06th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 72 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220046417 | INTEGRATING CBRS-ENABLED DEVICES AND INTENT-BASED NETWORKING - Systems and methods are provided for receiving, at an enterprise network, first authentication data of a citizens broadband radio service (CBRS)-enabled device, receiving, at the enterprise network, second authentication data of the CBRS-enabled device, the first authentication data of the CBRS-enabled device being a different type of authentication data than the second authentication data of the CBRS-enabled device, determining a class of the CBRS-enabled device based on the first authentication data and the second authentication data of the CBRS-enabled device, determining a network segment for the CBRS-enabled device based on the class of the CBRS-enabled device, and providing access to the CBRS-enabled device based on the determining of the network segment for the CBRS-enabled device. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046418 | DEVICE REGISTRATION TO MANAGEMENT DOMAIN - The technology disclosed herein pertains to a method for mobile storage device registration to a management domain using a random token and a pin. In at least one implementation, a technology disclosed herein provides a method of authenticating a device on a system, the method including generating a random token, displaying the random token to a user, communicating the random token to an authentication system portal, in response the authentication system portal validating the random token receiving a PIN from the user, and communicating the PIN to the authentication system portal, and receiving a portal IP address and a certificate of authentication from the authentication system portal. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046419 | Hyperledger Authorization into a Radio Access Network (RAN) - A method of authenticating and authorizing a wireless communication device for access to a communication service. The method comprises receiving a service request from a wireless communication device by a access node, parsing the service request by the access node, based on parsing the service request, determining by the access node that the wireless communication device is seeking combined authentication and service authorization, sending the service request by the access node to a hyperledger gateway, receiving an authentication success response associated with the wireless communication device and a service authorization success response by the access node from the hyperledger gateway, and sending the service request by the access node to a communication service computer system, whereby the service request is both authenticated and authorized by the hyperledger gateway in a combined transaction and a requested communication service is provided to the wireless communication device. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046420 | OUT-OF-BAND AUTHENTICATION FOR VEHICULAR COMMUNICATIONS USING JOINT AUTOMOTIVE RADAR COMMUNICATIONS - The disclosure includes embodiments that provide out-of-band authentication for vehicular communications using Joint Automotive Radar Communications (“JARC” if singular, “JARCs” if plural). A method includes receiving, by a directional radio of a connected vehicle, a directional communication having a payload that includes the first temporary identifier and sensor data for a purported transmitter of the directional communication. The method includes initiating, by the directional radio and a radar of the connected vehicle, a set of JARCs with the purported transmitter to determine an authenticity status of the first temporary identifier. The method includes executing a vehicular action for the payload of the directional communication responsive to the authenticity status. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046421 | INTEGRITY PROTECTION FOR FREQUENT SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION - Packet protection is described. Data of a group of packets is concatenated with a security key and a sequence number of the packet. A hash mark of the concatenated data is calculated and sent with data or control information in a packet. If each packet has reserved bits, at least some of the packets each has data, a least a portion of the hash mark, and a header having: a first bit that indicates if the hash mark is present, and a second bit that indicates if the packet is used to determine the hash mark. Otherwise, a separate control packet is sent that contains the hash mark, a first sequence number of the group of packets, and a PDU type indicating that the control packet is an integrity protection packet for the group of PDCP packets. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046422 | FAKE BASE STATION IDENTIFICATION METHOD, RELATED DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - A method, a device, and a system for identifying a fake base station are disclosed. The method includes: A terminal device generates a cell monitoring report, where the cell monitoring report includes an identifier of a cell on which the terminal device camps and first time information, and the first time information is used to indicate a time point at which or a time period in which the terminal device does not receive a paging message in a time period of camping on the cell. The terminal device sends the cell monitoring report to a network device. The network device identifies a fake base station based on the cell monitoring report. In the embodiments of the present invention, a fake base station can be accurately identified. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046423 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING NULL-CIPHERING CHANNELS - Provided is a method for detecting abnormal traffic. The method comprises collecting non-access stratum (NAS) traffic between a user equipment (UE) and a mobility management node, identifying a ciphering algorithm supported by the UE from a network access request message transmitted from the UE to the mobility management node, and identifying the UE as a first type of terminal at risk based on a determination that the UE only supports a null ciphering algorithm. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046424 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING LOCATION AND COUNTRY DETERMINATION FOR 5G SATELLITE ACCESS - Satellite access to a PLMN with a Fifth Generation (5G) core network (5GCN) is supported by a serving satellite NodeB (gNB). The gNB determines or verifies the country in which a user equipment (UE) is located to ensure that the UE is located in the same country as the PLMN. The gNB may determine the country of the UE based on UE measurements from broadcast satellite signals and a positioning ID (PID) broadcast for each radio cell. The PID frequently changes to prevent spoofing. The gNB may use multiple UE measurements from a moving radio cell over a period of time to generate a more accurate location for the UE. The gNB may indicate to a 5GCN whether the country of the UE has been verified. The 5GCN will determine the location and country of the UE if the gNB indicates that the country is not fully verified. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046425 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING LOCATION AND COUNTRY DETERMINATION FOR 5G SATELLITE ACCESS - Satellite access to a PLMN with a Fifth Generation (5G) core network (5GCN) is supported by a serving satellite NodeB (gNB). The gNB determines or verifies the country in which a user equipment (UE) is located to ensure that the UE is located in the same country as the PLMN. The gNB may determine the country of the UE based on UE measurements from broadcast satellite signals and a positioning ID (PID) broadcast for each radio cell. The PID frequently changes to prevent spoofing. The gNB may use multiple UE measurements from a moving radio cell over a period of time to generate a more accurate location for the UE. The gNB may indicate to a 5GCN whether the country of the UE has been verified. The 5GCN will determine the location and country of the UE if the gNB indicates that the country is not fully verified. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046426 | SECURITY PROCEDURE - In accordance with an example embodiment, there is provided an apparatus, such as a user equipment, configured to receive, from a communication network, an authentication request which comprises a nonce and a received sequence number, check, whether the received sequence number is advanced with respect to a first sequence number, the first sequence number being from a most recent previous authentication request handled by the apparatus, check, responsive to the received sequence number not being advanced with respect the first sequence number, whether the nonce is identical to one from among plural stored nonces, and send, responsive to the nonce being identical to the one stored nonce, a response to the authentication request which comprises as a synchronization failure token a dummy value which is not derived from the first sequence number. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046427 | RADIO ACCESS NETWORK NODE, RADIO TERMINAL, CORE NETWORK NODE, AND METHOD THEREFOR - During handover of a radio terminal ( | 2022-02-10 |
