Abstract: A slot scheduling method and apparatus are provided. A determined slot includes a first slot, the first slot includes a first idle time, and a time interval between a start moment of the first idle time and a start moment of the first slot is less than or equal to a preset time interval threshold, or a time interval between a start moment of the first idle time and an end moment of at least one OFDM symbol that is in the first slot and that is used to transmit control signaling is less than or equal to a preset time interval threshold. No first service is scheduled in the first idle time, thereby providing a transmission opportunity for a second service. In addition, time-domain locations of uplink transmission and downlink transmission of the first service and the second service do not overlap.

Abstract: A method for mapping a physical hybrid automatic repeat request indicator channel (PHICH) is described. The method for mapping a PHICH includes determining an index of a resource element group transmitting a repetitive pattern of the PHICH, according to a ratio of the number of available resource element groups in a symbol in which the PHICH is transmitted and the number of available resource element groups in a first or second OFDM symbol, and mapping the PHICH to the symbol according to the determined index. In transmitting the PHICH, since efficient mapping is performed considering available resource elements varying with OFDM symbols, repetition of the PHICH does not generate interference between neighbor cell IDs and performance is improved.

Abstract: A method for improving transmission link performance, performed by a first communication node for wireless communication with a second communication node is provided. The method includes obtaining information of a delay spread of first signals sent between the first communication node and the second communication node and determining at least one of a plurality of different values of a sub-carrier spacing for transmission of second signals between the first communication node and the second communication node, based on the obtained information of the delay spread. The method further includes initiating transmission of the second signals between the first communication node and the second communication node based on the determined at least one value of the sub-carrier spacing.

Abstract: Provided is a communication device that favorably implements SR communication and MU communication. A communication device that operates as a base station includes a determination unit that determines a communication status in a BSS of the communication device, and a control unit that controls transmission and reception of a signal regarding connection change of a terminal according to the communication status to and from a surrounding base station. The determination unit determines the presence of a small number of terminals falling outside a distribution of implementation statuses of spatial reuse communication or multi user communication of entire subordinate terminals, and transmits a signal requesting the small number of terminals to be connected to the surrounding base station or transmits a signal inquiring of the surrounding base station acceptance of the small number of terminals.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an adaptive modulation method for a naive Bayes classifier-based energy harvesting relay system. First, a sending end determines its modulation mode based on a status of a data buffer of a relay, so that sent data does not exceed a storage capability of the relay. Then, based on data sent by the sending end, and channel status information and energy harvesting status information within a period of time, the relay determines an optimal modulation mode used by the relay within the period of time. After that, the modulation mode, the channel status information, and the energy harvesting status information are used as training data to obtain a classification model based on a naive Bayes classifier algorithm. In this way, the relay can adaptively select a modulation mode when only knowing of channel information and energy information in a current timeslot.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) for receiving information on a length of a reference signal (RS) sequence and information on an offset of the RS sequence and performing an RS sequence mapping to map the RS sequence to a physical resource block 0 (PRB0) of the UE within a bandwidth part (BWP) based on the length of the RS sequence and the offset of the RS sequence. The UE also transmits, to the network, the RS sequence.

Abstract: A technology enabling a terminal to receive acknowledgement (ACK)/negative ACK (NACK) information about data transmitted from the terminal is provided. The method includes receiving cyclic shift information for a reference signal from the base station; transmitting, to the base station, the data and a reference signal which is cyclic-shifted using a cyclic shift value, the cyclic shift value being determined based on a dynamic cyclic shift value mapped one-to-one to the cyclic shift information for the reference signal; and receiving, from the base station, the ACK/NACK information about the transmitted data through a radio resource of a downlink channel, the radio resource of the downlink channel being identified based on a modifier mapped one-to-one to the cyclic shift information for the reference signal.

Abstract: A communication device and a communication method that transmit and receive wireless packets are provided. A communication device includes a control unit that determines a subcarrier to be a null tone according to information applied to a packet and a transmission unit that generates a multi-carrier signal in which the determined subcarrier is set as a null tone and wirelessly transmits the signal. The control unit determines a position of a subcarrier and the number of subcarriers to be a null tone or a position of a subcarrier in correspondence with the information and, in addition, changes a subcarrier to be a null tone according to temporal variation of the information.

