Abstract: A modular node includes a semiconductor chip, including modular sensors to detect events or changes in environment, modular actuators for moving or controlling an object, a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program, a processor executing the program configured to control module networking and setup, and a neuromorphic chip configured to receive information from the modular sensors and modular actuators, autonomously process the information received from the modular sensors and actuators, determine a validity of the information received from the modular sensors and actuators, and autonomously communicate with neighboring modular nodes for network auto-arrangement.

Abstract: A method for detecting times-of-arrival of signals comprising, at a receiving node: during a time slot, receiving a signal comprising a carrier signal characterized by a carrier frequency and modulated by a template signal defining a code sequence characterized by a transmitter chip period; demodulating the signal according to a local oscillator frequency to generate a received baseband signal, the local oscillator frequency and the carrier frequency defining a desynchronization ratio characterized by a denominator greater than a threshold denominator; sampling the received baseband signal at the transmitter chip period to generate a set of digital samples; generating a reconstructed baseband signal based on the set of digital samples; calculating a cross-correlation function comprising a cross-correlation of the reconstructed baseband signal and the template signal; and calculating, on the fine time grid, a time-of-arrival of the signal based on the cross-correlation function.

Abstract: Provided is a method of performing a random access procedure, the method including: selecting, from among a plurality of Synchronization Signal Blocks (SSBs), a first SSB that exceeds a threshold value of signal power; transmitting a contention-based random access preamble corresponding to the first SSB; receiving a first Random Access Response (RAR) corresponding to the contention-based random access preamble; obtaining a first Media Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU) corresponding to a size of uplink (UL) resource allocation in the first RAR; transmitting a message3 (Msg3) including the first MAC PDU; determining, by transmitting the Msg3, whether contention is resolved; and when the contention is not resolved, performing a contention-free random access procedure.

Abstract: A base station notifies a terminal apparatus of information on a communication delay predicted for communication via the base station. The terminal apparatus acquires, from the base station, information on the communication delay.

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: There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment in a radio access network. The method includes transmitting acknowledgement signaling according to a HARQ codebook at a second HARQ transmitting occasion, the HARQ codebook indicating first acknowledgement information, the first acknowledgement information pertaining to first data signaling scheduled to be received by the user equipment before a first HARQ transmitting occasion that occurred earlier in time than the second HARQ transmitting occasion. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.

Abstract: This patent document discloses techniques that can be implemented in various embodiments to prevent the data transmission rate from decreasing due to the CP and GI while solving the multipath delay problem and maintaining low PAPR and channel estimation accuracy. In some embodiments of the disclosed technology, a wireless communication method can be implemented to generate a transmit waveform that is organized in transmission subframes, wherein a given transmission subframe includes one or more data block each including a data portion and a reference portion, wherein the reference portion includes a part of a reference signal that is included in at least one of the transmission subframes.

Abstract: A method includes comparing a first battery life value of a first wireless device with a second battery life value of a second wireless device, and in response to determining, based on the comparing, that the first battery life value is less than the second battery life, adjusting a communication schedule so a duration of awake state operation of the first wireless device is less than a duration of awake state operation of the second wireless device.

Abstract: A transmission apparatus comprises circuitry that generates a physical protocol data unit (PPDU) that contains a legacy signal field and a first signal field wherein both of the legacy signal field and the first signal field comprise an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, and the first signal field is derived from the legacy signal field, and a transmitter, which, in operation, transmits the PPDU. A format of the PPDU is indicated based on whether a part of bits of the first signal field is inverted or not. The format of the PPDU is a first format or a second format, and data subcarriers of the first signal field in the second format have inverted values of corresponding values in the legacy signal field, and pilots of the first signal field in the second format are not inverted and have same values of corresponding values in the legacy signal field.