20220046428 | BROADCAST/BROADBAND CONVERGENCE NETWORK - A broadcast/broadband convergence system that delivers content from content sources to user equipment devices. The system provides: significantly enhanced mobile capability to the broadcast industry; an additional revenue source for the broadcast industry by dynamically selling available spectral resources for use by wireless broadband networks and/or broadcast content off-loaded from wireless broadband networks; additional spectrum for the broadband industry through the dynamic purchase of available spectrum; and an enriched user experience. A spectrum server may facilitate the dynamic allocation of radio spectrum made available by the broadcast networks. The broadcast networks may broadcast with enhanced waveform parameters to support mobile devices as well as fixed devices. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046429 | COMMUNICATION ZONE ALLOCATION METHOD OF TERMINAL, DEVICE THEREFOR, AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT - The present disclosure relates to a communication zone allocation method for a terminal. The method includes: controlling antenna array to receive received signals from a target terminal at a plurality of beam angles under the condition of minimum beam width according to a corresponding relationship between beam width, beam angle and antenna array parameters established in advance;determining a direction of the target terminal according to signal quality of the received signals received at the plurality of beam angles; and setting an exclusive communication zone for the target terminal according to the direction of the target terminal and a target beam width required by the target terminal. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046430 | INTRA-SLOT TRANSMIT/RECEIVE BEAM SELECTION FOR SIDELINK - Wireless communications systems and methods related to intra-slot transmit beam selection and receive beam selection for sidelink are provided. A first user equipment (UE) transmits, to a second UE over a sidelink, a plurality of beam measurement signals in a plurality of beam directions during a first slot, wherein each beam measurement signal of the plurality of beam measurement signals includes at least one of sidelink control information (SCI) or a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), and wherein the plurality of beam directions includes at least two different beam directions. The first UE receives, from the second UE, an indication of a preferred beam direction of the plurality of beam directions. The first UE transmits, to the second UE over the sidelink, data in the preferred beam direction. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046431 | CELL AND FULL DUPLEX BEAM PAIR UPDATING - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a message that includes: an indication of one or more selected cells associated with one or more component carriers, and an indication of one or more uplink and downlink beam pairs for full duplex operation. The UE may transmit an uplink communication and receive a downlink communication based at least in part on the message. Numerous other aspects are described. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046432 | INTERFERENCE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, RESPONSE MESSAGE SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, RESPONSE MESSAGE FORWARDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided are an interference control method and apparatus, a response message sending method and apparatus, a response message forwarding method and apparatus, a communication device, and a communication system. A reference signal sent by a victim base station carries an addressing identifier. The addressing identifier corresponds to route information of a victim node set. Thus, when an aggressor base station monitors the reference signal, an aggressor node set may send a response message to the victim node set according to the addressing identifier, so that the victim base station in the victim node set can respond to the message to determine that the aggressor base station has received the reference signal sent by the victim base station. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046433 | CONNECTION BEHAVIOR IDENTIFICATION FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method includes receiving, from a radio access network (RAN) node within a wireless network, connection event information for one or more user devices and associated channel condition information; and determining a connection behavior status of a user device based on at least a portion of the connection event information and associated channel condition information and a connection behavior status model, wherein the connection behavior status model provides a mapping or association between connection event information and associated channel condition information for one or more user devices and a connection behavior status. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046434 | ACCESS POINT DEVICE, METHOD, APPARATRUS AND MEDIUM - The present disclosure is related to an access point device, a method, an apparatus and a medium. The access point device comprises: a memory having instructions stored thereon; and a processor configured to execute the instructions stored on the memory to cause the access point device to perform the following: determining an unstable client device which is disconnected from the access point device repeatedly; determining a flap reason for the client device based on a disconnecting message between the access point device and the client device; and performing an operation corresponding to the flap reason to stop flapping. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046435 | NETWORK COVERAGE ENHANCEMENT (CE) FOR VEHICLES - A method for providing enhanced network coverage for a vehicle equipped with a wireless communication device. The method includes transmitting to a mobile network a capability message indicating that the WCD does not support any coverage enhancement (CE) mode. The method also includes determining whether a condition is satisfied, which comprises determining whether the vehicle is parked. The method further includes as a result of determining that the condition is satisfied, informing the mobile network that the WCD supports a CE mode. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046436 | AUTOMATED PARAMETER DEPLOYMENT FOR CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - The described technology is generally directed towards generating and deploying radio access network parameters by a management platform. The management platform can use a defined data structure as a carrier for parameters within the management platform. Newly generated parameters can be placed in the defined data structure. The newly generated parameters can be approved at the management platform for deployment to radio access network devices. A software defined networking function of the management platform can convert a parameter into a specific format utilized at a radio access network, and the software defined networking function can deploy the converted parameter to the radio access network. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046437 | MULTIPLE CARRIER TRANSMISSIONS FOR RECOVERY OF SIDELINK CONNECTION - A method and apparatus for multiple carrier transmissions for recovery of sidelink connection in a wireless communication system is provided. A first wireless device determines whether to recover a sidelink connection on which a failure occurs based on a characteristic of the sidelink connection, and transmits, to a second wireless device, a message related to a recovery of the sidelink connection based on a determination to recover the sidelink connection. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046438 | USER EQUIPMENT FOR BEAM FAILURE DETECTION AND BEAM FAILURE DETECTION METHOD - A UE for beam failure detection is provided. The RF signal processing device of the UE assesses a first radio link quality according to a first BFD-reference signal (BFD-RS) set including at least one reference signal, communicating with a plurality of transmission/reception points (TRPs) which include at least a first TRP and a second TRP. The processor of the UE is coupled to the RF signal processing device. When the first radio link quality is below a threshold, the processor generates a first indication, wherein the first indication is a first beam failure instance (BFI) or the first BFD-RS set. The processor enables a first timer and a first counter according to the first indication. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046439 | RELAY NODES WITH MULTI-CONNECTED CELLULAR BACKHAUL - A network management function of a relay network may identify relay node support of multi-mobile terminal (MT) operation, and may coordinate configuration of multiple backhaul links supported by the relay node via the multi-MT functionality of the relay node. In some cases, a relay node may transmit MT capabilities to the management function over a first established backhaul link, and the management function may configure a second backhaul link using a second MT function of the relay node. In other cases, the relay node may autonomously establish multi-MT connectivity based on preconfigured parent-selection policies, and the network management function may identify the relay node is dual-connected to the network management function. In either case, the network management function may configure backhaul routes (e.g., backhaul links) and resource configuration across the redundant topology. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046440 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR CIRCUMVENTING FAR-END INTERFERENCE - Disclosed in the present application are a method, system and device for circumventing far-end interference, which are used to better circumvent far-end interference by means of flexibly adjusting a GP length. The method for circumventing far-end interference provided by the present application comprises: an interference-receiving station preliminarily determining that there is far-end interference according to far-end interference features, and sending a first dedicated reference signal sequence to an interfering station; the interfering station determining that there is far-end interference according to the first dedicated reference signal sequence, and sending a second dedicated reference signal sequence to the interference-receiving station; the interference-receiving station finally determining that there is far-end interference according to the second dedicated reference signal sequence; and the interference-receiving station and the interfering station circumventing the far-end interference by means of adjusting the GP length. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046441 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprising: triggering, by medium access control (MAC) layer, a beam failure recovery for at least one serving cell, identifying, by MAC layer, whether evaluation of candidate beams is completed for the at least one serving cell for which the failure recovery is triggered and not cancelled, and generating, by MAC layer, a MAC control element (CE) for beam failure recovery based on a identified result, wherein detection information in the MAC CE is set to 1 for the at least one serving cell for which a beam failure is detected and evaluation of candidate beams is completed. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046442 | SCALING FACTOR FOR NEW RADIO GAP BASED MEASUREMENT - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide scaling factor design for new radio gap-based measurement. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046443 | CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION-REFERENCE SIGNAL BASED MEASUREMENT - The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide channel state information-reference signal configurations to facilitate measurements. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046444 | MEASUREMENT GAP SHARING BETWEEN RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL MEASUREMENTS - Disclosed are techniques for wireless positioning. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives a positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration, the PRS configuration indicating at least a muting bitmap, a muting type, a PRS periodicity, or any combination thereof, receives a measurement gap configuration, the measurement gap configuration indicating one or more measurement gaps and a measurement gap periodicity, and performs positioning measurements, mobility measurements, or both within the one or more measurement gaps based on a carrier-specific scaling factor (CSSF) for the one or more measurement gaps, the CSSF determined based on the PRS periodicity, the measurement gap periodicity, a size of the muting bitmap, the muting type, or any combination thereof. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046445 | DETERMINING CHANNEL OCCUPANCY FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATION - Disclosed is a method comprising receiving, by a first terminal device, a first transmission from a second terminal device. The first terminal device measures a channel busy ratio over a first time window. The first terminal device determines a channel occupancy ratio of the second terminal device based at least partly on the received first transmission. The first terminal device updates the channel busy ratio based at least partly on the determined channel occupancy ratio and the measured channel busy ratio. The first terminal device determines one or more sidelink transmission parameters based at least partly on the updated channel busy ratio. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046446 | CHANNEL MEASUREMENT RESOURCES (CMRS) AND INTERFEROMETRY INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT RESOURCES (IMRS) FROM DIFFERENT CELLS - The present disclosure relates to determining whether one or more channel measurement resources (CMRs) and one or more interference measurement resources (IMRs) correspond to a single serving cell or a plurality of different serving cells; determining whether the one or more CMRs and the one or more IMRs correspond to a single physical cell identification (PCI) or a plurality of different PCIs; configuring the one or more IMRs with at least one of an additional PCI or an additional cell identification (ID); and transmitting the one or more CMRs and the one or more IMRs with the at least one of the additional PCI or the additional cell ID to a user equipment (UE) for measurements. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046447 | MACHINE LEARNING BASED ANTENNA PANEL SWITCHING - Disclosed is a method comprising using a machine learning algorithm to select an antenna panel from a plurality of antenna panels. A first long-term reward value associated with the selected antenna panel is determined based at least partly on one or more first signals received on the selected antenna panel. A second signal is then transmitted or received via the selected antenna panel, if the first long-term reward value exceeds one or more second long-term reward values associated with at least a subset of the plurality of antenna panels. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046448 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - 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). A communication method and a terminal in a communication system are provided. The terminal determines multiple quasi co-location (QCL) information and information indicating a transmission state corresponding to a same downlink signal. The terminal measures and estimates a downlink channel state according to the determined multiple QCL information. The terminal demodulates the same downlink signal according to the information of multiple QCL, the information indicating the transmission state, and the downlink channel state. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046449 | DYNAMIC TUNE-AWAY FOR NEIGHBOR CELL MEASUREMENTS - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication that a tune-away period is available. The UE may perform one or more neighbor cell measurements during the tune-away period based at least in part on the indication. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046450 | MEASUREMENT INTERVAL CONFIGURATION METHOD AND DEVICE, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK DEVICE - A method for configuring a measurement gap includes: a terminal receives first configuration information from a network device, the first configuration information being used for determining a measurement gap corresponding to capability information of the terminal, where the capability information of the terminal is used for indicating at least one of whether the terminal supports capability of performing independent gap measurement within different frequency ranges or whether the terminal supports capability of no measurement gap, and the first configuration information includes first indication information used for indicating no measurement gap. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046451 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a pre-5 | 2022-02-10 |
20220046452 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of this application provide a communication method and apparatus. The method includes: If a terminal side device determines that first downlink control information (DCI) meets a first condition, the terminal side device uses a quantity of PDCCH candidates that are located in a first time unit and that are in a search space set corresponding to the first DCI as a first quantity of times of monitoring. In the first time unit, the terminal side device monitors, in the search space set corresponding to the first DCI based on the first quantity of times of monitoring, a PDCCH carrying the first DCI. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046453 | RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND SPECTRUM COORDINATION - A base station (BS) and user equipment (UE) are configured to perform measurement/reporting and spectrum coordination request/response in wireless networks. A method for operating a UE includes receiving configuration information for measuring interference from a neighboring cell, measuring the interference from the neighboring cell based on the configuration information, and computing a change in the measured interference from the neighboring cell based on a current measured interference level and a previous measured interference level. The method further includes determining, based on at least in part a determination that the change in the measured interference exceeds a first threshold, whether to generate a measurement report and transmitting the measurement report on an uplink channel. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046454 | TECHNIQUES IN MULTIPLE MEASUREMENT GAPS IN NEW RADIO (NR) - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, storage media, and systems for multiple measurement gaps (MGs) configurations with user equipment (UE) capability of supporting the multiple MGs in New Radio (NR) involved networks. Various embodiments describe how to communicate a UE capability of supporting multiple MGs between the UE and an access node (AN) so that multiple MGs may be configured to the UE effectively and efficiently. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046455 | USER EQUIPMENT - A user equipment controls a start timing of a measurement gap. Specifically, the user equipment applies the start timing of the measurement gap according to a type of a reference timing used in a target cell. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046456 | EARLY MEASUREMENTS FOR LOGGED MINIMIZATION OF DRIVE TEST - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communications system may perform measurements of a network while in an idle or an inactive state. The UE may receive, from a base station, an idle mode measurement configuration and a logged measurement configuration for performing measurements while the UE is in the idle state or the inactive state. The UE may determine, from the idle mode measurement configuration, that the measurements are to also be used for minimization of drive test (MDT) reporting. The UE may generate an MDT report based on the idle mode measurement configuration and the logged measurement configuration. The UE may transmit, to the base station, the MDT report based on the idle mode measurement configuration. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046457 | SELECTIVE MEASUREMENT REPORTING FOR A USER EQUIPMENT - A method of wireless communication includes determining, based on a plurality of network measurements performed by a user equipment (UE), one or more measurement log files associated with the plurality of network measurements. The method further includes receiving, by the UE from a network device, a request associated with the one or more measurement log files. The request indicates at least one measurement filter. The method further includes transmitting, by the UE to the network device, a response to the request. The response includes first measurement results of the one or more measurement log files selected based on the at least one measurement filter and excludes second measurement results of the one or more measurement log files based on the at least one measurement filter. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046458 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTER-CELL DOWNLINK AND UPLINK BEAM INDICATION, MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING - A method of operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving first information for a physical cell identifier (PCI) different from a serving cell PCI; receiving second information for source or measurement reference signals (RSs) for the PCI; determining, based on one or more transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states, the first information, and the second information, a reception spatial domain filter for reception of at least one of downlink (DL) RSs and channels from the PCI; and measuring, based on the first information and the second information, the measurement RS. The method further includes determining, based on the measured measurement RSs, the first information, and the second information, a beam report and transmitting the beam report for the PCI on an uplink (UL) channel. A beam refers to a spatial property used to receive or transmit a source RS or a channel. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046459 | METHOD FOR REPORTING MEASUREMENT DATA, AND TERMINAL THEREFOR - A method for a terminal for reporting measurement data may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a base station, interference measurement resource (IMR) configuration data or sounding reference symbol (SRS) configuration data for measuring terminal-to-terminal (UE-to-UE) cross-link interference; measuring UE-to-UE cross-link interference on the basis of IMR or SRS configuration data; and transmitting a report containing the measured UE-to-UE cross-link interference measurement value to the base station. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046460 | TECHNIQUES TO FACILITATE POLICY ASSURANCE FOR HIGH-RESILIENCY NETWORK ENVIRONMENTS - Presented herein are techniques to facilitate policy assurance for high-resiliency network environments. In one example, a method is provided that may include calculating an intended resiliency for each of a plurality of access networks based on resiliency characteristics; determining zone policies for each of a plurality of connectivity zones of a geographical area and for each of a plurality of traffic service classes; determining a network access resiliency policy for each client of a plurality of clients within each of the plurality of connectivity zones; determining a client access resiliency policy for each access network of the plurality of access networks; and communicating each network access resiliency policy to each client of the plurality of clients and communicating each client access resiliency policy to each access network of the plurality of access networks. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046461 | METHOD FOR MANAGING RESOURCES OF A CONVERGED FIXED ACCESS AND MOBILE RADIO TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND DEVICES - A method for managing resources of a converged fixed access and mobile radio telecommunications network, some of the resources being implemented in a virtualized and remote form in the network, optical resources of the network being allocated between an optical router and a plurality of optical modems of the network is disclosed. A module for centralized management of the mobile radio resources of the network implements receiving a performance indicator for a mobile radio part of the network transmitted by a base station of the network connected to one of the optical modems and/or by a module of remote virtualized radio functions in the network; estimating the optical resource requirements of the mobile radio part from the performance indicator, providing information representative of the optical resource requirements; and transmitting the information of the optical resource requirements to a module for centralized management of the fixed access and optical resources. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046462 | 5G SYSTEM SUPPORT FOR VIRTUAL TSN BRIDGE MANAGEMENT, QoS MAPPING AND TSN Qbv SCHEDULING - Systems and method are disclosed herein that relate to support for virtual Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) bridge management, Quality of Service (QoS) mapping, and TSN related scheduling in a cellular communications system. In some embodiments, a method performed by one or more network nodes of a cellular communications system operating as a virtual TSN bridge of a TSN network comprises providing, to a controller associated with the TSN network, parameters that relate to capabilities of the virtual TSN bridge. The parameters that relate to the capabilities of the virtual TSN bridge comprise a first parameter that defines a clock accuracy of an entity in the cellular communications system that operates gating control for the virtual TSN bridge and a second parameter that informs the controller associated with the TSN network that the virtual TSN bridge or a particular egress port of the virtual TSN bridge is restricted to exclusive gating. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046463 | TRIGGERING A BUFFER STATUS REPORT - Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for triggering a buffer status report. One method ( | 2022-02-10 |
20220046464 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING BUFFER SIZE REPORT INCLUDING DUAL BITMAP INFORMATION BY WIRELESS NODE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method of transmitting a buffer size report (BSR) by a wireless node in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method includes the steps of: generating the BSR including a first bitmap; and transmitting the BSR to a network, wherein each bit of the first bitmap indicates whether a corresponding second bitmap is present or not in the BSR, wherein each bit of at least one second bitmap which is present in the BSR indicates whether buffer size information of a corresponding logical channel group (LCG) is present or not in the BSR. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046465 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PACKET DELAY MANAGEMENT IN eCPRI NETWORK - A method for data packet delay management in a communications network connecting a sender node over an eCPRI interface to a receive node. The method performed at the receiver node receiving data packets from the sender node comprises monitoring ( | 2022-02-10 |