Abstract: Methods and techniques for slot format configuration in a Time Domain Duplex system to allow flexible assignment of resources between uplink and downlink, while avoiding Cross Link Interference. As standard slot ordering is provided together with rules to limit modification of slot format between slots such than an estimate of safe regions can be made.

Abstract: For example, a wireless station may be configured to map a plurality of data symbols to Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in a plurality of spatial (space-time) streams, to map a plurality of modulated pilot sequences to the OFDM symbols according to a pilot mapping scheme, and to transmit an OFDM Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) transmission based on the plurality of spatial streams.

Abstract: A transmission apparatus that transmits a block signal including a plurality of data symbols, includes: a data-symbol generation unit that generates a data symbol; a symbol arrangement unit that arranges the data symbol and a same-quadrant symbol such that one same-quadrant symbol that becomes a signal point in a same quadrant in a complex plane is inserted per block at a predetermined position in each block signal to generate a block symbol; a CP insertion unit that inserts a Cyclic Prefix into the block symbol; and an interpolation unit that performs interpolation processing on the block symbol on which CP insertion has been performed.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a system include a processor(s) that produces a set of beamforming vectors, each vector produced based on a distinct set of parameters. To produce vector of the vectors, the processor(s) obtains, from receive antennas, data comprising a waveform comprising slots with boundaries, from a first collection window. The processor(s) determines the parameters (e.g., silent portion length and signal portion length) and determines which slots of the waveform contain signal operating instructions. The processor(s) aligns the slot boundaries, utilizing the data, based on determining which slots of the waveform contain signal operating instructions. The processor(s) extracts the signal portion and the silent portion, determines a covariance for each, and determines a vector and eigenvalue.

Abstract: Wireless communication method and apparatus to enable communications between a plurality of endpoints and a satellite or terrestrial gateway integrated with a plurality of oblong shaped antenna arrays. The wireless communication method leverages data symbols that are orthogonally modulated. The method permits the use of a plurality of compact oblong shaped antenna arrays to increase network capacity and reduce endpoint power consumption.

Abstract: Networks that support 5G communication may support different numerologies across and even within a symbol, slot, or subframe. Sequences, such as reference signals or data scrambled with a scrambling code, may be transmitted on resources with such mixed numerologies. In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a user equipment. The UE may be configured to receive an indication of assigned resources for communicating with a base station. The UE may also be configured to determine a numerology associated with the assigned resources, and to determine one or more indices based on the numerology. The UE may also generate a sequence based on the one or more indices and communicate with the base station based on the sequence.

Abstract: A wireless communication receiver including a serial to parallel converter receiving an radio frequency signal, a fast Fourier transform device connected to said serial to parallel converter converting NFFT corresponding serial signals into a frequency domain; an EZC root sequence unit generating a set of root sequence signals; an element-by-element multiply unit forming a set of products including a product of each of said frequency domain signals from said fast Fourier transform device and a corresponding root sequence signal, an NSRS-length IDFT unit performing a group cyclic-shift de-multiplexing of the products and a discrete Fourier transform unit converting connected cyclic shift de-multiplexing signals back to frequency-domain.

Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to methods, systems, and devices for enhanced physical (PHY) layer security. A device may determine a physical layer (PHY) frame to be sent to a station device. The device may identify an encryption seed sequence to be used for encrypting a first portion of the PHY frame. The device may include an indication of the encryption seed sequence in a first field of one or more fields of the PHY frame. The device may encode the first portion of the PHY frame using the encryption seed sequence. The device may cause to send the PHY frame to the station device.

Abstract: This application discloses a resource unit setting method, a resource unit transmission method, and an apparatus. The method includes: setting, by a transmit end device based on a setting threshold of a null resource unit and/or a scheduling parameter, a plurality of null resource units at time domain and/or frequency domain locations associated with phase tracking reference signal resource units of one or more OFDM symbols; and sending, by the transmit end device, the one or more OFDM symbols. The corresponding apparatus is further disclosed. In the technical solution of this application, the null resource unit is set based on the setting threshold of the null resource unit and/or the scheduling parameter. Demodulation accuracy of a high-frequency communications system is ensured, and overheads of the null resource unit are as low as possible, thereby improving spectrum efficiency.

