Abstract: Systems and methods for discontinuous reception (DRX) adaptation in a wireless communication system are provided. A network entity may configure a user equipment (UE) with a long DRX cycle. Under certain conditions, additional short DRX cycles may be activated by the network entity so that data may be transferred before the next DRX active time. Multiple aspects are described wherein short DRX cycle parameters are communicated explicitly or implicitly to the UE. Short DRX cycle parameters may be included and/or indicated by bits in a downlink control information (DCI) or a Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) command received by the UE during the long DRX active time.

Abstract: A method, a mission critical (MC) server, and a receiver for managing media communication in an MC system are provided. The method comprises receiving, from a sender, a request and a media stream for transmitting the media stream to one or more receivers. The request indicates a mode of transmission of the media stream. Further, the method comprises transmitting a notification message indicating a mode of reception identified based on the mode of transmission, to the one or more receivers for receiving the media stream from the sender. The mode of reception is one from among an emergency mode and a normal mode. Thereafter, the method comprises transmitting the media stream to the one or more receivers subsequent to transmission of the notification message, when the mode of reception is the emergency mode.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.

Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a processor and a transmitter. The processor includes, in a UECapabilityInformation message, information indicating whether transmission diversity is supported on a per-band basis. The transmitter transmits, to a base station, the UECapabilityInformation message including the information indicating whether transmission diversity is supported on the per-band basis. In other aspects, a communication method and a radio communication system are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for estimating a performance of a wireless communication network for a given time-frequency resource allocation is disclosed. The communications in said wireless communication network are subject to interferences whose activation is modeled by a binary random variable bt indicating whether an interferer is active or not at a time instant t, the discrete-time stochastic process {bt}t?[??;+?] being modelled by a Markov chain with memory M. A frequency channel sequence associated with at least one set of consecutive observations of interference activation is determined from a frequency hopping sequence. The Markov chain associated with the determined frequency channel sequence is then identified and a set of probabilities of the identified Markov chain is updated according to the obtained at least one set of consecutive observations of interference activation.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a multi-link communication method, an apparatus, and a system that relate to the field of communication technologies, to resolve a technical problem in conventional multi-link communication that an amount of information sent by a multi-link device to a peer multi-link device is large, a process in which the peer multi-link device determines, based on the information, a link that can support simultaneous data sending and receiving as a link that is receiving data is cumbersome, and processing load of the peer multi-link device is heavy. The method includes: generating link grouping information, where the link grouping meets a following characteristic: links belonging to different link groups support simultaneous data sending and receiving; and sending the link grouping information.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for data transmission on an unlicensed spectrum, a device, and a storage medium, relating to the technical field of communications. The method comprises: acquiring a channel occupancy time (COT); and sending a target uplink transmission to a network device by means of a first time domain resource in the COT, wherein a second time domain resource in the COT can be used by the network device to send a target downlink transmission, and the second time domain resource is located after the first time domain resource on a time domain. In this way, there is a higher probability of a network device accessing an unlicensed spectrum under the condition of ensuring the fair sharing of resources on the unlicensed spectrum.

Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a control section that determines a quasi-co-located (QCL) parameter for downlink, when spatial relation information and path-loss reference signal information for uplink transmission are not provided and default spatial relation and path-loss reference signal enabling information for the uplink transmission is provided, in a case where a plurality of different TCI states mapped to a transmission configuration indication (TCI) code point are not provided; and a transmitting section that transmits the uplink transmission by using the QCL parameter. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a spatial relation can be appropriately determined.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus determines whether to delete all entries included in an entry list held by the terminal apparatus in a case that an RRC connection reconfiguration is performed, deletes all entries included in the entry list in a case that it is determined to delete all entries included in the entry list, and does not delete one or more entries included in the entry list in a case that it is determined not to delete all entries included in the entry list.

