Abstract: A method for performing communication based on a power saving operation in a wireless LAN system according to an embodiment includes: receiving, by a first wireless terminal including a main radio module and a wake-up radio (WUR) module for receiving a wake-up packet modulated with on-off keying (OOK), the wake-up packet from a second wireless terminal based on the WUR module in a WUR mode in which the WUR module is controlled to alternate between a turn-on state and a turn-off state based on a power state of the main radio module, the wake-up packet including information related to an individually addressed frame for the first wireless terminal; and controlling, by the first wireless terminal, the main radio module such that the main radio module is in an awake state in a predetermined service period related to the main radio module when a predetermined time has elapsed after reception of the wake-up packet.

Abstract: Disclosed is a broadcasting signal transmission device, a broadcasting signal reception device, and a method for transmitting/receiving a broadcasting signal using same.

Abstract: When a communication unit receives an end power transfer (EPT) packet including information about a power transmission stop period from a power reception apparatus, a power transmission apparatus controls a power transmission coil to transmit a checking signal for checking existence of the power reception apparatus during the power transmission stop period, detects at least one of a voltage or a current applied to the power transmission coil when the checking signal is transmitted, and determines whether the power reception apparatus that has transmitted the EPT packet exists, based on the detection result.

Abstract: In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a near field communication (NFC) device is provided, comprising: an NFC front-end circuit configured to perform a communication with an external device; at least one processing unit configured to process one or more transactions between the NFC device and the external device; an NFC controller configured to control the NFC front-end circuit; wherein the NFC controller is configured to block a current data frame, which is being received by the NFC front-end circuit, if the processing unit has not fully processed a previous data frame. In accordance with a second aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding method of operating a near field communication (NFC) device is conceived. In accordance with a third aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding computer program is provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus, computer program product, and method for determining to transmit frames on a frequency channel; determining a first sub-band of the frequency channel for wake-up radio transmissions according to a wake-up radio access technology and a second sub-band of the frequency channel, different from the first sub-band, for main radio transmissions according to another radio access technology; allocating the first sub-band for the wake-up radio transmissions and simultaneously allocating the second sub-band for the main radio transmissions; transmitting, using a main radio interface of an access network (AN), using said another radio access technology, a frame comprising a header indicating said allocations, and transmitting, after transmitting the header, a wake-up signal on the first sub-band by using a wake-up radio interface of the AN operating according to the wake-up radio access technology and, simultaneously, transmitting another radio signal on the second sub-band using the main radi

Abstract: Techniques for improving the power management of devices are described. In an example, a device transitions into a power save mode. While in the power save mode, the device performs a number of operations. The operations include transitioning into an awake state and determining that the device has no data to transmit to a network access device. The operations also include determining a sequence number associated with data transmission to the network access device. The operations further include generating a frame that includes a header field and a payload field. The header field includes the sequence number and power management data. The power management data indicates a transition of the device to the awake state. Additionally, the operations include transmitting the frame to the network access device.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure may provide a power consumption controlling method and apparatus. An embodiment of the present disclosure may provide a method and apparatus for controlling power consumption by a base station, the method including determining empty symbol duration in at least one subframe; and performing a power amplifier (PA) on/off operation based on the determination result. Further, an embodiment of the present disclosure may provide a method and apparatus for controlling power consumption by a base station, the method including generating baseband in-phase/quadrature-phase (IQ) data; determining whether the baseband IQ data includes data which must be transmitted for a predetermined time; and controlling a PA on/off based on the determination result and a transient of the PA.

Abstract: A method by which a station (STA) receives a frame in a wireless (WLAN) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: receiving a first wake-up frame through wake-up radio (WUR); monitoring primary connectivity radio (PCR) according to reception of the first wake-up frame; and receiving a PCR beacon frame through the PCR, wherein the STA maintains monitoring of the WUR for a predetermined period while monitoring the PCR and ends monitoring of the WUR when the STA detects a second wake-up frame indicating transmission of unicast data through the WUR or succeeds in transmitting an uplink (UL) PCR frame to an access point (AP) even before the predetermined period has elapsed.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus that support dynamic bandwidth changes for downlink transmissions in unlicensed spectrum are provided. The provided methods and apparatus provide acquired bandwidth indications through downlink control information (DCI) for bandwidth(s) acquired within an unlicensed spectrum bandwidth part (BWP) or component carrier (CC).

