1026 results about "Radio access technology" patented technology

This application provides a communication method and apparatus for reducing energy consumption while maintaining normal communication of a network apparatus. In the method, a terminal apparatus obtains operation mode information of a network apparatus, where an operation mode of the network apparatus includes one of a first operation mode or a second operation mode, and the first operation mode and the second operation mode belong to a same radio access technology. In the first operation mode, a transmission resource for a synchronization signal of the network apparatus has lower overheads or supports fewer functions. Alternatively, an access procedure in the first operation mode is different from an access procedure in the second operation mode. Based on the operation mode information, the terminal apparatus performs communication with the network apparatus by using the configuration information in one of the first operation mode and the second operation mode.

Disclosed embodiments generally relate to edge-based multi-Radio Access Technology (RAT) traffic management (TM) solutions to support delay-sensitive traffic over heterogeneous networks. Embodiments include delay-aware TM implementations that split and / or steer network traffic across different RATs for the edge network control plane. Embodiments also include utilization threshold-based implementations to achieve delay-aware multi-path TM at the network's edge. The multi-path TM includes multi-RAT, multi-access, or multi-connectivity traffic routes. Embodiments include strategies to sort users (or devices) for making multi-RAT traffic distribution decisions and to determinate the utilization thresholds. Embodiments also include message exchange mechanisms or learning utilization thresholds and other useful system properties. Other embodiments may be described and / or claimed.

The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for providing backhaul wireless services using a plurality of different Radio Access Technologies. An exemplary method embodiment includes the steps of: determining a set of routes for the communication of data from a first wireless base station to a destination wireless base station over wireless backhaul communications links, the first wireless base station being an Integrated Access and Backhaul donor, receiving data of a first flow at the first wireless base station for communication to a first wireless user equipment device attached to the destination wireless base station; and selecting, at the first wireless base station, one or more of the routes of the set of routes from the first wireless base station to the destination wireless base station, the selection being based on multi-Radio Access Technology (multi-RAT) capability of wireless base stations of which a route is comprised.

Embodiments described herein relate to wireless communications, including methods and apparatus for dynamically selecting subscriber identity module (SIM) profiles, electronic SIM (eSIM) profiles, multi-SIM operating modes, and / or wireless access networks for network slice based applications of wireless devices. A wireless device can include at least two SIM / eSIM profiles and switch use of SIM / eSIM profiles, change between dual SIM operating modes, and / or select a registration mode based on requirements of one or more applications in use and availability of network slices via different wireless networks.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to mechanisms for identifying and overcoming overlaps in LTE-V2X and NR-V2X sidelink resources for sidelink communications. In example embodiments, a user equipment performs sensing of reserved resources in both a first sidelink radio access technology resource pool and a second sidelink radio access technology resource pool. Based on the sensing, forming at least one candidate resource set identifying all resources that are free to be used by the first radio access technology resource pool, based on the indication that these are not being used for transmission by at least one other user equipment of the first sidelink radio access technology resource pool and identifying for each of the resources in the at least one candidate resource set corresponding resources to be used for a physical sidelink feedback channel of the first sidelink radio access technology resource pool. Based on the sensing, exclude from the at least one candidate resource set all the resources for which the physical sidelink feedback channel resource is identified to be reserved for the transmission by the at least one other user equipment of the first sidelink radio access technology resource pool and select a resource to be used for the transmission of a physical sidelink control channel and physical sidelink shared channel from the at least one candidate resource set.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A second wireless device (such as a head-mounted display (HMD) device) may communicate with a first wireless device (such as a user equipment (UE)) via a tethered wireless connection. The tethered wireless connection may be associated with a first type of radio access technology (RAT). The first wireless device may obtain an indication of one or more access points (APs) associated with a second type of RAT. The first wireless device may transmit an indication of one or more candidate APs for a handover of the second wireless device from the first wireless device to maintain the connectivity between the second wireless device and a network. As such, the second wireless device may use the wireless characteristics to determine whether to handover to a candidate AP or maintain the tethered wireless connection with the first wireless device.

