47th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 76 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210368355 | System and Method for Determining Layout of Wireless Communication Network - A system and method for determining a layout of a wireless communication network in a terrain. The wireless communication network includes multiple wireless communication devices each arranged to communicate wirelessly with one or more external communication devices. The method includes obtaining a modelled terrain of the terrain in which the wireless communication devices of the wireless communication network can be arranged. The modelled terrain includes a first type of area in which external communication devices can be located, and a second type of area representing obstacles arranged to affect communication between the wireless communication devices and the external communication device. The method also includes determining, based on a criteria, respective installation locations of the wireless communication devices in the modelled terrain so as to determine a layout of the wireless communication network in the terrain. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368356 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT DEPLOYMENT OF NODES IN A NETWORK - A method and apparatus for efficient deployment of nodes in a network includes obtaining first data that indicates first locations of nodes in a network and terrain data that indicates height of terrain at terrain locations. The method further includes determining an exploration region for a first node and dividing the exploration region into subregions. The method further includes determining a proxy location for each subregion that is a location corresponding to a characteristic of the terrain data in the subregion. The method further includes determining a value of a parameter that indicates a contribution of the first node at each proxy location to network fitness. The method further includes assigning a second location to the first node based on the determined parameter value at each proxy location. The method further includes relocating the first node from the first location to the second location. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368357 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING CONFIGURATION, TESTING AND/OR DEPLOYMENT OF A WIRELESS SYSTEM INCLUDING A WIRELESS EXTENDER - Methods and apparatus for facilitating the deployment of a wireless extender in combination with a base station at a customer premises are described. Support is provided for data rate testing in combination with configuring one or more aspects of the system such as wireless extender and/or base station transmission power level. By using testing a system can be deployed where one or more devices may use transmission power levels which are less than the maximum permitted transmission power level while still supporting an expected data rate corresponding to a subscriber service level in a reliable manner. In various embodiments DFS channel black and/or white lists are generated for each link taking into consideration the determined transmit power to be used for a given link. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368358 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, USER EQUIPMENT, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An electronic equipment, a user equipment, a wireless communication method, and a storage medium. An electronic equipment configured in a wireless communication system that comprises a single base station equipment comprises a processing circuit and is configured to: estimate the distance between a network side equipment and a user equipment according to a downlink signal arrival angle measured by the user equipment and an uplink signal arrival angle measured by the network side equipment; and determine the position of the user equipment according to the distance between the network side equipment and the user equipment as well as the uplink signal arrival angle. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368359 | EFFICIENT ADAPTABLE WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEM WITH AGILE BEAMFORMING - Beamforming for adapting wireless signaling beams in an adaptive and agile manner is contemplated. The beamforming may be characterized by adaptively constructing beam form parameters to provide wireless signaling in a manner that maximizes efficiency and bandwidth according to device positioning relative to a responding base station. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368360 | DELAYED RECONFIGURATION IN WIRELESS SYSTEMS - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that support delaying the application of reconfiguration messages. An integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node transmit or receive, along a first signaling path, a reconfiguration message indicating the first IAB node to postpone applying a reconfiguration message until a second signaling path becomes available. The first IAB node may send a reconfiguration complete message to a first IAB donor node along the first path and wait to perform a procedure with the first IAB donor node. When the second path becomes available, the first IAB node and the second IAB node may then perform the procedure. In some cases, delaying the reconfiguration may involve postponing the forwarding of messages received at the first IAB node. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368361 | OPTIMIZED ONBOARDING OF DEVICES IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - An apparatus, method, and computer-readable recording medium perform client optimized onboarding in a wireless network. A network controller of a gateway device determines a first received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of a new client device, receives a second RSSI of the new client device from each of one or more wireless extenders, and determines a strongest RSSI among the determined first RSSI and the received second RSSI from each of the one or more wireless extenders. The network controller of the gateway device receives an onboarding request with respect to any one or the gateway device and the one or more wireless extenders, and sends a command to proceed with an onboarding operation of the new client device to any one of the gateway device and the one or more wireless extenders having the strongest RSSI from the new client device. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368362 | Optimization of distributed Wi-Fi networks - Systems and methods for Wi-Fi network optimization include receiving inputs related to signal strength and interference during operation of the Wi-Fi network; performing an optimization to determine operational parameters of one or more access points in the Wi-Fi network, wherein the optimization is based on the inputs and is configured to address an objective associated with the Wi-Fi network; and providing outputs comprising the operational parameters for configuration of the Wi-Fi network, based on the optimization, wherein the operational parameters include channel and bandwidth selection, and topology of the one or more access points. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368363 | Methods of Transmitting Data Using Non-Uniform Constellations with Overlapping Constellation Point Locations - Communication systems are described that use unequally spaced constellations that have increased capacity compared to conventional constellations operating within a similar SNR band. One embodiment is a digital communications system including a transmitter transmitting signals via a communication channel, the transmitter including a coder capable of receiving user bits and outputting encoded bits at a rate, a mapper capable of mapping encoded bits to symbols in a constellation, and a modulator capable of generating a modulated signal for transmission via the communication channel using symbols generated by the mapper, wherein the constellation is unequally spaced and characterizable by assignment of locations and labels of constellation points to maximize parallel decode capacity of the constellation at a given signal-to-noise ratio so that the constellation provides a given capacity at a reduced signal-to-noise ratio compared to a uniform constellation that maximizes the minimum distance between constellation points of the uniform constellation. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368364 | RADIO PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, RADIO PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD, RADIO PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND RADIO PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PROGRAM - A wireless base station and a first wireless terminal include means for collecting first wireless performance information regarding wireless communication in both a downstream direction and an upstream direction and transmitting the first wireless performance information to a wireless performance measurement device. The wireless base station and a second wireless terminal include means for collecting second wireless performance information regarding wireless communication in both the downstream direction and the upstream direction and transmitting the second wireless performance information to the wireless performance measurement device. The wireless performance measurement device includes means for obtaining a first comparison result by comparing the first wireless performance information regarding the upstream direction and the downstream direction, obtaining a second comparison result by comparing the second wireless performance information regarding the upstream direction and the downstream direction, and determining the location where an abnormality occurred in accordance with a result of a comparison of the first comparison result and the second comparison result. The location is determined from among the wireless base station, the first wireless terminal, the second wireless terminal, and a wireless propagation environment between the wireless base station and the first wireless terminal and between the wireless base station and the second wireless terminal. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368365 | METHOD AND UE FOR HANDLING UL NAS TRANSPORT MESSAGE FAILURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Embodiments herein provide a method for communication by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network. The method comprises: determining a failure in transmission of a uplink non-access stratum (UL NAS) transport message, determining whether the failure in the transmission of the UL NAS transport message is due to a Tracking Area identity (TAI) change from lower layers, and handling the failure in the transmission of the UL NAS transport message based on a TAI list sent from the wireless communication network, in response to determining that the failure in the transmission of the UL NAS transport message is due to the TAI change from the lower layers. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368366 | HUB DEVICE WITH DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTION AND DIAGNOSTIC METHOD USING THE SAME - A hub device providing a diagnostic function and a diagnostic method using the same are disclosed. The hub device includes: a communication unit receiving a first type of data from plural service devices to transmit the first type of data to an access point device and receiving a second type of data from the access point device to transmit the second type of data to at least one of the service devices; and a controller controlling the communication unit and performing diagnosis for the service devices and the access point device. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368367 | CONTROL CHANNEL MONITORING METHOD, MONITORING INDICATION METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT AND NETWORK DEVICE - A control channel monitoring method, a monitoring indication method, a terminal and a network device are provided. The control channel monitoring method includes: acquiring indication information for a PDCCH monitoring periodicity, the indication information including a first PDCCH monitoring periodicity; monitoring the first PDCCH in a monitoring slot belonging to the first PDCCH monitoring periodicity; and when the first PDCCH is not detected in the monitoring slot belonging to the first PDCCH monitoring periodicity, monitoring the PDCCH in a next slot including a PDCCH resource set; or when the indication information further includes a second PDCCH monitoring periodicity and the first PDCCH is not detected in the monitoring slot belonging to the first PDCCH monitoring periodicity, monitoring a second PDCCH in a monitoring slot belonging to the second PDCCH monitoring periodicity. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368368 | Flexible Downlink Control Signal Monitoring in Wireless Communications - A device may wirelessly communicate with a number of different cells used in a carrier aggregation. The device may monitor physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) on the different cells, dynamically switching between a dormant monitoring state (DS) and an active monitoring state (AS). In the DS, the UE may not monitor any PDCCH candidates on the active secondary SCells corresponding to the DS, or it may monitor PDCCH candidates in the search space (SS) set with the largest monitoring periodicity among the multiple SS sets on the active bandwidth part (BWP). In the AS, the UE may monitor a set of PDCCH candidates in physical resources configured by higher layers on the BWPs. Switching from one monitoring state to another may be facilitated through the use of a new downlink control information (DCI) format without data scheduling, a modified existing DCI format with data scheduling, and/or use of a DS timer. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368369 | WIRELESS NODE SELF-INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENTS AND UPLINK BEAM MANAGEMENT FOR FULL DUPLEX TRANSMISSIONS - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first wireless node may determine, from a plurality of beams associated with the first wireless node, a set of suitable uplink beams and a set of suitable downlink beams, wherein the set of suitable UL beams and the set of suitable DL beams are suitable for full duplex communications, and transmit, to a second wireless node, an indication of the set of suitable uplink beams and the set of suitable downlink beams. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368370 | SPACE UTILIZATION INFORMATION SYSTEM UTILIZING NATIVE LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM - In one embodiment, a gateway device utilizing a gateway to cloud interface may be constructed and arranged to capture the occupancy-detection transmissions of occupancy-detecting connected devices including but not limited to occupancy-detecting light fixtures. The gateway device may process this information in conjunction with a number of other tools and services such as but not limited to a cloud computing service or a data visualization application to provide space utilization information on the basis of the captured occupancy detection transmissions. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368371 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a wireless communication method, terminal device and network device, which may implement CLI measurement. The wireless communication method includes receiving, by a first terminal device, first configuration information sent by a first network device, the first configuration information being configured to configure a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource for cross link interference (CLI) measurement. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368372 | LINK MEASUREMENTS FOR VEHICULAR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE LINKS - Methods, systems, and devices for link measurements of vehicular device-to-device links in mobile communication technology are described. An exemplary method for wireless communication includes receiving, by a first wireless device, a device-to-device link measurement configuration, and performing a device-to-device link measurement procedure. Another exemplary method for wireless communication includes receiving, by a first wireless device, a device-to-device link monitoring configuration, and performing a device-to-device link monitoring procedure. Yet another exemplary method for wireless communication includes receiving, by a first wireless device, a device-to-device link maintenance configuration, and performing a device-to-device link maintenance procedure. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368373 | MA PDU SESSION METHOD AND DEVICE - One disclosure of the present specification provides a method for a multi access (MA) protocol (PDU) session by a device. The method may comprise a step of receiving measurement assistance information from a Session Management Function (SMF) node. The measurement assistance information may be related to the MA PDU session on 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) access and non-3GPP access. The method may comprise a step of transmitting a report on the basis of the measurement assistance information. The report may include information on availability or non-availability of any one of the 3GPP access or the non-3GPP access. The report may be transmitted to a User Plane Function (UPF) node by means of a user plane. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368374 | ON-DEMAND MEASUREMENT GAP FOR INTER-FREQUENCY RRM MEASUREMENTS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for an on-demand measurement gap for inter-frequency radio resource management (RRM) measurements. A method for wireless communications by a base station (BS) includes configuring a user equipment (UE) in the serving cell for measurement of target cell (s) and with an on-demand measurement gap configuration for measuring the target cell (s). Neighbor cells in a same frequency can coordinate to align synchronization signal block (SSB) or channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) transmission and provide timing information of the aligned SSB or CSI-RS transmission to a cell in a different frequency. A method by a UE includes receiving an on-demand measurement gap configuration from a serving cell co and measuring target cell (s) based on the measurement gap configuration. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368375 | OPTIMIZATION OF CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATOR (CQI) FEEDBACK FOR MULTIPLE COMPONENT CARRIERS - 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 plurality of communications on a plurality of component carriers. The UE may transmit, to the base station, uplink control information that includes a first portion that indicates respective feedback for the plurality of communications, and a second portion that indicates an average channel quality indicator (CQI) value and respective differential values, relative to the average CQI value, for multiple communications, of the plurality of communications, for which negative acknowledgment feedback is transmitted. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368376 | REPORTING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN A MULTIPLE COMPONENT CARRIER NETWORK - A user equipment (UE) may determine channel state information (CSI) reports with each CSI report being related to a component carrier. The UE may send a subframe with CSI report(s) on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). When a collision occurs in the subframe having the CSI report(s) on the PUCCH a lower priority CSI report may be dropped from the transmission. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368377 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICE - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a wireless communication method, a terminal device and a network device, the method includes: a terminal device receives configuration information transmitted by a network device, the configuration information including a reporting configuration of the terminal device; | 2021-11-25 |
