Abstract: The present disclosure provides a control method. The method includes when an electronic device is in a first operating mode and has an abnormal situation, switching the electronic device to a second operating mode, to process the abnormal situation in the second operating mode; and when the electronic device has returned to normal, switching the electronic device to the first operating mode. Power consumption and/or available system resource of the electronic device in the first operating mode are less than power consumption and/or available system resource of the electronic device in the second operating mode.

Abstract: A wireless communication device (100, 100?) receives resource allocation information from a wireless communication network. The resource allocation information indicates at least one condition for utilization of a set of resources allocated to device-to-device communication. Depending on the at least one condition, the wireless communication device (100, 100?) controls utilization of the set of resources for device-to-device communication between the wireless communication device (100, 100?) and a further wireless communication device (100, 100?).

Abstract: Logic may receive an initial communication from a user device, the initial communication comprising capabilities. Logic may determine, based on an indication of a capability to support new radio frequency layers from the capabilities for the user device, a measurement gap configuration for the new radio frequency layers and a measurement gap configuration for a channel state information reference signal. Logic may send a frame with a preamble to a physical layer comprising the measurement gap configuration. Logic may send an initial communication to a physical layer, wherein the initial communication comprises capabilities for a user device. Logic may decode downlink data with a measurement gap configuration. And logic may parse the measurement gap configuration to determine at least one measurement gap identification and at least one offset for the new radio frequency layers and a channel state information reference signal.

Abstract: Systems and methods of providing DMRS for a UE are generally described. The DMRS locations in a resource unit of a Physical Resource Allocation of a shared channel are randomly determined, and the DMRS sequences randomly generated before transmission from a master UE to a wearable UE. The DMRS locations are disposed on different subcarriers and symbols in the resource unit and are repeated every k subframes or m resource units within the same subframe. In situations in which the collision/contention probability is relatively small, DMRS in control channels may be used rather than in the shared data channel.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. In an embodiment, a method performed by a UE is provided.

Abstract: Channel assignment for wireless access networks is directed toward improved overall communication capability of the networks. A network is formed of wireless access points (APs) coupled via wired (and/or wireless) links and enabled to communicate with clients via radio channels of each of the APs. Local information is collected at each of the APs and processed to determine channel assignments according to a Neighbor Impact Metric (NIM) that accounts for one-hop and two-hop neighbors as well as neighbors not part of the network. Optionally, the NIM accounts for traffic load on the APs. The channel assignments are determined either on a centralized resource (such as a server or one of the APs) or via a distributed scheme across the APs. The local information includes how busy a channel is and local operating conditions such as error rate and interference levels.

Abstract: Aspects relate to mechanisms for wireless communication devices to reset a beam. A UE identifies a list of a plurality of component carriers (CCs). The UE detects a beam failure on a first CC of the plurality of CCs. The UE transmits a beam failure recovery request including a candidate beam indication of a candidate beam to a base station. The base station receives the beam failure recovery request and transmits a beam failure recovery response to the UE. The UE receives the beam failure recovery response and applies the candidate beam to at least one CC of the plurality of CCs. The UE may apply the candidate beam to every CC or to only the first CC. The UE may apply the candidate beam to the at least one CC of the plurality of CCs following a predetermined number of symbols after receiving the beam failure recovery response.

Abstract: A radio network node, such as a gNodeB (gNB), a User Equipment (UE) and a method, for configuring the UE for camping on a cell in a radio network for Synchronization Signal (SS) Blocks based cell re-selection measurements for RRC_IDLE and RRC_INACTIVE states. The method comprises providing information to the UE, including configuration parameters for a measurement window, the configuration parameters defining a window periodicity, offset and duration, for configuring the UE for the SS Blocks based cell re-selection measurements for RRC_IDLE and RRC_INACTIVE states. Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling is used to convey the information to the UE prior to or in conjunction with switching the UE from RRC_CONNECTED state to RRC_INACTIVE or RRC_IDLE state, a RRCConnectionRelease message is used to convey the information to the UE and the information is also provided to the UE in system information (SI).

