14th week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 57 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190104437 | CONNECTIVITY SERVICE LEVEL ORCHESTRATOR AND ARBITRATOR IN INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) PLATFORMS - Disclosed embodiments relate to an orchestrator and arbitrator in an Internet of Things (IoT) platform. In one example, a method of servicing a plurality of data flows of a plurality of wireless devices using a plurality of protocols includes: monitoring one or more interfaces that communicate using the plurality of protocols, activating a first interface upon detecting a demand to exchange data thereon, wherein a connectivity manager performs the monitoring, and activating, extracting, by a packet analyzer, packet metadata from one or more of the plurality of data flows, determining latency encountered and bandwidth utilized by the one or more data flows based on the packet metadata, applying, by an adaptive connectivity manager (ACM), a latency reduction strategy to attempt to comply with latency criteria, and applying, by a bandwidth utilization manager (BUM), a bandwidth reduction strategy to attempt to comply with bandwidth criteria. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104438 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STEERING BIDIRECTIONAL NETWORK TRAFFIC TO A SAME SERVICE DEVICE - A method and system for steering bidirectional network traffic to a same service device. Specifically, the disclosed method and system entail the maintaining and synchronization of link aggregation group (LAG) tables tied to a pair of LAG ports instantiated on a network element directly connected to a pair of peer linking service devices. Network traffic (i.e., MAC frames) arriving at the network element, from a first host and intended for a second host (e.g., indicative of a first direction of the network traffic), may be steered towards one of the pair of service devices based on hashing of information included in a received MAC frame in conjunction with the LAG table tied to the LAG port (of the pair of LAG ports) that which received the MAC frame. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104439 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM - A data transmission method includes: sending, by the cellular access device, non-cellular access device addition request information to the non-cellular access device; receiving, by the cellular access device, non-cellular access device addition response information sent by the non-cellular access device; and receiving, by the cellular access device, the uplink data sent by the UE by using the resource of the non-cellular network. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104440 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a resource allocation method and apparatus. A central control node determines a target backhaul node for a normal small cell from M candidate backhaul nodes and communication link resource information between the normal small cell and the target backhaul node based on access link resource pre-occupation information of the normal small cell, link quality information between the normal small cell and each of the M candidate backhaul nodes, and available backhaul link resource information sent by the M candidate backhaul nodes. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104441 | RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS - A system for allocating resources in a communications network includes a plurality of access points and a central controller in communication with the plurality of access points. Each access point in the plurality of access points is in communication with one or more user devices. The central controller is configured to receive traffic information and channel information for access point—user device links in the communications network. The central controller is also configured to determine a joint resource allocation based at least in part on the received traffic and channel information and at least in part on an algorithm. The central controller is further configured to transmit the joint resource allocation to the plurality of access points, where the joint resource allocation comprises spectrum allocation, user association, and power allocation. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104442 | SERVICE DELIVERY TO HANDED OVER USER EQUIPMENT (UE) USING A SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING (SDN) CONTROLLER - In one embodiment, a method implemented in a virtual network function (VNF) manager for delivering of services to a roaming UE is disclosed. The method includes identifying a trigger condition for handing-over delivery of at least a subset of services from a radio interface of a source radio base station to a radio interface of a target radio base station. The method also includes transferring the subset of the services to the target radio base station through a route based on information from a software-defined networking (SDN) controller of a SDN system that includes the source radio base station and the target radio base station. The method further includes causing at least one VNF to be deployed on the target radio base station, the at least one VNF on the target radio base station being adapted to offer the subset of the services to the roaming UE. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104443 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING SIGNALING CONNECTION IN COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Application relates to establishing signaling connections in communication network. A source radio access network device sends a handover request message to a target radio access network device to initiate a handover procedure for a user equipment from the source radio access network device to the target radio access network device. The handover request message includes information about an original signaling connection parameter. When the UE enters a target cell, the target radio access network device allocates a new signaling connection parameter and sends a handover complete message to a core network node. The handover complete messages carries the original signaling connection parameter received from the source radio access network device and the allocated new signaling connection parameter about the target radio access network device. The inability of the target radio access network device to establish a signaling connection with the core network node in the related art is effectively solved. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104444 | ASSISTING RESOURCE ALLOCATION TRANSFER - It is presented a method for assisting a resource allocation transfer of a wireless device from a source site of a mobile communication network to a target site of the mobile communication network, The method is performed in a service function node at the source site and comprises the steps of: receiving an indication of resource allocation transfer of the wireless device; and transmitting a reset signal to a user service node at the source site, the reset signal commanding the user service node to reset its transport layer session with the wireless device. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104445 | Light-Weight RRC Connection Setup in Multi-RAT Network - The present disclosure generally relates to the field of Radio Resource Control (RRC). More specifically, the present disclosure relates to techniques of supporting and initiating RRC connection establishment in a wireless communication network. A method embodiment relates to supporting RRC connection establishment in a wireless communication network and comprises setting up context information during a first RRC connection establishment procedure to establish a first RRC connection towards a radio access network element ( | 2019-04-04 |
20190104446 | MULTI-DEVICE COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT - A device implementing the subject technology may include at least one processor configured to receive an indication of a task being performed at an other device. The at least one processor is further configured to perform, in response to receipt of the indication, one or more preliminary operations in anticipation of receiving a handoff of the task. The at least one processor is further configured to receive, after performing the one or more preliminary operations, a notification that the task is being handed off. The at least one processor is further configured to receive the handoff of the task from the other device. The at least one processor is further configured to continue to perform the task based at least in part on the one or more preliminary operations that were performed prior to receiving the notification that the task is being handed off. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104447 | SECURITY IN INTERSYSTEM MOBILITY - In accordance with the occurrence of a mobility event whereby user equipment moves from accessing a source network to accessing a target network in a communication system environment, the user equipment sends a control plane message to the target network comprising an integrity verification parameter associated with the source network and an integrity verification parameter associated with the target network. By providing integrity verification parameters for both the source network and the target network in an initial message sent by the user equipment to the mobility management element of the target network, the mobility management element of the target network can verify the user equipment on its own or seek the assistance of the source network. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104448 | MULTI-DEVICE COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT - A device implementing the subject technology may include at least one processor configured to receive a plurality of buffer reports from a plurality of other devices, each of the plurality of buffer reports indicating a current target buffer level for a respective one of the plurality of other devices. The at least one processor may be further configured to determine a group target buffer level based at least in part on the current target buffer levels of the plurality of other devices and a current target buffer level of the at least one buffer. The at least one processor may be further configured to transmit the group target buffer level to the plurality of other devices. The at least one processor may be further configured to manage an occupancy of the at least one buffer based at least in part on the group target buffer level. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104449 | APPARATUS AND METHOD RELATED TO RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - To enable a prompt increase in throughput of a terminal apparatus immediately after handover. An apparatus of the present invention includes: an acquisition unit | 2019-04-04 |