Abstract: A terminal includes a receiving section that receives cell-specific or terminal-specific configuration information related to a physical downlink control channel, and a control section that controls, on the basis of the configuration information, a configuration of a search space set to monitor a physical downlink control channel to schedule a physical downlink shared channel associated with a multicast traffic channel. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately control monitoring of a physical downlink control channel to schedule a physical downlink shared channel to transfer multicast data.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive downlink control information that identifies multiple precoder indicators and at least one co-phasing factor indicator for generating a co-phased joint transmission using multiple antenna panels. The UE may determine precoders for the multiple antenna panels based at least in part on the multiple precoder indicators and the at least one co-phasing factor indicator. The UE may communicate by joint transmission using the multiple antenna panels according to the determined precoders. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to establish a connection to a base station, wherein the base station configures the UE with a first beam corresponding to a first transmission reception point (TRP) and a second beam corresponding to a second TRP, wherein the first and second beam are in frequency range 2 (FR2) and wherein the UE does not support simultaneous reception of multiple beams in FR2, detect a beam failure during a beam failure detection (BFD) evaluation period, identify one or more candidate beams during a candidate beam detection (CBD) evaluation period and transmit a beam failure recovery (BFR) request to the base station.

Abstract: A communication device that performs wireless communication using a plurality of links includes a common data processing unit that includes a common storage unit of a cache type storing success/failure of acquisition of packets received on the plurality of links, and that performs common data processing on packets received on individual links, and a control unit that controls transmission of a response signal to the packets received. The control unit generates a common response signal including acquisition success/failure information received on the plurality of links on the basis of acquisition success/failure information held in the common storage.

Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to a system for managing media resources from a plurality of mobile devices and delivered by a vehicle. In particular, embodiments relate to an apparatus for providing a queue of media resources from a mobile device to a vehicle. The apparatus comprises a wireless transceiver, a vehicle interface, and a processor. The processor establishes a wireless connection to the mobile device and then receives a uniform resource identifier (URI) for a media resource from the mobile device. It then processes the URI to determine information on the media resource, including its media type and selects a media source associated with the media type that comprises the media resource. The processor next adds the media resource to the queue of media resources, which is broadcast via the wireless connection, and triggers the media source to provide the media resource to the vehicle via the vehicle interface.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a next generation wireless communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate and the like beyond 4th generation (4G) wireless communication systems. Provided according to various embodiments are a method for transmitting/receiving a signal in a wireless communication system and a device supporting same, and various other embodiments may also be provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Random access channel (RACH) occasions may be scheduled on each component carrier (CC) of a carrier aggregation (CA) configuration that includes both a time division duplexing (TDD) TD Raid band and at least one frequency division duplexing (FDD) band based on a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) received in the TDD band. In some cases, the TDD band may be used to configure the RACH occasions in same and/or different CCs. Additionally or alternatively, the FDD band may configure the RACH occasions on its uplink CC based on SSBs received on other CCs. Additionally, the RACH occasions may be configured such that the UE avoids unavailable uplink slots when transmitting a first RACH message in a RACH occasion.

Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication includes obtaining resource configuration information of an uplink signal; obtaining resource configuration information for two-step random access based on the resource configuration information of the uplink signal; determining resources for transmission for the two-step random access based on the resource configuration information for the two-step random access; and performing the transmission for the two-step random access, wherein the transmission for the two-step random access comprises transmitting a preamble on a random access occasion (RO) and transmitting data for the two-step random access on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and an AP for controlling bandwidth. A method for controlling bandwidth of a channel including a plurality of subchannels by an access point, including: acquiring first wireless status indication for the channel without scanning the plurality of subchannels of the channel; determining whether the channel is abnormal based on the first wireless status indication for the channel; scanning the plurality of subchannels to acquire second wireless status indication for each of the plurality of subchannels if the channel is determined to be abnormal; determining one or more subchannels in the plurality of subchannels to be abnormal based on the second wireless status indication for each of the plurality of subchannels; and puncturing the one or more subchannels determined to be abnormal.

