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Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for automated identification of open space in a wireless communications spectrum, by identifying sources of signal emission in the spectrum by automatically detecting signals, analyzing signals, comparing signal data to historical and reference data, creating corresponding signal profiles, and determining information about the open space based upon the measured and analyzed data in near real-time.

The present disclosure relates to a communication technique which combines a 5th generation (5G) communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system with an internet of things (IoT) technique and a system thereof. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g., a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or a connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety related services, etc.) based on 5G communication technology and IoT related technology. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, in a wireless communication system, a terminal may include at least one transceiver and at least one processor coupled with the at least one transceiver, the at least one processor may be configured to receive system information from a cell of a base station, determine whether the cell supports new radio (NR) lite, based on the system information, and if the cell supports the NR lite, perform a random access procedure for the cell, and for the terminal performing the NR lite, at least one of a subcarrier spacing (SCS), a transport block (TB) size, or a bandwidth part (BWP) is reduced to a designated value, compared to other terminal not performing the NR lite.

Various embodiments herein provide techniques related to a main receiver of a user equipment (UE) and a wake-up receiver (WUR) of the UE. In the embodiments, the WUR receives a low-power wake-up signal (LP-WUS) from a base station. Based on the LP-WUS, the WUR may be configured to wake-up the main receiver of the UE, wherein the UE identifies received configuration information including duty cycle parameters and detects the LP-WUS based on the configuration information, and wherein the UE sets a state of the wake-up receiver based on an RRC state of the main receiver.

Disclosed are various embodiments for using artificial intelligence (AI) to provide observability to radio-based networks such as cellular networks. In one embodiment, an AI language model is taught to recognize status information for radio-based networks. A prompt is received from a customer to provide a type of status information for at least a portion of the radio-based network. The status information is obtained. A response to the prompt is generated by the AI language model that includes or summarizes the type of status information using the obtained status information according to an intent expressed in the prompt.

A wireless device may change from communicating with a first node to communicating with a second node, for example, based on a switch or a handover. A wireless device that receives an indication for a switch (e.g., to a satellite or wireless communication device) and an indication for a handover may determine which to perform based on a time indicated for the switch. For example, the handover may be initiated after receiving an indication to perform the switch if the handover is initiated before the time for the switch.

A method for establishing connections and forming groups in an edge computing system includes detecting and identifying devices attempting to connect to the network using a processor. The method involves authenticating detected devices with a common pre-shared key (PSK) stored in memory, forming groups of connected devices based on predefined criteria, and sharing the PSK within each group via a secured channel. It also includes creating a subnetwork or private LAN for each subscriber using network configuration data, assigning virtual pre-shared keys (vPSKs) to devices based on service requirements, determining device capabilities by analyzing received device-specific information, and identifying supported applications based on device capabilities and application compatibility data stored in memory.

There is a new market requirement that a network slice needs to be deployed in area that does not overlap with the already deployed Tracking Areas and / or has a limited lifetime. As the latest 3GPP specification cannot fulfil the new market requirement, 3GPP specifications need to be enhanced.A method of a communication apparatus includes receiving Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI), first information indicating where the S-NSSAI is valid and second information indicating when the S-NSSAI is valid. The method includes sending the S-NSSAI, the first information and the second information.

This disclosure pertains to devices, methods, and systems implemented for discontinuous network access. The implementation includes monitoring for a presence indication signal in a second cell. The implementation includes determining to transmit a wake-up signal for the first cell based on detecting the presence indication signal in the second cell and based on a measurement performed on a synchronization signal block (SSB) of the second cell being less than a threshold. The implementation includes transmitting the wake-up signal. The implementation includes monitoring for transmission of an SSB of the first cell after transmitting the wake-up signal. The implementation includes receiving information indicating that the first cell has transitioned to an active state after transmitting the wake-up signal. The implementation also includes transmitting data via the first cell after receiving the information indicating that the first cell has transitioned to the active state.

Various embodiments are disclosed for a services policy communication system and method. In some embodiments, a communications device stores a set of device credentials for activating the communications device for a service on a network; and sends an access request to the network, the access request including the set of device credentials.

Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for Uplink (UL) synchronization handling for satellite switching in a wireless communication system. As such, a User Equipment (UE) can handle UL synchronization for satellite switching, thereby avoiding reducing transmission efficiency. The UE can also handle resources and / or configurations properly during satellite switching. A method for a UE comprises receiving, from an upper layer, an indication of an uplink synchronization loss, and in response to receiving the indication of the uplink synchronization loss: not performing uplink transmission on a serving cell, and determining whether to flush one or more Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) buffers based on whether the uplink synchronization loss is due to a satellite switch.

