Abstract: A wireless access device is provided that includes at least one processor, an antennae, and a localization engine. The localization engine is executable by the at least one processor to determine a location of the access device, receive a wireless signal from a particular device that includes presence information corresponding to the particular device that lacks self-localization functionality, and determine a location of the particular device based on the location of the access device and the presence information.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods at a wireless communication system, a wireless communication device, a network communication node, and a control node, respectively, for bearer control in a wireless communication system (100). Specifically, the method comprises determining (S11), by the WCD or the network communication node, whether the number of radio bearers concurrently active for the WCD is at least one of equal to a threshold value and above the threshold value. If the threshold is reached, then the WCD or the network communication node transmits (S12), towards the control node (300), a first status message indicative of that the number of radio bearers concurrent active has reached the threshold value. The first status message is received by the control node and in response to the reception (S21) of the message the control node determines (S22), based on the first status message, whether an MBMS bearer is to be activated.

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of connecting, by a disposition node, to a blockchain comprised of a plurality of user nodes connected to a plurality of device nodes that store user data of the plurality of the user nodes, receiving, by the disposition node, a request from a user node of the plurality of the user nodes to dispose of user data (D) on at least one of the device nodes of the plurality of the device nodes, the request contains a disposal policy (P) and a disposal method (M) of the D, executing, by the disposition node, a consensus algorithm to validate the request based on the D, P and M, in response to a validation of the request, accessing, by the disposition node, the D on the at least one of the device nodes of the plurality of the device nodes, generating, by the disposition node, a location sensitive hash of the D (LSH(D)) and a crypto hash of the D (SHA256(D)), storing, by the disposition node, the LSH(D), the SHA256(D), the P and the M on the blockchain, executing, by the dis

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from a reduction in latency. For example, communication systems may benefit from an improved transmission of an uplink reference signal in an uplink channel. A method, in certain embodiments, includes determining by a user equipment a candidate location of a transmission of an uplink reference signal in a channel. The method also includes determining by the user equipment a triggering window associated with the candidate location of the transmission of the uplink reference signal in the channel. In addition, the method includes receiving an uplink grant for a data transmission from a base station. Further, the method includes transmitting the uplink reference signal based on the uplink grant being at least partially within the triggering window.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe devices, methods, computer-readable media and systems configurations for management and/or support of multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) service in a wireless communications network. An evolved Node B (eNB) may transmit MBMS assistance information to a user equipment (UE). The MBMS assistance information may identify a carrier by which one or more upcoming MBMS services are to be provided and an indicator of a carrier selection mode to be used by the UE. The UE may transmit an MBMS interest indication message including information related to one or more targeted MBMS services which the UE wants to receive.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a reference signal, a terminal, and a network device are provided. The method includes: a terminal receives first information sent by a network device, wherein the first information is used for indicating that a transmission pattern for transmitting a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) to be transmitted is a first transmission pattern or a second transmission pattern; and the terminal performs transmission of the DMRS to be transmitted with the network device on a transmission resource indicated by the first transmission pattern or the second transmission pattern.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a method and apparatus for sending a demodulation reference signal, and a demodulation method and apparatus, and relate to the field of communications technologies. The method for sending a demodulation reference signal may include: generating a demodulation reference signal, where a sequence length of the demodulation reference signal is related to an attribute of the demodulation reference signal; and sending the demodulation reference signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for combining a 5G communication system for supporting higher data transmission rates after 4G systems with IoT technology, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied for intelligent services based on 5G communication technology and IoT related technology (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, retail businesses, security and safety related services, and the like).

Abstract: In an aspect, a method for a network access node for broadcasting content includes receiving a message from a broadcast coordination entity, the message including information associated with content to be broadcasted to one or more user equipments (UEs), caching the content locally at the network access node, and sending the cached content to the one or more UEs.

Abstract: A method of controlling performance of a wireless device is performed by a node that is in electronic communication with a cellular network. The node includes a processor, a non-transitory memory, and a network interface. The method includes receiving a performance value characterizing a performance of a communication channel between a wireless device and a wireless access point. In some implementations, the wireless device and the cellular network are associated with different radio access technologies (RATs). The method includes determining whether the performance value breaches a performance criterion for the wireless device. The method includes adjusting a first amount of data transmitted to the wireless device from a base station of the cellular network and a second amount of data transmitted to the wireless device from the wireless access point. In some implementations, the combined first and second amounts of data satisfy the performance criterion for the wireless device.