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain information indicating an operation state of a user equipment, and a determining unit configured to determine, based on the operation state of the user equipment, a change time taken by a changing unit to change communication between the user equipment and a wireless base station to an idle state after a predetermined condition has been met.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a cell state management method and an apparatus, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes receiving, by a terminal device, first configuration information sent by a network device, where the first configuration information is used to indicate whether a state of a first cell is a first state or a second state, the first state represents an active state with a dormancy behavior, and the second state represents an active state with a non-dormancy behavior.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first processor and a second processor. The first processor has a power saving function. The second processor is configured to consume less power than the first processor during operation. When the first processor stopped by the power saving function is activated in response to reception of a network packet, the first processor determines an operating frequency of the first processor in accordance with a type of the network packet.

Abstract: A grant-free resource configuration method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: listening to, by a terminal device, a physical downlink control channel on a paging occasion by using a grant-free resource configuration identifier; and obtaining, by the terminal device on the physical downlink control channel or a physical downlink shared channel indicated by the physical downlink control channel, grant-free resource configuration information sent by a network device. In this grant-free resource configuration solution, the terminal device listens to a physical downlink control channel on a same paging occasion by using different identifiers, and obtains grant-free resource configuration information. A configuration occasion is preset, to ensure that the grant-free resource configuration information can be effectively received by the terminal device. In addition, the grant-free resource configuration identifier is used, to facilitate grant-free resource configuration for the terminal device.

Abstract: A wireless communication device in a 3GPP NB-IoT wireless communication network operates during an inactivity period of an eDRX cycle. An activation procedure comprises calculating, in a time reference frame inherent to the wireless communication device, an earliest and a latest point in time for obtaining a narrowband master information block (MIB-NB) transmitted by a network node in a narrowband physical broadcast channel (NPBCH) during a single NPBCH transmission time interval. Between the calculated earliest point in time and latest point in time, radio receiver circuitry is activated in the wireless communication device and at least one radio subframe comprising the NPBCH is received and decoded. By this decoding, the MIB-NB is obtained, from which a system frame number (SFN) is read. A communication procedure then comprises activating the wireless communication device according to the eDRX cycle, and communicating, in a designated time interval as determined by the SFN, with the network node.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless node may receive a plurality of sets of parameters for uplink transmit power control configuration; select a set of parameters, from the plurality of sets of parameters, based at least in part on a configuration of an uplink communication; select one or more parameters from the set of parameters based at least in part on the configuration of the uplink communication; and transmit the uplink communication in accordance with the one or more parameters. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide an electronic device including processing circuitry and a method for beam management (BM) with power saving. The processing circuitry can receive a reference signal from a network via a serving beam pair used for downlink (DL) transmission between the network and an electronic device. The serving beam pair can include a serving transmission (Tx) beam transmitted from the network and a serving reception (Rx) beam received by the electronic device. The processing circuitry can determine a signal quality of the reference signal. When the signal quality is determined to satisfy a power saving condition, the processing circuitry can reduce beam measurements in the BM for beam pairs including Tx beams transmitted from the network and respective Rx beams received by the electronic device. The beam pairs can include the serving beam pair and one or more candidate beam pairs.

Abstract: Provided are embodiments of a supply medium exchange system. The system includes at least one supply medium exchange station having at least one supply medium exchange interface. It is configured to exchange a supply medium with at least one mobile unit including at least one supply medium storage and at least one first peer-to-peer module assigned to the mobile unit. It is also configured to communicate with at least one peer-to-peer application of at least one peer-to-peer network. The first peer-to-peer module is configured to cause a generation of a supply medium exchange release message for releasing of the exchange of the supply medium between the mobile unit and the supply medium exchange station by means of the peer-to-peer application.

Abstract: A communication apparatus capable of executing concurrent communication with a first base station and a second base station based on Dual Connectivity (DC) defined in cellular communication standards of the Third Generation Partnership Project is provided. The first base station operates as a master node in the DC and the second base station operates as a secondary node in the DC. If the state of the communication apparatus has transitioned from an RRC_Inactive state to an RRC_Connected state in a state in which settings related to the DC are maintained, the communication apparatus controls the state of the communication apparatus to maintain the RRC_Connected state regardless of whether or not connection processing for establishing a connection to the second base station is successful.

Abstract: A UE receives a first indication of a Wake-Up Signal (WUS) resource for another UE. The UE identifies a conflict between a resource allocated to the UE and the WUS resource for the other UE based on the first indication. The UE modifies communication with a base station in the resource in response to the identifying of the conflict. A base station identifies a conflict between a resource for communication with a first UE and a WUS for another UE and modifies the communication with the first UE in the resource in response to identifying the conflict.

