Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for configuring user plane functions in mobile communication technology are described. An exemplary method for wireless communication includes determining, at a network node, a processing order for processing a plurality of user plane functions based on at least one of a type of service, a deployment type, a connection mode, one or more capabilities of the network node, or one or more capabilities of a wireless device, and transmitting, to the wireless device, a first control plane message comprising the processing order. Another exemplary method for wireless communication includes receiving, from a network node, a first control plane message comprising information that includes a processing order for processing a plurality of user plane functions, and processing, at the wireless device, a plurality of user plane functions based on the processing order.

Abstract: Method and system for providing time-critical services via a flow control environment, wherein at least one respective server component is provided for each service, wherein the server component is formed by a flow control component that is loadable into the flow control environment and executed there, where a configuration unit for at least one gateway component of a subnetwork forming the flow control environment ascertains globally valid access information associated with respective addressing information of the server components that is valid within the subnetwork, based on a mode of operation predefined via the configuration unit, one or more gateway components connected in parallel and/or in series are used, and where the at least one gateway component forwards service access requests to the server components in accordance with the forwarding and/or filter rules and the mode of operation.

Abstract: A signal detection unit detects, from a baseband signal of a received radio wave, two types of fixed signal sections that have different communication information and are present in sufficiently shorter time than a time period in which influence of fading fluctuates, and designate the detected two types of fixed signal sections as an information-1 section and an information-2 section. An information-1 section signal processing unit clips the information-1 section from the baseband signal, and performs Fourier transform on the clipped information-1 section. An information-2 section signal processing unit clips the information-2 section from the baseband signal, and performs Fourier transform on the clipped information-2 section. A feature value computation unit computes a feature value, based on an output of the information-1 section signal processing unit and an output of the information-2 section signal processing unit.

Abstract: A data transmission method, a base station, and user equipment are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a base station, a random access request sent by user equipment, where the random access request carries indication information to request uplink scheduling information; and sending, by the base station, a random access response to the user equipment, where the random access response carries first uplink scheduling information or second uplink scheduling information, the first uplink scheduling information indicates that a message Msg 3 uses a first transport block, the second uplink scheduling information indicates that the Msg 3 uses a second transport block, the first transport block is larger than the second transport block, the first transport block can be used to transmit signaling and user data, and the second transport block can be used to transmit the signaling, but is not used to transmit the user data.

Abstract: A method for testing wireless tags by a testing unit, comprising: transmitting a signal to energize a plurality of wireless tags within a testing area of the testing unit substantially simultaneously; waiting a prescribed amount of time sufficient to allow all of the wireless tags in the testing area an opportunity to respond with a transmitted message, each transmitted message including a unique identifier of the wireless tag; determining, based on information as to the identity of which wireless tags are in the testing area and receipt, if any, by the tester of the transmitted messages containing respective unique identifiers from the wireless tags in the testing area, which of the plurality of wireless tags are good and which of the plurality of wireless tags are bad.

Abstract: Systems and methods of providing a V2X communications are generally described. A geographically-limited, operator-independent mapping table is used that maps between groups of V2X applications each associated with a different application category and a different RAT preferred for the V2X application category. Each grouping is based on fulfillment of one or more KPIs for the associated V2X application category. Multiple RATs are prioritized if able to fulfill the KPIs. The mapping table is modified based on the RATs supported by the V2X UE. Carrier aggregation is used when simultaneous transmission on different RATs is desired.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit a capability message indicating support for multiple configured grant small data transmission (CG-SDT) configurations and may receive one or more downlink messages that collectively indicate a downlink bandwidth part (BWP), an uplink BWP and a set of CG-SDT configurations based on transmitting the capability message. Each CG-SDT configuration may be associated with respective time and frequency resources for use in one or more CG-SDTs. The UE may transition out of a radio resource control (RRC) connected state based on receiving the one or more downlink messages. The UE may transmit an initial CG-SDT that includes a common control channel (CCCH) message using time and frequency resources associated with one or more of the set of CG-SDT configurations based on comparing the respective time and frequency resources associated with the each of the CG-SDT configurations.

