Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may partition a plurality of carriers into one or more groups. Each carrier within a group may share one or more antenna panels so as to each be directed by a transmit beam in a same direction. The base station may transmit to a user equipment a carrier group indication that identifies the partitioning of the plurality of carriers into the one or more groups and maps a group identifier for at least one of the one or more groups to a beam identifier that identifies the corresponding transmit beam.

Abstract: A wireless communication terminal in each node intercepts wireless communication among other nodes. When detecting failure in communication, the wireless communication terminal stores corresponding communication data on the node the wireless communication terminal belongs to, and relays the stored data by wireless communication. Transmission timing in each node is determined uniquely to the node, and data are transmitted periodically. In accordance with circumstances, the transmission timing in each node is changed to make the transmission timing in each data generation node earlier and to make the transmission timing in each data relay node later. Thus, a plurality of communication data are collected in data relay nodes. Each data relay node synthesizes a plurality of communication data, and performs relay transmission thereof.

Abstract: The preset disclosure provides a configuration method of DRX parameter, a mobile terminal, and a base station. The configuration method includes: transmitting, upon detecting that the mobile terminal satisfies a preset DRX parameter modification condition, a DRX parameter modification request message to a base station; receiving a response message corresponding to the DRX parameter modification request message and the response message is transmitted from the base station; and updating a DRX parameter configuration by the mobile terminal according to the response message.

Abstract: A communications device is configured to communicate with an infrastructure equipment forming part of a mobile communications network, and to communicate with one or more relay nodes of the mobile communications network. The communications device comprises a receiver configured to receive signals on the downlink from the one or more relay nodes via a first wireless interface, and to receive signals on the downlink from the infrastructure equipment via a second wireless access interface, a transmitter configured to transmit signals on the uplink to the one or more relay nodes via the first wireless access interface, and to transmit signals on the uplink to the infrastructure equipment via the second wireless access interface, and a controller configured to control the receiver to receive the signals and to control the transmitter to transmit the signals.

Abstract: A communication system includes a transmitting communication device and a receiving communication device. The transmitting communication device determines a control element, e.g., a control element of a Media Access Control protocol, associated with one of the carriers and provides the control element with an identifier specifying the carrier the control element is associated with. The transmitting communication device sends the control element with the identifier on one of the carriers to the receiving communication device. The receiving communication device receives the control element and determines, from the identifier received with the control element, the carrier the control element is associated with. Further, the receiving communication device determines, on the basis of parameters indicated by the control element, a data transmission property of the carrier the control element is associated with.

Abstract: A communications device and method of communicating using a communications device is disclosed for performing device-to-device communications. The communications device is configured to determine in accordance with predetermined conditions whether the communications device is within a coverage area of a mobile communications network, and if the communications device is determined to be within the coverage area of the mobile communications network, to transmit or to receive signals via the wireless access interface to one or more other communications devices in accordance with device to device communications using communications resources of the wireless access interface allocated according to a first mode in which the mobile communications network performs resource allocation.

Abstract: A method, base station, and user equipment (UE) for radio communication in a radio communication system including a base station and a UE, the UE communicating with the base station in carrier aggregation mode over plural component carriers. The method includes: the base station assigns a priority to each component carrier according to at least one of the following rules to enable the UE to select, on overlapped uplink subframes, the component carrier having highest priority for uplink signal transmission, the rules including: desired power loss of uplink signal transmission over the component carrier, burden of uplink signal transmission over the component carrier, number of uplink subframes of the component carrier, and primary/secondary attributes of the component carrier for transmission of a downlink signal corresponding to the uplink signal transmitted over the component carrier. The method, base station, and UE can flexibly adjust the transmission carrier of a PUCCH.

Abstract: Mechanisms for subscription and notification may include dynamically changing notification behavior based on notification target status or support access to notification history information.