Abstract: There are provided systems, methods, and interfaces for optimization of the fronthaul interface bandwidth for Radio Access Networks and Cloud Radio Access Networks.

Abstract: A method and system for policy-driven locality management of routes in cloud-based multi-tenant systems is disclosed. Policies are provided to end user devices to specify one or more locality and residency to either favor or avoid. Routes are provided to each end user device for the policies. When an application specifies a policy to use for a cloud service, the appropriate route(s) are provided to provide connectivity. Testing of the route is performed for compliance to provide telemetry. Where non-compliance is found, the routes are updated and distributed to the various end user devices.

Abstract: Provided are a method, a device and a system for processing multicast group information. The method includes: receiving, by a first underlying network element, multicast group information allocated by a CSE; and creating or updating, by the first underlying network element, local multicast group information according to the received multicast group information.

Abstract: A data scheduling method includes: transmitting to a terminal a determination rule for determining target location information corresponding to each of a plurality of target time domain units, the plurality of target time domain units being a plurality of time domain units for performing data bearing according to scheduling signaling. As such, in the dynamic scheduling of a terminal by a base station, an objective of simultaneously scheduling a plurality of target time domain units through one scheduling signaling to perform data bearing can be realized.

Abstract: An electronic device includes wireless communication circuitry configured to perform wireless communication with at least one external electronic device, a sensor configured to obtain information related to the electronic device, a processor operatively coupled to the wireless communication circuitry and the sensor, and a memory operatively coupled to the processor.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method, a terminal, and a network device. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal, indication information from a network device, where the indication information includes an identifier of at least one reference signal; and determining, by the terminal, that there is a correspondence between a resource used to send a first channel and a first reference signal of the at least one reference signal, where the first channel is a channel to be transmitted by the terminal, and there is a spatial quasi co-location (QCL) relationship between a port of the first channel and a port of the first reference signal, or there is a spatial QCL relationship between a port of a demodulation reference signal of the first channel and a port of the first reference signal.

Abstract: A vehicle-to-X communication system having a vehicle-to-X communication module. The vehicle-to-X communication module continuously carries out self-tests which are based on receiving test messages and evaluating test messages in order to recognize errors.

Abstract: Methods performed by a User Equipment (UE) are provided for enabling Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (MBMS) reception, the methods include creating, by at least one processor, a unified service guide including a list of at least one MBMS service available over at least one communication path based on information about the at least one MBMS service; selecting, by the at least one processor, a first communication path among the at least one communication path for a selected MBMS service among the list of the at least one MBMS service based on at least one of a signal condition of Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) cell, signal conditions of a serving cell, service availability or a packet switched (PS) enabled stack; and providing, by the at least one processor, the selected MBMS service over the selected communication path.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may transmit, and a UE may receive, via a configuration message, a group identifier indicating a group of UEs with which the UE is associated, the group of UEs being one of multiple groups of UEs which are each allocated resources. The base station may transmit the group downlink control information message to the group of UEs, and the UE may receive the group downlink control information message. The UE may determine that the group downlink control information message pertains to the UE by associating the group identifier with the group downlink control information message. The base station and the UE may communicate in accordance with the group downlink control information message based at least in part on the UE being associated with the group to which the group downlink control information message pertains.

Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to detecting an activity based on time difference metrics. In one implementation, a processor determines metrics related to the differences between the sizes of sets. For example, each set may include time indications that result in the particular integer associated with the set when a modular operation is performed on a difference between the respective time indication and a first time indication. The processor may detect a pattern indicative of an activity based on the metrics and output an indication that the activity is detected.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented to use resource filtering to provide multiple different device personalities and/or multiple different resources from a radio frequency (RF)-enabled wireless device or apparatus to one or more other connecting RF-enabled wireless devices across one or more wireless connections. In one example, each different given resource of a wireless device may be associated with at least one filter which may be used by the device to determine which connection/s the given resource may be provided, and a given resource may only be provided to a given connecting device only if the given resource passes the filter.

