration range. An access request is transmitted to the second AP at the first power. A terminal device is also provided.