Abstract: To appropriately communicate a control channel even when communication is performed by applying a different control channel configuration from those of legacy LTE systems, one aspect of the terminal includes: a receiving section that receives a downlink control channel; and a processor that determines a number of downlink control channel candidates to be monitored within a slot based on a rule that uses a maximum number of downlink control channel candidates.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for proactive wake-up beam management for connected mode discontinuous reception (C-DRX) operation. For example, a user equipment (UE) monitor one or more synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) or reference signals received associated with a set of wake-up beams from a network entity. The UE may further determine that the set of wake-up beams satisfies a distress condition. The UE may additionally transmit a distress indication to the network entity based on determining that the set of wake-up beams satisfies the distress condition. Aspects described herein also provide a network entity that receives a distress indication from the UE in response to transmitting a set of wake-up beams and transmits a subsequent set of wake-up beams having at least one wake-up beam different not included in the set of wake-up beams to the UE.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) establishes a connected discontinuous reception cycle including one or more onDurations with a currently camped base station. When the one or more onDurations is scheduled, the UE utilizes an active mode of processing and when the one or more onDurations are not scheduled the UE utilizes a sleep mode of inactivity. The UE receives an indication of a plurality of reference signals that are to be transmitted during a first onDuration, each reference signal is (i) to be included in a transmitter beam and (ii) associated with an uplink resource, receives a plurality of reference signals, each reference signal being associated with one of the transmitter beams, selects one of the plurality of transmitter beams based on measuring the included reference signal and transmits an indication of the selected one of the plurality of transmitter beams on the uplink resource associated with the included reference signal.

Abstract: An access point establishes a first communication channel as a primary channel of the access point, and transmits wakeup radio (WUR) beacon frames via a second communication channel, different than the first communication channel, that corresponds to a WUR primary channel. The access point negotiates, with a client station, a third communication channel, different than the first and second communication channels, via which the access point is to transmit wakeup frames for the client station. The access point generates a wakeup frame for transmission to the client station via the third communication channel, generates a wakeup packet to include at least the wakeup frame, and transmits the wakeup packet, including transmitting the wakeup frame to the client station via the third communication channel.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic apparatus, the electronic apparatus including: a communication circuitry; a power supply; a first processor configured to have a first mode which receives first power from the power supply and connects with a server through the communication circuitry to transmit and receive information, and a second mode which receives no power or second power lower than the first power from the power supply; and a second processor configured to repetitively output a mode switching signal within a preset range of time interval based on the second mode of the first processor, wherein the first processor is switched over to the first mode based on the mode switching signal, is configured to transmit connectivity keeping information to the server through the communication circuitry and is switched over to the second mode.

Abstract: This application provides a method for transmitting a paging message, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a target paging resource, where the target paging resource includes at least one of the following types of information: position information of a target paging occasion, position information of a target paging frame, and position information of a target monitoring window; and receiving, by the terminal device, a target paging message on the target paging resource, where the target paging message is a paging message sent by a network device to the terminal device. The terminal device and the network device can be used in a communications system applying a beamforming technology, so that the terminal device can receive a paging message sent by the network device to the terminal device.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine predicted mobility information associated with the UE that indicates a predicted route of the UE and one or more cells associated with the predicted route. The UE may transmit the predicted mobility information to a source base station. The UE may perform a handover of the UE from the source base station to a target base station based at least in part on the predicted mobility information. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A method for detecting scheduling signaling includes: sending target information to a terminal, the target information being used for determining, when scheduling signaling detection is performed on each downlink time domain unit by the terminal, whether a condition under which scheduling signaling detection on the current downlink time domain unit is stopped is satisfied In the process in which a base station performs dynamic scheduling on a terminal, the detection complexity of the terminal can be reduced, the power consumption of the terminal can also be lowered, and the power of the terminal can be saved.

Abstract: A communication apparatus operable to communicate with a plurality of terminal stations capable of operating in a Doze state and in an Awake state in an IEEE 802.11ba standard, obtains, from each of the plurality of terminal stations, a value of a Transition delay indicating a time period required to switch from the Doze state to the Awake state, groups the plurality of terminal stations into a plurality of groups based on the value of each of the plurality of terminal stations, sets an order for transmitting the Wake-up frame for causing a transition from the Doze state to the Awake state for each of the plurality of groups, and transmits, according to the set order, the Wake-up frame to one or more terminal stations belonging to each of the plurality of groups.