20190104450 | BASE STATION AND USER TERMINAL - A base station according to one embodiment comprises: a controller configured to manage a first cell; and a transmitter configured to transmit to a radio terminal a message for a handover from the first cell to a second cell. The message includes information of a resource pool used for a proximity-based service in the second cell, and synchronization setting information for transmitting or receiving a synchronization signal in the proximity-based service in the second cell. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104451 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RADIO CELL SELECTION - This disclosure relates to a mobile device, comprising: a receiver configured to receive a radio signal comprising transmissions from a plurality of radio cells; and a processor configured to derive second information from the received radio signal, the second information indicating at least one neighboring radio cell, wherein the processor is configured to initiate a radio cell selection based on the second information if the second information indicates at least one neighboring radio cell configured for the first RAT. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104452 | HANDOVER METHOD - A UE receives a handover command from a source eNB, and transmits a handover indication message to the source eNB while maintaining a connection to the source eNB. After transmitting the handover indication message, the UE disconnects the connection to the source eNB. Further, the UE accesses to a target eNB. A handover command includes information indicating timing advance if a handover without a random access procedure is configured. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104453 | CONNECTED MODE PRUNING ENHANCEMENTS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for supporting a connected mode enhanced pruning procedure. A UE may select, while operating in connected mode with a first radio access technology (RAT), measurement candidates for a potential handover based on one or more criteria, maintain an active list including the selected measurement candidates, perform at least one measurement based, at least in part, on the active list, and take one or more actions based, at least in part, on the at least one measurement. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104454 | Communication Device, Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Recording Medium Storing Computer-Readable Instructions for Terminal Device, and Method Performed by Communication Device - A communication device may establish a second wireless connection with an external device in a case where a first wireless connection is established with the external device, determine whether a predetermined signal is received from the external device, and determine a preservation time according to the determination. The preservation time may be a time for preserving a state of the communication device in a parent station state after the second wireless connection has been disconnected. In a case where it is determined that the predetermined signal is received, one of a first preservation time and a second preservation time which is longer than the first preservation time may be determined as the preservation time, and in a case where it is determined that the predetermined signal is not received, the other of the first preservation time and the second preservation time may be determined as the preservation time. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104455 | METHOD FOR CHANGING CONNECTION MODE IN BASE STATION, AND BASE STATION THEREFOR, AND METHOD FOR CHANGING CONNECTION MODE IN USER EQUIPMENT, AND USER EQUIPMENT THEREOF - A network may instruct to change the connection of a user equipment connected to the network in a first mode, to a second mode. The network may instruct re-establishment while instructing the user equipment to change the connection. In this case, the network and the user equipment release the connection of the first mode while maintaining an uplink resource allocated to the user equipment. After completing the connection release, the user equipment may transmit a connection request to the network using the uplink resource directly without any access process. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104456 | SERVICE-BASED, SEPARATED ACCESS AND PAGING CELL SELECTION AND RESELECTION - Systems and techniques are disclosed to separate paging and access cell selection (and use) among available cells based on different paging cell and access cell requirements and specific service availability. A UE selects a first cell that meets paging cell requirements as a paging cell and a second cell that meets service requirements as an access cell. Once the UE selects a paging cell, the UE camps on the paging cell to wait for a paging request or a mobile originated request. The UE can select and camp on the access cell prior to a data need, where latency requirements are strict, or delay access cell selection until there is data to transmit where latency requirements are more lax. The UE may also include measurement information of surrounding cells with a paging response/service request, which a core network uses to speed up establishment of dual connectivity or carrier aggregation. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104457 | METHODS OF HANDLING INTER-MODULATION PRODUCTS INTERFERENCE AT A NETWORK NODE OR AT A CO-LOCATED NETWORK NODE SITE - An approach of handling interference caused by inter-modulation in a network node for wireless communication capable of communication with a set of stations for wireless communication is disclosed. The stations are wireless transceiver devices and communication from the network node to any of the stations is considered to be downlink communication performed on a downlink carrier in a downlink carrier frequency band and communication from any of the stations is considered to be uplink communication performed on an uplink carrier in an uplink carrier frequency band. The method comprises, when an interference level indicates probable inter-modulation interference, scheduling uplink transmission grants for a plurality of stations of a subset of the stations within a time interval, such that scheduling outside the time interval is reduced. The uplink transmission grants are valid for the time interval, wherein the scheduling uplink transmission grants is performed by adapting a schedule for at least one station of the plurality of stations of the subset of the stations to fall within the time interval. The method further comprises transmitting the uplink transmission grant to the plurality of stations of the subset of stations, assigning limited transmissions on the downlink carrier frequency band at the time interval such that inter-modulation interference is reduced on the uplink carrier frequency band during the time interval, and assigning transmissions on the downlink carrier frequency band outside the time interval with less limitations than during the time interval. The approach comprises methods, network nodes, computer programs and network node sites. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104458 | SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING DATA RE-DIRECTION - Aspects of data re-direction are described, which can include software-defined networking (SDN) data re-direction operations. Some aspects include data re-direction operations performed by one or more virtualized network functions. In some aspects, a network router decodes an indication of a handover of a user equipment (UE) from a first end point (EP) to a second EP, based on the indication, the router can update a relocation table including the UE identifier, an identifier of the first EP, and an identifier of the second EP. The router can receive a data packet for the UE, configured for transmission to the first EP, and modify the data packet, based on the relocation table, for rerouting to the second EP. In some aspects, the router can decode handover prediction information, including an indication of a predicted future geographic location of the UE, and update the relocation table based on the handover prediction information. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104459 | Dynamic Coverage Mode Switching and Communication Bandwidth Adjustment - This disclosure relates to techniques for dynamically changing coverage modes and/or communication bandwidth in a wireless communication system. According to some embodiments, a wireless device may attach to a serving cell associated with a cellular network. A volume of data for upcoming communication with the cellular network may be determined. An indication of a requested communication bandwidth may be provided to the serving cell. The wireless device may communicate data with the serving cell using the requested communication bandwidth. In some instances, a request for narrowband communication bandwidth may result in use of a coverage enhancement mode, while a request for wideband communication bandwidth may result in use of a normal coverage mode. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104460 | ENERGY AWARE ROUTING FOR MESH NETWORKS - A battery-powered node within a wireless mesh network performs energy-aware packet routing based on multiple factors. The battery powered node computes, for a given link to an adjacent node, the energy needed to transmit a packet to the adjacent node. The battery-powered node also determines the amount of battery energy remaining in the adjacent node. Based on these two factors, the battery powered node computes a link cost associated with the link to the adjacent node. The battery-powered node performs a similar computation for all adjacent nodes and then forwards packets via these adjacent nodes based on the associated link costs. The battery-powered node also maintains a table of routes through adjacent nodes, and reroutes packets through different adjacent nodes in response to link failures. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104461 | METHOD FOR MAKING A CONNECTION WITH NETWORK NODE IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for making a connection with network node in a wireless communication system. According to an aspect of the present invention, the method comprising: making a connection with a first Network Node, receiving a list of | 2019-04-04 |
