Abstract: According to certain embodiments, an electronic device comprises at least one processor; and a memory operatively connected with the at least one processor and storing a plurality of identifiers related to attributes of a communication bearer.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communication. The techniques include a method wireless communication by a user equipment including receiving a configuration message, wherein the configuration message in part configures the UE to communicate coordinated transmissions with a plurality of transmission reception points using a coordinated transmission mode. The method further includes, receiving one or more physical downlink shared channel transmissions from a plurality of transmission reception points in accordance with the coordinated transmission mode. The method further includes, selecting a HARQ-ACK feedback mode based in part on the coordinated transmission mode. The method further includes, transmitting HARQ-ACK feedback to at least one of the plurality of transmission reception points using the selected HARQ-ACK feedback mode.

Abstract: A communication network has at least one mobile wireless device and a plurality of further wireless devices installed on a line. In order to exclude or to minimize data packet losses in the communication network, a respective wireless device of the further wireless devices is configured to operate in each of the two directions of the line for communication with other wireless devices of the further wireless devices of a respective wireless channel pair. The mobile wireless device is configured to operate all wireless channels of the wireless channel pair exclusively for receiving data. An additional wireless channel is provided. The mobile wireless device is suitably configured to operate the additional wireless channel exclusively for transmitting data, and the further wireless devices are configured to operate the additional wireless channel exclusively for receiving data.

Abstract: A device (1) is configured to derive a first security key based on information relating to a first node (17), to request use of or to use a further device (9) as a relay to the mobile communication network and to determine whether the further device is connected to the first node and/or receive a message when another device, e.g. the first node, has determined that the further device is not connected to the first node. The device is further configured to, upon determining that the further device is not connected to the first node or upon receipt of the message, derive a second security key based on information relating to a second node (11) to which the further device is connected and transmit information via the further device, the information being encrypted using the second security key.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided in one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include detecting, at a first node, an event; generating, at the first node, a message in response to the detected event; and sending, at the first node, the message to at least a second node to enable the second node to determine at least one of a reliability or an importance of the message. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for starting reflective mapping, a communication device and a storage medium. The method for starting reflective mapping applied to a first communication device, includes: when determining that first data packet is to be transmitted by first underlying bearer, adding a startup identifier of a first value to a second data packet, where the startup identifier of the first value is used to instruct a second communication device to start reflective mapping, the first data packet is a data packet transmitted by the second communication device to the first communication device, and the second data packet is a data packet that is originally to be transmitted by the first communication device; and transmitting the second data packet carrying the startup identifier of the first value by the first underlying bearer.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are described for providing enhanced network coverage in a wireless network. The apparatus has a first antenna system for providing a first sector of a network, and a second antenna system for providing a second sector of the network. Further, the apparatus has a third antenna system for communicating with a base station of the network to provide a common wireless backhaul link for the first sector and the second sector. The apparatus also comprises control circuitry to monitor a performance characteristic of the common wireless backhaul link, and in dependence on the performance characteristic, to implement at least one mechanism to influence whether items of user equipment within at least one of the first sector and the second sector connect to the network via the apparatus.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for transmitting downlink data to remote UE, the method for an eNB to transmit downlink data to a remote UE in a wireless communication system comprises a step in which the eNB receives out of coverage related information on the remote UE; a step in which the eNB determines that the relay UE of the remote UE and the remote UE are maintained in a connected mode after receiving the out of coverage related information on the remote UE; and a step of transmitting downlink data to the remote UE.

Abstract: A method and a device of allocating an EPS bearer identifier, an SMF, and a PCF are provided. The method includes mapping a session/connection to an EPS bearer, and requesting a UE or an AMF to allocate an EPS bearer identifier to a mapped EPS bearer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transmission method and a transmission device. The transmission method includes: determining, by a transmitting end device, first SA information and first data to be transmitted, the first SA information at least including indication information about a DMRS sequence for the demodulation of the first data; and transmitting, by the transmitting end device, the first SA information in a first physical layer format and transmitting the first data in a second physical layer format.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for support response-based resource management. A UE may determine an uplink response to be transmitted in response to a downlink transmission by a first TRP participating in CoMP to the UE with a second TRP. The first UE may select which of the first TRP or the second TRP to transmit the uplink response to, based at least in part on the determined uplink response and may transmit the uplink response to the selected first or second TRP.