Abstract: A cellular wakeup receiver (C-WuRx) for reducing power consumption of a wireless wide area network (WWAN) radio of a user equipment (UE) includes receiver circuitry to receive a wakeup signal from a base station in response to the UE performing link aggregation by which downlink communications from the base station are offloaded to a wireless local area network (WLAN). The C-WuRx also includes processing circuitry to configure the receiver circuitry to periodically monitor at least a portion of a WWAN band for the wakeup signal and process the wakeup signal to cause the WWAN radio to resume receiving the downlink communications from the base station.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for managing remote interference using a previously detected relationship between an aggressor base station and a victim base station. The described techniques provide for allocating reference signal sequences for various victim base stations to send to an aggressor base station. The victim base station may trigger the aggressor base station to perform reference signal monitoring based on the previously detected victim-aggressor relationship, and may transmit a reference signal carrying a unique identifier based on the triggering. The first base station may send a request that the second base station to transmit a reference signal for enabling the first base station to measure interference of a wireless channel, and performing interference mitigation techniques at the first base station, the second base station, or both, to mitigate the remote interference.

Abstract: A signal processing method of a wireless temperature measurement system comprises: acquiring inherent background noise intensity of a receiver (11) of a reader (10) and maximum output signal intensity of the receiver (S101); acquiring current noise intensity on a receiving channel of the receiver (11) in real time when an antenna (14) is connected to the reader (10) and an excitation signal is not transmitted to a temperature sensor (20) (S102); and determining an intensity threshold value of a temperature signal currently measured by the temperature sensor (20) according to the background noise intensity, the maximum output signal intensity and the current noise intensity (S103).

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for scheduling data in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes checking first control information in a first subframe, checking a first block including second control information and first data based on the first control information in the first subframe, and decoding the first data based on the second control information in the first subframe. The first control information includes resource allocation information related to the first block, and the second control information includes one of channel state information about the first data, or resource allocation information related to a second block in a second subframe.

Abstract: Some of the present implementations provide a method for a user equipment (UE) for receiving a power saving signal. The method receives, from a base station, a power saving signal comprising a minimum applicable K0 (K0min) that indicates a minimum scheduling offset restriction between a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The method determines an application delay based on a predefined value. The method then applies the minimum scheduling offset restriction after the application delay.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wireless battery management system, and more particularly, to a wireless battery management system, a node for wireless communication, and a method of transmitting data, which ensure stability and efficiency when obtaining battery data through wireless communication. A wireless battery management system includes a manager node obtaining battery data from a plurality of monitor nodes by using a first channel and a second channel which are communication channels based on wireless communication, a first monitor node collecting first battery data and transmitting the first battery data to the manager node through the first channel during a first dedicated slot, and a second monitor node collecting second battery data and transmitting the second battery data to the manager node through the second channel during the first dedicated slot.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a terminal and a base station as well as to a method which may be performed at a terminal and at a base station in a communication system. For example, a mobile device may comprise a transceiver, which, in operation, receives and/or transmits a signal, as well as a circuitry. The circuitry monitors a signal in a first set of resources. When the monitored signal includes identification of the mobile device and an indicator having a first value, controls the transceiver: to receive or transmit signal on a second set of resources and to, after a time period indicated in the monitored control signal, not receive or transmit signal on a second set of resources and monitor the control signal in the first set of resources.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices related to time-domain transmission scheduling for user equipment that is capable of operating in dual connections are described. In one exemplary aspect, a method for wireless communication is described. The method includes receiving, at a wireless device, information indicating a time-domain transmission pattern, determining a periodic transmission pattern based on the time-domain transmission pattern and an offset of the wireless device, and transmitting data, to the communication node, according to the periodic transmission pattern.

