Abstract: Techniques for sharing channel availability information using virtual sensing are disclosed. In one example, a wireless communication method includes receiving, by a wireless terminal, a message carrying a multi-channel occupancy information for multiple channels over a wireless communication medium and performing, by the wireless terminal, an access to the wireless communication medium by avoiding collisions using the multi-channel occupancy information.

Abstract: An operation method of a terminal located in a vehicle supporting vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication may include: receiving, from a base station, a first message requesting reporting of a first counter corresponding to a channel busy ratio (CBR) measurement cycle for a carrier (re)selection procedure; transmitting, by the terminal, a second message including the first counter to the base station; and receiving, from the base station, a third message including a second counter corresponding to a CBR measurement cycle for a resource pool (re)selection procedure. The second counter can be reconfigured by the base station to be greater than or equal to the first counter.

Abstract: A processor has first, second and third ALUs. The first ALU has on a first side an input and an output. The second ALU has a first side facing the first side of the first ALU, an input and an output on the first side of the second ALU and being in a rotated orientation relative to the input and the output of the first side of the first ALU, and an output on a second side of the second ALU. The third ALU has a first side facing the second side of the second ALU, and an input and an output on the first side of the third ALU. The input of the first side of the first ALU is logically directly connected to the output of the first side of the second ALU.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a first wireless access point (AP) of a first basic service set (BSS) receives, from a second wireless AP of a second BSS, data indicative of an 802.11-based target wake time (TWT) schedule of a client of the second BSS. The first wireless AP identifies, from the receive data, a scheduled communication time of the client of the second BSS in the TWT schedule. The first wireless AP generates an 802.11-based TWT schedule for a client of the first BSS that avoids the scheduled communication time of the client of the second BSS. The first wireless AP sends the generated 802.11-based TWT schedule to the client of the first BSS, wherein the sent TWT schedule causes the client of the first BSS to wake from sleep at a scheduled wake time.

Abstract: Techniques are described for wireless communication. One method includes identifying a traffic condition associated with data to be transmitted between a network access device and at least one user equipment (UE); selecting, based at least in part on the traffic condition, a dynamic subframe type of a time-division duplex (TDD) subframe; and indicating the dynamic subframe type in a TDD header of the TDD subframe. Another method includes identifying, in a TDD header of a subframe, an indication of a dynamic subframe type of the TDD subframe; and transmitting data or receiving data in a data region of the TDD subframe based at least in part on the dynamic subframe type.

Abstract: An electronic device and method thereof are provided for alleviating signal interference with a neighboring BSS. The electronic device includes a communication circuit, and a processor configured to receive, using the communication circuit, a synchronization signal from a first external electronic device, and based on the received synchronization signal, determine an operation mode of the electronic device as one of a DL operation mode or a UL operation mode. The synchronization signal sets the operation mode of the electronic device to be identical to an operation mode of a second external electronic device included in a neighboring BSS.

Abstract: A method for operating a user station for a mobile communication system, which includes at least one master station, using code division multiple access (CDMA), including the following steps: ascertaining a first timing advance value for a data transmission from the user station to the master station as a function of first pieces of position information characterizing a position of the user station, transmitting first data to the master station using the first timing advance value.

Abstract: A wireless communication system including a radio, a processing circuit including a processor and wake on radio circuitry. The wake on radio circuitry uses programmed descriptors to autonomously schedule transitioning into and out of sleep mode to periodically awaken and turn on the radio and perform at least one radio frequency deterministic function while the processor remains in a low power state. The deterministic functions may include a receive function, a transmit function, or a combination of both. The descriptors may be programmed according to any one of different scheduling modes supported by different communication protocols including a timeslot mode and a constant-interval mode. The wake on radio circuitry includes a scheduler that coordinates with protocol circuitry of the radio for performing one or more deterministic functions. The scheduler may program a sleep controller for scheduling sleep modes between communication sessions for performing the deterministic functions.

Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a base station and direct wave communication stations that communicate with the base station. At least one of the base station and the direct wave communication stations includes a number-of-bands switching unit that switches, on the basis of a communication state, a number of bands for direct wave communication, by dividing a band for direct wave communication. One of the plurality of direct wave communication stations receives a narrowband carrier in the divided band.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a first set of synchronization signals from a first synchronization source and may receive a second set synchronization signals from a second synchronization source, where the UE determines a first priority for the first synchronization source based on a first identification (ID) associated with the first set of synchronization signals and a second priority for the second synchronization source based on a second ID associated with the second set of synchronization signals. Accordingly, the UE may then select the first synchronization source or the second synchronization source based on which synchronization source has a higher priority and communicate with the selected synchronization source (e.g., via sidelink communications).

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to various ways to dynamically manage the subset of radio points that are used to transmit to user equipment in a C-RAN.

Abstract: A first control node may communicate with a user equipment (UE) using an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) network, and a second control node may manage a configuration of the IAB network. The second control node may not have the information needed to configure the IAB network, such as quality of service (QoS) information associated with a data radio bearer (DRB) used for communications between the first control node and the UE, and thus may not be able to configure a user plane interface tunnel and/or a radio link control (RLC) channel to assist with satisfying the QoS level. Some techniques and apparatuses described herein enable the second control node to receive QoS information associated with setting up a user plane interface tunnel between the first control node and an IAB node that serves a UE for which the user plane interface tunnel is being set up.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for efficiently transmitting data are described. A transmitter sends data to a receiver. An encoder of the transmitter divides a received first block of data into multiple sub-blocks. The encoder selects a portion of each sub-block to compare to one another. A portion in a particular sub-block has a same offset and a same size as other portions of other sub-blocks. If the encoder determines the multiple portions match one another, the encoder sends, to the receiver, a second block of data corresponding to the first block of data. The second block of data has a same size as a size of the received first block of data, and the second block of data includes security data from one of multiple error correction schemes. Therefore, the second block of data provides security without increasing an amount of data to transmit.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting a PPDU on the basis of S-TDMA in a wireless LAN system are presented. In particular, an AP generates a PPDU, and transmits the PPDU to a first STA and a second STA. When a PPDU further comprises a third signal field, the third signal field comprises information about S-TDMA. The information about S-TDMA comprises STDMA indication information indicating that S-TDMA can be carried out, first symbol offset information about a first data field, and second symbol offset information about a second data field. The S-TDMA indication information comprises information indicating that the first and second data fields are assigned to a first RU. The first data field is transmitted from the first RU during a first symbol determined on the basis of the first symbol offset information. The second data field is transmitted from the first RU during a second symbol determined on the basis of the second symbol offset information.

Abstract: Discovery of devices in a network of devices comprises assigning resources for the discovery, and providing accordingly at least two discovery patterns of transmission and reception phases for the devices in the network for communication of information between the devices. A device can transmit or receive information in accordance with a dedicated discovery pattern of transmission and reception phases allocated from a set of different discovery patterns.

Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for high-utilization low-latency multi-channel time-division multiplexing access (TDMA) are described. One example method for wireless communication includes performing, in a first time interval of a time-division multiple access (TDMA) slot, a transmission of a first data unit over a first logical channel of the plurality of logical channels, refraining from transmitting, subsequent to a completion of the transmission of the first data unit, for a second time interval immediately after the first time interval, and performing (N?1) transmissions in (N?1) time intervals for each data unit of (N?1) subsequent data units in the TDMA slot, such that a transmission of an nth data unit of the (N?1) subsequent data units is performed over an nth logical channel of the plurality of logical channels.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus includes: a frame generator configured to generate a frame including a plurality of OFDM symbols; and a signal processor configured to signal-process the generated frame, wherein the plurality of OFDM symbols are included in a bootstrap, a preamble including an L1 basic and an L1 detail, and a payload, and wherein the bootstrap includes information on an FFT size of the OFDM symbols included in the preamble, a length of a guard interval (GI) inserted in the preamble, and a pattern of a preamble pilot inserted in the preamble, and information on an L1 basic mode.