Abstract: A communication method and an apparatus are provided, to implement inter-cell interference randomization. The method includes: generating a demodulation reference signal based on a first parameter, where the first parameter includes a radio frame number of a radio frame for sending the demodulation reference signal; and sending the demodulation reference signal and a first channel, where the first channel is for carrying uplink control information, and the demodulation reference signal is a reference signal for demodulating the first channel.

Abstract: A base station transmits configuration parameters of a cell to a wireless device. In an embodiment, the configuration parameters include bandwidth part (BWP) parameters of a first BWP and a default BWP, a first timer value associated with a cell deactivation timer, and a second timer value associated with a BWP inactivity timer. The base station may also transmit a downlink control information (DCI) indicating an activation of the cell for the wireless device, to the wireless device. In response to transmitting the DCI, the base station may further activate the cell for the wireless device and start the cell deactivation timer based on the first timer value. In response to activating the cell, the base station may activate the first BWP of the cell for the wireless device. The base station may also start the BWP inactivity timer based on the second timer value.

Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for network slicing in cellular systems are disclosed. According to one aspect, a network node is provided. The network node includes processing circuitry configured to determine virtual resources at least in part by logically slicing a plurality of physical resources across a spatial domain, and assign the virtual resources to a first radio bearer associated with a first wireless device.

Abstract: In some implementations, a broadband network gateway (BNG) may receive, from a customer premises equipment, a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) discover request, wherein the BNG is connected to the customer premises equipment and a fixed mobile interworking function (FMIF). The BNG may communicate with, based on the DHCP discover request, the FMIF. The BNG may provide to the customer premises equipment, and based on communicating with the FMIF, a DHCP offer that offers utilization of the BNG as a DHCP server. The BNG may receive from the customer premises equipment, and based on providing the DHCP offer, a DHCP request to request utilization of the BNG as the DHCP server. The BNG may provide to the customer premises equipment, and based on the DHCP request, a DHCP acknowledgment that acknowledges utilization of the BNG as the DHCP server.

Abstract: Provided are an information transmission method and apparatus, a communication device, a communication node and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes that: a communication device determines a second signal according to N bits in first information, wherein the second signal includes at least one of a preamble and a Reference Signal (RS), and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and the communication device sends a message A including the second signal.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for a user equipment (UE) receiving control messages that schedule a first and second set of repetitions of an uplink transmission to respective transmission/reception points (TRPs). The one or more control messages may be indicative of a first redundancy version (RV) sequence that is to be applied to the first set of repetitions and a second RV sequence that is to be applied to the second set of repetitions. The control messages may also indicate a first set of power control parameters and a second set of power control parameters. The UE may map the first and second set of power control parameters to the first and second set of repetitions according to a rule. The UE may transmit the first and second sets of repetitions according to the respective RV sequences and power control parameters.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for addressing timing advance (TA) in non-terrestrial network communication is disclosed herein. A wireless transmit and receive unit (WTRU) may receive system information from a base station attached to an airborne or spaceborne vehicle that indicates a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource. The WTRU may determine a timing offset based on a plurality of information, such as the location information and the system information. The WTRU may transmit a preamble using the timing offset via the PRACH resource. The base station may receive the preamble and send a random access response (RAR) that includes, for example, a TA command. The WTRU may receive the RAR including the TA command and combine the timing offset with the TA command to determine an actual TA, after which the WTRU may use the actual TA for uplink transmissions.

Abstract: Systems and methods for Wi-Fi network failover to cellular connection with throttling of traffic include detecting an outage on wired connections for any of the plurality of Wi-Fi networks; determining the any of the plurality of Wi-Fi networks have switched to a cellular connection as a failover based on the outage; and determining whether to throttle traffic on any cellular connection based on the failover and instructing corresponding gateways accordingly.