Abstract: A power transmitter (101) for a wireless power transfer system comprises a transmitter coil (103) and a driver (201) generates a drive signal) for the transmitter coil (103) employing a repeating time frame with a power transfer time interval and a reduced power time interval during which a power level of the power transfer signal is reduced. A driver (201) generates a drive signal for the transmitter coil (103) to generate the power transfer signal. A communicator (205) receives messages from the power receiver (105) and an adapter (213) adapts a timing property of the reduced power time interval in response to at least a first message received from the power receiver (105). A synchronizer (206) for synchronizing a foreign object detection and the generation of a test signal to occur during the reduced power time interval. The operation may typically be a foreign object detection or communication, and the timing property may e.g. be a duration of the reduced power time interval.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for multi-mode operation of a wireless-enabled device, including for extending the range of the wireless signal in a wireless network. In one embodiment, a multi-mode Consumer Premises Equipment (CPE) is provided utilizing “quasi-licensed” CBRS (Citizen Broadband Radio Service) wireless spectrum. In one variant, the apparatus and methods provide a solution to use a CPE in a Wi-Fi extender mode to extend Wi-Fi signal from a router. In another variant, a solution is provided to use a CPE in an LTE repeater mode to extend the LTE signal from an LTE eNB/gNB. In another embodiment, a CPE is used as a base station for a wireless network utilizing “quasi-licensed” CBRS (Citizen Broadband Radio Service) wireless spectrum.

Abstract: A method in a UE comprises monitoring a downlink control channel during a duration of at least a first timer, and receiving an indication of a downlink or uplink transmission for the UE. The method comprises after receiving the indication of the downlink or uplink transmission for the UE, stopping monitoring the first timer, wherein after the first timer is stopped the UE does not need to monitor the downlink control channel. The method comprises performing an uplink transmission associated with the indicated downlink or uplink transmission for the UE. The method comprises starting a second timer after receiving the indication for the downlink or uplink transmission for the UE, the duration of the second timer comprising an offset period, and, when the second timer expires, starting a third timer. The UE monitors the downlink control channel for the duration of the third timer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a link evaluation method in user equipment and user equipment. The user equipment has a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode and a non-DRX mode. The link evaluation method comprises: measuring a reference signal in an evaluation period; and in the case that a measurement result is lower than a preset threshold, judging that a beam failure instance (BFI) is generated, and notifying a higher layer of the BFI at an interval of an indication period, wherein when the user equipment is in the non-DRX mode, the duration of the evaluation period is first duration; when the user equipment is in the DRX mode, the duration of the evaluation period is second duration; and the second duration is greater than the first duration.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit. A first device that transmits data to the information processing device has a multiplexing function for multiplexing and transmitting data from a plurality of devices including the first device to the information processing device. The control unit provided in the information processing device performs control to tell the first device having the multiplexing function a multiplexing method for notification information and presence of data addressed to the first device. The notification information indicates that the first device has shifted from a functional suspension state to a data receivable state. The information processing device can reduce power consumption.

Abstract: A communication apparatus that operates as an access point in compliance with IEEE 802.11ba and communicates with a WUR (Wake-Up Radio) function for transiting a terminal from a power saving state to a normal state, comprises a collection unit that collects, from another access point, information related to a WUR of the other access point; and a notification unit that notifies the terminal of the information related to the WUR of the other access point collected by the collection unit.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a communication processor including a first communication circuitry, a second communication circuitry, and a temperature measurement sensor. The electronic device further includes an application processor that receives information via the second communication circuitry and determines whether to request the communication processor change modes. The communication processor receives a signal to change modes, release an RRC connection, and control the second communication circuitry to enter a sleep state.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described that provide for synchronization signal (SS) burst set patterns in which SSs and broadcast channel transmissions may be transmitted (e.g., in time). A base station may identify a SS burst set pattern indicating positions (e.g., time locations) for SS block transmissions, for example, in bandwidth restricted communication systems. The SS burst set pattern may be determined based on numerology or subcarrier spacing associated with SSs and non-SSs. The base station may transmit an indication of the SS burst set pattern to a wireless device. The wireless device may receive the indication of the SS burst set pattern and determine one or more time locations of SSs (e.g., primary synchronization signal (PSS), secondary synchronization signal (SSS), physical broadcast channel (PBCH) of a SS block). The wireless device may then monitor the identified positions for SSs.