Abstract: A base station is provided with: a control circuit that, on the basis of one of a communication parameter which is set in accordance with communication quality and a retransmission control operation, decides the other thereof; and a communication circuit that, on the basis of the communication parameter or retransmission control operation to be decided, communicates with a terminal.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitting device may encode a set of bits to transmit to a receiving device based on a repetition factor. The transmitting device may map, based on the repetition factor, the set of encoded bits to a subset of subcarriers such as adjacent subcarriers of a set of subcarriers. The transmitting device may generate a signal including the set of encoded bits based on the mapping, and transmit the generated signal to the receiving device. The receiving device may receive a modulated signal from the transmitting device, and identify, based on a repetition factor, a subset of subcarriers including adjacent subcarriers of a set of subcarriers associated with the modulated signal. The receiving device may average the subset of subcarriers including the adjacent subcarriers, and demodulate the modulated signal in accordance with the averaged subset of subcarriers including the adjacent subcarriers.

Abstract: A computing system that provides virtual computing services may generate and manage remote computing sessions between client computing devices and virtual desktop instances hosted on the service provider's network. A computing resource instance manager may monitor connections to and disconnections from a virtual desktop instance during particular time periods, and may apply a resource management policy to determine whether and when to shut down an underlying virtualized computing resource instance following a disconnection (e.g., immediately, after some period of time, or only between certain hours). A storage volume for the virtual desktop instance may be detached during a shutdown. In response to a reconnection request, the virtualized computing resource instance (or another such instance) may be restarted and the storage volume may be reattached. The computing resource instance manager may develop a model for predicting when to shut down or restart an instance based on historical data or machine learning.

Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) receives, from a network node, codebook subset restriction (CBSR) signaling comprising a bitmap. The bitmap comprises a plurality of sets and each set comprises a plurality of bits. Each of the bits indicates whether a respective vector in a first set of vectors is restricted. Each set of bits indicates whether a respective vector in a second set of vectors is restricted. The UE restricts precoders selectable from a plurality of codebooks based on either a first vector in the first set of vectors or a second vector in the second set of vectors being indicated as restricted.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may generate a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) sequence for a set of PUCCH repetitions, wherein the PUCCH sequence is based at least in part on a PUCCH payload size. The UE may transmit the set of PUCCH repetitions using the PUCCH sequence. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Some user equipments (UEs) and base stations may communicate in a set of transmission time intervals (TTIs) according to a configured subcarrier spacing (SCS). Each TTI may include, in accordance with the SCS, a quantity of symbols, a corresponding quantity of cyclic prefixes, and a padding duration that may be longer than a symbol duration. The base station may transmit a control signal to the UE to indicate a configuration for the padding duration. The configuration may allocate the padding duration for reference signal repetition or one or more other operations. In some examples, the padding duration may be allocated for beam switching, and the one or more other operations may be different than beam switching. The UE and the base station may perform the reference signal repetition or the other operations during the padding duration based on the configuration.

Abstract: A communication device for handling a Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR), includes a transforming module, configured to perform a first plurality of inverse fast Fourier transforms (IFFTs) on a plurality of coefficients in a scene according to a first inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) size and the scene, to obtain a plurality of results; a processing module, coupled to the transforming module, configured to obtain a plurality of norms of the plurality of results, and to obtain a plurality of values of the plurality of coefficients; and a transmitting module, coupled to the processing module, configured to perform a second plurality of IFFTs on a plurality of frequency-domain signals according to a second IFFT size, the plurality of coefficients with the plurality of values and the scene, to obtain a plurality of time-domain signals, wherein the second IFFT size is greater than the first IFFT size.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for an uplink communication of the UE; identify a set of beta values for uplink control information of the uplink communication according to a mapping between the set of beta values and the MCS, wherein the set of beta values is for determination of a number of resource elements or modulation symbols for the uplink control information; and transmit the uplink control information based at least in part on the set of beta values. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A repeater BWP switching schedule is provided for a repeater that is responsive to a user equipment BWP switching schedule. Should the repeater support a plurality of active user equipments, the user equipment BWP switching schedule is a superset of the BWP switching schedule for each individual user equipment. The repeater BWP switching schedule may thus be more granular than the UE BWP switching schedule.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for focused communication is disclosed. The method includes a base transmitter array in communication with at least one client device at the same frequency. The base transmitter array provides a focused data communication to the client device.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure can provide a parameter set acquisition method and device. The method can include acquiring a target parameter set corresponding to information to be transmitted. The information to be transmitted can have at least one of the following information types: synchronization signal, direct link broadcast information, physical layer control information or user data. The method can further include using the target parameter set to transmit the information to be transmitted.

