Abstract: In one embodiment, a device in a wireless network receives a target wake time (TWT) request from a wireless client. The device computes TWT parameters based on the received request. The device predicts, using the computed TWT parameters as input to a machine learning model, whether the computed TWT parameters will be accepted by the wireless client. The device provides the computed TWT parameters to the wireless client, based on a prediction by the machine learning model that the client will accept the computed TWT parameters.

Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods, and devices for controlling power to radio equipment that services antennas mounted on a structure, and disabling power to the same when either technicians are present or when the structure has tilted. The systems may include a main board comprising a processor and an isolation board located at least partially within the structure. The isolation board may be configured to transmit to the processor a signal when an input is received via a switch and periodically transmit an indication of an acceleration of the structure due to gravity in a selected axis. The processor may be configured to disconnect power to a radio unit servicing the antenna based on an occurrence of either receiving the first signal or determining that a tilt angle of the structure has exceeded a predetermined threshold for a predetermined period.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for transmit power control for positioning using non-serving cells are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine that an uplink reference signal may be associated with a positioning procedure. In some cases, the positioning procedure may include transmission, by the UE, of the reference signal to a non-serving cell, which may be farther away from the UE than a serving cell. The UE may determine an absence of a parameter associated with a transmit power for transmitting the reference signal. Based on the absence, the UE may determine the transmit power based on parameters received from a serving cell, based on configuration information, based on a message intercepted from the non-serving cell, or based on other considerations or information. In some cases, the UE may determine the transmit power such that the likelihood of the non-serving cell receiving the reference signal is increased.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for handling uplink grants that have associated uplink transmission that may exceed exposure limits. Exposure limits may be based on maximum permissible exposure (MPE) limits of millimeter wave transmissions and may be determined at a user equipment (UE) and provided to a base station. If the UE receives an uplink grant for a transmission in which an associated uplink transmission would exceed the exposure limits, the UE may drop the uplink transmission prior to forming a transport block, transmit control signaling to the base station to indicate the exposure limits at the UE, or combinations thereof.

Abstract: There is provided a method for determining an uplink transmit power. The method may be performed by a user equipment (UE) and comprise: receiving information on an additional reduction value for an uplink transmission power and determining the uplink transmit power based on the additional reduction value. The additional reduction value may be used to reduce a cross link interference (CLI). The uplink transmit power may be determined within a lower bound and an upper bound. Based on that the uplink transmission may be performed in a frequency range 1 (FR1) for 5G, the additional reduction value is applied to one or both of the lower bound and the upper bound.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a power control method, a related apparatus, and a product, so that a receive end can normally receive a signal. The method in the embodiments of this application includes: determining, by UE, an initial transmit power of a first-type PUSCH; determining, by the UE, that an actual transmit power of the first-type PUSCH in a time period in which a second-type PUSCH is not transmitted and that is in a transmission time unit of the first-type PUSCH is a first power; and determining, by the UE, that an actual transmit power of the first-type PUSCH in a time period that is used to transmit the second-type PUSCH and that is in the transmission time unit of the first-type PUSCH is a second power.

Abstract: A wireless communication device and a dynamic anti-interference method for the same are provided. The device includes at least two wireless communication circuits. When the method operates in the wireless communication device, the device monitors activities of every wireless communication circuit through a clear channel assessment method for acquiring signal strength of every wireless communication circuit. The assessment allows the device to perform a corresponding anti-interference measure for each of the wireless communication circuits. For example, when the device acknowledges that a second wireless communication circuit of the device starts to work as a first wireless communication circuit transmits or receives signals, the device controls a receiver or a transmitter of the second wireless communication circuit to perform an anti-interference measure such as a gain control for a receiver or power adjustment for a transmitter.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described, in which for one or more aspects of a first transmission of a first radio access technology (RAT) (e.g., a 5G or New Radio (NR) RAT) are determined based on transmissions of a second RAT (e.g., a 4G or Long Term Evolution (LTE) RAT). A user equipment (UE) may, in some cases, determine a reference timing, a reference power, or combinations thereof for an uplink transmission of the first RAT based on a received power or reference timing of the second RAT. In some cases, handover for the first RAT may be based at least in part on an handover in the second RAT.