Abstract: An information transmission method and a network device, the network device including a transceiver, a processor, and a non-transitory storage medium storing a computer program for execution by the processor. The computer program includes instructions to receive a first frame through the receiver, where an extended schedule element of the first frame has a field indicating communication between network devices is supported, and where the extended schedule element further has a source association identifier and a destination association identifier, and control the transceiver to transmit information to a first network device when both the first network device and the network device support communication between network devices, where a value of the source association identifier and a value of the destination association identifier are each 0.

Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to user equipment rate selection. Sum rates can be compared including and excluding a candidate layer. Based on the comparison, the candidate layer can be included in a layer set. Rate selection for user equipments of a cluster can be performed based on the layer set. In certain applications, user equipment rate selection can be performed for multiple clusters of user equipments and network nodes. In such applications, inter-cluster interference can be nulled.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network node may generate an intended time division duplexing (TDD) downlink-uplink (DL-UL) configuration, wherein the network node is associated with a first central unit (CU) and a second CU, and wherein the intended TDD DL-UL configuration is for a cell that is served by the network node and associated with the second CU. The network node may transmit the intended TDD DL-UL configuration for the cell to the first CU. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods and systems for enhanced transmission and reception of system information (SI) are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method for transmitting/receiving SI, includes: transmitting/receiving a first SI message in a plurality of first SI windows, each first SI window having a first length and a first periodicity; and transmitting/receiving the first SI message in a plurality of second SI windows, each second SI window having a second length and a second periodicity, wherein each second SI window follows immediately after a respective first SI window to provide a plurality of first extended SI windows, each first extended SI window having the second periodicity and an increased length equal to the sum of the first and second lengths.

Abstract: A wireless client device communicates, to an access point over a secure channel, a mapping of a dynamic device address to a stable device address. By communicating the mapping, the access point is able to determine that packets received from two different device addresses originate from a common device. The access point is then able to maintain an association between the originating device and other network resources assigned or allocated to the originating device, such as IP addresses or infrastructure station address, which is used to identify the originating device to other devices outside the network in some embodiments.

Abstract: A method, executable at a first communication device, for enabling communication between a group of communication devices, including the first communication device is suggested. The suggested method comprise activating the first communication device in response to recognizing a cause for triggering such activation, recognizing at least one second communication device, exchanging data between the first and the at least one second communication device, in response to recognizing the at least one second communication device, determining, based on the exchanged data, rules to be applied for a coordinated signaling, from the first communication device and at least one of the at least one second communication device, and initiating the coordinated signaling, based on the determined rules.

Abstract: Various embodiments herein provide techniques for discovery and handling of regulatory requirements for non-3GPP inter-working function (N3IWF) selection, e.g., to access a standalone non-public network (SNPN). In embodiments, a user equipment (UE) may determine the local requirement in a country using a domain name system (DNS) query with a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) associated with the N3IWF. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: A smart antenna switching method is disclosed. Multiple wireless signal parameters of a wireless network environment are collected. Under a current operating phase, when a holding period of a to-be-switched antenna is 0, the qualities of wireless signals between an initial antenna and the to-be-switched antenna are compared according to the wireless signal parameters. When a comparing period of the to-be-switched antenna is 0, it is determined whether an antenna switching operation is performed. If the antenna switching operation is not performed, the next operating phase is served as the current operating phase. If the antenna switching operation is performed, a signal receiving-and-sending operating is switched from the to-be-switched antenna to the outdoor antenna or from the outdoor antenna to the to-be-switched antenna, and the previous operating phase is served as the current operating phase.

Abstract: An AID allocation method for a multi-link device, includes: An access point multi-link device generates and sends a first frame. Correspondingly, a station device receives and parses the first frame to obtain an AID that is allocated to the station device and carried in the first frame. The AID is neither a BSSID that can be supported by a first-type access point in the access point multi-link device nor an identifier of an access point in the access point multi-link device. The first-type access point is an access point for establishing a link between the station device and the access point multi-link device.