Abstract: Multiple mobile cellular network (MCN) communication systems can be networked together to form a network of MCN communication systems (NOM). Each MCN communication system within the NOM can operate as an independent cellular network to provide communications between user equipment within a covered area. When a UE in one MCN of the NOM moves into a different MCN of the NOM, the corresponding MCN communication systems can handover the UE. The UE can also be handed over between MCN communication systems when the MCN communication systems move.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of retransmission mechanism for configured grant uplink transmission. The method comprising transmitting, to a second device, a transport block while starting a configured grant retransmission timer for autonomous retransmission of the transport block; in response to receiving, from the second device, a feedback indicating unsuccessful reception of the transport block, adjusting expiry time of the configured grant retransmission timer without starting the autonomous retransmission of the transport block; determining whether scheduling information for retransmission of the transport block is received before the adjusted configured grant retransmission timer expires; and in response to determining that the scheduling information is received, retransmitting the transport block while stopping the configured grant retransmission timer.

Abstract: Position information estimation in a distributed radio frequency (RF) communications system is provided. Embodiments disclosed herein facilitate high-precision estimations of positions, orientations, velocities, and acceleration of network nodes in a distributed RF network. The distributed RF communications system incorporates a series of estimation processes which makes it susceptible to propagation of errors. To ensure robustness of the distributed RF communications system, relative positions of network nodes are tracked by iteratively tracking parameters used for estimating position information. Some embodiments take advantage of Kalman filtering algorithms by leveraging principles directed by physics. At every network node, several filtering algorithms can be employed to synchronize clocks, track delay between multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antennas and estimate position and orientation of other network nodes.

Abstract: Physical layer processing methods for network acquisition by remote nodes in wireless communication systems are described herein. New methods for wireless network discovery and synchronization by remote nodes are described herein that utilize spatial (e.g., antenna array) processing algorithms which may achieve enhanced functioning in challenging radio frequency environments, such as those containing interference and multipath distortion effects. These methods may include advantageous use of spatial whiteners and associated pluralities of adaptive beamformers to detect network reference and synchronization signals and estimate their parameters.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of signaling reduction at handover of an IAB node. The method including sending, from a first device to a second device, a request message for a handover from the first device to the second device for a third device, the request message including a first cell configuration of the third device associated with the first device; receiving, from the second device, a response message acknowledging to the request, the response message including a resource configuration for a connection between the third device and the second device and a second cell configuration of the third device associated with the second device and sending the resource configuration to the third device. In this way, the signal overhead for the handover of an IAB node may be reduced significantly.

Abstract: There is proposed a mechanism that makes it possible to achieve fair channel access between a plurality of nodes. A base station including a control unit that notifies a terminal device of setting information regarding a channel access scheme to be used and carrier sense. The terminal device is configured to use, as channel access schemes, a first scheme in which the terminal device performs carrier sense at any timing and a second scheme in which the terminal device performs carrier sense at predetermined timing.