Abstract: The present application discloses methods and apparatus for resuming a radio access network (RAN) connection by an inactive terminal device. An example method disclosed herein includes the step of sending, by a terminal device, connection resumption request information to a first RAN element, where the first RAN element corresponds to the cell on which the terminal device currently camps and is a RAN element indicated by configuration information of a master cell used by the terminal device when in a connected state. The terminal device receives acknowledgement information sent by the first RAN element and resumes a connection to a second RAN element based on the acknowledgement information, where the second RAN element is a RAN element indicated by the configuration information of the secondary cell.

Abstract: An electrical system may include an electrical unit including a power source, a switch assembly electrically connected to the power source, an activation portion electrically connected to the switch assembly, an electrical latch electrically connected to the pulse generator and/or the switch assembly, and/or a controller electrically connected to the switch assembly and the electrical latch. An embodiment of a method of operating the electrical system may include activating the activation portion; activating, via the activation portion, the switch assembly to electrically connect the controller with the power source; latching the switch assembly in an activated state via the electrical latch; and/or unlatching the switch assembly via the controller to electrically disconnect the controller from the power source.

Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a computing device for controlling terminal device uplink transmission power. Each terminal device is configured to determine uplink transmission power based on two power control parameters—a target received power for full pathloss compensation and a pathloss compensation coefficient. The computing device initializes a deep Q-learning network in which a state is defined as cell-specific pairs of the power control parameters, an action is defined as a selection of valid values of power control parameters for a cell and a reward is calculated based on the information on data traffic. The computing device trains the deep Q-learning network to approximate a Q value function, determines optimal power control parameters based on thereon and causes transmitting them to access nodes.

Abstract: A handover method includes: transmitting a handover request message by a source base station to a target base station when a user equipment (UE) is being handed over from the source base station to the target base station, where the handover request message carries one or more DRB information items configured by the source base station for the UE and one or more flow QoS information items configured by a core network side for the UE; receiving, by the source base station, a handover request acknowledgement message transmitted by the target base station, where the handover request acknowledgement message carries first DRB configuration information generated by the target base station for the UE; and transmitting an RRC connection reconfiguration message carrying the first DRB configuration information by the source base station to the UE. Also disclosed is a handover apparatus.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present application is a method for a terminal performing a random access procedure in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method for performing a random access procedure comprises the steps of: transmitting, to a base station, a plurality of random access signals corresponding to a plurality of different beams in a transmission interval corresponding to the corresponding random access signal; receiving a random access response signal corresponding to one random access signal of the plurality of random access signals; and transmitting and receiving a signal to and/or from the base station, using a beam corresponding to the one random access signal, wherein the plurality of random access signals comprise identifier information of the terminal.

Abstract: A proxy apparatus capable of executing proxy processing of at least one of transmission of information of a service provided by a communication apparatus and a search for a service provided by another apparatus for the communication apparatus accepts, from the communication apparatus, a request for execution of a proxy processing, based on communication complying with a NAN (Neighbor Awareness Networking) standard, executes the proxy processing for the communication apparatus based on the request, and confirms, during the active period, based on the communication complying with the NAN standard, whether the communication apparatus can communicate with the proxy apparatus while the proxy apparatus is executing the proxy processing.

Abstract: A low aggregate power consumption wireless communication network comprising: a plurality of wireless transceiver subsystems systems configured for distributed installation within a physical region, each transceiver subsystem comprising: a listening device configured to receive radio frequency transmissions; a wireless transceiver; and a power controller operatively connected to the listening device and the wireless transceiver, the power controller being configured to cause the wireless transceiver to assume a low power sleep state and transition to an awake state in response to a trigger from the listening device, the listening device being configured to monitor received transmissions for a network access request signal, indicative of a need for utilisation of the wireless transceiver, and in response to receiving the network access request signal, trigger the power controller to cause transition of the transceiver from a sleep state to an awake state, whereby network communication functionality is enabled f

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for configuring discontinuous reception (DRX) cycles within a DRX time period at a user equipment (UE). DRX configurations may provide that different DRX cycles have non-uniform cycle durations within the DRX time period. Such non-uniform cycle durations may provide DRX ON-durations that are aligned with a periodicity of downlink traffic to the UE in which the downlink traffic may be unaligned with timing boundaries used for wireless communications between the UE and a base station, such as slot boundaries or symbol boundaries.