Abstract: A method for associating user equipment with base stations of a cellular network, in particular of a heterogeneous network such as a 5G network, uses a multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) algorithm. When a user equipment enters the network, the agent associated with this equipment downloads the instance of an association meta model to a coordinating unit, pre-trained by means of reinforcement learning. The agent subsequently constructs a local observation vector, comprising observables relating to the user equipment, and a global observation vector, including observables relating to the environment of this equipment. The local and global observation vectors are projected into the same reference space, the concatenation of the vectors thus projected encoding the state of the agent. It deduces from the model and from this state, an association decision. The model is updated according to a policy gradient method to consider evolution of the environment of the user.

Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a method in a wireless device (110) includes transmitting a protocol data unit (PDU) or segment of a PDU on a first link and transmitting the PDU or the segment of the PDU on a second link. One or more retransmissions of the PDU or the segment of the PDU are scheduled on the second link. A positive acknowledgment is received from a receiver. The positive acknowledgement indicates a successful receipt of the PDU or the segment of the PDU on the first link. In response to receiving the positive acknowledgement, the one or more retransmissions of the PDU or the segment of the PDU on the second link are cancelled.

Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive, from a base station, a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block transmission. The WTRU may transmit using a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource. Further, the PRACH resource may be determined based on an SS/PBCH block index. Also, the SS/PBCH block index may be determined based on information associated with the SS/PBCH block transmission. In a further example, the information associated with the PBCH block may be derived from a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence. In another example, the DMRS sequence may be a PBCH DMRS sequence. Also, the information associated with the PBCH block may be derived from PBCH payload bits. Further, the SS/PBCH block index may be associated with a beam. In addition, SS/PBCH transmissions of different beams may be transmitted at different times. Further, the PRACH resource may include a preamble resource, a time resource and a frequency resource.

Abstract: On-demand application permissions is described, including obtaining one or more consents associated with one or more functions of an application, where the application does not allow using the functions without associated consents; receiving, from a user, a consent associated with a function; activating to allow that function to be executed; when a request from the user to use another function is received, determining that the another function requires an associated consent to activate; determining that there is no consent from the user associated with the another function; prompting for a consent associated with the another function; receiving the consent associated with another function; and activating to allow the another function to be executed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a communication system, including receiving, from a base station, downlink control information including resource assignment information of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), identifying a number of resource elements (REs) for the PDSCH based on the resource assignment information of the PDSCH, identifying a temporary transport block size (TBS) based on the number of REs for the PDSCH, identifying a TBS based on the temporary TBS, and receiving, from the base station, the PDSCH based on the TBS, wherein the number of REs for the PDSCH is identified by excluding a number of REs associated with a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) and a control channel.

Abstract: A transmitting multi-link device (MLD) includes circuitry and a transmitter. The circuitry, in operation, constructs an Additional Authentication Data (AAD) and a Nonce, and encapsulates a plaintext medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (MPDU), the AAD, and the Nonce to generate an encapsulated MPDU. The AAD includes an Address 1 (A1) field, to which a recipient MLD's MAC address is set, and an AAD Address 2 (A2) field, to which the transmitting MLD's MAC address is set. The Nonce includes a Nonce Address 2 (A2) field, to which the transmitting MLD's MAC address is set. The transmitter, in operation, transmits the encapsulated MPDU to the recipient MLD on a first link.

Abstract: Provided are a CQI feedback enhancement method, a CQI feedback enhancement device, a CQI feedback enhancement system, a UE and a base station. The CQI feedback enhancement method includes: a base station sends downlink traffic data to a UE; the UE decodes the downlink traffic data; first information is sent to the base station in a case where an error result is obtained by decoding the downlink traffic data, where the first information includes an NACK instruction and an aperiodic CQI, or the first information includes one NACK state of multiple NACK states and different NACK states correspond to different CQIs; and the base station receives the first information.

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

Abstract: A system and method, for identification of the user equipment [102] with IMS PDN connectivity issues, and proactively recovering the PDN connectivity for said user equipment is disclosed. The disclosure provides triggering the System [104] initiated detach with re-attach required request, to user equipment [102] by checking the current IMS PDN state of said VoLTE user equipment [102] to recover the IMS PDN connectivity. The present disclosure provides a novel automatic method for maintaining IMS PDN connection providing continuous voice call connectivity and improving the overall connectivity and user experience of the wireless network.

