15th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 67 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210112545 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A method for determining uplink control information and a communications device are disclosed in implementation of this application. The method includes: obtaining, by a communications device, a target parameter set, where the target parameter set includes at least one first parameter value and at least one second parameter value, the at least one first parameter value is used for transmitting a first kind of data, and the at least one second parameter value is not used for transmitting the first kind of data; and determining, by the communications device according to the at least one first parameter value, a quantity of bits for transmission of feedback information associated with the first kind of data. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112546 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD, NODE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A resource allocation method, a node, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: configuring or reserving, by a first parent node, a first communication resource for a subnode; and sending, by the first parent node, to a second parent node, resource indication information used to indicate the first communication resource, where the resource indication information is used to enable the second parent node to configure or reserve a second communication resource for the subnode according to the first communication resource. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112547 | BASE STATION AND CONFIGURATION INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD - Disclosed is a base station used as a first base station in a radio communication system having the first base station and a second base station. The base station includes a determination unit configured to determine a transmission direction configuration in a time segment having predetermined duration, and a configuration information transmission unit configured to periodically or aperiodically transmit information indicating the transmission direction configuration determined by the determination unit to the second base station. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112548 | TRANSMISSION OF PAYLOAD BETWEEN A MOBILE DEVICE AND A PLURALITY OF ANCHOR DEVICES VIA RANGING-CAPABLE PHYSICAL LAYER COMMUNICATION - A method is described for transmitting a payload between a mobile device and a plurality of anchor devices via a ranging-capable physical layer, in particular an ultra-wide band (UWB), communication. The method comprises: i) transmitting, by the mobile device, a first message to a first anchor device and to a second anchor device, wherein the first message comprises a synchronization protocol, ii) establishing, upon receiving the first message, a first time slot for the first anchor device and a second time slot for the second anchor device based on the synchronization protocol, iii) transmitting, by the mobile device, a second message to the first anchor device and/or to the second anchor device, wherein the second message comprises a mobile device payload, iv) transmitting, upon receiving the second message by the first anchor device, a third message to the mobile device during the first time slot by the first anchor device, wherein the third message comprises a target device payload, and/or v) transmitting, upon receiving the second message by the second anchor device, the third message to the mobile device during the second time slot by the second anchor device. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112549 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless communication method is executed by a wireless communication system including one or more wireless terminals and a wireless communication apparatus. The wireless communication apparatus generates wireless scheme schedule information, which is information related to a schedule of a slot allocated to an uplink signal and a downlink signal of a predetermined wireless scheme, generates a downlink signal to be transmitted in the slot to the wireless terminal based on the wireless scheme schedule information, and transmits a beacon signal including the wireless scheme schedule information in the slot. The wireless terminal receives the beacon signal, in the slot, acquires the wireless scheme schedule information from the beacon signal, and generates an uplink signal to be transmitted in the slot to the wireless communication apparatus, based on the wireless scheme schedule information. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112550 | DETECTING INTERFERENCE BETWEEN BASE STATIONS AND MICROWAVE BACKHAUL TRANSCEIVERS - Techniques for detecting and/or mitigating interference in a wireless network are discussed herein. An environment may include a base station in communication with one or more user equipment (UE) and one or more microwave backhaul transceivers. In some examples, the base station may and transceivers may communicate using frequencies in the same band (e.g., a millimeter frequency band). A geometry of devices in an environment can be determined. Further, interference can be detected based on a flexible portion of a transmission or a source identifier that can be included in a transmission. In some examples, the microwave backhaul transceivers may communicate via a same or similar millimeter frequency resources. Wireless resource(s) can be selected or otherwise determined for one or more components of the network to mitigate interference in the network. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112551 | INTEGRATION OF A WI-FI ACCESS POINT WITH A CELLULAR RADIO UNIT - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for an integrated Wi-Fi Access Point and cellular network Radio Unit (RU) include a communication system interfacing with a wired network for communicating Wi-Fi traffic and cellular network traffic, the communication system integrating a Wi-Fi Access Point (AP) with a cellular network Radio Unit (RU). The Wi-Fi traffic and cellular network traffic can be processed in the communication system. The communication system can interface with at least one programmable Radio Frequency (RF) front end configured for wireless communication over one or more frequency bands for Wi-Fi traffic and one or more frequency bands for cellular network traffic (e.g., 5G, LTE, Wi-Fi). | 2021-04-15 |
20210112552 | NUMEROLOGY OPTIONS FOR NEW RADIO - An apparatus of a communications network system provides (S | 2021-04-15 |
20210112553 | TECHNIQUES FOR DATA RATE SHARING FOR UPLINK AND SIDELINK WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Some aspects described herein relate to considering data rates of multiple interfaces in determining whether to decode communications received over the interfaces and/or to considering the multiple interfaces in determining parameters for granting resources for one or more of the interfaces. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112554 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING COMMUNICATION SERVICE BY USING PLURALITY OF MODEMS - A first modem performs a first communication service in a first frequency band. A second modem performs a second communication service in a second frequency band. The first modem and the second modem are in a first operating mode. The first modem receives, from an access network device, a switching instruction for the first communication service, where the switching instruction is used to instruct the first modem to switch from the first frequency band to a third frequency band. The first modem indicates to an arbitration apparatus that the first modem needs to be switched to the third frequency band. The arbitration apparatus determines whether the third frequency band conflicts with the second frequency band, to perform: maintaining the first operating mode, or switching the first operating mode to a second operating mode for the first modem and the second modem. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112555 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING CARRIER CENTER FREQUENCY AND APPARATUS - A method for determining a carrier center frequency in a wireless communications system and apparatus are provided. The method includes: determining, a carrier center frequency used by a base station and UE to communicate, according to a frequency band starting frequency, and absolute radio frequency channel number, a frequency band offset, and a relative radio frequency channel number. According to this application, a time for searching for a cell by a terminal can be reduced, power consumption of the terminal can be reduced, and a battery life can be extended. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112556 | METHOD, BASE STATION, TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR UPDATING COMPONENT CARRIER - A method, base station, terminal and communication system for updating component carriers are provided. Wherein, status information of the terminal, base station and/or component carrier is acquired; whether the status information accords with the predetermined condition is determined; an old component carrier is replaced by a new component carrier, or a new component carrier is added in the even that the predetermined condition is met. With the embodiments of the present invention, the component carrier which the terminal would use is updated more effectively. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112557 | DEVICE COMMUNICATION USING A REDUCED CHANNEL BANDWIDTH - Systems and/or methods for supporting communications at a reduced bandwidth with a full bandwidth network such as a long-term evolution (LTE) network may be disclosed. For example, inband assignments such as downlink assignments and/or uplink grants may be provided and/or received and transmissions may be monitored and/or decoded based on the inband assignment. Additionally, information (e.g. a definition or configuration) associated with an ePDCCH may be provided and/or received and ePDCCH resources may be monitored and/or decoded based on such information. An indication for support of a reduced bandwidth by the full bandwidth network may also be provided and/or received and control channels in the reduced or narrow bandwidth may be monitored and/or decoded based on the indication. A PRACH preamble and/or a multi-type subframe definition may also be provided and/or used for support of such a reduced bandwidth. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112558 | RESOURCE EFFICIENT BEAM MANAGEMENT - A base station transmits to a first UE beam management configuration information that identifies (directly or indirectly) a resource and indicates to the UE that the identified resource will be used by the base station to transmit a reference signal for use by the first UE in performing a beam management procedure, and then the base station refrains from using the identified resource to transmit the reference signal, and, instead, uses the identified resource to transmit data (e.g., user data or other information) to a second UE. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112559 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIMING ADVANCE VALIDATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and device are disclosed from the perspective of a UE (User Equipment). In one embodiment, the method includes the UE receiving a first signaling to configure a preconfigured uplink resource (PUR) to be used in a cell. The method further includes the UE determining whether to use the PUR in the cell at least based on whether a timing advance is valid, wherein whether the timing advance is valid is based on a difference between a first measurement result and a second measurement result, and wherein the first measurement result is not a cell measurement quantity of the cell. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112560 | DEFAULT QUASI-COLOCATION FOR SINGLE DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION-BASED MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION RECEPTION POINTS - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A communication device, which may be otherwise known as user equipment (UE) may receive a downlink control information (DCI) on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). The DCI may include one or more of an indication of a set of transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states related to a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), one or more receive beams associated with the set of TCI states, or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheme. The UE may decode the DCI and may determine a temporal period associated with the indication of the set of TCI states. The UE may receive, based on the temporal period, the PDSCH according to one or more of the set of TCI states, the one or more receive beams associated with the set of TCI states, the PDSCH scheme, or one or more default receive beams. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112561 | DEFAULT TRANSMISSION BEAMS FOR MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION-RECEPTION POINTS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for concurrent communications between multiple transmission-reception points (TRPs) and a user equipment (UE). A default beam for each of the TRPs may be determined, and in the case that the default beams are unable to be concurrently received at the UE, a prioritization rule may be applied to determine which TRP uses the initially determined default beam, where the other TRP(s) may use a different beam. A UE also may be configured with a subset of control resource sets for each TRP, such that beams associated with different configured subsets are compatible and able to be concurrently received at the UE. Other techniques for providing compatibility between beams of multiple concurrent TRP transmissions include determination of a first beam, and selection of a second beam based on a mapping to the first beam, or explicit configuration by a base station. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112562 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS - This application relates to the field of communications technologies, and discloses a communication method and a communications apparatus. A terminal device receives first indication information from a network device, where the first indication information indicates an available frequency domain resource, in a bandwidth, which can be used by the terminal device to communicate with the network device. The bandwidth is one carrier bandwidth or one carrier bandwidth part. The available frequency domain resource includes a plurality of non-contiguous frequency domain resource groups, and each frequency domain resource group includes one or more contiguous frequency domain resource blocks. The terminal device determines the available frequency domain resource in the bandwidth based on the first indication information. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112563 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS - This application provides a method, which includes: receiving, by a terminal side device, physical layer signaling sent by a network side device in a first frequency band; and determining, by the terminal side device, a sequence number of a first time transmission unit in a second frequency band, where the first time transmission unit includes a time resource indicated by the physical layer signaling, the sequence number of the first time transmission unit is greater than or equal to a sequence number of a second time transmission unit in the second frequency band, an end time of the physical layer signaling is within a time range of the second time transmission unit, and a subcarrier spacing of the first frequency band is different from a subcarrier spacing of the second frequency band. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112564 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS - A method of mitigating start-of-packet interference in a millimetre waveband wireless mesh communications network which comprises a first plurality of network node devices each having a transceiver unit which includes a beamforming antenna device, and a second plurality of millimetre waveband wireless communications links each of which interconnects a respective pair of the transceiver units of the network node devices, the method comprising: allocating respective baseband centre frequencies to pairs of transceivers of the network node devices, which baseband centre frequencies are for use with respective communications links of the network, each such allocated baseband centre frequency being offset from at least one other allocated baseband centre frequency by a respective predetermined offset amount; and at a first transceiver of a selected pair of transceivers, encoding a data packet using an encoding signal having the baseband centre frequency allocated to the selected pair of transceivers, to generate an encoded signal. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112565 | END TO END SLICING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - A method, an apparatus and a computer program for providing end-to-end slicing in wireless communications systems. Profiles of a plurality of network slices of a wireless communications system are determined. Each network slice in the plurality of network slices has one or more communication components logically isolated from one or more communication components of another network slice in the plurality of network slices. Based on the determined profiles and a request received from the user device, a network slice in the plurality of network slices is selected for transmission of data associated with the user device. Using the selected network slice, data associated with the user device is transmitted. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112566 | MOBILE STATION, BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile station is a mobile station configured to transmit data to a base station by performing priority control, and includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to be capable of transmitting a plurality of pieces of data having different requirements corresponding to a plurality of channel groups, and be capable of, when performing the priority control, applying a radio resource specified by the base station to a channel group specified by the base station out of the channel groups and controlling transmission of the data. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112567 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a transmitter configured to transmit a first field containing information to identify a plurality of wireless communication terminals, and configured to multiplex and transmit a plurality of second fields in each of which a first frame containing an address of any of the wireless communication terminals is set; and a controller configured to determine, for the first frames, values pertaining to lengths of durations to suppress access to a wireless medium to the wireless communication terminal having an address different from the address contained in each of the first frames. The transmitter is configured to set the values in the first frames, the second fields, or the first field. The controller is configured to determine the values so that the durations have an end at an identical time. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112568 | Scheduling method and schedule list establishing method for user equipment end of Narrowband Internet of Things - A scheduling method and a method for establishing a schedule list for user equipment (UE) of NB-IoT are provided. The method for establishing the schedule list includes the following steps: synchronizing to a cell; receiving at least one system information parameter from the cell, the at least one system information parameter including at least one system information type and a narrowband system information block type; establishing multiple sub-lists according to the distributions of the at least one system information type and the narrowband system information block type, each element of the sub-lists representing an available subframe; assigning a sub-list code to each sub-list; calculating the number of elements for each sub-list; and establishing a list according to the at least one system information parameter, the sub-list codes, and the numbers of the elements. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112569 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS - A method and a base station are disclosed. The base station comprises a transceiver and a processor. The base station transmits a radio resource control (RRC) message, wherein the RRC message indicates a resource block, the resource block including a plurality of locations indicating time-frequency orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) resource assignments for a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), wherein different ones of the plurality of WTRUs search at different locations within the indicated resource blocks for assignment messages. The base station receives an uplink signal from a first WTRU from the plurality of WTRUs, wherein the uplink signal is based on one or more of the assignment messages for the first WTRU. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112570 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS - A method and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are disclosed. The WTRU comprises a transceiver and a processor. The WTRU receives a radio resource control (RRC) message, wherein the RRC message indicates a resource block, the resource block including a plurality of locations indicating time-frequency orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) resource assignments for a plurality of WTRUs including the WTRU. The WTRU analyzes assignment messages for a subset of the plurality of locations within the indicated resource block, and transmits an uplink signal based on one or more of the analyzed assignment messages that are for the WTRU. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112571 | SELECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS IN WIRELESS DEVICE - This document discloses a solution for adaptive transmission of data packets. According to an aspect, a method comprises: scheduling a first wireless interface of a user device to operate in a first transmission mode where the first wireless interface transmits payload data to a wireless network; scheduling a second wireless interface of the user device or another user device to operate in a second transmission mode where the second wireless interface transmits keep alive messages without payload data to the wireless network or to another wireless network; receiving at least one measured connection quality metric from the first wireless interface and from the second wireless interfaces; and rescheduling, on the basis of the received connection quality metrics, a transmission mode of at least one of the first wireless interface and the second wireless interface. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112572 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL MONITORING - Methods and apparatuses are provided for monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). A first time gap is set from an end of the PDCCH to a beginning of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). A second time gap is set from an end of the PDSCH to a beginning of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). A high priority channel and a low priority channel are configured in a PDCCH monitoring span. At least one parameter indicating a minimum amount of additional time required by a user equipment (UE) for processing the low priority channel, is received from the UE. Based on the at least one parameter, the UE is configured with at least one offset used to increase at least one of the first time gap and the second time gap. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112573 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING SERVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for fusing, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail businesses, and security and safety related services, on the basis of 5G communication technologies and IoT-related technologies. The present invention, according to one embodiment, may provide a method for requesting a service by a terminal, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, from a first network core, information for instructing a second network priority traffic; on the basis of the information for instructing the second network priority traffic, searching for a cell of a second network; and, if a cell accessible to the second network exists, transmitting a service request to the second network. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112574 | TIMING CONDITIONS FOR SIDELINK FEEDBACK REPORTING - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may schedule a user equipment (UE) to transmit a sidelink data message to another UE. The base station may consider timing capabilities of the transmitting UE and the receiving UE when scheduling the sidelink communication. For example, the base station may schedule a feedback resource based on the timing capabilities of the transmitting UE and the receiving UE. The feedback resource may be scheduled with enough time such that the sidelink UEs can finish processing any sidelink communications in time to provide the feedback for the sidelink communications to the base station using the feedback resource. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112575 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CONTROLLED UPLINK SCHEDULING - A method for operating a network node in a wireless communication network. The method comprises detecting signals transmitted from wireless communication devices scheduled for uplink transmissions. The method also comprises selecting a subset of the detected signals for decoding. The method also comprises decoding the selected subset and initiating a rescheduling of the wireless communication devices that transmitted the detected signals that were not selected. Also disclosed is a method performed by a network device in a wireless communication network. The method comprises scheduling wireless communication devices for uplink transmissions. The method also comprises obtaining information enabling an identification of a subset of wireless communication devices that transmitted signals using said scheduling but whose transmitted signals were not selected for decoding and rescheduling said subset of wireless communication devices for uplink transmissions. Corresponding network nodes and network devices and relate computer programs are also disclosed. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112576 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides an information processing method and apparatus. A terminal device encodes uplink control information (UCI) to obtain coded bits of the UCI, and encodes data to obtain coded bits of the data. The terminal device multiplexes the coded bits of the UCI and the coded bits of the data to obtain a multiplexed bit sequence. The terminal device then transmits the multiplexed bit sequence to a network device via a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). A length of a transmission time interval of the UCI is less than or equal to 0.5 millisecond. In this way, data transmission latency can be reduced. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112577 | METHOD OF SCHEDULING DOWNLOADS FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICES CONNECTED TO A DOWNLOAD SERVER THROUGH A COMMON ACCESS POINT - A process for scheduling downloads for communication devices connected to a download server through a common access point. In operation, the download server receives a download request from a first communication device. The download request includes a unique access point identifier of a first access point through which the first communication device is connected to the download server. The download server identifies an access point record that is linked to the unique access point identifier of the first access point and updates the identified access point record to include the first communication device in a communication devices list included in the identified access point record. When a count of communication devices included in the communication devices list is greater than the predetermined count threshold, the download server delays an execution of a download service corresponding to the download request received from the first communication device. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112578 | HARQ FEEDBACK REPORTING FOR CROSS-CARRIER SCHEDULING - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may transmit a plurality of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) communications in a same PDCCH monitoring occasion in a first cell, and may transmit a plurality of physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) communications in at least one of the first cell or a second cell. Each of the PDCCH communications schedules a respective PDSCH communication of the plurality of PDSCH communications. A PDCCH communication, of the plurality of PDCCH communications, includes an indication of a counter downlink assignment index that is based at least in part on a combination of a starting symbol and a cell in which an associated PDSCH communication is to be transmitted, a cell index of the cell in which the associated PDSCH communication is to be transmitted, and the PDCCH monitoring occasion. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112579 | Scheduling method for user equipment end of Narrowband Internet of Things - A scheduling method for user equipment (UE) of NB-IoT is provided. The scheduling method includes: synchronizing to a cell; receiving from the cell at least one system information parameter that includes a maximum number of repetitions, periods, and offsets of NPDCCH search spaces; establishing a list according to the at least one system information parameter, the list recording multiple available subframes and each available subframe being labeled with an index; calculating a numeral of a start subframe of target NPDCCH repetitions according to a numeral of a target subframe, the period, and the offset; searching the list for a start index corresponding to the start subframe using the numeral of the start subframe; searching the list for a target index corresponding to the target subframe; determining whether the target subframe is within the interval of the target NPDCCH repetitions; and determining whether the target subframe is an NPDCCH candidate subframe. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112580 | USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR SYSTEM INFORMATION MODIFICATION AND ACQUISITION PROCEDURE - A user equipment (UE) and a method for system information (SI) modification and acquisition procedure are provided. The method includes receiving downlink control information (DCI) with a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by a paging radio network temporary identifier (P-RNTI) from a base station, the DCI including an SI modification bit and a public warning system (PWS) notification bit; performing an SI acquisition procedure upon determining that the SI modification bit is set; and acquiring at least one of an earthquake and tsunami warning system (ETWS) notification and a commercial mobile alert system (CMAS) notification upon determining that the PWS notification bit is set. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112581 | SCHEDULING VIA WIRELESS COMMUNICATION RELAY - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication relay may receive, via a first wireless link with a base station, a scheduling request that identifies scheduling information for scheduling transmission or reception of data via a second wireless link with a network node. The wireless communication relay may transmit, via the second wireless link, a scheduling command in accordance with the scheduling information. The wireless communication relay may transmit or receive, via the second wireless link, the data in accordance with the scheduling information. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112582 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION FOR SIDELINK SCHEDULING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND TERMINAL USING SAME - Provided are a method for transmitting downlink control information for sidelink scheduling in a wireless communication system and a wireless apparatus using the method. The method is characterized by: generating sidelink SPS activation/release DCI for indicating sidelink semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) activation or release; and transmitting the sidelink SPS activation/release DCI to a terminal, wherein the sidelink SPS activation/release DCI further comprises a sidelink SPS activation/release field and a sidelink SPS configuration index field not present in sidelink dynamic DCI which is for dynamically scheduling the sidelink. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112583 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING STARTING SYMBOLS IN MULTIPLE PDSCH TRANSMISSION OCCASIONS - Systems and methods related to indicating starting symbols of multiple transmission occasions in a cellular communications system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless communication device comprises receiving an indication of transmission occasions for respective downlink transmissions to the wireless communication device, at least two of the downlink transmissions associated to different transmission configuration indication states. The method further comprises receiving an indication of a starting symbol and a length of a first transmission occasion of the transmission occasions and receiving an indication of a particular offset value that is to be applied for determining a starting symbol of a second transmission occasion of the transmission occasions. The method further comprises determining a starting symbol of the second transmission occasion based on the starting symbol of the first transmission occasion, the length of the first transmission occasion, and the particular offset value. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112584 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING USER PLANE PROTOCOL STACK IN CONNECTIONLESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - 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 a long term evolution (LTE). A method for communication by a base station is provided. The method includes transmitting a scheduling assignment including a first part of a destination identifier (ID), and transmitting a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) including a MAC header including a user equipment (UE) ID and a second part of the destination ID. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112585 | PDCCH CANDIDATE ALLOCATION METHOD FOR CROSS-CARRIER SCHEDULING AND DEVICE - A PDCCH candidate allocation method for cross-carrier scheduling and a device are provided. This method includes: when configuration of a first cell includes search space set configuration or PDCCH candidate quantity configuration thereof, determining a PDCCH candidate quantity and/or a monitoring parameter thereof based on the configuration thereof; or when a first cell has no PDCCH configuration and configuration of a second cell includes only PDCCH configuration thereof, determining a PDCCH candidate quantity and/or a monitoring parameter of the first cell based on the PDCCH configuration of the second cell; or when a first cell has no PDCCH configuration and PDCCH configuration of a second cell includes search space set configuration or PDCCH candidate quantity configuration of the first cell, determining a PDCCH candidate quantity and/or a monitoring parameter of the first cell based on the search space set configuration or PDCCH candidate quantity configuration of the first cell. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112586 | USER EQUIPMENT AND NETWORK NODE INVOLVED IN THE TRANSMISSION OF SIGNALS - The present disclosure relates to a user equipment (UE), a network node, and communication methods respectively for a UE and a network node. The UE comprises a transceiver which, in operation, receives, on a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, downlink control information, DCI, for scheduling a plurality of transmissions or receptions between the UE and a plurality of transmission and reception points, TRPs, on a plurality of channels, the DCI including one or more indicators indicating one or more respective transmission parameters, and circuitry which, in operation, obtains, based on the one or more indicators and on a configuration, a plurality of values respectively of the one or more transmission parameters. The transceiver, in operation, performs the plurality of transmissions or receptions using a respective one of the plurality of values of the one or more transmission parameters for each of the plurality of transmissions or receptions. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112587 | SIGNALING OF CONTROL INFORMATION IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Method and apparatus are provided for decoding a downlink control information (DCI) format that schedules a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission and includes a field indicating whether or not data information is multiplexed in the PUSCH and for transmitting the PUSCH with or without data information depending on the indication by the field. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112588 | SPS WITH SKIPPING TRANSMISSIONS AND ADAPTIVE HARQ - In one embodiment, a method in a wireless device ( | 2021-04-15 |
20210112589 | SYSTEM ACCESS METHOD AND APPARATUS OF A NARROWBAND TERMINAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING WIDEBAND AND NARROWBAND TERMINALS - Apparatuses (including base stations and terminals), systems, and methods for supporting both wideband and narrowband communications are described. In one aspect, a base station supporting first type terminals operating on a first bandwidth and second type terminals operating on a second bandwidth is described, having an information formatter, a transceiver, and a controller. The information formatter generates a Low-end Master Information Block (L-MIB) and a Low-end System Information Block (L-SIB), which are transmitted by the transceiver to first type and second type terminals. The L-MIB includes control information on an L-subframe configuration for supporting a second type terminal and a sub-band configuration of the L-subframe, while the L-SIB includes information on downlink reception and uplink transmission of the second type terminal. When the base station receives a Random Access Channel (RACH) preamble request from one of the terminals, the base station performs the random access procedure. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112590 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a method for performing a random access procedure in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising: a step of transmitting, to a base station, a random access preamble, wherein the random access preamble indicates an uplink data transmission in a Msg3 stage of the random access procedure; a step of receiving, from the base station, together with a random access response message including first uplink grant information, second uplink grant information for the uplink data transmission in the Msg3 stage; and a step of transmitting, to the base station, a radio resource control (RRC) connection request message with the first uplink grant information and performing data transmission with the second uplink grant information. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112591 | RANDOM ACCESS PERFORMING METHOD, AND DEVICE SUPPORTING SAME - Provided is a method for performing a random access procedure by a terminal in a wireless communication system. The method comprises the steps of: selecting a first beam group including a configured number (M) of beams; transmitting a random access preamble to a base station via the first beam group; adjusting a value of M when it is determined that the random access procedure has failed; and reselecting a second beam group including the adjusted number of M beams. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112592 | METHOD FOR HANDLING PRE-CONFIGURED UL RESOURCES BASED ON LBT PROCEDURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND A DEVICE THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for handling pre-configured UL resources based on LBT procedure in wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving information for UL resource configuration from a network, in a state that the UE is configured with at least one serving cell operating in an unlicensed spectrum; performing LBT operation for transmission of uplink data by using the UL resource, wherein the UE starts counting a number of failures of the LBT operation once the UE is not allowed to use the UL resource for transmission of uplink data during the LBT operation, and when the number of failures of the LBT operation reaches to the maximum number of LBT failure, stopping using the UL resource. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112593 | TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT - According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processing core, at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to participate in a cooperative wireless transmission of a data block with peer apparatuses, wherein the cooperative transmission comprises an early transmit opportunity and a late transmit opportunity starting after the early transmit opportunity starts, wherein the cooperative transmission may comprise at least one further late transmission opportunity starting after the late transmit opportunity, perform a listen-before-talk test to check, if first radio resources are available, and responsive to the listen-before-talk test indicating the first resources are available, initiate a transmission of a data block on the first radio resources during the early transmit opportunity. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112594 | TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A terminal device includes a processor and a memory connected to the processor, wherein the processor executes a process including: receiving a resource specifying signal that specifies a random access resource used to transmit a preamble for random access; selecting one preamble from a plurality of preamble candidates previously acquired; and transmitting the selected preamble by using a random access resource arranged in timing based on a reception timing of the resource specifying signal. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112595 | MULTIPLEXING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTS IN MULTIPLE TRANSMIT-RECEIVE POINT (TRP) SCENARIOS - This disclosure provides systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for multiplexing channel state information (CSI) reports in scenarios involving multiple transmit-receive points (TRPs). In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) may receive at least one configuration that identifies a resource for multiplexing CSI reports that have a potential to collide in a slot. The UE may receive the at least one configuration from either, or both, of a first TRP or a second TRP. The UE may transmit at least one of a first set of CSI reports to the first TRP or a second set of CSI reports to the second TRP, multiplexed in the resource, according to the at least one configuration. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112596 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING RANDOM ACCESS - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for wireless communications are provided. A method may comprise receiving, by a wireless device from a base station, one or more messages comprising downlink control information (DCI) associated with a DCI format; determining that a first field of the DCI corresponds to a predefined value; determining that, based on the first field corresponding to the predefined value, the DCI is for a random access procedure associated with a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) order; determining, based on the determining that the DCI is for a random access procedure associated with a PDCCH order and based on a plurality of fields of the DCI, a random access channel (RACH) occasion; and transmitting, based on the RACH occasion, a random access preamble. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112597 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - An apparatus comprising circuitry configured to perform a Random Access procedure that is based on one or more access control parameters that are specific for a predefined coverage level. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112598 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING CONNECTION BETWEEN TERMINAL AND BASE STATION - According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal may store a time correction value acquired from an RA response message during an RRC layer connection to a base station, receive, from the base station, an uplink resource allocation message including an uplink resource allocated to the terminal, after the RRC layer connection to the base station is released, and when an RRC layer connection to the base station is determined, establish the RRC layer connection to the base station without transmitting an RA preamble message, on the basis of the stored time correction value and the allocated uplink resource. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112599 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR TIMING ADVANCE ADJUSTMENT - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and devices for timing advance adjustment. In example embodiments, a method implemented in a network device is provided. According to the method, in response to receiving a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) sequence from a terminal device served by the network device, a first value indicating an adjustment of timing advance is determined based on the PRACH sequence and at least one value of subcarrier spacing. An indication of the first value is transmitted to the terminal device to enable the terminal device to adjust timing of uplink transmission. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112600 | PREAMBLE AND PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL RESOURCE ORDERING AND SCRAMBLING IDENTIFIER GENERATION FOR TWO-STEP RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL PROCEDURE - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a random access channel (RACH) occasion (RO) configuration that includes information related to ordered preamble resources. The UE may generate a preamble resource index according to various parameters selected based on the RO configuration information that relates to the ordered preamble resources. The UE may generate an uplink RACH message that includes a preamble based at least in part on the preamble resource index and a payload associated with a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource unit (PRU) mapped to the preamble resource index. After decoding the uplink RACH message, the base station may send a response message including scrambled downlink control information (e.g., based on a scrambling identifier or payload information associated with the uplink RACH message). Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112601 | MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) CONTROL ELEMENT HANDLING FOR MULTICAST OR BROADCAST OPERATION - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a medium access control (MAC) control element (MAC CE) including a command to alter a configuration of the UE; identify a time to alter the configuration of the UE based at least in part on at least one of a relative time indicator, an absolute time indicator, a triggering event, or a type of the MAC CE; and implement, at the time identified for altering the configuration of the UE, the command of the MAC CE to alter the configuration of the UE. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112602 | METHODS PROVIDING RACH OCCASION INDICATION FOR RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE INITIATED BY PDCCH ORDER AND RELATED WIRELESS TERMINALS AND BASE STATIONS - A method may be provided to operate a wireless terminal in communication with a network node. The method may include receiving a Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, order from the network node. The PDCCH order may include an identification for a Random Access CHannel RACH occasion to be used for a RACH message 1 preamble transmission. Moreover, the identification may include a first index that indicates a set of RACH occasions and a second index that indicates the RACH occasion associated with the set. The method may also include transmitting a Message 1 preamble to the network node using the RACH occasion responsive to the PDCCH order. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112603 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL (PUSCH) OCCASION VALIDATION FOR 2-STEP RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL (RACH) - Wireless communications systems and methods are provided for validating a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) occasion defined for 2-step random access channel (RACH) in case of collisions. For example, the user equipment (UE) may determine whether a collision occurs between the PUSCH occasion for the 2-step RACH and any RACH occasion assigned for either 2-step RACH or 4-step RACH after receiving the RACH configuration or updates from the network. The UE may then exclude the PUSCH occasion from the resource pool for 2-step RACH when a collision occurs. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112604 | RANDOM ACCESS METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICE - A random access method includes: performing listen before talk (LBT) operations on LBT frequency bands corresponding to N physical random access channel occasion (RO) resources; and selecting M target RO resources from the N RO resources, at least two RO resources in the N RO resources being corresponding to different LBT frequency bands, the target RO resources being RO resources in the N RO resources at which LBTs are successful, N being an integer greater than 1, and M being an integer less than or equal to N and greater than or equal to 1; and sending preambles by using the M target RO resources. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112605 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PERFORMING PREAMBLE ASSIGNMENT FOR RANDOM ACCESS IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses (radio base station) and UE for enabling a UE to perform a random access. According to embodiments of the present invention, an identification number of a dedicated random access preamble is, in a message, transmitted together with information indicating in which channel or channels the preamble is valid for the UE. The UE can then use the received information and based on that information perform a random access. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112606 | FREQUENCY HOPPING FOR RANDOM ACCESS - A wireless communication device ( | 2021-04-15 |