Abstract: A transmission point (TP) comprises a processor configured to generate a transmission parameter related to a transmission property of the TP, wherein the transmission parameter comprises at least one of a transmission rank, a beamforming matrix, a transmission power, and an on/off status, and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the transmission parameter as part of a coordinated multi-point (CoMP) scheme. A transmission point (TP) comprises a processor configured to generate a transmission parameter related to a desired transmission property, wherein the transmission parameter comprises at least one of a transmission rank, a beamforming matrix, a transmission power, and an on/off status, and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the transmission parameter as part of a coordinated multi-point (CoMP) scheme.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for handling failures in transmission using PUR in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device receives, from a network, preconfigured uplink resource (PUR) configuration. A wireless device detects that each resource of the PUR is not successfully used for uplink (UL) transmission. A wireless device informs the failure cause and/or the expected behavior based on the PUR configuration. A wireless device receives, from a network, reconfiguration of the PUR.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a method for determining a data buffer status, and an apparatus. The method includes: A first MLD receives first indication information from a second MLD, and determines, based on the first indication information and a correspondence between an association identifier of the first MLD and a data type supported by the first MLD, a buffer status of bufferable data that corresponds to the at least one data type and that is in the second MLD, where the first indication information is used to indicate the buffer status of the bufferable data. According to the embodiments of this application, a data buffer status in a data type dimension can be determined. The embodiments of this application may be applied to a wireless local area network system that supports a next-generation Wi-Fi EHT protocol of the IEEE 802.11, that is, the 802.11 protocol such as 802.11be.

Abstract: Proposed is a method for performing wireless communication by a first device. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) from a second device; receiving a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) related to the PSCCH from the second device, wherein sidelink control information (SCI) is received via the PSCCH or the PSSCH related to the PSCCH, and the SCI includes information indicating whether the PSSCH corresponds to last PSSCH transmission: determining a PSFCH resource on the basis of a slot index and a sub-channel index which are related to the PSSCH: transmitting SL HARQ ACK information to the second device via the PSFCH resource; and entering a sleep state on the basis that the SCI includes information indicating that the PSSCH corresponds to the last PSSCH transmission, and the first device transmits the SL HARQ ACK information via the PSFCH resource.