20220046466 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING MOBILE NETWORK CONGESTION - A method for managing mobile network congestion including: determining cell metrics over a predetermined time interval for each cell of a plurality of cells; determining correlations between the cell metrics for each cell; determining whether any cell of the plurality of cell are congestion based on the correlations; determining a type of congestion for any cell determined to be congested; and determining traffic actions based on the type of congestion. A system for managing mobile network congestion having: a collection module configured to determine cell metrics over a predetermined time interval for each cell of a plurality of cells; a correlation module configured to determine correlations between the cell metrics; an analysis module configured to determine whether any cell is congestion based on the correlations and a type of congestion for any cell determined to be congested; and a traffic action module configured to determine traffic actions. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046467 | LISTEN BEFORE TALK TYPE DEPENDENT CHANNEL MEASUREMENTS FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONS - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment may determine parameters for congestion metrics based on a type for a channel access procedure associated with a sidelink transmission. The user equipment may determine a channel access procedure type for a sidelink channel transmission, and determine a limit for a channel occupancy (e.g., a channel occupancy ratio) based on the type. The user equipment may compare the channel occupancy with the limit to determine whether to transmit the sidelink channel transmission, based on whether the channel is available. In some aspects, the user equipment may additionally perform the channel access procedure (e.g., a listen before talk procedure) to determine whether to transmit the sidelink channel transmission. The user equipment may also perform channel measurements to obtain a congestion metric (e.g., a channel busy ratio) based on a threshold before transmitting the sidelink channel transmission. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046468 | VEHICULAR MICRO CLOUD TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL - A system and related method for transmitting data to one or more connected vehicles. The system includes one or more processors and a memory. The memory includes one or more modules that cause the one or more processors to establish a communication connection between the system and one or more of the connected vehicles, the connected vehicles forming a vehicular micro cloud and having a shared identification, send a first portion of data to one or more of the connected vehicles, the data having the first portion and a remaining portion, receive acknowledgment data from one or more of the connected vehicles, the acknowledgment data including the shared identification, validate the acknowledgment data, and in response to the acknowledgment data being validated, send the remaining portion of data to one or more of the connected vehicles. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046469 | USER APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - A user apparatus in a radio communication system supporting a D2D technology, includes a message generating unit configured to generate a message including a first segment and a second segment; and a message transmitting unit configured to transmit, multiple times, the message within a predetermined period, wherein information reported by a plurality of the first segments transmitted within the predetermined period by the message transmitting unit, is not changed within the predetermined period. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046470 | METHOD AND UE FOR ENHANCING NAS SIGNALING IN RADIO CAPABILITY SIGNALING OPTIMIZATION - NAS signaling between a UE and a server is enhanced by performing one of: sending a registration complete message to the server using existing NAS signaling and without starting a release timer in response to receiving an RC_ID deletion IE in a registration accept message; and not sending the registration complete message to the server in response to receiving the RC_ID deletion IE in the registration accept message. A registration procedure is reinstated based on a stored RC_ID. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046471 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR DATA SEGMENTATION AND REASSEMBLY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Methods, apparatus and systems for data segmentation and reassembly in a wireless communication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a transmitter module in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises: segmenting a plurality of data units from a plurality of logical channels into a plurality of data segments at a medium access control (MAC) layer. The plurality of data segments are allocated with a plurality of sequence numbers in sequential order. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046472 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - 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. An embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting data in a next-generation mobile communication system. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046473 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZED OFDMA SUBCARRIER ALLOCATION - A method of OFDMA subcarrier allocation for stations in a wireless network includes determining a total downlink buffered traffic load for downlink traffic from a gateway device to the stations, and receiving a total uplink buffered traffic load for uplink traffic from the stations to the gateway device. The method further includes determining a first ratio of total downlink buffered traffic load for each station in relation to total downlink buffered traffic load for all stations, determining a second ratio of total uplink buffered traffic load for each station in relation to total uplink buffered traffic load for all stations, performing OFDMA subcarrier allocation for the downlink traffic by assigning available channel bandwidth proportional to the first ratio for each station, and performing OFDMA subcarrier allocation for the uplink traffic by assigning available channel bandwidth proportional to the second ratio for each station. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046474 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING NETWORK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method by a first base station comprises receiving a message including information related to a sum of traffic loads of user equipment and information related to a location of a second base station from second base stations, identifying a sum of traffic loads transmitted from the second base stations, to the UEs, identifying whether the identified sum of the traffic loads is larger than a sum of data rates for the corresponding UEs of the corresponding second base stations located in the specific first area, when the identified sum of the traffic loads is larger than the sum of the data rates, identifying a specific UE to be operated as a second base station among the corresponding UEs located in the specific first area, and transmitting information indicating that the specific UE is to operate as the second base station to the specific UE. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046475 | Methods, Data Split Unit and Data Collector Unit for Controlling Data Transmission Over Two Connections - Methods, a data split unit ( | 2022-02-10 |
20220046476 | Fast Signal Identification Of Bluetooth, Zigbee And Other Network Protocols - A system and method for detecting the presence of a Bluetooth or Zigbee signal within a short period of time is disclosed. The signal identification circuit has two stages, a first stage that processes windows to determine whether noise is present, and a second stage that processes long windows to determine whether the signal is a particular lower-power network protocol. The signal identification circuit can be configured to detect Bluetooth at 1 Mbps, Bluetooth at 2 Mbps or Zigbee. The signal identification signal may be used to allow a lower-power network controller to coexist with a high duty cycle WiFi controller. The signal identification circuit may also be used for other functions, such as powering on a lower-power network controller, determining CCA, or determining which channel a packet is being transmitted on. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046477 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication device includes a first communication unit that performs wireless communication based on a first communication scheme; a second communication unit that performs communication based on a second communication scheme different from the first communication scheme; and a control unit that controls the communication based on the first communication scheme and the communication based on the second communication scheme, in which a second layer is set for a protocol stack of the second communication scheme as a layer corresponding to a first layer, which is any layer below a layer corresponding to a communication protocol according to selection of a transmission path among a series of layers for each of communication protocols constituting a protocol stack of the first communication scheme, and the control unit converts one of data corresponding to the first layer and data corresponding to the second layer to the other. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046478 | SESSION DESCRIPTION PROTOCOL MECHANISMS FOR SIGNALING RADIO ACCESS NETWORK CAPABILITIES IN MULTIMEDIA TELEPHONY SESSIONS - Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for negotiating Radio Access Network (RAN)-level capabilities toward improving end-to-end quality of Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) communication sessions, such as Voice over Long-Term Evolution (VoLTE) calls. Disclosed embodiments include Session Description Protocol-based mechanisms to signal the RAN-level capabilities. The RAN-level capabilities may include, for example, delay budget information signaling, Transmission Time Interval bundling, RAN frame aggregation, RAN-assisted codec adaptation or access network bitrate recommendation, and/or other like capabilities. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046479 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR CONFIGURABLE BANDWIDTHS - Disclosed are methods, apparatus and systems for resource allocation when configurable bandwidths are available. One method includes performing a first transmission using a first set of resources in a first bandwidth, and subsequently performing a second transmission using a second set of resources in a second bandwidth, where the first bandwidth is greater than the second bandwidth, where the first and second set of resources are identified by a first and second value, respectively, and where a bit representation of the first value is a zero-padded version of a bit representation of the second value on either the most significant bit (MSB) or the least significant bit (LSB). | 2022-02-10 |