Abstract: Various aspects of the disclosure relate to techniques associated with the acquisition of reference signals. In some aspects, a network may request a user equipment (UE) to measure a timing difference between neighbor cells and use that information to generate a CSI-RS configuration. The network sends the CSI-RS configuration to the UE to enable the UE to acquire a CSI-RS from a neighbor cell. In some aspects, a network may send timing-related information to a neighbor cell and the neighbor cell uses that information to transmit a CSI-RS.

Abstract: A method includes configuring one or multiple pools of Device-to-Device (D2D) communication resources by an eNodeB (eNB), signaling of the configured pool(s) of D2D communication resources by the eNB to a first User Equipment (UE) and a plurality of UEs using a common broadcast channel; sending a request for one or multiple D2D communication resources to an eNB by the first UE configured to transmit D2D messages; determining one or multiple resources for D2D communication by an eNB for the first UE; communicating D2D resource allocation information to the first UE; communicating D2D resource allocation information by the first UE to multiple UEs; and transmitting D2D data by the first UE to multiple UEs. Methods for configuring and signaling D2D communication resources by relay or out-of-coverage UEs are also considered.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, apparatus and computer program product for uplink scheduling. A method implemented at a base station comprises generating a plurality of candidate uplink grants with different frequency resources in an unlicensed spectrum scheduled for uplink transmission of a terminal device and transmitting the plurality of candidate uplink grants to the terminal device. With embodiments of the disclosure, the efficiency of the uplink scheduling can be improved.

Abstract: A method of adapting operation of self-organizing network functions in a communication network comprising a big data level system and a self-organizing network system and at least one network element is provided, wherein the method comprises adapting the operation of at least one self-organizing network function by using knowledge achieved by analysis performed on the big data level.

Abstract: A wireless device transitions a secondary cell to a dormant state. The transition is in response to receiving a downlink control information comprising a frequency domain resource assignment field being set to a predefined value.

Abstract: A method of supporting reception of standalone SERVICE ACCEPT message is proposed. In one embodiment, a new timer is started when the UE determines successful completion of the service request procedure and has not received SERVICE ACCEPT during the procedure. In an alternative embodiment, an existing timer T3417 or T3417ext can be used to define the allowed time window for the reception of SERVICE ACCEPT. While the timer is running, the UE can treat the SERVICE ACCEPT message as successfully received and the message does not cause protocol error.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive RACH configuration information on a downlink carrier of a first set of carriers, wherein the RACH configuration information pertains to the first set of carriers and to a second set of carriers; and selectively perform a RACH procedure with regard to the first set of carriers or the second set of carriers based at least in part on the RACH configuration information. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A system may be configured to perform enhanced detection of occluded objects in a multiple object detection system. In some aspects, the system may transmit, by an application to an internet of things (IoT) device, an actual representational state transfer (REST) request including a parameter and an application authentication credential for authenticating to the IoT device, determine, based on an expected REST response to the actual REST request, one or more conditional parameters for configuring the IoT device, transmit, without waiting for the expected REST response, a predictive REST request including the one or more conditional parameters, and receive an actual response indicating success of the configuring the IoT device.

Abstract: A beacon is provided comprising a processor circuit configured to, in dependency on an occupancy signal, switch the radio circuit mode to active mode and periodically transmit the localizing beacon signal through the radio circuit, or switch the radio circuit mode to reduced-energy mode and reduce transmitting of the localizing beacon signal.

Abstract: A wake-up signal (700-706) is associated with a plurality of paging occasions (4901-4904) for a plurality of terminals (102, 102-1-102-8). Each one of the plurality of paging occasions (4901-4904) is associated with one or more of the plurality of terminals (102, 102-1-102-8).

Abstract: This disclosure describes methods, apparatuses, and wireless stations related to waking up low power radios. In particular, a wireless station is disclosed that may identify a first management frame from a first wireless station a first management frame from a first wireless station. The wireless station may cause to allocate one or more group identifications (IDs) to the first wireless station. The wireless station may cause to generate a bitmap corresponding to the allocation of the one or more group IDs to the first wireless station. The wireless station may cause to send a second management frame to the first wireless station of one or more wireless stations, wherein the second management frame comprises the bitmap.

Abstract: To provide a communication apparatus which controls channel access operation under a multi user environment, and a communication method. Channel access operation of each STA after an MU mode is finished is controlled through a trigger frame from an AP to prevent collision immediately after the MU mode is finished. Further, the AP sets a smaller CW upon transmission of the trigger frame than a CW of an STA to preferentially transmit the trigger frame and give priority to communication in the MU mode over communication in an SU mode. Further, by the CW of each STA upon switching of the mode being not reset, a transmission waiting period after the MU mode is finished is shortened.