Abstract: Provided in the embodiments of the present invention are a communications method, a terminal device, and a network device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for reference signal transmission and receiving in a wireless communication system A common reference signal sequence is generated based on a frequency range configuration at network side, the common reference signal sequence being shared by at least some of terminal devices respectively allocated with their own reference signal transmission configurations. The common reference signal sequence and sequence configuration information is transmitted to a terminal device, the sequence configuration information indicating a parameter by which a reference signal sequence transmitted for the terminal device can be obtained.

Abstract: Methods and systems, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for providing internet access through a control panel of an alarm system, the method including establishing, by a control panel of an alarm system in a property, a first connection to an alarm system monitoring server across a cellular network, determining that a known source of internet within the property is not available, in response to determining that the known source of internet within the property is not available, establishing, by the control panel, a second connection to the internet across the cellular network, providing internet access to one or more devices in the property through the second connection, determining that the known source of internet within the property is available, and in response to determining that the known source of internet within the property is available, terminating, by the control panel, the second connection.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a base station used for wireless communication. The base station transmits M1 first-type reference signals; receives M2 second-type radio signals in first time-domain resources, with any of the M2 second-type radio signals being associated with one of the M1 first-type reference signals; and transmits a first radio signal in the first time-domain resources. If an antenna port transmitting the first radio signal is associated with at least one of the M2 second-type radio signals, first-type channel monitoring is adopted targeting transmission of the first radio signal; otherwise, second-type channel monitoring is adopted targeting transmission of the first radio signal. The above method allows the base station to share a COT acquired by a UE in unlicensed spectrums so as to increase channel access efficiency, and at the same time avoids interference with other potential ongoing communications.

Abstract: In various embodiments, the disclosed systems, methods, and apparatuses describe extended spectrum amplifiers. In particular, a method is described including: receiving, at an input port, a radio frequency (RF) signal on a frequency band; separating, using a demultiplexer coupled to the input port, the RF signal into four signal on four respective lines, the four signals having different frequency bands; combining, using a multiplexer coupled to the demultiplexer by the four lines, the four signals into an amplified RF signal; and amplifying, using an amplifier on each of the four lines, the respective four signals.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some wireless networks (e.g., MulteFire networks), a base station may transmit control information to a user equipment (UE) to enable the UE to access the network and establish a connection with the network. The base station may transmit the control information to the UE in search spaces of an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH). In some cases, resources used to transmit control information in a first common search space of the ePDCCH may overlap with resources used to transmit control information in a second common search space of the ePDCCH. In such cases, using the techniques described herein, a base station may encode control information transmitted in the different types of search spaces using different scrambling sequences. As such, a UE may be able to differentiate between the control information transmitted in the different types of common search spaces.

Abstract: The disclosure provides for control plane measurements in a wireless device. The wireless device may measure, across multiple sub-frames received over an unlicensed spectrum, received cell-specific reference signals (CRS) from a cell to obtain CRS measurements. The wireless device may identify one or both of a first subset of the CRS measurements associated with a first subset of the sub-frames including opportunistic transmissions and a second subset of the CRS measurements associated with a second subset of the sub-frames including guaranteed transmissions. The wireless device may compute one or both of a first signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) value for the first subset of the CRS measurements and a second SINR value for the second subset of the CRS measurements. The wireless device may monitor a radio link condition of the wireless device based at least in part on the first SINR value or the second SINR value.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a wireless communication unit which performs wireless communication, and a processing unit which controls the communication of the wireless communication unit. In a state in which the wireless communication unit performs wireless connections with a plurality of terminal apparatuses (existing connection terminals) and the wireless communication unit starts a wireless connection with a new connection terminal, which is different from the plurality of terminal apparatuses, the processing unit cuts the wireless connections with the plurality of terminal apparatuses, and establishes the wireless connections with the plurality of terminal apparatuses after waiting for establishment of the wireless connection with the new connection terminal.

Abstract: A communication technique of fusing a 5th-generation (5G) communication for supporting higher data transmission rate beyond a 4th-generation (4G) system with an Internet of things (IoT) technology and a system thereof are provided. The present disclosure may be used for an intelligent service (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or a connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety related service, or the like) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT related technology. A communication method of a base station includes generating resource assignment information of an uplink burst including at least two consecutive uplink subframes of an unlicensed band; transmitting the resource assignment information to a terminal; and receiving uplink data from the terminal during the at least two consecutive uplink subframes.

