Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Multiple transmission time intervals (TTIs) may be used for communications between a base station and user equipment (UE), where each TTI may have a data pattern scheduled by a base station. Each TTI may include respective symbol periods designated as reference or data symbol periods. In some examples, the UE may be configured to transmit a sounding reference signal (SRS) in a last symbol period of a TTI, and a base station may dynamically determine a data pattern for the TTI such that a temporally last symbol period is immediately preceded by a reference symbol period (e.g., based on the presence of the SRS). In such cases, the UE may configure a transient time within the preceding reference symbol period to avoid signal degradation of the SRS (or data transmitted within the same TTI).

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may be in communication with multiple base stations having a non-ideal backhaul link, where uplink and downlink transmission on a carrier may be sent on respective communication links. The transmissions may be synchronous or asynchronous, and the UE may identify a set of search candidates in overlapping TTIs associated with downlink transmissions from respective base stations. In some cases, a number or a timing of the set of search candidates may be based on the overlapping TTIs. The UE may also use different uplink transmit powers for transmissions on the different communication links. In some cases, a minimum reserved power may be used for each link where a remaining transmit power, for example, up to a maximum total transmit power, may be split between the links or applied to the uplink transmission that occurs temporally first.

Abstract: An eNodeB (eNB), user equipment (UE) and method of providing a flexible Radio Access Technology (FRAT) are generally described. The information (resource allocation, partition information and numerology) of at least one of a plurality of RATs used by the eNB is provided to a UE. Each RAT has a flexible subcarrier spacing and symbol duration, which are integer multiples of a base subcarrier spacing and symbol duration, and is associated with at least one of different temporal and frequency resources. The symbol and/or frame structure of each RAT are independent. A Transmission Time Interval (TTI) boundary between the RATs is common, and the RATs comprise a common reference TTI duration. The information of the RATs is provided either via a different RAT than the RAT used by the UE for communication or via a dedicated carrier in the RAT used by the UE for communication.

Abstract: A service distribution obtaining method, a network side device, and a terminal are provided in this disclosure. The method includes: obtaining, by a network side device, measurement information of multiple terminals in a serving cell and an average service volume of each of the multiple terminals, and determining service distribution, where the measurement information includes first channel state values of channels between the multiple terminals and a primary cell, the primary cell refers to the serving cell or one of neighboring cells of the serving cell, the service distribution includes a first typical channel state value of each type of the first channel state values and a first service volume between a terminal set corresponding to each type of the first channel state values and the primary cell, and the first service volume is determined according to the average service volume of each terminal.

Abstract: Implementations of the disclosure describe shortcodes for automating application processes. In one implementation, a shortcode, sent by a client computing device, is received by a server computing device. A listing of shortcodes is referenced with the received shortcode. A match between the shortcode and another shortcode maintained in the listing is identified. A list of actions and content is identified. The list of actions and the content are transmitted to the client computing device. The list of actions include computer-executable instructions to: cause the client computing device to instantiate a process to generate an order request form using the content without user intervention and cause the client computing device to display a graphical representation of the order request form to a user. The order request form is received by the server computing device and a service, based on the order request form, is provided to the client computing device.

Abstract: A method for enabling a root cause analysis for an error originating in a content management system, is provided herein. The method comprises storing an identifier and a version number for each digital content item undergoing a change relating to the digital content item, and rendering a web page including the digital content item. The identifier and the version number are invisibly included in the web page. The method also comprises including the identifier and the version number in a request based on the rendered web page including the digital content item, storing fingerprint data relating to the request, creating an error record if during an execution of the request an execution error occurs, and making available the error record, the identifier and the version number of the related digital content item, as well as the related fingerprint data.

Abstract: Systems and methods relating to transmitting data between an internetwork of multiple networks. The transmitted data uses a device address that uses a common addressing scheme regardless of network protocols used to implement the multiple networks. The multiple networks includes networks having multiple network protocols, and the multiple networks extend a connection from a home network to a service using a tunnel.

Abstract: A method and wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for enhanced uplink data transmission is disclosed. A transport block size for transmission of enhanced uplink data is selected. A medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) is segmented into a plurality of segments on a condition that the MAC PDU does not fit in a transport block according to the selected transport block size. A transport block is produced having the transport block size and includes at least one of the plurality of segments. The transport block is transmitted over an enhanced uplink channel and an indication of the transport block size is transmitted over an associated physical control channel.

