39th week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 84 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180279321 | WIRELESS BASE STATION, WIRELESS TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND VOICE SIGNAL COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless base station includes a state-of-emergency determiner, a silent section detector, a priority level controller, a resource allocation request detector, and a resource controller. The state-of-emergency determiner determines a state of emergency. In a case of the state of emergency, the silent section detector detects a silent section for a downlink voice packet. In the case of the state of emergency, the priority level controller lowers a transmission priority level of a packet in the silent section for the downlink voice packet. In the case of the state of emergency, the resource allocation request detector detects a request for allocation of an uplink radio resource to a silent section for an uplink voice packet. In the case of the state of emergency, the resource controller lowers a priority level for the allocation of the uplink radio resource to the silent section for the uplink voice packet. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279322 | Service Data Packet Processing Method And Apparatus - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the communications field, and provide a service data packet processing method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving service auxiliary indication information from a first device, where the service auxiliary indication information is used to indicate a processing requirement of the first device for a service data packet, and the first device is at least one of a terminal, a server, or a routing node in a service data packet transmission process. A processing priority of the service data packet is determined based on the service auxiliary indication information, and the service data packet is processed based on the processing priority. An example apparatus includes a at least one processor and a receiver. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279323 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - Communication resources are appropriately used. An information processing device is an information processing device including an acquisition unit and a control unit. Here, the acquisition unit acquires a relative priority of each information processing device in a network built through autonomous wireless communication of a plurality of information processing devices. In addition, the control unit performs control such that a communication resource of the network is allocated based on the priority (a relative priority of each information processing device in the network) acquired by the acquisition unit. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279324 | SCHEDULING REQUEST FOR ONE OR MORE UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS USING NARROWBAND COMMUNICATIONS - The present disclosure may support dedicated scheduling request resources in a NPUSCH format resource structure, a NPRACH, and/or an ACK/NACK transmission associated with a downlink transmission received at the UE. In addition, the present disclosure may provide various techniques to mitigate collisions between scheduling requests transmitted by a UE, uplink transmissions sent by different UEs, and/or downlink transmissions sent by a base station. In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may receive one or more downlink transmissions from a base station. The apparatus may determine to transmit an uplink transmission to the base station. The apparatus transmit, to the base station, a scheduling request for the uplink transmission with an ACK/NACK associated with the one or more downlink transmissions using a narrowband NPUSCH format resource structure. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279325 | UE-SPECIFIC SLOT STRUCTURE CONFIGURATION - Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communication systems configured to provide user equipment (UE)-specific slot structures based on the individual propagation delay experienced by each UE. In some examples, the duration of uplink transmissions for a particular UE within a slot may be configured based on the propagation delay between the base station and that particular UE. For example, the duration of an uplink burst and/or an uplink traffic transmission may be configured based on the propagation delay. In addition, a downlink burst within a slot may be configured for a particular UE on the propagation delay experienced by that UE. Downlink traffic transmissions may further be configured for the cell based on the maximum propagation delay experienced by the UEs in the cell. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279326 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DOWNLINK PRE-EMPTION INDICATION INFORMATION USING BITMAP IN NEW RADIO NETWORKS AND APPARATUS THEREOF - Provided is a method for transmitting and receiving downlink pre-emption indication information using a bitmap in a next-generation/5G radio access network. The method may include: receiving monitoring configuration information for downlink pre-emption indication information from a base station; monitoring downlink pre-emption indication information based on the monitoring configuration information; and receiving the downlink pre-emption indication information from the base station, wherein the downlink pre-emption indication information includes a bitmap indicating information on at least one of time-section resources and frequency-section resources in which pre-emption has occurred, among reference downlink resources. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279327 | DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL FOR UPLINK ULTRA-RELIABLE AND LOW-LATENCY COMMUNICATIONS - A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive a radio resource control message including first information used for indicating a periodicity. The receiving circuitry is also configured to receive on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), downlink control information (DCI) with CRC scrambled by a first Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI), the DCI including information indicating a time domain resource. The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to perform, based on the DCI with CRC scrambled by the first RNTI, a transmission on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in a symbol. The time domain resource includes an index of the symbol in which the transmission on the PUSCH is performed and a slot offset value. The index of the symbol in which the transmission on the PUSCH is performed is within a slot given by the first information and the slot offset value. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279328 | TRANSPORT BLOCK BOUNDARY FLEXIBILITY - Methods and apparatus for providing transport block boundary flexibility are disclosed. In some aspects, a transmitter determines a plurality of blocks within a single transmission time interval (TTI), and transmits the plurality of blocks within the single TTI. Each of the plurality of blocks spans over a pre-defined period of time that is shorter than the single TTI. Each of the plurality of blocks includes data having a same logic channel identifier and a same header. A leading boundary and a trailing boundary of each of the plurality of blocks are aligned with one of: a leading boundary and a trailing boundary of a symbol; or a leading boundary and a trailing boundary of a code block. In additional aspects, a receiver receives these plurality of blocks within a single transmission time interval (TTI), and decodes a plurality of protocol data units in the plurality of blocks. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279329 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MULTI-INPUT MULTI-OUTPUT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A device and method for use in a MIMO wireless communication system are provided. The device used in the MIMO wireless communication system includes a matching unit configured to determine a matching degree of channel estimation information of a communication device to be scheduled with one or more reference vectors included in a reference vector group, where the reference vector group depends on an antenna array configuration of the MIMO wireless communication system; and a channel characteristic determining unit configured to determine correlation information of the one or more reference vectors with the matching degree satisfying a predetermined condition as one or more parameters reflecting channel characteristic(s) associated with the communication device. By applying the device and method according to the disclosure, it is possible to avoid interference among strong-space-correlated users, and thereby improve the efficiency of processing such as scheduling, noise reduction and so on. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279330 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication scheme and system for converging a 5 | 2018-09-27 |
20180279331 | RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL (RRC) MESSAGES FOR ENHANCED SCHEDULING REQUEST - A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive, from a base station apparatus, a radio resource control (RRC) message(s) comprising one or more scheduling request (SR) configurations. Each SR configuration is associated with one or more PUCCH resources. The SR configuration is corresponding to any one or more of the following: one or more logical channels (LCH), one or more logical channel groups (LCG), one or more priority, one or more numerology, one or more services, and/or one or more bandwidth part (BWP). | 2018-09-27 |
