45th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 68 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200351663 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING A PHYSICAL LAYER RELAY ATTACK - There is provided a method and a system for authorizing a user device to send a request to a vehicle in order to prevent a physical layer relay attack. The system comprises a vehicle comprising an acoustic transducer and an RF transceiver and a user device comprising an acoustic transducer and an RF transceiver. The method relates to a signaling scheme using a combination of acoustic and RF signals for preventing a successful physical layer relay attack. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351664 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING BUILDING-WIDE WIRELESS NETWORK INTRUSION DETECTION VIA CONNECTED LUMINAIRES | 2020-11-05 |
20200351665 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RELAY ATTACK PREVENTION INCORPORATING MOTION - A method and system for detecting if a relay is present in a PEPS system for a vehicle is provided by (a) determining whether movement of an authentication device was detected within a predefined time period after the authentication device enters a PEPS entry operational region; and (b) determining if the authentication device was stationary for a predetermined time period during a PEPS entry triggering event. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351666 | CELL RESOURCE ALLOCATION - A device may generate a hypergraph for a plurality of cells included in a communications network. The device may identify one or more parameters for allocating operating transmission frequencies to the plurality of cells. The plurality of cells may correspond to vertices of the hypergraph, and one or more cumulative transmission interference regions, associated with the plurality of cells, may correspond to hyperedges of the hypergraph. The device may generate a constraint model based on the hypergraph and the one or more parameters. The device may determine, using a quantum solver, one or more minimum energy states of the constraint model. The one or more minimum energy states may correspond to respective operating transmission frequency allocation configurations for the plurality of cells. The device may assign, based on a minimum energy state of the one or more minimum energy states, operating transmission frequencies to the plurality of cells. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351667 | Coordination of Uplink Radio Transmissions on Unlicensed Carriers - A radio device ( | 2020-11-05 |
20200351668 | Enhancements of Frequency Domain Resource Allocation Schemes for Physical Uplink Shared channel in NR-Unlicensed - Apparatuses, systems, and methods for providing frequency domain resource allocation schemes for use in unlicensed spectrum. A wireless device may determine a frequency domain resource allocation scheme for use for uplink communication in unlicensed spectrum. The wireless device may receive information indicating a frequency domain resource allocation for an uplink communication in unlicensed spectrum in accordance with the frequency domain resource allocation scheme. The wireless device may perform the uplink communication using the indicated frequency domain resource allocation. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351669 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - The present disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus, a wireless communication method and a computer-readable medium. According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus for wireless communication comprises: a processing circuit configured to: determine whether a first user equipment satisfies a condition for performing direct link communication with a second user equipment by using an unlicensed frequency band resource; and if the condition is satisfied, control the first user equipment to perform direct link communication with the second user equipment by using the unlicensed frequency band resource. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351670 | DARK FIBER DESIGN TOOL FOR HARDWARE, CIRCUITS, AND PATHS - A dark fiber design tool for hardware, circuits, and paths is provided. A method can include generating, by a device comprising a processor, a data record comprising properties of a group of hardware elements associated with a wireless communication network; establishing, by the device, a set of rules that define permissible interactions between respective hardware elements of the group of hardware elements based on the data record; building, by the device, a circuit plan associated with the wireless communication network, the circuit plan comprising optical connections between the respective hardware elements of the group of hardware elements as determined based on the data record and the set of rules; and associating, by the device, respective optical wavelength paths with respective ones of the optical connections of the circuit plan further based on the set of rules. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351671 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING BEST LOCATION FOR 5G IN-RESIDENCE ROUTER LOCATION - Disclosed are devices and methods for displaying optimal locations for telecommunications equipment. In one embodiment, a method comprises simultaneously recording video footage and wireless signal strengths of a respective room in a plurality of rooms; storing the video footage and wireless signal strengths in a database; accessing the database and analyzing whether the video footage and wireless signal strengths include useful information; displaying one or more locations for telecommunications equipment on a floor plan of the respective room if the video footage and wireless signal strengths include useful information; and transmitting the video footage and wireless signal strengths to a technician if the video footage and wireless signal strengths do not include useful information. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351672 | EFFICIENT BEAM SEARCHING - A method for generating a probability map for a cell served by a network node is provided. The method includes generating a first probability map (P | 2020-11-05 |
20200351673 | PANEL SPECIFIC UPLINK TRANSMISSION - To schedule panel specific uplink transmissions, the UE may assist in the scheduling of the panel specific uplink transmission by improving the manner in which the specific panel is indicated for uplink transmission. The apparatus receives, from a base station, an indication of a UE panel for an uplink transmission. The apparatus determines a Tx panel at the UE based on the indication of the UE panel. The apparatus transmits, to the base station, the uplink transmission using the Tx beam associated with the Tx panel. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351674 | TECHNIQUES FOR UPDATING REFERENCE SIGNALS - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The described techniques provide for dynamic updates to beam failure detection (BFD) reference signals (RSs) and path loss RS using medium access control-control element (MAC-CE) or downlink control information (DCI). For example, the quasi co-location (QCL) of periodic CSI-RS may be dynamically updated by the MAC-CE or DCI when the periodic CSI-RS is for BFD RS. Also, a semi-persistent CSI-RS or aperiodic CSI-RS may act as a BFD RS. An enhanced update procedure may be used to update the path loss RS dynamically using MAC-CE or DCI. In some cases, the path loss RS parameters updated via MAC-CE or DCI may overwrite the previously RRC configured path loss RS parameters. In another example, if the path loss RS is not configured, then the path loss RS by default may be the spatial relation reference signal of the corresponding uplink beam. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351675 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING REFERENCE SIGNAL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR - An electronic device may receive discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle information from a first cell, may receive synchronization signal block measurement timing information including synchronization signal block measurement window information and synchronization signal block measurement period information, and may receive at least part of a first synchronization signal block from the first cell and at least part of a second synchronization signal block from a second cell neighboring the first cell, at a period indicated by the DRX cycle information based on the synchronization signal block measurement timing information., When reception timing of the first synchronization signal block and reception timing of the second synchronization signal block is less than a specified time duration, the device may receive the at least part of the first synchronization signal block in a first measurement window, and may receive the at least part of the second synchronization signal block within a second measurement window. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351676 | CONCENTRIC CELLS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Aspects described herein relate to a base station for providing air-to-ground wireless communication over various altitudes. The base station includes a first antenna array comprising one or more antennas configured to form a first cell coverage area extending substantially from a horizon up to a first elevation angle away from the first antenna array to a predetermined distance from the first antenna array. The base station further includes a second antenna array configured at an uptilt elevation angle to form a second cell coverage area extending at least from the first elevation angle to a second elevation away from the second antenna array, wherein the first cell coverage area and the second cell coverage area are concentric to define the ATG cell at least to the predetermined distance and up to a predetermined elevation. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351677 | METHOD OF SPATIAL SHARING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A method for performing spatial sharing between an existing SP and a candidate SP includes transmitting a first measurement request to an STA involved in the candidate SP carrying measurement configuration information for measurement over primary tier 1 channel of a tier 2 channel. The measurement configuration information includes the method that is to be used for the requested measurement, the measurement start time, the measurement duration, the number of time blocks within the measurement duration, the number of concurrent measurements to be performed using plural RX antenna configurations, and the method for reporting results of plural concurrent measurements, wherein the duration of each time block is the same. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351678 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING ANTENNA AZIMUTH CORRECTION BASED ON USER DATA - Disclosed is a method for implementing antenna azimuth correction based on user data. Five prediction algorithms are combined to avoid some defects of an individual algorithm. By means of a method for applying a plurality of prediction model weights, a plurality of algorithms is organically combined, a high weight is applied to an algorithm having a good prediction effect, and a low weight is applied to an relatively bad algorithm, such that not only the accuracy of data prediction but also the stability of data prediction for different regions are ensured. By drawing a grid-level user data RSRP heat map for analyzed data to obtain sampling point information around a cell and a predicted azimuth, the present invention can find out, by means of deeper analysis, problems in engineering parameters, such as a longitude/latitude error, an azimuth error, and a reversely connected cell. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351679 | CHANNEL SENSING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A channel sensing method and a communication device are provided. The method is applied to a communication device operating in an unlicensed band. The method includes: determining an energy detection threshold in a spatial-domain transmission direction according to an antenna gain in the spatial-domain transmission direction; wherein the antenna gain includes at least one of an antenna transmission gain and an antenna reception gain. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351680 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA UNITS WHEN RADIO LINK PROBLEM OCCURS BY RELAY NODE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method for transmitting data units by a relay node configured with a first radio link control (RLC) entity and a second RLC entity in a wireless communication system is disclosed. Especially, the first RLC entity is active and the second RLC entity is inactive. The method comprises transmitting data units on the first radio link using a first RLC entity to a first node; activating the second RLC entity when a radio link problem occurs on the first radio link; and transmitting at least one data unit of the data units on the second radio link using the second RLC entity to a second node, wherein the at least one data unit is a data unit which is not successfully transmitted on the first radio link before the radio link problem occurs on the first radio link. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351681 | PDCCH Monitoring Span Enhancement In Mobile Communications - An apparatus, implemented in a user equipment (UE), transmits a report of a per-span based capability of the UE to a network node of a wireless network. The apparatus also performs physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring using a configuration that satisfies a requirement for a gap separation with respect to spans for at least one candidate value set in the report in every slot including cross-slot boundaries. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351682 | Radio Link Monitoring in New Radio - A wireless device receives one or more messages comprising one or more configuration parameters. The one or more configuration parameters indicate: a plurality of control resource sets (coresets); a first group of search space sets for monitoring the plurality of coresets in a first mode; and a second group of search space sets for monitoring the plurality of coresets in a second mode. Reference signals for radio link monitoring are selected based on the first group of search space sets. The reference signals for the radio link monitoring are measured for both in the first mode and the second mode. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351683 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUALIFYING SERVICE IN MULTI-SPECTRUM ACCESS NETWORK - A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a fixed wireless qualification service is provided. A network device uses test service information pertaining to a radio band and a candidate location from an end device as a basis to qualify prospective fixed wireless service, which is provisioned via a different radio band, at the candidate location. The network device further may calculate expected downlink and uplink values for the prospective fixed wireless service based on differences between the radio bands in terms of bandwidth, utilization factors, path losses, and device loses. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351684 | RADIO TERMINAL, RADIO STATION, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHODS IMPLEMENTED THEREIN - A radio terminal ( | 2020-11-05 |
20200351685 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE MOBILE DEVICE APPLICATION USAGE IN VEHICLES INCLUDING MEDIA APPLICATIONS - An example method for classifying a service set identifier (SSID) as a vehicle SSID includes determining, by executing an instruction with a processor, that a first SSID detected by a mobile device satisfies a detection threshold, determining, by executing an instruction with the processor, that a counter of non-vehicle SSIDs different from the first SSID satisfies a quantity threshold, the counter to increment when an SSID of the non-vehicle SSIDs satisfies a time threshold, and the non-vehicle SSIDs detected while detecting the first SSID, and classifying, based on the first SSID satisfying the detection threshold and the counter of non-vehicle SSIDs satisfying the quantity threshold, the first SSID as the vehicle SSID. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351686 | DETECTING NETWORK DEVICES WITHOUT JOINING A NETWORK - A tool listening device including a transceiver is configured to listen on a radio channel selected from a discovery channel hopping sequence. The tool listening device is configured to identify a preamble, indicating a start of a packet. The tool listening device continues to listen until a packet header is received. The tool listener extracts, from the packet header, a source address, a destination address and a frame type. The tool listening device adds the source address, the destination address, and the frame type to a data structure, and transmits the data structure to an external device, where the data may be visualized. The tool listening device is further configured to select another radio channel from the discovery channel hopping sequence. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351687 | Notification Signal Error Diagnosis And Repair - Apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided that enable automatic diagnosis and repair of notification signal disruptions associated with a mobile device and a mobile application stored thereon. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351688 | Methods for Quality- Aware Reporting of RSSI-Based Measurements to Avoid RSSI Window Split - According to an aspect, a network node serving a wireless device obtains a quality requirement for a wireless device measurement that is based on RSSI measurement samples and determines configuration parameters for the wireless device based on the quality requirement. The network node sends the determined configuration parameters to the wireless device. The wireless device obtains a set of the configuration parameters for RSSI measurements. The configuration parameters specify a length for RSSI measurement durations in which RSSI measurement samples are obtained and an RSSI measurement periodicity for the RSSI measurement durations. The wireless device adapts operation of the UE with respect to the measurement that is based on RSSI measurement samples, based on a quality requirement for the measurement that is based on RSSI measurement samples. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351689 | NON-CONNECTION STATE MEASUREMENT METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, AND BASE STATION - A non-connection state measurement method, UE, and a base station are provided. The measurement method according to this disclosure includes: acquiring measurement configuration information, where the measurement configuration information includes one or more frequencies; starting, by the UE in a non-connection state, to perform measurements in the one or more frequencies according to the measurement configuration information; and reporting, by the UE after the UE enters a connected state from the non-connection state, a measurement result obtained from the measurements. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351690 | USER EQUIPMENT MEASUREMENT FOR CROSS-LINK INTERFERENCE - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive from a base station a measurement configuration signal comprising a measurement resource configuration associated with a cross-link interference signal strength measurement. The UE may perform the cross-link interference signal strength measurement for one or more UEs associated with one or more intra-frequency neighboring cells according to the measurement resource configuration, wherein the cross-link interference signal strength measurement is performed during an intra-frequency measurement gap. The UE may transmit a report of the cross-link interference signal strength measurement to the base station. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351691 | Measurement Gap Configuration in Dual Connectivity Enhancement - In embodiments, a UE may measure system frame number (SFN)/subframe timing differences between a master eNB (MeNB) and secondary eNB (SeNB) for dual connectivity (DC). When network-based reporting on the SFN/subframe timing offset is used, no new radio access network (RAN) signaling may be needed. However, in the case of multi-vendor deployments, no network coordination via different Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) for DC may occur. In this case, the network may not be able to obtain SFN/subframe timing offset information. To address this issue, various embodiments disclosed herein include UE-based reporting on SFN/subframe offset between an MeNB and an SeNB. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351692 | Controlling Measurement Rates in Wireless Sensing Systems - In a general aspect, motion is detected using wireless signals. In an example, in response to a first series of sampling instructions asserted at a first sampling rate in a wireless sensing system, a first series of requests is sent for a wireless communication device to transmit a first series of wireless signals. The first series of wireless signals is received and motion detection output data is obtained based on the first series of wireless signals. A rate at which sampling instructions are asserted is changed from the first sampling rate to a second, different sampling rate based on the motion detection output data. In response to a second series of sampling instructions asserted at the second sampling rate in the wireless sensing system, a second series of requests is sent for the wireless communication device to transmit a second series of wireless signals. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351693 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASUREMENT PROCESSING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to measurement processing in wireless communications. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a first network node in a wireless communication system comprises: transmitting, to a second network node involving a dual connectivity (DC) with the first network node, a configuration for at least one measurement window; receiving, from the second network node, a result of a first measurement performed by the second network node during a measurement window among the at least one measurement window, and information for the measurement window; and combining the result of the first measurement and a result of a second measurement performed by the first network node during the measurement window identified by the information. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351694 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CONDITIONAL HANDOVER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of wireless communication is provided. The method includes a User Equipment (UE) receiving a Conditional Handover (CHO) command from a source base station (BS). The CHO command includes a CHO command identity (ID) and a measurement ID associated with the CHO command ID. The method further includes the UE executing the CHO command to handover the UE to a target BS when a trigger condition associated with the measurement ID is fulfilled. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351695 | UE Beam Management: A Combined Periodic and Event-based Report Approach for Traffic Overhead and UE Mobility Tradeoff - Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform a method including performing one or more of periodic beam quality measurements and/or event-based beam quality measurements, determining, based at least in part on one or more of the periodic beam quality measurements and/or the event-based beam quality measurements, a recommended beam quality measurement configuration, and transmitting, to a base station serving the UE, the recommended beam quality measurement configuration. In addition, the UE may perform receiving, from the base station, instructions regarding the beam quality measurement configuration. The instructions may include instructions to activate, deactivate, and/or modify at least one beam quality measurement configuration. In addition, the instructions may be based, at least in part, on the recommended beam quality measurement configuration. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351696 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR MINIMIZATION OF DRIVE TEST - A method for minimization of drive tests (MDT) measurement includes: determining an identifier of a target network environment to be measured corresponding to a target terminal device; sending MDT configuration information to the target terminal device, the MDT configuration information including the identifier of the target network environment; and receiving measurement information of the target network environment from the target terminal device, the measurement information of the target network environment being associated with mobile network signal information of the target terminal device. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351697 | PHYSICAL LAYER PROCEDURES FOR USER EQUIPMENT IN POWER SAVING MODE - A user equipment can send a notification to a network node indicating that the user equipment is entering a battery saving mode of operation. Reduced physical layer procedures can be implemented based on reduced capabilities indicated by the user equipment. Reduced physical layer procedures can also be implemented based on the network node's reconfiguration of parameters to facilitate the activation of the reduced physical layer procedures. The user equipment can also send to the network node recommendations of reduced physical layer procedures. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351698 | Detecting Communication Network Insights of Alerts - In one embodiment, a computing system receives a request for a quality of experience report associated with a plurality of geographic areas connected by a communication network. The system accesses a plurality of quality of experience metrics from the plurality of geographic areas. The system identifies one or more of the plurality of geographic areas that have low quality of experiences based on their respective quality of experience metrics and a set of criteria which includes one or more thresholds corresponding to the quality of experience metrics. The system determines for each identified geographic area, a severity of the low quality of experiences. The severity is based on a connection demand metric associated with each geographic area. The system sends instructions for presenting the quality of experience report which indicates the severity of the low quality of experiences for each identified geographic area. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351699 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REQUESTING SIDELINK RADIO BEARER (SLRB) CONFIGURATION OF UNICAST TRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a first UE (User Equipment) to request SLRB (Sidelink Radio Bearer) configuration for a unicast link with a second UE. In one embodiment, the method includes the first UE receiving a first message from the second UE, wherein the first message includes a first SLRB configuration for the unicast link. The method further includes the first UE transmitting a second message to a network node to request a second SLRB configuration for the unicast link when the first message is received or a successful transmission of a complete message associated with the first message to the second UE is confirmed. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351700 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM - This application provides a communication method, an apparatus, and a system, to improve communication efficiency. One method includes: sending, by an access network node to a terminal device, indication information indicating to transmit a quality of service (QoS) flow by using a bearer, wherein a protocol stack corresponding to the bearer supports transmission of the QoS flow through a first path, wherein the first path passes through one of (1) a service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layer of a master node and a protocol layer below an SDAP layer of a secondary node, or (2) an SDAP layer of the secondary node and a protocol layer below an SDAP layer of the master node; and transmitting, by the access network node, the QoS flow by using the first bearer. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351701 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An apparatus and method are provided for sending a first data packet comprising: a data flow identifier indicating a data flow which the first data packet belongs to; and a data flow sequence number indicating a position of the first data packet in a sequence of the data flow. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351702 | Device Requested Protocol Data Unit Session Modification in the 5G System - Systems and methods of segregating a SDF of a PDU session are described. The UE transmits a NAS message to the network. The NAS message indicates the SDF, the desired QoS, and a segregation indication that requests that the network establish a separate QoS flow for the SDF even if an existing QoS flow is able to support the specific QoS. The SF decides whether or not to establish the separate QoS flow and updates filters in the UPF as well as providing a response to the UE containing a similar indication. The UE modifies resources related to the PDU session based on the response. The QoS is indicated as a 5QI and GBR or as a QFI of an existing QoS Flow on which the SDF is to be added if the separate QoS is not established. The QFI is in an unencrypted SDAP header of the NAS message. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351703 | INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS - This application provides an information transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: determining, by a control device, a first transmission channel in at least one transmission channel configured between a first network device and a second network device, where the first transmission channel is used to transmit a packet that belongs to at least one packet flow, a packet sending frequency currently supported by the first transmission channel is greater than or equal to a sum of packet sending frequencies of the at least one packet flow, and transmission performance of the first transmission channel meets transmission performance of the at least one packet flow; and sending, by the control device, first identification information to the first network device, where the first identification information is used to identify the first transmission channel. Therefore, this helps to meet a requirement for transmission performance of a packet in a mobile network. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351704 | BUFFER STATUS REPORT FOR SIDELINK RESOURCE ALLOCATION - Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for NR sidelink (SL) buffer status reporting are provided. One method may include configuring, to one or more UE(s), at least one SL BSR format to include different information to be reported for requesting SL resource allocation. For example, the different information may include one or more of buffer size, the amount of resources, the desired MCS, the CSI, etc. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351705 | Sidelink Congestion Control - Wireless communications are described for sidelink congestion control. Sidelink congestion control may be performed based on a processing capability of a wireless device and/or sidelink subcarrier spacing. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351706 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, TRAFFIC CONTROL METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CONTROL APPARATUS - A determination unit of a communication apparatus determines whether or not there has been a change of trend in the communication volume. This determination is performed based on a communication volume per session of a plurality of non-management access destination sessions in a first unit period, and a transition trend of a communication volume per session of a plurality of non-management access destination sessions in a first period. A specifying unit specifies, when it is determined that there has been a change of trend in the communication volume, an access destination that is newly set as a traffic control target access destination among a plurality of non-management access destinations that correspond to the plurality of respective non-management access destination sessions. This specification is performed based on increase rates of the communication volumes for the respective non-management access destination sessions in the first unit period and a second period. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351707 | RADIO LINK MONITORING IN SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONS - A method of radio link monitoring (RLM) can include performing a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) transmission over a radio link between a Tx UE and a Rx UE in sidelink communications, receiving a HARQ feedback status corresponding to the PSSCH transmission from a physical layer, incrementing a count of a number of consecutive HARQ failure indications (e.g., represented by HARQ DTX) received for PSSCH transmissions over the radio link between the Tx UE and the Rx UE by 1 when the received HARQ feedback status is a HARQ failure indication, declaring a radio link failure (RLF) for the radio link between the Tx UE and the Rx UE when the count of the number of consecutive HARQ failure indications reaches a threshold, and resetting the count of the number of consecutive HARQ failure indications to 0 when the received HARQ feedback status is not a HARQ failure indication. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351708 | USER PLANE REPLICATOR - A replicator device may capture and evaluate data traffic before it affects the core network or before it is delivered to the end device. After capturing the data traffic, the replicator may replicate the effect of the data traffic on mobile devices or other devices and take an appropriate corrective action. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351709 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING DATA IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An apparatus and a method for transmitting and/or receiving data in an electronic device are provided. According to an embodiment, an electronic device includes a communication interface and a processor. When the electronic device outputs content, the processor can transmit the content to an external electronic device using the communication interface, detect a state of the electronic device in relation to the output, select substitute content for the content at least based on the detection, determine a schedule corresponding to the substitute content, and transmit the substitute content to the external electronic device based on the schedule. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351710 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM, MOBILE DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A data processing method includes, in response to detecting that a target data packet needs to be sent, obtaining subscription information configured for the target data packet, determining one or more user identifications (IDs) recorded in the subscription information according to the subscription information, and pushing the target data packet according to the one or more user IDs. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351711 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCELERATING DATA PROCESSING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5 | 2020-11-05 |
20200351712 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of processing data in a wireless communication system, the method being performed by a transmitting packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entity, includes: receiving data from an upper layer; perform compression on the received data based on uplink data compression (UDC) configuration information; perform ciphering on the compressed data; and adding a UDC header and a PDCP header to the ciphered data and transmitting the resulting data to a lower layer. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351713 | SWITCHING BETWEEN PACKET DUPLICATION OPERATING MODES - For switching between packet duplication operating modes, methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed. One apparatus includes a processor and a transceiver that communicates with a mobile communication network via a radio bearer. The processor determines whether PDCP packet duplication associated with the PDCP protocol entity is to be activated and, if so, communicates with a mobile communication network according to a packet duplication mode of operation. Otherwise, the processor determines whether a split threshold value of the PDCP protocol entity is set to a predefined value, communicates with the mobile communication network according to a first split bearer mode of operation in response to determining that the split threshold value is set to the predefined value, and communicates with the mobile communication network according to a second split bearer mode of operation in response to determining that the split threshold value is not set to the predefined value. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351714 | Communication Method for Deterministic Transmission and Related Apparatus - A method includes: determining, by a terminal device, first indication information, where the first indication information indicates whether the terminal device has a capability of controlling a packet sending frequency; sending, by the terminal device, the first indication information to a control network element; receiving, by the control network element, the first indication information from the terminal device; when the first indication information indicates that the terminal device does not have the capability of controlling the packet sending frequency, sending, by the control network element, a packet sending frequency of a flow to an access network device; receiving, by the access network device, the packet sending frequency of the flow from the control network element; and sending, by the access network device, a packet of the flow based on the packet sending frequency of the flow. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351715 | Message Cache Management in a Mesh Network - A method of operating a node device in a network of communicatively interconnected node devices wherein a node device is arranged to transmit a message once in said network, the node device comprising a host part and a controller part. The host part is arranged for maintaining a list identifying messages received at the node device and the controller part is arranged for storing messages to be transmitted by the node device in a cache buffer. The method comprises the steps of removing, by the controller part, a message from the cache buffer, forwarding, by the controller part, to the host part, upon removal of the message, an update message identifying the removed message, and updating, by the host part, based on the update message, the list of messages. A corresponding node device arranged for performing a method according to the present disclosure and a computer program product are also presented herein. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351716 | NETWORK PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT METHOD AND DEVICE - A network performance improvement method and an apparatus for user equipment. In the network performance improvement method, user equipment establishes a first PDN connection and transmits data of a first application program through the first PDN connection. Then, the user equipment starts a second application program and determines whether a current network status satisfies a quality of service requirement of the second application program. When determining that the current network status does not satisfy the quality of service requirement of the second application program, the user equipment starts to establish a second PDN connection, and transmits, after the second PDN connection is successfully established, at least a part of application data of the second application program through the second PDN connection. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351717 | EMPLOYING SELF ORGANIZING NETWORK (SON) TECHNIQUES TO MANAGE DATA OVER CABLE SERVICE INTERFACE SPECIFICATION (DOCSIS) BACKHAUL FOR SMALL CELLS - A Centralized Self Organizing Network (C-SON) automation platform for managing a backhaul infrastructure in a telecommunication network. The C-SON automation platform monitors one or more backhaul utilization performance indicators corresponding to a backhaul infrastructure, which infrastructure transports data between one or more User Equipment (UE) connected to a small cell and a data network. The C-SON further receives subscriber data for at least one User Equipment (UE) and location data for the at least one UE from at least one Network Function (NF), and maps the at least one UE to a backhaul service flow and the small cell based on the subscriber data and the location data. The C-SON automation platform determines the backhaul utilization performance indicator exceeds a backhaul threshold limit for the backhaul service flow, and adjusts a bandwidth utilization of the backhaul infrastructure based on the backhaul utilization parameter exceeding the backhaul threshold limit. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351718 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALLOCATING NETWORK RESOURCES UTILIZING BEARER INFORMATION - A base station may obtain information associated with a bearer established for a communication session involving a user equipment. The bearer may be associated with a quality of service (QoS) flow of a network slice and the information may include a QoS flow identifier, a QoS configuration identifier associated with a QoS that is to be provided for communications associated with the QoS flow, and a network slice identifier. The base station may determine a scheduling weight for the bearer based on the QoS flow identifier, the QoS configuration identifier, and the network slice identifier. The base station may cause resources to be allocated to the bearer according to the scheduling weight. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351719 | ADAPTIVE CONTROL EXCLUSION CONFIGURATION - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a plurality of ratios of free resources in a historical time window using respective control exclusion parameters corresponding to the plurality of ratios of free resources. The UE may determine a particular control exclusion parameter based at least in part on a ratio of free resources, of the plurality of ratios of free resources, satisfying a threshold. The UE may select a resource for a future transmission based at least in part on the particular control exclusion parameter. The UE may reserve the selected resource. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351720 | REDIRECTION OR HANDOVER FOR MULTICAST BROADCAST MULTIMEDIA SERVICE - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a broadcast multicast service center (BMSC) device may receive, from a user equipment (UE) and via a first base station associated with a first radio access technology (RAT), a request for evolved multicast broadcast multimedia service (eMBMS) content. The BMSC device may transmit, to an access and mobility management function (AMF) device, a redirection request or a handover request, associated with the UE, from the first base station to a second base station associated with a second RAT. The BMSC device may transmit, to the UE and based at least in part on the UE being redirected or handed over to the second base station, the eMBMS content via the second base station. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351721 | HANDOVER METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM - A handover method and apparatus, and a computer storage medium are provided. The method comprises: a first access network element sending a first handover request message to a second access network element so as to trigger the handover of a terminal from a first access network to a second access network, and keeping a connection between the first access network and a first core network unchanged, wherein data of the terminal is forwarded by the second access network and is transmitted between the first access network and the first core network; and the first access network element sending a second handover request message to a first core network element to trigger the handover from the first core network to a second core network, wherein the data of the terminal is transmitted between the second access network and the second core network. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351722 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SECONDARY CELL CONFIGURATION - A method and device for secondary cell configuration are provided. The method includes: measurement configuration information is received, the measurement configuration information includes measurement frequency information and determination criterion information configured to determine correspondences between nodes and cells; at least one measured cell is obtained through measurement according to the measurement frequency information; a respective cell set corresponding to each node and a measurement result of each cell are determined based on an identifier of the at least one measured cell and the determination criterion information; and the respective cell set corresponding to each node and the measurement result of each cell are reported, the respective cell set corresponding to each node and the measurement result of each cell are used by an MN to configure an MCG for the UE, and to determine an SCG of an SN and configure the SCG of the SN for the UE. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351723 | METHOD FOR MANAGING UE CONTEXT AND DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAME - Provided are a method of managing UE context and a device supporting the method. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for managing UE context in a wireless communication system includes: receiving a UE context request message including a radio resource control (RRC) establishment cause from a second BS, wherein the first BS and the second BS are located in a same radio access network (RAN)-based notification area (RNA); and when the RRC establishment cause is related to RNA update, transmitting a UE context response message to the second BS, wherein the UE context response message piggybacks a RRC message requesting a UE to move to a RRC inactive state. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351724 | EFFICIENT COMPUTING OF APPLICATION DATA IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - There is provided a solution for balancing application content processing in a mobile communication network. According to an aspect, a method comprises: determining to handover content processing of application data of a terminal device from a first network element to a second network element, wherein one of the first network element and the second network element is configured to perform multi-access edge computing and the other one of the first network element and the second network element is an application server in a core network or beyond the core network from a perspective of the multi-access edge computing; and transmitting at least one handover message to handover the content processing of the application data from the first network element to the second network element. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351725 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING HANDOVER PROCEDURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system includes: receiving, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message including configuration information for conditional handover; identifying a cell for conditional handover based on the configuration information for conditional handover; and triggering a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) status report for a radio bearer, according to an execution of a conditional handover for the identified cell for conditional handover. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351726 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR END DEVICE MANAGEMENT OF VOICE OVER NEW RADIO AND NON-VOICE OVER NEW RADIO IN MULTI-RAT ENVIRONMENT - A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which an multi-RAT voice management service is provided. The service includes transmitting data to a wireless station that indicates an end device capability for a voice service of a radio access technology of the wireless station. The data may be included in radio access technology frequency selection priority data. When a voice call is initiated, the wireless station may determine whether to invoke an inter-radio access technology fallback procedure based on the received data. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351727 | CELL RESELECTION CONTROL METHOD, BASE STATION, AND RADIO TERMINAL - A cell reselection control method comprises transmitting from a base station configured to manage a cell belonging to a first frequency, to a radio terminal selecting the cell as a serving cell while being in an idle mode, an intra-frequency redistribution parameter for redistributing the radio terminal to another cell belonging to the first frequency, and an inter-frequency redistribution parameter for redistributing the radio terminal to a second frequency different from the first frequency, receiving, by the radio terminal, the intra-frequency redistribution parameter and the inter-frequency redistribution parameter, and selecting, by the radio terminal, a redistribution target by using at least one of the intra-frequency redistribution parameter and the inter-frequency redistribution parameter, the redistribution target being a frequency or a cell provided with highest priority for cell reselection. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351728 | USER EQUIPMENT AND BASE STATION FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A user equipment (UE) and a base station (BS) for a mobile communication system are provided. The UE obtains a first timing advance (TA) value of a source BS, and receives a radio resource control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message for a handover from the source BS to a target BS. The UE calculates a receiving time difference between a receiving time of two synchronization signals respectively transmitted by the source BS and the target BS, and calculates a reference time difference according to first reference time information of the source BS and second reference time information of the target BS. The UE calculates a second TA value of the target BS based on the first TA value, the receiving time difference and the reference time difference. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351729 | WIRELESS RESOURCE CONFIGURATION FOR SIMULTANEOUS CONNECTIVITY - Wireless communications are described for wireless resource configuration. A wireless device may be configured for simultaneous connectivity with multiple base stations, such as a source base station and a target base station during a handover procedure. A wireless resource configuration may be determined that reduces the time period during which the wireless device may not be able to communicate with any base station. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351730 | Multiple Access Configuration Information - A wireless device receives from a second base station, a RRC message comprising access information, for a handover to a first cell of a first base station, indicating that a first timing advance of a first beam of the first cell is a timing advance of a first timing advance group of a secondary cell group and that a second timing advance of a second beam of the first cell is a timing advance of a second timing advance group of the secondary cell group. The wireless device selects, as a selected beam, one of the first beam and the second beam. The wireless device transmits transport blocks, via the selected beam of the first cell, using one of: the first timing advance in response to the selected beam being the first beam; and the second timing advance in response to the selected beam being the second beam. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351731 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING RADIO LINK FAILURE REPORTING IN NEXT-GENERATION MOBILE 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 performed by a terminal comprises detecting a radio link failure (RLF) and starting a first timer; entering an IDLE state in case that the terminal does not find a suitable cell connectable with the terminal before the first timer expires; and transmitting, to a cell in which the terminal is able to transit from the IDLE state to a connected-mode state, an RLF report message including information associated with the suitable cell. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351732 | CELL RELATIONS OPTIMIZATION - There are provided measures for cell relations optimization. Such measures exemplarily comprise maintaining a table including a plurality of entries, each of said plurality of entries being assigned to a respective one of a plurality of neighboring cells, and each of said plurality of entries comprises overlapping amount information in relation to a source cell and said respective one of said plurality of neighboring cells and overlapping location information in relation to said source cell and said respective one of said plurality of neighboring cells, and utilizing said table for assessment of a suitability of each of said plurality of said neighboring cells for an inter-cell capability. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351733 | CELL (RE-)SELECTION MECHANISMS WITH USING CELL QUALITY DETERMINATIONS - The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal for performing cell (re-)selection in a system with at least two suitable cells, each with a plurality of beams. The terminal is in a normal- or a high-mobility state. The terminal measures a signal quality of the beams of each of the suitable cells, determines the cell quality based on the respective measured signal qualities of the beams; and (re-)selects that cell based on a cell (re-)selection criterion using the determined cell qualities. The cell quality is determined for each one of the suitable cells as a sum of the measured signal quality of the beam, with the best signal quality, and a combined beam quality value for the other beams. The combined beam quality value is scaled with a scaling factor which changes depending on the mobility state such that the combined beam quality value is scaled-up in the high-mobility state and scaled-down in the normal-mobility state. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351734 | CONDITIONAL HANDOVER (CHO) DECONFIGURATION AND FAILURE HANDLING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for management of conditional handover (CHO) configurations. A source base station may configure a user equipment (UE) with one or more CHO configurations for multiple target base stations. The CHO configurations may provide, for each target base station, one or more associated conditions that may trigger the UE to initiate a handover to the particular target base station, or to deconfigure a CHO configuration, such as based on a measurement threshold of one or more target base station measurements, one or more source base station measurements, or combinations thereof. The CHO configurations may also include failure handling information for initiating one or more subsequent handovers responsive to a failure of an initial handover attempt. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351735 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING HANDOVER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The disclosure relates to a communication method and a system for converging a 5 | 2020-11-05 |
20200351736 | SERVER SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - This application provides a server switching method and apparatus, and a communications system. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal, a first notification message, where the first notification message includes an address of a second server; sending, by the terminal, to-be-sent service data to a first server and the second server based on the first notification message; receiving, by the terminal, downlink data from the first server; obtaining, by the terminal, data processing indication information; when obtaining the data processing indication information, sending, by the terminal, the to-be-sent service data to the second server; and receiving, by the terminal, downlink data from the second server. The server switching method and apparatus, and the communications system in the embodiments of this application can implement seamless switching, ensure service continuity, avoid service interruption caused when a terminal switches between servers, and help meet an end-to-end latency requirement. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351737 | DEVICE AND METHOD - [Object] To make it possible to select a cell that is more preferable for a terminal device in an environment in which beamforming is performed. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351738 | BANDWIDTH PART SWITCHING WITHIN DIFFERENT SWITCHING DELAYS - Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for performing a bandwidth part (BWP) switching process within different switching delays. For example, the apparatus can include receiving circuitry and processing circuitry. The receiving circuitry can receive from a BS a signaling indicating a change to a BWP configuration of the UE. The processing circuitry can perform a BWP configuration switching process based on the change to the BWP configuration to switch an active BWP configuration to a new BWP configuration, and monitor data transmission from the BS with the new BWP configuration either after a first predefined switching delay when the change to the BWP configuration includes at least one of a predefined set of BWP configuration parameters or after a second predefined switching delay when the change to the BWP configuration does not include any one of the predefined set of BWP configuration parameters. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351739 | HANDOFF MANAGEMENT IN A WIRELESS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - According to one configuration, a system includes user equipment in communication with a wireless base station. The user equipment receives a notification from a first wireless access point of multiple wireless access points. The notification indicates a set of candidate wireless access points in the wireless network environment in which to selectively perform a handoff from a first wireless access point. The user equipment monitors for occurrence of a trigger condition. In response to detecting a trigger condition, the user equipment identifies (such as selects) a second wireless access point (from the set of candidate wireless access points) in which to perform the handoff. Via communications from the user equipment to the second wireless access point, the user equipment initiates the handoff. The user equipment notifies the first wireless access point of the attempted and/or failed attempt of the handoff to the second wireless access point. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351740 | HANDOVER-BASED CONNECTION RESUME TECHNIQUE - A wireless communication technique includes sending, from a target wireless node to a source wireless node, a message to start a handover process, wherein the message includes an identification of a wireless device and an indication field, and transmitting, upon receiving a handover request during the handover process, a message to the wireless device to resume reconnection. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351741 | MACHINE-TO-MACHINE (M2M) TERMINAL, BASE STATION, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A Machine-to-machine (M2M) terminal ( | 2020-11-05 |
20200351742 | HANDOVER METHOD AND DEVICE AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM - A Handover (HO) method and device and a computer storage medium are disclosed. The method includes that: a first Radio Access Network (RAN) element determines to keep a connection between a first RAN and a first Core Network (CN) during the process of the handover of User Equipment (UE) from the first RAN to a second RAN according to first information or a received first message; and the first RAN element receives data of the UE forwarded by a second RAN element, and sends the data to a first CN element. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351743 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISTRIBUTING IDLE USER EQUIPMENT IN MULTI-CARRIER BASED MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and device for distributing idle UE by a carrier in eNB of a multi-carrier based mobile communication system. The method of distributing idle UE in a multi-carrier based mobile communication system according to the present invention includes a process of determining a search rate by a carrier on the basis of information representing load on the carrier, a step of determining a cell reselection priority on the idle UE on the basis of the determined search rate, and a process of transmitting the determined cell reselection priority to the idle UE. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351744 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXECUTING CONDITIONAL HANDOVER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Embodiments herein disclose a method for executing conditional handover by a UE in a wireless communication network. The method may include receiving an RRC reconfiguration message from a source cell of the wireless communication network. The RRC reconfiguration message may include a handover configuration and determining whether a CHO configuration may be provided in the handover configuration. Further, the method may include performing one of: continuing an RLM timer and an RLM procedure on the source cell, in response to determining that the CHO configuration is provided in the handover configuration; and stopping the RLM timer and suspending the radio link monitoring procedure on the source cell, in response to determining that the CHO configuration is not provided in the handover configuration. The method may then include executing the CHO from the source cell to a candidate target cell in the wireless communication network based on the CHO configuration. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351745 | RELOCATION OF MULTI-USER EDGE APPLICATIONS - A method of operating a source edge computing server ( | 2020-11-05 |
20200351746 | MITIGATING USER EQUIPMENT OVERHEATING FOR 5G OR OTHER NEXT GENERATION NETWORK - Wireless network operations can choose a long-term evolution (LTE) and 5G new radio (NR) dual connectivity deployment architecture using LTE as the anchor radio access network (RAN) node and adding mmWave NR as a secondary node when available. However, dual LTE/NR radios can consume more power and contribute more heat, thus degrading performance of radio frequency components. The overheating can be addressed by the user equipment (UE) sending an information message to indicate areas in which it requests to operate with reduced capability. Consequently, the network can determine whether to grant the request, or the UE can switch between NR to LTE depending on NR downlink channel quality. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351747 | INTER-DEVICE COMMUNICATION SESSION CONTINUITY FACILITATED BY A WIRELESS AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE - A device providing inter-device call continuity facilitated by a wireless audio output device may include a processor configured to initiate, over a peer-to-peer connection with a second device, a communication session between the second device and a third device. The processor may be further configured to establish, over the peer-to-peer connection with the second device, an audio link corresponding to the communication session. The processor may be further configured to determine, based at least in part on the audio link, that a connection quality of the peer-to-peer connection satisfies a connection degradation condition. The processor may be further configured to request, over a wide area network connection, for the communication session with the third device to be handed-off from the second device to the first device, and to establish, over the wide area network connection, the communication session with the third device. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351748 | RESOURCES CORRESPONDING TO BANDWIDTH PARTS - Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for assessing a radio link quality using resources corresponding to bandwidth parts. One method includes receiving first information including a plurality of reference signal resource sets for a plurality of bandwidth parts. Each reference signal resource set of the plurality of reference signal resource sets corresponds to a bandwidth part of the plurality of bandwidth parts. The method includes receiving a plurality of spatial quasi-co-location information corresponding to a plurality of reference signal resources of the plurality of reference signal resource sets. The method includes assessing a radio link quality based on the plurality of spatial quasi-co-location information. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351749 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA TO A NETWORK NODE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of operating a first node in a wireless communication network is provided. The method comprises: receiving an ingress data packet; determining routing; and transmitting the ingress data packet. Determining routing may comprise determining a next hop node for the ingress data packet taking account of first level routing information indicating target next hop nodes. Alternatively, determining routing may comprise determining, for a target next hop node, a channel on which to transmit the ingress data packet taking account of second level routing information. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351750 | FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK FOR MULTI-HOP ROUTING IN AN INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL NETWORK FOR 5G OR OTHER NEXT GENERATION NETWORK - In a 5G network, an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) network can experience radio link failures or radio blockage conditions in mmWave frequency bands. Local IAB nodes that experience such conditions can make route changes in response to such situations to prevent packet loss or significant packet delay. Thus, in an IAB network, local IAB nodes can also utilize a routing function that monitors local conditions of IAB links to determine whether a change in route is required or not. Additionally, the local IAB nodes can receive external routing updates that can preempt a local IAB node routing function. Consequently, the IAB node can consider local routing preferences and external routing preferences prior to updating a routing table of the IAB node. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351751 | DATA FORWARDING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method of data forwarding in a mesh network includes: layering a plurality of nodes in the mesh network, where the mesh network includes the plurality of nodes and at least one of the plurality of nodes is used as a relay node to forward a data packet from a source node to a destination node; allocating forwarding channels to lower nodes by upper nodes; and transmitting the data packet from the source node to the destination node through at least one relay node via the forwarding channel corresponding to the destination node, where each of the plurality of nodes has one corresponding forwarding channel. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351752 | INTEGRATION OF COMMUNICATION NETWORK IN TIME SENSITIVE NETWORKING SYSTEM - An apparatus is provided for use by a network agent element or function to conduct link layer information related processing. The apparatus is caused to receive first link layer related information from a neighboring network element or function, forward second link layer related information to a communication network control element or function, receive third link layer related information from a communication network control element or function, and forward fourth link layer related information to a neighboring network element or function. The second and fourth link layer related information are generated using first and third link layer related information, respectively. The second and third link layer related information is received and forwarded via a wireless connection path of a wireless communication network. The apparatus is connected to or part of the/or communication element or function, a communication network control element or function and a communication network data element or function. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351753 | LOW LATENCY RELAYING OF A NOTIFICATION SIGNAL IN AN INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL NETWORK - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a node in a multi-hop network may receive a configuration for a notification signal, wherein the configuration indicates a receive (RX) resource to be used by the node to monitor for the notification signal and a transmit (TX) resource to be used by the node to transmit the notification signal, wherein the RX resource and the TX resource are included in a time period that also includes one or more other RX resources and one or more other TX resources to be used by one or more other nodes in the multi-hop network for the notification signal. The node in a multi-hop network may refrain from transmitting or receiving in any resources within the time period except for the RX resource and the TX resource. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351754 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENTLY PROVIDING ACCESS CONTROL CONFIGURATION INFORMATION IN NEXT-GENERATION 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. The disclosure also relates to a method and an apparatus for configuring barring configuration information of a user equipment (UE). A method of a UE according to the disclosure comprises: receiving a system information block (SIB) including barring information per access category; identifying an access category relating to an access attempt; identifying an index included in barring information corresponding to the access category; and determining whether to bar the access attempt based on access control information indicated by the index. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351755 | ENHANCEMENT FOR CLOSED ACCESS GROUPS - Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and an apparatus for enhancement of closed access groups (CAGs). For example, the apparatus can include a non-volatile memory, receiving circuitry, transmitting circuitry and processing circuitry. The receiving circuitry can be configured to receive a configuration update command message and a registration accept message, each of which includes a CAG information list IE containing a CAG information list. The transmitting circuitry can be configured to transmit a configuration update complete message and a registration request message. The processing circuitry can be configured to store the CAG information list of the CAG information list IE in the non-volatile memory, and select a public land mobile network based on the CAG information list stored in the non-volatile memory. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351756 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR APPLICATION-BASED ACCESS CONTROL USING NETWORK SLICING - A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which an application-based access control service is provided. The service assigns network slice priority values to network slices that are associated with an application or a portion of an application pertaining to end devices. The service calculates a network slice priority value to manage access barring based on a congestion level, and transmits the network slice priority value to end devices. End devices may determine whether access is permitted or not based on the network slice priority value and the assigned network slice priority values associated with the network slices. The service further provides access barring information to network devices of an access network that allows the network devices to reject connection requests and release existing connections. The access barring information may include a network slice priority value and/or network slice identifiers. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351757 | METHOD FOR ACQUIRING SYSTEM INFORMATION, AND TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICE - Embodiments of the application provide a method for determining system information, and a terminal device and a network device. The method comprises: a terminal device sending a first random access preamble to a network device; the terminal device receiving a media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) sent by the network device, wherein the MAC PDU comprises at least one random access response (RAR); and the terminal device determining, according to the at least one RAR, system information to be sent by the network device. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351758 | CHANNEL ACCESS FOR DISCOVERY REFERENCE SIGNAL (DRS) TRANSMISSION IN NEW RADIO-UNLICENSED (NR-U) - Wireless communications systems and methods related to channel access for discovery reference signal (DRS) transmissions in a spectrum shared by multiple network operating entities are provided. A first wireless communication device identifies a plurality of allowable transmission starting locations within a DRS measurement time configuration (DMTC) window, where at least one of the plurality of allowable transmission starting locations is offset from boundaries of a plurality of transmission slots of the DMTC window. The plurality of allowable transmission starting locations is associated with an allowable number of category 2 (CAT2) listen-before-talks (LBTs) within the DMTC window and a duration of the DRS transmission. The first wireless communication device communicates, with a second wireless communication device, a DRS beginning at a first transmission starting location of the plurality of allowable transmission starting locations. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351759 | METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE AND TERMINAL DEVICE FOR REMAINING MINIMUM SYSTEM INFORMATION - A method, network device and terminal device for providing remaining minimum system information (RMSI) in a wireless network. A method comprises determining whether a SS/PBCH block in the SS burst set configures the RMSI. In response to that the SS/PBCH block configures the RMSI, transmitting one or more repeated RMSI within a first periodicity. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351760 | Method Of Indicating System Information Type, Network Device And User Equipment - A method of indicating a system information type, a network device and a user equipment are provided. The method includes: determining indication information configured to indicate a System Information (SI) type; sending, to a user equipment, a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) carrying the indication information. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351761 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING MOBILE DATA CONFIGURATION ACCESS POINT NAMES - A system and method for monitoring mobile data configuration access point names, having the steps of: Starting up a User Equipment; evaluating a Network Rejection Event supported by the User Equipment; setting up the Network Rejection Event; setting up a timer event; waiting for events; waving the rejection event initiated; evaluating the Network Rejection Event; setting up the Network Rejection Event if the answer is no; opening the OPEN_CHANNEL data connection with a stored the APN_SERVICE on the SIM/eSIM if the answer is no; evaluating the Rejecting error; opening the OPEN_CHANNEL data connection with the DEFAULT_APN if the answer is no; evaluating the Network Rejection Event; sending a message to the management server if the answer is no; and setting up the Network Rejection Event. | 2020-11-05 |
20200351762 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORT OF MIGRATION AND CO-EXISTENCE OF PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK AND USER EQUIPMENT CAPABILITY IDENTIFICATIONS - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for intelligently switching from public land mobile network (PLMN) assigned identification (ID) to UE manufacturer assigned ID. An example method includes receiving a registration request message comprising information related to location registration to an access and mobility management function (AMF) or a mobility management entity (MME) through a radio access network (RAN), obtaining an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) or Permanent Equipment Identifier (PEI) of a user equipment and extracting from the IMEI or PEI a type allocation code (TAC). The method then obtains a user equipment radio capability ID associated with the user equipment and determines whether the UE shall use a user equipment manufacturer ID or PLMN assigned ID in order to determine an appropriate registration accept message having instructions to operate based on the user equipment manufacturer ID or the PLMN assigned ID. | 2020-11-05 |