Abstract: Methods and systems 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 described. Aspects 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 according to an embodiment includes: receiving control information; obtaining information related to the orthogonal cover code (OCC) length, based on the received control information; and receiving a reference signal, based on the information related to the OCC length.

Abstract: A frame delimiter detection system and method includes a phase differentiator and buffering module, a phase-to-I/Q reformatting module, a dot product module, an I/Q-to-polar reformatting module, a dot product comparison module, and a frame delimiter detection module. The method may include receiving in-phase and quadrature-phase (I/Q) formatted frequency domain input samples configured as a frame delimiter in a communication packet. An I/Q formatted dot product may be generated from the I/Q formatted frequency domain input samples and a reference pattern indicative of an expected frame delimiter. Further, a frame delimiter detection signal may be generated based on a magnitude of the I/Q formatted dot product.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a network node in a radio access network, the method includes transmitting a resource allocation message comprising a bit field, the resource allocation message being transmitted for reception in a common search space to which a first bandwidth part with a first unit size of resource allocation is associated. The bit field allocates resources in a second bandwidth part with a second unit size of resource allocation. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.

Abstract: A wideband receiver includes an active splitter that splits an electronic signal into first and second signals, first and second reconfigurable RF filters, and first and second reconfigurable IF filters. The first reconfigurable RF filter filters the first signal responsive to a first control signal and mixes the first filtered signal and an in-phase LO signal component to output a first IF signal. The second reconfigurable RF filter filters the second signal responsive to a second control signal to generate a second filtered signal and mixes the second filtered signal and a quadrature phase LO signal component to output a second IF signal. The first reconfigurable IF filter filters the first IF signal responsive to a third control signal to generate a first filtered IF signal. The second reconfigurable IF filter filters the second IF signal responsive to a fourth control signal to generate a second filtered IF signal.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for receiving acknowledgement information by a base station in a wireless communication system. The method includes transmitting control information for uplink transmission of acknowledgement information, the control information including at least one of information associated with a cyclic shift of a sequence or information for identifying a first resource block (RB) to be used for the uplink transmission of the acknowledgement information; and receiving the acknowledgement information from a user equipment based on the control information.

Abstract: A method for a terminal to transmit an uplink signal includes: receiving an instruction sent by a serving base station and used for determining transmit power; selecting an uplink power control formula from a plurality of uplink power control formulas according to the instruction; obtaining transmit power of an uplink signal by using the selected uplink power control formula; and transmitting an uplink signal by using the transmit power. An uplink power control formula is selected from a plurality of uplink power control formulas according to an instruction of a serving base station, so that a terminal is not only capable of selecting, according to a receiving manner, a corresponding uplink power control formula to determine a transmit signal, but also capable of using a corresponding uplink power control formula for a different configuration parameter of a non-periodical SRS to determine suitable transmit power to transmit an uplink signal.

Abstract: Resource mapping and coding schemes to handle bursty interference are disclosed that provide for spreading the modulated symbols for one or more transmission code words over more symbols in the time-frequency transmission stream. Certain aspects allow for the modulated symbols to be based on bits from more than one code word. Other aspects also provide for re-mapping code word transmission sequences for re-transmissions based on the number of re-transmissions requested by the receiver. Additional aspects provide for layered coding that uses a lower fixed-size constellation to encode/decode transmissions in a layered manner in order to achieve a larger-size constellation encoding. The layered encoding process allows the transmitter and receiver to use different coding rates for each coding layer. The layered encoding process also allows interference from neighboring cells to be canceled without knowledge of the actual constellation used to code the interfering neighboring signal.

Abstract: A method at a wireless device for determining parameters of a precoder to a network node, in a wireless communication system, is provided. The method comprises: selecting a subset of beams from a plurality of orthogonal beams, the selected subset of beams having phases; quantizing the phases of the selected subset of beams, the quantization being beam dependent; and sending the selected subset of beams and the quantized phases to the network node, wherein the selected subset of beams and the quantized phases are part of the parameters of the precoder. A wireless device for carrying out this method is also provided.