Abstract: A multi-beam antenna module includes a radio frequency circuit board, a plurality of reflecting plates and a plurality of area coverage feed antenna groups. Each of the area coverage feed antenna groups includes a feed antenna. The reflecting plates have different arrangement directions, and each of the reflecting plates is arranged relative to the feed antenna of each of the area coverage feed antenna groups, thereby changing a radiation pattern of the feed antenna of each of the area coverage feed antenna groups to deflect a main radiation direction of the feed antenna of each of the area coverage feed antenna groups.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for an indication of serving cell communication quality to a target cell during mobility in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device, which keeps communicating with a source node while initiating a mobility from the source node to a target node, transmits, to the target node, information related to a communication quality of the source node.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) communications system may include a first RF node that transmits data, including a new frequency of operation, and a sequence of pilot symbols spread with a complex spreading code sequence. A second RF node may receive an incoming signal from the first RF node and perform despreading for N sample offset delays to generate N despreading sequences for the sequence of pilot symbols. The second RF node may perform a cross-correlation to select a desired despreading sequence from the N despreading sequences, determine a phase offset and timing offset, process the incoming signal based upon the desired despreading sequence, phase offset and timing offset, and switch to the new frequency of operation.

Abstract: The method for transmitting, by a user equipment, a sidelink signal in a wireless communication system is a sidelink signal transmission method comprising: transmitting sidelink control information (SCI); mapping, to a plurality of sub-carriers, at least one complex-valued modulation symbol, which is related to a sidelink data signal, and a preset value; generating the sidelink data signal by modulating the at least one complex-valued modulation symbol and the preset value by orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM); and transmitting the sidelink data signal on the basis of the SCI, wherein the SCI comprises information regarding a sub-carrier set including at least one sub-carrier, to which the preset value is mapped, from among the plurality of sub-carriers, and at least one of the location and number in a frequency domain of the at least one sub-carrier, to which the preset value is mapped, is different for each sub-carrier set.

Abstract: A channel transmission/reception method and an apparatus for transmitting/receiving channels between a base station and a mobile terminal efficiently in a mobile communication supporting massive Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) transmission are provided. The method includes determining a resource to which a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) addressed to a terminal is mapped within a resource block, the DMRS resource being positioned in at least one of a first resource set capable of being allocated for DMRS and a second resource set symmetric with the first resource set on a time axis, and transmitting the DMRS and DMRS allocation information to the terminal.

Abstract: A method and device for transmitting a service are disclosed. A terminal device receives position information of specific radio frames in a time unit, and position information of a specific subframe in each of the specific radio frames in the time unit from a base station. Every 2m radio frames in the time unit include one specific radio frame, the position information of the specific radio frames in the time unit comprises a value of a period of the specific radio frames in the time unit, and a length of the period is 2m radio frames, where m is a nonnegative integer. The terminal device receives the service carried in the specific subframe in one or more of the specific radio frames from the base station in accordance with the position information of the specific radio frames and the position information of the specific subframe.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitter may transmit a payload in transmission to the base station in a wireless communications system. The transmitter may identify a payload to include in the transmission to the base station. The transmitter may determine to transmit the transmission using an orthogonal sequence codebook or a non-orthogonal sequence codebook, based on a size of the payload, a control message from the base station to the transmitter, or a combination of these. The transmitter may then transmit the transmission to the base station based on whether the transmission is to use the orthogonal sequence codebook or the non-orthogonal sequence codebook. The transmission may be a noncoherent transmission. The transmission may be an uplink control information transmission, an uplink data transmission, a downlink control information transmission, or a downlink data transmission.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for random access in a wireless communication system such as, e.g., a wireless communication system having a non-terrestrial (e.g., satellite-based) radio access network. Embodiments of a method performed by a wireless device and corresponding embodiments of a wireless device are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device for random access comprises performing an open-loop timing advance estimation procedure to thereby determine an open-loop timing advance estimate for an uplink between the wireless device and a base station. The method further comprises transmitting a random access preamble using the open-loop timing advance estimate. In this manner, random access can be performed even in the presence of a long propagation delay such as that present in a satellite-based radio access network. Embodiments of a method performed by a base station and corresponding embodiments of a base station are also disclosed.