Abstract: Techniques described herein improve direct communication channel reliability in a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication. The techniques include a (wireless communication) device that uses a first licensed band to perform a cellular network communication through a first interface (e.g., Uu), and further uses a shared spectrum to perform a V2X communication through a direct communication channel interface. The device then monitors and compares a bandwidth requirement of the V2X communication with a bandwidth of the shared spectrum. In response to the bandwidth that is less than the bandwidth requirement, the device selects a second licensed band that includes a bandwidth that is at least equal to the bandwidth requirement. Further, the selected second licensed band is different from the first licensed band to avoid channel interference. In other embodiments, the device uses the licensed band to directly establish the V2X communication.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a reference signal measurement method and a user terminal. The method includes: obtaining configuration information, where the configuration information is configured to configure a specific reference signal; measuring the specific reference signal according to the configuration information in an idle state or an inactive state.

Abstract: Provided are a data processing method and device based on integrated access and backhaul (IAB) using 5G NR wireless communication technology. A method of a relay node may be provided for processing uplink user data. The method may include: receiving uplink user data from a user equipment; deriving a user equipment bearer identifier (UE-bearer-ID) by using logical channel identification information linked to an RLC PDU of uplink user data; selecting a backhaul RLC channel for transmission of uplink user data on the basis of at least one among a user equipment bearer identifier and donor base station address information; and transmitting uplink user data, via the selected backhaul RLC channel, to a donor base station or another relay node.

Abstract: A plurality of sensor devices that senses environmental data at installation positions is appropriately arranged. Each sensor device includes a device detection unit, a position fixing unit, a sensor unit, and a transmission unit. The device detection unit performs operation of detecting another sensor device in the surrounding area and generates a detection result thereof. The position fixing unit fixes a position of the own sensor device on the basis of the detection result obtained by the device detection unit. The sensor unit senses environmental data at a position fixed by the position fixing unit. The transmission unit transmits the data sensed by the sensor unit.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for system information (SI) for access and backhaul. An access node (AN) may provide SI to devices within its cell indicating communication procedure configurations. The AN may provide SI to devices that is specific to whether the communication procedure is an access procedure or a backhaul procedure. The AN may transmit a common master information block (MIB) directing the devices within its cell to a search space in order to receive the remaining SI. The search space may be shared between access devices and backhaul devices or alternatively may be separate between access and backhaul devices. The remaining SI may not be shared between access and backhaul devices. The devices may determine different configurations as defined by the SI from the AN for communications procedures based on whether the procedure is an access procedure or a backhaul procedure.

Abstract: A mobile cellular network (MCN) communication system can provide an independent mobile cellular network to devices within a covered area. In addition, the MCN communication system can communicate with other MCN communication systems using a wireless standard that is similar to the wireless standard used to communicate with user equipment within the covered area. In some instances, the MCN communication system can be registered as a user equipment of another MCN communication system and/or have another MCN communication system registered with it as a user equipment.

Abstract: A technique for identity governance (IG) data exchange includes receiving, by a first adapter, an identity governance message from a first identity governance resource for transmission of the identity governance message to a second identity governance resource. The first adapter analyzes the message and, based on the analysis, selects a routing policy to apply to the message. Based on the routing policy, the adapter determines a select input queue from a plurality of input queues to receive the message and writes the message to the select input queue. The message is then routed from the select input queue to an output queue, and then a second adapter transfers the message from the output queue to the second identity governance resource.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a UE (User Equipment). In one embodiment, the method includes the UE receiving an SCell activation/deactivation MAC (Medium Access Control) control element to activate the SCell. The method further includes the UE activates the SCell based on the SCell activation/deactivation MAC control element. The method also includes the UE receiving a beam indication by a MAC control element via the PCell, wherein the beam indication includes a cell index and the beam indication is used to derive at least one beam to be used in the SCell. In addition, the method includes the UE using the at least one beam for a DL (Downlink) transmission or an UL (Uplink) transmission in the SCell.

Abstract: According to various aspects, a network component may include: one or more processors configured to: generate a first message to a wireless network client, the first message including a request to report information about wireless networks within communication range of the wireless network client; assign a scheduling group of a plurality of scheduling groups to the wireless network client based on the information; schedule one or more transmissions in accordance with a first wireless network protocol to the wireless network client in accordance with the schedule group assigned to the wireless network client; generate a second message to the wireless network client, the second message including an instruction to schedule one or more transmissions in accordance with a second wireless network protocol from the wireless network client in accordance with the schedule group assigned to the wireless network client.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to 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). The present disclosure 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. Disclosed is method of performing power control for transmission signals in a telecommunication system employing Integrated Access and Backhaul, IAB, comprising the steps of: determining whether Frequency, Time or Spatial Division Multiplexing, FDM, TDM, SDM is used on a particular pair of links; and applying a power control scheme accordingly.