Abstract: A terminal device (200) is provided for a sensor (S) and/or actuator (A) of an industrial machine, wherein the terminal device (200) comprises at least one communication module (C) and an antenna (A), and wherein the terminal device (200) is set up to determine an initial transmission power as a function of a previously determined relative position of the terminal device (200) to at least one master unit and/or as a function of a previously determined estimated value for the transmission power, and to transmit a radio signal with the determined initial transmission power via an uplink radio channel.

Abstract: Wireless communications are described. A wireless device may be configured to transmit a first signal via a first cell group that may overlap in time with a second signal via a second cell group. The wireless device may adjust a signal transmission power of at least one of the first signal or the second signal. Additionally or alternatively, the wireless device may drop at least one of the first signal or the second signal. Adjusting and/or dropping at least one of the first signal or the second signal may be based on the overlap in time of these signals satisfying a duration threshold and a total power to transmit the first signal and the second signal exceeding a power threshold.

Abstract: A method performed by a network node for managing power of Cell Reference Symbols, CRS, wherein the network node operates one or more cells and the network node is configured to transmit the CRS in a first power mode. When the network node identifies a first cell which is not actively serving any UEs, which cell is also referred to as an empty cell, the network node reduces the power of the CRS in the first cell in relation to the first power mode. By reducing the power of the CRS, the overall interference of the CRS from the empty cell is reduced, thereby enhancing the performance in cells actively serving UEs.

Abstract: A user terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a transmitting section that performs transmission by using a plurality of Radio Access Technologies (RATs); a receiving section that receives allocation configuration information including a plurality of pieces of information each related to an allocation of maximum transmission power for each of the plurality of RATs; and a control section that determines an allocation of maximum transmission power of each of the plurality of RATs from a plurality of allocations, based on the allocation configuration information. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, reduction of throughput and so on can be prevented even when a plurality of RATs are used.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for managing the power transmit level of Citizens Broadband Radio Service Devices (CBSDs) in a Citizens Broadband Radio Service Network. In an exemplary method embodiment a CBSD is operated to: (i) receive from a Spectrum Access System one or more of: (a) a power headroom threshold value used to identify cell edge user equipment devices (UEs) or (b) a channel quality indicator threshold value used to identify cell edge user equipment devices; receive a power down command from the SAS; (ii) identify based on one or more of the received power headroom threshold value and the received channel quality indicator threshold value cell edge UEs being serviced by the CBSD; and (iii) decrease transmit power of the CBSD by an estimated amount of transmit power required to support the identified cell edge UEs.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods for informing an eNodeB on the transmit power status of a user equipment in a mobile communication system using component carrier (CC) aggregation. Furthermore, the invention is also related to the implementation of these methods by hardware and their implementation in software. The invention proposes procedures that allow the eNodeB to recognize the power usage status of a UE in a communication system using carrier aggregation. The UE indicates to the eNodeB, when the UE is close to using its total maximum UE transmit power or when it has exceeded same. This is achieved by the UE including indicator(s) and/or new MAC CEs to one or more protocol data units transmitted on respective component carriers within a single sub-frame that is providing the eNodeB with power status information. The MAC CEs may report a per-UE power headroom. Alternatively, the MAC CEs may report per-CC power headrooms and/or power reductions applied to the respective uplink CCs.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for determining a first-link transmit power. One example method includes receiving, by a first user equipment (UE), first indication information, where the first indication information comprises indication information of a first maximum transmit power of a second UE, and determining, by the first UE, the first-link transmit power based on the first indication information, where the first link is a link between the first UE and the second UE.

Abstract: The present application discloses a method for data transmission in a radio cell of a mobile terminal. The radio cell includes an auxiliary carrier in a low frequency band and at least one master carrier in a high frequency band, the method including: the mobile terminal achieving downlink synchronization with the radio cell through the auxiliary carrier in the low frequency band, and after achieving the downlink synchronization, obtaining configuration information of the radio cell, and transmitting data by using the master carrier and/or the auxiliary carrier according to the configuration information. The present application also provides a mobile terminal. By using the present application, radio cell coverage and transmission performance may be improved.