Abstract: A method for configuring transmission and related products are provided. The method includes: a network device indicates a Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) state set to a terminal, wherein the TCI state set is configured for a Bandwidth Part (BWP) of the terminal, and the TCI state set is used for indicating a Quasi co-location (QCL) assumption set when the terminal performs transmission on the BWP.

Abstract: Provided are a method for transmitting, by a base station in a wireless communication system, a vehicle to everything (V2X) message, and an apparatus for supporting the same. The base station may receive broadcast area information indicative of areas to which the V2X message will be broadcast, from a multi-cell coordination entity (MCE), receive the V2X message from a terminal, and transmit the received V2X message to a neighboring base station. Provided are a method for transmitting, by a V2X server in a wireless communication system, a vehicle to everything (V2X) message, and an apparatus for supporting the same. The V2X server may receive the V2X message transmitted by a base station from a serving/packet-gateway (S/P-GW), determine a broadcast of the received V2X message, and transmit the V2X message to a base station that belongs to the same multimedia broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) area as the base station.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a wireless broadband communication method, device, and system. The method provided in an embodiment of the present invention includes: establishing, by a macro base station, a Radio Resource Control RRC connection with a user equipment UE; receiving, by a small cell, a configuration message sent, through a wired or wireless interface, by the macro base station; and establishing, by the small cell, a user plane connection between the small cell and the UE based on the RRC connection and the configuration message, and establishing a data bearer with the UE on the user plane connection.

Abstract: A system that incorporates aspects of the subject disclosure may perform operations including, for example, obtaining uplink information that describes a configuration for uplink wireless communications by a communication device, wherein the uplink information comprises a first assignment of a first resource block to the communication device for transport of control information as a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH); performing a first Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) measurement of the PUCCH; initiating a first corrective action responsive to detecting the first SINR measurement being below a first SINR threshold; and initiating a second SINR measurement of the PUCCH to confirm the second SINR measurement is above the first SINR measurement. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method includes receiving downlink control information for a first UE based at least in part on a group identifier associated with a NOMA group including the first UE and at least a second UE; and receiving a set of NOMA downlink transmissions at the first UE based at least in part on the downlink control information for the first UE. A second method includes receiving downlink control information for a first UE, the downlink control information for the first UE including an indication of at least a second UE; receiving downlink control information for the second UE based at least in part on the indication of at least the second UE; and receiving a set of NOMA downlink transmissions at the first UE based at least in part on the downlink control information for the first UE and the downlink control information for the second UE.

Abstract: A method for receiving an uplink signal by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system includes transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a physical uplink shared channel demodulation reference signal (PUSCH DMRS) parameters including a first virtual cell identifier (VCI), transmitting, to the UE, a physical uplink control channel demodulation reference signal (PUCCH DMRS) parameters including a second VCI, and receiving, from the UE, the PUSCH DMRS or the PUCCH DMRS, wherein the first VCI for the PUSCH DMRS is determined from a first VCI range, the second VCI for the PUCCH DMRS is determined from a second VCI range, and wherein the first VCI range is wider than the second VCI range.

Abstract: A base station apparatus (130, 220) in a network (410) transmits V2X support information indicating that a V2X service is supported by the network (410). In response to receiving V2X support information, a radio terminal (100, 120) transmits, to the network (410), V2X terminal information indicating that the radio terminal (100, 120) is interested in the V2X service. The network (410) transmits V2X configuration to the radio terminal (100, 120) in response to receiving the V2X terminal information transmitted from the radio terminal (100, 120). The radio terminal (100, 120) receives the V2X configuration and performs V2X communication in accordance with the V2X configuration. It is thus, for example, possible to contribute to achievement of a procedure for performing provisioning for the V2X service on the radio terminal that intends to use the V2X service.