Abstract: The disclosed technology is directed towards switching the primary cell in a carrier aggregation scenario to improve performance. Measurement data of a mobile device (user equipment) is evaluated with respect to one or more various criteria such as cell carrier bandwidth, cell carrier load, cell-related capability and other carrier data (e.g., dynamic spectrum sharing versus clean, time division duplex or frequency division duplex), and others. Device conditions such as overheating can be considered as well. The evaluation results in a ranking of primary cell candidates. If a more optimal primary cell (candidate) is available, the primary cell in the carrier aggregation combination is switched to the candidate that is ranked the highest. Switching can be relatively very fast, such as based on already existing layer-1 (L1) and/or layer-2 (L2) measurement data. Layer-3 (L3) measurement data also can be obtained on demand, for example, to use in the evaluation.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe indicating per-packet quality of service (QoS) in communications by a wireless communications device. A packet from an application generated for a first radio access technology (RAT) can be obtained, where the packet includes a first QoS value associated with the first RAT, and/or the first QoS value can be mapped to a second QoS value associated with the second RAT. In another example, the QoS value can be indicated in the packet along with a reflective indicator indicating to use the QoS value in transmitting a response to the packet.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a medium access control protocol data unit (MAC PDU) processing method, a terminal and a medium. The method includes: a terminal determining a preorganized MAC PDU that needs to be transmitted on a subsequent resource; updating, with latest uplink control information, content of a media access control control element (MAC CE) in an MAC subPDU corresponding to the MAC CE in the preorganized MAC PDU.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for processing an acknowledgement report for reception of control information. A method for a user equipment (UE) to receive physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) includes determining a prioritization for receiving the PDCCHs and receiving the PDCCHs based on the prioritization. PDCCH receptions for a first search space set (SSS) are prioritized over PDCCH receptions for a second SSS or a third SSS. The PDCCH receptions for the second SSS are prioritized over the PDCCH receptions for the third SSS based on a configuration. The PDCCH receptions for the first SSS include a first downlink control information (DCI) format. The PDCCH receptions for the second SSS include a second DCI format that schedules a groupcast physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception. The PDCCH receptions for the third SSS include a third DCI format that schedules a unicast PDSCH reception.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network node, an enhanced reduced capability (eRedCap) downlink and uplink bandwidth part (BWP) configuration associated with a sub-band full duplex (SBFD) slot, wherein the eRedCap downlink and uplink BWP configuration includes a bit indicating an availability of a sub-band in the SBFD slot. The UE may perform, with the network node, a communication based at least in part on the eRedCap downlink and uplink BWP configuration. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include: at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: receive at least one message causing a random access (RA) procedure for a second cell based on a second radio access technology (RAT) different from a first RAT while being connected to a first cell based on the first RAT, identify, based on the reception of the at least one message, a first accumulative specific absorption rate (SAR) having occurred based on transmission of at least one RF signal based on the first RAT and/or the second RAT for a first time interval, transmit an RA preamble message to the second cell based on determining, based on the first accumulative SAR, that performing the RA procedure for the second cell based on the second RAT is possible, and refrain from transmitting the RA preamble message based on determining, based on the first accumulative SAR, that performing the RA procedure for the second cell based on the second RAT is impossible.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for NBIoT frequency hopping are disclosed. A method comprises receiving a signal on a first number of frequency carriers, the signal switches among the first number of frequency carriers every a second number of time unit, wherein, the second number is configured by higher layer signaling, and the second number is determined by at least one of a subcarrier spacing of the signal, a scaling factor, a resource unit size of the signal, a subcarrier allocation.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides procedures for early synchronization based on Idle mode measurements to enable fast connection establishment and resumption on transition to a Connected mode. When transitioning (120) to a Connected state, the UE selects one or more cells/frequencies for which in addition to the target cell configured/activated by the network to initiate early synchronization (140) prior to transition to the Connected state. When the UE receives (150) a message from the network requiring the UE to synchronize with a target cell in a target frequency, the UE determines (160) if the message from the network indicates that the UE shall configure or add a target cell, that is not the PCell, for which the UE has synchronized and, if so, uses the synchronization information to initiate (170) a random access procedure towards the target cell configured/activated by the network.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for configuring a search space for sidelink communications between one or more sensors/actuators (SAs) and programmable logic controller (PLC) in internet of things (IoT) applications in order to minimize the number of subchannels that a receiver (e.g., PLC or SA) may need to blind decode. More particularly, the search space is configurable based on a hashing function that is based in part on a portion of the resources (e.g., PLC resources) that have been allocated or reserved for sidelink communication within the PLC subnetwork (or PLC group) from the sidelink resource pool available to a plurality of PLCs in a network. By limiting the search space to a subset of resources that are specific to the PLC subnetwork or group, the need for the SA or PLC to perform blind decoding of sidelink control information (SCI) may be further reduced.

Abstract: An apparatus and system for a multiple universal subscriber identity module (MUSIM) user equipment (UE) are described. Due to activity on another USIM, the MUSIM UE transmits a service request message to release an N1 non-access stratum (NAS) signaling connection or reject a paging request received from the network, dependent on whether the MUSIM UE is in a 5th generation (5G) Mobility Management (5GMM)-CONNECTED mode or a 5GMM-IDLE mode. The service request message may contain a paging restriction that restrict paging to: all paging, all paging except for paging for voice service, all paging except for packet data unit (PDU) session(s), and all paging except for voice service and PDU session(s).

