41st week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 79 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200322904 | TECHNIQUES AND APPARATUSES FOR TRACKING AREA SYNCHRONIZATION - Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may determine, based on a tracking area update (TAU) accept message that a tracking area is out of synchronization. In some aspects, the wireless communication device may trigger, after expiration of a timer, a TAU procedure based on determining that the tracking area is out of synchronization. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322905 | SIGNAL SENDING METHOD, SIGNAL RECEIVING METHOD, AND DEVICE - A signal sending method, a signal receiving method, and a device are disclosed. The signal sending method includes: determining, by a network device, an SSB and indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate that a frequency location of the SSB is one of frequencies in a frequency set, and the frequency set includes a first frequency and a second frequency, or includes a first frequency, a second frequency, and a third frequency; and sending, by the network device, the SSB and the indication information to a terminal device. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322906 | Method for Synchronizing Network Device, and Network Device - A method for synchronizing a network device includes: receiving, by the network device, a first SSM and a second SSM, where the first SSM carries a first SSM code for indicating a quality level of a first clock source and a first eSSM code for indicating the quality level of the first clock source, and the second SSM carries a second SSM code for indicating a quality level of a second clock source and a second eSSM code for indicating the quality level of the second clock source. When a value of the first SSM code is less than a value of the second SSM code, the network device calibrates a frequency of the network device based on a timing signal of the first clock source. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322907 | Distributed MIMO Synchronization - A method of operating a distributed MIMO system is disclosed. The distributed MIMO system is configured to serve a plurality of wireless communication devices (u | 2020-10-08 |
20200322908 | REFERENCE TIMING DELIVERY TO USER EQUIPMENT WITH PROPAGATION DELAY COMPENSATION - A wireless communication system is provided allowing a base station to indicate RTT compensation for UEs to adjust their local time clocks to correct propagation delay timing errors and synchronize with the global clock of a base station. A base station sends a downlink transmission including timing information to a UE and receives an uplink transmission from the UE after the downlink transmission. The base station determines a RTT compensation associated with the timing information based on a RTT between the downlink transmission and the uplink transmission. The base station then transmits the RTT compensation to the UE. UEs are thus allowed to synchronize at a high precision with the time clock of the base station. UEs may be configured with different resolutions or granularities in timing correction so that certain UEs can achieve high precision timing correction while other UEs can adjust their time clocks with less precision. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322909 | Method and Arrangement for Deterministic Delivery of Data Traffic Over Wireless Connection - The present disclosure relates to delivery of data traffic over a wireless connection. In more particular, it relates to methods, a tunneling unit ( | 2020-10-08 |
20200322910 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR SELECTING SYNCHRONIZATION REFERENCE SOURCE FOR MULTI-CARRIER SIDELINK COMMUNICATION - The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5 | 2020-10-08 |
20200322911 | SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND TERMINAL - One example method includes obtaining first configuration information, where the first configuration information includes an initial reference time or a scale parameter, determining a current time according to a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) clock, and calculating a transmission timeslot in a device-to-device (D2D) communications system according to the current time and the first configuration information. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322912 | TA OBTAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide timing advance (TA) obtaining methods and apparatuses. One example method includes generating, by a base station, an indication message and sending the indication message to UE, and receiving, by the UE, the indication message sent by the base station. The UE can then obtain a TA of a second carrier based on the indication message, where the second carrier is a carrier not used to transmit a PUSCH. Although the second carrier is a carrier not used to transmit a PUSCH, the TA of the second carrier can still be obtained. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322913 | METHOD AND DEVICE IN UE, BASE STATION AND SERVICE CENTER - A method and device for a user equipment, a base station and a service center is disclosed; the UE transmits first information, then receives X1 first signals and transmits a first measurement report; first information is used to determine X1 first antenna port(s); first measurement report includes K1 piece(s) of measurement information, and each of K1 piece(s) of measurement information is for one of X1 first signals; measurement information is used to determine at least the first two of the corresponding set of time length, first antenna port, or first angle; By designing first information and first measurement report, feedback information of beam selection is used to determine generation and transmission of positioning reference signal under the condition of the base station and the UE supporting beamforming, utilizing beamforming has strong directional characteristics to improve the accuracy of UE positioning. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322914 | System And Method For Location Determination - A method for determining location of a premise is disclosed. The method includes measuring a signal strength of a plurality of communication signals received at the premise, obtaining data associated with a source of the signals, estimating a propagation loss for the received signal, determining a distance between a source of each of the signals and the premise based on the estimated propagation loss, and triangulating the location of the premise. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322915 | Wireless Device, Network Node and Methods therein for Reporting a Measurement - A method, performed by a wireless device ( | 2020-10-08 |
20200322916 | WIRELESS SIGNALS FOR LOCATION DETERMINATION - Methods and apparatus relating to the detection of one or more devices in zones, e.g., non-overlapping areas, are described. Individual device locations are made based on RSSI information. Whether a user is determined to be in a zone or not is determined based on location determinations corresponding to the device. Thresholds used to determine whether a device is to be considered as being within a zone differs depending on whether the device is newly detected in the zone or is already determined to be in the zone. In some embodiments it is easier to be determined to be in a zone than to be determined to have left a zone. A device may be determined to be in two non-overlapping zones at the same time thereby increasing the chance that devices in edge areas will be counted with regard to the number of devices for which resources should be provided. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322917 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, METHODS, AND PROGRAM PRODUCTS ENHANCING STRUCTURE WALKTHROUGHS - Systems, devices, methods, and program products for enhancing structure walkthroughs are disclosed. In various embodiments, a method includes: monitoring a current location of an interested party (IP) device utilizing data collected by the IP device during a walkthrough of a structure having a structure representative (SR); detecting, based on the current location of the IP device, when the IP device is brought into proximity of a first SR-marked location included in a plurality of structure SR-marked locations; and in response to detecting that the IP device has been brought into proximity of the first SR-marked location, (i) identifying a first SR-created message corresponding to the first SR-marked location and contained in a location-referenced message set; and (ii) generating or causing generation of an SR message notification on the IP device, the SR message notification presenting or offering to present the first SR-created message to the interested party. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322918 | METHOD FOR MONITORING PAGING AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method for monitoring paging is provided. The method is performed by a user equipment (UE) and includes actions of receiving a first Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) addressed to a first Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI), and stopping monitoring a second PDCCH addressed to a second RNTI if the first PDCCH includes a paging stop indicator, where the second RNTI is the same as the first RNTI. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322919 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING PAGING LOCATION OR CAMPING LOCATION - The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and a device for determining paging location or camping location. The method includes: determining information of a first location on which the UE camps or receives a paging message, wherein the information of the first location indicates a location of a bandwidth part (BWP) or a beam; and camping on or receiving the paging message on a corresponding BWP or beam according to the information of the first location. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322920 | PAGING RELATED METHODS AND APPARATUS - Methods and apparatus for efficient paging in a communications system using unlicensed spectrum are described. A base station, which uses unlicensed spectrum, receives a paging request message from a network node and performs paging operations attempting to page the UE. The paging attempt may fail due to the base station being unable to transmit a paging signal to the UE because the unlicensed spectrum is currently unavailable or because the UE did not respond to a transmitted page. The base station generates and transmits a paging failure response message including a failure cause code indicating the reason that the paging attempt failed. The network node receives the paging failure response message, recovers the failure cause code, and implements a paging escalation strategy as a function of the recovered failure cause code. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322921 | SEMI-PERSISTENT SCHEDULING FOR BROADCAST OR MULTICAST - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive information identifying a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration for a broadcast or multicast (broadcast/multicast) communication. The UE may receive the broadcast/multicast communication in accordance with the SPS configuration. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322922 | BROADCAST SIGNAL TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION DEVICE AND METHOD - Disclosed is a broadcast signal transmission method. The broadcast signal transmission method comprises the steps of: processing at least one component of a broadcast service on the basis of a delivery protocol; generating service layer signaling (SLS) information including information for discovering and acquiring the at least one component of the broadcast service; generating service list table (SLT) information including bootstrap information for acquiring the SLS information; and performing physical layer processing of the at least one component, the SLS information, and the SLT information on the basis of a physical layer pipe (PLP). | 2020-10-08 |
20200322923 | USER EQUIPMENT AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - Provided is user equipment of a radio communication system that supports D2D communication, the user equipment including a selector that selects a plurality of control information resources for repeatedly transmitting control information from a control information resource pool and that selects a plurality of data resources for repeatedly transmitting data from a data transmission resource pool; and a transmitter that repeatedly transmits the control information including information that specifies the data resources using the control information resources and repeatedly transmits the data using the data resources, wherein the selector selects the control information resources and the data resources so that a control information resource for transmitting the control information for a first time among the control information resources and a data resource for transmitting the data for a first time among the data resources are in a same subframe. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322924 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR V2X COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a method by which a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) terminal performs V2X communication in a wireless communication system, and a device. Particularly, the method comprises the steps of: receiving information on a resource pool for V2X communication; and transmitting a message for at least one of a plurality of communication services having different coverages, on the basis of the resource pool. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322925 | USER TERMINAL, RADIO BASE STATION AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - The present invention is designed to allow adequate communication in a next generation communication system in which a plurality of numerologies are introduced. A control section that controls communication using at least one of a plurality of numerologies with different subcarrier spacings, and a receiving section that receives information related to numerology for use in communication are provided, and the plurality of numerologies with different subcarrier spacings are configured that one of the length of a transmission time interval (TTI) and the number of symbols per TTI is different. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322926 | PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL OCCASION AGGREGATION - This disclosure describes methods, devices, and systems for techniques related to random access procedures, such as a two-step random access procedure. Generally, the described techniques support physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) occasion (PO) aggregation in random access procedures, including aggregation configurations and communication schemes that support enhanced data transmissions, such as small data transmissions, in random access procedures. In some examples, the described techniques may include aggregating POs in a time domain, or a frequency domain, or both. A device, such as a user equipment (UE) may aggregate, in one or more of a time domain or a frequency domain, multiple POs of a set of POs, and transmit, to a device such as a base station, a random access payload of a random access message on a PUSCH using time and frequency resources of the aggregated multiple POs. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322927 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION, NETWORK SIDE DEVICE AND TERMINAL DEVICE - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for transmitting Downlink Control Information (DCI), a network side device and a terminal device. The method includes that: the network side device determines a transmission manner adopted to send downlink data to the terminal device; and the network side device sends DCI to the terminal device, the DCI carrying first indication information which indicates the transmission manner adopted by the network side device to send the downlink data to the terminal device. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322928 | TRANSMISSION METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT AND BASE STATION - A transmission method, a terminal and a base station are provided, thereby solving the problem that there is no specific method in the 5G system for distinguishing whether one DCI triggers the transmission of data and control information at the same time or triggers the transmission of control information only. The transmission includes receiving DCI, wherein the DCI comprises indication information of N bits, the indication information of N bits is used to indicate whether the DCI triggers transmission of data, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and performing transmission based on the indication information in the DCI. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322929 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING CONTROL CHANNEL CANDIDATES - A configuration of a first search space for monitoring control channel candidates over a first set of symbols can be received. A configuration of an alternative set of search spaces containing at least a second search space for monitoring control channel candidates over a second set of symbols can be received. A DCI scheduling an uplink transmission over a third set of symbols can be received. A determination can be made as to whether the uplink transmission overlaps with the first set of symbols. Control channel candidates in the first search space can be monitored when the uplink transmission does not overlap with the first set of symbols. Control channel candidates can be monitored in the second search space instead of the first search space when the uplink transmission overlaps with the first set of symbols. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322930 | BEAM INDICATION FOR SEMI-PERSISTENT TRANSMISSIONS - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive information identifying a virtual control resource set (CORESET) or a virtual search space for a semi-persistently scheduled shared channel. The UE may receive the semi-persistently scheduled shared channel using a default beam that is selected based at least in part on the virtual CORESET or the virtual search space. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322931 | RESOURCE INDICATION METHOD, BASE STATION AND TERMINAL - A resource indication method, a base station and a terminal are provided. The method includes that: the base station generates a resource indication channel, the resource indication channel indicating a first time-frequency resource and a communication parameters for using the first time-frequency resource, the resource indication channel occupying a second time-frequency resource and at least one first time-frequency resource corresponding to at least one resource indication channel forming a cell; and the base station sends the resource indication channel to the terminal. The method can improve resource allocation and indication flexibility, and improve performance and applicability of a wireless communication system. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322932 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DOWNLINK SIGNALS BETWEEN TERMINAL AND BASE STATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING UNLICENSED BAND, AND DEVICE SUPPORTING SAME - Disclosed are a method for transmitting and receiving downlink signals between a terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system supporting an unlicensed band, and a device supporting same. More specifically, as one applicable embodiment in the present disclosure, the terminal can control/change a monitoring period of a physical downlink control channel on the basis of whether a downlink signal transmission burst is transmitted from a base station, and in response thereto, the base station sets a transmission period of the physical downlink control channel in the downlink signal transmission burst so as to transmit the same to the terminal. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322933 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING DOWNLINK CHANNEL INFORMATION - A method and an apparatus for obtaining downlink channel information are provided. The method includes, at least, receiving a first pilot signal sent by user equipment by using N first antenna ports, and determining, based on the received first pilot signal, a downlink channel gain matrix corresponding to the N first antenna ports, determining, based on the downlink channel gain matrix corresponding to the N first antenna ports, a first weight matrix corresponding to the N first antenna ports, and sending a second pilot signal to the user equipment. The method further includes receiving a precoding matrix indicator PMI fed back by the user equipment, determining a second weight matrix based on the PMI, and determining, based on the first weight matrix and the second weight matrix, downlink channel information that corresponds to the N first antenna ports and that corresponds to the M second antenna ports. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322934 | EXTENDING PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNELS - Disclosed is a method performed by a node B for providing downlink control information (DCI) to one user equipment (UE) in order to enable communication over a plurality of cells in a communication system, including configuring, by the Node B, a DCI format to be used for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), transmitting, by the Node B, at least one PDCCH in a common search space (CSS), and transmitting, by the Node B, at least one PDCCH in each of a plurality of UE dedicated search spaces (UE-DSSs), wherein a CSS for receiving system information is common to the plurality of cells, wherein the plurality of UE-DSSs are configured for communication with respect to the plurality of cells, respectively, and wherein each of the plurality of cells corresponds to a cell identity which is UE-specific and configured based on higher layer signaling from the Node B. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322935 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING REFERENCE SIGNAL - The present disclosure relates to a method of providing a pre-5 | 2020-10-08 |
20200322936 | ASPECTS OF NEW RADIO PDCCH DESIGN - The present disclosure describes various aspects of the implementation and design of Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) in 5G new radio (NR) applications. Aspects include methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable medium for one or more of multiple PDCCH search spaces, control resource block (CRB), irregular multiple slots or mini-slots grants, or fast control channel signaling for grant-free uplink (UL). For example, different scheduling entities can each have one or two search spaces defined (e.g., common and/or user equipment (UE)-centric search spaces). Also, CRBs can be used as units for PDCCH transmission instead of resource element groups/control channel elements (REGs/CCEs). In addition, irregularities in time domain, frequency domain, or both can be introduced in the granting of resource blocks (RBs) over multiple slots or mini-slots. Moreover, signaling can be used to indicate to a UE configured for grant-free UL the portion of the pool of resources available for grant-free UL. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322937 | INFORMATION INDICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE - This application discloses an information indication method, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, time domain requirement information of data transmission, where the time domain requirement information includes at least one of time adjustment information, jitter time information, time domain resource information, latest sending time information, and remaining duration of the data transmission, the time adjustment information is used to indicate allocation of a resource for the data transmission, the jitter time information is used to indicate a time range in which the data is generated, the time domain resource information is used to indicate a sending time of the data, and the latest sending time information and/or the remaining duration is used to indicate a latest sending time of the data; and sending, by the terminal device, the time domain requirement information to a network device. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322938 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL DETECTING AND DL/UL FORMAT PROCESSING - Aspects of the disclosure provide an apparatus that includes a receiving circuit and a processing circuit. The receiving circuit is configured to receive signals transmitted from a second apparatus to the apparatus and generate digital samples in response to the received signals. The signals have a plurality of resource elements. The processing circuit is configured to receive the digital samples, process the digital samples to generate symbols carried by the resource elements, detect control channel assistance information at a predetermined position of the resource elements and detect control information based on the detection of the control channel assistance information. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322939 | HIGHER LAYER ASSISTED RESOURCE CONFIGURATION FOR SIDELINK CONFIGURED GRANT TRANSMISSION - Systems and methods for sidelink configuration are provided. A transmitting user equipment (UE) transmits configuration parameters relating to a sidelink transmission between the UE and a second UE via higher-layer signalling and then transmits the sidelink transmission to the second UE. The higher layer signalling is a layer above the sidelink transmission. The parameters may include feedback channel parameters or parameters for sidelink reference signal transmission by the second UE. The parameters may be selected by the transmitting UE, or they may be received initially from the network. The parameters may be part of a sidelink configured grant configuration (SL CG) signalled to the second UE. The sidelink transmission may be a configured-grant transmission to the second UE according to the SL CG configuration. The higher layer signalling may be PC5 signalling or RRC signaling. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322940 | UE FEEDBACK FOR BEAM COMBINATIONS FOR TRANSMISSION RECEPTION POINTS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for user equipment (UE) feedback for beam combinations. An exemplary method generally includes determining at least a first beam combination for at least a first transmission reception point (TRP) and a second TRP, transmitting an indication of the first beam combination to at least one of the first TRP or the second TRP, receiving, based on the indication, configuration information indicating a second beam combination, and communicating with at least the first TRP and the second TRP based on the second beam combination. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322941 | MULTIPLE TRI-STATE HARQ PROCESSES - Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communication. A transmitting device may send a signal including multiple transport blocks corresponding to multiple simultaneous hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes. Additional control information may be used to support the multiple simultaneous HARQ processes. For instance, the additional control information may indicate the number of available HARQ processes, an activity state for each HARQ process (e.g., active new data, active retransmission, or inactive), and the redundancy versions of each HARQ process. In some cases, the additional control information may be included in a downlink grant. A receiving device may respond with an acknowledgement or negative acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) for each of the transport blocks. The transmitting device may identify a retransmission status for each HARQ process based on the ACK/NACKs, and transmit new redundancy versions (or new data) to the receiving device. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322942 | METHOD FOR USE IN TRANSMITTING SIGNAL, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE - Disclosed is a method for use in transmitting a signal, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: a terminal device receives a signal transmitted by a network device employing multiple downlink transmission beam groups; and the terminal device transmits first information to the network device, thus allowing the network device to determine a first downlink transmission beam group from the multiple downlink transmission beam groups, and at least one downlink transmission beam group of the multiple downlink transmission beam groups comprising multiple downlink transmission beams. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322943 | Method and Apparatus for Confirming Media Access Control Control Element and Communication System - A method and apparatus for confirming a media access control control element and a communication system. The method includes: receiving by a first device an MAC CE transmitted by a second device; and transmitting by the first device an confirmation MAC CE confirming that the first device successfully receives the MAC CE. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322944 | SUPPORTING OUT-OF-ORDER OPERATION - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may support efficient techniques for a capability based solution for handling an out-of-order operation for processing multiple downlink channels. In some cases, the UE may indicate, to a base station, a number of processing units needed to support a given priority class of communications with the base station, a maximum possible data rate per priority class of communications, or different numbers of component carriers (e.g., and a number of layers) that can be used for each priority class of communications. The base station may then configure the UE to receive and/or transmit channels of different priority classes based on the indication to not exceed the number of processing units, the maximum data rate, the number of component carriers, etc. for a corresponding priority class. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322945 | RADIO TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND METHOD THEREFOR - A radio terminal ( | 2020-10-08 |
20200322946 | Method and Device for Configuring Control Channel, Method and Device for Detecting Control Channel, Program and Medium - A method and a device for configuring a control channel, a method and a device for detecting a control channel, a program and a medium are provided. The method for configuring a control channel includes: transmitting, by a network-side device, downlink control information (DCI) to a terminal in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), where the DCI includes indication information for indicating not to monitor PDCCH; and transmitting the PDCCH to the terminal in a slot or a time-frequency resource where a fallback PDCCH subsequent to the PDCCH is located, when determining that the terminal does not successfully receive the DCI in the PDCCH. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322947 | PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL FALLBACK MODE - According to certain embodiments, a method by a wireless device for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback to a base station is provided. The method includes obtaining a configuration to provide HARQ feedback and determining a HARQ codebook of a first size suitable for providing HARQ feedback for multiple component carriers based at least on the configuration. Downlink scheduling for a number of component carriers is received from a network node. The number of scheduled component carriers is determined to be less than a threshold number of component carriers. A HARQ codebook of a second size that is smaller than the first size is determined based on at least the configuration, and HARQ feedback is sent to the network node using the HARQ codebook of the second size. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322948 | REPORTING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION IN A RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit an indication of a downlink beam in uplink control information of a random access message, wherein the downlink beam is different from a default beam corresponding to a preamble of the random access message and a random access occasion in which the random access message is transmitted, or wherein the downlink beam is selected from a set of multiple downlink beams corresponding to the random access occasion. The UE may monitor for at least one of a random access response or a downlink communication subsequent to the random access response using the downlink beam indicated in the uplink control information. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322949 | UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION CONFIGURATION FOR RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may initiate a random access channel (RACH) procedure using a first beam associated with a base station (BS). The UE may transmit, to the BS and during the RACH procedure, an uplink control information (UCI) communication that indexes into a resource set of beams to indicate one or more second beams associated with the BS. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322950 | INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT WITH ADAPTIVE RESOURCE BLOCK ALLOCATION - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for interference management with adaptive resource block (RB) allocation. In an exemplary method, a base station (BS) obtains an indication that downlink transmissions to a first user equipment (UE) potentially interfere with uplink transmissions by a second UE, the BS dynamically allocates, based on the indication, a first set of one or more resource blocks (RBs) for the downlink transmissions to the first UE, and the BS then transmits an indication of the first set of RBs to the first UE. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322951 | INSERTION SLOTS ALONG DETERMINISTIC TRACK FOR MOVABLE NETWORK DEVICE IN A DETERMINISTIC NETWORK - In one embodiment, a method comprises determining a movable network device is moving along a repeatable sequence of access point devices in a deterministic network; and establishing a deterministic track along the repeatable sequence of access point devices, the deterministic track comprising insertion slots allocated for insertion of a data packet, by the movable network device, into the deterministic track via any one of the respective access point devices. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322952 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA TRANSMISSION - The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for data transmission. The method includes: determining a quantity N of first virtual resource blocks VRBs corresponding to first user equipment UE, where the N first VRBs correspond to N virtual subbands for carrying to-be-transmitted data of the first UE, and N is a natural number greater than or equal to 1; determining, based on the quantity N of the first VRBs, a first step corresponding to the N first VRBs, where the first step is used to indicate a distance between two adjacent physical subbands to which the N first VRBs are mapped in a physical resource, and the first step is greater than 1; and determining, based on the first step, N first PRBs corresponding to the N first VRBs, where the N first PRBs correspond to N physical subbands for carrying the to-be-transmitted data. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322953 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING IN AND RELATING TO INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL AND NON TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS - The present disclosure relates to a pre- | 2020-10-08 |
20200322954 | OPTIMIZATION OF CARRIER AGGREGATION CAPABILITIES FOR SUPPORT OF DIFFERENT BANDS DEFINED IN THE SAME FREQUENCY RANGE - Various designs for optimization of carrier aggregation (CA) capability signaling are discussed. A user equipment (UE) configured for CA determines to signal supported CA combinations that include a band, the band being one of a first band and a second band. The first band is a superset of the second band. The UE signals the supported CA combinations that include the band to the network. A base station receives a signal indicating the CA combinations supported by the UE that include the band. The base station determines CA combinations that include the first band and CA combinations that include the second band based on the CA combinations received from the UE. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322955 | PARTITIONING OF FREQUENCY RESOURCES FOR TRANSMISSION OF CONTROL SIGNALS AND DATA SIGNALS IN SC-FDMA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatuses are provided for determining a resource for an acknowledgement signal in a wireless communication system. A transceiver of a user equipment (UE) receives a parameter associated with one or more resource blocks (RBs) for periodic transmission of a channel quality indication (CQI) signal in an operating bandwidth. A controller of the UE determines an RB for transmission of the acknowledgement signal, based on the parameter. The transceiver transmits the acknowledgement signal on the determined RB. The RB for the transmission of the acknowledgement signal is not more outer than the one or more RBs for periodic transmission of the CQI signal in the operating bandwidth. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322956 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORMING A TIME SIGNAL TO A FREQUENCY SIGNAL - A communication system includes a communication apparatus and a base station. The communication apparatus includes a Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) transformer which transforms a time-domain signal into a frequency-domain signal with a DFT size that is a product of powers of a plurality of values; a mapper which maps the frequency-domain signal on a plurality of frequency bands, each frequency band being located at a position separate from position(s) of other(s) of the plurality of frequency bands; and a signal generator which generates a single carrier-frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) time-domain signal from the mapped signal. The base station includes a receiver which receives the SC-FDMA time-domain signal; a combiner which generates the frequency-domain signal from the SC-FDMA time-domain signal; and a transformer which transforms the frequency-domain signal into the time-domain signal with an inverse Discrete Fourier Transform (IDFT) having the DFT size. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322957 | BASE STATION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A base station apparatus according to the present invention includes a transmitter configured to transmit a downlink signal by using a first component carrier and a second component carrier, and a receiver configured to receive an uplink signal transmitted by the terminal apparatus by using at least the second component carrier. The transmitter transmits spatial relation information in the uplink signal, the spatial relation information is information indicating a spatial domain transmission filter for transmitting the uplink signal, and the spatial relation information in the second component carrier includes information indicating the first component carrier. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322958 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM - The application provide a method for transmitting data in a wireless communication network. A terminal device obtains a first configuration signaling, wherein the first configuration signaling is used to determine a first resource occupied by first data in a first slot, then the terminal device obtains third configuration signaling, wherein the third configuration signaling is used to determine a second resource occupied by second data in the first slot. When at least one time domain symbol in the second resource is located in the first resource in the first slot, the terminal device determines data transmitted in the first slot based on a preset policy; wherein the first configuration signaling is used for scheduling of data in N slots, wherein the N slots comprise the first slot, and N is an integer greater than 1. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322959 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION, AND RELATED PRODUCT - Implementations of the present application disclose a method for transmitting uplink control information, and a related product. The method comprises: a terminal only receives one transmission block (TB) in a time unit of a preconfigured resource set, wherein the TB is transmitted over a continuous time period, and the preconfigured resource set comprises multiple time units; and the terminal only transmits one-bit feedback response information corresponding to the TB in an uplink time unit. According to the implementations of the present application, a terminal using a quasi-static ACK/NACK information determination method is configured in an NR system. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322960 | EVENT-DRIVEN RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TRIGGERING - Techniques for a machine learning event-driven radio resource management (ED-RRM) module which provides analysis of interference events in a network system are described. The network system reacts to the detection of interference in a network system and uses multiple input parameters to determine a type of device creating the interference, a predicted duration of the interference, and an ED-RRM decision on whether to activate the radio resource management (RRM) processes to alter the network transmission or block the RRM processes to conserve system resources for the network system. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322961 | SUBSLOT BUNDLING AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT - A first apparatus may puncture, in at least two subslots, a first type of data or control information with a second type of data or control information. The first apparatus may bundle the least two subslots within a subframe, and the subframe may include a portion for carrying acknowledgment (ACK)/negative acknowledgment (NACK) information associated with the second type of data or control information. The first apparatus may communicate with a user equipment (UE) during the at least two subslots within the subframe. A second apparatus may receive ACK/NACK information associated with a second type of data or control information. The second apparatus may reduce a transmission power for a first type of data or control information during a subsequent subframe when the ACK/NACK information indicates a negative acknowledgement. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322962 | User Equipment Coordination for Interference Cancelation - Techniques and apparatuses are described for enabling user equipment to coordinate for interference cancelation. In some aspects, base stations form a user equipment coordination set by pairing a UE of a base station with another UE of another base station. The UE receives, from the other UE, information regarding an uplink transmission of the other UE to the other base station, the information including I/Q samples for the uplink transmission. Based on the received information, the UE can model interference from the uplink transmission of the other UE to a reception of a downlink transmission by the base station to the UE. After the UE receives the downlink transmission, the UE cancels, based on the modeling of the interference, the interference to the received downlink transmission from the uplink transmission of the other UE. By so doing, receiver performance or link quality of the interference-canceling UE can be improved. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322963 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REMOTE INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides a method and a device for performing remote interference management. The method comprises receiving, from a victim gNB, at least one RIM-reference signal (RS); transmitting, from a distributed unit (DU) of the aggressor gNB to a central unit (CU) of the aggressor gNB, a message comprising RIM information; and determining to stop monitoring the at least one RIM-RS based on the RIM information. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322964 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MULTI-ACCESS POINT BEAMFORMING IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and device for multi-AP beamforming (e.g., nulling) and spatial reuse to mitigate interference and improve the performance of MAP wireless networks. According to one embodiment, multiple APs agree to collaborate in multi-AP beamforming, transmissions of received PDDUs are measured to determine interference information, the APS generate interference maps, and the APs perform joint and Multi-AP beamforming in a first and second BSS to avoid/mitigate interference of the MAP wireless network. An RTS and CTS frame exchange sequence can be performed prior to Multi-AP beamforming between BSSs using a flag/indicator in the RTS frame to indicate coordinated transmission, or an UL trigger frame can be used to indicate a coordinated UL transmission. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322965 | APPROACH FOR MANAGING THE USE OF COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS BASED ON PERFORMANCE - An approach for selecting sets of communications channels involves determining the performance of communications channels. A set of channels is selected based on the results of performance testing and specified criteria. The participant generates data that identifies the selected set of channels and provides that data to other participants of the communications network. The participants communicate over the set of channels, such as by using a frequency hopping protocol. When a specified time expires or monitoring of the performance of the channel set identifies poor performance of the set of channels, the participant selects another set of channels for use in communications based on additional performance testing. By selecting channels based on the initial performance testing and performance monitoring, the communications network adaptively avoids channels with poor performance. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322966 | DYNAMIC TRANSMISSION CONTROL FOR A WIRELESS NETWORK - In one possible embodiment, a wireless network with dynamic transmission control is provided that includes a multiple of nodes. The nodes include an arbiter and multiple client nodes. The arbiter is configured to control an operation of the client nodes by defining communications operation cycles and allocating a bandwidth to each of the client nodes on a cycle by cycle basis in response to requests for bandwidth from the client nodes. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322967 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANSMISSION CONTROL IN NETWORK SUPPORTING MISSION CRITICAL SERVICES - A method and a system for transmission control in a network supporting mission critical (MC) services are provided. The method includes associating a predefined priority to a data transmission request from a communication device, availing MC services, based on type of the data transmission request. The type of the data transmission request is classified in at least one arbitration category. Further, the method includes managing flow of data associated with the data transmission request in the network based on the associated predefined priority. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322968 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SCHEDULING RESOURCES IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Scheduling requests are transmitted from a mobile terminal to a base station. The mobile sends a first scheduling request to the base station, the first scheduling request being associated with first data to be transmitted to the base station. The mobile receives a scheduling grant from the base station in response to the first scheduling request and transmits a buffer status report to the base station in response to receiving the scheduling grant. An HARQ acknowledgment for the buffer status report is received. Second data is received for transmission to the base station while at least some of the first data is waiting to be transmitted to the base station. A change in a buffer status of the mobile terminal is detected indicating that the second data has higher priority than the first data. The mobile transmits a second subsequent scheduling request to the base station in response to the change in buffer status. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322969 | DATA SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Disclosed are a data sending method and apparatus, a computer device and a storage medium. The method comprises: a terminal receiving transmission resource configuration information; and the terminal sending data on a resource configured as a transmission resource. By means of the solution of the present invention, the reasonable use of resources can be achieved. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322970 | FACILITATION OF EFFICIENT SPECTRUM UTILIZATION FOR 5G OR OTHER NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS - Spectral efficiency for a 5G network, or other next generation networks, can be increased via a resource scheduler of a network node. The resource scheduler can receive a first signal from a mobile device of a wireless network. The first signal can comprise resource request data representative of a first request for a resource of the wireless network. In response to receiving the first signal, the resource scheduler can transmit a second signal to the mobile device via a network device of the wireless network, wherein the second signal can comprise buffer status request data. The scheduler can receive a third signal from the mobile device, wherein the third signal can comprise buffer status data associated with the buffer, and based on comparing bandwidth data to the buffer status data, the scheduler can assign the resource channel to the mobile device. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322971 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CANCELLING TRANSMISSION BASED ON OVERLAPPING TRANSMISSION OCCASIONS - A first transmission occasion and a first priority of a first uplink channel can be determined. A second transmission occasion and a second priority of a second uplink channel can be determined. The first priority can be higher than the second priority. The first transmission occasion can overlap in time with the second transmission occasion. A particular symbol of the second uplink channel to cancel the transmission of the second uplink channel can be determined based on the first transmission occasion overlapping in time with the second transmission occasion. The transmission of the second uplink channel from the particular symbol can be cancelled. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322972 | TIMELINE CONSIDERATIONS FOR INTRA-UE MULTIPLEXING - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a grant scheduling a first higher priority channel that has a higher priority than each channel of multiple lower priority channels scheduled for the UE. The UE may drop a first lower priority channel of the multiple lower priority channels that at least partially overlaps in time with the first higher priority channel based on determining that the grant is received prior to a multiplexing deadline for the multiple lower priority channels. The UE may then transmit or receive a first transmission using the first higher priority channel and a second transmission using a second lower priority channel of the multiple lower priority channels based on the dropping. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322973 | DETERMINING A TRANSMISSION SCHEME - Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining a transmission scheme. One method ( | 2020-10-08 |
20200322974 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR CHANNEL ACCESS IN UNLICENSED BAND - Disclosed are a method, an apparatus, and a system for performing channel access. In detail, provided are a method including: receiving uplink scheduling information; and when the user equipment has stopped an uplink transmission during the uplink transmission being performed according to the uplink scheduling information, to resume the uplink transmission, performing a second type channel access when a channel sensed by the user equipment is continuously idle after the uplink transmission has been stopped, and performing a first type channel access when the channel sensed by the user equipment is not continuously idle after the uplink transmission has been stopped, wherein the first type channel access comprises performing a random backoff after a channel sensing, and the second type channel access only comprises performing a channel sensing and an apparatus and a system therefor. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322975 | BLIND SCHEDULING APPARATUS AND METHOD IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system and a method minimize power consumption, signalling overhead, and processing load in blind scheduling in a mobile communication system. A User Equipment (UE) detects a type of an uplink (UL) grant while it is periodically allocated the UL grant. If there is no data to transmit using the UL grant, the UE determines whether to transmit a padding Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Unit (PDU) to an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) Node B (eNB) using the UL grant according to the type of the UL grant. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322976 | GRANULARITY AND ADJUSTMENT ACCURACY IN AN INTEGRATED ACCESS BACKHAUL NETWORK - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a node, such as a node in an integrated access backhaul (IAB) deployment, may receive information identifying a timing advance value and a timing assistance value, wherein the timing assistance value is associated with a configuration parameter. The node may perform a downlink transmission to a child node of the node based at least in part on the timing advance value and the timing assistance value and in accordance with the configuration parameter. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322977 | USER EQUIPMENT AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - User equipment of a radio communication system that supports a plurality of types of subframes that can be configured to be any of an uplink, a downlink, or a sidelink, the user equipment including an acquisition unit that acquires type information for notifying a type of a subframe; a transmitter that transmits a sidelink signal according to a transmission and reception operation corresponding to the subframe type notified via the type information when transmitting the sidelink signal; and a receiver that receives the sidelink signal according to a transmission and reception operation corresponding to the subframe type notified via the type information when receiving the sidelink signal. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322978 | TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR A TERMINAL, AND BASE STATION - A terminal is disclosed that includes a receiver that receives higher layer signaling that indicates a periodic time period in which uplink transmission is not performed and a processor that monitors downlink control information for scheduling system information in the time period. In other aspects, a radio communication method and a base station are disclosed. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322979 | Enhancement of Performance of Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communication - The disclosure describes mechanisms for reliability enhancement on control channel and data channel and mechanisms in URLLC. An apparatus of a RAN node for URLLC includes baseband circuitry to configure at least one DCI for scheduling transmission of at least one PDSCH content having same information. For each DCI, the baseband circuitry determines a CORESET for transmitting the DCI. The disclosure further describes mechanisms for the support of low latency transmission in URLLC. To improve peak data rate and spectrum efficiency in FDD system, the RAN node configures a DCI for scheduling data transmission using blank resources of a self-contained slot structure. Further, CBG-based transmission with separate HARQ-ACK feedback is provided to configure a DCI for scheduling data transmission of a TB and to divide the TB into multiple CBGs, and to configure uplink control data to carry separate HARQ feedback for the CBGs. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322980 | VALIDATING UPLINK CONFIGURED GRANTS - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Techniques are described herein for managing timers for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes associated with multiple configured grants that are active at the same time. Techniques are also described herein for allocating HARQ identifiers (IDs) to HARQ processes associated with multiple configured grants that are active at the same time. A user equipment (UE) may configure timers to be associated with a HARQ ID and a configured grant. A base station or UE may include indicators of the configured grants associated with a HARQ process when exchanging signaling about the HARQ process. A UE may allocate HARQ IDs to multiple configured grants to reduce a likelihood that HARQ processes collide. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322981 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VALIDATING TIME ALIGNMENT FOR PRECONFIGURED UPLINK RESOURCE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for validating time alignment for preconfigured uplink resource in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device receives, from a network at a first time point, configuration of uplink transmission which is to be performed at a second time point. A wireless device configures a window which starts at a third time point between the first time point and the second time point. A wireless device checks whether time alignment (TA) is valid or not inside of the window. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322982 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION ON AN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM - Embodiments of this application include at least one method or device for a wireless communication on an unlicensed spectrum, which can improve communication flexibility on the unlicensed spectrum. A network device can receive first indication information sent by a first terminal device in a first transmission burst. The first indication information indicates a channel occupancy time (COT) initiated by the first terminal. The network device can perform a downlink transmission within a second transmission burst in accordance with the first indication information. The first indication information is transmitted within the first transmission burst, where the first transmission burst and the second transmission burst are transmitted within the COT and channel(s) transmitted in the second transmission burst do not comprise a unicast physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a duration of the second transmission burst is less than or equal to a preset duration. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322983 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A communication device, including: a processing unit configured to generate a second frame used for releasing a stop of transmission of a frame caused by a first frame, the second frame including first destination information specifying a destination stored in the first frame, the first frame being used for stopping transmission of frames of communication devices other than the destination and serving as a response to a communication request; and a unit that transmits the second frame. A communication device, that receives a second frame used for releasing a stop of transmission of a frame caused by a first frame, the second frame including first destination information specifying a destination stored in the first frame, the first frame being used for stopping transmission of frames of communication devices other than the destination and serving as a response to a communication request. A controller controls transmission of a frame. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322984 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING CONTENTION-BASED ACCESS IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus in which a terminal performs contention-based access in a mobile communication system, wherein the method comprises: a sensing step of sensing whether or not contention-based access is allowed for at least one logical channel; a receiving step of receiving a contention-based reverse grant from a base station; and a transmitting step of transmitting data to the base station through the logical channel for which the contention-based access is allowed. According to the present invention, contention-based access can be efficiently performed, and the reliability of transmission can be ensured. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322985 | Network Access of a Wireless Device to a Communications Network - A communications network is being accessed by a wireless device associated with a coverage class selected from a set of coverage classes. The wireless device performs a method comprising initiating network access to the communications network by transmitting a preamble sequence for random access on a physical random access channel during a starting opportunity defined by the coverage class of the wireless device. Each coverage class may be associated with a unique number of repetitions of the preamble sequence transmission. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322986 | Network Node and Method for Performing Multi-Channel Access Procedures in a License-Assisted Access Cell in Wireless Communication Network - A network node ( | 2020-10-08 |
20200322987 | Switching Between Load-Based Mode And Frame-Based Mode When Operating In Unlicensed Band In Mobile Communications - Examples pertaining to switching between load-based mode and frame-based mode when operating in unlicensed band in mobile communications are described. An apparatus implemented in a user equipment (UE) establishes wireless communication with a network in an unlicensed band. The apparatus determines to switch between a load-based equipment (LBE) mode and a frame-based equipment (FBE) mode. The apparatus then switches between the LBE mode and the FBE mode in response to the determining. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322988 | Floating Frame-Based Channel Occupancy Time In Fixed Frame Period In Mobile Communications - Examples pertaining to a floating frame-based channel occupancy time (COT) in a fixed frame period (FFP) in mobile communications are described. An apparatus implemented in FBE performs clear channel assessment (CCA) of a channel. The apparatus then transmits during a COT within a FFP in response to the CCA indicating the channel to be clear for transmission. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322989 | MULTI-SUB-BAND LBT OPERATION - The described techniques provide for efficiently contending for access to a shared radio frequency spectrum for communicating on multiple allocated sub-bands across multiple carriers. As described herein, a user equipment (UE) may first identify allocated sub-bands across multiple carriers in a shared radio frequency spectrum. The UE may then select a carrier and at least one of the multiple allocated sub-bands within the carrier on which to perform a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure of a first type, and the UE may perform the LBT procedure of the first type on the at least one sub-band. In addition, the UE may also perform LBT procedures of a second type on allocated sub-bands within carriers different from the selected carrier. Based on the results of the LBT procedures, the UE may communicate with the base station on the allocated sub-bands across the multiple carriers in the shared radio frequency spectrum. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322990 | TRS BURST TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A tracking reference signal (TRS) burst transmission method and apparatus wherein a transmit end determines to send a first TRS burst in the first slot in a maximum channel occupancy time (MCOT), that is, the TRS burst is sent at a start moment of the MCOT, so that a receive end can obtain precise time-frequency synchronization as soon as possible. In addition, when a length of a first MCOT is greater than Y slots, in addition to sending the first TRS burst in the first slot in the MCOT, it is further determined to send a second TRS burst in a slot that is in the first MCOT and whose distance to a start slot of a previous TRS burst is Y slots, to improve effectiveness of the time-frequency synchronization and further improve the reliability of receiving the data at the receive end. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322991 | USER EQUIPMENT AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - There is provided user equipment of a radio communication system including a base station and the user equipment, the user equipment includes a receiver that receives a plurality of user equipment identifier candidates from the base station; a selector that selects one user equipment identifier from the plurality of user equipment identifier candidates; and a transmitter that transmits a signal of an uplink shared channel using the one user equipment identifier that is selected, without performing contention resolution of the user equipment identifier used by the user equipment with the base station. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322992 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND RANDOM ACCESS CONTROL METHOD - A communication device used as a first communication device in a wireless communication system including the first communication device, a second communication device communicating with the first communication device, and a user equipment communicating with the first communication device, includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a parameter used for performing a random access procedure from the second communication device; and a control unit configured to transmit, in the case of receiving a random access preamble from the user equipment in a random access channel indicated by the parameter, information indicating that the random access preamble indicated by the parameter is received from the user equipment to the second communication device. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322993 | FEEDBACK FOR A SYSTEM INFORMATION REQUEST - Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for sending and/or receiving feedback for a system information request. One apparatus includes a transmitter that transmits information indicating a request for system information. The apparatus includes a processor that monitors, during a predetermined time period, for a feedback response indicating that the request for the system information was received. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322994 | SEQUENCE SELECTION FOR NON-ORTHOGONAL MULTIPLE ACCESS TRANSMISSIONS - Optimizing the resource configuration or selection for grant-free contention-based non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) transmissions is an effective way to increase network capacity and reduce multi-user interference at the user equipment (UE). In some embodiments, a network node may determine the current traffic load, select multiple access (MA) sequences for the UE based on the determination, and transmit this selection to the UE for subsequent transmissions. In other embodiments, the UE may receive a message with an indication of the traffic load being experienced by the base station that the UE is attempting to connect to, and then may randomly select an MA sequence for subsequent transmissions. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322995 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION IN A GRANT-FREE UPLINK TRANSMISSION SCHEME - A system and method includes implementing, by a base station (BS), a reliable ultra-low latency transmission mechanism in a grant-free uplink transmission scheme having defined therein contention transmission unit (CTU) access regions and a plurality of CTUs. Implementing the reliable ultra-low latency transmission mechanism includes defining a reliable ultra-low latency CTU (RULL-CTU) access region from a portion of the CTU access regions of the grant-free transmission scheme, defining an RULL-CTU mapping scheme by mapping at least a portion of plurality of CTUs to the RULL-CTU access region to define a plurality of RULL-CTUs, defining a reliable ultra-low latency user equipment (RULL-UE) mapping scheme by defining rules for mapping a plurality of RULL-UEs to the plurality of RULL-CTUs in an initial pattern for initial transmissions in a first transmission time interval (TTI), and a regrouped pattern for redundant transmissions in a second TTI subsequent to the first TTI. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322996 | SYMMETRIC TRANSMIT OPPORTUNITY (TXOP) TRUNCATION - Various embodiments of symmetric transmit opportunity (TXOP) truncation (STT) systems and methods are disclosed. One method embodiment, among others, comprises receiving a frame that truncates a TXOP around a first station, and responsive to receiving the frame, sending a second frame that truncates the TXOP around a second station. Others system and method embodiments are disclosed. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322997 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - [Overview] [Problem to be Solved] To provide a wireless communication device that is able to easily switch to an existing system when a new system is constructed by employing a communication scheme using a millimeter wave. [Solution] There is provided a wireless communication device including a first communication controller that executes communication control through a first line using a radio wave of a millimeter waveband, a second communication controller that executes communication control through a second line using a radio wave of a band other than the millimeter waveband, and a connection controller that provides, via the first line, information regarding charging by using a command of a physical layer. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322998 | PROCESSING STATE INFORMATION - A method of operating a user equipment in a communications system including at least one cell that is controlled by a radio access node. The method includes maintaining current state information relating to the user equipment, the state information including at least one state information part associated with features for which state information reporting is configured in at least one cell, at least one state information part being associable with a plurality of different values, receiving an indication from the radio access node regarding state information held by the radio access node relating to the user equipment, determining whether to report current state information relating to the radio access node on the basis of the received indication, and reporting a current value associated with at least a given state information part to the radio access node. | 2020-10-08 |
20200322999 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A control method for an information processing apparatus includes transmitting, by a first communication unit, information about an access point to which a second communication unit is connected, to a communication apparatus to which the first communication unit is connected. In a case where the information about the access point to which the second communication unit is connected is received, the communication apparatus connects to and communicates with the access point to which the second communication unit is connected by the second wireless communication method. | 2020-10-08 |
20200323000 | ACCESS POINT NAME DETERMINATION FOR MISSION CRITICAL SERVICES - A method for determining an access point name (APN) for mission critical services includes determining, at a user equipment (UE), APN information of a packet data network (PDN) based on at least one of a mission critical organization name, a registered public land mobile network identifier, or a home public land mobile network identifier currently associated with the UE; and connecting to the PDN based on the determined APN information. | 2020-10-08 |
20200323001 | EMERGENCY CALLS - In some examples, a device detects a calling identifier received as part of initiating a call matches an emergency identifier, the emergency identifier associated with information from which to derive a Uniform Resource Name (URN). The device detects that the device is attached to or registered a first network different from a second network, where the second network configured the emergency identifier. In response to detecting that the device is attached to or registered the first network different from the second network, the device includes a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) in a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) INVITE message to be transmitted. | 2020-10-08 |
20200323002 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, BASE STATION, AND MOBILE STATION - A wireless communications system includes a base station configured to control a second wireless communication different from a first wireless communication by a control unit configured to control the first wireless communication; and a mobile station configured to be capable of performing data transmission between the mobile station and the base station, using one of the first wireless communication and the second wireless communication. When data is transmitted between the base station and the mobile station using the second wireless communication, a sender station among the base station and the mobile station performs transmission control of using an identifier of a bearer of the data transmitted to a receiver station among the base station and the mobile station and using correspondence information of the identifier and an access category that is QoS information in the second wireless communication to identify the access category of the data and transmit the data. | 2020-10-08 |
20200323003 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE USER EQUIPMENT TO TRANSMIT DISCOVERY SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for a base station to support a Device-to-Device (D2D) communication, includes transmitting a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling for a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) ranges configured for selecting a resource pool to one or more D2D terminals; and transmitting a reference signal to the one or more D2D terminals, wherein the resource pool is selected based on a RSRP measurement result for the reference signal and the RSRP ranges configured for the resource pool, and wherein the selected resource pool is for repeated transmissions of a discovery signal by the D2D terminals. | 2020-10-08 |