Abstract: Provided are a method, an apparatus and a system for implementing carrier grade network address translation, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: transmitting a first request to a control plane of a forwarding and control separated broadband access system, where the first request is used for applying to the control plane for a public network address range; receiving a first response returned by the control plane, where the first response includes allocated public network address range information; receiving a public network address allocated to a user by the control plane according to the public network address range information; receiving a private network address allocated to the user by the control plane; and performing, according to the public network address and the private network address, public and private network address translation on received service traffic of the user.

Abstract: A method and system for performing Over-The-Air (OTA) testing for 5G New Radio (NR) beamforming is presented. In one embodiment the method includes transmitting, by only the User Equipments (UEs) U and Sx, the Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols containing UL Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) that are orthogonal to each other during Uplink (UL) subframes; performing, by a gNB, channel estimation in the same UL subframe, precoding matrix computation, and antenna elements weighting coefficient computations; transmitting, by the gNB in a subsequent Downlink (DL) subframe, known data streams to UEs U and Sx using the massive MU-MIMO beamforming coefficients; collecting by the host PC, the IQ samples from the UE U and all the victim UEs Vx in the DL subframe; and evaluating a performance of the beam that was meant for UE U.

Abstract: A signal transmission method includes: performing (101) a clear channel assessment (CCA) detection on a predetermined spectrum to obtain a CCA detection result; exchanging (102) information with a counterpart device; and performing data transmission according to at least one of the detection result and the exchanged information.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support mechanisms for semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) and hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback skipping for user equipment (UE)-initiated transmissions. A UE configured for extended reality (XR) operations and an SPS configuration including a plurality of SPS occasions, each SPS occasion configured with at least one downlink resource and at least one uplink resource, collects pose information related to at least one SPS occasion. The UE determines, based on the pose information, to skip at least one SPS occasion. The UE sends an indication of the determination to skip the at least one SPS occasion to a base station. The indication is transmitted in a preconfigured uplink resource or may be piggybacked in an uplink transmission. The base station may reallocate the resources configured for the at least one SPS occasion based on receiving the indication.

Abstract: The present invention provides a data transmission method, a base station, a user equipment, and a system. The method includes: adjusting and determining a frame structure of each time unit within a preset duration; notifying a user equipment (UE) of the adjusted frame structure; and performing data transmission according to the adjusted frame structure.

Abstract: This disclosure combines the Attach and Tracking Area Update procedures into one new mobility procedure: the Registration procedure. One advantage of the proposed Registration procedure is that, if the new SHF is unable to obtain UE data from the old SHF the new SHF will nevertheless register the UE so that the UE does not have to perform another registration procedure (e.g., an Attach procedure).

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a downlink message that includes a control channel monitoring periodicity and control channel offset for a radio frame. A UE may identify a set of slots within a radio frame to monitor for downlink control information (DCI) based on the received downlink message. The UE may identify a control channel candidate within a search space of each slot of the set of slots, and may identify the control channel candidate of a first slot based on calculations that include a current slot and a previous slot. There may be one or more slots that occur between the previous slot and the current slot. The UE may receive DCI that is user-specific based on the identified control channel candidate.

Abstract: Packet recovery mechanisms for wireless networks, which improve end-to-end (e2e) reliability, are provided. First embodiments include packet retransmission between a receiver and a transmitter, wherein, if the transmitter cannot find a lost packet in its transmission buffer, the transmitter sends a First Sequence Number (FSN) report to the receiver to notify the receiver of a sequence number (SN) of an oldest (acknowledged) packet in the buffer. In response, the receiver does not report lost packets whose SN is older than the FSN. Second embodiments involve using a network coding algorithm to recover lost packets, wherein the transmitter sends a control message to the receiver that includes a coded packet to be recovered and information for decoding the coded packet. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: A network node (21), which is placed within a core network, stores a list of network elements (24) capable of forwarding a trigger message to a MTC device (10). The network node (21) receives the trigger message from a transmission source (30, 40) placed outside the core network, and then selects, based on the list, one of the network elements to forward the trigger message to the MTC device (10). The MTC device (10) validates the received trigger message, and then transmits, when the trigger message is not validated, to the network node (21) a reject message indicating that the trigger message is not accepted by the MTC device (10). Upon receiving the reject message, the network node (21) forwards the trigger message through a different one of the network elements, or forwards the reject message to transmission source (30, 40) to send the trigger message through user plane.