Abstract: An improved telecommunications network that can reduce the network load on a rich communication services (RCS) server and/or local routers that implement 1-to-N and/or M-to-N services is described herein. In particular, the improved telecommunications network may include an improved RCS server that can route multicast messages instead of and/or in addition to unicast messages. For example, the improved RCS server can create a multicast group for a group of UEs in response to a request from a UE to create a group of UEs. Creation of the multicast group may include assigning a group Internet protocol (IP) address to the multicast group. The improved RCS server can then determine which UEs in the multicast group are capable of sending and/or receiving multicast messages, and send multicast messages instead of unicast messages to these UEs.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for implementing a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) protocol in a wireless local area network (WLAN). A first WLAN device may generate a first HARQ packet for transmission to a second WLAN device. The first WLAN device may determine a first basic service set (BSS) indicator and a second BSS indicator for a BSS associated with the first WLAN device and the second WLAN device. The first BSS indicator and the second BSS indicator may be indicative of a BSS identifier (BSSID) of the BSS. The first WLAN device may output the first HARQ packet for transmission to the second WLAN device. The first HARQ packet may include the first BSS indicator and the second BSS indicator in one or more fields of a physical layer (PHY) header of the first HARQ packet.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing dynamic statistical period adjustment regarding rate adaption (RA) are provided. The method includes: collecting respective transmission results of multiple data packets to perform parallel processing, where the parallel processing includes statistical period control and RA control. The statistical period control includes: determining whether a first loop index reaches a monitored period threshold; performing first transmitting (TX) information statistics; calculating variance of TX information statistics results; and selectively adjusting a statistical period threshold. The RA control includes: determining whether a second loop index reaches the statistical period threshold; performing second TX information statistics; and performing the RA. The statistical period control may dynamically adjust the statistical period of the RA control, to enhance transmission efficiency of the wireless communications device.

Abstract: The application discloses an access method and a terminal. The method comprises: a terminal determining target access class barring (ACB) policy control parameters according to target feature information, wherein the target feature information comprises at least one of the following: a priority of the terminal, service information of a service having data to be transmitted, and core network information of a core network providing the service having the data to be transmitted; and the terminal accessing a network device according to the target ACB control parameters.

Abstract: The described aspects include methods and apparatus for activating a transmitter to communicate in a wireless network. A small cell can determine to activate the transmitter to serve user equipment (UE) in a wireless network. The small cell can then broadcast a portion of a set of broadcast signals in a radio frame and broadcast a remaining portion of the set of broadcast signals along with the portion of the set of broadcast signals in a subsequent radio frame. By refraining from immediately broadcasting all broadcast signals, the small cell can mitigate interference to other small cells. In addition, a UE can determine whether to generate random access channel (RACH) sequences for proximity determination or uplink timing synchronization based on parameters received in a RACH order. Moreover, a small cell with an active transmitter can decode discovery signals from a device to facilitate handover determination.

Abstract: Apparatuses (including base stations and terminals), systems, and methods for supporting both wideband and narrowband communications are described. In one aspect, a base station supporting first type terminals operating on a first bandwidth and second type terminals operating on a second bandwidth is described, having an information formatter, a transceiver, and a controller. The information formatter generates a Low-end Master Information Block (L-MIB) and a Low-end System Information Block (L-SIB), which are transmitted by the transceiver to first type and second type terminals. The L-MIB includes control information on an L-subframe configuration for supporting a second type terminal and a sub-band configuration of the L-subframe, while the L-SIB includes information on downlink reception and uplink transmission of the second type terminal. When the base station receives a Random Access Channel (RACH) preamble request from one of the terminals, the base station performs the random access procedure.

Abstract: Systems are disclosed for a communication system optimized for low data volume communications. In embodiments of the invention, a terminal in the communication system is configured to receive beam shape information from a satellite and use the beam shape information for calculating the terminal's initial transmit power based on the beam shape information. The terminal can also determine the terminal's location and calculate an achievable information data rate of transmitted bursts based on the beam shape information. The terminal can also determine an estimated terminal position based on correlating signal-to-noise ratio measurements on the camped beam and at least one neighbor beam neighboring the camped beam.

Abstract: A method includes sending, by an access point, a scheduling request to a first scheduling server according to a data transmission requirement, where the scheduling request includes frequency band bandwidth information of a contention frequency band that is applied for and frequency band use time information of the contention frequency band that is applied for. The method also includes receiving, by the access point, a contention frequency band that is allocated by the first scheduling server to the access point according to a spectrum list and the scheduling request, where the spectrum list includes at least frequency band use information and interference information of the access point. The method also includes performing, by the access point, scheduling transmission by using the allocated contention frequency band.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a broadcast signal according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises generating service layer signaling information for discovery and acquisition of a broadcast service and a content component of the broadcast service; generating service list information including for service list building and discovery of the service layer signaling information; and physical layer processing of the service list information, service layer signaling information, and content component.