20190104462 | RADIO SYSTEM USING NODES WITH HIGH GAIN ANTENNAS - A radio communication route enables communication from an originating ground station to a destination ground station via one of multiple randomly orbiting satellites with no active attitude control. The ground stations and satellites include multi-feed parabolic antennas for receiving radio signals from and transmitting radio signals in multiple directions. The satellites store an address of a destination ground station from which an initial information signal is transmitted and antenna information identifying the satellite antenna feed on which the initial information signal was received. Plural satellite antennas transmit linking information identifying the satellite to the originating ground station. Data transmissions received at the originating ground station that designate a particular destination are transmitted by the originating ground station using the antenna on which the linking information was received and the satellite retransmits the data transmission using the satellite antenna feed identified by the stored antenna information. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104463 | ACCESS-POINT DISCOVERY OF WIRELESS-NETWORK TOPOLOGY - During disclosed communication techniques, an electronic device may exchange information that specifies probe requests with one or more other electronic devices in the network. Then, the electronic device may aggregate information about the probe requests. Moreover, the electronic device may determine, based at least in part on the aggregated information, electronic device-to-electronic device connections in the network, such as connections among neighboring access points. Next, the electronic device may calculate, based at least in part on the aggregated information and the electronic device-to-electronic device connections, first transition thresholds between nearest-neighbor electronic devices in the network. Furthermore, the electronic device may select, based at least in part on the first transition thresholds, a response threshold. When the electronic device includes an access point, the electronic device may selectively respond to a probe request from a client based at least in part on the selected response threshold. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104464 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND METHOD EXECUTED BY COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device may receive a predetermined signal from an external device in a situation where a specific wireless connection not via an access point is being established, determine whether a wireless communication via a first access point is executable with the external device, and supply a first disconnection instruction in a case where it is determined that the wireless communication via the first access point is executable with the external device. The communication device may execute the wireless communication with the external device using the first wireless connection in the case where it is determined that the wireless communication via the first access point is executable with the external device and execute a wireless communication with the external device using the specific wireless connection in the case where it is determined that the wireless communication via the first access point is not executable with the external device. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104465 | ADAPTIVE NETWORK DISCOVERY SIGNALING - An apparatus and method for adaptive network discovery signaling. Information is collected in a database of events, such as the discovery of a new station. The event information (e.g., new station, antenna sectors, active links) is shared with a central coordinator, or other stations in the network. Based on events, at this or other stations, signal transmission forms are adapted, for example for transmitting the beacon signals and notification signals. Adaptations of signal transmission include changing how frequently signaling is performed, timing of signaling, adjusting beam width, and/or adjusting directionality. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104466 | DISCOVERY SIGNAL TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A discovery signal transmission/reception method and an apparatus for improving energy efficiency of the system are provided. The discovery signal transmission method of a base station in a mobile communication system according to the present disclosure includes acquiring a discovery signal configuration of a neighbor cell, transmitting the discovery signal configuration to a terminal, receiving a measurement report including a result of measurement on a discovery signal of the neighbor from the terminal, the measurement being performed based on the discovery signal configuration, and determining whether to make a handover decision for the terminal based on the measurement report. The discovery signal transmission/reception method of the present disclosure is advantageous in improving energy efficiency of a mobile communication system. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104467 | Slotted channel access in communications network - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided determining a current proportional number of access slots for communications in the communications network, generating predictions of a next active access slot on a communications channel on the basis of the current proportional number of access slots, switching ON, from a low power mode, a communications unit on the basis of at least one generated prediction for the next active access slot for an operation comprising at least one of a transmission of data, reception of data and synchronization, switching the communications unit back to the same low power mode or to another low power mode after the operation has been performed, and adapting at least one of the generated predictions for the next active access slot on the basis of feedback for operations performed in one or more previous active access slots. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104468 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - The processor of the main system operates as a network interface controller module that reads an identifier described in a header of an application layer of a request frame received by the network interface, and registers the identifier in the identifier list, and reads the identifier described in a header of an application layer of a response frame to be sent by the network interface, and deletes the identifier from the identifier list, and an energy-saving controller module that determines whether or not an identifier remains in the identifier list when the information processing apparatus is about to shift from the normal mode to the sleep mode, if it is determined that an identifier remains, temporarily stops shifting from the normal mode to the sleep mode, and if it is determined that no identifier remains, shifts from the normal mode to the sleep mode. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104469 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION OF MOBILE TERMINAL - The present disclosure relates to a method, a device and a system for reducing power consumption of a mobile terminal. The method includes sending a parameter adjustment request to an access network device connected to the mobile terminal in response to an instruction for reducing power consumption; receiving a parameter adjustment instruction sent by the access network device, wherein the parameter adjustment instruction includes a communication parameter to be adjusted, and the communication parameter to be adjusted is a baseband-chip related communication parameter; and adjusting the baseband-chip related communication parameter in the mobile terminal based on the parameter adjustment instruction to reduce the power consumption of the mobile terminal. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104470 | M2M Semi-Persistent Scheduling In Wireless Communications - Various examples and schemes pertaining machine-to-machine (M2M) semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) in wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) receives a control signal from a network node of a wireless network. The UE applies, based on the control signal, an SPS configuration such that the UE enters one of one or more low-power modes between two adjacent SPS occasions. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104471 | ROVING COLLECTOR - Presented here are system and methods for collecting information from devices, such as sensors, that are not necessarily connected to the Internet. Multiple sensors are distributed in a geographic area. The sensors power up every 10 minutes to gather data about the environment and then power down to save battery. A collecting device, i.e., a device attached to a moving object, traverses the geographic area containing the sensors, and continuously sends wake-up signals into the environment. When a sensor is within 20 feet of the collecting device, and receives the wake-up signal, the sensor uploads the gathered data to the collecting device. Subsequently, when the collecting device establishes an Internet connection, the collecting device uploads the gathered data to a central database. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104472 | METHOD FOR ACTIVATING A CONNECTED OBJECT - A method for activating a connected object intended to function in an LPWAN network. The method includes, when it is implemented by the connected object: detecting a first signal transmitted by an external device; when the first signal has predefined characteristics, making the connected object pass from a standby mode to an active mode, only a module of the connected object intended to detect the first signal being activated in standby mode; receiving a second signal comprising a signature from the external device; checking that the signature is in accordance with a predefined signature and, when the signature is in accordance with a predefined signature, obtaining configuration parameters, configuring the connected object in accordance with the configuration parameters obtained and transmitting a connection request message to said network. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104473 | MANAGING DEVICE POWER ON SEQUENCES AND COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL FOR WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER - The present disclosure describes aspects of managing communication control for wireless power transfer. In some aspects, a method for managing wireless charging communications is provided. The method includes wirelessly receiving power from a wireless power transmitter and providing the wirelessly received power to a power management circuit. The method further includes providing power and a power source indication signal to a transceiver circuit. The power source indication signal is indicating the power is the wirelessly received power. The method further includes performing an initialization sequence of the transceiver circuit in response to the power source indication signal, the initialization sequence including transmitting an advertisement message to the wireless power transmitter according to a wireless power communication profile for establishing the wireless communication session with the wireless power transmitter and initializing one or more other functions defined by the wireless power communication profile after transmitting the advertisement message. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104474 | ENHANCED POWER SAVINGS THROUGH MOBILE INITIATED DORMANCY - Methods, systems, and devices are described for enhanced power savings in wireless devices through mobile initiated dormancy procedure. A user equipment (UE) may establish radio resource control (RRC) connectivity with a base station of the network, and transmit and receive one or more distinct signaling messages for dormancy state initialization and suspension at the UE. Dormancy state implementation at the UE may conserve available power resources at the UE during periods of inactive data transaction. The one or more signaling messages may contain a single or multi-bit indication for the receiving device, and may be transmitted via direct signaling on upper layer protocols of the data network or mapped to allocated resources of a data transmission. The signaling messages may sustain synchronization between the interpreted functional mode of the UE at the base station and the implemented mode at the UE. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104475 | Managing Power Consumption of a Network - Examples provided herein describe a method for managing power consumption of a network. For example, a network device may monitor a set of network area zones of a network coverage area, where each network area zone is associated with a set of edge devices. A first occupancy state may be determined for a first network area zone of the set of network area zones based on usage of a first set of edge devices of the first network area zone. Based on the determined first occupancy state, a first power consumption policy for the first network area zone may be determined. Responsive to determining the first power consumption policy, the determined first power consumption policy may be applied to the first set of edge devices in the first network area zone at least edge changing a power consumption mode of a first edge device in the first set of edge devices. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104476 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING TRANSMISSION POWER FOR UPLINK SIGNAL AND A USER EQUIPMENT PERFORMING THE METHOD - There is provided a method for determining transmission power for uplink signal, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) and comprising: determining a total transmission power for E-UTRA uplink signal and NR uplink signal, when the E-UTRA uplink signal and the NR uplink signal overlap in time, wherein the total transmission power satisfies a condition including on P | 2019-04-04 |
20190104477 | UPLINK POWER CONTROL - Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for uplink power control. One method includes: receiving a message that configures a set of resources that each includes a downlink resource or an uplink sounding resource and is associated with an uplink transmission beam pattern; receiving scheduling information for an uplink transmission that is associated with a resource of the set of resources; determining an uplink transmission beam pattern associated with the resource; determining a configured maximum output power for the uplink transmission beam pattern that is based on an antenna array property associated with the uplink transmission beam pattern; determining a transmit power for the uplink transmission based on the configured maximum output power; and performing the uplink transmission using the uplink transmission beam pattern based on the transmit power. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104478 | Method And Apparatus For Pusch/Pucch Power Scaling Considering Dual Connectivity In Power Limited State - Provided is a method and apparatus for executing an uplink channel power control in dual connectivity configuration when power is limited. An appropriate power controlling method may be determined based on a priority, and may be applied to a UE that has dual connectivity with a Master eNB (MeNB) and a Secondary eNB (SeNB) in a network. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104479 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A wireless communication device includes a communicator and a processor. The communicator wirelessly communicates with another wireless communication device. The processor controls the communicator to send an advertisement to the another wireless communication device at a predetermined time interval. The advertisement includes identification information identifying the wireless communication device. The processor changes sending settings on the basis of elapsed time from a start of the sending of the identification information. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104480 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR POWER ALLOCATION - Methods and devices for allocating power among a plurality of circuits in a communication device, including determining a power budget for allocating to the plurality of circuits from a power supply information; receiving an activity status from a first circuit of the plurality of circuits; determining a first power value based on the activity status; deriving a second power value based on the first power value and the power budget; and allocating power to one or more remaining circuits of the plurality of circuits based on the second power value. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104481 | AN ADAPTIVE MICROWAVE COMMUNICATION LINK - A wireless communication link arrangement may include a first network device) and a second network device. The wireless communication link arrangement is arranged for transfer of fronthaul data between these network devices via a wireless communication fronthaul link. Each of said network devices is arranged to constitute a transmitting network device and/or a receiving network device, and at least one network device is arranged to determine the present load on the wireless communication link arrangement. When the present load is determined to exceed a first threshold, at least one network device) comprised in the wireless communication link arrangement, is arranged to determine whether data blocks that are intended to be transmitted by a transmitting network device contain information or not, and to instruct said transmitting network device to only transmit data blocks that have been determined to contain information. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104482 | Technique for Performing Communication in a Wireless Communication Network - An aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a network node for performing communication in a wireless communication network. The network node is configured to receive a signal transmitted by a user device in the wireless communication network, measure a received power level at which the signal is received by the network node, determine, based on a predefined transmit power level of the network node, based on a predefined transmit power level of the user device and based on the received power level, a threshold power level for a clear channel assessment to be performed by the user device, and trigger transmitting an indication of the threshold power level to the user device. Further aspects of the disclosure pertain to a user device, methods and a computer program product. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104483 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - There is provided a wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method, which can perform information transfer, while suppressing interference to other terminal stations, and preventing a reduction of a transmission opportunity of other terminal stations. By causing the transmission power to be reduced, at the time when a traffic amount to be transmitted and received by itself increases, a terminal station which performs wireless access based on CSMA on a mesh network can suppress interference to other surrounding terminal stations, and can prevent a reduction of a transmission opportunity of other terminal stations. By measuring the number of and sizes of packets to be transmitted and received, it is possible for a terminal station to comprehend the traffic amount to be transmitted and received by itself, and perform a control of the transmission power by this. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104484 | Adapting Beacon Transmission Rate and/or Power Based on a Received Signal - The invention relates to a beacon for broadcasting data to a plurality of devices in a certain range comprising—an interface for receiving a signal—a processing unit which is arranged to generate a control signal for an adaptation of a transmission of data depending on the received signal. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104485 | COMPLIANCE WITH REGIONAL REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR USER EQUIPMENT WITH POSITIVE ANTENNA GAIN - Additional requirements for spectrum emissions may be matched with regional requirements, and an additional maximum power reduction (A-MPR) for a user equipment (UE) may be based on an actual antenna gain of the UE. For example, a UE may be located in a particular region and be required to meet regional requirements for wireless communications. In such cases, the UE may receive network signaling from a base station, and identify an antenna gain for its antenna. The UE may then identify a set of emission requirements based on the identified antenna gain and the network signaling. Additionally, the UE may identify an A-MPR based on the set of emission requirements and the antenna gain and may adjust a maximum output power in accordance with the identified A-MPR. In some examples, an output power threshold may be derived using a difference between a regional requirement and the UE's antenna gain. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104486 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - The present disclosure relates to an electronic device in a wireless communication system, and a wireless communication method. The electronic device at a user equipment side, according to the present disclosure, performs a device-to-device (D2D) communication with a target user equipment, and the electronic device comprises: a path loss reporting unit configured to acquire the path loss between the electronic device and the target user equipment and report information about the path loss to a base station device; and a power determination unit configured to acquire information about a first power parameter from the base station device, wherein the first power parameter is related to the path loss; and is configured to determine a D2D transmission power for performing D2D communication between the electronic device and the target user equipment based on the first power parameter. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104487 | CARRIER SHARING BETWEEN MULTIPLE RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some wireless communications systems, a base station may communicate with multiple user equipment (UEs) using multiple radio access technologies (RATs) on a single carrier. As described herein, a base station may transmit an indication that a carrier associated with a first RAT (e.g., Long Term Evolution (LTE)) may support communications using a second RAT (e.g., New Radio (NR)). The base station may transmit the indication in a control channel (e.g., physical broadcast control channel (PBCH)) on the carrier sent along with synchronization signals associated with the first RAT. A UE configured to communicate using the second RAT (e.g., NR) may receive the indication in the control channel and utilize the synchronization signals (e.g., LTE synchronization signals) to synchronize with the base station. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104488 | TRANSMIT SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION IN TWO CHANNELS DEDICATED SHORT RANGE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A dedicated short range communications (DSRC) unit includes a DSRC radio communicatively coupled to each of a first radio frequency transmitter and a second radio frequency transmitter. The DSRC radio sends a first radio signal to the first radio frequency transmitter such that the first radio frequency transmitter transmits the first radio signal. The DSRC radio sends a second radio signal to the second radio frequency transmitter such that the second radio frequency transmitter transmits the second radio signal. The DSRC radio produces a control signal that causes only one of the first radio frequency transmitter and the second radio frequency transmitter to transmit its respective radio signal at any point in time. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104489 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING COEXISTENCE PERFORMANCE BY MEASUREMENTS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method of operating a base station (BS) for a coexistence operation in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises performing a first measurement of first signals received from neighbor BSs over channels that are shared with the neighbor BSs before receipt of a spectrum access grant from a network entity; generating a registration request comprising a first measurement report based on the first measurement of the first signals; transmitting, to the network entity, the registration request comprising the first measurement report of the first signals; receiving the spectrum access grant from the network entity; and performing a second measurement of second signals received from the neighbor BSs over the channels that are shared with the neighbor BSs after receiving the spectrum access grant from the network entity. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104490 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENTLY DELIVERING SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICES TO MULTI-TECHNOLOGY CAPABLE WIRELESS TRANSMIT/RECEIVE UNITS - A WTRU may comprise a transmitter configured to transmit at least one registration message, to a cellular network using IP, which indicates support for VoIP via a WLAN. The transmitter may be configured to transmit an indication of supported messaging or other capabilities of the WTRU. The WTRU may comprise a receiver configured to receive a data message via the WLAN in accordance with the capabilities of the WTRU. The data message may be received via the cellular network, having originated from another WTRU. The WTRU may also comprise a display configured to display the received data message. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104491 | PAIRED-TIMING CONNECTIVITY EVENT HANDLING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - Approaches are described for providing paired-timing connectivity event handling in wireless communications networks. For example, received radio signals can be decoded into bit data streams, and raw connectivity events can be derived from the bit data stream, each raw connectivity event indicating a connectivity measurement corresponding to connectivity at an associated event time between invoked user and provider terminals of the network. The raw connectivity events can be used to compute paired-timing connectivity events (PTCEs), which can effectively correlate connectivity events invoking some or all of the same terminals within a particular time window. The PTCEs can be used to compute network connectivity mapping values, and a stored multidimensional network map can be updated in accordance with the network connectivity mapping values. In some cases, events (e.g., handoffs, terminal locating, etc.) can be directed, at least in part, according to the stored multidimensional network map. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104492 | Cell Phone-Based Land Navigation Methods and Systems - An apparatus wherein a smartphone's sensors, i.e.; cameras, compasses and inertial measurements units, and methods for processing the data taken by these sensors, are used to determine accurate and timely geo-locations to enable land navigation in GPS-denied environments. Celestial, terrestrial and inertial land navigation modes are described in terms of how smartphone sensors are exploited and how data from the sensors is processed to achieve accurate and timely geo-position and navigation capabilities in GPS-denied environments. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104493 | Estimating Locations of Mobile Devices in a Wireless Tracking System - A wireless tracking system comprises mobile devices and stationary devices at known locations. The system receives a first radio measurement indicative of a first propagation path length and receives sensor data indicative of the movement of the first mobile device. The sensor data is of a type different to the radio measurement. The system then determines a historical location of the first mobile device based on the first radio measurement and the sensor data and determines error data indicative of a difference between a historical radio measurement and the historical location and stores the error data associated with the historical location. The system can then receive a second radio measurement indicative of a second propagation path length of radio frequency radiation and determine an estimated location of the second mobile device based on the second radio measurement and the stored error data. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104494 | METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHING MODE OF RECEIVING DIFFERENTIAL DATA FOR DRIVING TEST AND DRIVING TRAINING USING A MOBILE STATION - A method of automatically switching a mode of receiving differential data for driving test and driver training using a mobile station includes the following steps of: after a mobile station installed on a training vehicle is powered on, using a mode of receiving the differential data by a radio station; if the differential data cannot be received within a preset time period under the mode, switching the radio station to a GPRS mode; if the radio station of the mobile station receives failure information, feeding the information back to a back-end server by the mobile station; informing a technician, by the back-end server, to perform troubleshooting, after the radio station failure is eliminated, feeding information back to the mobile station through the back-end server, and switching the mobile station back to the mode of receiving the differential data by the radio station. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104495 | ASSIGNING A SUBSET OF ACCESS POINTS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK TO A HIGH PRIORITY - Example method includes: determining, by a network device, a plurality of client devices' locations within a wireless network; assigning the plurality of client devices into a number of clusters; calculating an original cluster centroid location for each cluster of client devices; calculating an average distance between each client device in a particular cluster and the original cluster centroid location for the particular cluster; iteratively adjusting the number of clusters and assignment of the plurality of client devices to determine the number of clusters associated with a low number of cluster and a low average distance from each client device in a respective cluster to a respective cluster centroid location; and assigning a subset of access points in the wireless network to a high priority, each AP in the subset having the closest distance to the respective cluster centroid location corresponding to the determined number of clusters. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104496 | ANALYTIC SYSTEM AND ANALYTIC METHOD - The flight control part | 2019-04-04 |