Abstract: Provided is a communication apparatus (200) including: an acquisition unit (241) that acquires, from a base station apparatus (100), information for operating as a master for controlling a sidelink communication between other apparatuses; and a control unit (240) that performs a process for operating as the master on the basis of the information acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive an indication of a single reference signal to use for determining timing information for measuring multiple reference signals from multiple cells on a common frequency layer; and measure the multiple reference signals based at least in part on the timing information. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes receiving a request for a first set of data stored on a data storage system from a computing device. The method also includes retrieving the first set of data from a data storage device of the data storage system. The method further includes generating a set of codewords based on the first set of data and an error correction code. The method further includes transmitting a set of network packets to the computing device. Each network packet of the set of network packets comprises a codeword from the set of codewords.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for game interference processing and a mobile terminal. The method includes: determining whether a SIM card in the mobile terminal is registered in an IMS network when the mobile terminal is in a game mode; sending, by a protocol stack of the mobile terminal, a response message of no expectation to fallback to a network side after receiving a CS paging from the network side, when the SIM card is not registered in the IMS network; and sending, by the protocol stack, to the network side a notification message indicating that the current SIM card does not expect to continue to respond to a CS service when receiving paging of the CS service in the current network from the network side, and controlling the mobile terminal to stay in the game mode all the time.

Abstract: A method and a device for selecting a cell in a mobile communication system and for selecting a cell for transmitting data, by a base station, not only in a licensed frequency band but in an unlicensed frequency band. A method for configuring a cell of a base station includes connecting with a terminal through a first cell of a licensed band; transmitting, to the terminal, a message for configuring multiple second cells in an unlicensed band through the first cell; and monitoring the configured multiple second cells in the unlicensed band, wherein the number of the multiple second cells exceeds the number of cells, a carrier aggregation of which the terminal can support. The present disclosure relates to a 5G or a pre-5G communication system to be provided in order to support a higher data transmission rate after a 4G communication system such as an LTE.

Abstract: A communication system includes plural management control units each managing a state of a battery; and plural terminal devices each acquiring battery information about at least one battery and communicating the acquired battery information with at least one of the plural management control units. At least one of the plural management control units includes an abnormality determination unit that is configured to determine whether an abnormality has occurred in an other management control unit based on communication with the other management control unit via an inter-management communication device for performing communication with the other management control unit.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards providing 5G zero touch traffic management of cells in a network. A target cell associated with a network objective is identified. One or more neighbor cells are also identified. Transmit power and tilt capabilities of the target cell are determined. An interference between the target cell and the one or more neighbor cells is also determined. An electrical antenna tilt adjustment or a transmit power adjustment is determined for the target cell to apply based on the transmit power capabilities, the tilt capabilities, the interference, and the network objective. The determined electrical antenna tilt adjustment or the determined transmit power adjustment are then provided to the target cell. If the network objective is met after the target cell applies the electrical antenna tilt adjustment or the determined transmit power adjustment, then the changes are confirmed, otherwise they are reversed.

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for normalizing Log-Likelihood Ratios for bits of a transport block. For a narrowband channel estimation (NBCE), a normalization factor is selected based on an estimated delay spread, a cyclic prefix, an estimated Doppler spread, a rank, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) and a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for the transport block, and an input LLRin for the individual bits of the transport block are scaled to respectively form an output LLRout for the individual bits of the transport block using the normalization factor. For a wideband channel estimation, a normalization factor is selected based on the rank/MCS/SNR of the transport block, and the input LLRin for the individual bits of the transport block are scaled to respectively form the output LLRout for the individual bits of the transport block using the normalization factor.