In some implementations, a device may identify a network node that supports a first radio access technology (RAT), wherein the network node is associated with sessions with user equipments (UEs). The device may calculate a percentage of traffic from the sessions that is associated with the first RAT and not a second RAT. The device may determine that the network node is associated with a score based on the percentage of traffic associated with the first RAT not satisfying a threshold. The device may collect, based on the network node being associated with the score, device data associated with the UEs. The device may determine a network issue associated with the network node based on the device data. The device may determine a root cause for the network issue. The server may transmit an indication of the root cause.

Embodiments include methods for a first radio network node (RNN) in a wireless network to configure quality of experience (QoE) measurements by user equipment (UEs). Such methods include receiving, from a measurement function in the wireless network, a QoE measurement configuration (QMC associated with one or more service types; and configuring one or more UEs with the QMC. Such methods also include sending to a second RNN in the wireless network, a first request for handover of a particular one of the UEs from a first cell served by the first RNN via a first radio access technology (RAT) to a second cell served by the second RNN via a second RAT. The first request includes the QMC. Other embodiments include complementary methods performed by a second RNN or by a UE, as well as first RNNs, second RNNs, and UEs configured to perform such methods.

Embodiments of the present application provide a method resource sharing between network technologies. The method includes: receiving indication information, where the indication information indicates a control resource set among multiple control resource sets, the control resource set comprises time-frequency resources for first downlink control information (DCI), the multiple control resource sets include a first control resource set, and the first control resource set includes part or all of a second control resource set associated with a second radio access technology; and receiving the first DCI based on the indication information. Part or all of the first control resource set could be shared between the first radio access technology and the second radio access technology, and the resource utilization could be improved.

Disclosed are a method for communication and a terminal device. One example method includes: acquiring, by a terminal device, first information of a first radio access technology (RAT), wherein the first information indicates information related to a first resources of the first RAT, and each of the first RAT and a second RAT is an RAT used to transmit a sidelink, and wherein the first information is acquired within T milliseconds prior to a slot n, wherein the slot n is used to transmit on at least one of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) or a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) by using the second RAT based on the first information, wherein T is an integer.

The disclosure relates to apparatus and method for supporting Hybrid Automatic Repeat request (HARQ)-Acknowledgement (ACK) feedback for multicast service. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) device may comprise at least one antenna; at least one radio, coupled to the at least one antenna and configured to perform wireless communication using at least one radio access technology; and one or more processors coupled to the at least one radio, wherein the one or more processors are configured to cause the UE device to: receive, from a base station, a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling which indicates that a semi-static codebook is configured for a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ)-Acknowledgement (ACK) feedback for both multicast and unicast and that a HARQ-ACK feedback for multicast is disabled; and generate a HARQ-ACK feedback report which excludes a HARQ-ACK bit for the multicast by using a time domain resource assignment (TDRA) for the unicast to configure the semi-static codebook.

A first network node receives, from a second network node, a message indicating whether a first maximum number of protocol data unit (PDU) sessions, of a multi-access protocol data unit (MA-PDU) established for a wireless device on a network slice, has been reached for a first radio access technology (RAT) type, or a second maximum number of PDU sessions established on the network slice has been reached for a second RAT type.

The present disclosure describes co-channel coexistence mechanisms for mitigating interference between multiple radio access technologies (RATS) that operate in the same or neighbouring channels, frequency bands, and / or bandwidths. The co-channel coexistence mechanisms include variable transmission intervals including variable gaps or guard periods, and utilizing network allocation vectors (NAV). Other embodiments may be described and / or claimed.

A system described herein may monitor Key Performance Indicators (“KPIs”) of a radio access network (“RAN”) that implements a first radio access technology (“RAT”), such as a Fifth Generation (“5G”) RAT. The system may determine, based on monitoring the KPIs of the RAN, that a particular RAN condition has occurred, and may notify a Fixed Wireless Access (“FWA”) device, that is wirelessly connected to the RAN via the first RAT and that is also wirelessly connected to a plurality of client devices via a second RAT, such as a WiFi RAT, that the particular RAN condition has occurred. The FWA device may implement one or more policies for communications between the FWA device and the plurality of client devices based on receiving the notification that the particular RAN condition has occurred.