Abstract: A downlink signal is received at an origination device (e.g., a user equipment (UE) device). In response to receiving the downlink signal, the origination device transmits an uplink signal to a signal forwarding device. The uplink signal received, at the signal forwarding device, from the origination device is a “received signal,” which contains a destination identifier. The signal forwarding device transmits a “forwarded signal” to a destination associated with the destination identifier. The “forwarded signal” is based on the contents of the “received signal” and/or any information that may be ascertained from the “received signal.” The received signal may also contain a downlink channel feedback report and/or an acknowledgment response. Based on the forwarded signal, a signal forwarding scheme may be selected.

Abstract: The present application relates to the application field of communication technologies. Provided are a message transmission method, apparatus and system. The method comprises: obtaining two sets of paging transmission information, the two sets of paging transmission information comprising paging transmission information of a relay user equipment (UE) and paging transmission information of a remote UE, the paging transmission information being used for indicating the transmission position of a paging message, and the relay the UE being a relay device between a base station and the remote UE; and sending the paging message to the relay UE according to the two sets of paging transmission information. The present application can reduce the network signaling overheads. The present application is used for paging message transmission in a mobile communication system.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention are a method and device for relay transmission, and relay terminal apparatus, used to lower processing complexity of relay transmission. The method comprises: a relay terminal apparatus sends to a core network apparatus a bearer establishment request used to request for establishing an EPS bearer for a remote terminal apparatus; and the relay terminal apparatus receives a reconfiguration message sent by an access network apparatus, the reconfiguration message carrying configuration information of the EPS bearer established for the remote terminal apparatus, wherein the EPS bearer comprises a cellular data transmission channel between the access network apparatus and the relay terminal apparatus, and a D2D data transmission channel between the relay terminal apparatus and the remote terminal apparatus.

Abstract: A method of receiving, by a user equipment (UE) that is configured to operate in transmission mode 10, downlink data in a wireless communication system. The method includes: receiving, in a transmission time interval (TTI), downlink control information (DCI) that includes resource element (RE) mapping information. The method also includes receiving, in a plurality of TTIs subsequent to the TTI in which the DCI was received, repeated transmissions of the downlink data to which the RE mapping information has been applied.

Abstract: A base station is provided with a communication unit for communicating with a mobile terminal via a relay link between the base station and a relay device and an access link between the relay device and the mobile terminal, and a selection unit for selecting an allocation pattern of an uplink of the relay link, a downlink of the relay link, an uplink of the access link, and a downlink of the access link to frequency-time blocks from a plurality of allocation patterns that are different in delay occurring between the base station and the mobile terminal.

Abstract: A method of allocating resources in a mobile telecommunications system, the resources being for a relay node to operate as a terminal-to-terminal relay for a device-to-device communication between a first terminal and a second terminal. The method includes: allocating first resources for the first terminal to communicate via the relay node for the device-to-device communication; allocating second resources for the second terminal to communicate via the relay node for the device-to-device communication; notifying the first terminal of the allocated first resources; notifying the second terminal of the allocated second resources; and the first and second terminals exchanging messages for the device-to-device communication via the relay node and using the first and second resources, respectively.

Abstract: A method for enabling a wireless communication device to operate in a radio access network as a network relay device to a remote device, using a short range communication channel there between, wherein the communication device receives a control indication signal from the remote device as an indication of future data between the communication device and the remote device via the short range communication channel which forms part of a sidelink communication between the relay device and the remote device; wherein the relay device decodes the control indication signal from the remote device to extract a time allocation for future data.

Abstract: The present technology provides a system that can provide relay communication adaptive to a communication status between a relay terminal and a remote terminal. A relay communication device that is made movable and relays communication between a base station and a remote terminal includes a determination unit configured to determine a parameter set on the basis of information indicating a communication status related to distance or traffic between the relay communication device and the remote terminal, the parameter set being settable regarding communication between the relay communication device and the remote terminal, and a notification unit configured to notify the remote terminal of information indicating a determination result by the determination unit.

Abstract: A method for accessing a network by UE, a network device, and first UE are disclosed. The first UE sends a first message, where the first message includes a message that second UE accesses a network by being associated with the first UE; and after an access response sent by the network device is received, the first UE and the second UE associated with the first UE access the network. After receiving the first message, the network device sends an access response to the first UE, to specifically allocate a transmission resource to a wearable device that needs to transmit data, so as to save network resources.