Abstract: Method and device for allocating resources, UE, base station and readable storage mediums are provided. The method includes: after initial cell selection or cell reselection is completed in an idle state, acquiring position information of a first type of RB; acquiring reference point offset indication information from a base station, wherein the reference point offset indication information includes a frequency domain offset N of a reference point relative to a specified RB which is one of the first type of RB; calculating a frequency domain position of the reference point based on the position information of the first type of RB and the reference point offset indication information; when receiving scheduling information from the base station, determining an RB for receiving PDSCH based on the frequency domain position of the reference point and resource allocation information included in the scheduling information. Resource allocation efficiency in idle state is improved.

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). Embodiments herein achieve a UE for managing a user plane operation in a wireless communication system. The UE includes a user plane management unit coupled to a memory and a processor. The user plane management unit is configured to receive a signaling message from a gNodeB. Further, the user plane management unit is configured to determine whether the signaling message includes control information comprising one of a PDCP re-establish indication and a security key change indication. Further, the user plane management unit is configured to perform the at least one operation for at least one data radio bearer based on the determination.

Abstract: A first communication node may provide first and second NAS connection identifications for respective first and second NAS connections between the first and a second communication node, with the first and second NAS connection identifications being different and the first and second NAS connections being different. A first NAS message may be communicated between the first and second communication nodes over the first NAS connection, including at performing integrity protection for the first NAS message using the first NAS connection identification and/or performing confidentiality protection for the first NAS message using the first NAS connection identification.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a first network node. In one embodiment, the method includes the first network node transmitting a second transmission to a UE (User Equipment) in at least a first symbol of a first TTI (Transmission Time Interval). The method further includes the first network node transmitting a first transmission to a second network node in at least a second symbol of a second TTI, wherein the first TTI is TTI-level aligned to the second TTI and the first symbol is at least partially overlapped with the second symbol in time domain.

Abstract: A method for implementation by a base station controlling at least one cell of the network is provided. It may comprise allocating to an interferer terminal attached to the cell and identified by the base station as being capable of interfering with at least one communication established by this terminal or to a neighbor cell an open temporary network identifier shared by a predetermined number of interferer terminals attached to the cell and a code making it possible to identify the interferer terminal among these interferer terminals, publishing this identifier, sending to the interferer terminal, in at least one configuration message, of the open temporary network identifier and the code and inserting this code, in a field of a physical control channel allocating resources for transmitting over the cellular network to the interferer terminal, this physical channel being encoded using the open temporary network identifier and emitted on the network.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify a trigger event configuration for power headroom reporting for a first service type that has a lower latency condition and a higher reliability condition than a second service type. For example, the first service type may be for low latency communications, and the second service type may be for mobile broadband (MBB) communications. The UE may detect a trigger event for power headroom reporting for the first service type based on the trigger event configuration. The UE may transmit a power headroom report for the first service type based on detecting the trigger event. By transmitting the power headroom report for the first service type, the UE may indicate whether power boosting for the first service type is available.

Abstract: Example packet control methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes detecting, by a network node, a packet in a packet flow causing a congestion from an upstream node. The network node reduces a scheduling priority of the packet in the packet flow and generates a congestion isolation message, where the congestion isolation message includes description information of the packet flow. The congestion isolation message is sent to the upstream node to instruct the upstream node to reduce the scheduling priority of the packet in the packet flow.

Abstract: An apparatus, circuit, and method for controlling a service access in a packet data communication system are provided. The method includes broadcasting information related to whether a service access to a specific service is possible.

Abstract: Coordinated radio fine time measurement is provided via sending, from a client device, a ranging request to a first radio; receiving a first response sent at a first time from the first radio over a first channel; receiving a second response sent at the first time from a second radio over a second channel; and calculating, based on times of flight for the first response and the second response, a location of the client device relative to the first radio and to the second radio. Coordinated radio fine time measurement is also proved via in response to receiving, at an Access Point (AP), a ranging request from a client device and determining to respond using multiple channels: sending, both at a first time, a first response from a first radio over a first channel a second response from a second radio over a different channel.