Abstract: The invention discloses a method of conveying information from a sender to a receiver by use of various codeword patterns given in a mapping table and detection through decoding via the reverse mapping process. The codeword patterns may be selected as combinations of bits, frequencies, ports, or other elements as desired. Associated systems for carrying out the described encoding methods are also provided. The various methods may be applicable in low transmit power, energy-saving, secure, low latency, storage and in military, mobile, optical, deep space and fixed telecommunication systems for long range transmission and reliable information.

Abstract: A method of failure detection in a storage system is performed by the storage system. The method includes detecting a failure in a nonvolatile random access memory device that is in or coupled to a storage device having storage memory. The storage system has multiple NVRAM devices and multiple storage devices that have storage memory. The method includes taking a portion or all of the NVRAM device offline. Taking a portion or all of the NVRAM device offline is responsive to detecting the failure. Taking a portion or all of the NVRAM device off-line is while keeping online the storage memory of the storage device, sufficient ones of the NVRAM devices, and sufficient ones of the storage devices to provide reliable access to data and metadata in the storage system.

Abstract: An OFDM transmitter spreads original data symbols with a complex-valued spreading matrix derived from a discrete Fourier transform. Spread data symbols are mapped to OFDM subcarriers. Spreading and mapping are configured to produce a transmitted spread-OFDM signal with a low peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) and orthogonal code spaces. In MIMO systems, the complex-valued spreading matrix can comprise a MIMO precoding matrix, and the code spaces can comprise MIMO subspaces. In Cooperative-MIMO, a combination of low code-space cross correlation and low PAPR can be achieved.

Abstract: An error correction circuit includes: a first error correction encoder for generating a plurality of row-codewords by performing first error correction encoding on each of a plurality of messages; a second error correction encoder for generating a plurality of column-codewords; a first error correction decoder for performing first error correction decoding on each of read row-vectors corresponding to the plurality of row-codewords, and outputting a soft information of the first error correction decoding; and a second error correction decoder for determining whether each of m-bit symbols in read column-vectors corresponding to the column-codewords is reliable, based on the soft information corresponding to each of the p-bit symbols, and performing second error correction decoding on the read column-vectors, based on the determination of whether each of the m-bit symbols is reliable.

Abstract: Embodiments are provided for supporting variable sub-carrier spacing and symbol duration for transmitting OFDM or other waveform symbols and associated cyclic prefixes. The symbol duration includes the useful symbol length and its associated cyclic prefix length. The variable sub-carrier spacing and symbol duration is determined via parameters indicating the sub-carrier spacing, useful symbol length, and cyclic prefix length. An embodiment method, by a network or a network controller, includes establishing a plurality of multiple access block (MAB) types defining different combinations of sub-carrier spacing and symbol duration for waveform transmissions. The method further includes partitioning a frequency and time plane of a carrier spectrum band into a plurality of MAB regions comprising frequency-time slots for the waveform transmissions. The MAB types are then selected for the MAB regions, wherein one MAB type is assigned to one corresponding MAB region.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for mapping a reference signal (RS) sequence to a physical resource in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method performed by a terminal comprises the steps of: receiving, from a network, length information indicating a length of the RS sequence and offset information indicating a start position of the RS sequence mapped to the physical resource allocated to the terminal; generating the RS sequence on the basis of the received length information; and mapping the generated RS sequence to the physical resource on the basis of the offset information.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for uplink descriptor channels are described. An uplink descriptor channel may be used by a user equipment (UE) for providing indications that uplink transmissions over allocated uplink data resources are sent in a configuration different from a configuration indicated by an uplink grant. In various examples an uplink transmission may be transmitted by a UE, and received by a base station, and the uplink transmission may include the uplink descriptor channel with uplink data. An uplink descriptor channel may include indications that uplink control information is included in the uplink transmission, and/or that the uplink transmission employs a number of transmission intervals, a number of channels, and/or a different MCS than those indicated by the uplink grant. A base station may receive the uplink descriptor channel and adjust various parameters of decoding an uplink transmission and/or allocating radio frequency spectrum resources.

Abstract: A plurality of multicarrier signals is generated. Each of the plurality of multicarrier signals includes a pilot symbol sequence at a same temporal point in each multicarrier signal. Each pilot symbol sequence includes a plurality of pilot symbols with non-zero amplitude. The pilot symbol sequences are orthogonal to each other at the same temporal point. A quantity of the plurality of pilot symbols in each pilot symbol sequence is greater than or equal to a quantity of the plurality of multicarrier signals to be transmitted. The plurality of multicarrier signals are transmitted in an identical frequency band from a plurality of antennas. The plurality of antennas includes two, three, or four antennas.