Abstract: A communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT) are provided. The communication method and system may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method of a user equipment (UE) for receiving data is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, information on radio resources allocated to the UE, and receiving, from the base station, data based on the information on the radio resources. The radio resources are associated with a plurality of symbols in a time domain and a plurality of resource block groups in a frequency domain.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a signal transmission method and a communication apparatus in a multi-waveform scenario, and are applied to a scenario in which a single-carrier waveform and a multi-carrier waveform coexist. In this method, a network device indicates, via first indication information, a terminal device to transmit a signal by using transmission parameters corresponding to the first indication information, so that the terminal device transmits the signal by using the specified transmission parameters. Transmission parameters includes at least two of a transmission bandwidth, an extended bandwidth, or a total bandwidth. According to the embodiments of this application, a transmit end may perform sending by using the single-carrier waveform, and a receive end may perform receiving by using the multi-carrier waveform; or a transmit end may perform sending by using the multi-carrier waveform, and a receive end may perform receiving by using the single-carrier waveform.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for timing adjustments for data transmissions in mobile communication technology are described. An exemplary method for wireless communication includes determining, by the first device, a distance between the first device and the second device, and performing a transmission based on a timing adjustment that is determined using the distance. Another exemplary method for wireless communication includes broadcasting, by the second device, a location information of the second device, and receiving, from the first device, a transmission, where the first device is configured to communicate the transmission based on a timing adjustment that is determined using the distance, and where the distance is based on a location information of the first device and the location information of the second device.

Abstract: A method of scheduling and transmitting a wireless transmission over an air-interface in a composite network is provided. The composite network comprises a time-sensitive network comprising at least one time-sensitive network entity and a wireless network comprising at least one base station and the air-interface, wherein the air-interface comprises a plurality of slots, wherein each slot has a primary control channel defined at the beginning of the slot, and a number of secondary control channels defined in each slot after the primary control channel, and a plurality of data channels, each primary control channel defining a slot, each secondary channel defining a mini-slot.

Abstract: A signal sending method, a signal receiving method, and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: A network device generates a first sequence, where the network device maps the first sequence to the last 11 orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OFDM symbols in a first subframe, and maps, to the first M OFDM symbols in the first subframe sequentially, a second sequence that belongs to the first sequence, where the second sequence is a sequence that is mapped to M OFDM symbols in a last N OFDM symbols of the first subframe, N is greater than or equal to M, N is an integer greater than 0 and less than 12, and M is an integer greater than 0 and less than 4; and the network device sends the first subframe.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to an extreme high throughput (EHT) signaling structure. A device may establish a communication channel with one or more station devices (STAs). The device may generate an extreme high throughput signal field (EHT-SIG) of a header, wherein the EHT-SIG field comprises information associated with resource allocations (RUs). The device may generate a frame comprising the header. The device may assign a first RU to a first station device. The device may assign a second RU to the first station device, wherein the first RU or the second RU is an aggregation of a 26-tome RU and a neighboring RU. The device may cause to send the frame to the first station device.

Abstract: A communication system with increased throughput for providing communication between transceivers via a wireless communication channel through multiple, N, single input, single output, SISO, links provided for a corresponding number, N, of data sequences, wherein each transceiver includes a transmitter having spreading units each configured to spread in an operation mode of the communication system a data sequence with an associated predefined unique spreading code sequence to generate a spread data sequence multiplexed to an antenna unit of the respective transceiver configured to transmit the spread data sequences via the wireless communication channel to antenna units of other transceivers of the communication system.

Abstract: In accordance with the example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method an apparatus to perform determining signaling comprising at least one wake-up signal to indicate an occurrence or a non-occurrence of a paging request associated with a next paging occasion of a network device; and sending the signaling comprising the at least one wake-up signal toward a network device in a communication network, wherein the at least one wake-up signal is to cause the network device to determine whether to leave at the next paging occasion an energy saving sleep mode to receive the paging request. Further, there is performing receiving by a network device in a communication network at least one wake-up signal to indicate an occurrence or a non-occurrence of a paging request, wherein the at least one wake-up signal is for use by the network device to determine whether to leave at its next paging occasion an energy saving sleep mode to receive the paging request.