Abstract: Embodiments herein may include systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media, for a multi-access edge computing (MEC) system. An apparatus for MEC may include a communication interface, a local cost measurements module, and a service allocation module. The communication interface may receive, from a UE, a request for a service to be provided to the UE. The local cost measurements module may collect a set of local cost measurements for the service. The service allocation module may determine to allocate the service to a MEC host based on an allocation policy related to a cost for the MEC host to provide the service or a cost for a service provider to provide the service in view of the one or more local cost measurements. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for executing a task on database data in response to a trigger event are disclosed. A method includes executing a transaction on a table comprising database data, wherein executing the transaction comprises generating a new table version. The method includes, in response to the transaction being fully executed, generating a change tracking entry comprising an indication of one or more modifications made to the table by the transaction and storing the change tracking entry in a change tracking stream. The method includes executing a task on the new table version in response to a trigger event.

Abstract: Provided are a method for a terminal transmitting an uplink control channel in a wireless communication system, and a device using same. The method comprises: determining the overlapping or not between a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and a second PUCCH; and determining a transmission method for the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH on the basis of the determining. Here, the first PUCCH is an uplink control channel that is frequency division multiplexed (FDM) with a data channel, and the second PUCCH is an uplink control channel that is time division multiplexed (TDM) with the data channel.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for multiplexing clients of different generations in trigger-based transmissions, including trigger-based transmissions in extremely-high throughput (EHT) Wi-Fi systems. An access point (AP) may generate a trigger frame compatible with two types of stations (STAs), such as EHT STAs and legacy (or high efficiency (HE)) STAs. The AP may transmit the trigger frame to a group of STAs, where legacy STAs may process the trigger frame a legacy trigger frame. EHT STAs may process the trigger frame to determine resource unit (RU) allocations for uplink transmissions in a bandwidth greater than a legacy bandwidth. An EHT STA may determine the resources in the larger bandwidth based on an EHT RU allocation table, a legacy RU allocation table and an additional bit in the trigger frame, or an ordering of RU allocations in the trigger frame.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the communications field, and provide a method and device for sending system information. The method comprises: a terminal receives a broadcast message from a network device, the broadcast message comprises indication information for an system information (SI) and wherein that the indication information is for indicating that whether the SI is being broadcasted or not, in case that the indication information indicating that the SI is not being broadcasted, the terminal sends a system information request to the network device for acquiring the SI.

Abstract: Provided are a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) message communication method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, and a device using the method. The method simultaneously receives link adaptation parameters for each of a plurality of cell groups, and receives a V2X message from each of the plurality of cell groups by applying the corresponding link adaptation parameters.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that manages utilization of mobile subscriber identity information including enabling reuse of such information by a different communication device and/or re-authorizing use by a communication device that previously was authorized to utilize the information. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Networks comprising multiple non-overlapping communication topologies are presented. The networks can include a fabric of interconnected network nodes capable of providing multiple communication paths among edge devices. A topology manager constructs communication topologies according to restriction criteria based on required security levels (e.g., top secret, secret, unclassified, etc.). Established topologies do not have overlapping networking infrastructure to within the bounds of the restriction criteria as allowed by the security levels.

Abstract: A joint sounding mechanism used in a multi-AP system to gain channel information for joint data transmission. Multiple sounding APs can transmit a joint sounding packet that includes training symbols for the antennas of all the sounding APs with regard to the transmission channel. The antennas of the multiple sounding APs may be treated as a virtual antenna array with global antenna indexes. The joint sounding packet may include a plurality of training fields, each field corresponding to a respective antenna in the virtual antenna array. Alternatively, the joint sounding packet has subcarrier-interleaved training fields, where each sounding AP transmits training symbols on an allocated set of non-pilot subcarriers. Channel status information (CSI) can be generated by the STAs in response to the joint sounding packet and supplied to the APs. Accordingly, the APs can perform antenna beamforming and transmit a data packet jointly on the transmission channel.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for a user equipment (UE) operating in a serving cell is disclosed. The serving cell does not broadcast system information for broadcast or multicast. The UE transmits an interest indication for broadcast or multicast to the serving cell. The interest indication for broadcast or multicast includes at least some information associated with a broadcast or multicast service of interest. The UE receives the system information for broadcast or multicast from the serving cell after transmitting the interest indication for broadcast or multicast.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for simultaneous transmission of data from two or more wireless communication device during a transmission opportunity otherwise reserved for a single communication device. The invention proposes collaboration among the group of communication devices to reserve a transmission opportunity on a composite channel comprising of a plurality of sub-channels for the entire group and to efficiently manage allocation of the sub-channels for simultaneous data transmission from two or more devices. In the main aspect of the invention, the collaboration takes the form of grouping the sub-channels in the reserved composite channel so as to allow two or more stations to transmit data simultaneously over a contiguous frequency band. The collaboration among the group of communication devices may be in a managed or an ad hoc mode. The invention is particularly relevant to the IEEE 802.11 ac communication standard.