20210112607 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A network configuration apparatus configures a closed network constructed independently for each user in an open network as a cloud LAN, generates an access point for accessing the cloud LAN assigned to each of a plurality of terminals that belong to a user using the cloud LAN. A user information management apparatus selects an access point assigned to a connection terminal accessing the cloud LAN via a mobile data transfer network, and notifies the connection terminal of the access point selected. An address management apparatus delivers an address for the connection terminal to access the cloud LAN in response to a request from the connection terminal. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112608 | LOCAL IDENTIFIER LOCATOR NETWORK PROTOCOL (ILNP) BREAKOUT - A method implemented by a user equipment (UE) in a cellular communication network to support incremental deployment of identifier locator network protocol (ILNP) breakout. The method includes receiving an advertisement for a first access point name (APN) and a second APN from a source eNodeB, where the first APN is associated with a user plane packet gateway (P-GWu) that is implemented at the source eNodeB, and where the second APN is associated with a packet gateway (P-GW) in a core of the cellular communication network, establishing a first PDN session associated with the first APN, establishing a second PDN session associated with the second APN, sending traffic destined for a first Correspondent Node (CN) that is determined to be ILNP capable via the first PDN session, and sending traffic destined for a second CN that is determined not to be ILNP capable via the second PDN session. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112609 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COORDINATING DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS - A master user equipment (UE) device may coordinate device-to-device (D2D) communications amongst a plurality of UE devices. For example, a UE device, which has been designated as a master UE device, may coordinate a D2D communication between a first UE device and a second UE device. The master UE device may be a UE device that obtains an indication that it is a master UE device that is to coordinate D2D communications amongst the plurality of UE devices. In some embodiments, the coordinating the D2D communication may be on behalf of a network and/or to facilitate wireless communication between the network and at least one of the plurality of UE devices. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112610 | METHOD EXECUTED IN USER EQUIPMENT AND BASE STATION AND CORRESPONDING DEVICES - The present disclosure provides a method performed at user equipment (UE) and corresponding UE. The method comprises: receiving a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) so as to indicate activating and/or deactivating of packet duplication of a data radio bearer (DRB); if the packet duplication is configured and the packet duplication is activated, then submitting, by a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entity, a PDCP protocol data unit (PDU) to two radio link control (RLC) entities; and if the packet duplication is configured and the packet duplication is deactivated, then submitting, by the PDCP entity, the PDCP PDU to one of the two RLC entities, wherein the MAC CE comprises a bitmap having a fixed size, each bit in the bitmap corresponding to a packet duplication DRB identity arranged in an ascending order; and a bit set to 1 in the bitmap indicates activating of the packet duplication of the corresponding DRB, and a bit set to 0 in the bitmap indicates deactivating of the packet duplication of the corresponding DRB. The present disclosure further provides another method performed at UE and corresponding UE, as well as a method performed at a base station and a corresponding base station. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112611 | CARRIER AGGREGATION CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for controlling carrier aggregation (CA) are disclosed. The method includes determining a communication characteristic describing data communicated between user equipment (UE) and a communication endpoint. The communication characteristic is used to generate a CA trigger that controls at a communication node a number or assignment of component carriers used to simultaneously communicate the data to/from the UE. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112612 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT, COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND METHODS - A method for use in a mobile communications network, the mobile communications network comprising a plurality of infrastructure equipment each providing wireless connectivity within at least one cell, and a communications device configured to communicate wirelessly with at least a first of the infrastructure equipment including by the use of a radio bearer, the method comprising the first infrastructure equipment determining that there is a requirement to alter data handling resources allocated for handling the radio bearer in one or both of the first infrastructure equipment and the communications device, re-establishing, in response to the determination, its radio link control protocol layer, transmitting a reconfiguration message to the communications device to effect re-establishment of its radio link control protocol layer, and subsequently effecting a change in the header of data packets transmitted to the communications device. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112613 | DIRECTIONAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS ONBOARD AIRCRAFT - Disclosed is a method that includes receiving absolute wireless access point coordinates from wireless access points that define respective wireless access point positions of the wireless access points. The method includes orienting the directional antenna to orientations based on the absolute wireless access point coordinates. The method includes transmitting test signals to the respective wireless access points while the directional antenna is positioned at the orientations to generate the database entries associated with the respective wireless access point positions. The method includes orienting the directional antenna according to a first one of the database entries having a greatest likelihood to establish a first communications path between a first one of the wireless access points and the wireless endpoint. The method includes transmitting a data signal to the first one of the wireless access points with a minimum transmission power based on the database entries. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112614 | Communication Method, Communications Apparatus, and Storage Medium - Embodiments of this application provide a communication method, a communications apparatus, and a storage medium. The communication method includes: sending, by a new master network device, a request to an original master network device, to request context information of a terminal device on the original master network device and an original secondary network device; and receiving the context information of the terminal device on the original master network device and the original secondary network device from the original master network device. This application can effectively simplify implementation steps of resuming a multi-connectivity mode by the terminal device, reduce signaling procedures, and shorten a delay, thereby improving network transmission efficiency. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112615 | MULTI-LINK DEVICE DATA CONTINUITY - This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to multi-link device (MLD) data continuity. An MLD device may set up one or more links with a station multi-link device (STA MLD), wherein the STA MLD comprises one or more logical entities defining separate station devices. The MLD device may transmit a data packet associated with a traffic identifier (TID) to the STA MLD. The MLD device may determine that the data packet was not received by the STA MLD. The MLD device may retransmit the data packet to the STA MLD. The MLD device may increment a retransmit counter every time the data packet is retransmitted. The MLD device may refrain from transmitting a second data packet until the data packet is dropped or successfully received by the STA MLD. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112616 | Methods and systems for Radio Access Network aggregation and uniform control of multi-RAT networks - Methods and systems for Radio Access Network (RAN) aggregation of multiple Radio Access Technologies (RATs). A method disclosed herein includes aggregating the RATs at a RAN level to provide at least one User Equipment (UE) with multi-connectivity. The method further includes enabling at least one Centralized unit (gNodeB-CU) within at least one RAN node to uniformly control Distributed Units (DUs) of different RATs (5G New Radio (NR) and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) RATs). The method further includes enabling the at least one gNB-CU to control the at least one UE and allow the at least one UE to connect with an additional RAT irrespective of an initial RAT, the UE is connected to. The method further includes controlling WLAN Access Point (AP) as a 5G distributed unit (gNB-DU). | 2021-04-15 |