Abstract: A chipset is provided. The chipset is configured to detect an interference characteristic of a neighbor cell corresponding to groups and perform an interference whitening operation based on the interference characteristic. The groups are generated by dividing a time interval occupied by a first reference signal region by dividing a frequency band occupied by the first reference signal region, or by dividing a time interval occupied by a second reference signal region. A frequency band occupied by the second reference signal region is wider than the frequency band occupied by the first reference signal region.

Abstract: A method of transmitting a device-to-device (D2D) signal by a first D2D user equipment (UE) supporting D2D communication. A first D2D UE requests a second D2D UE to repeatedly broadcast or multicast the D2D data together with the first D2D UE on a same time-frequency resource based on a single frequency network (SFN) scheme. In addition, scheduling assignment information includes information for restricting the second D2D UE from broadcasting or multicasting the D2D data received from the first D2D UE according to the request of the first D2D UE based on the SFN scheme when a distance from the first D2D UE is equal to or greater than a preset distance.

Abstract: A device operates in a communications network by obtaining an adjustment term based on communications from the communications network and setting a time reference for the device based on the obtained adjustment term. The adjustment term is such that the set time reference for the device is common to at least one other device in communication with the device. The device further operates by communicating with the at least one other device in device-to-device communication, based on the common set time reference.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) device may include a memory, a communication interface, and one or more processors. The one or more processors operate to identify a plurality of base stations available for connection via the communication interface and the plurality of antenna components. Virtual user equipment (UE) are connected to the two or more base stations. Data flows for the device are identified. The identified data flows are assigned to the virtual UEs based on the identified network characteristics.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods to reduce interference in heterogeneous networks having a plurality of access nodes, such as combinations of macro cells, micro cells, pico cells, femto cells, etc. are disclosed. Interference caused in sectors of two or more access nodes that face each other is minimized by dividing a total number of resource blocks into resource block sets that are uniquely numbered and allocated across each sector of each access node. The allocation is rotated based on a different time stamp or a different starting number, or may be a random sequence of sets per access node. These independent allocations for each access node generally distribute the interference across the system, and provide better interference reduction, resulting in an increase in system capacity per sector of each cell.

Abstract: An operation method of a first communication node in a communication network, which supports a radio link control (RLC) function among functions of a base station, may comprise receiving a first message from a second communication node supporting a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) function among the functions of the base station; processing the received first message by performing the RLC function; and transmitting the processed first message to a third communication node supporting a medium access control (MAC) function and physical (PHY) functions among the functions of the base station.

Abstract: A method and device for controlling sending of a general data transfer platform (GTP) message, and a data sending method and device are provided. A GTP message sending device receives a no-response time indication of user equipment sent from a GTP message response device, where the no-response time indication indicates a no-response time of the user equipment in an implicit or explicit manner, the GTP message sending device adjusts, according to the no-response time of the user equipment indicated by the received no-response time indication of the user equipment, a time of sending a GTP message, where adjusting the time of sending the GTP message is specifically postponing the time of sending the GTP message as the no-response time of the user equipment increases, or bringing forward the time of sending the GTP message as the no-response time of the user equipment decreases.

Abstract: The present invention provides a base station device, a terminal device, and a communication method, where the terminal efficiently learns information of an interference signal and reduces interference in a reception process to make it possible to enhance throughput, enhance communication opportunity of each terminal device by feedback from the terminal, and the like. The base station device includes a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the terminal device, Multiuser Superposition Transmission (MUST) information used for canceling interference due to MUST. The MUST information includes multiple combinations of modulation schemes for the MUST, and a list of power ratios used for the MUST in each of the combinations of the modulation schemes.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments that enable the identification of the location of a computing device based on radio data. A radio map can be identified for an area. The computing device can measure signal strengths to reference points. The signal strengths can be compared to the radio map. The computing device can determine its location based on the comparison of the signal strengths to the radio map.