A terminal comprising: a communication unit configured to perform transmission and reception in a first RAT (Radio Access Technology); and a control unit configured to control communications in the first RAT. The control unit performs a synchronization in the first RAT based on a synchronization in a second RAT.

Procedures, methods, architectures, apparatuses, systems, devices, and computer program products to facilitate coordination between multiple radio access technologies (RATs). In certain embodiments, a Stack Data Analytics Coordinator (SDAC) may be provided in association with radio protocol stacks (e.g., 5G NR and / or Wi-Fi) at user equipment and / or network access points (e.g., gNB and / or Wi-Fi AP). The SDAC may coordinate requests and / or collection of information (e.g., protocol stack measurements and / or statistics) among entities of multiple RATs. In certain embodiments, Network Data Analytics Services may be enhanced by being extended beyond a core network, such as to user equipment and / or network access points.

Embodiments of the present application provide a method and apparatus for spectrum sharing between network technologies. The method includes: receiving first indication information, where the first indication information indicates a mode among multiple modes, the multiple modes include a first mode, and a first set of configurations associated with the first mode includes part or all of a second set of configurations associated with a second radio access technology; and communicating based on the first indication information. The multiple terminal devices associated with different technologies may co-exist better.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for efficiently collecting and reporting minimization of drive test (MDT) measurements for one or more radio access technology (RAT) types and / or for multiple base stations in a dual connectivity deployment. In one example, a user equipment (UE) may receive an MDT measurement configuration indicating a first RAT type for collecting measurements and a second RAT type for reporting measurements. In this example, the UE may use the measurement configuration to collect MDT measurements for the first RAT type, and the UE may report the MDT measurements to a base station associated with the second RAT. Further techniques for efficiently collecting and reporting MDT measurements in a dual connectivity deployment are also described herein.

The present disclosure is related to multi-queue management techniques and packet reordering techniques for inter-radio access technology (RAT) and intra-RAT traffic steering. The multi-queue management and packet reordering techniques may be used in Multi-Access Management Services (MAMS) framework, which is a programmable framework that provides mechanisms for the flexible selection of network paths in a multi-access (MX) communication environment, based on an application's needs. Other embodiments may be described and / or claimed.

Techniques are provided for restricted radio access technology-based cell selection. An example method can include processing information from a public land mobile network (PLMN) indicating a first restricted radio access technology (RAT). The method can further include accessing memory to identify a set of RATs for connecting with the PLMN. The method can further include selecting a second RAT instead of the first restricted RAT from the set of RATs-based on the indication of the first restricted RAT. The method can further include connecting with a cell of the PLMN using the second RAT.

A ground station determines a location of a user equipment (UE) by triangulating signals from a single satellite at different times and positions as it orbits the earth. The ground station processing device determines a first pathlength between the UE and the satellite when the satellite is at a first position, and a second pathlength between the UE and the satellite when the satellite is at a second position. The ground station processing device triangulates an actual position of the UE based on the first pathlength and the second pathlength.

Methods and apparatus for sharing digital-to-analog (DAC) converters in a reconfigurable DAC circuit to support two or more transmit chains of a wireless transmitter configured for different radio access technologies (RATs) and / or different transmitter architectures. One example DAC circuit generally includes at least four DACs and a plurality of switches coupled to outputs of the at least four DACs such that the DAC circuit is configured as a multi-channel DAC circuit with at least four channels for a first set of one or more frequency bands and as an interleaved DAC circuit with at least two channels for a second set of one or more frequency bands different from the first set of frequency bands.

The disclosure relates to a system and a method for performing a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) measurement in Non-terrestrial network (NTN). In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may comprise: at least one antenna; at least one radio, configured to perform wireless communication using at least one radio access technology; and one or more processor coupled to the at least one radio, wherein the at least one radio and the one or more processor are configured to cause the UE to detect an event to trigger a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) measurement; transmit, to a network device, a request to perform an event-triggered GNSS measurement, in response to detection of the event; receive, from the network device, a configuration for an event-triggered GNSS measurement gap during which the UE performs the event-triggered GNSS measurement in a connected state; and perform the event-triggered GNSS measurement in the connected state during the event-triggered GNSS measurement gap.