Abstract: An object of this disclosure is to improve the channel estimation accuracy without degradation of transmission quality. Control section (101) configures a predefined number of demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) for terminal (200) configured to perform repetition of an uplink signal over multiple subframes, when a coverage enhancement level corresponding to the number of the multiple subframes is smaller than a determined value, and configures, for the terminal, a number of DMRSs obtained by adding a predetermined number of DMRSs to the predefined number, when the terminal applies the repetition and the coverage enhancement level is equal to or larger than the determined value, the uplink signal being formed by time-multiplexing a data symbol with a DMRS in one subframe. Receiving section (110) receives the uplink signal including the configured number of DMRSs and transmitted from the terminal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a methods, apparatus and systems for improving a systems-level data rate on a communications link such the orthogonal frequency division multiplexed multiple access (OFDMA) downlink used in used in WiFi and LTE cellular/wireless mobile data applications. The present invention preferably uses a form of multilevel coding and decoding known as tiled-building-block encoding/decoding. With the present invention, different receivers coupled to different parallel downlink channels with different channel qualities decode different received signal constellations at different levels of resolution. This allows the downlink of the OFDMA system to operate with a significantly higher data rate, thus eliminating existing inefficiencies in the downlink and significantly increasing system level bandwidth efficiency.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is disclosed including a method for adaptive reception, the method. The method includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), an indicator from a first component carrier, the indicator indicating whether a second component carrier is in the On state. Receiving, by the UE, from the second component carrier a subframe wherein a reference signal is provided at a first symbol position of the subframe in a majority of subcarriers of the subframe. The second component carrier and the UE are then synchronized based on the reference signals. The UE then initiates a data link with the second component carrier.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from appropriate estimation of communication parameters. For example, wireless communication systems, such as those associated with the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), and the like, may benefit from a maximum cell throughput estimation. A method can include obtaining measurements of a plurality of signal parameters from a plurality of users in an area. The method can also include determining maximum bitrates for each of the users from the signal parameters. The method can further include comparing the maximum bitrates to theoretical bitrates to obtain a ratio. The method can additionally include providing a momentary maximum throughput by scaling a theoretical maximum throughput using the ratio.

Abstract: Technology for a first evolved node B (eNB) operable to support dual connectivity with a second eNB is disclosed. The first eNB can process a second eNB counter check request message received from second eNB SeNB. The first eNB can process one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages for transmission to a user equipment (UE) in response to receiving the counter check request message from the second eNB. The one or more RRC messages can be transmitted to the UE to verify a COUNT value for bearers established in the second eNB.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are described for controlling transmitter power in a wireless communication system in which channels, including one or more shared channels, are utilized. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a control signal from a base station. The WTRU may also receive a transmit power command from the base station. Further, the WTRU may transmit a shared channel signal to another WTRU in a transmission time interval (TTI) based on the control signal. The transmission power level of the transmitted shared channel signal may be based on the received transmit power command. Also, the transmission power level may be further based on a measured pathloss. In addition, the WTRU may transmit a second channel signal to the another WTRU in a TTI, wherein a transmission power level of the transmitted second channel signal is derived from a measured pathloss and a received transmit power command.

Abstract: A base station divides a subframe into a downlink time duration for downlink, an uplink time duration for uplink, and a guard period between the downlink time duration and the uplink time duration. The base station transmits a downlink control channel including information on a downlink packet duration allocated for downlink transmission of a terminal and information on an uplink packet duration allocated for uplink transmission of the terminal to the terminal in the downlink time duration.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement for compensating for an attenuation occurring in an antenna signal link between a mobile radio terminal and an antenna has at least one antenna signal amplifier in the antenna signal link and a control unit for adjusting a gain factor. The antenna signal conducted through an associated antenna signal amplifier is amplified or attenuated. The circuit arrangement has a detection unit for detecting an antenna signal power (PM, PA) of the antenna signal in the signal path of the antenna signal link. The control unit is configured for changing the gain factor, detecting a change, changing the transmit power (PM) of the mobile radio terminal, and adapting the gain factor to the coupling attenuation of the antenna signal link in dependence on a detected response of the mobile radio terminal.

Abstract: A method for allocating radio resources by a coordinating wireless communications device in a wireless communications network including a plurality of wireless communications devices includes: obtaining a plurality of supported narrow-band channels in the wireless communications network; selecting a primary channel from the supported narrow-band channels and using the primary channel to communicate with the plurality of wireless communications devices; organizing the plurality of wireless communications devices into one or more communication groups; and assigning one of the one or more communication group a non-overlapping operating channel for multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU MIMO) communication with the coordinating wireless communications device.