Abstract: A first station generates indication information of any one of an operating channel, an operating band, or an operating channel and an operating band of a wake-up receiver in a second station. The first station sends the indication information, so that the wake-up receiver in the second station works on the indicated operating channel or the indicated operating band. The first station controls the operating channel or the operating band of the wake-up receiver in the second station by generating the indication information.

Abstract: A wireless network includes nodes configured to implement an improved parent and path selection process to efficiently and reliably manage energy consumption of a battery powered device node. When a given node selects a path, the node transmits requests to multiple potential parent nodes. Each potential parent node transmits a metric that is indicative of the remaining battery life of the nodes in the path that includes the respective potential parent node. The given node then selects a parent node, and corresponding path, based on the metrics. More specifically, the given node selects a path, where at least one node on the selected path is less likely to prematurely exhaust the remaining battery life of the node, relative to the nodes in the other potential paths. As a result, the given node selects a path that optimizes battery consumption of the various battery powered nodes in the wireless network.

Abstract: A method includes a first device and sends a network scanning request to a second device over a short-range wireless communication connection between the first device and the second device; the first device receives a scanning result that is of at least one first wireless signal and that is sent by the second device; and the first device sends a wireless connection request to at least one third device based on a wireless signal scanning result to establish a wireless connection to the at least one third device, where the wireless signal scanning result includes the scanning result of the at least one first wireless signal.

Abstract: A device may include a memory storing instructions and processor configured to execute the instructions to maintain an Internet of Things (IoT) device database that stores, for an IoT device in the IoT device database, an application server device list that includes one or more application server devices that are to be notified when the IoT device is determined to be in an awake state. The processor may be further configured to receive a first indication from a first application server device that the IoT device is in an awake state; access the IoT device database to identify a second application server device associated with the IoT device; and send a second indication to the second application server device that the IoT device is in the awake state based on the received first indication from the first application server device.

Abstract: A method performed by a first node (111) is described herein. The first node (111) operates in a communications network (10). The first node (111) sends (204) a query to a second node (112) operating in the communications network (10). The query requests information on a location of a communication device (130) operating in the communications network (10). The communication device (130) is identified by the first node (111) as a constrained communication device (130) lacking a capability to query the second node (112). The first node (111) obtains (205) the information from the second node (112), in response to the sent query, and initiates updating (207) an object in the communication device (130) based on the obtained information. A method performed by the communication device (130) is also described, whereby the device sends (301), to the first node (111), an indication that it is constrained, and obtains (304) the update.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to determining when to adjust a power state of access points. A non-transitory computer readable medium may store instructions executable by a processing resource to: determine a subset of a group of access points (APs) that is to provide, to a client device, at least a performance threshold during a particular time interval, wherein an AP of the subset of the group of APs serves the client device; and determine when to adjust a power state of a remaining AP of the group of APs based on: a first degree of performance being provided by a first set of radios of the subset of the group of APs; and a second degree of performance to be provided by the remaining AP of the group of APs if the group of client devices is provided a network connectivity via a second radio of the remaining AP of the group of APs.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method and device for obtaining location information regarding locations of a first communication device and personal information regarding a user of a first communication device, where the location information is obtained by a second communication device using a tracking app installed on the second communication device; constructing a record of a first path traveled by the first communication device, based on the location information; encrypting the first path record and the personal information; storing the first path record in a first database and the personal information in a separate second database; accessing a third database to obtain a record of a second path traveled by an individual other than the user; and analyzing the first and second path records to determine an intersection of the first path and the second path. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A remote control device that is paired with a first vehicle, such that the remote control device wirelessly communicates with the first vehicle, is paired with a second vehicle via a pairing process. The pairing process is initiated by physically contacting a component of the remote control device with an element of the second vehicle. The pairing process also unpairs the remote control device from the first vehicle, such that the remote control device no longer wirelessly communicates with the first vehicle, and the remote control device wirelessly communicates with the second vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides sounding reference signal transmission and configuration methods, user equipment, and a network side device. The method for sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission includes receiving uplink resources of at least one cell from a network side device, where the uplink resources of each of the at least one cell comprise one or more SRS resource sets. The method further includes selecting, according to a predefined rule, at least one SRS resource set of each of the at least one cell for sending, when in a scenario in which an SRS switches between carriers for sending, where the scenario is configured by the network side device.

