Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to sidelink (SL) operation in a cell with shared spectrum channel access. A UE (600) may be configured to generate (902) an SL transport block to be transmitted to a set of Rx UEs, the TB including data units from multiple SL LCHs, each SL LCH associated with a respective CAPC. The UE (600) may be configured to determine (904) a highest priority CAPC associated with the SL TB and to select (906) a CAPC value for the SL TB based at least in part on the highest priority CAPC satisfying a threshold. The UE (600) may be configured to perform (908) an LBT procedure using parameters corresponding to the selected CAPC value and to transmit (910) the SL TB based at least in part on a success of the LBT procedure.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods, apparatuses, and systems that support TA for positioning. For instance, implementations provide a set of signalling and procedural enhancements to enable the support of timing advance (TA) based and/or TA-assisted positioning procedures over non-terrestrial supported networks. Further, application and configuration aspects for TA-based and/or TA-assisted positioning are provided for both single and multiple satellite systems.
G01S 5/00 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations
G01S 19/00 - Satellite radio beacon positioning systems; Determining position, velocity or attitude using signals transmitted by such systems
G01S 5/02 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves
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PROVIDING AND SUPPORTING LOCATION SERVICES VIA DIRECT DEVICE-TO-DEVICE CONNECTIONS
The application relates to aspects of supporting UE location services via direct device-to-device connections between UEs (e.g. Sidelink connections). Accordingly, a mobile telecommunications network apparatus for implementing a determination of a target communication device location is provided. The apparatus includes a first interface configured to provide communication with a mobile telecommunications network via a radio unit, and a second interface configured to provide direct device-to-device communication within a proximity range via the radio unit. The apparatus is configured to establish a direct device-to-device connection to a communication device within the proximity range via the second interface. Subsequently, the apparatus transmits a location request message to the communication device via the established connection. The location request message comprises a request to determine the location of the target communication device and accuracy parameters indicating a target accuracy for the location determination. In response to the location request message, the apparatus receives a location response message from the communication device via the established connection, the location response message comprising data indicating the location of the target communication device determined in accordance with the accuracy parameters.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to: receiving (1002) a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration associated with a candidate cell, wherein the RRC reconfiguration comprises a plurality of masks for a cell identity from a source cell of a radio network (RN); performing (1004) measurement of and identification of physical cell identities of cells satisfying a measurement reporting criteria associated with the RRC reconfiguration; receiving (1006) a cell switch command for a target cell in a same radio network as the source cell; determining (1008) whether the cell switch command is genuine; performing (1010) mobility in response to determining that the cell switch command is genuine; and announcing (1012) arrival of a user equipment (UE) at the target cell.
The invention provides a server apparatus, a client apparatus, and a corresponding method for enabling asynchronous federated learning. The method comprises the steps of selecting a subset of a plurality of clients available for federated learning; distributing, to each of the selected clients, parameters of the ML model allowing the client to train the ML model on local data; receiving a local update for the ML model from a client that has completed training of the ML model on local data; generating a globally updated ML model by applying the at least one received local update to the ML model; determining a model accuracy of the globally updated ML model; and iterating at least the steps of distributing, receiving, generating, and determining. A new iteration is started by distributing parameters of the globally updated ML model when at least one of one or more pre-defined iteration conditions is fulfilled, at least one of the one or more pre-defined iteration conditions being independent of whether local updates have been received from all of the selected clients. The FL training process for a ML model is thus speeded up by starting the new iteration when a predefined condition is met even before all local updates have been received from all of the selected clients.