Abstract: The apparatus may be a base station. The apparatus sets a first numerology for at least one synchronization signal of one or more synchronization signals to be different from a second numerology for at least one data signal of one or more data signals. The apparatus transmits the one or more synchronization signals to a user equipment (UE) based on the first numerology. The apparatus transmits the one or more data signals to the UE based on the second numerology.

Abstract: An OFDM communication system is described that allows different values of D in a single domain where nodes are operating in different portions of frequency bands. For the power-line medium, G.9960 has defined two overlapped baseband bandplans, 50 MHz-PB and 100 MHz-PB. In this exemplary scenario, the level of frequency diversity is different depending on the bandplan, hence providing different header decodability if D is fixed to 1. If D is fixed to 2, then it increases reliability for the narrowband devices, but may also unnecessarily increase overhead for the wide-band devices. An exemplary aspect is therefore directed to techniques to accommodate different repetitions schemes (D=1, . . . , DMAX and H=1, . . . , HMAX) in a single domain, and still allow devices to communicate with one another where DMAX and HMAX can be larger than 2.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for one or more hybrid access points, each hybrid access point comprising: an Ethernet port connecting the hybrid access point to one or more connected devices, where the Ethernet port is associated with an Ethernet-based media access control (MAC) address; one or more physical radios configured to transmit and receive wireless signals between the hybrid access point and one or more user devices; one or more virtual access points (VAPs) configured by the one or more physical radios, where the one or more VAPs comprise: at least one VAP configured to utilize a MAC layer of a multi-channel architecture (MCA); and at least one VAP configured to utilize a MAC layer of a channel blanket single-channel architecture (SCA); and a bridge connecting each VAP to the hybrid access point Ethernet port via the Ethernet-based MAC address.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for performing positioning. The method of a user equipment for performing positioning may include receiving configuration information regarding repeated transmission of a positioning reference signal and repeatedly receiving the positioning reference signal based on the configuration information regarding the repeated transmission.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for communication efficient distributed mean estimation. In particular, aspects of the present disclosure can be implemented by a system in which a number of vectors reside on a number of different clients, and a centralized server device seeks to estimate the mean of such vectors. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a client computing device can rotate a vector by a random rotation matrix and then subsequently perform probabilistic quantization on the rotated vector. According to another aspect of the present disclosure, subsequent to quantization but prior to transmission, the client computing can encode the quantized vector according to a variable length coding scheme (e.g., by computing variable length codes).

Abstract: A transmission device includes: a weighting synthesizer that generates a first precoded signal and a second precoded signal; a first pilot inserter that inserts a pilot signal into the first precoded signal; a phase changer that applies a phase change of i×?? to the second precoded signal, where i is a symbol number and an integer that is greater than or equal to 0; an inserter that inserts a pilot signal into the phase-changed second precoded signal; and a phase changer that applies a phase change to the phase-changed and pilot-signal-inserted second precoded signal. ?? satisfies ?/2 radians<??<? radians or ? radians<??<3?/2 radians.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are various embodiments for a ladar system that includes an adaptive ladar receiver whereby the active pixels in a photodetector array used for reception of ladar pulse returns can be adaptively controlled based at least in part on where the ladar pulses were targeted by the ladar transmitter.