Abstract: A method for discontinuous reception (DRX) is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a DRX configuration to configure a DRX Inactivity Timer (drx-InactivityTimer), from a base station (BS), receiving, by the UE, an indication of a new transmission over a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), from the BS, and starting or restarting, by the UE, the DRX Inactivity Timer in a first symbol after an end of receiving the first PDCCH.

Abstract: An UE transmits at least one UE configuration parameter to a base station comprising at least one preferred parameter for a UE configuration, e.g., in addition to a preferred setting for a delay budget report. The UE then receives a configuration from the base station based, at least in part, on the at least one UE configuration parameter transmitted to the base station. Additionally, a base station receives the at least one UE configuration parameter from a UE comprising at least one preferred parameter for a UE configuration, e.g., in addition to a preferred setting for a delay budget report. The base station then configures the UE using the at least one UE configuration parameter received from the UE.

Abstract: A management device is configured to acquire a flight-schedule time/date, a flight-start position, and a flight-end position with respect to a flight device, to determine a plurality of base stations based on the flight-start position and the flight-end position, to estimate allocatable radio resources, which are allocated to the flight device at the flight-schedule time/date by each of the base stations, according to the history information of the communication status of the base stations, to compare allocatable radio resources to the flight device with necessary radio resources scheduled to be used for a communication of the flight device, and to thereby set a flight route of the flight device over a cell of a base station which provides allocatable radio resources to the flight device larger than necessary radio resources scheduled to be used for the communication of the flight device.

Abstract: There is provided a method comprising receiving a paging transmission at a user device of a first coverage class, the paging transmission comprising a least one encoded paging message, the at least encoded one paging message associated with a respective coverage class and determining if the at least one paging message is associated with the first coverage class and, if so, receiving and decoding at least the paging message associated with the first coverage class.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A periodic reception mode may be activated for a user equipment (UE), such as by receiving an activation signal. The UE may be configured with or otherwise determine a periodic schedule associated with the periodic reception mode. The base station may combine multiple packets of data and may transmit the combined data packet in accordance with the periodic schedule. The UE may identify a duration for an active state and a duration for an idle state based on the periodic schedule. The UE may monitor a control channel in accordance with a duration for the active state associated with the periodic reception mode and may sleep in accordance with a duration for the idle state associated with the periodic reception mode.

Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a method of a first node which is capable of using multiple wireless channels, wherein one or more of the channels are occupied by the first node for its current transmission to a second node, the method comprising: sending an indication to the second node, to indicate the second node to transmit towards the first node on the one or more occupied channels in the period between the current transmission and the continuing transmission of the first node; and listening on each of one or more other channels in the multiple wireless channels in the period for the continuing transmission. With this method, the power leakage from the occupied channel(s) will not impact the judgement of the listening of the first node on the other channel(s) in that period.

Abstract: Provided is a method for reporting information. The method includes following steps: determining that a beam link failure (BLF) condition is true; generating a first type of report information, where the first type of report information is at least used for notifying a second communication node of BLF; transmitting the first type of report information to the second communication node through an allocated first uplink resource. Provided also are a method for receiving information, apparatus for reporting information, apparatus for receiving information and computer readable storage medium.

Abstract: A method for configuring a cluster may comprise selecting cluster members from among a plurality of communication nodes; identifying radio signal strength deviations between the cluster members; generating sensor groups by classifying the cluster members according to sensor types; selecting a head candidate group and a sensor candidate group of each of the sensor groups based on the radio signal strength deviations; selecting a cluster head in the head candidate group; selecting operating sensor nodes in the sensor candidate group; and configuring one among the operating sensor nodes as a virtual device, wherein the virtual device operates to transmit information obtained from the operating sensor nodes to the cluster head.