An example method of ultra-wideband (UWB) sensing performed by a wireless communication device, the method comprising determining a first channel impulse response (CIR) estimation of a first frequency channel based on a radio access technology (RAT) session, wherein the RAT is different from UWB. The method also comprises determining a second CIR estimation of a second frequency channel based on a UWB session and determining a third CIR estimation of the first frequency channel based on determining a phase difference between the third CIR estimation and the first CIR estimation. The method further comprises determining a total CIR estimation for a combined frequency channel comprising the first frequency channel and the second frequency channel based on stitching the first CIR estimation, the second CIR estimation, and the third CIR estimation.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described to support determining, at one or more sidelink user equipments (UEs), a competition level associated with another radio access technology (RAT) sharing a frequency band with the one or more sidelink UEs. A UE may determine a competition level from another RAT and may reserve resources in a sidelink resource pool based on the based on the determined competition level. For example, the UE may determine a signal strength associated with the other RAT, or may determine a ratio of failed LBT procedures, or both, based on monitoring one or more resources of the sidelink resource pool. Based on the determined competition level, the UE may determine a number of resources to reserve, or a reservation reliability, or both. The UE may transmit a resource reservation indicating the number of reserved resources, the reservation reliability, or both.

Provided are a communication method, device and system, the method comprising: determining a first perception quantity, the first perception quantity comprising at least one first tuple, one of the first tuples comprising at least one element, the element comprising a time delay, a distance, an azimuth angle, a pitch angle, an intensity, a speed or a frequency offset, the first access network equipment corresponds to a first radio access technology (RAT); obtaining a second perception quantity from a second access network device, the second perception quantity comprising at least one second tuple, the second tuple comprising at least one element, the second access network device corresponding to a second RAT, the second RAT being different from the second RAT; according to the first perception quantity and the second perception quantity, a third perception quantity is determined, the third perception quantity comprises at least one third tuple, and the third tuple comprises at least one element; and sending the third sensing quantity to the first core network equipment. Sensing capability can be aggregated, and sensing accuracy is improved.

Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI) may be signaled between User Equipment (UE) and a network. NSSAI sent from the network to the UE may include, for example, Operating Frequency Band (OFB) for each Single NSSAI (S-NSSAI) in the NSSAI, as well as a Radio Access Technology (RAT) Frequency Selection Priority (RFSP) index, which the network configures as a part of UE access and mobility subscription, during a UE registration procedure. RAT restrictions may be enhanced to indicate to the UE that certain slices are not accessible via certain RATs. A UE may be provided by the network with an alternative NSSAI and corresponding OFBs for each S-NSSAI, thereby indicating to the UE that these S-NSSAI would have been allowed had they been requested. A UE may be able to choose an alternative Allowed NSSAI and send a registration update request to the network.

Embodiments described herein relate to wireless communications, including methods and apparatus for dynamically selecting subscriber identity module (SIM) profiles, electronic SIM (eSIM) profiles, multi-SIM operating modes, and / or wireless access networks for network slice based applications of wireless devices. A wireless device can include at least two SIM / eSIM profiles and switch use of SIM / eSIM profiles, change between dual SIM operating modes, and / or select a registration mode based on requirements of one or more applications in use and availability of network slices via different wireless networks.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may select a random access message type for establishing connectivity with a core network, the selecting between a first random access message type associated with a non-terrestrial radio access technology and a second random access message type associated with a terrestrial radio access technology. The UE may transmit, during or after a random access procedure to establish a connection with the core network, a random access message in accordance with the selected random access message type. The UE may communicate with the core network via the connection.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network node may receive, from a source master node, a secondary node release request corresponding to a conditional handover operation associated with a user equipment (UE) operating in accordance with multiple radio access technology dual connectivity, wherein the secondary node release request indicates that the network node is to continue to be a secondary node associated with the UE or that a target secondary node is to be the secondary node associated with the UE. The network node may perform a data transfer operation based at least in part on receiving the secondary node release request. Numerous other aspects are described.