Abstract: An information indicating method, an information determining method, a terminal and a base station are provided. The information indicating method includes: indicating, by using a predetermined parameter of a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) in a first system synchronization block (SSB), whether the first SSB includes associated remaining minimum system information (RMSI); or indicating, by using a predetermined parameter of a PBCH in a first SSB, that the first SSB does not include associated RMSI, and indicating frequency offset information of a synchronization raster where a second SSB is located, where the second SSB is an SSB with the associated RMSI.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and device for selecting a synchronization carrier, and a computer storage medium. The method comprises: determining, by a terminal, two or more synchronization carriers from a plurality of carriers, wherein synchronization information is provided on each of the synchronization carriers; selecting, by the terminal, a first synchronization carrier from the two or more synchronization carriers based on reference information of the two or more synchronization carriers, wherein the first synchronization carrier is used for providing first synchronization information for each of the plurality of carriers, to enable the plurality of carriers to transmit data synchronously based on the first synchronization information.

Abstract: A signal transmission method and an apparatus are disclosed. In an embodiment a signal transmission method includes generating a demodulation reference signal and sending the demodulation reference signal, wherein the demodulation reference signal is sent in a specific time-frequency resource, and the specific time-frequency resource is located on symbols corresponding to a synchronization signal block.

Abstract: A wireless device receives configuration parameters of timing advance groups (TAGs) comprising: a primary TAG comprising a primary cell; and a secondary TAG comprising one or more licensed secondary cells and one or more unlicensed secondary cells. Uplink signals are transmitted via the secondary TAG. The transmission timing is derived employing a first secondary cell, of the secondary TAG, that is based on the first secondary cell being: an activated secondary cell; and a licensed secondary cell.

Abstract: A method for use in a user terminal in a cellular communications system. According to the method, the user terminal applies a first timing advance value to its transmissions to a controlling node, and the user terminal requests communication with the controlling node in a contention based procedure by transmitting an access request (MSG 1), in response to which the controlling node transmits an initiation message (MSG 2) along with a second timing advance value. According to the method, the user terminal uses the first timing advance value if the user terminal loses the contention based procedure, i.e. if the controlling node subsequently continues the initiated communication with said other user terminal.

Abstract: A method for performing communication in a wireless communication system in includes establishing, by a network entity, a context of a user equipment (UE) in a network, receiving a message for registration request from the UE in a registered state, identifying that the UE is genuine by executing an authentication procedure with the UE, and in case that the UE is genuine, performing a deletion of the established context of the UE and a process of the registration request.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus that registers a plurality of mesh node devices to operate as part of a wireless mesh network after a user device scans encoded information that is unique to each mesh node of a plurality of different mesh nodes. After codes associated with different respective mesh nodes are scanned by a user device, that user device may communicate with these different mesh nodes via a low power communication interface and the user device may send registration information to a registration computer via a secure communication channel. Apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may also receive a validation code from the registration computer via a communication channel that is different from the secure communication channel and these apparatus may then send the validation code to the registration computer via the secure communication channel when the user device is validated by the registration computer.

Abstract: Devices, methods, use user equipment (UE), core network devices, evolved node B (eNB), and storage media for UE provisioning are described. In one embodiment, processing circuitry of a mobility management entity (MME) decodes a non-access stratum (NAS) message comprising a detach request associated with a first user equipment (UE) and determines that the detach request is received from the UE without integrity protection. The MME then analyzes one or more additional criteria associated with the detach request in response to confirmation that the detach request message is received from the UE without the integrity protection, and manages an evolved packet system (EPS) mobility management (EMM) registration state for the first UE based on analysis of the one or more additional criteria. Various different criteria and associated EMM registration state management operations are described. Additional corresponding UE operations are also described.