Abstract: A communication device may receive a predetermined signal from an external device in a situation where a specific wireless connection not via an access point is being established, determine whether a wireless communication via a first access point is executable with the external device, and supply a first disconnection instruction in a case where it is determined that the wireless communication via the first access point is executable with the external device. The communication device may execute the wireless communication with the external device using the first wireless connection in the case where it is determined that the wireless communication via the first access point is executable with the external device and execute a wireless communication with the external device using the specific wireless connection in the case where it is determined that the wireless communication via the first access point is not executable with the external device.

Abstract: A wireless communication network serves a wireless User Equipment (UE) and comprises a wireless access node and a support access node. The wireless access node determines an amount of mobile active UEs for the support access node. The wireless access node determines an add threshold for the support access node based on amount of mobile active UEs for the support access node. The wireless access node determines an add value for the support access node and determines when the add value is greater than the add threshold. When the add value is greater than the add threshold, the wireless access node signals the support access node to serve the wireless UE and signals the wireless UE to attach to the support access node. In response, the support access node wirelessly transfers user data for a wireless communication service to the wireless UE.

Abstract: Provided is a network-enabled method for creating an online account using a network of devices. The method comprises: receiving by an authentication system, a request to create an online account with an online server; generating a visual graphical code by the authentication system, which is displayed on a display screen and comprises a validation identity; acquiring image data of the visual graphical code from a user device with aid of optical detection apparatus, by capturing an image of the visual graphical code displayed on the display screen; processing the image data to extract the validation identity; based on the validation identity identifying an online serve provider associated with the online server and user information categories associated with the online account; and based on identification information related to the user identifying the user, and the data to the online server for the online account with the online server.

Abstract: A disclosure of this specification provides a method performed by a wireless device for determining a transport block size (TBS). The method may include the steps of determining a number of resource elements (REs) within a slot, calculating a value related to the TBS, based on the determined number of REs and a code rate, comparing the calculated value with a pre-determined threshold value, determining the TBS according to the comparison, wherein, if the calculated value is smaller than or equal to the pre-determined threshold value, the TBS may be determined using a predetermined table.

Abstract: A communication system includes: storage to store location information of each of a plurality of devices capable of wireless multi-hop communication, site configuration information including location and size information of an obstacle present at a site of the plurality of devices, and communication quality information between devices; a determination unit determines whether a repeater needs to be added for each of the plurality of devices, based on communication quality information; and a decision unit calculates an expected value related to attenuation of received power between the first and second devices caused by the obstacle, and decides a location for the determination unit to add the repeater based on location information of the first device determined, location information of the second device different from the first device and communicated with the first device through the repeater, the communication quality information between the first and second device, and the site configuration information.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and apparatus. The communication method includes: detecting that a terminal in an inactive state is in an out-of-service state, and determining a target cell of the terminal.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the communications field, and disclose a data transmission method and device to resolve a problem that a success rate of receiving data by an MTC terminal is relatively low after an SC-PTM technology is introduced. A specific solution is as follows: A base station device sends first control information to a terminal device, where the first control information is used to control repeated transmission of multicast service data; and the base station device sends the multicast service data to the terminal device according to the first control information. The present invention is used in a data transmission process.

Abstract: Some disclosed systems and methods include a surround sound controller and one or more wireless headphones that switch between operating in various modes. In a first mode, the surround sound controller uses a first MCS to transmit first surround sound audio information to a first pair of headphones. In a second mode, the surround sound controller uses a second MCS to transmit (a) the first surround sound audio information to the first pair of headphones and (b) second surround sound audio information to a second pair of headphones. In operation, the first MCS corresponds to a lower data rate at a higher wireless link margin than the second MCS.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a method for processing received distributed multiple-input and multiple-output (DMIMO) OFDM signals from a plurality of transmitters, including: performing an initial carrier frequency offset (CFO) correction; receiving a plurality of OFDM symbols; re-constructing the channel every N symbols based upon a channel estimate for each transmitter and an estimate of residual CFO for each of the transmitters based upon the long term fields (LTF), wherein N is an integer; and equalizing the received OFDM symbols using the re-constructed channel.

Abstract: To provide a mechanism capable of flexibly constructing backhaul including a wireless communication path. Provided is a base station including: a processing unit that is connected to backhaul including a first logical interface with a first control entity related to a control plane and a second logical interface with a second control entity related to a user plane. Both a communication route in which the first logical interface is formed and a communication route in which the second logical interface is formed include wireless communication paths formed between a first base station and a second base station.