Abstract: A method for a terminal transmitting a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) ACK/NACK feedback by using a terminal-specific TDD frame in a wireless communication system may comprise the steps of: receiving a downlink control channel from a corresponding subframe of the terminal-specific TDD frame; and transmitting a HARQ ACK/NACK for the downlink control channel from an uplink subframe that is the most adjacent to the corresponding subframe among subframes coming after at least four subframes from the corresponding subframe.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing an efficient way to assign resource blocks to user receiver devices in a wireless communications protocol. For example, the method can receive a frame for a wireless communications protocol. The method can also extract a unique value from a tone mapping field in a preamble of the frame. The method can also look up a resource block allocation for a portion of the tone space in a lookup table using the unique value. Further, the method can extract an assignment field from the preamble based on the determined resource block allocation. The method can also determine an assigned resource block number based on the assignment field. The method can also assign a resource block corresponding to the assigned resource block number to a user receiver device.

Abstract: Embodiments disclose a method and an apparatus for transmitting indication information. The method includes: determining, according to one or more codebooks, a first codebook to be used by a terminal device to send an uplink data stream; determining codebook indication information used to indicate the first codebook; and determining codebook indication information used to indicate the first codebook. For the method and the apparatus for transmitting indication information according to embodiments of the present invention, a network device determines, according to one or more codebooks, a first codebook to be used by a terminal device to send an uplink data stream, determines codebook indication information used to indicate the first codebook, and sends the codebook indication information to the terminal device, so that the terminal device can determine the first codebook assigned by the network device and transmit data by using the first codebook.

Abstract: Various solutions for cell reselection with interference avoidance with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may receive frequency information of a target cell from a broadcast channel of a serving cell. The apparatus may determine an overlapped bandwidth region between the serving cell and the target cell according to the frequency information. The apparatus may compare a signal quality of the serving cell in the overlapped bandwidth region with a signal quality of the target cell in the overlapped bandwidth region. The apparatus may determine whether to perform a cell reselection according to a comparison result.

Abstract: An apparatus for receiving non-orthogonal transmissions in a wireless communication system includes a processor configured to determine a first superposed symbol from a plurality of superposed symbols, based on superposition information and a first set of decoding information, wherein the first superposed symbol is corresponding to a first user equipment. The processor generates a residual signal based on the first superposed symbol and the superposition information, and determines a second superposed symbol based on the residual signal and a second set of decoding information, wherein the second superposed symbol is corresponding to a second user equipment. The superposition information comprises a quantity of the plurality of superposed symbols and an ordering of the plurality of superposed symbols.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for wirelessly routing packets. One method includes storing a mapping of one or more identifiers to one or more radio bearers associated with one or more destination devices. Each identifier is mapped to at least one radio bearer associated with at least one destination device. The method includes establishing an association with a network node and receiving information indicative of the mapping from the network node. The method includes determining the mapping based on the information indicative of the mapping. The method includes obtaining a first packet containing a first identifier and mapping the first packet to at least a first radio bearer associated with a first destination device based on the mapping and the first identifier. The method includes transmitting the first packet wirelessly over the at least one first radio bearer to the first destination device.

Abstract: A first node (110) and a method therein for managing modes of operation of a service, referred to as “service modes” are disclosed. The service is executed in the first node (110). The service is capable of communicating with a second node (120) over a wireless network (100). The first node (110) receives an estimated level of a connectivity for the service from the wireless network (100). The estimated level of the connectivity relates to likelihood of maintaining the connectivity to the second node (120). The first node (110) selects one of the service modes based on the estimated level of the connectivity. Moreover, corresponding computer programs and computer program products are disclosed.

Abstract: Provided are a base station device and a mobile station device, which can lighten a cell-search processing. The base station device includes a frame constitution unit for forming a frame, in which a pilot symbol multiplied by a base station scrambling code and a plurality of sequences contained in the corresponding sequence set is arranged in at least the head or tail, and a radio transmission unit for sending the formed frame. On the receiving side, the frame timing can be detected from the position of a pilot symbol contained in that frame. Since the base station scrambling code and the sequence set containing the sequences are made to correspond to each other, candidates can be narrowed to at most the base station scrambling codes of the number of the combinations of the sequences contained in the sequence set, by detecting the sequences multiplied by the pilot symbol.