Abstract: A device for monitoring an identification and positioning system may comprise a transceiver and a controller operatively coupled to a memory. The controller may be configured to receive a status signal from the transceiver indicative of an inspection of a component, obtain an identity of the component, a location of the component, and a signal strength of a signal produced by the component, access a record from the memory, determine whether the record includes an identity of the component or a location of the component that matches the obtained identity or location of the component, observe a difference in the obtained signal strength and a signal strength from the record, and send a notification of an issue concerning the component when the difference is outside a range.

Abstract: A mobile node includes a plurality of transceivers, has a network conforming to network-based mobility as its home link and performs position registration to a positional managing apparatus and performs position registration to the position managing apparatus through a foreign network by position registration conforming to host-based mobility. In mobile node and position managing apparatus, a plurality of routes passing through the home link and the foreign link are established. Accordingly, when the mobile node has the plurality of transceivers, it can simultaneously connect to the home link and the foreign link through respective transceivers, to perform communication.

Abstract: Systems and apparatuses for determining location of a wireless arbitrary device are disclosed herein. In one example, a computer implemented method for localization of a wireless arbitrary device in a wireless network architecture comprises initializing the wireless network architecture having a plurality of wireless anchor nodes and a plurality of wireless sensor nodes. The method further includes preparing, with the plurality of wireless anchor nodes, for localization of the wireless arbitrary device, waiting to receive a packet from the wireless arbitrary device, receiving a communication including a packet from the wireless arbitrary device, and transmitting a communication including a synchronization packet to other anchor nodes of the plurality of wireless anchor nodes.

Abstract: Provided are a method by which a terminal transmits a ranging response signal in a wireless communication system, and a terminal using the method. The method comprises: receiving a ranging request signal from another terminal; and transmitting a ranging response signal to the other terminal in response to the ranging request signal, wherein a resource for transmission of the ranging response signal is determined on the basis of a reception power level of the ranging request signal.

Abstract: Offloading of location computation from a location server to an access point through the use of projections on base phase vectors may be provided. First, an Access Point (AP) may receive a set of two or more base phase vectors from a location server. Next, the AP may measure a measured phase vector for a first signal from a user device. Then, the AP can determine projection values based on a comparison of the measured phase vector to each base phase vector. From these comparisons, the AP can determine a subset of base phase vectors with the highest projection values. The AP can then send the projection values and the subset of base phase vectors to the location server, wherein the location server determines the device location from these projection values and subset of base phase vectors.

Abstract: Devices, methods, communication nodes, base stations, storage media, and other embodiments are provided for managing associations in a communication network. In one example embodiment, a New Radio (NR) node is configured for NR user-plane protocol communications between a master node (MN) and a secondary node (SN). The NR node is configured to generate a downlink (DL) user data message with downlink user data, initiate transmission of the DL user data message to a second node, and process a DL data delivery status message from the second node in response to the DL user data message. In various embodiments, polling and SCG split-bearer configurations are supported by such messaging. In some embodiments, packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) serial numbers are communicated for transmission and retransmission management. In some embodiments, DL configurations initiated by and SN are enabled, as well as UL configurations initiated by either an MN or an SN.

Abstract: A user device performs communication in which beamforming is applied with another user device, and has a reception unit that receives information related to a region covered by a beam with respect to a certain resource from another user device, a selection unit that selects the resource based on information representing the region covered by the beam, and a transmission unit configured to perform transmission by using the selected resource.

Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, user equipment includes a reception unit configured to detect a synchronization signal or a physical broadcast channel from a base station; a resource selection unit configured to select, from resources determined based on configuration information for preamble transmission, a resource for transmitting a preamble according to the detected synchronization signal or the detected physical broadcast channel based on a mapping rule, with a period determined based on at least one of a period of a synchronization signal burst set that is a duration during which the synchronization signal or the physical broadcast channel can be transmitted and a period of a resource available for transmission of the preamble; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the preamble to the base station on the selected resource.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to a data processing method for monitoring at least one performance metric associated with a characteristic of a virtual network function; the method comprising instantiating the virtual network function, monitoring said at least one performance metric associated with the characteristic of the virtual network function; and adapting allocated resources supporting the virtual network function according to said monitoring.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program for determining one or more radio resources to be used for performing a wireless communication over a sidelink of a mobile communication system. The method includes determining whether a transportation vehicle executing the method is in coverage or out of coverage of a base station of the mobile communication system, selecting one or more methods or mechanisms for improving a transmission reliability of the wireless communication over the sidelink from a group of methods or mechanisms for improving the transmission reliability in response to the transportation vehicle being out of coverage, and determining the one or more radio resources to be used for performing the wireless communication over the sidelink of the mobile communication system using the selected method or mechanism.