Abstract: An apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to output a first superframe configured in an initial superframe mode that allocates each slot of a plurality of slots for wireless communication to a first protocol at a first frequency band, a second protocol at the first frequency band, or a third protocol at the first frequency band. The processing circuitry is also configured to output a second superframe configured in a multi-frequency superframe mode that allocates: i) at least one slot of a plurality of slots for wireless communication to the first protocol, the second protocol, or the third protocol at the first frequency band, and ii) at least one slot of the plurality of slots for wireless communication to the first protocol, the second protocol, or the third protocol at the second frequency band.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention prevent interference caused by the simultaneous transmission and reception of data in a constrained multi-link operation of a wireless network. According to one embodiment, first and second trigger frames are received from a wireless access point (AP) at a wireless station (STA) over first and second wireless links, respectively. First and second data frames are transmitted responsive to the first and second trigger frames over the first and second wireless links, respectively, when the difference between the ending time of the data frame transmitted responsive to the first trigger frame and the ending time of the second trigger frame is greater than a predetermined value to prevent interference.

Abstract: A data storage system includes a storage medium including a plurality of columns of memory cells, a storage controller coupled to the storage medium, and data path circuitry including a data bus coupled to the storage controller, the data bus configured to receive a plurality of bytes of data to be written to the plurality of columns of memory cells; a block of data latches having a pitch equal to a first number of bit lines of the plurality of columns of memory cells; and column redundancy circuitry configured to pass the plurality of bytes of data to the block of data latches via the plurality of columns in accordance with a nonconsecutive mapping scheme. The nonconsecutive mapping scheme includes mapping each group of three bytes to two columns by splitting one byte of each group of three bytes into two nibbles.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to method and apparatus for reporting processing delay related information in wireless communications. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a wireless device in a wireless communication system comprises: receiving a configuration on measurements and reporting of reordering statistics; measuring a reordering delay (RD); calculating the reordering statistics; and sending a radio resource control (RRC) message including the reordering statistics based on a pre-defined condition.

Abstract: A wireless communication device for communicating across a wireless communication channel includes one or more processors configured to determine whether a further device is generating a radio frequency interference at an operating frequency; transmit a request message to the further device requesting the further device vacate the operating frequency based on the determination that the further device is generating radio frequency interference; receive a response message from the further device; and generate an instruction based on the response message.

Abstract: A control apparatus configured to allow a communication device supporting a first frequency setting to enter a system providing a communications facility based on a second frequency setting, wherein the first frequency setting provides only a partial support for communications in the system is disclosed. The control apparatus may be co-operative with a second control apparatus. The second control apparatus is configured to determine based on frequency setting information received from the system if it is possible to transmit to the system based on the first frequency setting supported by the communication device.

Abstract: The disclosure provides methods and apparatus relating to the transmission of control information in uplink access of wireless networks. One embodiment provides a method performed by a wireless device operable in a wireless communications network. The method comprises: responsive to failure of transmission in a first transmission time interval of a first transport block comprising first control information, transmitting in a second, subsequent transmission time interval a second transport block comprising second control information, wherein the second control information is an updated version of the first control information. Failure of transmission of the first transport block comprises the wireless device determining that a wireless channel over which the first transport block is to be transmitted is busy in the first transmission time interval.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to 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). The disclosure is A first apparatus for estimating a delay time in a synchronization system is provided. The first apparatus includes a detector configured to detect a request signal generated by a second apparatus, and a generator configured to generate a response signal corresponding to the request signal and output the response signal. The request signal is received through a cable from the second apparatus and the response signal is transmitted to the second apparatus through the cable.

Abstract: A terminal according to the present invention includes an array antenna including an aperture, and an antenna pattern calculation unit. The antenna pattern calculation unit calculates antenna patterns of the array antenna that divide the aperture to correspondingly orient each of the aperture divisions toward a plurality of relay stations when control frames are received, and orient the aperture toward one of the plurality of relay stations when a data frame is received.

Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for determining priority of use of network resources used by an MC service in a network. A method is performed by a first MC service server. The method comprises obtaining a priority request from a second MC service server for elevated priority of use of network 5 resources for a service provided by the second MC service server. The method comprises determining whether to grant, reject, or queue the priority request. The method comprises, when determined to grant the priority request, providing a first notification of the grant to the second MC service server and a second notification of the grant to at least one third MC service server.

Abstract: A system, communication device, and method for scheduling transmissions from the communication device. The device predicts an arrival time of a next packet for transmission when a current packet arrives in a transmission buffer. The device plans a future transmission time of the next packet based on the predicted arrival time of the next packet, and books transmission resources for the planned future transmission time. If the next packet has arrived a Tdrop time period before the planned future transmission time, the device transmits the next packet. If the next packet has not arrived at that time, the device re-plans the future transmission time of the next packet. The device may then unbook the transmission resources for the planned future transmission time, book transmission resources for the re-planned future transmission time, and notify other communication devices that the unbooked transmission resources are available for use by the other communication devices.

Abstract: A data collection unit of an NW controller (6) collects, from an L2SW (5) constituting an L2NW (4), uplink observation data indicating traffic volume of a session request packet addressed to an application server 2 and downlink observation data indicating traffic volume of a session response packet transmitted from the application server 2, which are acquired by observing packets input to the L2SW (5). A control unit changes shaping rate of the packets addressed to the application server (2) through the L2SW (5) included in the L2NW (4) based on a ratio between the traffic volume indicated by the uplink observation data and the traffic volume indicated by the downlink observation data, or a ratio between an increment of the traffic volume acquired from the uplink observation data and an increment of the traffic volume acquired from the downlink observation data.

Abstract: Proposed are an apparatus and a method for estimating the position of a target terminal within a mobile communication system. In general, a mobile communication system is composed of a base station and terminals. In the present invention, one or more positioning devices are placed around a target terminal required to be positioned to measure a transmission signal of the target terminal, and accurately measures the position of the target terminal on the basis of the transmission signal. In the above process, the base station should connect a communication channel with the terminal for positioning of the terminal, and a method therefor is proposed. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for setting a terminal in a standby state to transmit an uplink signal. In addition, an operation and a protocol for positioning the target terminal are proposed.

Abstract: An communication system is disclosed which improves upon known distributed antenna systems and known signal distribution systems which rely on bidirectional amplifiers. The disclosed communication system incorporates an integrated base transceiver station into remote units or bidirectional amplifiers provided proximate a coverage area, where the coverage area is remote or closed off from a base coverage area for a distant signal source such as a base transceiver station.

Abstract: Circuits, methods, and apparatus for efficiently implementing encoding and decoding between binary and multilevel data.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for scheduling request indication. One apparatus (200) includes a transmitter (210) that transmits (602) a scheduling request in response to data arriving at a buffer. The scheduling request includes an indication of a traffic type, a requested number of scheduling transmissions, an expected number of transmissions, an expected scheduling interval, a latency requirement, or some combination thereof. The apparatus (200) also includes a receiver (212) that receives (604) an uplink grant in response to transmitting the scheduling request. The transmitter (210) transmits (606) the data in response to receiving the uplink grant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for generating a signal for low latency in a wireless communication system. The method, according to one embodiment of the present invention, for a communication device generating a situation-reporting signal for low latency and transmitting the signal to a base station in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: generating the situation-reporting signal on the basis of a pre-set, specific situation recognized by the communication device; and transmitting the generated situation-reporting signal to the base station, wherein the situation-reporting signal may be generated so as to have a subcarrier spacing which is a pre-set number of times larger than a subcarrier spacing of a legacy communication system, the pre-set number being an integer.

Abstract: The present disclosure is a novel utility of a software defined radio (SDR) based Distributed Antenna System (DAS) that is field reconfigurable and support multi-modulation schemes (modulation-independent), multi-carriers, multi-frequency bands and multi-channels. The present disclosure enables a high degree of flexibility to manage, control, enhance, facilitate the usage and performance of a distributed wireless network such as flexible simulcast, automatic traffic load-balancing, network and radio resource optimization, network calibration, autonomous/assisted commissioning, carrier pooling, automatic frequency selection, frequency carrier placement, traffic monitoring, traffic tagging, pilot beacon, etc.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention are a method for sending and receiving a paging message, a network device, a terminal device and a computer storage medium. The method includes: when paging for a terminal device is triggered, determining whether to interlacedly send the paging message to the terminal device based on a terminal type of the terminal device.