Abstract: A method of determining the optimum radio planning parameter of an antenna azimuth heading, comprising receiving, by a control system, a first set of data indicative of network performance for mobile devices of users within a specified geographical area covered by an antenna sector having a first azimuth heading; determining, by the control system, a first set of average values of parameters indicative of network performance based on the first set of data; receiving, by the control system, a second set of data indicative of network performance for mobile users within the specified geographical covered by an antenna having a second azimuth heading, wherein the second azimuth heading is different from the first azimuth heading, determining, by the control system, a second set of average values of parameters indicative of network performance for the antenna sector having the second azimuth value based on the second set of data; comparing the first and second sets of average values of parameters indicative of net

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method of reporting a channel quality indicator (CQI) comprises receiving, in a wireless network comprising a carrier bandwidth of a first number of physical resource blocks (PRBs), a physical channel comprising a first PRB set with a bandwidth of a second number of PRBs. The second number of PRBs is less than the first number of PRBs. The method further comprises determining a CQI that indicates a modulation and code rate of the physical channel that may be used to transmit the physical channel with a transport block error probability not exceeding 0.1 when the physical channel is transmitted in the second number of PRBs of the first PRB set in a subframe and at least part of the transport block is transmitted in the subframe. The method further comprises transmitting a report to a network node. The report comprises the determined CQI.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) device may include a memory, a communication interface, a plurality of antenna components, and one or more processors. The one or more processors operate to identify a plurality of base stations available for connection via the communication interface and the plurality of antenna components. Virtual user equipment (UE) for two or more of the identified plurality of base stations are allocated and the UE device connects to the two or more base stations using the respective virtual UEs. Network characteristics are identified for the connections with the plurality of base stations. Data flows for the device are identified. The identified data flows are assigned to the virtual UEs based on the identified network characteristics.

Abstract: A method and system are described for enhancing the security of calls made by a member of a controlled environment to an outside party, particularly when the outside party communicates via a cellular phone. An application is provided for the cellular device, which must communicate and register with a calling platform of the controlled environment. Certain elements of personal verification data are obtained by the user of the cellular device and stored at the calling platform for later reference. Calls from the inmate to the cellular device cause the calling platform to issue a notification to the user via the application. The user verifies his/her identity using the application, after which the call can be connected. As a further security measure, certain conditions can be required and periodically checked during the call to ensure the user remains verified.

Abstract: In response to a metric (e.g., Doppler metric) exceeding a threshold, a network node device can facilitate transmitting a message instructing a user equipment to enable reception of transmission signals having a precoding rank value of one. The network node device can send a reference signal having the precoding rank value of one, and receive feedback from the user equipment comprising an indicator of channel quality. Optionally, in response to the metric exceeding a threshold, the network node device can facilitate transmitting a message instructing the user equipment to respond to a reference signal by providing feedback comprising a first indicator of rank having a value of one, and a second indicator of channel quality.

Abstract: A base station and a method thereof for acquiring channel status information in a mobile communication system operating in a multiuser multiple-input multiple-output transmission mode are provided. The method includes generating and transmitting, to a terminal, interference measurement configuration information for measuring interference caused by signals transmitted from a serving base station of the terminal to at least one other terminal in the transmission mode; and receiving channel status information generated using the transmitted information from the terminal.

Abstract: Various aspects described herein relate to dynamic uplink antenna port management. A user equipment (UE) may receive reference signal configuration information from a base station. The UE may configure one or more uplink antenna ports based on the received reference signal configuration information and transmit one or more reference signals to the base station on the one or more uplink antenna port. The UE may receive uplink configuration information for one or more data channels and/or one or more control channels. The UE may configure one or more uplinks antenna ports based on the uplink configuration information and may transmit one or more uplink signals on the one or more data channels and/or one or more control channels. The uplink configuration information may be based at least one the one or more reference signals transmitted to the base station.

Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for stopping and restarting an MBMS service in a wireless communication system. A terminal receives multicast channel (MCH) scheduling information (MSI) and checks whether a special value is included in the received MSI. If the special value is included in the MSI, then whether to stop or suspend the MBMS service can be determined. That is, MSI can be considered in stopping the MBMS service. Furthermore, stopping is terminating an MBMS service without a consideration for restarting same, and suspending is terminating an MBMS service with a consideration for restarting same.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of performing a range measurement. For example, a first wireless communication device may include a radio to communicate a discovery frame with a second wireless communication device, the discovery frame including at least one movement indication field to indicate a time of movement of a sender of said discovery frame; and a controller to perform a range measurement procedure with said second wireless communication device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for handling a L2 entity in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives data via a first logical channel, changes a type of a logical channel from the first logical channel to a second logical channel, determines whether to re-establish a L2 entity for the first logical channel, and receives the data via the second logical channel.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an eMBMS system that includes a GW-C device connected to a mobility management entity and broadcast/multicast service center and a GW-U device connected to a base station and the mobility management entity. The GW-C device is configured to perform core network signaling interaction with the broadcast/multicast service center and the mobility management entity, and to send a forwarding indication message to the GW-U device. The GW-U device is configured to receive signaling from the base station and send the signaling to the GW-C device according to the forwarding indication message. The GW-C device is further configured to receive and process the signaling from the GW-U device. The GW-U device is further configured to send a received broadcast/multicast service data packet to the base station according to the forwarding indication message.

Abstract: A first parameter that is used for configuration of a cyclic prefix for transmission of first information is configured, a second parameter that is used for configuration of a cyclic prefix for transmission of second information is configured, and one third parameter that is used for configuration of cyclic prefixes for transmission of a first synchronization signal, transmission of third information, transmission of a second synchronization signal, and transmission the fourth information, and that is common to the transmission of the first synchronization signal, the transmission of the third information, the transmission of the second synchronization signal, and the transmission of the fourth information is configured.

Abstract: The present invention discloses are a method, a user equipment, and a base station for generating a pilot sequence. The method includes: determining a first parameter used to generate a pilot sequence in a first parameter candidate set, where the first parameter candidate set includes at least two timeslot numbers of the following timeslot numbers: a timeslot number obtained after downlink synchronization, a predefined timeslot number, timeslot numbers in a second type pilot configuration parameter, a timeslot number obtained from a high layer notification, and a timeslot number obtained from a dynamic notification, where a second type pilot is different from a pilot corresponding to the pilot sequence; and generating the pilot sequence according to the first parameter.

Abstract: Method of scrambling signals, transmission point device, and user equipment using the method are provided. The method includes: sending an ID table to a user equipment through higher layer signaling, the ID table being a subset of the whole ID space and containing available IDs for the user equipment; notifying the user equipment an ID in the ID table to be used through physical layer signaling or UE specific higher layer signaling; generating a random seed based on the notified ID; initializing a scrambling sequence by the random seed; and scrambling the signals with the initialized scrambling sequence. The method of the disclosure, by combining physical layer signaling and higher layer signaling, may notify the used group ID and the blind detection space to a UE, wherein the blind detection for the UE is enabled and the signaling overhead is reduced.

Abstract: A method and device for dispatching data carrier devices is provided. The device comprises: a communication interface; and a controller. The controller is configured to: receive, using the communication interface, an incident report including a location of an associated incident; determine from the incident report: that the location has limited wireless coverage; and information that is to be transported to the location of the associated incident; identify a data carrier device that is capable of transporting the information to the location and is one or more of: presently storing at least a portion of the information; and capable of downloading any portion of the information that is not presently stored at the data carrier device; and transmit, using the communication interface, a dispatch command to the data carrier device to travel to the location; and an indication of the information to be transported to the location.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and device for controlling sending of a GTP message, and a data sending method and device. A GTP message sending device receives a no-response time indication of user equipment sent from a GTP message response device, where the no-response time indication indicates a no-response time of the user equipment in an implicit or explicit manner, the GTP message sending device adjusts, according to the no-response time of the user equipment indicated by the received no-response time indication of the user equipment, a time of sending a GTP message, where adjusting the time of sending the GTP message is specifically postponing the time of sending the GTP message as the no-response time of the user equipment increases, or bringing forward the time of sending the GTP message as the no-response time of the user equipment decreases.

Abstract: Disclosed is a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G communication system such as LTE.