Abstract: A transmission method includes mapping processing, phase change processing, and transmission processing. In the mapping processing, a plurality of first modulation signals and a plurality of second modulation signals are generated using a first mapping scheme, and a plurality of third modulation signals and a plurality of fourth modulation signals are generated using a second mapping scheme. In the phase change processing, a phase change is performed on the plurality of second modulation signals and the plurality of fourth modulation signals using all N kinds of phases. In the transmission processing, the first modulation signals and the second modulation signals are respectively transmitted at a same frequency and a same time from different antennas, and the third modulation signals and the fourth modulation signals are respectively transmitted at a same frequency and a same time from the different antennas.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to power control and management for enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB)/ultra-reliable low latency (URLLC) multiplexing. A method for wireless communications that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method generally includes receiving, from a base station (BS), scheduling information scheduling the first UE for communication, with the BS, according to a first communications service type, receiving signaling indicating a second UE is scheduled for communication with the BS according to a second communications service type, and communicating with the BS according to the first communications service type at a reduced transmission power relative to a transmission power used for communicating according to the second communications service type.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a user terminal, UE, in a wireless communication system (1). The user terminal (4a, 4b) comprises a receiver unit (5a, 5b), a transmitter unit (6a, 6b) configured to transmit data in transmit sub-frames occurring at defined sub-frame intervals, and a control unit (7a, 7b) configured to control the receiver circuit (5a, 5b) and the transmitter circuit (6a, 6b). The control unit (7a, 7b) is also configured to create a PRACH, Physical Random-Access Channel, preamble (27) as an uplink transmission to a node (2) that is arranged to receive communication from the user terminal in said sub-frames. This communication comprises OFDM, Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing, based symbols (20). The control unit (7a, 7b) is configured to create each PRACH preamble (27) such that is comprises a sequence of a plurality of identical random access sequences (s(n)), where each random access sequence (s(n)) has the same length in time as each one of the OFDM based symbols (20a, 20b, 20c).

Abstract: A backhaul radio is disclosed that operates in multipath propagation environments such as obstructed LOS conditions with uncoordinated interference sources in the same operating band. Such a backhaul radio may use an advanced ARQ protocol, which uses an ACK_MAP, constructed by a combination of implicit and explicit signaling, and performs a combination of proactive and reactive retransmissions.

Abstract: A method and system for concurrent transmission of (i) a first bit sequence from a first access node to a UE and (ii) a second bit sequence from a second access node to the UE, when the first access node serves the UE on a first carrier according to a first radio access technology (RAT), the second access node serves the UE on a second carrier according to a second RAT, and the first and second carriers overlap in frequency. Per the disclosure, the access nodes could orthogonally encode their respective bit sequences and could concurrently transmit the resulting encoded bit sequences to the UE on the same frequency as each other.

Abstract: A method is described for providing extended wireless coverage. The method includes transmitting, by a station (STA), at least a first frame including one or more short training fields (STFs) and a legacy STF, each of the one or more STFs carrying a sequence of symbols that is orthogonal to a sequence of symbols carried by the legacy STF.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to techniques for beamforming in multi-user systems. The disclosure particularly relates to a base station for communication with multiple user terminals, the base station comprising: a digital precoder and an analog precoder which are configured to precode a first training signal; a radio transceiver configured to transmit the precoded first training signal and to receive a precoded second training signal upon transmission of the precoded first training signal; and a controller configured to adjust a precoding of the digital precoder based on processing of the second training signal with respect to a normalization criterion and to adjust a precoding of the analog precoder based on processing of the second training signal with respect to a multi-user beamforming criterion.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for managing uplink scheduling for one or more user equipment served by a network entity in a wireless communications system are presented. For instance, an example method is presented that includes generating, by the network entity, an uplink bandwidth allocation map, the uplink bandwidth allocation map defining an uplink bandwidth allocation for at least one of the one or more user equipment for at least one of a plurality of uplink transmission window lengths. In addition, the example method includes transmitting the uplink bandwidth allocation map to at least one of the one or more user equipment.

Abstract: One example method for measuring a channel state information reference signal includes receiving, from a network device, a partial channel state information reference signal resource sets selected from a plurality of channel state information reference signal resource sets and indication information indicating one or more resource sets for channel measurement, which are from the partial channel state information reference signal resource sets, and performing channel measurement by using the one of the one or more resource sets for channel measurement indicated by the indication information.