Abstract: A relaying module (68) includes a radio interface (88) and a processor (84). The radio interface is configured to wirelessly receive uplink messages originating in a wireless device (24) that communicates messages with a Base Station (BS) (32) in a communication network (20), and wirelessly transmit repeated uplink messages of at least some of the received uplink messages toward the BS. The processor is configured to hold one or more transmission constraints that define limitations of using network resources for wireless transmissions in the communication network, to receive one or more uplink messages from the wireless device, to select at least some of the received uplink messages for repeated transmission, to allocate to the selected uplink messages respective network resources so as to maximize performance of the communication network under the transmission constraints, and to transmit the selected messages as repeated messages toward the BS, in accordance with the allocated network resources.

Abstract: A millimeter wave base station antenna system having a multi-port antenna array and a baseband signal processor, the baseband signal processor having an uplink baseband processing unit for generating a first weighting function, and a downlink baseband processing unit for generating a second weighting function; the first weighting function and the second weighting function being used to enhance the desired signal and eliminate the multiuser interference.

Abstract: Provided in an embodiment of the invention are a device-to-device communication method, a terminal device, and a network device. The method comprises: a first terminal acquires attribute information of a second terminal according to subscription information of the second terminal, or according to at least one field of an Identifier of the second terminal; and the first terminal communicates with the second terminal according to the attribute information of the second terminal. The embodiment of the invention can increase a probability of successful data transmission.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for transmitting a side link signal in a wireless communication system by a UE operating in side link transmission mode 2, the method comprising: a step of receiving a predetermined signal by the UE; and a step of transmitting a side link signal on the basis of a first timing which is determined on the basis of the predetermined signal, wherein the first timing is determined differently depending on whether or not the UE establishes a connection with a relay UE. The UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, the BS or a network.

Abstract: Disclosed by the present disclosure are a method, terminal device and network device for repeatedly transmitting information, the method comprising: on continuous time-domain resources of at least one continuous time slot, transmitting K uplink transmission channels which are used for independent transmission of target data, wherein K is an integer greater than or equal to 2, and the transmission of K uplink transmission channels on continuous time-domain resources comprises: when remaining time-domain resources of an m-th slot cannot carry an entire n-th uplink transmission channel, transmitting the n-th uplink transmission channel in the m+1-th slot, or, transmitting the incomplete n-th uplink transmission channel in the remaining time-domain resources of the m-th slot, wherein n is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to k, and m is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

Abstract: Techniques for monitoring and configuring a mesh network are discussed herein. A centralized database may receive, from one or more access points that make up the mesh network, conditions data associated with the access points and the backhaul links between the access points. The centralized database may determine a radio frequency (RF) resource that should be used for the backhaul links to optimize the mesh network and send an instruction to the access point to operate using the RF resource.

Abstract: A broadcast signal transmission method comprises outputting an RoHC channel that includes one or more RoHC streams and a signaling table that includes information related to header compression by performing header compression for Internet Protocol (IP) packets, which include broadcast data, in accordance with an adaptation mode, a header of each IP packet including an IP header and a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) header, generating at least one first link layer packet that includes the RoHC channel and generating at least one second link layer packet that includes the signaling table, and physical layer processing the at least one first link layer packet and the at least one second link layer packet and transmitting through one or more Physical Layer Pipes (PLPs), wherein the signaling table includes adaptation mode information indicating the adaptation mode, and each RoHC stream in the RoHC channel includes RoHC packets.

Abstract: Systems and methods for adaptive network selection are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: receive link capabilities for each of a plurality of communication links available to the IHS; receive link requirements for each of a plurality of applications executed by the IHS; and assign at least one of the plurality of applications to at least one of the plurality of communication links, at least in part, by matching a subset of link requirements to a subset of link capabilities.

Abstract: A method for transmitting, by a terminal, a sounding reference signal (SRS) comprises: a step of, if an SRS transmission and a transmission of an uplink channel collide in a first slot, dropping the transmission of an SRS symbol colliding in the first slot and transmitting an SRS symbol not colliding in the first slot; and a step of transmitting an SRS symbol in a second slot on the basis of a hopping pattern set for the dropped SRS symbol, wherein when the transmission count of the last SRS symbol colliding in the first slot is K, the transmission count for the first SRS symbol transmitted in the second slot is K+1.

Abstract: Provided are an uplink transmission method and downlink transmission method in a mobile communication network including a relay. In the uplink and downlink transmission methods, frame structures and transmission timings of a backhaul downlink and a backhaul uplink are determined in consideration of at least one of a time for the relay to switch between transmission and reception and a signal transmission time. Accordingly, in a wireless communication system including a relay, it is possible to effectively perform data transmission and reception between the relay and a base station.