Abstract: A wireless device is configured with or allocated two or more control resource sets for receiving downlink control information from a base station or cell. The two or more control resource sets correspond to two or more possible states of a time slot used for downlink transmission. The wireless device determines the state of a time slot and selects one or the two or more control channel resource sets to monitor for DCI depending on the state of the time slot. In one exemplary embodiment, the time slot has two possible states and the state of the time slot is determined by the presence or absence of an SS block.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a communication system, a base station, a host node, and a communication method in order to address one or more of the above-described problems. A communication system according to the present invention is a communication system including: a base station (10) and a host node (40) that communicates with the base station (10). The base station (10) included in the communication system transmits to the host node (40) setting information indicating whether or not a paging message transmitted from the host node (40) can be transmitted to other base stations, and the host node (40) receives the setting information from the base station (10).

Abstract: According to one aspect, a method includes selecting at least one of a common bandwidth scheme and a common power scheme. If the selected at least one scheme includes a common bandwidth scheme, a common bandwidth to be used by the wireless device for transmission of two data channels in two successive short transmission time intervals, sTTIs, that share a common demodulation reference signal, DMRS, is determined. An indication of the common bandwidth to the wireless device to enable the wireless device to set the bandwidth of the two data channels to a common bandwidth value is sent. If the selected at least one scheme includes a common power scheme, then a common power control command to control an output power to be set by the wireless device for two data channels in two successive sTTI, that share a common DMRS is determined.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for providing quasi-colocation (QCL) signaling for reference signals (RS) and channels across scenarios involving multiple cells, such as coordinated multipoint (CoMP) scenarios in which multiple transmit receive points (TRPs) or integrated access and backhaul (IAB) nodes each have their own cell ID.

Abstract: A method and transmission apparatus transmit broadcast system information in a mobile communication system. Further, a method and mobile terminal receive the broadcast system information. An improved method for broadcasting broadcast system information maps different partitions of broadcast system information to a shared transport channel or a broadcast transport channel for transmission. The mapping may take into account parameters inherent to the mobile terminals to which the broadcast system information is to be transmitted and/or parameters inherent to the different partitions of broadcast system information.

Abstract: In one aspect, an exemplary method for sharing traffic data among a plurality of vehicles includes: a first vehicle receiving current traffic data from at least a second vehicle over a first network protocol; the first vehicle transmitting current traffic data from the first vehicle and the current traffic data received from at least the second vehicle to a roadside unit over a second network protocol; the first vehicle receiving processed traffic data from the roadside unit over the second network protocol, the processed traffic data being based on the current traffic data received from the first vehicle and from at least the second vehicle; and the first vehicle transmitting the processed traffic data received from the roadside unit to at least the second vehicle over the first network protocol.

Abstract: In the present invention, a radio link control (RLC) entity of the receiving device receives an RLC service data unit (SDU) segment of a first RLC SDU. The RLC entity starts a first reassembly timer for the first RLC SDU if the RLC SDU segment of the first RLC SDU is the first one received for the first RLC SDU at the RLC entity. The receiving device uses a reassembly timer per RLC SDU segmented.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which a scheduling entity determines a first direction of a backhaul link traffic between a first scheduling entity and a second scheduling entity, and determines a second direction of an access link traffic between the scheduling entity and a user equipment (UE) based on the first direction of the backhaul link traffic to reduce potential interference caused by the access link traffic. The scheduling entity transmits or receives the access link traffic in the second direction utilizing at least one of a same transmission resource of the backhaul lick traffic. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for managing content delivery in a packetized network. In one embodiment, the network provide content to a plurality of clients via a plurality of nodes and origin points, and resources are discreetly represented (e.g., with IP addresses, such as those afforded under the IPv6 protocol) to allows for direct advertisement of resources. Exemplary solutions described herein further advantageously leverage extant architectures and protocols (such as BGP), and make use of a common control plane, which can be utilized for example by different content delivery network (CDN) operators and different delivery components to advertise resources. Internally within a given CDN, increased granularity of resource addressing and advertisement may provide benefits including: (i) resource affinity; (ii) resource-level balancing; (iii) dynamic resource scoping; and (iv) “zero-touch” provisioning and resource relocation.