20190104497 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATING MOBILE DEVICES USING WIRELESS SIGNALS IN MIXED MODE - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for locating mobile devices using wireless signals in mixed mode. A disclosed method includes generating an access point signal matrix based on signal strength values based on first signal data collected at a mobile device corresponding to first signals received from a plurality of access points for a first period of time, and based on second signal data collected at the plurality of access points corresponding to second signals received from the mobile device and the plurality of access points for a second period of time, determining a first group of contour perimeters corresponding to first ones of the signal strength values in the access point signal matrix that satisfy a first threshold, the first group of contour perimeters including an obstructed contour perimeter corresponding to second ones of the signal strength values in the access point signal matrix that do not satisfy the first threshold, determining a second group of contour perimeters by replacing the obstructed contour perimeter with a corrected contour perimeter, and determining a location of the mobile device based on the second group of contour perimeters including the corrected contour perimeter. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104498 | DETERMINING PAGING OCCASION RESOURCES - Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining paging occasion resources. One method includes determining a first control resource set for receiving system information. The method includes determining to use a second control resource set to determine a paging occasion. The first control resource set is the same as the second control resource set in response to not receiving information indicating to use a different control resource set than the first control resource set. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104499 | PAGING OF A CLIENT NODE IN A GROUP COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A method for paging at least one client node in a group communications system. The method is performed by a control node of the group communications system. The method comprising obtaining a need for paging the at least one client node in the group communications system and transmitting a paging message for the at least one client node in a Single Cell Point To Multipoint, SC-PTM, transmission to the at least one client node. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104500 | Efficient Paging Configuration - According to embodiments described herein, a method, performed by a wireless device, of adopting parameters for communication with a wireless communication network is disclosed. The method comprises receiving information broadcast by a base station of the network and obtaining, from the broadcast information, a Remaining Minimum System Information (RMSI) transmission parameter configuration. The method further comprises receiving a RMSI transmission from the base station according to the RMSI transmission parameter. If a paging transmission parameter configuration is included in the received RMSI, the method comprises adopting the paging transmission parameter configuration for paging reception. If the paging transmission parameter configuration is not included in the received RMSI, the method comprises adopting the RMSI transmission parameter configuration for paging reception. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104501 | NOTIFICATION AND COMMAND CHARGING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF PERFORMING THE SAME - Provided are methods and apparatuses for providing a visual notification indicative of a status of a mobile device and controlling a function of the mobile device while charging the mobile device. The apparatus may receive electronic information indicative of a status of the mobile device. The apparatus may determine the status of the mobile device based on the electronic information indicative of the status of the mobile device. The apparatus may provide a visual notification based on the status and configure a command button to control the function of the mobile device based on the status. Further, in response to actuation of the command button, the apparatus may instruct the mobile device to perform the function. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104502 | POLAR BIT ALLOCATION FOR PARTIAL CONTENT EXTRACTION - Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and device performing input bit allocation that includes receiving broadcasting information bits, generating timing related bits for the broadcasting information bits, and selecting a portion of the generated timing related bits. The method and device can further include allocating each of the selected timing related bits to selected input bits of an encoder, so that each of the selected timing related bits is allocated to an input bit of the encoder corresponding to an available bit channel of the encoder where the selected inputs bits of the encoder correspond to encoded bits that are located in a front portion of the encoded bits. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104503 | DESIGN FOR A UE SPECIFIC SEARCH SPACE AND A COMMON SEARCH SPACE IN A WIDE COVERAGE ENHANCEMENT - This disclosure relates to implementations to support UE-specific search space (UESS) for wide coverage enhancement (WCE). One implementation relates to an apparatus of a user equipment (UE) comprising: an interface configured to receive configuration information of a UE specific Search Space (UESS) and a common search space (CSS) for enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (ePDCCH) from a radio-frequency (RF) circuitry; and a processor configured to monitor the UESS and the CSS for ePDCCH transmission; wherein the interface and/or the processor is adaptable to support a wideband coverage enhancement (WCE). | 2019-04-04 |
20190104504 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communications system is described in which user devices are allocated sub-carriers on which to transmit uplink data to a base station. ACK/NACK messages for the data transmitted on the uplink are then transmitted by the base station on sub-carriers that depend on the sub-carriers used to carry the uplink data. A direct mapping function is preferably used to determine the sub-carriers to be used for the ACK/NACK messages from the uplink sub-carriers. In another embodiment, the ACK/NACK messages are transmitted to the user devices on sub-carriers that are previously identified to the user devices, preferably by transmitting one or more index values to the user device in a control channel thereof. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104505 | RADIO STATION, RADIO TERMINAL, AND METHOD FOR TERMINAL MEASUREMENT - A radio station ( | 2019-04-04 |
20190104506 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, BASE STATION AND USER EQUIPMENT USING A SET OF LEGACY OR AGGRESSIVE CQI TABLE AND LEGACY OR AGGRESSIVE MCS TABLE - The present disclosure provides a communication method, base station and user equipment for configuring a parameter table in a wireless communication system including a base station and a user equipment, the communication method comprising: defining at both the base station and the user equipment a parameter table which includes whole entries of a legacy parameter table and extended entries; and transmitting from the base station to the user equipment a bitmap indication which indicates a sub-table selected from the parameter table, wherein the number of the entries in the sub-table is the same as in the legacy parameter table. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104507 | FACILITATING MOBILE DEVICE-ASSISTED MOBILITY ENHANCEMENT TO IMPROVE USER PLANE INTERRUPTION TIME - Mobile device-assisted mobility enhancement is provided. In one example, a method comprises: determining, by a mobile device that was communicatively coupled to a defined network via a first distribution unit (DU) of DUs, that a connection between the mobile device and a base station device, via a first beam, in a network fails to satisfy a defined condition; selecting a second beam associated with a second DU and to which to connect; and transmitting, via the second beam, to the defined network, a radio link interruption message comprising re-assignment information to facilitate re-assignment of the mobile device to the second beam from the first beam, wherein the transmitting is performed via a mobile device identification message of a random access procedure and wherein the transmitting is performed based on the first DU being determined to be different from the second DU. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104508 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL LAYER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NETWORK NODES HAVING MULTIPLE INTERFACES - A method, apparatus and system for transmitting control plane messages in a communication network. Messaging is between two logical nodes, e.g. gNBs. Logical nodes include multiple networked sub-entities. Multiple sub-interfaces couple a pair of logical nodes. One sub-interface is selected based on keys associated with content of a message. Key-to-sub-interface associations are stored in memory. The keys may be identifiers included in the control plane message, such as UE IDs, Cell IDs, etc. Packets carrying the control plane message are configured and transmitted using the selected sub-interface. A key-to-sub-interface association may be established or updated when a control plane message is received via the sub-interface and includes the key, or in response to a rejection message specifying the correct sub-interface to use. A middle box entity may be provided in a logical node for each sub-interface and configured to act at least initially to forward messages to appropriate sub-entities. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104509 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION DEVICE, MOBILE STATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A mobile communication system, a base station device, a mobile station device, a communication method, and an integrated circuit that each can efficiently transmit HARQ-ACK and/or channel state information are provided. A mobile station device includes means for receiving a first parameter that is used for instructing whether simultaneous transmission of information relating to HARQ-ACK and channel state information is allowed or not; and means for receiving a second parameter that is used for instructing whether simultaneous transmission of the information relating to HARQ-ACK and the channel state information is allowed or not, and controls a transmission method of the information relating to HARQ-ACK and the channel state information based on the first parameter, the second parameter, and whether or not the information relating to HARQ-ACK corresponds to transmission on a single physical downlink shared channel only on a primary cell. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104510 | FLEXIBLE MONITORING PERIODICITY FOR SLOT FORMAT INDICATOR - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless device may identify a default monitoring periodicity for monitoring a control channel for a slot format indicator (SFI). For example, the default monitoring periodicity may be based on semi-static control signaling received from a base station or another suitable network entity. The wireless device may subsequently receive an indication of a dynamic monitoring periodicity for monitoring the control channel for the SFI. In some cases, the dynamic monitoring periodicity indication may be included in the SFI. The wireless device may then monitor the control channel for the SFI based at least in part on the dynamic monitoring periodicity. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104511 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING EVOLVED PACKET SYSTEM BEARER AND BASE STATION - A method and a device for establishing an evolved packet system EPS bearer are disclosed. The method includes establishing, by a first base station to which UE belongs, a first EPS bearer based on a first CC for the UE, wherein the first EPS bearer is an EPS bearer between the first base station and the UE; and instructing, by the first base station, a second base station to establish a second EPS bearer based on a second CC for the UE, wherein the second EPS bearer is an EPS bearer between the second base station and the UE. The present invention enables the UE to aggregate carriers of different frequency ranges from the first base station to which the UE belongs and the second base station to which the UE belongs to transmit data, thus improving the throughput of the data transmitted by the UE. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104512 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR RESOURCE SELECTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Devices and methods configured to receive a first information from a cell, the first information comprising boundaries of a plurality of zones of the cell, wherein each of the plurality of zones is allocated a respective set of resources; select a first zone of the plurality of zones based on a position calculated from a second information; select a second zone of the plurality of zones based on a deviation value of at least one of the position or the first information; compare a contention in resources of the first zone to a contention in resources of the second zone; and transmit a message based on the comparison. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104513 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-USER OPERATION WITH DUPLEX MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL - Embodiments described herein provide a method for establishing multi-user operation with duplex medium access control in a wireless local area network. Specifically, a trigger frame is transmitted to one or more client stations in a wireless local area network. In response to transmitting the trigger frame, one or more uplink data packets are received from the one or more client stations. It is then determined whether the one or more client stations support duplex operation. A downlink data packet configured in a multi-user data format is transmitted to at least one destined client station that supports duplex operation while simultaneously receiving the one or more uplink data packets from the one or more client stations. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104514 | RESERVATION REPETITION FOR DEAFNESS AVOIDANCE - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A receiving wireless device may determine that a data communication is scheduled for the wireless device on a channel of a shared radio frequency spectrum band during a transmission opportunity (TxOP) spanning a plurality of slots. The receiving wireless device may identify a subset of slots from the plurality of slots, wherein the subset of slots is associated with a channel reservation signal by the wireless device. The receiving wireless device may receive the data communication at the wireless device during the TxOP using a beam configuration. The receiving wireless device may perform repeated transmissions of the channel reservation signal based at least in part on the beam configuration during the subset of slots and within a time period associated with receiving the data communication. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104515 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION AND SETTING UPLINK TIME ADVANCE - A method for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) is provided. The method includes determining, by a user equipment (UE), the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information and scheduling request (SR) information, and determining, by the UE, an occupied PUCCH resource and transmitting the HARQ-ACK and SR according to the SR resource and whether it is necessary to transmit the SR currently. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104516 | UPLINK RESOURCE CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for transmitting uplink control information in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving configuration information on a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWPs) from a base station; receiving downlink control information and downlink data from the base station; receiving BWP adaptation information which indicates a change of an active BWP from the base station; identifying an uplink control channel resource for transmitting acknowledgement information in response to the downlink data; and transmitting the acknowledgement information on the identified uplink control channel resource to the base station. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104517 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR NEW RADIO - Provided are a method of transmitting an uplink control information in a next-generation/5G radio access network. The method may include receiving uplink control channel resource set configuration information to transmit the uplink control information from a base station, determining one of uplink control channel resource sets contained in the uplink control channel resource set configuration information, determining one of uplink control channel resources configuring the determined uplink control channel resource set, and transmitting the uplink control information through the determined uplink control channel resource. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104518 | DECOUPLED MODE FOR A COMMON UPLINK BURST TRANSMISSION IN A TIME DIVISION DUPLEX SUBFRAME STRUCTURE - Various aspects of the present disclosure provide for methods, apparatus, and computer software for transmitting a common uplink burst in time division duplex (TDD) carriers. The common uplink burst includes a sounding reference signal (SRS) transmitted separate from (e.g., decoupled from) a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS). At least one symbol in the common uplink burst includes a control region for carrying control information and a data region for carrying data information. The SRS may be precoded separately from precoding of the control and data regions, so that the control and/or data information may be transmitted utilizing multiple input multiple output (MIMO). | 2019-04-04 |
20190104519 | TRAFFIC-AWARE SLOT ASSIGNMENT - Aspects of traffic aware slot assignment are described, for example, in a multi-hop wireless network comprising a plurality of nodes. In some aspects, an apparatus of a wireless device is configured to decode signaling, received from a node of the multi-hop network, to determine an indication of a change to a topology of the multi-hop network. The apparatus is further configured to, in response to a determination, from the decoded signaling, of an addition of a second node to the multi-hop network topology, increment a total of a number of descendant nodes, and allocate one or more transmission slots to a number of unused slots in one or more transmission opportunity regions of a slotframe, wherein the slotframe includes a repeating pattern of one or more transmission opportunity periods for a plurality of nodes in the network. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104520 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION AND DATA IN FRAME STRUCTURE OF SHORT TRANSMISSION TIME INTERVAL - Provided are a method for transmitting and receiving control information and data between a user equipment and a base station in a short TTI frame structure. In the method, a search space of a legacy PDCCH and a search space of a sPDCCH may be separated from each other on the basis of the type of the search space or aggregation level, etc., and information on the separated search space may be signaled to the user equipment, thereby enabling the user equipment to detect a DCI while reducing the complexity of a blind decoding. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104521 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONFIGURING TRANSMISSION OPPORTUNITY PERIOD IN WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM SUPPORTING UNLICENSED BAND - The present disclosure relates to a wireless access system supporting an unlicensed band, and provides a method for configuring a transmission opportunity period (TxOP) and devices for supporting the same. The method for configuring a TxOP in a wireless access system supporting an unlicensed band, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, can comprise the steps of: performing a carrier sensing step for checking whether a secondary cell (SCell) constituted in an unlicensed band is in an idle state; transmitting a reservation signal for a predetermined amount of time if the SCell is in the idle state; and configuring a TxOP in the SCell. At this time, a start point of a first subframe (SF) included in the TxOP can be matched to a subframe, a slot or symbol boundary of a primary cell (PCell) constituted in a licensed band. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104522 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication method and a system for converging a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with an internet of things (IoT) technology are provided, which may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method and an apparatus for transmitting a reference signal are provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, a first parameter and a second parameter associated with a sound reference signal (SRS) by higher layer signaling, identifying a bandwidth for the SRS based on the first parameter and the second parameter, and transmitting, to the base station, the SRS based on the identified bandwidth for the SRS. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104523 | COEXISTENCE TECHNIQUES FOR WIDE AREA NETWORK DEVICES OPERATING IN UNLICENSED BANDS - A communication device associated with a first wireless communication network transmits an indication that a communication channel in an unlicensed frequency band is being utilized by the first wireless communication network. The indication is transmitted to an access point of a second wireless communication network. The first wireless communication network utilizes a first wireless communication protocol developed for use in licensed frequency bands, and the second wireless communication network utilizes a second wireless communication protocol developed for use in the unlicensed frequency band. The indication is transmitted by the communication device to prompt the access point of the second wireless communication network, to determine that i) the communication channel cannot be used by the second wireless communication network, or ii) the second wireless communication network is to temporarily yield the communication channel to the first wireless communication network. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104524 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT, WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND METHODS - A user terminal configured to perform communication with an infrastructure equipment of a mobile communications network. The user terminal including a receiver configured to receive signals transmitted by the infrastructure equipment in accordance with a wireless access interface and a transmitter configured to transit signals to the infrastructure equipment in accordance with the wireless access interface. The user terminal is configured to receive an indication on a downlink of the wireless access interface of one of a plurality of different subcarrier spacing which the communications device should use to transmit or to receive the signals representing the data. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104525 | TECHNIQUES AND APPARATUSES FOR AUTONOMOUS RESOURCE SELECTION FOR VEHICLE-TO-EVERYTHING (V2X) TRANSMISSIONS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a limit on a number of resource blocks (RBs) permitted to be used for a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) transmission by the UE; may determine, based at least in part on the limit, one or more parameters for the V2X transmission, wherein the one or more parameters include at least one of a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for the V2X transmission, a number of transport blocks (TBs) for the V2X transmission, a number of RBs per TB for the V2X transmission, or a retransmission configuration for the V2X transmission; and may transmit the V2X transmission based at least in part on the one or more parameters. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104526 | OPTIMIZING NETWORK RESOURCES IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - Certain features relate to a self-optimizing network entity configured for use with a distributed antenna system having a head end-unit configured to communicate wireless communication information to a plurality of remote units for transmission at a plurality of sites, the self-optimized network entity comprising circuitry configured to determine a network resource allocation plan for the plurality of remote units within the distributed antenna system based on an isolation level determined by at least one of the plurality of remote units based on a power level of a test signal received from at least one of the plurality of remote units. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104527 | DYNAMIC DOWNLINK REUSE IN A C-RAN - This disclosure is directed to various ways to dynamically manage the subset of radio points that are used to transmit to user equipment in a C-RAN. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104528 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK BETWEEN BASE TRANSCEIVER STATIONS THROUGH COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for feedback based on information transmitted between base stations (or base stations) through cooperative communication are provided. The method includes receiving, from the second base station, a first message for requesting a channel state information (CSI) report, and transmitting, to the second base station, a second message including the CSI report, based on the first message. The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). | 2019-04-04 |
20190104529 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - The present invention is to enable setting of an appropriate subordinate cell or subordinate base station according to quality of a wireless communication service applied to a terminal or a type of a terminal. The terminal ( | 2019-04-04 |
20190104530 | V2X MESSAGE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present application provides a V2X message communication method and apparatus. The method performed by a terminal includes: sending a quality of service QoS request message to a network device; receiving QoS information of the terminal that is sent by the network device based on identification information of the terminal; obtaining, based on the QoS information, a QoS parameter corresponding to a message identifier of a to-be-sent V2X message; obtaining, based on the obtained QoS parameter, a radio resource used to send the to-be-sent V2X message; and sending the to-be-sent V2X message by using the obtained radio resource. QoS information of a V2X message of each terminal may be obtained from the network device. Therefore, when sending a to-be-sent V2X message in a V2X service, the terminal can find matching QoS information, thereby satisfying a communication quality requirement of the terminal for implementing the V2X service. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104531 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BASED ON FREQUENCY SELECTIVE TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK - Disclosed are a wireless communication method, and an access point and a station which perform the wireless communication method. A wireless communication method performed by an access point according to an embodiment may include performing channel sounding on a plurality of subchannels, identifying subchannels selected by stations among the subchannels, scheduling communications between the AP and the stations based on the selected subchannels, and transmitting a data frame to the stations through the subchannels based on a scheduling result. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104532 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method, performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, of transmitting and receiving data information is provided. The method includes receiving multiple transmission unit scheduling information, receiving information about whether demodulation reference signal (DMRS) time bundling is feasible with respect to DMRS information respectively contained in a plurality of transmission units scheduled according to the multiple transmission unit scheduling information, and when the information indicates that the DMRS time bundling is feasible, performing decoding on data information based on at least one of a hybrid automatic request (HARQ) acknowledge (ACK)/negative acknowledge (NACK) transmission time, a size of a frequency resource of a downlink (DL) physical data channel to which the data information scheduled according to the multiple transmission unit scheduling information is assigned, a timing advance value, and a time required for a valid data process. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104533 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FRAME STRUCTURE CONFIGURATION AND INFORMATION TRANSMISSION FOR SHORT TTI - Provided are a method for configuring a short-TTI frame structure in a 3GPP LTE/LTE-advanced system, a method for transmitting, to a terminal, information on the configured short-TTI frame structure, and a method for receiving short-TTI frame structure configuration information by a terminal. The method may include: receiving, by the terminal, configuration information of a short-TTI configured to have a predetermined number of symbols; and receiving data through a frame structure including the short-TTI configured to have the predetermined number of symbols on the basis of the configuration information of the short-TTI. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104534 | ENCODING AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR CONTROL INFORMATION IN PHYSICAL CHANNEL - A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE obtains M1 modulated symbols to be transmitted on a selected section of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of the UE, the M1 modulated symbols being for carrying a first category of uplink information. The UE maps J1 modulated symbols of the M1 modulated symbols to occupy each one of J1 resource elements (REs) that are available, in a consecutive (N1−1) symbol periods of the selected section of the PUSCH, for carrying modulated symbols that carries the first category of uplink information. The UE determines a number S1 based on K1 and a number T1. The UE maps K1 modulated symbols of the M1 modulated symbols to occupy K1 REs of the T1 REs such that two adjacent REs among the K1 REs being separated by at least (S1−1) REs. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104535 | COMMUNICATING UCI IN AUTONOMOUS UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS - Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for communicating uplink control information (“UCI”) with cyclic redundancy check (“CRC”) in an autonomous uplink (“AUL”) transmission. One apparatus includes a processor and a transceiver that receives a control signal to enable AUL transmission. The processor determines to transmit data in an AUL transmission and generates UCI for the AUL transmission, wherein the UCI comprises a CRC, wherein the UCI further indicates an identifier of the apparatus. The processor transmits, via the transceiver, the UCI with the AUL transmission, wherein the AUL transmission comprises the UCI. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104536 | BASE STATION AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A base station (BS) and a user equipment (UE) for a mobile communication system are provided. The BS transmits first downlink control information (DCI) indicating a first uplink radio resource to a UE and transmits second DCI indicating a second uplink radio resource to another UE. The second uplink radio resource has an overlapping part with the first uplink radio resource. The BS further transmits third DCI to the UE in response to the overlapping part. The third DCI indicates transmission adjustment information. | 2019-04-04 |