Abstract: A base station may generate and transmit a transport stream including a sequence of frames. A frame may include a plurality of partitions, where each partition includes a corresponding set of OFDM symbols. For each partition, the OFDM symbols in that partition may have a corresponding cyclic prefix size and a corresponding FFT size, allowing different partitions to be targeted for different collections of user devices, e.g., user devices having different expected values of maximum delay spread and/or different ranges of mobility. The base station may also dynamically re-configure the sample rate of each frame, allowing further resolution in control of subcarrier spacing. By allowing the cyclic prefixes of different OFDM symbols to have different lengths, it is feasible to construct a frame that confirms to a set payload duration and has arbitrary values of cyclic prefix size per partition and FFT size per partition. The partitions may be multiplexed in time and/or frequency.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein relating to preemptive retransmission of a transport block in successive subframes on, e.g., a Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) cell. Embodiments of a method of operation of a radio node of a cellular communications network are disclosed. The radio node serves an LBT cell. In some embodiments, the method of operation of the radio node comprises transmitting a transport block in a first subframe on the LBT cell and retransmitting the transport block in a second subframe (e.g., on the LBT cell), where the second subframe is adjacent, in time, to the first subframe. In embodiments in which the retransmission of the transport block is on the LBT cell (or another LBT cell), the time span of a transmission burst can be extended to a maximum allowed burst duration.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides electronic device and method for interleaved multiple access communication. An electronic device for an interleaved multiple access control terminal comprises a processing circuit, which is configured to acquire information about interleaved multiple access communication between a receiving apparatus and a transmitting apparatus; determine configuration parameters for the transmitting apparatus based on the information, the configuration parameters comprising operation parameters of an interleaver of the transmitting apparatus, the interleaver being used to distinguish the transmitting apparatus from other transmitting apparatus; and provide the determined configuration parameters to the transmitting apparatus, so that the transmitting apparatus is configured with the transmitting parameters for communicating with the receiving apparatus.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is claimed here for reduced-complexity detection and estimation of geo-observables of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) signals employing civil formats with repeating ranging codes, including true GNSS signals generated by satellite vehicles (SV's) or ground beacons (pseudo-lites), and malicious GNSS signals, e.g., spoofers and repeaters, using multi-subband symbol-rate synchronous channelization architectures that can exploit the full substantive bandwidth of the GNSS signals with managed complexity in each subband. Aspects employing spatial/polarization receivers are also claimed that can remove and geolocate non-GNSS jammers received by the system, as well as targeted GNSS spoofers that can otherwise emulate GNSS signals received at victim receivers.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a router includes one or more processors and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the one or more processors. The one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media include instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the router to perform operations including receiving software-defined networking in a wide area network (SD-WAN) policies from a component of an SD-WAN network. The operations also include establishing a session with a mobile device and receiving information associated with the mobile device in response to establishing the session with the mobile device. The operations further include filtering the SD-WAN policies based on the information associated with the mobile device to generate SD-WAN device-specific policies and communicating the SD-WAN device-specific policies to the mobile device.

Abstract: One exemplary embodiment is directed to an efficient baseband predistortion linearization method. The exemplary method at least reduces the spectral regrowth and compensates for memory effects in wideband communication systems. The exemplary method uses an effective multiplexing modulation technique, such as wideband code division multiple access and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing. Another exemplary aspect utilizes a piecewise pre-equalized lookup table based predistortion, which is a cascade of a lookup table predistortion and piecewise pre-equalizers.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses a method and device in a user equipment and a base station for wireless communication. The UE performs K channel listening in K sub-bands, respectively; determines that a first radio signal can only be transmitted in K1 sub-band(s) out the K sub-bands; and transmits the first radio signal in the K1 sub-band(s), wherein the K channel listening is used to determine the K1 sub-band(s) from the K sub-bands; the first radio signal comprises K1 first sub-signal(s) transmitted in the K1 sub-band(s), respectively; each of the K1 first sub-signal(s) carries a first bit block, the first bit block comprises a positive integer number of bits, and a number of REs occupied by any one of the K1 first sub-signal(s) in a time-frequency domain is correlated with the K1. The method not only ensures the reliability of uplink transmission but also avoids waste of resources in an NR-U system.

Abstract: A first communication device generates a plurality of media access control (MAC) layer data units to be transmitted to a second communication device via a communication channel that includes a first frequency segment and a second frequency segment separated by a gap in frequency. The first communication device generates one or more physical layer (PHY) data units that include the plurality of MAC layer data units, and simultaneously transmits i) a first frequency portion of the one or more PHY data units via the first frequency segment, and ii) a second frequency portion of the one or more PHY data units via the second frequency segment, including transmitting a first MAC layer data unit in the first frequency portion, and ii) transmitting a second MAC layer data unit in the second frequency portion.

Abstract: Various aspects described herein relate to techniques for signaling and channel design in wireless communications systems (e.g., a 5G NR system). In an aspect, a method includes identifying a direct current (DC) subcarrier of a synchronization bandwidth, determining whether a synchronization signal transmits on, punctures, or rate matches around the DC subcarrier, and performing synchronization channel processing based on the determination.