Abstract: A sensing device includes a power supply, a sensing element, a communication element, a controller and a microprocessor. The controller is configured to control the sensing element and the communication element. The microprocessor is configured to be activated from the sleep state periodically according to a time period. The microprocessor is configured to control the power supply to supply power to the controller, the sensing element and the communication element, such that the sensing element senses the environment to acquire a plurality of sensing values. After the communication element transmits the sensing values to a server, the microprocessor controls the power supply to stop supplying power to the controller, the sensing element and the communication element, and also the microprocessor enters the sleep state.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relates to an information transmitting method and apparatus. The information transmitting method can include adding, by means of a control unit, an information element (IE) to radio resource control (RRC) signaling configured for the SPS scheduling, the IE being used for indicating a reference value of the number of candidate positions of the SPS scheduling unit of the UE, and transmitting the RRC signaling carrying the reference value of the number of candidate positions and period information of the SPS scheduling unit to the UE. According to the present embodiment, the RRC signaling carrying the reference value of the number of candidate positions and the periodic information of the SPS scheduling unit is transmitted to the UE, so that the UE can determine the number of candidate positions according to the received RRC signaling, and receive the SPS scheduling unit at the candidate position.

Abstract: Systems and methods of reducing power consumption associated with paging or cDRX mode are described. A wake-up receiver (WUR) wakes up from an idle mode or cDRX state. Whether a wake-up signal (WUS) has been received by the WUR is determined. The WUS is a low-complexity signal that is less complicated than a PDCCH or PDSCH and is repeated multiple times at resource elements as indicated in a configuration from an eNB. If received, a baseband transceiver wakes up for reception of a PDCCH for the UE in a PO when the UE is in the idle mode or a PDSCH for the UE when the UE is in the cDRX state.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose example broadcast message management methods and a broadcast message management apparatus. One example method includes receiving a broadcast message sent by a target application program, determining a user experience assurance priority of the target application program, and determining a target broadcast queue corresponding to the target application program. The broadcast message is saved in the target broadcast queue, and, when a broadcast message scheduling request is received, the broadcast message stored in the target broadcast queue is scheduled according to a target broadcast message scheduling priority corresponding to the target broadcast queue.

Abstract: Provided are a method for a terminal resending data in a wireless communication system, and a communication device using same. The method comprises: receiving downlink control information (DCI) from a network; and resending data on the basis of the DCI, wherein the DCI includes an acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) field.

Abstract: A method includes detecting a micro start of frame packet (?SOF) on a data bus. If there is at least one data packet contained in a microframe during the first threshold period after the ?SOF, transmitters are held in an active state. If there is no data packet in the first threshold period after the ?SOF, the transmitters are transitioned from the active state to an OFF state. The method also includes transitioning the transmitters from the OFF state to the active state prior to a switchback period before the end of the microframe. The method also includes transitioning the transmitters from the OFF state to the active state if a data packet is received in the OFF state. The method also includes dropping the data packet received in the OFF state and transitioning from the OFF state to the active state when the data packet is dropped.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for efficiently scheduling semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) downlink transmissions and dynamic downlink transmissions to maximize throughput in a wireless communications system. In one example, a user equipment (UE) may receive downlink data in a dynamic downlink transmission and receive the same downlink data or no data in an SPS downlink transmission when the dynamic downlink transmission is scheduled to occur after the SPS downlink transmission and before an uplink feedback transmission for the SPS downlink transmission. In another example, a UE may receive downlink data in a dynamic downlink transmission and receive the same downlink data or no downlink data in an SPS downlink transmission when the SPS downlink transmission is scheduled to occur after the dynamic downlink transmission and before an uplink feedback transmission for the dynamic downlink transmission.

Abstract: A controlling method for coexistence of dual modes, including: when a Wi-Fi chip in a station (STA) mode needs to switch from a first signal channel to a second signal channel, sending, by the Wi-Fi chip in an access point (AP) mode, a control message to an external device, where the control message indicates that the Wi-Fi chip is in an absent status within a preset period of time, thus enabling the external device to stop transmitting data to the Wi-Fi chip based on the control message within the preset period of time; within the preset period of time, switching the Wi-Fi chip to work in the second signal channel; and when the preset period of time ends, switching the Wi-Fi chip back to work in the first signal channel.