Abstract: A terminal includes a reception unit configured to receive information for allocating uplink transmission from a base station; a control unit configured to determine a CP extension value in a case where a parameter for calculating the CP extension value is not configured by the base station upon receiving the information; and a transmission unit configured to execute the uplink transmission by applying the determined CP extension value.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting control and training symbols to improve transmission efficiency in a multi-user wireless communication system. The method for transmitting the control and training symbols in the multi-user wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: determining whether a required transmission rate of each data can be satisfied through channel estimation in each of terminals when different data are simultaneously transmitted to each of the terminals; and transmitting a data frame to each of the terminals, the data frame being composed to discriminate the control and training symbols in each of the terminals using a combination of time, frequency, and code area when the required transmission rate of each data is not satisfied according to the determined result.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for optimizing an L2-L1 interface. In some embodiments, a method for a network node includes grouping, at an open systems interconnection, OSI, layer 2, L2, codeblocks, CBs, based at least in part on a hardware property associated with an OSI layer 1, L1, processing engine; and sending the grouped CBs to the OSI L1 processing engine. In some embodiments, a method for a network node includes receiving, by an open systems interconnection, OSI, layer 1, L1, processing engine, a group of codeblocks, CBs, the CBs being grouped together based at least in part on a hardware property associated with the OSI L1 processing engine; and performing CB group-level encoding on at least the received group of CBs.

Abstract: Various arrangement of compound cellular networks that accommodate multiple cellular communication protocols are presented. A compound cellular network may connect user equipment (UE) with a data network using a first anchor point. The compound cellular network may transition the UE from the first anchor point to a second anchor point. Following the transitioning, the compound cellular network may connect the UE with the data network using the second anchor point. The UE may then be transitioned from the second anchor point to a converged anchor point of the compound cellular network. The UE may be locked to the converged anchor point while the UE is communicating with a second cellular network that communicates using the second cellular communication protocol.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a first transmit receive point (TRP), a downlink control information (DCI) communication, the UE being included in a multi-TRP configuration with the first TRP and a second TRP. The UE may determine information unique to the first TRP. The information unique to the first TRP may be at least one of associated with the DCI communication or included in the DCI communication. The UE may generate a downlink scrambling sequence initialization code, associated with the first TRP, based at least in part on the information unique to the first TRP. The UE may generate a downlink scrambling sequence, associated with the first TRP, based at least in part on the downlink scrambling sequence initialization code associated with the first TRP. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A subscription service including a number of subscriptions possessed by a device is managed in a machine-to-machine (M2M) system. A method for operating a first device may include: transmitting, to a second device, a first message for requesting a new subscription that uses a first resource for managing subscription; receiving, from the second device, a second message for notifying an update of a second resource associated with the new subscription; and identifying a content of the second resource, wherein the first resource may include at least one of a first attribute indicating a number of subscriptions possessed by the first device, a second attribute indicating, among resources to which the first device is subscribing, a number of resources which are updated but not yet retrieved, or a third attribute indicating an access address of a subscribed resource.

Abstract: Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application correspond to techniques for dynamic management of the network used for data transfer between a connected vehicle and a remote computing system. For example, during navigation a connected vehicle may switch between connections to a number of different networks, and the pricing of these networks may be periodically recalculated based on current network load. The disclosed techniques can select from among available networks to dynamically optimize the cost of data transfer, even as a vehicle navigates through different networks and as network pricing is changed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus provide a user equipment (UE) configured to communicate with a plurality of carrier aggregation (CA) groups with at least a first CA group (CG1) and a second CA group (CG2). The UE includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to determine whether the UE is power-limited. The UE is scheduled to transmit acknowledged information in a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) to a cell of the CG1 and uplink control information (UCI), other than the acknowledgement information, in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) to a cell of the CG2. The processing circuitry is also configured to, responsive to the UE being power-limited, prioritize the PUSCH for power allocation. The processing circuitry is also configured to transmit the PUSCH to the cell of the CG1.