Abstract: An electronic device and a method for wireless communication, and a computer-readable storage medium. The electronic device comprises: a processing circuit, configured to: acquire, from a base station, configuration information containing a first candidate beam set for beam failure recovery, the first candidate beam set comprising candidate beams of a serving cell and candidate beams of a non-serving cell; and determine, on the basis of the first candidate beam set and/or a second candidate beam set, an identification candidate beam to be used for beam failure recovery, the second candidate beam set comprising beams which serve as candidate beams of the non-serving cell and are detected by user equipment.

Abstract: Terminal device receives a first PDCCH triggering Type-3 HARQ-ACK codebook and not scheduling a PDSCH; transmits a PUCCH indicated by the PDCCH; wherein in a case that the PDCCH does not indicate a SPS release, a processing time from the PDCCH to the PUCCH is set to a first value, and in a case that the PDCCH indicates a SPS release, the processing time is set to a second value that is larger than the first value.

Abstract: Techniques and apparatus for determining a transport block (TB) configuration and hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgment (ACK)/negative acknowledgment (NACK) configuration for full duplex (FD) UE(s) are described. One technique involves receiving channel state information (CSI) report(s) from a UE operating in FD mode. At least one of a TB configuration or feedback type for a communication slot is determined based on the CSI report(s). The communication slot can include half duplex (HD) symbol(s) and FD symbol(s). An indication of at least one of the TB configuration or the feedback type is signaled to the UE. Another technique involves receiving, from a base station (BS), downlink data transmission(s) across a slot(s). A type of duplexing mode associated with each of the slot(s) is determined. The downlink data transmission(s) are acknowledged, based at least in part on the type of duplexing mode associated with each of the slot(s).

Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. In the method, at least one of a first configuration associated with a first operation of switching a search space set group and a second configuration associated with a second operation of skipping a physical downlink control channel monitoring are received. Downlink control information comprising a specific field associated with at least one of the first configuration and the second configuration is also received. When the first and second configurations are received, the first operation is performed based on a value in the specific field and the first configuration when the value in the specific field is one of a first set of values, and the second operation is performed based on the value in the specific field and the second configuration when the value in the specific field is one of a second set of values.

Abstract: Provided are a user equipment (UE) information reporting method and apparatus, an internet of vehicles resource configuration method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The reporting method includes the following steps: a first UE acquires identification information of a second UE; and the first UE sends identification information of the second UE before an adjustment and identification information of the second UE after the adjustment to a network element device on a network side to report UE information.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods, systems and devices for configuring signal resource for physical random access channel (PRACH). One method includes configuring, by a base station, signal resource for a PRACH by mapping, by the base station, a PRACH slot pattern with a pattern parameter. Another method includes configuring, by a user equipment, signal resource for a PRACH by mapping, by the user equipment, a PRACH slot pattern with a pattern parameter.

Abstract: A system and method for managing interference between different enterprises operating over the same spectrum. The system includes central units of a host, a first enterprise and a second enterprise; a first interface for connecting the central unit of the host to the central unit of the first enterprise; and a second interface for connecting the central unit of the host to the second enterprise; wherein the central unit of the host is configured to: enable relaying of load information between the first and second enterprises to minimize interference between each enterprise when the first and second enterprises are operating in the same spectrum and an overlapping coverage region between cell sites; and arbitrate transmission requests from a respective enterprise based on information from service level agreements (SLAs) shared between the central unit at the host and the respective enterprise.

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. This application relates generally to the field of wireless communication technology, and more particularly, to methods and devices for uplink transmission.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for adjusting a packet duration for triggered uplink (UL) transmissions to an access point (AP) from one or more stations (STAs). In one aspect, the AP may estimate an amount of data that a STA has queued for UL transmission and select the packet duration based on the estimated amount of queued UL data. The AP may transmit a trigger frame that solicits UL data from the STA and indicates the selected packet duration. In response, the AP may receive an UL packet from the STA and determine an amount of UL data queued in the STA based on the UL packet. In some implementations, the AP may selectively adjust the packet duration for UL transmissions based on the UL packet, the determined amount of UL data queued in the STA, or both.