Abstract: A user terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that monitors, in a given frequency resource, a downlink control channel for control in another frequency resource, and a control section that judges a monitoring periodicity for the downlink control channel for control in the another frequency resource, based on a monitoring periodicity for the downlink control channel for control in the given frequency resource. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the monitoring periodicity for the downlink control channel can be appropriately judged even in a case where a plurality of numerologies are used.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for configuring a data subband in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives an indication of a data subband from a network, configures at least one data subband according to the indication, and performs communication with the network via the at least one data subband. One data subband consists of contiguous or noncontiguous physical resource blocks (PRBs).

Abstract: The present invention provides for a method of configuring a physical channel, such as a physical control channel, for device-to-device communication between mobile terminal devices within a cellular communications network environment and comprising a step of locating a device-to-device control channel within a cellular uplink signaling spectrum, and applying a frequency offset parameter to determine separation of the device-to-device control channel from a cellular uplink control channel, and to related terminal devices and computer program products.

Abstract: A channel transmission method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, an indication message sent by the base station, where the indication message carries a transmission mode identifier and a frequency domain resource index; and if a transmission mode corresponding to the transmission mode identifier is non-scheduling transmission, scrambling, by the terminal device, to-be-sent data by using a first RNTI, where the first RNTI is a preset value, or a correspondence exists between the first RNTI and the frequency domain resource index; or if a transmission mode corresponding to the transmission mode identifier is scheduling transmission, scrambling, by the terminal device, to-be-sent data by using a second RNTI.

Abstract: A system and method for scheduling a transmission of an uplink message in a communication system. An example method includes scheduling transmission of an uplink message having a duration less than a subframe length and receiving the uplink message. In certain embodiments, the uplink message may be scheduled to begin with a symbol that is between boundaries of a subframe, span a boundary between the subframe and a subsequent subframe, and end with another symbol that is between boundaries of the subsequent subframe.

Abstract: A method and a device for a sidelink in a wireless communication system are provided. A transmission terminal supporting a sidelink performs transmission/reception beam pairing by using control information for a sidelink. The transmission terminal and a reception terminal can find an optimum transmission/reception beam pair on the basis of a method of repeatedly transmitting/receiving control information by the sidelink. Therefore, an appropriate transmission/reception beam pair can be found without repeatedly transmitting a synchronization signal. The reception terminal can provide feedback information on the received control information to the transmission terminal. The transmission terminal can determine an optimum transmission/reception beam pair on the basis of the feedback information.

Abstract: The present application relates to the field of wireless communications. Disclosed are a user device and a method for the inter-user-device sending and receiving of a positioning signal. In the present application, a first user device sends a positioning reference signal on a communication interface, and performs information transmission on a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) and/or a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH), wherein the information transmission on the PSCCH and/or PSSCH indicates a relevant attribute of the positioning reference signal. By means of direct communication between a user device and another user device, mutual positioning between the user devices is achieved, thereby achieving higher spectral efficiency and lower transmission delay, so that a higher positioning precision can be reached.

Abstract: The invention relates to the allocation of radio resources by a transmitting user equipment to perform a plurality of direct SL transmissions to one or more receiving user equipments. The allocation of radio resources within a SC period is restricted, for the SC period, by a maximum number of SL processes with which a transmitting user equipment is configured. A plurality of SL grants is acquired. Among the acquired SL grants a number of those SL grants is selected that have most recently been acquired before the start of the subsequent SC period. A plurality of SL processes is associated such that each of the plurality of SL process is associated with a different one of the selected number of SL grants. For each of the plurality of the SL processes, the radio resources are allocated. Each of the plurality of SL transmissions comprises at least one SCI transmission and at least one data transmission over the SL interface.