Abstract: A method includes receiving at least one reference signal from a first cell in a less active state and at least one reference signal from a second cell in a less active state within a same or different sub frames of a set of sub frames, wherein said at least one reference signal from the first base station is associated with different resource elements of said set of sub frames to those associated with the at least one reference signal from the second cell.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method used in user equipment (UE). The method comprises: determining a time-domain position of physical wake-up signaling, the physical wake-up signaling being used for waking up the UE to detect a subsequent narrowband physical downlink control channel (NPDCCH); and detecting the physical wake-up signaling from a base station at the determined time-domain position, wherein the determining a time-domain position comprises: determining a start subframe or an end subframe for the physical wake-up signaling and the number of subframes for the physical wake-up signaling.

Abstract: A communication method and system for converging a 5th generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of things (IoT) are provided. The communication method and system may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for performing a random access (RA) procedure is provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for network sharing on a terminal including a plurality of WI-FI modules. The method includes: obtaining, after a WI-FI module connects to a network, network connection information of the WI-FI module connected to the network; and sending the network connection information to a to-connect WI-FI module of the terminal, to enable the to-connect WI-FI module to connect to the network according to the network connection information. An apparatus for network sharing, air conditioner and storage medium are also disclosed.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may use an increased transmit power for one or more instances of an autonomous uplink transmission. For example, a UE may be configured with a repetition window including multiple transmission time intervals (TTIs) and may identify a subset of TTIs within the window that may be unavailable for autonomous uplink transmissions. The UE may adjust transmit power or transmit a scheduling request based on the presence of unavailable TTIs. In some examples, the UE may increase the transmit power by an amount that is based on a number of unavailable TTIs, or a fixed amount, or a combination thereof. In some examples, a UE with limited transmit power (e.g., under a maximum transmit power) may dynamically transmit a report to a base station that includes a request to modify a communications scheme used by the UE.

Abstract: The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network can therefore include multiple APs, each of which will automatically choose a channel such that channel usage is optimized. Furthermore, APs can perform automatic power adjustment so that multiple APs can operate on the same channel while minimizing interference with each other. Wireless stations are load balanced across APs so that user bandwidth is optimized. A movement detection scheme provides seamless roaming of stations between APs.

Abstract: Method and apparatus are provided for power saving by detecting empty symbols. In accordance with some implementation, a UE may determine that a data channel is not allocated to it by determining that there is no beam directed to it and there was no prior resource allocation to it. The UE upon such determination may enter sleep mode until the start of the next scheduling unit. This may result in reduction in power consumption compared to entering sleep mode after demodulating and decoding the control channel.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for re-establishing a link between terminals in a wireless communication system, and a device therefor. Particularly, the method for a first terminal to re-establish a link with another terminal in a wireless communication system comprises: a step of determining a radio link failure with respect to a radio link with a second terminal; a step of transmitting a first message, requesting measurement for re-establishing the radio link with the second terminal, to a base station on the basis of the determined radio link failure; a step of receiving a second message, including information on the configuration of the measurement, from the base station in response to the transmitted first message; and a step of transmitting, to the base station, a third message including a report on the radio link with the second terminal which has been re-established by performing the measurement based on the information on the configuration.

Abstract: A depth and distance-based single-path routing method, in which location information of nodes in network is gathered after initialization is completed, and a location table of whole-network nodes maintained by the sink node is generated. The update mechanism of the uplink Location frame is switched to a unicast triggering update mechanism to execute a depth and energy-based uplink routing algorithm. For a downlink control packet arriving at a specified ID, location information of a node is obtained through the location table to execute a distance and energy-based downlink routing policy. The distance and energy-based downlink routing policy for a downlink control packet arriving at a specified location and a downlink control packet arriving at the specified ID is executed, and a routing recovery algorithm is executed when an “open area” occurs.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for supporting narrowband device-to-device wireless communication, including possible techniques for performing discovery in an off grid radio system. According to some embodiments, a wireless device may determine a number of synchronization signal repetitions to use for a narrowband device-to-device transmission. The wireless device may perform the transmission, including transmitting the determined number of synchronization signal repetitions. The transmission may include an indication of the number of synchronization signal repetitions used in the transmission.

Abstract: The present application provides data transmitting and receiving methods in a narrow-band communication system, a two-way radio and a storage medium. The general idea of the present application is as follows: the two-way radio at the transmitting end firstly transmits a pilot signal, which activates the two-way radio at the receiving end into an operating state; the two-way radio at the transmitting end, after transmitting the pilot signal, transmits data to be transmitted to the two-way radio at the receiving end; the two-way radio at the receiving end, according to the pilot signal, switches the two-way radio at the receiving end into the operating state, and in its operating state receives data transmitted by the two-way radio at the transmitting end. This ensures that the two-way radio at the receiving end may receive data from the two-way radio at the transmitting end in real time, thereby improving the accuracy of data transmitted by the two-way radio at the transmitting end.