20180279332 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING OF DATA IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM PROVIDING DIFFERENT SERVICES - A communication method and system for converging a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of things (IoT) are provided. The communication method and system 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. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279333 | ADJUSTING TRANSMISSION PARAMETERS TO SUPPORT COEXISTENCE FAIRNESS - In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for coexistence management. A first access point operating in an unlicensed frequency band using a first RAT receives, from a second access point operating in the unlicensed frequency band using a second RAT, information regarding operation of the second access point in the unlicensed frequency band. It is determined, using the received information, that the first access point or the second access point is using a first share of the unlicensed frequency band that is below a predetermined threshold, indicating an imbalance of usage between the first RAT and the second RAT. A transmission parameter of the first access point for operating in the unlicensed frequency band using the first RAT is adjusted according to the determination. The first access point transmits the one or more packets using the adjusted transmission parameter, to cause the first access point or the second access point to use an updated share of the unlicensed frequency band that is closer to the predetermined threshold than the first share. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279334 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING TIMING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a pre-5 | 2018-09-27 |
20180279335 | INFORMATION SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention provide an information sending method and apparatus, where direct communication is performed between user devices in a first subframe, and channel state information of direct communication performed between the user devices is sent to a third device in a second subframe, so that the third device can learn the channel state information between the user devices, and further perform resource scheduling for the user devices performing direct communication. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279336 | QUALITY OF SERVICE CONFIGURATIONS FOR RADIO BEARERS WITH MULTIPLE DATA FLOWS - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A wireless communications system may establish radio bearers for certain data transmissions between a user equipment (UE) and a base station. A radio bearer may be associated with one or more quality of services (QoS) parameters, such as a bit rate. The base station may indicate to the UE a time window over which to average the bit rate. In some examples, a radio bearer may include multiple data flows. The base station may provide information regarding QoS parameters for each data flow in control signaling, such as a grant. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279337 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION USING MODULATION, CODING SCHEMES, AND CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATORS - A wireless communication method including receiving, through a wireless channel, table indication information indicating one of a first Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) table supporting up to 64 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) and second and third MCS tables supporting up to 256 QAM, the third MCS table including a same number of MCS indices as the second MCS table and including less MCS indices corresponding to 256 QAM than the second MCS table, and identifying one of the first to third MCS tables according to the received table indication information to recognize a demodulation scheme for data to be received through the wireless channel may be provided. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279338 | TIME DIVISION DUPLEX (TDD) SUBFRAME STRUCTURE SUPPORTING SINGLE AND MULTIPLE INTERLACE MODES - Aspects of the present disclosure provide a time division duplex (TDD) subframe structure that supports both single and multiple interlace modes of operation. In a single interlace mode, control information, data information corresponding to the control information and acknowledgement information corresponding to the data information are included in a single subframe. In a multiple interlace mode, at least one of the control information, the data information corresponding to the control information or the acknowledgement information corresponding to the data information is included in a different subframe. Both single and multiple interlace modes can be multiplexed together within the TDD subframe structure. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279339 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER HEADROOM REPORTING PROCEDURE FOR NEW RADIO CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method and apparatus provide a power headroom reporting procedure for new radio carrier, such as 5G, aggregation. A first Component Carrier (CC) having a first Transmit Time Interval (TTI) and a second CC having a second TTI can be communicated on. A Power Headroom Report (PHR) can be ascertained to have been triggered for at least one selected from the first CC and the second CC. An uplink grant corresponding to an uplink transmission can be received on the first CC. A first PHR reference TTI corresponding to the uplink transmission on the first CC can be determined. A first PHR for the first CC can be generated based on the first PHR reference TTI. A second PHR reference TTI on the second CC can be determined. A second PHR for the second CC can be generated based on the second PHR reference TTI. The first PHR and the second PHR can be transmitted in the uplink transmission. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279340 | Scheduling and Accessing of Uplink Resources - A method of scheduling uplink resources, comprising: a radio-access network node transmitting art uplink indication, said uplink indication determining a validity duration of an uplink grant. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279341 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCOMMODATING SPECIFIC USER EQUIPMENTS - A method by a user equipment (UE) is described. The method includes determining a repetition level, determining a initialization value for a scrambling sequence generator based on the repetition level, generating the scrambling sequence, and applying the scrambling sequence for a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH). The repetition level is associated with the PDSCH and determined by a Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279342 | BASE STATION AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - A base station used as a first base station in a wireless communication system including the first base station, a second base station that communicates with the first base station, and a user equipment that communicates with the first base station includes: a reception unit that receives a parameter used for generating a downlink physical data channel and data to be transmitted toward the user equipment from the second base station; a generating unit that generates the downlink physical data channel by performing processing of Layer 1 on the data using the parameter; and a transmission unit that transmits the generated downlink physical data channel. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279343 | PARTIAL BANDWIDTH RADIO TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICE, BASE STATION AND USER EQUIPMENT - Partial bandwidth radio transmission method and device, base station and user equipment are provided. The method includes: configuring a first common control channel transmitted on an anchor sub-band; configuring at least one sub-band other than anchor sub-bands, and a second common control channel transmitted on the at least one sub-band; scheduling at least one partial bandwidth UE to the at least one sub-band, and transmitting configuration of the second common control channel and the at least one sub-band to the at least one partial bandwidth UE; and obtaining a transmission time of a synchronization signal block in the anchor sub-band, and transmitting the second common control channel to the at least one sub-band based on the transmission time, wherein the second common control channel includes a reference signal for demodulation. UE can receive and transmit data using partial bandwidth among a relatively large system bandwidth, which improves system efficiency. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279344 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING DOWNLINK DATA TRANSMISSIONS - A first resource assignment can be received in a first TTI. A first set of resources for receiving a first portion of a first DL user data in the first TTI can be determined based on the first resource assignment. A second set of resources for receiving a second portion of the first DL user data in the first TTI can be determined based on the first resource assignment. A resource location of a first DMRS associated with the first portion of the first DL user data in the first set of resources can be determined. A resource location of a second DMRS associated with the second portion of the first DL user data in the second set of resources can be determined. The first DL user data corresponding to at least a first TB can be received from the network in the first TTI in the first and second set of resources. The first portion of the first DL user data in the first set of resources can be demodulated. The first portion of the first DL user data can be demodulated based on the first DMRS. The second portion of the first DL user data can be demodulated based on the second DMRS. A second resource assignment can be received in a second TTI. A third set of resources for receiving a first portion of a second DL user data in the second TTI can be determined based on the second resource assignment. A fourth set of resources for receiving a second portion of the second DL user data in the second TTI can be determined based on the second resource assignment. A resource location of a third DMRS associated with the second portion of the second DL user data in the fourth set of resources can be determined. The second DL user data corresponding to at least a second TB can be received from the network in the second TTI in the third and fourth set of resources. The first portion of the second DL user data can be demodulated based on the first DMRS. The second portion of the second DL user data can be demodulated based on at least the third DMRS. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279345 | Channel Sounding for Frequency Division Duplex System - System and method embodiments are provided for channel sounding in a frequency division duplex (FDD) system. The embodiments enable a transmission point (TP) to determine channel information about a downlink channel from an uplink channel sounding signal received on the downlink channel frequency band during a time window reserved for uplink channel sounding on the downlink channel frequency band. In an embodiment, a method in a controller includes determining with the controller a schedule for an uplink sounding window in a downlink frequency band, wherein the uplink sounding window comprises a transmission window in at least a partial downlink frequency band that is reserved for uplink channel sounding, instructing a TP to signal the schedule to at least one wireless device in a coverage area of the TP, receiving a channel sounding signal in the downlink frequency band, and obtaining downlink channel state information from the channel sounding signal. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279346 | CONTROL INFORMATION SENDING METHOD, DATA BLOCK TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RELATED APPARATUS - This application discloses a control information sending method, a data block transmission method, and a related apparatus. The control information sending method in this application is used to schedule multiple transmission time intervals TTIs for data transmission, and the multiple TTIs include at least a first TTI and a second TTI. The method includes: generating first control information, where the first control information is partial control information required for scheduling each of the multiple TTIs; generating second control information, where the second control information is remaining control information, other than the first control information, in complete control information for scheduling the first TTI; and generating third control information, where the third control information is partial control information required for scheduling the second TTI, where the first control information and the third control information are corresponding to complete control information required for scheduling the second TTI. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279347 | UPLINK TRANSMISSION RESOURCE SCHEDULING METHOD AN DEVICE, AND UPLINK TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICE - Disclosed are an uplink transmission resource scheduling method and device, and an uplink transmission method and device, which are used for reserving an uplink transmission resource on an unlicensed carrier, enabling a user equipment (UE) not to transmit an uplink signal on the reserved resource and avoiding a case in which the scheduled UE cannot access a channel, and can realize time division multiplexing of uplink transmission resources on the unlicensed carrier. An uplink transmission resource scheduling method provided by the present application comprises: a base station determines a reserved resource in an uplink subframe, the reserved resource being a transmission resource on an unlicensed carrier; and the base station sends a notification about the reserved resource in the uplink subframe to a UE. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279348 | OPPORTUNISTIC UPLINK TRANSMISSION - Aspects of the present disclosure provide for opportunistic uplink transmissions within a slot. In some examples, after scheduling all regular uplink transmissions within a current slot, a base station (e.g., gNB) may identify a set of unused uplink resources within the current slot and generate and transmit unused resource information identifying the set of unused resources to the user equipment (UE) within the cell served by the base station. If a particular UE is configured to operate in an opportunistic mode, the UE may utilize the unused resource information to generate and transmit an opportunistic uplink transmission within the set of unused uplink resources. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279349 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, AND TERMINAL - A wireless communication system includes a terminal; and a base station configured to perform uplink scheduling. The terminal transmits to the base station, a signal that includes a scheduling request and a buffer state index value of the terminal. The base station performs scheduling for the terminal, based on the buffer state index value. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279350 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, BASE STATION, MONITORING METHOD, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - To provide a communication terminal capable of suppressing an increase in power consumption of a UE during multi-subframe scheduling, a communication terminal ( | 2018-09-27 |
20180279351 | TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - [Object] To provide a terminal device capable of efficiently performing communication in a communication system in which a base station device and the terminal device communicate with each other. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279352 | Transmission Scheme for Wireless Communication Systems - A method of two-layer (Rank=2) demodulation reference signal (DMRS) based transmission scheme is proposed. The precoding matrix on a data RE can be represented as A×B. The precoding matrix on the UE-specific reference signal DMRS is A. Matrix B is the co-phasing cycling matrix. By applying the proposed co-phasing cycling matrix B for Rank=2 DMRS-based transmission scheme, the ratio of PDSCH EPRE to DMRS EPRE is equal to OdB, as required by the LTE specification. Further, when the DMRS power follows the precoding matrix A, UE channel estimation performance is improved. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279353 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN ENHANCED SCHEDULING REQUEST FOR 5G NR - A 5G new radio (NR) Base Station (gNB) is described. The gNB includes a processor and memory in electronic communication with the processor. Instructions stored in the memory are executable to send a radio resource control (RRC) message to a user equipment (UE). The RRC message(s) includes different physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) configuration options and/or SR-configurations, comprising one or more of the following information elements (IE), i.e., Bandwidth, Numerology, BWP, Logical Channel (LCH), priority, LCG, Service, etc., for the UE to use in transmitting one or more scheduling requests (SR). | 2018-09-27 |
20180279354 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A USER DATA RESOURCE ASSIGNMENT - A method and apparatus can determine a user data resource assignment in a wireless network. A control channel candidate can be monitored for a control channel. The control channel candidate can correspond to a CCE parameter that is a function of a first RBG size used for user data resource assignments. The control channel can be decoded. A user data resource assignment can be determined based on the decoded control channel The user data resource assignment can be based on a second RBG size. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279355 | NETWORK NODES AND METHODS THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a first network node. The first network node comprises a transceiver configured to receive a network information message from a second network node configured to use a shared communication channel for wireless communication, the network information message indicating a set of third network nodes configurable (or contending) to use the shared communication channel for wireless communication; a processor configured to determine, for the second network node, at least one first channel access time interval for accessing the shared communication channel based on the network information message; wherein the transceiver further is configured to transmit a first network control message to the second network node, the first network control message indicating the first channel access time interval for accessing the shared communication channel. Furthermore, the present disclosure also relates to corresponding method, a wireless communication system, a computer program, and a computer program product. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279356 | Scheduling Device, Scheduled Device, and Resource Scheduling Method and Apparatus - Embodiments of the present invention provide a resource scheduling method. The method includes: receiving, by a scheduled device, pre-scheduling information and dynamic scheduling information sent by a scheduling device, and when the pre-scheduling information indicates that the scheduling device allocates a radio resource to the scheduled device in a pre-scheduling resource range, performing data reception or sending or control signaling detection on the radio resource indicated by the pre-scheduling information; and when the dynamic scheduling information indicates that the scheduling device allocates a radio resource to the scheduled device in a dynamic scheduling resource range, performing control signaling detection on a resource in the dynamic scheduling resource range. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279357 | TECHNIQUES AND APPARATUSES FOR TEMPORARY MODIFICATION OF PERIODIC GRANTS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device such as a user equipment may receive an indicator associated with a periodic grant configuration, wherein the indicator identifies a release of a subsequent resource allocation of the one or more processors; and/or skip at least one communication period for traffic associated with the subsequent resource allocation of the one or more processors based at least in part on receiving the indicator. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279358 | Data Multiplexing in a Wireless Device and Wireless Network - A wireless device receives from a base station, message(s) comprising: first configuration parameters of cell(s) and second configuration parameters of logical channel(s). Uplink grant(s) indicating radio resources are received on the cell(s) where the uplink grant(s) are received in different transmission time intervals; and the radio resources comprise resource block(s). First uplink grant(s) are selected in response to the first uplink grant(s) being received during coinciding time durations that the wireless device is configured to monitor a control channel on the cell(s). Data from logical channel(s) are multiplexed into transport blocks by processing together the first uplink grant(s). Transport block(s) are transmitted via resource blocks corresponding to the first uplink grant(s). | 2018-09-27 |