20210112617 | BASE STATION, USER EQUIPMENT, AND RELATED METHOD - The present disclosure provides a method used in user equipment (UE), the user equipment being provided with one or more signaling radio bearers (SRBs) comprising a master cell group (MCG) split SRB and/or one or more secondary cell group (SCG) SRBs, and the method comprising: detecting a radio link failure between the UE and an MCG base station; determining, in the configured one or more SRBs, one or more SRBs for transmitting a message related to the radio link failure; and transmitting the message by means of the determined one or more SRBs. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112618 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to an electronic device capable of performing both fourth-generation (4G) and fifth-generation (5G) communications, which includes a communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with a base station according to at least one of a first communication method and a second communication method, and a modem configured to determine whether an establishment of a communication link according to the first communication method is allowed when a first communication link command according to the first communication method is to received from the base station, and to establish the communication link according to the first communication method based on a result of the determination or re-attempt to establish the communication link according to the first communication method through a recovery process, and wherein the modem interrupts the recovery process to prevent repeated exchange of unnecessary messages with the base station when the establishment of the communication link according to the first communication method is failed even though the establishment of the communication link according to the first communication method is attempted a preset number of times. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112619 | BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY RESPONSE - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for managing beam failure recovery operations. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) generally includes performing beam failure detection (BFD) of a beam pair link (BPL) associated with a secondary cell (Scell) of a base station (BS), sending a beam failure recovery request (BFRQ) message in another cell of the BS, the BFRQ message including an indication of a candidate recovery beam for the Scell, and starting a timer based on sending the BFRQ. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112620 | CONNECTION RE-ESTABLISHMENT METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of this application provide a connection re-establishment method, a device, and a system, to re-establish a connection of a terminal to a specified network device. The connection re-establishment method includes a source network device that determines that a connection of a terminal is to be released. The source network device obtains information about a target network device, and the source network device sends the information about the target network device, where the information about the target network device is used to re-establish the connection to the target network device. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112621 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS - A system and method provide for receiving an indication that a user device has been inactive; accessing a configuration table; identifying, based on the configuration table, a number of user devices that can be in an RRC inactive state; determining a current number of user devices that are in the RRC inactive state; transitioning the user device to the RRC inactive state when the current number of user devices is less than the threshold number of user devices; determining a priority associated with the user device when the current number equals the threshold number; and transitioning the user device to the RRC inactive state or an RRC idle state based on the priority of the user device. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112622 | New Radio Beam Management Reporting Operation with Connected Mode Discontinuous Reception - Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for beam management reporting in connected mode discontinuous reception (C-DRX) are provided. One method may include configuring, by a network node, a user equipment with a timer that may be started when user equipment active time starts. The method may also include, while the configured timer is running, preventing the user equipment from generating a beam management report autonomously. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112623 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE THEREFOR - Provided in the present specification is a method for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) in a wireless communication system. More particularly, a method performed by a terminal comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, first downlink control information (DCI), wherein the first DCI includes configuration information related to resources for transmitting first UCI and the configuration information indicates, to the terminal, a pre-empted resource by another terminal from among preset resources; determining a reference resource region, which is a range for recognizing the pre-empted resource; and transmitting, to the base station, the first UCI on a residual resource excluding the pre-empted resource from the determined reference resource region. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112624 | VENDOR AGNOSTIC SENSOR TELEMETRY DETECTION, PROCESSING, AND IDENTIFICATION - In one embodiment, a traffic analysis service receives payload data from packets sent by a sensor tag in a network. The service forms a payload signature for the sensor tag, based on the payload data. The payload signature is indicative of one or more bytes in the payload that vary across the packets. The service identifies a portion of the payload data as potentially including a sensor measurement, based on the payload signature. The service uses a machine learning classifier to assign a sensor measurement type to the identified portion of the payload data. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112625 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED RELATIVE POSITION DETERMINATION OF WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for automated detection of relative position among a plurality of wireless access points (WAPs) deployed in service area. An exemplary service area is the passenger cabin of a commercial airplane. The method can include transmitting a signal on a wireless channel at a fixed power level across the service area. Each WAP can measure a signal strength of the signal received from all other WAPs of the plurality of WAPs. The plurality of WAPs can share reports including signal strengths of the signal transmitted from all of the other WAPs. Each WAP can then form a matrix of measured signal strengths and measuring WAPs including the signal strength of signals transmitted by each WAP as received by all other WAPs as the measuring WAPs. The matrix can be used to determine a relative position of the plurality of WAPs based on the first matrix. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112626 | AP COORDINATED P2P COMMUNICATIONS IN WI-FI NETWORK - Provided herein are techniques for AP coordinated P2P communications in a Wi-Fi network. Embodiments describe an apparatus for an AP including processing circuitry to: encode a first trigger frame, to be transmitted to a plurality of STAs associated with the AP, to query a buffer status of each STA; receive one or more response frames from one or more of the plurality of STAs, each having data to be transmitted to a target receiver STA in the plurality of STAs; allocate one or more RUs for each of a group of STAs selected from the one or more STAs, based on the one or more response frames, and using OFDMA; and encode a second trigger frame, to be transmitted to the selected group of STAs and the target receiver STA for each of the group of STAs, to indicate the allocation of RUs. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112627 | Spot Heater - A device is described in which the shape of a resistive heater material is configured to provide rapid and strong heating of a small area. The resistive heating material is heated unevenly while efficiently using power. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112628 | FLUID HEATING DEVICE - A fluid heating device includes an outer cylindrical member, and inner cylindrical members arranged inside the outer cylindrical member, a container in which fluid is supplied to a fluid space between an inner surface of the outer cylindrical member and outer surfaces of the inner cylindrical members, lamp heaters arranged in the inner cylindrical members, a first nozzle member arranged on a leading end side of the lamp heaters and having an air supply port, and a first guide mechanism that guides first gas supplied from the air supply port of the first nozzle member. The inner cylindrical members include a central inner cylindrical member arranged at a center of the outer cylindrical member in a plane orthogonal to a central axis of the outer cylindrical member, and a plurality of peripheral inner cylindrical members arranged around the central inner cylindrical member. The lamp heaters include a central lamp heater arranged in the central inner cylindrical member and peripheral lamp heaters respectively arranged in the plurality of peripheral inner cylindrical members. The first guide mechanism guides the first gas to a leading end side of the central lamp heater. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112629 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT FOR ELECTRICAL HEATING DEVICES AND/OR LOAD RESISTORS - A method for manufacturing an electrical heating element is provided, especially for electrical heating devices and load resistors. The method includes the steps of defining at least one heating conductor, providing a heating element blank with geometric dimensions that are selected such that the defined at least one heating conductor can be arranged in a sub-volume of a space taken up by material of the heating element blank, and machining the heating element blank, so that the defined at least one heating conductor is generated by removing material from the heating element blank. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112630 | FEEDTHROUGH FOR AN ELECTRICAL HEATING DEVICE, ELECTRICAL HEATING DEVICE WITH SUCH A FEEDTHROUGH, SYSTEM WITH SUCH A FEEDTHROUGH, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A FEEDTHROUGH - A feedthrough is disclosed for feeding a connection for an electrical heating device through a metal wall for supplying the electrical heating device with current, wherein the connection is part of the feedthrough and is formed by a connection conductor, which is electrically isolated by an electrically insulating material from an outer sheath of the feedthrough that is made from a metal at least in some sections, wherein the connection has at least one exposed connection conductor section, in which the outer sheath has multiple outer sheath sections electrically insulated from each other in the longitudinal direction of the connection conductor. An electrical heating device with such a feedthrough, a system with such a feedthrough and a method for manufacturing such a feedthrough are also disclosed. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112631 | HEATING ELEMENT FOR A SURFACE COMPONENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A heating element for a surface component is for forming an inner surface in a vehicle. The heating element has at least one film of an electrically conductive polymer material with a two-dimensionally formed electrical conductivity and also at least two electrical conductors, which are at least in certain portions spaced apart from one another and are fixed in a parallel electrically conducting manner to the electrically conductive polymer material in such a way that electrical power can be applied to the electrically conductive polymer material by way of the at least two conductors. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112632 | Electrical Heating Element, Electrical Heating Device, and Method for Manufacturing an Electrical Heating Device with Such a Heating Element - An electrical heating element for an electrical heating device is provided, wherein the electrical heating element is made from a coiled resistive wire with flat ribbon geometry and one or two connector assemblies, wherein the resistive wire with flat ribbon geometry is coiled into coils with an inner diameter, an outer diameter, and a distance between adjacent coils such that the flat side of the resistive wire with flat ribbon geometry runs parallel to the coil axis, and wherein the connector assemblies have at least one connection element that is in surface-area contact with a section of the resistive wire with flat ribbon geometry. In addition, an electrical heating device with such an electrical heating element and a method for manufacturing such an electrical heating device are also provided. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112633 | ELECTRICAL TUBULAR HEATING ELEMENT WITH CONNECTING PIN AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR ELECTRICAL TUBULAR HEATING ELEMENT WITH CONNECTING PIN - An electrical tubular heating element is disclosed with a tubular metal sheath, in whose interior at least one electrical heating element, which is constructed as a resistive wire, arranged electrically insulated from the tubular metal sheath at least in sections, in which the electrical heating element has a base body, which consists of one or more sections of the electrical heating element each with essentially constant cross section, and two end sections and that at least one end section of at least one of the electrical heating elements is subjected to a shape-changing process, so that the cross section of the end section is reduced at least in sub-areas of the end section in comparison to the cross section in each section of the base body. A method for manufacturing such an electrical tubular heating element is also disclosed. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112634 | ELECTRIC TUBULAR HEATING ELEMENT AND RELATED METHOD - An electrical tubular heating element is disclosed with a tubular metal sheath, in whose interior an electrical heating element is arranged, which is formed from a resistive wire and is electrically insulated from the tubular metal sheath at least in sections by an electrically insulating material, in which the resistive wire, from which the electrical heating element is formed, is penetrated by at least one opening and/or has a contoured peripheral surface. A method for manufacturing such an electrical tubular heating element is also disclosed. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112635 | HEAT CONTROL SYSTEM - A heating wire control system has a normally open relay, a control circuit, and a remote controller. The control circuit has a transmitter/receiver adapted for wireless communication with a remote server and is adapted to obtain operational parameters from the remote controller through the server, and to use the operational parameters to selectively provide an electrical signal close the relay and energize heating wire. Weather forecasts, time, ambient conditions, and manual input are all selectively used by the control circuit to operate the control system. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112636 | ANTI-CONDENSATION ASSEMBLY - A window operable to separate an interior from an exterior is disclosed. The window comprises a pressure pane and an anti-condensation assembly. The anti-condensation assembly is disposed in an interior direction relative the pressure pane. Further, the anti-condensation assembly comprises a substantially transparent substrate disposed in a spaced apart relationship relative the pressure pane. Additionally, the anti-condensation assembly comprises a resistively heatable layer associated with the first substrate. The resistively heatable layer is operable to generate heat when an electrical current is applied thereto. Accordingly, application of power to the resistively heatable layer may serve to reduce or eliminate the presence of visible condensation in the window. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112637 | HOB APPARATUS - A hob apparatus, in particular an induction hob apparatus includes a hob panel, a heating element, a light supply unit arranged at least in part on a side of the heating element remote from the hob panel and supplying light in at least one operating condition, and a waveguide unit transporting in the operating condition light from the light supply unit to a side of the heating element facing the hob panel. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112638 | COMPOUND HEATING APPARATUS - A compound heating apparatus includes a microwave generating unit and an infrared radiation generator disposed in a casing outwardly of a heating chamber of the casing. A light shield is disposed around the infrared radiation generator, and has a shield opening facing toward the heating chamber. A microwave blocker plate covers the shield opening. An air supply module is connected to the light shield to blow air to the light shield for causing heat radiant energy generated from the infrared radiation generator to pass acceleratedly by forced heat convection through microwave blocking holes of the microwave block plate to the heating chamber. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112639 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE DRIVING APPARATUS AND DIMMING CONTROL CIRCUIT AND DIMMING CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - AN LED driving apparatus includes a power stage circuit and a dimming control circuit. The power stage circuit drives an LED circuit. The dimming control circuit includes a duty ratio conversion circuit, a digital-to analog conversion (DAC) circuit, an error amplifier (EA) circuit and a modulation control circuit. The duty ratio conversion circuit converts a PWM dimming signal to a digital duty ratio signal. The DAC circuit converts the digital duty ratio signal to an analog reference signal. The EA circuit generates an error amplified signal according to a difference between the analog reference signal and an output current related signal. The modulation control circuit generates a PWM control signal according to the error amplified signal, to control the power switch, such that the output current relates to a dimming duty ratio, whereby the dimming control circuit dims the LED circuit according to the PWM dimming signal. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112640 | Communicating with and Controlling Load Control Systems - Systems and methods are disclosed for communicating via a communications network with a load control system of a respective user environment, receiving information on the load control system via the communications network, displaying graphical user interfaces based on the received information, and controlling and configuring the load control system via graphical user interfaces by communicating via the communications network messages the load control system. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112641 | FRACTION PWM WITH MULTIPLE PHASE DISPLAY CLOCK - A method for generating fractional PWM pulses to drive an light emitting device includes generating multiphase clock signals using a multiphase PLL or DLL includes the steps of generating a plurality of phases of PWM pulses that correspond to a number of phases of the multiphase clock signals, selecting two or more phases amongst the plurality of PWM pulses, performing logic operations of the selected phases of PWM pulses to generate fractional PWM pulses, and generating a driving current using the fractional PWM pulses in a current source. The light emitting device is can be an LED display comprising an LED array having a plurality of channels and a plurality of scan lines. The driving current drives LEDs in one of the plurality of channels. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112642 | HIGH CURRENT RGB INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR USE - An electrical circuit for an illumination device for automotive and other applications is described. The hardware includes a printed circuit board having multiple light emitting diodes (LEDs) each with its own current path; a controller having multiple driver outputs for controlling the LEDs such that the outputs outnumbers the number of LEDs; and a current regulator coupled to one of the controller's driver outputs and to the respective current path of each of the LEDs. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112643 | LIGHTING CONTROL CIRCUIT - A lighting control circuit includes: a light-emitting element which includes a first terminal and a second terminal; a first shunt resistance element which is connected in parallel to the light-emitting element between the first terminal and the second terminal; and a control circuit which turns, into a conducting state, a first current path extending between the first terminal and the second terminal via the first shunt resistance element when a potential difference between the first terminal and the second terminal is greater than a first threshold value and turns, into a non-conducting state, the first current path when the potential difference is smaller than the first threshold value. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112644 | Fault Signal Range Extender - Exemplary embodiments are directed towards safety systems associated with ultra-fast fault signal pulses to increase the fault signal pulses from milliseconds to seconds to energize external devices (e.g., LED lights). This is turn will alert the operators that the system is operational or a fault was detected. The fault signal width pulses are extended to drive or trigger external devices, such as external relays, which in turn completes a circuit to energize any external devices. | 2021-04-15 |