Abstract: The user equipment (UE) configured to receive a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) in a first bandwidth portion of a cell having a cell bandwidth, the PBCH having a master information block (MIB), the MIB having a carrier flag and an indication of a second bandwidth portion of the cell. The UE is further configured to receive the second bandwidth portion of the cell based on a first value on the carrier flag and recover control information from the second bandwidth portion.

Abstract: According to one configuration, a communication management resource in a wireless network environment records a location of a wireless base station. The communication management resource then defines a region of wireless coverage provided by the wireless base station based on feedback received from the wireless base station. For example, in one arrangement, the user equipment provides performance metrics to the wireless base station. The wireless base station uses the performance metrics to determine boundaries associated with a region of wireless coverage provided by the wireless base station. The wireless base station communicates the boundary information to the communication management resource.

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: Methods and apparatuses are provided through which a first node transmits, to a second node, a first message include a radio resource control (RRC) message associated with a terminal and an identifier allocated to the terminal to identify the terminal over an interface. The first node receives, from the second node, a second message including an identifier allocated to the terminal, an identifier of a data radio bearer, and uplink tunnel information. The first node transmits, to the second node, a third message including downlink tunnel information. The first node includes a radio link control (RLC) layer, a medium access control (MAC) layer, and a physical (PHY) layer. The second node includes an RRC layer and a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer.

Abstract: User equipments (UEs) with reduced capabilities may need a relaxed processing timeline relative to standard UEs. The relaxed processing timeline may provide UEs with reduced capabilities an appropriate amount of time (e.g., during a random access procedure) to decode messages from a base station (BS) and/or to prepare uplink messages. Aspects of the disclosure relate to a UE configured to transmit a message to a serving BS, the message including a request for timeline relaxation for transmission of a subsequent message, the message and the subsequent message being associated with a random access procedure. The UE may receive a response message associated with the random access procedure and indicating one or more timing offsets corresponding to the timeline relaxation. The UE may transmit the subsequent message to the serving BS based on the one or more timing offsets indicated by the serving BS. The subsequent message acknowledges the response message.

Abstract: A method, wireless device and network node for multiplexing demodulation reference signals, DMRS, during short transmission time intervals, sTTIs. According to one aspect, a method includes generating an indication of an interleaved frequency division multiple access, IFDMA, subcarrier configuration for DMRS transmission. The method further includes transmitting to the wireless device the indication of IFDMA subcarrier configuration.

Abstract: Disclosed are a UE of a wireless communication system and a wireless communication method using the same. More particularly, the method including receiving scheduling information including resource allocation information, wherein the resource allocation information comprises a RIV determined based on the number of RBs of a first BWP, and transmitting or receiving data on a RB set corresponding to the RIV in a second BWP, wherein the number of RBs of the second BWP is greater than the number of RBs of the first BWP, the starting RB index S and the number of RBs of the RB set corresponding to the RIV in the second BWP are given in powers of 2 and a device for the same are disclosed.

Abstract: A wireless device, such as a PLC, receives data from at least one wireless device. The wireless device transmits first feedback for the data in a downlink control channel to the at least one wireless device and transmits second feedback for the data in an uplink control channel to a base station. The base station receives the feedback in an uplink control channel and transmits a retransmission of the data to the wireless device in response to receiving the feedback.

Abstract: A method for informing a relay node when to receive data. The method includes the relay node being informed of a fixed point in a subframe of data when an access node will begin transmitting relevant data over a physical downlink shared channel. The method further includes the relay node beginning to receive data at approximately the fixed point.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for augmenting upright object detection. In one implementation, a system for augmenting detection of objects in an environment of a vehicle may include at least one processing device. The at least one processing device may be programmed to: receive, from an image capture device, a first image frame, the first image frame including an attention area associated with a suspected upright object indication; warp, using a level road plane model, an area in a second earlier image frame that corresponds to the attention area; track a plurality of image patches across the warped area and the attention area; compute a road plane model fit to the tracked image patches; and determine whether to suppress the upright object indication based on the tracked image patches being more consistent with a road plane model than with an upright object model.