A method and edge computing system configured to generate or process extended reality (XR) data. Processors in the edge computing system receive, process, and analyze a sensory feed from an optical device to generate analysis results that include a relative position of the optical device from surrounding objects. The processors generate mapper output results (that include virtual coordinates) based on the analysis results, request and receive information (e.g., salient points of interest, etc.), and compare the generated mapper output results to the received information to identify a correlation between a feature included in the processed sensory feed and a feature included in the received information. The processors generate and send augmented information to a renderer and / or send the processed sensory feed to a cloud object recognizer for further processing.

System and method for implementing advanced sleep modes in an O-RAN, the method includes collecting measurement data for training an AI / ML model; based on the collected measurement data, training an A / ML model and deploying the AI / ML model in the nRT-RIC; activating the trained AI / ML model in the nRT-RIC; monitoring energy optimization data for AI / ML model inference from an open radio unit (O-RU) via an E2 node; activating at least one advanced sleep mode (ASM) in the nRT-RIC; based on the activation of the ASM, collecting data to temporarily deactivate O-RU components; based on the activated AI / ML model and the ASM, evaluating, the collected data to temporarily deactivate O-RU components; based on the evaluating, requesting to initiate the ASM to the O-RU; based on the ASM initiation request, implementing the ASM, by the E2 node and the O-RU.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state. The UE may determine that the TCI state is a semi-known TCI-state based at least in part on a known TCI state condition not being satisfied and a TCI state prediction condition being satisfied. The UE may apply a TCI state switching delay timeline that is associated with semi-known TCI states. Numerous other aspects are described.

A method for satellite switching performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method acquires, from a cell, a first configuration related to a first satellite. The first configuration includes a timestamp and time information. The method performs, based on the time information, a downlink (DL) synchronization with the first satellite, starting from a time indicated by the timestamp. The method then re-acquires, from the first satellite, a second configuration related to the first satellite and calculates a common timing advance and a UE-specific timing advance based on the re-acquired second configuration related to the first satellite.

An SSB indication method includes UE receives first indication information sent by a network side device, where the first indication information is used to indicate related information of an SSB of the network side device. UE performs a target-related operation based on the first indication information, where the target-related operation is an operation related to a transmission state of the SSB. The related information of the SSB includes at least one of the following that the SSB is in a disabled state or an enabled state, a disabled time or an enabled time of the SSB, a disabled pattern or an enabled pattern of the SSB, validity of an RACH occasion corresponding to the SSB, or a state mask of the SSB on an RACH occasion corresponding to the SSB.

A method includes sending, by a user equipment (UE), a registration request message to a mobile communication network, the message including a core network capability indication that the UE supports partial registration of at least one network slice that is not available within all of the tracking areas in a registration area. The method includes, receiving, from the mobile communication network, a mobility management message having parameters for (i) one or more allowed network slices supported by each tracking area of the registration area, and (ii) a partial network slice registration identifying at least one local network slice that is supported in at least one, but not supported within all of the tracking areas. The method includes configuring the UE to use the local network slice of the partial network slice registration when the UE is located in the tracking area supporting the local network slice.

A method for sending target shared information and an electronic device, the method comprising: respectively receiving first help information sent by a first terminal and second help information sent by a second terminal through a satellite, the first help information comprising first help content, first sending time and first position information; the second help-seeking information comprises second help-seeking content, second sending time and second position information; when the time difference does not exceed the first preset time and the distance difference does not exceed the preset distance, target sharing information is generated, the target sharing information is used for indicating help information of the first terminal and help information of the second terminal, and the time difference is an absolute value of a difference value between the first sending time and the second sending time; the distance difference is an absolute value of the distance difference between the position indicated by the first position information and the position indicated by the second position information; and sending the target shared information to a target terminal, wherein the target terminal is the first terminal and / or the second terminal. The method can increase the rescue probability of the help seeker.

A UE comprising: detecting, in a cell, a synchronization signal block (SSB) comprising a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH); acquiring, from the SSB, information related to whether system information block 1 (SIB1) is on-demand system information (SI); transmitting a SIB1 request on the basis that the SIB1 is the on-demand SI; on the basis of the SIB1 request, monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) associated with the SIB 1; and, on the basis of detecting the PDCCH, receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) for carrying the SIB1.

A wireless terminal which supports one or more network slices comprises receiver circuitry and processor circuitry. The receiver circuitry is configured to receive one or more mapping configurations and neighboring cell information. Each of the one or more mapping configurations configure one or more network slice groups. Each of the one or more network slice groups indicate grouping of one or more network slices. Each of the one or more mapping configurations is / are associated with area scope information. The neighboring cell information comprises an identity of a neighboring cell, network slice support information indicating one or more network slices supported in the neighboring cell, and mapping configuration referencing information referring to one of the one or more mapping configurations. The processor circuitry is configured to determine support of a selected network slice in the neighboring cell, based on the neighboring cell information and the one of the one or more mapping configurations.

Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for handling timing advance for cells in a wireless communication system, comprising a User Equipment (UE) receiving a configuration indicating at least one candidate cell including a first candidate cell, storing a first Timing Advance (TA) associated with the first candidate cell, and clearing or discarding the first TA associated with the first candidate cell in response to at least one of: expiry of a timer associated with the first TA; performing Radio Resource Control (RRC) re-establishment; the UE entering RRC_IDLE state or RRC_INACTIVE state; a serving cell change; and / or the UE storing a second TA when a list or a set of stored TAs for the at least one candidate cell is full.

Methods and apparatus for multi-link (ML) steering and control in wireless local area network (WLAN) are disclosed. A station (STA) multi-link device (MLD) may communicate over a plurality of links. The STA MLD may receive, from an access point (AP) MLD, on a first link of the plurality of links, a first frame comprising a ML element, where the ML element includes pausing information indicating a period of time during which the STA MLD will pause transmission and reception on the first link. The STA MLD may send, to the AP MLD, on a second link of the plurality of links and during the indicated period of time, uplink (UL) traffic, wherein the first link and the second link are multi-directional links. The STA MLD may be non-simultaneous transmit and receive (non-STR), and the AP MLD may be capable of STR.

A method and apparatus for frequency priority for cell reselection in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device may receive, from a network, a cell reselection configuration associated with a Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) cell. The wireless device may apply the first priority values for the multiple frequencies. The wireless device may determine that the location condition for a specific cell in a specific frequency, among the multiple frequencies, is met. The wireless device may apply a second priority value for the specific frequency.

The WTRU may determine that it has a need to request a NAS network service and may generate an application layer NAS message that comprises the request. The WTRU may determine, based on configuration information, one or more network nodes configured to provide NAS network services. The WTRU may determine, based on analytics data and policy data, a first network node in the one or more network nodes to which the application layer NAS message may be sent. The WTRU may determine, based on the policy data, one or more parameters for sending the application layer NAS message to the first network node. The WTRU may determine an endpoint address associated with the first network node. The WTRU may send the application layer NAS message to the first network node using the endpoint address and the one or more parameters.

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for updated system information (SI) delivery. In some cases, a method performed by a user equipment may include receiving, from a network entity, a configuration for a common control resource set (CORESET) on a first downlink bandwidth part (BWP) and a configuration for one or more common search space (CSS) sets within the common CORESET for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring. The method may further include receiving, from the network entity on the first downlink BWP, a first set of system information (SI) scheduled by a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in the one or more CSS sets, and receiving, from the network entity on a second downlink BWP, updated SI or an indication of updated SI.

Systems and methods are disclosed for dynamic retrieval of Network Slice Admission Control (NSAC) information in a Visited Public Land Mobile Network (VPLMN) of a User Equipment (UE). In one embodiment, a method performed by a network node in a VPLMN of a UE comprises receiving, from the UE, a request comprising information indicating a particular network slice that is subject to NSAC. The method further comprises obtaining subscription data that comprises information that indicates whether VPLMN or Home Public Land Mobile Network (HPLMN) control should be applied for NSAC and sending an update request to a Network Slice Admission Control Function (NSACF) in the VPLMN of the UE, wherein the update request comprises the information that indicates whether VPLMN or HPLMN control should be applied for NSAC.

Systems and methods are described herein for providing network and protocol architectures to achieve efficient high speed data services in an integrated terrestrial-non-terrestrial network (iTNTN). The iTNTN can include at least a non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellite system and terrestrial radio access and core network infrastructures based on cellular standards (e.g., 5G). Embodiments specially configure packet-based routing and dynamic cell-CU-DU (cell to centralized unit to distributed unit) association to accommodate dynamically changing LEO satellite locations and other iTNTN characteristics. These and other configurations are used to enable features, including end-to-end IP data and Layer 2 data services, integrated LEO-GEO (low-Earth orbit and geosynchronous Earth orbit) and LEO-MEO (low-Earth orbit and medium-Earth orbit) services, direct UT-UT (user terminal to user terminal) services, and resource efficient multicast services.

Presented herein are techniques associated with providing an alternative network indication to a client device in a wireless local area network (WLAN) roaming federation. In one example a method is provided that may include obtaining access network information for each of a plurality of access networks that neighbor a first access network through connection of a client device with the first access network involving a first identity provider profile; determining an alternative access network with which the client device is recommended to seek connection or an alternative identity provider profiles with which the client device is recommended to connect to the first access network; and enabling the client device to initiate a connection with the alternative access network or to re-initiate a connection with the first access network utilizing the alternative identity provider profile.

Examples described herein provide automatic location of access points by a computing device. Examples may include receiving, by the computing device from each AP in a subset of a plurality of APs, a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal measurement, and based on each received GNSS signal measurement, constraining, by the computing device, the map of relative AP locations by at least one translational degree of freedom or one rotational degree of freedom. Examples may include resolving, by the computing device, locations of the plurality of APs in the map of relative AP locations.