Abstract: A method and system/circuit for multi-beamforming signal processing are provided. The circuit includes a plurality of basic modules associated with a plurality of transducers. Each basic module includes a first and second processing stages operative for introducing time delays of higher and lower temporal resolutions to the signals processed thereby respectively, and a path selector multiplexer module managing the signal coupling between the first and second stages. The first processing stage is connectable to one of the transducers via a first port and includes a network of first type time delay channels defining L signal paths operative at a relatively high sampling rate and adapted for providing L respectively different time delays of high temporal resolution. The second processing stage includes an array of N second type time delay channels operable for shifting signals processed thereby by any number up-to K samples of a lower sampling rate.

Abstract: The invention discloses a method and device for determining a transmission resource for device-to-device (D2D) communications and capable of enhancing D2D communication quality. The method comprises: determining a plurality of transmission resource sets, wherein each of the plurality of transmission resource sets comprises at least one transmission resource block and has a corresponding distance threshold; and determining, from the plurality of transmission resource sets, and according to current location information of first terminal equipment and distance thresholds of the plurality of transmission resource sets, a target transmission resource set for the first terminal equipment to perform D2D communication.

Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a processor that maps an encoded bit sequence of an uplink control information firstly in a layer direction of a resource of an uplink shared channel, secondly in a frequency direction of the resource, and thirdly in a time direction of the resource; and a transmitter that transmits the uplink control information in the resource. In other aspects, a radio communication method for a terminal and a base station are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present application discloses an uplink control information transmission method and device. The method includes: determining, by user equipment, a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) corresponding to uplink control information (UCI); and transmitting, by the user equipment, the UCI on a first PUSCH in a first physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) set; wherein every PUSCH contained in the first PUSCH set overlaps with the PUCCH in time. In this way, the challenge to the processing capability of the user equipment caused by transmitting the uplink control information on the PUSCHs can be effectively avoided, and meanwhile, the downlink data transmission performance can be ensured.

Abstract: A method of transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), uplink control information (UCI) in a wireless communication system includes receiving, from a base station (BS), physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource information for the UCI. Further, the UCI is hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback information of multiple downlink cells. The method also includes transmitting, to the BS, the UCI on a PUCCH resource. In addition, the PUCCH resource is mapped to multiple resource block (RB) pairs, the multiple RB pairs include RBs included in a first slot and RBs included in a second slot, the RBs included in the first slot are consecutive RBs to each other, and the RBs included in the second slot are consecutive RBs to each other.

Abstract: An information transmission method, a terminal and a network device are provided. The information transmission method includes: determining a plurality of PUCCH resources corresponding to UCI; determining a target PUCCH resource for the UCI transmission from the plurality of PUCCH resources, according to Scheduling Request (SR) states of a plurality of SR configurations; and sending the UCI through the target PUCCH resource.

Abstract: A method of performing an operation for a first user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes receiving a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) from a second UE by the first UE, and transmitting, to the second UE, a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) related to the PSSCH in a first slot of the PSFCH after a predetermined number of slots by the first UE. One or more slots correspond to the predetermined number of slots are included in a sidelink slot set.

Abstract: A frame structure configuration method, a frame structure obtaining method, a base station and UE are provided. The frame structure configuration method includes transmitting at least two cell-specific frame structure configurations concatenated in a time domain to the UE. Different periodicities of cell-specific uplink and/or downlink resources that are concatenated in a time domain are supported, and/or different configurations for the uplink and/or downlink resources within periodicities concatenated in the time domain are supported. In some embodiments, the base station transmits at least two cell-specific frame structure configurations concatenated in a time domain to the UE, where two periodicities of cell-specific uplink and/or downlink resources that are concatenated in a time domain have different durations, and/or, the uplink and/or downlink resources within the two periodicities concatenated in the time domain have different configurations.