Abstract: A method for transmitting system information, includes: determining identifiers of a plurality of pieces of second system information from first system information, wherein the first system information is system information that is periodically broadcast by a base station, and the plurality of pieces of second system information are system information other than the system information included by the first system information; determining transmission status of the plurality of pieces of second system information based on the identifiers of the plurality of pieces of second system information, and broadcasting the first system information, wherein the first system information includes the identifiers and the transmission status of the plurality of pieces of second system information.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining a speech presence probability and an electronic device are provided. According to present disclosure, a metric parameter of a signal to noise ratio of a signal of a first channel and a metric parameter of a signal power level difference between the first channel and the second channel are introduced in determining the speech presence probability, the normalization and non-linear transformation processing is performed on the above-mentioned metric parameters, and the speech presence probability is obtained by fitting the product term and a first power term of a power exponent of the above-mentioned parameters. Therefore, the calculation amount of calculating the speech presence probability is reduced, the calculation result has good robustness to parameter fluctuations, and the disclosure can be widely applied to various application scenarios of dual-microphone speech enhancement systems.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to attempt to establish a connection with a wireless network are disclosed. An example method includes determining a location of a field device. A frequency at which retry attempts to establish a connection with a wireless network are to be made is determined based on the location of the field device. Establishing the connection with the wireless network is attempted. In response to a failure to establish the connection with the wireless network, an indication of the failure to establish the connection and the location of the field device is stored, and the field device waits an amount of time based on the frequency.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for indicating an overlap of downlink transmissions with one or more random access channel occasions (ROs). A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving signaling from a base station (BS) including an indication of whether one or more ROs will overlap with downlink transmissions in one or more periods of time, transmitting, to the BS based on the indication, a random access channel (RACH) preamble in an RO of the one or more ROs during the one or more periods of time, and performing a RACH procedure with the BS based on the transmitted RACH preamble.

Abstract: This application provides a network slice deployment method. The method may include obtaining, by a first network manager, node instance information, determining, by the first network manager, transmission requirement information corresponding to the node instance information, and sending a transmission request message to a transport network manager. The node instance information may include identifier information of a node instance or a network address of a node instance, and the transmission request message may include the transmission requirement information and the node instance information.

Abstract: This application discloses a measurement method for a terminal device, including: receiving measurement configuration information; and measuring, in m measurement windows in a measurement gap based on the measurement configuration information, m groups of to-be-measured signals sent by a network device. Correspondingly, this application also describes a measurement configuration method, a terminal device, and a network device. According to an example implementation, the terminal device discontinuously performs measurement in the measurement windows in the measurement gap, and transmits data by using an interval between the measurement windows, to implement discontinuous measurement in the measurement gap, and further reduce a data transmission delay.

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are disclosed for automatic signal detection in an RF environment. An apparatus comprises at least one receiver and at least one processor coupled with at least one memory. The apparatus is at the edge of a communication network. The apparatus sweeps and learns the RF environment in a predetermined period based on statistical learning techniques, thereby creating learning data. The apparatus forms a knowledge map based on the learning data, scrubs a real-time spectral sweep against the knowledge map, and creates impressions on the RF environment based on a machine learning algorithm. The apparatus is operable to detect at least one signal in the RF environment.