Abstract: Systems, procedures, and instrumentalities are disclosed for distributed control in wireless systems, such as 5G flexible radio access technology (RAT) (5gFLEX). Example procedures are provided for WTRU and network operation associated with a distributed control plane architecture, connectionless data transfer and dedicated system information acquisition. Distributed control may be provided, for example, by replicating a plurality of access control functions (ACFs) using a plurality of instances in a plurality of different transmission/reception points (TRPs) with multi-connectivity. The plurality of TRPs may concurrently provide control services to a WTRU. Centralized control functions may manage core network connectivity and/or a plurality of user plane instances for the WTRU and/or may facilitate coordination between the plurality of ACF instances for the WTRU in the plurality of different TRPs of the WTRU's configuration.

Abstract: A method of enabling a publisher mesh node to update a number of hops that is to be used for communication between said publisher mesh node and a subscriber mesh node in a wireless mesh network, wherein said method comprises the steps of periodically receiving, by said subscriber mesh node, broadcasted messages from said publisher mesh node, wherein said broadcasted messages comprise a number of hops that said broadcasted messages may traverse in said mesh network, determining, by said subscriber mesh node, that one or more periodically broadcasted messages have not been received, transmitting, by said subscriber mesh node in reply to said determination that one or more periodically broadcasted messages have not been received, a probe message to said publisher mesh node, wherein said probe message comprises a number of hops corresponding to a periodically broadcasted message that was received by said subscriber mesh node.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method for broadcast gateway signaling using a cloud network and an apparatus for the same. The method includes generating an outer packet corresponding to the outer layer of a tunneling system using an inner packet corresponding to the inner layer of the tunneling system, generating a header of the outer packet, and transmitting the outer packet to a transmitter through a Studio-to-Transmitter Link (STL). The header includes an STL propagation delay time field indicating a reception wait time for an STL stream corresponding to the outer packet.

Abstract: A method of data forwarding in a mesh network includes: layering a plurality of nodes in the mesh network, where the mesh network includes the plurality of nodes and at least one of the plurality of nodes is used as a relay node to forward a data packet from a source node to a destination node; allocating forwarding channels to lower nodes by upper nodes; and transmitting the data packet from the source node to the destination node through at least one relay node via the forwarding channel corresponding to the destination node, where each of the plurality of nodes has one corresponding forwarding channel.

Abstract: Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method includes transmitting a first signal to indicate accessing a first channel in a radio frequency spectrum band, and transmitting information with the first signal in the radio frequency spectrum band. A second method includes winning contention to access a radio frequency spectrum band, and after the winning contention to access the radio frequency spectrum band, transmitting a first signal to align a starting point of a second signal with a reference boundary associated with the radio frequency spectrum band. A third method includes winning contention to access a radio frequency spectrum band during a first frame period, the first frame selected from a plurality of different frame periods, and transmitting a signal at a periodicity during one or more subframes of the first frame period for each of the plurality of different frame periods.

Abstract: A method for transmitting and receiving scheduling information in a communication system is disclosed. A method for operating a UE comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a control channel including scheduling information of first data in slot #n; receiving, from the base station, a data channel including the first data and second data in the slot #n; receiving, from the base station, a control channel in slot #n+k, the control channel including PI indicating a transmission position of the second data in the slot #n; and demodulating the data channel on the basis of the scheduling information and the PI. Therefore, the performance of a communication system can be improved.

Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus includes a transmission/reception unit, a measurement unit, a physical layer, an acquisition unit, and a control unit. The transmission/reception unit transmits/receives packets to/from a communication peer. The measurement unit starts measuring a time period after a predetermined time from an end of the packet transmitted to the communication peer. The physical layer detects a synchronization code included in the packet transmitted from the communication peer and generates a synchronization detection signal. The acquisition unit acquires a measured value by the measurement unit when receiving the synchronization detection signal. The control unit has a function to change the physical layer to a physical layer with a different error tolerance, and calculates a propagation delay by subtracting a length of a synchronization code from the measured value and judges whether to update the physical layer or not depending on the propagation delay.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for efficiently identifying a receive beam for performing a listen before talk (LBT) procedure in an attempt to gain access to a transmission opportunity (TxOP) in a shared radio frequency spectrum. In particular, a wireless device may select a receive beam that corresponds to one or more transmit beams to be used in a TxOP to perform an LBT procedure in an attempt to gain access to the TxOP. In one example, the wireless device may select a receive beam for performing an LBT procedure based on the energy of each of the transmit beams to be used in a TxOP. In another example, the wireless device may select a receive beam for performing an LBT procedure if the receive beam is quasi co-located with each of the transmit beams to be used in a TxOP.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a selection scheme implemented by a scheduler in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) network to identify which users to schedule simultaneously during the same time slot. For downlink communications and a particular frequency wholeband or sub-band, the scheduler can determine downlink channel information using uplink channel information for channels between base stations and UEs. The scheduler can then determine a strength of the channels using the downlink channel information, order the UEs using a fairness metric based on the channel strengths, and compute one or more QR decompositions to identify whether a spatial dimension of a UE is roughly or approximately orthogonal to spatial dimension(s) of other UEs selected to be served during a time slot being scheduled. If the spatial dimensions are roughly or approximately orthogonal, the scheduler selects the UE to be served at the same time as other UEs already selected.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing a deskewing method for a physical layer interface on a multi-chip module are disclosed. A circuit connected to a plurality of communication lanes trains each lane to synchronize a local clock of the lane with a corresponding global clock at a beginning of a timing window. Next, the circuit symbol rotates each lane by a single step responsive to determining that all of the plurality of lanes have an incorrect symbol alignment. Responsive to determining that some but not all of the plurality of lanes have a correct symbol alignment, the circuit symbol rotates lanes which have an incorrect symbol alignment by a single step. When the end of the timing window has been reached, the circuit symbol rotates lanes which have a correct symbol alignment and adjusts a phase of a corresponding global clock to compensate for missed symbol rotations.

Abstract: The application relates to a method for transmitting and receiving, by a station, signals in a wireless LAN system and, more specifically, to a method for, when a station in a wireless LAN system is assigned one or more channels which do not include a primary channel on the system, setting and updating a network allocation vector (NAV) value applied to the one or more allocated channels, a method for transmitting and receiving signals on the basis of the same, and an apparatus therefor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to transmitting synchronization signals and in particular to so called beam sweep. In particular the disclosure relates to methods for providing synchronization using synchronization sequences that are transmitted at different points in time. The disclosure also relates to corresponding devices and computer programs. A method in a network node, for transmitting synchronization sequences of a synchronization signal to one or more receiving wireless devices, comprises determining multiple synchronization sequences, such that each synchronization sequence comprises a respective timing indication, whereby each synchronization sequence enables determination of a time of an event in a receiving wireless device and transmitting the synchronization sequences to the one or more wireless devices, at different points in time.

Abstract: Multiple full channel quality indication (CQI) reports indicative of received signal quality for multiple carriers in wireless communication are transmitted in multiple time intervals of a CQI channel.

Abstract: A method performed by a transmitting device is disclosed herein. The transmitting device operates in a communications network. The transmitting device performs a reset on a buffer of the transmitting device. The transmitting device then switches, based on the performed reset, a first value in an indication to a second value. The indication is of the reset of the buffer. The transmitting device sets the indication to the second value for all packets generated by the transmitting device after the performed reset. This is set until the second value is switched again by the transmitting device in another indication, based on another performed reset of the buffer. The transmitting device then sends the indication with the second value to a receiving device operating in the communications network. The second value indicates that the reset was performed by the transmitting device.