20210368378 | METHOD FOR REPORTING MEASUREMENT RESULT BY USER EQUIPMENT TRANSCEIVING DATA BY FIRST RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY AND SECOND RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY, AND DEVICE THEREFOR - The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for combining, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system, and to a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g., a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related service, etc.), based on a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. A method for a user equipment in a first communication system according to the present invention comprises steps in which a user equipment in an inactive state: transmits a paging area update request message; checks whether or not a timer associated with a paging area update has expired; and transitions into an idle state if a response message for the paging area update request message has not been received until the timer has expired. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368379 | BANDWIDTH PART CONFIGURATION FOR NETWORK SLICING - A slice manager associated with a network access point of a telecommunication network can manage combinations of network slices and bandwidth parts for user equipment (UE). The bandwidth parts can have independently set numerologies, such as subcarrier spacing values. The UE can be configured to use one or more active bandwidth parts at a time, such that the slice manager can instruct the UE to use multiple active bandwidth parts simultaneously with respect to the same network slice or multiple network slices. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368380 | Optimizing Cell Outage Mitigation in a Communications Network - Methods and apparatus are provided for optimising mitigation of an outage of a cell in a communications network. In one aspect, a method comprises determining an outage of the cell during a first time period. A time-variable parameter is determined that is indicative of predicted impact of the outage of the cell, the impact being predicted based on historical data for the cell in at least one earlier time period. One or more actions are performed in relation to the outage based on the time-variable parameter for said first time period. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368381 | METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY INDICATING QFI AND USER EQUIPMENT - The disclosure relates to the field of wireless communications and provides a method for dynamically indicating a Quality of Service (QoS) Flow Identity (ID) (QFI) and User Equipment (UE). The method includes: a UE obtains a Service Data Adaptation Protocol (SDAP) Service Data Unit (SDU) and obtains a first QFI to which the SDAP SDU belongs; maps the first QFI with a relatively large number of bits to a second QFI with a relatively small number of bits, here, a value of the first QFI is mapped to a value of the second QFI which is the same as the value of the first QFI when a value of the first QFI is less than a first preset threshold and the value of the first QFI is mapped to a value of an unmapped vacant position of the second QFI when the value of the first QFI is greater than the first preset threshold; and then includes the second QFI in an SDAP header. Thus, communication service may be implemented better on the basis of an existing communication standard. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368382 | USER EQUIPMENT AND BUFFER STATUS REPORT CANCELLATION METHOD BASED ON CARRIER AGGREGATION AND INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL - A user equipment and a buffer status report (BSR) cancellation method are provided. In the method, the data duplication is activated on at least one data unit of packet data convergence protocol (PDCP). The data duplication works such that, in the carrier aggregation (CA), one data unit corresponds to at least two component carriers provided by a base station supporting integrated access and backhaul (IAB) mechanism. For each data unit, at least two BSRs are triggered, and each BSR corresponds to one logical channel. Then, at least one BSR is canceled according to a canceling condition. Accordingly, the IAB network can be applied with multiple BSR cancellation. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368383 | USER EQUIPMENT (UE) AND CORE NETWORK FOR MANAGING NETWORK SLICE CONGESTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Embodiments herein provide a wireless communication system for managing a network slice congestion. The wireless communication system includes a User Equipment (UE), operably coupled to a core network. The UE is configured to transmit a first NAS signaling message to the core network, wherein the first NAS signaling message comprises a specific network slide identity. The core network i configured to detect the network slice congestion in the wireless communication system. Further, the core network is configured to indicate the network slice congestion using a second NAS signaling message to the User Equipment (UE), wherein the second NAS signaling message comprising a reject cause value and a back off timer for the requested network slice identity. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368384 | BEAMFORMER ACCOUNTING FOR NON-HOMOGENEITY OF OFFERED TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION AMONG CELLS - A system and method for beamforming beams including: matching weights T to a distribution of resources for each of the beams based on a traffic variation for each of the beams; calculating, with a signal processor for each of the beams based on the weights T, a power scalar β and a weighted minimum mean squared error (WMMSE) matrix W | 2021-11-25 |
20210368385 | METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND APPARATUS - This application provides a method for wireless communication and an apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a communication device, L pieces of first data, and determining reception statuses for the L pieces of first data; receiving, by the communication device, second data, and generating feedback information based on the reception statuses for the L pieces of first data and the second data, where the feedback information indicates one or more reception statuses for M pieces of first data, the M pieces of first data are included in the L pieces of first data; and the second data is data obtained after N pieces of first data are encoded, the N pieces of first data are included in the L pieces of first data; and sending, by the communication device, the feedback information. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368386 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING DATA, USER EQUIPMENT, NETWORK SIDE DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A method of transmitting data, a UE, a network side device and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The method of transmitting data is applicable to the UE and includes: transmitting, by the UE, duplicated transmission data to different radio link control (RLC) entities respectively when a network side configures or activates a packet duplication mode for a bearer; transmitting, by one of the different RLC entities, the transmission data through one of logical channels to a master medium access control (MAC) entity and transmitting, by each of the others of the different RLC entities, the transmission data through a different one of the logical channels to a different one of one or more secondary MAC entities; and transmitting, by the master MAC entity and the one or more secondary MAC entities, the transmission data to the network side through different carriers. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368387 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTONOMOUS TRANSMISSION - A method and an apparatus for autonomous transmission in an unlicensed band are provided. The method and apparatus comprising: a wireless device receiving a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration for first uplink transmission, wherein the SPS configuration includes information regarding an SPS window indicating a time section in which the first uplink transmission is allowed; the wireless device receiving on a DL channel downlink control information (DCI) having an uplink grant that instructs second uplink transmission, wherein the uplink grant includes a second hybrid automatic repeat request process identifier (HARQid) for the second uplink transmission; and the wireless device performing the first uplink transmission in the SPS window when it is confirmed that a wireless medium is in an idle state by performing a listen before talk (LBT) in the SPS window, wherein a first HARQid for the first uplink transmission is not the same as the second HARQid. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368388 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICE - Data transmission method and device are provided. The method includes: determining a portion of a plurality of links as dedicated link, and the other portion of the plurality of links as ordinary link, wherein the dedicated link is configured to transmit control frames which include ordinary control frames and dedicated control frames, and the ordinary link is configured to transmit data frames and ordinary control frames; determining links for control frames to be transmitted and data frames to be transmitted; and when the dedicated link or the ordinary link obtains a transmission opportunity, transmitting a control frame or a data frame at a head of a queuing list of the link. By configuring the dedicated link, transmission efficiency of the control frames may be improved, compatibility with existing systems is relatively good, and complexity of design is relatively low. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368389 | Data Processing Method and Device - A data processing method, where a first device communicates with a second device using a relay node, where the relay node does not have a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entity, and the method includes transmitting, by the first device, a first data unit group, where the first data unit group is in a first sequence range, receiving, by the first device, first information using the relay node, where the first information indicates a data unit that the second device has received or has not received in the first data unit group, determining, by the first device, a second sequence range based on the first information. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368390 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING OVERHEAD OF SIGNALING FIELD IN PHYSICAL LAYER CONVERGENCE PROTOCOL IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK SYSTEM - A baseband circuit in a transmitting device of a WLAN may include at least one processor configured to generate a PPDU comprising a preamble and a payload. The preamble includes training fields and signaling fields, and the payload includes a data field. A first one of the signaling fields includes a compression mode field indicating whether resource unit (RU) allocation information designated for at least one receiving device is included in a second one of the signaling fields. A binary value of the compression mode field represents whether the RU allocation information is included and size information associated with the RU allocated to the at least one receiving device. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368391 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOF, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication device communicates a radio frame including a preamble and a data field of a physical layer (PHY). The preamble includes an L-STF (Legacy Short Training Field), an L-LTF (Legacy Long Training Field), an L-SIG (Legacy Signal Field), an EHT-SIG-A (Extremely High Throughput Signal A Field), an EHT-STF (EHT Short Training Field), and an EHT-LTF (EHT Long Training Field), and the EHT-SIG-A includes a subfield indicating whether data are concurrently transmitted from a plurality of communication devices to a common partner device. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368392 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOAD BALANCING IP ADDRESS SELECTION IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for the efficient distribution of tunneled packets associated with multiple pieces of user equipment across central processing unit cores associated with network components. Example implementations contemplate one or more network components, such as a NodeB or gateway, which are configured with multiple IP addresses associated with multiple cores or other processors within the network component. In such example implementations, tunnels may be initialized to network endpoints such that network traffic loads imposed on the network component can be balanced by selecting one or more IP addresses from amongst the plurality of IP addresses associated with the particular network component. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368393 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GRANULAR BEAMFORMING ACROSS MULTIPLE PORTIONS OF A RADIO ACCESS NETWORK BASED ON USER EQUIPMENT INFORMATION - A system described herein may provide a technique for adaptive and dynamic beamforming in a radio access network (“RAN”) of a wireless network, based on information received from User Equipment (“UEs”) connected to the RAN, and/or information that can be attributed to UEs and/or users associated with UEs connected to the RAN. For example, a Beam Load Balancing System (“BLBS”) of some embodiments may use such information to identify beams, of one or more base stations, for which a configuration should be modified in order to provide RF connectivity to one or more UEs in a manner that optimizes Quality of Service (“QoS”) provided to the UEs and/or efficiently utilizes network resources. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368394 | SYSTEM INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, BASE STATION, AND TERMINAL - Disclosed in the present invention are a system information transmission method, a base station, and a terminal, which can improve the flexibility of resource allocation. The method comprises: a base station obtains at least two wireless configuration parameter sets, each of the at least two wireless configuration parameter sets comprising at least one wireless configuration parameter, and values of the at least one wireless configuration parameter in any two wireless configuration parameter sets being different; among at least two wireless configuration parameter sets, the base station determines at least one wireless configuration parameter set for transmitting first system information in a first time period; and the base station sends, according to the at least one wireless configuration parameter set, the first system information in the first time period by means of at least one frequency-domain resource, the at least one frequency-domain resource being in a one-to-one correspondence with the at least one wireless configuration parameter set in the first time period, and frequencies corresponding to any two frequency-domain resources among the at least one frequency-domain resource being different. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368395 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC DATA RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR A WIRELESS SLICE - An approach to provide dynamic adjustment in order to meet the limitation of data rate per network slice in the uplink and downlink wireless connections in a wireless network. The approach uses a network slice quota (NSQ) management function, which keeps track of aggregated maximum bit rates (AMBR) for a slice. Upon reaching a limit, the NSQ functionality dynamically adjusts the user equipment (UE) data rates, reduces the quality of service (QoS), and/or rejects any protocol data unit (PDU) request. Several techniques are described that meet these objectives. In one technique, when the limit is reached, the session AMBR per subscription level is adjusted in proportionate ratio of the maximum bit rate per subscription level per UE. In another technique, when the limit is reached, there is a proportionate equivalent increment and decrement of session AMBR based on usage patterns of the subscription levels. In a further technique, when the limit is reached, there is a proportionate equivalent increment and decrement of slice resources based on usage patterns. In yet another technique, a quota update is attempted using the Unified Data Repository (UDR). | 2021-11-25 |
20210368396 | SERVICE-AWARE UTILIZATION OF SHARED WIRELESS RESOURCES - Systems, methods, and devices can be used to perform service-aware utilization of shared wireless resources. In various instances, a quality metric (e.g., a Bit Error Rate (BER)) of a shared wireless resource is determined. Requested services can be provided based at least partly on the quality metric and the type of services being requested. For example, when the quality metric exceeds a threshold and the requested services are for Quality of Service (QoS)-sensitive services (e.g., Guaranteed Bit Rate (GBR) services), the services can be provided at least partially via a licensed wireless resource. However, when the quality metric does not exceed the threshold, and/or the requested services are for non-QoS-sensitive services (e.g., non-GBR services), the services can be provided via the shared wireless resource. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368397 | Service Continuity Implementation Method, Device, and Service Continuity Implementation System - A service continuity implementation method, a device, and a service continuity implementation system, to ensure service continuity in a handover process, where the method includes: selecting, by a session management function entity, a target user plane function entity to serve a terminal; sending, by the session management function entity, a first message to a control device; receiving, by the session management function entity, indication information of a first application server (AS) from the control device; and sending, by the session management function entity, a first routing rule to the target user plane function entity based on the indication information of the first AS, where the first routing rule specifies that data whose destination address is an address of the first AS is to be sent to the first AS. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368398 | SELECTIVE HANDOVER OR REDIRECTION BASED ON INTERFACE AVAILABILITY - A first radio access network (RAN) accesses information indicating an availability status of an interface between an access and mobility management function (AMF) in a first wireless communication system and a mobility management entity (MME) in a second wireless communication system. The first RAN receives a trigger for a handover of a user equipment between the first RAN and a second RAN. The handover is selectively performed via the interface or a redirect via a network element shared by the first and second wireless communication systems based on the availability status. In some cases, the first RAN receive the information indicating the availability status prior to providing the request for the handover and stores the information in a database associated with the first RAN, which access the information from the database. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368399 | PSCell Activation with Early Data-Forwarding for Dual Connectivity Based Handover - According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method for handover in a radio access network is provided, wherein the method includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a handover pre-configuration message from a source node serving the UE in the radio access network, the handover pre-configuration message including handover information of a target node in the radio access network, receiving, by the UE, an activation command from the source node after receiving the handover pre-configuration message, and transmitting, by the UE, an access request message to the target node in accordance with the handover information in response to receiving the activation command. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368400 | Cell Set Based Mobility - This disclosure relates to techniques for supporting cell set based mobility. A network may provide configuration information to a wireless device, relating to a current cell and possibly to one or more other cells in one or more cell sets. The wireless device and network may take various measurements. In response to the measurements and the configuration information, the wireless device may perform a cell change to one of the other cells. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368401 | DYNAMIC SWITCHING BETWEEN CARRIER AGGREGATION AND MULTI-CONNECTIVITY - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a first communication that includes information to facilitate selection and/or switching of carrier aggregation or multi-connectivity for a first cell group and a second cell group. The UE may receive, based at least in part on transmitting the first communication, a second communication that configures and/or switches carrier aggregation or multi-connectivity for the first cell group and the second cell group. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368402 | HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS USING TWO CHANNEL HOPPING PROTOCOLS - Systems and methods are disclosed for facilitating communications in heterogeneous networks that include different data networks. A gateway device is configured to communicate with a first network using a TSCH protocol and with a second network using a channel hopping CSMA protocol. The gateway device can determine, during a first part of a TSCH timeslot, whether a message is received from the first network. If no message is received, the gateway device switches to the second network during a second part of the timeslot. If the gateway device receives a message from the second network, the gateway device may continue to receive the message. The receipt of the message in the second network may continue into a subsequent TSCH timeslot or may be interrupted if certain conditions are met. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368403 | DETERMINING METHOD AND DEVICE - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of communications technologies, and provide a determining method and device, to resolve a problem in the related art that user equipment (UE) fails to process a UE connection failure in a dual-connectivity moving process. The method includes determining, when a first timer expires, that a dual-connectivity moving process of a terminal device fails. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368404 | METHODS FOR A USER EQUIPMENT DEVICE TO REQUEST MAC MESSAGES FROM A BASE STATION - In order to perform a RACH-less handover from a source base station to a target base station, a UE device generates a request that the target base station is to send a Media Access Control (MAC) message to the UE device. The request can be sent with a Radio Resource Control (RRC) Connection Reconfiguration Complete message. Alternatively, an RRC message sent from a UE device functions as an implicit request that the target base station is to send a MAC message to the UE device. The request can also be configured to specify a particular MAC Control Element that the target base station should send. The target base station transmits the requested MAC message, along with TA information, if required. The UE device determines when the handover has been completed, based at least partially on when the requested MAC message is received from the target base station. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368405 | METHOD AND BASE STATION FOR HANDOVER MANAGEMENT IN WIRELESS NETWORK - Embodiments herein provide a method handover management in a wireless network ( | 2021-11-25 |