Abstract: A shared Radio Network Node, RNN, and a method for managing overload in a core network. The shared RNN is configured to serve a wireless device, and the wireless device and the RNN are operating in a wireless communications network connected to the core network. The RNN receives a connection request from the wireless device, wherein the connection request comprises a mapping parameter configured to map to an MME connected to the RNN. Further, the MME is logically partitioned into several MMEs and configured to support multiple MME Codes, MMECs, each of which MMECs is pointing at a sharing operator. The mapping parameter comprises an MMEC configured to map to one MMEC supported by the MME. Further, the RNN rejects or redirects the connection request when the MMEC configured to map to one MMEC supported by the MME is associated with an overload action.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for virtual carrier operation in wireless systems with large carrier bandwidth. In one novel aspect, virtual carrier (VC) with a block of physically contiguous radio resources within a component carrier is configured. In one embodiment, the UE configures a downlink (DL) common virtual carrier (CVC) and an uplink (UL) CVC, which carry control information for the UE, and one or more DL/UL dedicated VCs (DVCs), which carry data services. In one embodiment, the UE obtains the CVC configuration information including the channel bandwidth and the physical location through system information. In another embodiment, the UE obtains DVC configuration through an RRC-layer signaling. In another novel aspect, the UE obtains a VC configuration switch command through either a MAC signal or a PHY signal, and subsequently reconfigures one or more configured VCs based on the received switch command.

Abstract: A synchronization signal block transmission method, a network device, and a terminal are provided. The method includes: determining a target time domain transmission location of a first synchronization signal block within a downlink signal transmitting time, where the target time domain transmission location is one of at least two candidate time domain transmission locations of the first synchronization signal block; and transmitting the first synchronization signal block in the target time domain transmission location.

Abstract: A user equipment device (UE) determines a beam coherence interval metric, which is a measure of stability of a beam pair over time based on a set of beam coherence intervals measured by the UE. The beam pair comprises a receive beam of the UE and a transmit beam of a base station transmitting to the UE. A beam coherence interval comprises a time duration within which a quality of a signal received on the UE receive beam remains within one of a plurality of signal quality bins. The UE also determines a hysteresis value based on the beam coherence interval metric and uses the hysteresis value to decide to switch from an active receive beam to a different receive beam that has a signal quality higher than the active receive beam by at least the hysteresis value. Alternatively, the base station determines and sends the UE the hysteresis value.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to method and apparatus for controlling a transmission of a response signal in a wireless communication system. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a wireless device in a wireless communication system, comprises receiving a signal for a paging from a network; and receiving downlink (DL) data related to the paging, wherein a transmission of at least one of a paging response for the paging or acknowledgment (ACK) information for the DL data is determined based on information included in the signal for the paging.

Abstract: Embodiments include methods for a wireless device operating in a wireless communication network. Such methods include receiving from the wireless communication network, during a first transmission-time interval (TTI), an explicit request for automatic repeat-request (ARQ) feedback from the wireless device. The request can include an indication of one of the following: a range of ARQ process numbers for which the ARQ feedback is requested, or a range of TTIs, indicating that the wireless device is to provide ARQ feedback for all ARQ processes active during the indicated range of TTIs. Such methods also include transmitting to the wireless communication network, during a second TTI after the first TTI, ARQ feedback information for the ARQ processes indicated in the request. Other embodiments include complementary methods performed by a network node, as well as wireless devices and network nodes configured to perform such methods.

Abstract: Various embodiments include methods for managing uplink timing advance configuration of wireless devices by a base station. A wireless device may send an initial access signal to a base station, receive from the base station an initial timing advance value responsive to the initial access signal, and send to the base station a next signal comprising a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) waveform via uplink (UL) receive (Rx) points over two or more beams. The base station may receive the next signal including the PRACH waveform via the two or more UL Rx points, select a refined timing advance value based on the signal, and send the refined timing advance value to the wireless device. The wireless device may receive the refined timing advance value and send a further signal to the base station via one of the UL Rx points using the refined timing advance.

Abstract: A wireless device receives, from a base station, parameters of a first sounding reference signal (SRS); and a second SRS. A downlink control information triggering transmission of the first SRS is received. A control element activating transmission of the second SRS is received. A transmission power of the second SRS is adjusted based on: the first SRS having higher priority than the second SRS; the first SRS overlapping in time with the second SRS; and a total transmission power exceeding a total allowable power value. The first SRS is transmitted. The second SRS with the adjusted transmission power is transmitted.