20220046480 | RADIO ACCESS NETWORK NODE, AND METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A radio access network (RAN) node ( | 2022-02-10 |
20220046481 | REAL TIME ADAPTION OF A LATENCY CRITICAL APPLICATION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A method includes: a) provisioning at least one latency critical application; b) determining mean latency and mean throughput which are required by a respective latency critical application, and assigning the determined mean latency and mean throughput to a reference point value; c) allocating the reference point value to the respective latency critical application; d) calculating via a time variable point value function an actual point value for the respective latency critical application; e) comparing the reference point value with the actual point value; f) determining a difference value between the reference point value and the actual point value; g) repeating steps d) to f) for a subset of points in time within the time interval; h) summing up all difference values determined in step f) for all points in time of the subset; and i) continuously optimizing current use of resources in the cell. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046482 | MICROSERVICES COORDINATOR FOR ADVANCED NETWORKS - A microservices coordinator function can be utilized to apply dynamic policy changes for microservices. For example, based on outlined service provider policies, user equipment state data, and/or network state data, the microservices coordinator function can determine which microservices to use and/or what order to use the microservices to increase a performance of the network. The microservices coordinator can perform conflict resolution based on how network traffic should be treated in certain scenarios. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046483 | Sidelink Resource Allocation Enhancements - Various examples and schemes pertaining to enhancements for sidelink (SL) resource allocation in New Radio (NR) vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications are described. A user equipment (UE) transmits to a peer UE assistance information with respect to a result of sensing of one or more resources reserved for a SL communication. The UE then receives a transmission from the peer UE on a resource selected by the peer UE based on the assistance information. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046484 | Method and Functions for Handling a UE's Access to a DN - The embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a SMF ( | 2022-02-10 |
20220046485 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRIGGERING RESELECTION FOR RELAY - Provided are a method for performing wireless communication by a first device, and an apparatus for supporting same. The method may comprise: establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a first base station; establishing a PC5 connection with a second device; receiving an RRC reconfiguration message for handover from the first base station; establishing an RRC connection with a second base station based on the RRC reconfiguration message; and based on (i) the first device which is a relay device relaying communication between the second device and the first base station, and (ii) the first device establishing the RRC connection with the second base station, transmitting information regarding relay reselection to the second device. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046486 | TRANSMISSION OF GROUP HANDOVER MESSAGE - Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable medium for enabling an efficient group handover mechanism that has less signaling overhead than single UE handover are provided. An example method at a base station includes transmitting a group handover request for the group of UEs to a target base station. The method further includes receiving a group handover acknowledgment from the target base station. The method further includes transmitting a group handover message to the group of UEs. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046487 | RLF Handling During Multi-Connectivity Handover - Techniques to configure a user equipment (UE) for radio link failure (RLF) handling during a multi-connectivity handover with a source base station (SBS) and a target base station (TBS) include encoding a measurement report for transmission to the SBS via a first communication link. The measurement report is triggered based on a measurement event configured by the SBS. RRC signaling is received from the SBS, the RRC signaling including a handover command in response to the measurement report. The handover command includes an indication for multi-connectivity support by the SBS and the TBS during the handover. A random access channel (RACH) procedure with the TBS is performed using a second communication link between the UE and the TBS. Radio link monitoring (RLM) on the first communication link and the second communication link is performed during the handover. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046488 | LIGHT-WEIGHT RRC CONNECTION SETUP IN MULTI-RAT NETWORK - The present disclosure generally relates to the field of Radio Resource Control (RRC). More specifically, the present disclosure relates to techniques of supporting and initiating RRC connection establishment in a wireless communication network. A method embodiment relates to supporting RRC connection establishment in a wireless communication network and comprises setting up context information during a first RRC connection establishment procedure to establish a first RRC connection towards a radio access network element ( | 2022-02-10 |
20220046489 | TECHNIQUES FOR SUPPORTING USER PLANE INTEGRITY PROTECTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Aspects described herein relate to initiating, by a source base station, handover of a user equipment (UE) from the source base station to a target base station, where the source base station supports user plane (UP) integrity protection (IP) for the UE, determining, based on initiating the handover, whether the target base station supports the UP IP, and determining, based on determining whether the target base station supports the UP IP, whether to continue the handover of the UE from the source base station to the target base station. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046490 | SIGNALING AND TRIGGER MECHANISMS FOR HANDOVER - Methods and apparatuses for signaling and trigger mechanisms for handover in a wireless communication system. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving system information and information corresponding to different classes for handover signaling; transmitting a capability information including information indicating support of enhanced signaling mechanisms; receiving configuration information including measurement information and handover information based on the capability information; determining completion of handover based on the configuration information; and transmitting a completion of handover indication using a non-Radio Resource Control mechanism based on the completion of handover determination. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046491 | EXECUTION OF REDUCED SIGNALING HANDOVER - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine that a reduced signaling handover condition has occurred. The UE may execute a reduced signaling handover from a source base station to a target base station based at least in part on determining that the reduced signaling handover condition has occurred. Numerous other aspects are described. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046492 | Signaling in a Wireless Network - Methods, apparatus, and systems for wireless communications are described. Example methods, devices, and systems are described that utilize a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) computed based at least in part on first signals received via a first cell and on second signals received via a second cell. Information in a measurement information message may be used as part of computing a PMI. The measurement information message may indicate resources of a first cell and a second cell for use in computing the PMI. A wireless device may receive first signals via the first cell and second signals via the second cell based on information in the measurement information message, and may use these signals to compute the PMI. The computed PMI may be used in communications with a base station. For example, the wireless device may receive a packet beamformed employing the computed PMI. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046493 | CONTROL CHANNEL WITH FLEXIBLE NUMEROLOGY - Techniques are described for wireless communication. One method for wireless communication includes transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), an indication of a control channel subcarrier spacing to be used by the UE; and transmitting a control message having a subcarrier spacing in accordance with the indication. Another method for wireless communication includes transmitting, to a UE, an indicator channel identifying at least a subcarrier spacing to be used in one or more subsequent control channels. One or more subsequent control channels are then transmitted in accordance with the subcarrier spacing indicated by the indicator channel. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046494 | UE CAPABILITY INDICATION FOR MULTI-CONNECTIVITY HANDOVER - Techniques to configure a UE for a multi-connectivity handover with a source base station (SBS) and a target base station (TBS) include encoding UE capability information for transmission to the SBS, the UE capability information indicating tire UE supports multi-connectivity handover. A measurement report is encoded for transmission to the SBS, the measurement report triggered based on a measurement event configured by the SBS. RRC signaling is received from the SBS and includes a handover command for a multi-connectivity handover from the SBS to the TBS. The handover command is in response to the measurement report and the UE capability information. First UL data and second UL data are encoded for transmission during the multi-connectivity handover. The first UL data is encoded for transmission to the SBS and the second UL data is encoded for transmission to the TBS during the multi-connectivity handover. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046495 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING MOBILITY RELATED TO DUAL CONNECTIVITY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to method and apparatus for performing mobility related to dual connectivity (DC) in wireless communication system. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a radio access network (RAN) node in a wireless communication system comprises: transmitting a first message comprising secondary node (SN) mobility commands of candidate target primary secondary cells (PScells), each of the SN mobility commands being related to an index; and transmitting a second message comprising the index related to a first SN mobility command of a candidate target PScell among the SN mobility commands, and a second SN mobility command of the candidate target PScell, wherein the second SN mobility command includes parameter values of at least one first entry that are updated from those of the at least one first entry in the first SN mobility command, and excludes parameter values of at least one second entry that are included in the first SN mobility command. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046496 | HANDOVERS USING DUAL ACTIVE PROTOCOL STACK AND FULL-DUPLEX OPERATION - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a base station, an indication that the UE supports dual active protocol stack (DAPS) based handover capability and full-duplex operation capability. The UE may perform a full-duplex based DAPS handover based at least in part on the indication. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046497 | Information processing method and apparatus - Embodiments of this application provide an information processing method and an apparatus. When a terminal device accesses or camps on a first cell served by a second network device, the terminal device records and stores first information of the terminal device in the first cell, where the first information may include connection failure report information of a radio link failure (RLF) or a handover failure, and/or measurement information obtained by performing measurement by using a minimization of drive tests (MDT) technology. After accessing a second cell, the terminal device may send, through the second cell, the first information to a first network device to which the second cell belongs, and a RAT corresponding to the second cell is different from a RAT corresponding to the first cell. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046498 | PERFORMING MEASUREMENTS FOR A HANDOVER PROCEDURE IN A NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK - A method for a user equipment (UE) connected to a serving cell associated with a first satellite is provided. The method receives a measurement configuration including a plurality of synchronization signal block (SSB) measurement timing configurations (SMTCs). Each SMTC may have at least one offset value and a first SMTC in the plurality of SMTCs has a first offset value that is different from a second offset value of a second SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs. The method further receives a signal to perform a measurement procedure for a second cell associated with a second satellite and performs the measurement procedure based on the received plurality of SMTCs. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046499 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SIGNAL QUALITY INFORMATION OF FREQUENCY - This application provides a method and an apparatus for determining signal quality information of a frequency. In this method, terminal devices do not need to perform inter-frequency measurement or inter-RAT measurement, but only need to perform intra-frequency measurement and report signal quality information of an intra-frequency to a network device, so that the network device can determine signal quality information of an inter-frequency. In this way, the network device may select a carrier for the terminal devices based on the signal quality information of the intra-frequency and the signal quality information of the inter-frequency. Clearly, because the terminal devices do not need to perform the inter-frequency measurement or the inter-RAT measurement, in addition to ensuing a carrier selection gain, the method can further ensure service continuity and service throughputs of the terminal devices, and avoid overheads of the inter-frequency measurement and the inter-RAT measurement. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046500 | MULTI-CONNECTIVITY USING TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING - Techniques to configure a UE for time-division multiplexing (TDM)-based multi-connectivity handover with a source base station (SBS) and a target base station (TBS) include encoding UE capability information for transmission to the SBS. The UE capability information indicates the UE supports the TDM-based multi-connectivity handover. A measurement report is encoded for transmission to the SBS, the measurement report triggered based on a measurement event configured by the SBS. RRC signaling from the SBS is decoded, which includes a handover command in response to the measurement report. The handover command indicates a TDM pattern for multi-connectivity with the SBS and the TBS during the handover. UL data is encoded for transmission to the SBS. Transmission of the UL data to the SBS is time-division multiplexed with communications between the UE and the TBS during the handover based on the TDM pattern. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046501 | Link Determination and Establishment Method and Apparatus, Transmission System, and Satellite Communication System - A link determination and establishment method and apparatus are provided. In the link determination method, a ground serving base station of User Equipment (UE) receives, from an air serving base station of the UE, link information of a primary link and configuration information of the air serving base station; the ground serving base station determines at least one cooperative base station of the UE and feature information of at least one secondary link according to the link information of the primary link and the configuration information of the air serving base station; and the ground serving base station sends, to the air serving base station and the at least one cooperative base station, indication information for establishing the at least one secondary link, the link information of the primary link, and configuration information of the ground serving base station. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046502 | HANDOVER METHOD AND TERMINAL - A handover method and a terminal are provided. The method includes: upon receiving indication information from a source cell during a first conditional handover, performing, by a terminal, at least one of the following operations: ignoring the indication information; continuing execution of the first conditional handover; stopping the first conditional handover; and performing, according to the indication information, an operation indicated by the indication information. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046503 | QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE TECHNIQUES FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of wireless communication includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a first message indicating one or more quality of experience (QoE) configurations including at least a first QoE configuration for the UE. The method further includes receiving, by the UE, a second message indicating a second QoE configuration for the UE. The method further includes transmitting, by the UE based on one or more of a first priority associated with the first QoE configuration, a second priority associated with the second QoE configuration, or a QoE configuration threshold, a QoE measurement report associated with a particular QoE configuration corresponding to one of the first QoE configuration or the second QoE configuration. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046504 | SWITCHING SATELLITES IN FIXED RADIO CELL - In one aspect, a method of wireless communication includes operating, by a user equipment (UE), in a network with fixed radio cells. The method also includes determining, by the UE, a plurality of potential satellites for selecting a first cell to camp on, the first cell associated with a first satellite. The method includes performing cell reselection, by the UE, to select a cell associated with a second satellite using a selection condition. The method further includes establishing, by the UE, a connection with the second satellite for paging monitoring or wireless communications. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046505 | Telecommunications Network Bearer Allocation and Deallocation - An access network can allocate a bearer for a network service associated with a quality-of-service (QoS) value (QV) and a retention-priority value (RPV), and determine a bearer ID for the service based on the QV, the RPV, and a supplemental priority value (SPV) different from the QV and from the RPV. Upon handover of a terminal, session(s) carried by a bearer allocated by the terminal can be terminated. That bearer can be selected using IDs of the bearers and a comparison function that, given two bearer IDs, determines which respective bearer should be terminated before the other. Upon handover of a terminal to an access network supporting fewer bearers per terminal than the terminal has allocated, a network node can select a bearer based on respective QVs and RPVs of a set of allocated bearers. The network node can deallocate the selected bearer. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046506 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-SHOT NETWORK PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION - A system and method of a base station are configured to enable a multi-shot network parameter optimization. The method includes generating one or more specified Key Performance Indicators (KPI) constraints based on a selected set of KPIs. The method also includes adjusting common beam parameters to tune a common beam based on the selected set of KPIs. The common beam is tuned to satisfy the one or more specified KPI constraints. The method also includes adjusting handover A2 and A5 parameters based on searching within a three-dimensional space defined by specified A2 and A5 thresholds. The method further includes transmitting one or more signals based on the adjusted the common beam parameters and the adjusted handover A2 and A5 parameters. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046507 | ENHANCEMENTS TO MOBILITY SETTINGS CHANGE PROCEDURES - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described, in which a base station may determine a load balancing adjustment for traffic communicated through the base station. The load balancing adjustment may be provided at a beam level for one or more beams of a plurality of beams, at a network slice level for one or more network slice IDs of a number of network slice IDs, or combinations thereof. The base station may use the load balancing adjustment to identify one or more updated parameters for triggering a handover of at least one user equipment (UE) between beams or slice IDs of a same cell or different cells. The base station may format a mobility change request that indicates the one or more parameters that are updated, and transmit the mobility change request to another base station to establish parameters for handovers between the base stations. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046508 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING HANDOVER AND CORRESPONDING APPARATUS - The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5 | 2022-02-10 |
20220046509 | TRAVEL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF TRAVEL SYSTEM - A travel system includes a travelling carriage that travels on a predetermined track, access points including first APs that wirelessly communicate with the travelling carriage and second APs that wirelessly communicate with the travelling carriage in a communication slot different from a communication slot of the first APs, and a controller that, via any one of the access points, receives from the travelling carriage position information indicating the current position of the travelling carriage, and transmits to the traveling carriage a travel instruction to control travel of the travelling carriage. The travelling carriage includes a wireless interface that wirelessly communicates with one of the first APs, and wirelessly communicates with one of the second APs when wireless communication with the one of the first APs is not possible. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046510 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILITY PROCEDURE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE), the UE receives, from a first cell, a first signaling indicative of one or more random access resources of a second cell. The UE receives, from the first cell, a second signaling indicative of switching a Special Cell (SpCell) of the UE to the second cell, wherein the second signaling comprises at least one of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) signaling or a Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE). The UE initiates a random access procedure on the second cell in response to receiving the second signaling, wherein the random access procedure is performed by the UE using the one or more random access resources. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046511 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD - A terminal apparatus for communicating with a base station apparatus, the terminal apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive an RRC message from the base station apparatus; and a processing unit, in which the RRC message is a message for indicating mobility from a first RAT to a second RAT, the first RAT being NR, and the processing unit performs, based on a fact that information configured to indicate that the second RAT is UTRA is included in the RRC message, processing to forward, to upper layers, information used for key synchronisation and key freshness included in the RRC message. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046512 | ROUTE-BASED BEAM PROVISIONING - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station (BS) may determine, for a user equipment (UE) operating in a mobility state, route information. The BS may transmit, to the UE, information identifying a set of beams based at least in part on the route information. The UE may perform a set of neighbor cell measurements, in connection with movement along the predicted route, using the set of beams. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046513 | Device Configuration for Time Sensitive Network Bridge - A session management function (SMF) receives, from a wireless device, time sensitive networking (TSN) bridge parameter comprising port information of a TSN bridge. The SMF sends, to a policy and charging function (PCF), a request for policy information, the request comprising the TSN bridge parameter. The SMF receives, from the PCF, a response to the request, the response comprising policy information for the wireless device. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046514 | ROUTING METHOD AND DEVICE OF MOBILE AD-HOC NETWORKS - A network construction method, a routing method and device of mobile ad-hoc networks are provided. The mobile ad-hoc network includes a plurality of nodes, each node communicating with its neighbors via communication links. The routing method comprises the following steps: each node identifying a link quality with each of its neighbors by providing marks based on a hysteresis-based link quality marking mechanism; each node identifying a link operationality with each of its neighbors by evaluating a score calculated from the marks; and each node reconstructing routes with its neighbors by filtering route construction messages related to the link operationality of the neighbors. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046515 | A METHOD FOR ADDING REDUNDANT RELAY NODES DURING PATH DISCOVERY PRODECURE OF A MESH NETWORK - A method and apparatus for device establishing redundant relay nodes in a mesh network. | 2022-02-10 |
20220046516 | System and Method for Independent Dominating Set (IDS) Based Routing in Mobile AD Hoc Networks (MANET) - A communications node of a multi-node communications network is disclosed. In embodiments, the communications node includes a communications interface and controller. The controller transitions the clustering status of the communications node to a clusterhead node status. The clusterhead node identifies a cluster of neighboring nodes with which it is in communication by transmitting hello messages identifying the clusterhead node and its status but omitting a one-hop neighbor list. The clusterhead node refines link discovery to the nodes of the multi-node communications network by flooding the network (e.g., via its cluster of neighboring nodes) with routing status messages, which network nodes not part of the dominating set of clusterhead nodes are restricted from sending. | 2022-02-10 |