Abstract: Systems and method are provided to facilitate predictive mitigation of noise. A vehicle may measure noise floor levels and transmit a noise floor signal to a noise signal aggregator. Based on the noise signal, the noise signal aggregator may update a noise floor map database. The noise floor map database may associate a plurality of geographic locations with a plurality of noise floor levels. Accordingly, the noise signal aggregator may update a noise floor level in the noise floor map database that corresponds to the location associated with the transmitted noise signal. The noise floor map database may then be queried to retrieve noise floor levels for locations further along a route traversed by a vehicle such that the vehicle may predictively tune one or more antennas to mitigate interference associated with the noise floor.

Abstract: Techniques are described for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) having a plurality of antenna sub-arrays. One method includes performing an initial acquisition procedure with a base station using each antenna sub-array of a first subset of antenna sub-arrays, in which the first subset includes two or more antenna sub-arrays of the plurality of antenna sub-arrays; selecting an antenna sub-array from the first subset; and performing a random access procedure with the base station using the selected antenna sub-array. Another method includes performing a random access procedure with a base station using a first antenna sub-array in the plurality of antenna sub-arrays; selecting a second antenna sub-array in the plurality of antenna sub-arrays to use for communication with the base station after performing the random access procedure; and transmitting to the base station, on a beam, a scheduling request state indicating the selected second antenna sub-array.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe devices, methods, computer-readable media and systems configurations for transmitting periodic channel state information having large payload sizes. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus and retransmission control method reduces overhead of the uplink control channel in cases when ARQ is applied in communication that uses an uplink unit band and a plurality of downlink unit bands associated with the uplink unit band. A first condition is set in which downlink assignment control information is transmitted from a base station by a unit band group which comprises a basic unit band, which is the downlink unit band on which a broadcast channel signal including information relating to the uplink unit band is transmitted, and a second downlink unit band other than the basic unit band. A bundling unit will not transmit a response signal to the base station in certain cases.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a random access method and an apparatus. PRACH configuration information of a base station is acquired, and a preamble is sent from a corresponding start PRACH resource, so that access of another terminal device is not affected when the base station identifies an access request of a terminal device that requires coverage enhancement. The solution includes: acquiring at least one group of physical random access channel PRACH configuration information that has been stored, where the at least one group of PRACH configuration information is carried in system information sent by the base station; parsing the at least one group of PRACH configuration information to obtain a corresponding start PRACH resource; and sending a preamble to the base station starting from the start PRACH resource, so that the base station establishes a connection to the terminal device according to the preamble.

Abstract: In one aspect, a communication device that sends mail including a destination address entry field, a subject entry field, and a message body entry field includes a controller that moves a character group entered in the destination address entry field or a character group entered in the subject entry field to the message body entry field if the character group satisfies a predetermined condition. If the predetermined condition is satisfied, the communication device determines that the character group presumed to be the message body of the mail has been entered in the entry field for the destination address or the subject of the mail, and moves the entered character group to the message body entry field.

Abstract: One example includes a capability gateway that is comprised of a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver receives, from a ground station associated with a satellite system, a standard protocol associated with the ground station and a non-standard alternate protocol that includes alternate service layers inserted into an inter-layer boundary of standard radio layers, the alternate service layers providing end-to-end signaling between the capability gateway and a user equipment. The transmitter transmits the non-standard alternate protocol to the user equipment.

Abstract: Techniques for transmission of Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications (URLLC) data over Time Division Duplex (TDD) using a URLLC configuration for a TDD subframe are disclosed. The techniques include determining that data scheduled for transmission using a TDD band over a TDD subframe includes Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications (URLLC) data, and in response, utilizing a URLLC subframe configuration for the TDD subframe. The URLLC subframe configuration includes downlink intervals and uplink intervals.

Abstract: A system and method for use in a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) is disclosed. The method for performing a discovery transmission on a second carrier by a user equipment (UE) served by a primary cell (PCell) on a first carrier, includes receiving, from a base station, a signaling indicating that the UE read discovery resource configuration for the second carrier on the second carrier or that the UE should request the discovery resource configuration for the second carrier from the base station for acquiring the discovery resource configuration for the second carrier. The method also includes acquiring the discovery resource configuration based on the signaling.