Abstract: A method includes performing a first iteration of automated frequency coordination (AFC) using geospatial coordinates of a first access point at a site and a first margin of error to determine a first number of allowed channels for the first access point and performing a second iteration of AFC using the geospatial coordinates of the first access point and a second margin of error to determine a second number of allowed channels for the first access point. The first margin of error is lower than the second margin of error. The method also includes, in response to determining that a difference between the first number and the second number meets a threshold, instructing a second access point at the site to perform AFC using the second margin of error rather than the first margin of error.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for higher bandwidth and data rate for enhanced machine type communications (eMTC). According to certain aspects, a method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method generally includes determining frequency resources within one or more configured narrowband regions of a system bandwidth to monitor for a transmission and monitoring for the transmission on the determined frequency resources within the one or more narrowband regions of the system bandwidth.

Abstract: An apparatus for use by a communication network control element or function configured to conduct a radio resource management, the apparatus being configured to cause the apparatus at least: to acquire input parameters; to process the input parameters by using a first-stage procedure for maximizing a weighted sum-rate for a fixed subcarrier allocation for all subcarriers, and a second-stage procedure for determining a power allocation for a single subcarrier under consideration of specified multiplexing and interference cancellation constraints wherein a processing result output from the first-stage procedure is input into the second-stage procedure, and a processing result output from the second-stage procedure is returned to the first-stage procedure; and to output, on the basis of results of the processing in the first-stage procedure and the second-stage procedure, a power setting for at least one subcarrier.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a device may receive layout information that identifies a configuration of an antenna array of antennas, wherein the antenna array is to include a plurality of antenna subarrays and a plurality of antenna chips, wherein each antenna chip is communicatively coupled to antennas of an associated antenna subarray; determine, based at least in part on a phase shift characteristic associated with the antennas, a set of phase differences between antenna subarrays; determine, based at least in part on the set of phase differences, a chip position of each antenna chip relative to the associated antenna subarray; and generate, based at least in part on the chip position of each antenna chip, a layout of an antenna package to receive the antenna array and the plurality of antenna chips. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In multi-user (MU) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communications systems, a base station may perform signaling to indicate information related to ports assigned to one or more UEs. The base station may also signal information regarding ports shared with other UEs, which the UE may use when performing channel estimation. In some examples, the base station may signal a number of ports used per sub-band to the UE or a number of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) ports used by the UE. The base station may signal a sub-set of a total number of ports that are shared by other UEs overlapping with the resource allocation of the UE. The signaling may indicate a number of combs used by the base station in the resource allocation for the UE.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for determining an RBG size are provided. In the method, a network device or a terminal determines an RBG size set, where the RBG size set may include one or more possible RBG sizes; and determines a first RBG size included in the RBG size set. The network device allocates a resource to the terminal by using the determined first RBG size. The terminal determines, based on the determined first RBG size, the resource allocated by the network device to the terminal.

Abstract: Embodiments include methods for a network device configured to schedule transmission or reception by a terminal device. Such methods include transmitting a semi-persistent scheduling configuration to the terminal device. The semi-persistent scheduling configuration includes a plurality of configurations that define transmission or reception opportunities for the terminal device based on a respective plurality of different time intervals. Such methods include transmitting, to the terminal device, an index indicating a particular one of the configurations that defines transmission or reception opportunities for the terminal device based a particular time interval. Such methods include receiving or transmitting data with the terminal device during at least a portion of the transmission or reception opportunities, for the terminal device, that are defined based on the particular time interval.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for determining resource elements REs used for Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP) transmission schemes. The techniques generally include determining, by a User Equipment (UE), a set of data REs used for Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP) operation. The determination is based on a CoMP scheme and data REs available to particular base stations involved in the CoMP operation. The technique further includes processing data received via the CoMP operation on the determined set of data REs.