Abstract: A distributed radio frequency communication system facilitates communication between wireless terminals and a core network. The system includes a group of remote radio units (RRUs). Each RRU of the group of RRUs is coupled to an antenna to communicate with at least some of the mobile terminals and includes electronic circuitry to perform at least a first portion of a first-level protocol of a radio access network (RAN) and communicate over a fronthaul link. The system also includes a baseband unit (BBU) coupled to the core network and the fronthaul link, and communicably coupled to the group of RRUs over the fronthaul link. The RRU receives a synchronization-assisting radio-frequency signal and sends information derived from that signal to the BBU. The BBU processes the information to determine synchronization instructions which are then used to adjust a local clock in the RRU.

Abstract: Systems and methods for adaptive beamforming for a mobile satellite system (MSS). Embodiments described herein provide individual-user-optimized, adaptive beamforming. One example system creates a user beam optimized based either on known user locations or the waveforms received from all cochannel users. The user beam maximizes the signal-to-interference-noise relative to the desired user, both in the forward and return links. The optimization process considers the spatial distribution of all cochannel users in the footprint of the satellite. The user beam adapts to the user's location and co-channel interference environment.

Abstract: A communication system is presented in which a base station is provided for communicating with a plurality of mobile communication devices in a cellular communication system. The base station operates one of more communication cells and communicates subframes, with each of the plurality of communication devices within the cell(s), each comprising the communication resources of a control region for communicating a control channel and the communication resources of a data region for communicating a respective data channel. The base station communicates a control channel having a first DMRS sequence in a control region of some subframes and a control channel having a second DMRS sequence in a control region of other subframes. The second control channel may be transmitted in a radio beam focused spatially in a direction of a communication device. The first control channel may be transmitted omnidirectionally throughout the cell(s).

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may receive information indicating time slots in first channels that the UE is to monitor for control messages, the control messages including control messages that are used to allocate physical resources to the UE. The UE may receive a second channel transmission in a time slot prior to at least one of the indicated time slots, the second channel transmission indicating that the UE is not to monitor for at least one first channel in the at least one of the indicated time slots. The UE may receive a third channel transmission in a time slot prior to at least another one of the indicated time slots, the third channel transmission indicating that the UE is to monitor for at least one first channel in the at least another one of the indicated time slots.

Abstract: In an aspect, a radar controller determines a radar slot format that configures transmission of a reference radar signal on a first symbol over a first link from a first base station to a second base station followed by at least one target radar signal on at least one second symbol over at least one second link from the first base station to the second base station, and transmits an indication of the radar slot format to the first base station and the second base station. The first base station transmits, and the second base station receives, the reference radar signal and the at least one target radar signal in accordance with the radar slot format.

Abstract: A system and method that measures the code non-linearity of a phase mixer (PMIX) during active operation of a clock and data recovery (CDR) circuitry. The PMIX circuitry generates a clock signal based on the PMIX codes. The PMIX circuitry receives a plurality of codes and based on the code value, adjusts the phase of the PMIX output clock signal. A number of times each of the plurality of PMIX codes occurs within a respective time period is determined. Non-linearity values are determined based on the number of times. The non-linearity values are stored in a memory.

Abstract: In a wireless communication device, which is mounted on a vehicle and performs wireless communication with a wireless communication device as a communication target using a plurality of frequency channels, the plurality of frequency channels includes a first channel and a second channel, and the first channel uses at least a radio signal of a polarization plane orthogonal to a polarization plane of a radio signal in the second channel.

Abstract: The technology described herein relates to implementing an adaptive bitrate (ABR) algorithm at edge nodes. A method for implementing an ABR algorithm at an edge node may include receiving at the edge node a request for a video segment from a client according to the client's ABR algorithm, the request indicating a quality. A weighted sum score for each of a set of qualities may be computed based on a quality score and a fairness score using the ABR algorithm at the edge node, the qualities including at least the requested quality and another quality. A modified request may be generated in response to the weighted sum score for the other quality being better than the weighted sum score for the requested quality. The modified request may be sent to a server. The video segment in the other quality may be received from the server and provided to a client.