20210368406 | AUTOMATIC CELL DISCOVERY OF A SOURCE RADIO ACCESS NETWORK (RAN) CELL BY A NEIGHBORING, TARGET RAN BY INITIATING A FAKE HANDOVER OF A USER EQUIPMENT (UE) FROM THE SOURCE RAN CELL TO THE TARGET RAN - Automatic cell discovery of a source radio access network (RAN) cell by a neighboring, target RAN by initiating a fake handover of a user equipment (UE) from a source RAN cell to a target RAN. A source RAN cell initiates a handover request using handover signaling to the target RAN(s). The handover request is a fake handover request without actual intention of handing over UE to the target RAN. The source RAN cell includes information in initiated handover request that can be used by target RAN to discover source RAN cell. The handover request will fail, because the handover request is not for any actual UE moving from the source RAN cell to the target RAN. However, the target RAN becomes aware of the source RAN cell as a result of this process and can add the source RAN cell (e.g., its EARFCN) to a list of its neighboring cells. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368407 | NETWORK TRIGGERED HANDOVER - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The described techniques may provide for efficiently triggering a handover at a user equipment (UE) from a source cell to a target cell. The UE may receive, at a first time period, a first control message including a configuration of a target cell to use at a second time period for performing a handover procedure from a source cell to a target cell. The UE may then receive, at the second time period, a second control message triggering the UE to perform the handover procedure from the source cell to the target cell. The UE may use the configuration of the target cell received in the first control message to perform a handover procedure from the source cell to the target cell at the second time period in response to receiving the second control message. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368408 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICE - The present application relates to the field of wireless communication technology, in particular to a data transmission method and device, used to solve the problem of there being no solution for sending cached downlink data in a source communication system to a UE after the UE crosses the communication system. An MME entity in a second mobile communication system of an embodiment of the present application receives a downlink data cache indication sent by an SMF entity located in a first mobile communication system; the MME entity initiates the establishment of a user plane connection and/or control plane connection of a UE, so that a user plane functional entity sends the cached downlink data to the UE by means of the user plane connection and/or control plane connection. Since the UE of the embodiment of the present application sends the downlink data cached in the first mobile communication system to the UE by means of the user plane and/or control plane connection established by the second mobile communication system after moving to the second mobile communication system, loss of the cached downlink data of the UE is avoided, the system reliability is improved and the system performance is also improved. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368409 | IAB NODE SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node switching method, including: receiving, by a third IAB node, a node switching command from a source donor node, where the node switching command is used to indicate a parent node of the third IAB node to switch to a second node, the source donor node is a control node of the third IAB node, the first node is a source parent node of the third IAB node, the first node is a donor node or another IAB node, and the second node is a donor node or another IAB node; and switching, by the third IAB node, to the second node, and sending, by the third IAB node, first indication information to a child node of the third IAB node, where the first indication information indicates the child node to interrupt transmission with the third IAB node. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368410 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF AN ALL PURPOSE BROADBAND NETWORK WITH PUBLISH SUBSCRIBE BROKER NETWORK - An example system includes a server communicatively connected to a cellular base transceiver station having an RF coverage area and configured for RF communication with a first entity that is a transceiver device in the RF coverage area, wherein the server comprises a first publish-subscribe broker that is part of a publish-subscribe broker network that comprises one or more publish-subscribe brokers, wherein a second entity connected to any of the one or more publish-subscribe brokers in the publish-subscribe broker network accepts communications from the transceiver device if the second entity subscribes to data packets published by the transceiver device, and wherein the data packets published by the transceiver device are routed through the publish-subscribe broker to which the second entity is connected. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368411 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS USED IN INTER-COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM MOVE SCENARIO - A communication method that includes: a terminal transmits data for a first application in a first communications system via a first protocol data unit (PDU) session, where the first PDU session does not support interworking between the first communications system and a second communications system. The terminal moves from the first communications system to the second communications system. After the terminal moves from the second communications system back to the first communications system, the terminal obtains a second PDU session based on at least first transmission information of the first application, and transmits data for the first application in the first communications system via the second PDU session, where the first transmission information includes an identifier of the first application. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368412 | Managing FTM Frames of WLAN RTT Bursts - In aspects of managing FTM frames of WLAN RTT bursts, a device can receive a WLAN RTT burst, such as initiated by a device application, device firmware, or received as a RTT ranging request. The device implements a status module that interposes the routing of the ranging request in the device, and determines a device state of the device with a device state monitor of the status module. The status module is implemented to drop the ranging request if the device is an idle device state such that the ranging request is extraneous. Alternatively, the status module is implemented to reduce a number of FTM frames in the ranging request based on the device state indicating that multiple FTM frames of the ranging request are extraneous, and then route to perform the ranging request of the WLAN RTT burst with the reduced number of FTM frames in the ranging request. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368413 | PACKET TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION PATH SWITCHING METHOD, AND TRANSMISSION PATH SWITCHING PROGRAM - A packet transmission system according to an example embodiment includes endpoint devices, a first transmission path connected to the endpoint devices and including a first radio section, a second transmission path connected to the endpoint devices and including a second radio section, bandwidth monitoring units that respectively monitor bandwidth information of the first radio section and the second radio section for each flow, a path switching unit that determines a packet transmission path for transmitting a packet on the basis of the bandwidth information of the first radio section and the second radio section, a bandwidth ratio calculation unit that calculates a bandwidth ratio of flows on the basis of the bandwidth information of the first radio section and the second radio section and determines a bandwidth control value, and a bandwidth control unit that controls a bandwidth of each flow on the basis of the bandwidth control value. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368414 | TECHNIQUES FOR PROVIDING AND/OR APPLYING QUALITY OF SERVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Aspects of the present disclosure describe indicating per-packet quality of service (QoS) in communications by a wireless communications device. A packet from an application generated for a first radio access technology (RAT) can be obtained, where the packet includes a first QoS value associated with the first RAT, and/or the first QoS value can be mapped to a second QoS value associated with the second RAT. In another example, the QoS value can be indicated in the packet along with a reflective indicator indicating to use the QoS value in transmitting a response to the packet. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368415 | Directional Router Communication and Tracking - Networking devices may allow for directed wireless communication. Such devices may comprise a movable antenna within a spherical housing having different ports associated with different positions, and may direct wireless communication beams in different directions to provide access to different zones by moving the antenna. A user may configure a system to prioritize or restrict zones or devices based on criteria. This prioritization may facilitate tiered services among users or devices. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368416 | WIRELESS NETWORK BRIDGING METHOD AND WIRELESS NETWORK TRANSMISSION DEVICE USING THE SAME - A wireless network bridging method and a wireless network transmission device using the same are provided. The wireless network bridging method includes the following steps. A first wireless network transmission device sets a downlink channel and at least one connection channel connected to at least one user equipment. A second wireless network transmission device sets an uplink channel. The second wireless network transmission device sets a downlink channel according to a channel information of the first wireless network transmission device. The downlink channel and the uplink channel of the second wireless network transmission device are different. The second wireless network transmission device sets at least one connection channel connected to at least one user equipment according to the channel information of the first wireless network transmission device. The connection channels of the second wireless network transmission device and the first wireless network transmission device are different. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368417 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - This application provides a communication method and apparatus, and relates to the field of communication technologies, to implement a UE-to-network relay communication process based on a CU-DU architecture. The method includes: A CU generates a UE context modification request message, where the UE context modification request message is used to request a DU to modify a context of relay user equipment UE, the UE context modification request message carries an identifier of remote UE, a bearer identifier of the relay UE, and an identifier of a logical channel having a mapping relationship with the bearer identifier of the relay UE, the bearer identifier of the relay UE is an identifier of a bearer between the relay UE and the CU, and the logical channel is a logical channel between the remote UE and the relay UE; and the CU sends the UE context modification request message to the DU. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368418 | METHOD FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure generally relates to a method for selectively forwarding data messages between a plurality of neighboring wireless communication nodes. The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding wireless communication node and to a wireless communication system. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368419 | WIRELESS DEVICE IN A MULTI-LINK DEVICE (MLD) ARRANGED TO REDUCE DUPLICATION OF MULTI-LINK OPERATION (MLO) INFORMATION AND BASIC SERVICE SET (BSS) INFORMATION AND METHODS - A reduced neighbor report (RNR) element is generated. The generated RNR element includes multi-link device operation (MLO) information of least one neighboring wireless device to a reporting wireless device. In examples, the MLO information defines information of a respective multi-link device (MLD) which each at least one neighboring wireless device to the reporting wireless device is affiliated. A multilink (ML) element is also generated. The generated ML element includes basic service set (BSS) information of each of at least one wireless device affiliated to an MLD where the reporting wireless device is affiliated to the same MLD. The reporting wireless device transmits a frame which comprises the generated RNR element and the generated ML element, where the generated ML element does not include any other RNR element. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368420 | DETERMINISTIC BACKOFF WITH COLLISION AVOIDANCE - This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to deterministic backoffs and collision avoidance. A device may identify a first transmission received from a first device, wherein the first transmission is over a shared access medium. The device may identify a second transmission received from the first device, wherein the second transmission is over the shared access medium. The device may determine an available transmission slot between the first transmission and the second transmission. The device may transmit, during the available transmission slot, a third transmission. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368421 | Enhancements for Handling Network Slice Quota - A Public Land Mobile Network includes a network slice quota (NSQ) node to implement a quota on the number of user equipments (UEs) or (UE, PDU_Session) pairs that may be registered on a network slice. An access and mobility management function (AMF) queries the NSQ on whether quota is available for registration of a UE on a network slice in response to a notification of successful authorization and/or authentication (AAA) of the UE. Alternatively, the AMF may preemptively capture one or more units of network slice quota for the UE prior to initiation of the AAA procedure. The AMF may start a timer after UE deregistration is initiated, and not relinquish the quota unit held by the UE until after the timer's expiration. The network may also include a session management function (SMF) that provides UE identification as well as PDU Session ID when requesting registration of a UE. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368422 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING MULTI-BASIC SERVICE IDENTIFIER SET - Provided is a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly. The terminal includes: a transceiver; and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a frame through the transceiver, determine whether the frame is classified into an Intra-Basic Service Set (BSS) frame or an Inter-BSS frame according to a BSS from which the frame is transmitted, and access a channel according to whether the frame is an Intra-BSS frame or an Inter-BSS frame. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368423 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WIRELESS TRANSMISSION - A wireless transmission method and a transceiver for wireless transmission are disclosed. According to this method, information to be transmitted and transmission control information are encoded into packet length information of wireless frames for transmission, wherein the transmission control information is filled into synchronization packets, sequence number packets and data packets, and the information to be transmitted is only filled into the data packets. Specifically, the method includes sequentially polling data for transmission in units of transmission sequences, and longitudinally encoding the information to be transmitted and data check information into the data packets. The transmission sequences are separated and sorted by the synchronization packets and the sequence number packets, and the data packets are sorted by sequence number fields in the transmission sequence. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368424 | INFORMATION INDICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an information indication method, apparatus, system, device, and a storage medium. The method is applied to a first integrated access and backhaul (IAB) base station, and includes sending indication information, wherein the indication information is used for indicating whether access of another IAB base station is allowable. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368425 | Determination of SSB/RMSI Periodicity for IAB Node - An IAB node performs a method for determining a periodicity of a SSB and/or a RMSI for use in an IAB backhaul link. The method may comprise one or more of: using a predetermined periodicity value; determining a periodicity value based on at least one different parameter; receiving a signaling message indicating a periodicity value and using the indicated periodicity value for the IAB backhaul link; and selecting a periodicity value from a plurality of permitted periodicity values. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368426 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODS AND CORRESPONDING BASE STATIONS AND USER TERMINALS - Provided are wireless communication methods and corresponding base stations and user terminals. The wireless communication method performed by the base station includes generating indication information indicating a support capability of the base station for user terminals of different heights and/or types; and transmitting the indication information to user terminals within a cell managed by the base station. The wireless communication method performed by the user terminal includes receiving indication information indicating a support capability of a base station for user terminals of different heights and/or types; and selecting a portion of information that matches its own height and/or type from the indication information. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368427 | SMF SERVICE AREA INFORMATION PROVISION - A method to operate a Network Function, Repository Function, NRF, to manage NF profiles of Session Management Functions (SMFs) in a communication system is provided that is configured to communicate with other network functions of the communications system through a network interface. The NRF receives NF profiles for the SMFs, wherein at least some of the NF profiles each include both a SMF identifier and a service area information for a respective one of the SMFs. After receiving the NF profiles, the NRF stores the SMF identifiers and the service area information of the NF profiles in a repository in memory. The NRF may also receive a NF discovery request for discovering SMFs. After receiving the NF discovery request, the NRF may retrieve from the repository at least one of the NF profiles respectively for at least one SMF based on content of the NF discovery request. The NRF communicates a NF discovery response containing the SMF identifier and the service area information of the at least one SMF. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368428 | ENDPOINT COMPUTING DEVICE MULTI-NETWORK SLICE UTILIZATION SYSTEM - An endpoint computing device multi-network slice utilization system includes a RAN system coupled to a core network system that allocates network slices and makes each of them available for use in wireless communications. An endpoint computing device includes applications and operates, for each of its applications, to detect that application, determine a networking connectivity requirement for that application, and identify one of the network slices that is allocated by the core network system, available via the RAN system, and that satisfies the networking connectivity requirement for that application. The endpoint computing device then establishes a connection for each of its application with the one of the network slices that satisfies the networking connectivity requirement for that application, and exchanges communications via the RAN system and the core network system for that application using the one of the network slices that satisfies the networking connectivity requirement for that application. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368429 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING NETWORK SLICE IDENTIFIER - Embodiments of this application provide a method and an apparatus for obtaining a network slice identifier. In the method, a wireless access device receives a first service packet sent by a terminal; the wireless access device obtains a second service packet based on the first service packet, where the second service packet includes the first service packet and a network slice identifier; and the wireless access device sends the second service packet to a forwarding device. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368430 | DISTRIBUTED LEDGER DIRECTORY SERVICE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A wireless communication network comprises distributed ledgers that host network attributes that have data values that characterize wireless data services. Directory circuitry stores ledger information that characterizes the distributed ledgers and the network attributes. Network circuitry delivers the wireless data services to wireless User Equipment (UEs). The network circuitry generates and stores the data values and their network attributes in the distributed ledgers. The directory circuitry receives a directory information request and selects a portion of the ledger information that characterizes the distributed ledgers and the network attributes based on the directory information request. The network circuitry receives a ledger information request responsive to the selected portion of the ledger information. The network circuitry selects and transfers a portion of the network attributes and the related data values based on the ledger information request. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368431 | AUTOMATIC EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF SLICE RESELECTION EXPERIENCES - A method includes learning, by at least one device associated with a slice selection function, a slice reselection decision for at least one self-operation case. The method includes determining, by the at least one device associated with the slice selection function, whether an evaluation condition for at least one new self-operation case has been met. The at least one new self-operation case includes the at least one self-operation case. The method also includes requesting, at least one device associated with a management function, evaluate the at least one new self-operation case in response to determining that the evaluation condition has been met, receiving evaluation results from the at least one device associated with the management function, and learning the evaluation results. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368432 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Selection of a connection system is facilitated in MulteFire that simultaneously supports two types of modes, which are a PLMN access mode and an NHN access mode. A first wireless base station operates in a licensed frequency band and connects to a first network. A second wireless base station operates in an unlicensed frequency band and selects and connects to any of the first network and a second network. A wireless communication unit of a wireless communication device can communicate with each of the first and second wireless base stations. A connection-destination control unit notifies the second wireless base station to connect to the second network with priority over the first network within a range of the second wireless base station. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368433 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISCOVERING AND SELECTING NETWORK FOR PROVISIONING UE SUBSCRIBER DATA - The present disclosure relates to a pre-5 | 2021-11-25 |
20210368434 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCOVERING AND SELECTING NETWORK PROVIDING CONNECTIVITY FOR PROVISIONING USER SUBSCRIPTION DATA - A method and apparatus for discovering and selecting a network that provides connectivity for transmitting user subscription data is provided. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes a transceiver and at least one processor configured to identify preconfigured first information comprising a first list, the first list comprising at least one identifier (ID) of at least one network group providing an initial access to a non-public network (NPN), receive, from at least one base station via the transceiver, second information comprising at least one second list, the at least one second list comprising at least one ID of at least one network group which is supported by the at least one base station and provides an initial access to the NPN, and select a network to be initially accessed from a network group corresponding to at least one ID included in the first list and the at least one second list, based on the first information and the second information. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368435 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESSENTIAL SLICE SERVICE PROCESSING AND RECOVERY OF SERVICE - Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for requesting and providing service of a network slice deemed essential by a user equipment (UE). The UE transmits a request message to the network indicating that essential services are requested, and identifying the essential network slice. Based on the information in the request message, the serving network communicates with one or more network nodes to determine whether the requested services can be provided. This information is packaged in a response message and transmitted to the UE. If the current network is capable of servicing the requested network slice, then the UE remains with the current network. If not, then the UE initiates a search for an alternative network (PLMN or SNPN) capable of supporting the requested services. A successful search causes the UE to register with the newly-found network, whereas an unsuccessful search causes the UE to re-register with the current network. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368436 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A MOBILE ACCESS POINT STATION - Some embodiments include an apparatus and method for a mobile access point (AP) station that operates in an always-on soft AP mode where a station is associated with the mobile AP station, and switch back to operate as a station in an infrastructure mode with an AP. For example, in an always-on soft AP mode, the mobile AP station may implement a target wake time (TWT) responder power save mode feature. The mobile AP station may maintain a wake window after a beacon to enable unassociated devices to associate; establish a broadcast TWT schedule for unassociated TWT-capable devices to associate; schedule TWT for associated devices; go to sleep outside of the scheduled TWT of the associated devices; and switch back to infrastructure mode to perform as a station and maintain a connection with an AP. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368437 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER CONTROL FOR NETWORK ENERGY OPTIMIZATION - The disclosure relates to a 5G communication system or a 6G communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4G communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). The disclosure relates to a technique for controlling a base station power using an artificial intelligence based technology to improve an energy efficiency of a communication network. A method performed by a base station of a communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include acquiring state information, determining an active/sleep request indicator (ASRI) based on at least a part of the state information, transmitting at least one of the state information and the ASRI to a central unit, receiving, from the central unit, power control information determined based on the at least one of the state information and the ASRI, and performing a power control based on the received power control information. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368438 | INFORMATION SENDING AND RECEIVING METHOD AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - Embodiments of this application provide an information sending and receiving method and a communications device. The method includes: A network device configures first information. The first information includes a first field and/or a second field, the first field includes information indicating an energy saving state of a terminal device, and the second field includes information indicating a time length in which the terminal device maintains the energy saving state. Then, the network device sends the first information to the terminal device. In addition, the method includes: The terminal device receives the first information sent by the network device. Then, the terminal device reads the first field and/or the second field, and adjusts the energy saving state of the terminal device based on information obtained through reading. The technical solution provided in the embodiments of this application can reduce energy consumption of the terminal device to some extent. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368439 | WLAN WAKE UP RADIO WITH BACKSCATTERING - This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for a wireless local area network (WLAN) wake up radio (WUR) with backscattering. A method for wireless communication is provided that may be performed by a backscattering device. The backscattering device may receive a wake up radio (WUR) trigger packet from an access point (AP) indicating one or more parameters for backscattering transmission. The backscattering device receive one or more power packets from the AP on a first frequency channel and send one or more backscattered transmissions on a second frequency channel based on the one or more power packets and the one or more parameters. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368440 | NON-COHERENT WAKE-UP SIGNAL - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may enter a lower power mode of operation, and may receive, from a base station, a non-coherent signal while the UE is operating in the lower power mode. The UE may identify an indication to transition from the lower power mode to a higher power mode of operation based at least in part on receiving the non-coherent signal. The UE may enter the higher power mode based at least in part on identifying the indication. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368441 | Wi-Fi Adaptive Beacon Skipping for Battery-Powered Devices - A Wi-Fi chip is configured to operate in a power saving Wi-Fi mode in which the Wi-Fi chip repeatedly checks, at a first time interval, periodic DTIM beacons transmitted at a second time interval by a wireless access point of a Wi-Fi network, wherein the first time interval is longer than the second time interval. Upon receiving a standby message, the Wi-Fi chip, during a predefined time duration, operates in a standby mode in which the Wi-Fi chip checks at a third time interval periodic DTIM beacons transmitted by the wireless access point, wherein the third time interval is shorter than the first time interval. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368442 | METHODS OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IN AN INFUSION PUMP SYSTEM - Disclosed herein are methods for establishing communication protocols between wireless devices in infusion pump systems. Infusion pump systems can include a number of components capable of wireless communication with one or more other components including an infusion pump, a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system, a smartphone or other multi-purpose consumer electronic device and/or a dedicated remote controller for the infusion pump. Communications among these devices can be coordinated to increase efficiency and conserve battery power. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368443 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING WAKEUP PACKET IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for transmitting a wakeup packet in a wireless LAN system are proposed. Specifically, a transmitter generates a wakeup packet by applying an OOK scheme. The transmitter transmits the wakeup packet to a receiver via an 80 MHz channel. The 80 MHz channel includes first to fourth subchannels. If some of the first to fourth subchannels are busy or there are no pending wakeup packets for the receiver in some of the subchannels, some of the subchannels are punctured. The wakeup packet is transmitted via the remaining subchannels of the first to fourth subchannels. Each of the first to fourth subchannels is a 20 MHz channel. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368444 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A SIGNAL, NETWORK APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL - The present application discloses a signal transmitting and receiving method, a network apparatus, and a terminal, for reducing power consumption of terminals. The signal transmitting method comprises: a network apparatus determining a wake-up identifier of a terminal to be awakened, wherein the terminal is a terminal that needs to be awakened during a discontinuous reception (DRX) period, the wake-up identifier is a wake-up identifier configured by the network apparatus for at least one terminal to be awakened; and the network apparatus generating, according to the wake-up identifier, an energy saving instruction signal and transmitting the same, the energy saving instruction signal instructing the terminal to monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) during the DRX period. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368445 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL, AND TERMINAL - The embodiments of the present application provides a method and a device for monitoring a physical downlink control channel and a system, relating to a field of communication, the method includes: monitoring, by a terminal, a power saving signal, where the power saving signal is used to indicate whether to wake up the terminal to perform the PDCCH monitoring within an On Duration time period of the DRX; performing, by the terminal, the PDCCH monitoring within the On Duration time period of the DRX when not monitoring the power saving signal. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368446 | Increasing Battery Performance for a Device That Uses Power Saving Features - Described herein are systems and methods to increase battery life of a user equipment (UE) by reducing the amount of time a UE spends in active time listening for paging messages following mobile originate (MO) or mobile terminated (MT) data transfers. A network node may receive, from a UE, a message including an identifier of the UE and a request to set the duration of an active time timer to zero. The network node may determine whether any MT traffic is available for the UE, and send a message to the UE including the duration of the active time timer or some other indicator to indicate to the UE whether or not MT data is awaiting transmission. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368447 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING PDCCH IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided are a method and device for monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a wireless communication system. The method, performed by a terminal supporting carrier aggregation, of monitoring the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) includes: receiving configuration information about a low power mode indicator that controls monitoring of a PDCCH, in at least one of a plurality of cells; based on the configuration information, determining whether the low power mode indicator is detected, in at least one cell for which the configuration information is received; and based on a result of the determining and information about a cell associated with the low power mode indicator, controlling the monitoring of the PDCCH, in a cell associated with the low power mode indicator from among the plurality of cells. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368448 | BANDWIDTH PART SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method for switching a bandwidth part (BWP) can be applied to a terminal. A base station configures at least one BWP for the terminal. A power saving signal transmitted by the base station is received. The power saving signal is a wake up signaling (WUS) or a go-to-sleep signal (GTS). The BWP switching is performed based on the power saving signal. A method for switching a bandwidth part can be applied to a base station. The base station configures at least one BWP for a terminal. A power saving signal is configured for the terminal when requiring to instruct the terminal to perform the BWP switching. The power saving signal is the WUS or the GTS. The power saving signal is transmitted to the terminal, to allow the terminal to perform the BWP switching based on the power saving signal. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368449 | STAGGERED EXTENDED SLEEP CYCLES, COMPRISING ON AND OFF SLEEP DURATIONS, IN WIRELESS DEVICES - Extended sleep in a wireless device. In an embodiment, synchronized parameters, used by a wireless device to define an extended-sleep cycle, are stored at a system. Based on the synchronized parameters, the system determines a transmission time at which to transmit a message over the wireless communication network such that the message will be received by the wireless device during a portion of the extended-sleep cycle during which the wireless device is monitoring paging occasions. The message is then queued until it is transmitted at the transmission time. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368450 | UPLINK POWER ADJUSTMENT FOR PACKET DATA CONVERGENCE PROTOCOL (PDCP) DUPLICATION - Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for real-time uplink (UL) power control are provided. One method may include estimating, by a network node, a power allocation function for determining power allocation across a plurality of legs that transmit simultaneously, the power allocation function being based on radio channel statistics and network performance metrics. The method may then include signaling, to a user equipment, the power allocation function and the parameters used to compute an output of the power allocation function. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368451 | UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS - This application provides a data sending method and apparatus, and a terminal device. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a transmit power based on first information, where the first information includes at least one of the following information: information about a channel coding type of uplink control information in an uplink control channel, information about a length of a check code bit in the uplink control information, information about a quantity of resources occupied by an uplink reference signal in the uplink control channel, information about whether the uplink control channel is sent in a frequency hopping manner, or a transmission format of the uplink control channel; and sending, by the terminal device, the uplink control channel based on the transmit power, so that communication reliability and accuracy can be improved. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368452 | Data Transmission Method, Terminal Device, and Network Device - Provided are a data transmission method, a terminal device, and a network device. A terminal device determines a first transmission power for uplink data, the first transmission power being less than or equal to a second transmission power, and the second transmission power being a transmission power that is determined by the terminal device according to anti-interference capability of the terminal device; the terminal device determines a first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) of the uplink data according to the first transmission power; and the terminal device sends the uplink data to a network device according to the first MCS. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368453 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING THE SAME - The present specification suggests a method for transmitting an uplink channel in a wireless communication system and a device supporting same. More particularly, a method for transmitting, by a terminal, a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) in a wireless communication system, comprises the steps of: receiving a physical uplink shared channel (PDSCH) from a base station; and transmitting, to the base station, the PUCCH including hybrid automatic retransmit request (HARQ)-acknowledgment (ACK) information for the PDSCH, wherein the PDSCH includes a first PDSCH and a second PDSCH, and the transmission power of the PUCCH is determined on the basis of a priority between the first PDSCH and the second PDSCH and/or a bit configuration of the HARQ-ACK information. | 2021-11-25 |
20210368454 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSCEIVING SIGNAL OF DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method in which a terminal transmits a device-to-device (D2D) signal in a wireless communication system. The D2D signal transmission method includes: transmitting D2D control information; and transmitting D2D data corresponding to the D2D control information, wherein the D2D control information and the D2D data are transmitted in the same subframe, and the D2D control information and the D2D data are always adjacent to each other in the frequency axis. | 2021-11-25 |