20180279359 | SCHEDULING REQUESTS AND BUFFER STATUS REPORTS FOR LOW LATENCY WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A base station may transmit a grant to user equipment (UEs), indicating uplink resources for transmission of pending data at a UE. Uplink resources may include uplink resources associated with transmission time intervals (TTIs) and/or shortened TTIs (sTTIs). A UE may identify pending data associated with a data type (e.g., low latency data, internet traffic, etc.) and transmit a scheduling request (SR) for a grant of uplink resources. The data type of the pending data (e.g., the logic channel group identification (LCG ID) associated with a buffer status) may be indicated such that uplink resources may be granted to the UE to reduce latency. In some aspects, the SR may indicate uplink resources associated with sTTIs. Further, the UE may prioritize pending data and buffer status reports (BSRs) associated with other data within the received grant. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279360 | METHOD FOR SCHEDULING DOWNLINK DATA CHANNEL OR UPLINK DATA CHANNEL IN NEXT RADIO NETWORK AND APPARATUS THEREOF - Provided are a method and an apparatus for scheduling a downlink data channel (PDSCH) or an uplink data channel (PUSCH). The method of a user equipment may be provided for scheduling a downlink data channel (PDSCH) or an uplink data channel (PUSCH) by a user equipment. The method may include: receiving, from a base station, timing relationship setting information on i) a timing relationship between a downlink control channel and a downlink data channel or ii) a timing relationship between a downlink control channel and an uplink data channel; and scheduling the downlink data channel (PDSCH) or the uplink data channel (PUSCH) based on the timing relationship setting information, wherein the downlink data channel (PDSCH) or the uplink data channel (PUSCH) is scheduled by a downlink control channel (PDCCH), and wherein a numerology used for reception of the downlink control channel (PDCCH) is different from a numerology used for reception of the downlink data channel (PDSCH) or a numerology used for transmission of the uplink data channel (PUSCH). | 2018-09-27 |
20180279361 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING INITIAL ACCESS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for operating a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, system information comprising information indicating a waveform for a second message, transmitting, to the base station, a random access preamble signal, receiving, from the base station, a first message comprising a random access response, and transmitting, to the base station, the second message using a resource allocated by the first message. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279362 | METHOD AD DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING FRAME RELATED TO MULTI-USER TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM - A method for transmitting and receiving a frame by an access point (AP) in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: determining two or more STAs for performing multi-user (MU) transmission; determining a delivery traffic indication map (DTIM) for transmitting a parameter related to a trigger frame with respect to each of the two or more STAs; transmitting the parameter related to the trigger frame by means of the DTIM; and receiving from the two or more STAs an MU frame in time-frequency resources which are indicated in the parameter related to the trigger frame. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279363 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SCHEDULING REQUEST IN NB IOT SYSTEMS - A method and device for reporting scheduling request are provided. The method includes the operations of acquiring a dedicated physical resource of a random access channel (RACH) configured to report a scheduling request, when the scheduling request is triggered, transmitting the RACH on the dedicated physical resource. The dedicated physical resource includes a plurality of periodic physical resources. Through this dedicated physical resource, the user equipment (UE) can report scheduling request in a contention-free random access way, and the capacity of a preamble sequence is improved and inter-cell interference is reduced. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279364 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for random access in a mobile communication system are provided. A terminal receives a synchronization signal block, obtains beam index information from the received synchronization signal block, and transmits a preamble message occupying a plurality of preamble resources including a preamble resource corresponding to the beam index information to a base station. A random access resource includes a plurality of preamble resources, and the synchronization signal block is specified for one beam and corresponds to one preamble resource of the random access resource. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279365 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA - Provided is a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure provides a method for transmitting data, including: performing, by a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) equipment, Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) in one channel of a unlicensed band; and determining, by the LTE equipment, whether the channel can be occupied according to a CCA measurement value in the channel, and determining a data transmission parameter if it is determined that the channel can be occupied. The present disclosure also provides a corresponding apparatus. According to the method and apparatus provided by the present disclosure, the transmission power of the apparatus on the unlicensed band may be controlled, channel seizing opportunity is increased and effective coexistence is ensured. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279366 | USER TERMINAL, RADIO BASE STATION AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - The present invention is designed so that UL signals of a plurality of user terminals can be multiplexed and communicated in cells where listening is employed (for example, unlicensed bands). According to the present invention, a user terminal communicates with a radio base station in a cell where listening is executed before uplink (UL) signals are transmitted, and has a transmission section that transmits UL signals, and a control section that controls the transmission of UL signals based on the result of listening. The control section makes the listening period for executing listening and the transmission period for transmitting UL signals the same among a plurality of user terminals that are scheduled in the same subframe. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279367 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE WORKING ON UNLICENSED FREQUENCY BAND AND METHOD PERFORMED BY THE SAME - Embodiments of the present disclosure relates to a communication device working on unlicensed frequency band and a method for executing the same. The method comprises: determining a mapping relationship between multiple quality of service (QoS) priority classes and multiple Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) priority classes, wherein the multiple QoS priority classes are in one-to-one correspondence with multiple QoS requirements; and transmitting radio traffic based on the mapping relationship. Embodiments of the present disclosure proposes the mapping relationship between LBT priority class and various QoS priority classes associated with different radio traffic types and presents signaling design and exchange related to the mapping relationship. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279368 | COEXISTENCE OF USERS WITH DIFFERENT LATENCY REQUIREMENTS - A method of an access point is disclosed. The access point is adapted to communicate (using a frequency bandwidth comprising one or more sub-bands) with wireless communication devices associated with the access point. Each of the wireless communication devices is adapted to operate under at least one of first and second latency requirements, wherein the first latency requirement is lower than the second latency requirement. Each of the wireless communication devices is also adapted to use a listen-before-talk approach (e.g. carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance—CSMA/CA) to access a sub-band for transmission. The method comprises (for each of the sub-bands) allowing at most one wireless communication device operating under the first latency requirement to attempt accessing the sub-band and (for each sub-band where a wireless communication device operating under the first latency requirement is allowed to attempt accessing the sub-band) allowing also one or more wireless communication device operating under the second latency requirement to attempt accessing the sub-band. The method also comprises enforcing a maximum duration of time for each transmission of a wireless communication device operating under the second latency requirement using a sub-band where a wireless communication device operating under the first latency requirement is allowed to attempt accessing the sub-band, wherein the maximum duration of time is based on the first latency requirement. Corresponding method for a wireless communication device, arrangements, access point, wireless communication device and computer program products are also disclosed. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279369 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING NETWORK ALLOCATION VECTOR OF MULTI-USER TRANSMISSION - The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communications. Provided are a method and an apparatus for setting a Network Allocation Vector (NAV) or NAVs. According to a method a first station receives a response-requested multicast frame, and determines that the first station is a response-requested destination station; and the first station determines a channel state by using a value of a network allocation vector which is not updated by the multicast frame. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279370 | METHOD OF SUPPORTING MULTIPLE QOS IN A LISTEN-BEFORE-TALK OPERATION - The present disclosure provides a method of supporting multiple Qo S in a Listen-Before-Talk operation. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method comprises: configuring m Listen-Before-Talk priority classes, which are defined by m different parameter sets respectively; determining Listen-Before-Talk priority classes for respective traffic in a transmission burst; and selecting one of the determined Listen-Before-Talk priority classes as a Listen-Before-Talk priority class for access. Through the present disclosure, the coexistence between LTE LAA and WiFi can be realized in respect of the Qo S priority, and the scheduling flexibility of LAA is still retained. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279371 | NON-CONTIGUOUS CHANNEL BONDING - This disclosure describes methods, apparatus, and systems related to non-contiguous channel bonding. A device may determine a wireless communication channel having one or more subchannels in accordance with one or more communication standards. The device may determine instructions to perform one or more clear channel assessments (CCAs) on at least one of the one or more subchannels. The device may cause to send the instructions to one or more first devices. The device may identify a frame received from at least one of the one or more first devices, wherein the frame is received on at least one available subchannel of the one or more subchannels. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279372 | USER TERMINAL, RADIO BASE STATION, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - The present invention is designed to adequately carry out uplink communication in unlicensed bands in a radio communication system (LAA) that runs LTE in unlicensed bands. A user terminal has a control section that controls the transmission and receipt of a signal in a first frequency carrier in which LBT (Listen Before Talk) is configured or in a second frequency carrier in which LBT is not configured, and the control section controls the step of receiving a random access response and subsequent steps in random access procedures to be performed in the second frequency carrier, and, furthermore, controls uplink transmission to be carried out in the first frequency carrier after random access is established. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279373 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for performing random access procedure in a wireless communication system. According to an aspect of the present invention, the method comprising: determining an index of a first subband based on an identity of the UE and receiving, from the network, a first message for a contention resolution through the first subband. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279374 | MOBILITY ENHANCEMENT WITH CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNALS (CSI-RS) - Certain aspects may help enhance mobility of a UE, for example, utilizing downlink and/or uplink reference signals to assist in locating and/or handing over a UE in a cell with multiple transmit reception points (TRPs). | 2018-09-27 |
20180279375 | Random Access Process in New Radio - Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. Random access procedures may include various types of procedures, such as four-step or two-step random access procedures. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279376 | Power Control For Random Access - Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. Random access procedures may include various steps, such as 4-steps or 2-steps. One or more indicators such as, for example, transmission power requirements, may be used to indicate which random access procedure to utilize. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279377 | On-Demand System Information Request Message - Apparatus and methods are provided for on-demand SI request procedure. In one novel aspect, the RACH procedure is used for one-demand SI information updates through unicast. In one embodiment, the UE sends an embedded SI request message in Msg | 2018-09-27 |
20180279378 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ON-DEMAND SYSTEM INFORMATION (SI) REQUEST THROUGH A RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE - A User Equipment (UE) including a wireless transceiver and a controller is provided. The wireless transceiver performs wireless transmission and reception to and from a service network. The controller initiates a random access procedure with the service network by controlling the wireless transceiver to perform wireless transmission using at least one of: a random access preamble configured for System Information (SI) request, and a corresponding Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) time-frequency resource allocated for the random access preamble. Also, the controller receives a random access response, which includes a Random Access Preamble Identifier (RAPID) only and does not include a Timing Advance (TA) command, an uplink grant, and a temporary Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI), from the service network via the wireless transceiver. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279379 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR BEAM IDENTIFICATION THROUGH THE PHYSICAL RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL (PRACH) AND EFFICIENT PRACH RESOURCE UTILIZATION - A User Equipment (UE) including a wireless transceiver and a controller is provided. The wireless transceiver performs wireless transmission and reception to and from a cellular station. The controller uses one or more first preambles within a PRACH time-frequency resource to perform a synchronous transmission on the PRACH to the cellular station via the wireless transceiver, or uses one or more second preambles within the PRACH time-frequency resource to perform an asynchronous transmission or a synchronous transmission on the PRACH to the cellular station via the wireless transceiver. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279380 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS ON A WIRELSS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A DL signal including a plurality of SS blocks can be received. At least one SS block can be detected from the plurality of SS blocks. A SS block can be selected from the detected at least one SS block. A SS block can be selected from at least one SS block detected from the plurality of SS blocks. A subset of RACH resources and a subset of RACH preambles associated with the selected SS block can be identified. A RACH resource can be selected from the subset of RACH resources and a RACH preamble can be selected from the subset of RACH preambles. The selected RACH preamble can be transmitted on the selected RACH resource. An RA-RNTI can be determined based on at least the selected RACH resource. At least a PDSCH including a RAR message can be received. The PDSCH can be based on the selected SS block and based on the determined RA-RNTI. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279381 | Mechanisms for Enhanced Transmission and Reception of Physical Random Access Channel - Enhanced random access procedures for link-budget-limited user equipment (UE) devices are disclosed. A user equipment device may transmit a first message containing a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH). The PRACH contains instances of a Zadoff-Chu sequence, and may be transmitted repeatedly as part of a single random attempt, to facilitate correlation data combining at the base station. The available Zadoff-Chu sequences may be partitioned among a plurality of sets, each set being associated with a respective Doppler shift range (or frequency hop pattern or time repetition pattern). A UE device may signal Doppler shift (or other information) to the base station by selection of one of the sets. The first PRACH transmission and the following PRACH transmission may occur in consecutive subframes. A UE device may select from a special set of Zadoff-Chu sequences (different from a conventional set of sequences), to signal its status as a link-budget-limited device. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279382 | Method, Apparatus and System for Random Access - A method can be used for facilitating a random access procedure between a first transceiver and a second transceiver within a cell. The first transceiver selects a signature sequence from a set of signature sequences, incorporates the signature sequence into a signal, and transmits the signal to the second transceiver. The set of signature sequences being obtained from a sequence with zero correlation zone. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279383 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE - One embodiment of the present specification provides a method for performing a random access procedure. The method can comprise the steps of: generating a random access preamble to a first cell; generating a random access preamble to a second cell; determining whether the random access preamble to the first cell and the random access preamble to the second cell are triggered so as to be simultaneously transmitted in the same subframe; selecting the random access preamble to any one of the cells according to a pre-set priority when triggered so as to be simultaneously transmitted; and transmitting the any one selected random access preamble. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279384 | Two-Phase Backoff for Access Procedure in Wireless Communication Systems - A two-phase backoff mechanism for LTE access procedure is proposed where backoff handling is applied differently in two separate phases. During the first phase, network-controlled reattempts involves adaptation to radio conditions. Reattempts due to collisions, ramping of power and other robustness parameters needed to compensate for unpredictable conditions can be handled in the first phase. During the second phase, UE-controlled reattempts continues for other conditions. UE can reattempt at a lesser rate to alleviate the worsening of the load and interference situation. As a result, backoff handling is optimized towards LTE access procedures. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279385 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION IN A GRANT-FREE UPLINK TRANSMISSION SCHEME - A system and method includes implementing, by a base station (BS), a reliable ultra-low latency transmission mechanism in a grant-free uplink transmission scheme having defined therein contention transmission unit (CTU) access regions and a plurality of CTUs. Implementing the reliable ultra-low latency transmission mechanism includes defining a reliable ultra-low latency CTU (RULL-CTU) access region from a portion of the CTU access regions of the grant-free transmission scheme, defining an RULL-CTU mapping scheme by mapping at least a portion of plurality of CTUs to the RULL-CTU access region to define a plurality of RULL-CTUs, defining a reliable ultra-low latency user equipment (RULL-UE) mapping scheme by defining rules for mapping a plurality of RULL-UEs to the plurality of RULL-CTUs in an initial pattern for initial transmissions in a first transmission time interval (TTI), and a regrouped pattern for redundant transmissions in a second TTI subsequent to the first TTI. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279386 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LISTENING BEFORE TALK - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for listening before talk (LBT). A method of LBT is provided. The method comprises: determining an access priority class based on a plurality of types of traffic to be transmitted on a plurality of carriers; determining a LBT parameter based on the determined access priority class; and performing the LBT using the LBT parameter. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279387 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING RA PREAMBLE IN NR SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for transmitting a message used to access a base station (BS) in a random access (RA) procedure by user equipment (UE) are provided. The method includes: determining a first RA preamble resource corresponding to an SSB index which corresponds to a transmission beam among a plurality of transmission beams of BS; and transmitting a message 1 of the RA procedure by using a first RA preamble format which includes the first RA preamble resource and at least one second RA preamble resource which neighbors the first RA preamble resource. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279388 | SIGNALING METHODS FOR FLEXIBLE RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - Described is a User Equipment (UE) comprising one or more processors to generate a transmission to an Evolved Node-B (eNB) listing a service-specific resource partition supported by the UE. The eNB may comprise one or more processors to process the transmission listing the service-specific resource partition from the UE. In response, the one or more processors of the eNB may be further to generate a partition configuration transmission to configure the service-specific resource partition. The one or more processors of the UE may then be further to process the partition configuration transmission. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279389 | NETWORK HUB MANAGEMENT METHOD AND DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a technology for a sensor network, machine to machine (M2M) communication, machine type communication (MTC), and the Internet of things (IoT). The disclosure can be utilized in an intelligent service (smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related services, and the like) based on the technology. A server control method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving, from at least one network hub, communication state information on at least one electronic device connected to the at least one network hub; determining, on the basis of the received communication state information, another network hub for a connection of a first electronic device connected to the network hub on which an abnormal operation of a certain network hub is sensed, if the abnormal operation is sensed; and transmitting a request for a connection of the first electronic device to the determined other network hub | 2018-09-27 |
20180279390 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTABLISHING AN AUXILIARY SIGNALING LINK, BASE STATION AND USER EQUIPMENT - A method and a device for establishing an auxiliary signaling link, a base station and a user equipment are provided. The user equipment is allowed to establish an auxiliary signaling link on a plurality of radio access systems. Thus, for a signaling bearer having an auxiliary link, a RRC signaling message thereon is allowed to be transmitted to the user equipment on a plurality of master/secondary links simultaneously. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279391 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS NETWORK SERVICES IN MOVING VEHICLES - Apparatus and methods for providing backhaul access connectivity to e.g., a vehicular hotspot. In one embodiment, a wireless network of access points comprises so-called “parent access points” (PAPs), “child access points” (CAPs), and “transit access points” (TAPs). Each PAP operates as a service gateway and provides a wireless coverage area, which is further augmented by the coverages of its subsidiary CAPs. Each TAP can connect to either a PAP or a CAP for backhaul access. During exemplary operation, a user's Wi-Fi client device connects to a TAP located in the vehicle (e.g., car, train, bus, etc.), and provides connectivity to a host managed content distribution network to which the user subscribes. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279392 | Method for Data Communication, System for Communication and Related Devices - A data communication method, a communication system, and related devices are configured to establish a transaction identifier (TI) in a user equipment (UE). The data communication method includes the following steps. A mobility management entity (MME) receives a request message and obtains ability information of the UE. If the UE has an ability to access a Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network/GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network (UTRAN/GERAN), the MME generates the TI. A communication system and related devices are also provided. Thus, the TI is effectively established in the UE, so as to ensure normal processing of the UE. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279393 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND SYSTEM - Disclosed are a data transmission method and system. One or more pre-setup first bearers are disposed between a first network device and a base station. One or more pre-setup second bearers are disposed between the first network device and a second network device. The transmission method includes the following steps: receiving, by the first network device by using one first bearer, data sent by the base station, where the data is sent by a terminal to the base station by using an air interface resource, and the first bearer used to receive the data is corresponding to a first service attribute of the data; and sending, by the first network device, the data to the second network device by using one second bearer, where the second bearer used to send the data is corresponding to a second service attribute of the data. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279394 | D2D Mode B Discovery Security Method, Terminal and System, and Storage Medium - A security method for D2D mode B discovery is disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure, in four processes of the D2D mode B discovery service, integrity protection is performed, by adding corresponding parameters, on a discovery response message of a passive terminal, a discovery response message of an active terminal, a query request message sent by the active terminal to the passive terminal, a query response message sent by the passive terminal to the active terminal, and the matching report message of the active terminal. A security system, terminal for D2D mode B discovery and a storage medium are further disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279395 | USER APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND BACKOFF CONTROL METHOD - A user apparatus is disclosed herein including a resource state detection unit configured to detect a state of a resource in a set of resources that can be used for device-to-device communication. The user apparatus further includes a control unit configured, when the state detected by the resource state detection unit does not satisfy a predetermined condition, to set the user apparatus to be in a state in which the user apparatus does not perform transmission of a device-to-device communication signal for a predetermined period. Additionally, the user apparatus also includes a transmission unit configured, when the user apparatus performs transmission of a device-to-device communication signal, to select a resource from among a set of resources, and to transmit a device-to-device communication signal using the selected resource. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279396 | Method And Wireless Device For Providing Device-To-Device Communication - The present disclosure relates to methods and to wireless devices for device-to-device communication. One of the methods includes configuring, direct control messages and reference signals, based on capability and state of the wireless device with regards to device to device communication. The method further includes associating, in the wireless device, at least one direct control message to a synchronisation reference signal, configuring the at least one direct control message and/or the synchronisation reference signal, such that a recipient can identify the association between the at least one direct control message and the synchronisation reference signal, using the configuration of the direct control message and/or the synchronisation reference signal. The at least one direct control message is then transmitted. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279397 | LOCAL AREA DATA NETWORK CONNECTIVITY - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus relating to local area data network connectivity. In certain aspects, a method for use by a network device includes determining a set of available local area data networks (LADNs) for a user equipment (UE) based on a subscription of the UE to a set of data network names (DNNs) corresponding to the set of available LADNs and sending the UE information indicative of the set of available LADNs and a location of availability corresponding to each of the LADNs of the set of available LADNs. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279398 | Conditional Transmission Deferral for Dual Wireless Band Coexistence - A wireless communication system is presented for multiple wireless technology coexistence in a mobile device. A method according to this application might include obtaining one or more transmit allocation parameters for a wireless transmission via a first radio technology at a first wireless processor and the preparing to receive wireless data via a second radio technology at a second wireless processor. Next, the exemplary method might request that the wireless transmission be deferred, followed by deciding whether to grant the deferral request based at least on the one or more transmit allocation parameters. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279399 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO SUPPORT NETWORK-BASED IP FLOW MOBILITY VIA MULTIPLE WIRELESS ACCESSES FOR A WIRELESS DEVICE - Apparatus and methods to support IP flow mobility (IFOM) via multiple wireless accesses in a wireless device are disclosed. The wireless device initiates network-based IFOM (NB-IFOM) to establish and manage IP flows. Support for NB-IFOM is negotiated during initial attach procedures to either or both wireless accesses and by using packet data network (PDN) connectivity procedures. The wireless device sends routing rules including priorities to apply to both existing and future IP flows or to future IP flows only. The wireless device requests to move IP flows from a source access to a target access. When a new wireless access is added to an existing PDN connection, an identical IP address for the wireless device is allocated as used for the existing PDN connection. The network establishes a GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP) tunnel for the new wireless access while maintaining a previously established GTP tunnel for the existing wireless access. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279400 | MECHANISMS FOR ESTABLISHING USER PLANE CONNECTIVITY FOR NON-3GPP ACCESS - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A wireless device transmits an indication of whether the device should be paged over a 3GPP access when a core network has data ready to transmit for PDU sessions over a non-3GPP access. A session management function (SMF) of the core network receives a data notification indicating that the core network has data ready to transmit to the wireless device for a PDU session over the non-3GPP access. The SMF determines whether to transmit a paging request to an access and mobility management function (AMF) of the core network based on a paging state of the SMG, a paging state of the wireless device, or a connection management idleness state of the wireless device. The AMF determines whether to transmit a paging message to the wireless device. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279401 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING RADIO LINK FAILURE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Provided are a method and an apparatus for processing a Radio Link Failure (RLF) when duplicate data transmission is performed via single-BS-based CA. The method of processing an RLF by a user equipment (UE) may include: receiving, from a Base Station (BS), higher layer signaling including information for configuring duplicate data transmission via single BS-based CA; configuring a logical channel restricted to one or more secondary cells and a Radio Link Control (RLC) entity for duplicate transmission, based on the higher layer signaling; and transmitting, to the BS, a secondary cell failure report without performing RRC re-establishment procedure, when an RLF occurs in the RLC entity. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279402 | NETWORK NODE AND METHOD FOR AVOIDING DROP OF A CONNECTION DUE TO RTP TIMEOUT - A method performed by a network node for preventing a release of a connection from a User Equipment (UE) to the network node, which connection uses a Real Time Protocol (RTP) for media transfer. The network node operates in a wireless communication network and serves the UE. The network node detects a gap in a packet flow of the connection. When the network node has detected the gap in the packet flow, the network node prevents the UE from initiating a release of the connection caused by the gap in the packet flow, by sending a message to the UE, which message forces the UE into a failure. The failure triggers the UE to initiate a Radio Resource Control (RRC) Connection Reestablishment procedure. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279403 | CONTROL METHOD FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE CONNECTIONS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE CONNECTIONS - Disclosed are a control method for supporting multiple connections in a mobile communication system and an apparatus for supporting multiple connections. In the method for supporting the multiple connections to be performed in first and second base stations, a first base station receives the measured results for multiple connections from a terminal, determines whether the plurality of connections are set on the basis of the measured results, transmits the information for setting the multiple connections to the second base station when setting the multiple results, and the second base station generates the control information for setting the multiple connections of the terminal on the basis of the information for setting the multiple connections received from the first base station. Thus, the multiple connections can be easily supported and the performance of the mobile communication system can be improved therethrough. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279404 | Methods of Enabling Base Station Functionality in a User Equipment - In this invention, we disclose methods for enabling ad hoc cellular base station functionality within a user equipment when the connection quality between a base station and the user equipment is limited or nonexistent. These methods include measuring a connection quality between a user equipment and its serving base station. If the connection quality is below a threshold, the user equipment can enable its internal ad hoc cellular base station functionality. This is done by running a software within the user equipment that (a) checks the connection quality periodically, and (b) enables ad hoc cellular base station functionality of the connection threshold dips below a certain value. In one embodiment, that threshold could be the same threshold value that a user equipment would use if it were making a decision to handoff to another base station based on poor connection quality. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279405 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTABLISHING RRC CONNECTION FOR SCPTM RECEPTION - Provided are: a method by which a terminal, which is interested in a single-cell point-to-multipoint (SCPTM) transmission, establishes an RRC connection in a wireless communication system; and a device for supporting the same. A list of available SCPTM services is received from a serving cell, it is determined whether the SCPTM service of interest from among the received list of the available SCPTM services is a first-type SCPTM service or a second-type SCPTM service, the RRC connection with a network is established when the determined SCPTM service of interest is the second-type SCPTM service, and the second-type SCPTM service can be received through the established RRC connection. The first-type SCPTM service is a service for which RRC connection establishment is not required for the SCPTM service, and the second-type SCPTM service is a service for which RRC connection establishment is required for the SCPTM service. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279406 | RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL (RRC) ENTITY SELECTION FOR RRC MESSAGES - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for radio resource control (RRC) entity selection for RRC messages using communications systems operating according to new radio (NR) technologies. Certain aspects provide a method for wireless communication. The method generally includes selecting an RRC entity from a plurality of RRC entities for communicating a RRC message, wherein the plurality RRC entities cooperate to manage radio resources of the UE. The method also includes selecting a link associated with the RRC entity for communicating the RRC message, and transmitting an uplink signaling transmission using the link to the RRC entity. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279407 | RRC CONNECTION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of communications technologies, and provide an RRC connection management method and apparatus, and a device. The method includes: sending, by UE when in an RRC idle mode, an uplink data request to an access network node by using a shared data sending resource, where the uplink data request includes uplink data and request information that is used for requesting to enter an RRC connected mode; and receiving, by the UE, an access network dedicated identifier of the UE from the access network node, where the access network dedicated identifier of the UE is determined by the access network node according to the request information, and the UE is in the RRC connected mode within a validity period of the access network dedicated identifier of the UE. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279408 | DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION (DRX) IN A DEVICE READY STATE - Technology for a mobile station (MS) configured for cellular Internet of Things (CIoT) is disclosed. The MS can receive a ready state discontinuous reception (RS-DRX) configuration message from a base station, wherein the RS-DRX configuration message includes one or more RS-DRX parameters. The MS can initiate RS-DRX based on the one or more RS-DRX parameters included in the RS-DRX configuration message. The RS-DRX can enable the MS to be in a packet idle state of a ready state in between data communications by the MS with the base station. The MS can be configured to periodically switch from a defined sleep duration to a defined ON duration during the packet idle state of the ready state and check for downlink or uplink packet arrivals. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279409 | RESTRICTING BEARERS IN A CONNECTION - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for restricting bearers in a connection. An exemplary method generally includes configuring one or more radio bearers for communicating with the network, determining that data associated with at least one radio bearer of the one or more radio bearers needs to be transmitted, selectively activating the at least one radio bearer based on the determination that the data associated with the at least one radio bearer needs to be transmitted, transmitting the data over the at least one activated radio bearer. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279410 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ESTABLISH GROUPCAST WITH RETRIES SERVICE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS OVER BRIDGED LINKS - A disclosed example method to setup a Groupcast with Retries service for use with wireless communications involves sending an association response from an access point to a wireless station, the association response being responsive to a General Link capability of the wireless station received in an association request at the access point from the wireless station; and operating the access point to concurrently establish a General Link and the Groupcast with Retries service between the access point and the wireless station based on the association request indicating that the wireless station supports the Groupcast with Retries service. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279411 | METHOD FOR RELEASING CONTEXT OF USER EQUIPMENT IN NON-3GPP ACCESS NETWORK AND NETWORK ENTITY PERFORMING THE SAME - A method for releasing a context of a user equipment in a non-3GPP access network and a network entity performing the same are disclosed. In a case in which the UE is a unreachable state, a non-3GPP interworking function (N3IWF) may a UE context release request message to an access and mobility management function (AMF), and may perform protocol data unit (PDU) session user plane de-activation between the AMF, a session management function (SMF), and a user plane function (UPF). In addition, the AMF may transmit a UE context release command message to the N3IWF, and the N3IWF may transmit a UE context release complete message to the AMF. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279412 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a communication apparatus that can perform first communication in a network during a first period of a predetermined length having a predetermined cycle, and, in the network, can set a second period different from the first period based on the first communication and perform second communication during the second period while continuing the first communication. In a case where the second communication is to be ended, the communication apparatus notifies the partner apparatus of the second communication that the second communication is to be ended, and performs control so as to end the second communication with the partner apparatus according to transmission of the notification. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279413 | BIPOLAR TRIAC SHORT DETECTION AND SAFETY CIRCUIT - A safety circuit to disrupt power to a heating element of an appliance to be powered through a solid state switch (Tri-ac, Q | 2018-09-27 |
20180279414 | INFRARED HEATER - An infrared heater having at least three infrared emitters arranged in a housing, wherein a solution is created for suffusing as large a solid angle as possible with infrared radiation, wherein the majority of the infrared radiation is emitted in the direction of the space to be heated, and a costly water cooling of the housing can thereby be avoided. This is achieved in that the housing ( | 2018-09-27 |
20180279415 | VACUUM PUMP AND PUMP-INTEGRATED POWER SOURCE DEVICE - A vacuum pump comprises: a pump device including a pump motor, an exhaust function section configured to exhaust sucked gas, and at least two direct current heaters; and a pump-integrated power source device including a pump control section, a pump power source configured to supply power to the pump control section, a direct current heater control section configured to control the two direct current heaters, and a direct current heater power source configured to supply power to the direct current heater control section. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279416 | FABRIC HEATING ELEMENT - A fabric heating element including an electrically conductive, non-woven fiber layer having a plurality of conductive fibers collectively having an average length of less than 12 mm. The fabric heating element also including at least two conductive strips electrically connected to the fiber layer over a predetermined length, positioned adjacent opposite ends of the fiber layer, and configured to be electrically connected to a power source. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279417 | ELECTRICAL HEATING DEVICE - Electrical heating device with a tube-shaped metal sleeve, with an insulating body that is arranged in the interior of the tube-shaped metal sleeve and is passed through by at least one tunnel-like opening, with an electrical heating element, that runs with at least one section in the tunnel-like opening and with a connecting wire for the direct or indirect electrical contacting and supply of the electrical heating element that also runs with at least one section in the tunnel-like opening, wherein the sections of the electrical heating element and of the connecting wire running in the tunnel-like opening overlap each other in a contact area (K) at least in some sections, wherein the contact area (K) is in an unheated section (u) of the electrical heating device. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279418 | High Voltage Skin Effect Heater Cable with Ribbed Semiconductive Jacket - A heater cable for use in a heat tube. The heater cable includes a core conductor, an electrical insulation layer surrounding the core conductor, and an outer semiconductive layer surrounding the electrical insulation layer. The outer semiconductive layer is exposed so that, when installed in the heat tube, the outer semiconductive layer is in physical and electrical contact with an inner diameter of the heat tube. The outer semiconductive layer, or jacket, has ribs or similar spacing structures that contact the inner surface of the heat tube and space the components of the heater cable away from the inner surface of the heat tube and toward the center of the heat tube to reduce or eliminate the incidence of partial discharge. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279419 | VEHICLE GLASS WINDOW WITH ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SOLDERED BY LEAD-FREE SOLDER - A vehicle window glass comprises a glass substrate layer, an electrically conductive layer forming a conductive pattern over the glass substrate, a lead-free solder layer on the conductive layer and a metal plate element of an electrical connector on the solder layer. Optionally a coloured ceramic band layer is sintered between the glass substrate layer and the conductive layer. The thickness of the metal plate element is between 0.5 mm and 0.7 mm. | 2018-09-27 |
20180279420 | INDUCTION HEATING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method for managing an induction heating system is disclosed. The induction heating system comprises an electrically conducting load and an inverter circuit comprising a switching section and a resonant section. The switching section comprises switching devices adapted to generate an AC current from an AC input voltage comprising a plurality of half-waves. The resonant section comprises an induction heating coil adapted to receive the AC current for generating a corresponding time-varying magnetic field in order to generate heat in the electrically conducting load by inductive coupling. The AC current oscillates at an actuation frequency of the switching devices and has an envelope comprising a plurality of half-waves corresponding to the half-waves of the AC input voltage. The amount of heat generated in the load depends on the frequency of the AC current. The method comprises varying, within a same half-wave of the envelope, the actuation frequency according to a plurality of actuation frequency values; determining a safe actuation frequency range; setting the actuation frequency based on said determined safe actuation frequency range. Said determining a safe actuation frequency range comprises calculating at least one between:—the closeness of each actuation frequency value to a resonance frequency of the resonant section,—the closeness of each actuation frequency value to a current limit frequency corresponding to the maximum sustainable current by the switching devices. | 2018-09-27 |