Abstract: Provided are message transmitting or receiving methods and devices, a base station, and a terminal. Uplink access signals are divided into a first pre-determined number of uplink access signal groups. An uplink access signal, which is transmitted in an uplink access beam form based on one or more uplink access signal groups, is received from a second communication node. An uplink access signal group to which the uplink access signal pertains is determined. One or more uplink access signals contained in the uplink access signal group are transmitted under at least one of the following restriction conditions: a restricted sequence transmitting order, a restricted transmitting occasion, and a restricted transmitting frequency domain position. An uplink access response message is transmitted to the second communication node over an uplink access response resource corresponding to the determined uplink access signal group.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication node comprising at least one array antenna configured to receive a radio signal, said array antenna comprising a plurality of receiving antenna devices, each of said antenna devices being connected to a respective receiving circuit which is configured for processing said radio signal. Each receiving circuit comprises a demodulator, an analog-to-digital converter and a decoder, the demodulator being configured to receive an analog signal from the corresponding receiving antenna device and to output a demodulated analog signal to said analog-to-digital converter which outputs a converted digital signal to the decoder. Furthermore, the node is configured for adding a direct current, DC, offset value to said demodulated analog signal wherein the combined offset values of said node follow a predetermined distribution of values, having a variance, over the analog-to-digital converters.

Abstract: Efficient handling of control subbands in multiple component carrier (CC) configurations is discussed. A user equipment (UE) may begin monitoring one narrowband control subband within a wider band CC. At various times, the UE may receive a dynamic activation signal that triggers the UE to begin monitoring at least another control subband. Dependent on a type of traffic state the UE is operating, when currently involved in wideband operations, the UE may be triggered to monitor one or more UE-specific control subbands within the same slot in the wider band CC.

Abstract: Disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention is a method for acquiring session initiation protocol (SIP) signaling decryption parameters and the method comprises the following steps: the authentication information of the Gm interface and the authentication information of the Cx interface are acquired; a security association (SA) decryption table is created according to the acquired authentication information of the Cx interface and authentication information of the Gm interface, wherein the SA decryption table comprises SIP signaling decryption parameters. A device for acquiring SIP signaling decryption parameters is also disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide various techniques for requesting a system information block (SIB) and providing a SIB response for a user equipment (UE) in a UE-centric wireless communication network. In some aspects of the disclosure, the network may transmit the SIB to the UEs in a broadcast mode or in an on-demand mode.

Abstract: A channel sending method and apparatus, and a channel receiving method and apparatus relate to the communications field, where the sending method includes separately setting a repetition quantity and a sending start time of a control channel, and a repetition quantity and a sending start time of a data channel, where the repetition quantity of the control channel is less than the repetition quantity of the data channel or the sending start time of the control channel is earlier than the sending start time of the data channel, sending the control channel according to the repetition quantity and the sending start time of the control channel, and sending the data channel according to the repetition quantity and the sending start time of the data channel. Hence, the sending method can save transmit power and resolve a problem of a lag of data channel demodulation.

Abstract: What is disclosed is a method for wireless communication comprising receiving a wireless communication via a receiver of the mobile communication device, deriving a demodulation reference signal from a first plurality of symbols of the wireless communication; creating a channel estimation matrix using the demodulation reference signal; inverting the channel estimation matrix to obtain a channel pseudo-inverse matrix; deriving a tracking reference signal from a second plurality of symbols of the wireless communication; calculating a phase shift for one or more additional symbols based on the tracking reference signal; determining a corrected channel pseudo-inverse matrix for the one or more additional symbols by adjusting the channel pseudo-inverse matrix according to the calculated phase shift; and controlling the receiver to accomplish data detection using the corrected channel pseudo-inverse matrix on one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing subcarriers.

Abstract: One embodiment relates to a method performed by a first object connected to a communications network. The method may comprise using the communications network to supply information representative of the capabilities of the first object, these capabilities comprising capabilities associated with an execution environment of the first object. The method may comprise receiving via the communications network information representative of the capabilities of a second object connected to the communications network, the information identifying at least one function performed by the second object. The method may also comprise obtaining a software module adapted to the first object and suitable for executing in the execution environment of the first object while using data exchanged with the second object a function performed by the second object.