The present application relates to registration and handover techniques in a mobile network. A UE performs a handover from a first to a second mobile network. The mobile networks comprise network entities to perform mobility management, which are incapable of communicating with each other via a direct communication interface to support the handover procedure. In response to a determination to perform the handover, the UE determines whether to perform a UE-initiated UE state indication procedure, create an initial attach request, and transmit it to the second mobile network. The initial attach request includes a request for connectivity comprising an indication that the request for connectivity is part of the handover procedure and an indication that an existing data session is to be transferred. If it is determined not to perform the UE-initiated UE state indication procedure, the request for connectivity lacks a second UE state indication message.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to a Configured Grant (CG) with multiple transmission occasions. A UE (1000) may be configured to receive (1302) a CG configuration for UL transmissions in periodic UL resources corresponding to a plurality of CG periods. The UE (1000) may be configured to determine (1304) a first set of the plurality of CG periods, wherein a respective UL resource in a CG period of the first set of the plurality of CG periods comprises a plurality of Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission occasions, and wherein at least one CG period of a remainder of the plurality of CG periods comprises a single PUSCH transmission occasion. The UE (1000) may be configured to transmit (1306) a transport block (TB) in a particular PUSCH transmission occasion.
An apparatus comprising a first network function is provided. The apparatus further comprises a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising instructions executable by the processor to cause the first network function of the apparatus to receive, from a second network function, a request to process network selection data, the network selection data identifying one or more networks offering access to a localized service, the request comprising an identifier for associating the localized service with the network selection data, to, in response to receiving the request, determine a third network function to store the network selection data, and, to enable the third network function to store the network selection data. The first network function is a Unified Data Management (UDM) network function. The second network function is a Network Exposure Function (NEF). The third network function is selected from a group of network functions comprising the UDM network function, a Unified Data Repository (UDR) network function and a Steering of Roaming Application Function (SOR-AF). Further, a corresponding UE and an apparatus comprising a SOR-AF are provided.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to an exposure function in a wireless communication network, the exposure function comprising: at least one memory; and at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the exposure function to: receive, from a second network function, NF, a request for data on which the second NF is to perform external analysis; determine a third NF for sending the request for data; and send, to the third NF, the request for data and an application ID associated with the second NF.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to network function, NF, in a wireless communication network, the NF comprising: at least one memory; and at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the NF to: acquire input data, the input data comprising privacy sensitive data; identify respective privacy adaption data for the privacy sensitive data based on a privacy policy; process the input data to replace or mask the privacy sensitive data with the respective privacy adaption data, thereby to produce privacy protected input data; and send the privacy protected input data to a second NF.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods, apparatuses, and systems that support TA for positioning. For instance, implementations provide a set of signalling and procedural enhancements to enable the support of timing advance (TA)- based and/or TA-assisted positioning procedures over non-terrestrial supported networks. Further, measurement reporting procedures are provided for TA-based and/or TA-assisted positioning, as well as application and configuration aspects of the procedures for both single and multiple satellite systems.
G01S 5/00 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations
G01S 19/00 - Satellite radio beacon positioning systems; Determining position, velocity or attitude using signals transmitted by such systems
G01S 5/02 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves
The invention provides a functionality for exposing sensing services at an area of interest offered by a 3GPP network. A network function according to the invention receives a sensing request comprising sensing requirement parameters. The sensing requirement parameters comprise a sensing event type and a location area of interest. The network function discovers sensing radio nodes having a sensing capability that meets the sensing requirement parameters. A sensing monitoring request is transmitted to each of the sensing radio nodes to provide a sensing measurement based on the sensing event type. The sensing measurements from the sensing radio nodes are then aggregated and validated that the sensing measurements correspond to the sensing event type. The network function then transmits a response based on the sensing measurements.
H04W 4/02 - Services making use of location information
G01S 13/00 - Systems using the reflection or reradiation of radio waves, e.g. radar systems; Analogous systems using reflection or reradiation of waves whose nature or wavelength is irrelevant or unspecified
The invention provides a functionality for exposing sensing services and location services at an area of interest offered by a 3GPP network. Therefore, the invention provides telecommunications network apparatuses for implementing a sensing function, a location management function and an access and mobility function, respectively. The sensing function is configured to provide sensing events of a sensing event type specified in sensing requirement parameters of a sensing request. The location management function is configured to provide location information based on the sensing requirement parameters. The access and mobility function is configured to interact with the sensing function and the location management function and to aggregate information from the functions based on a sensing correlation identifier.
H04W 4/02 - Services making use of location information
G01S 13/00 - Systems using the reflection or reradiation of radio waves, e.g. radar systems; Analogous systems using reflection or reradiation of waves whose nature or wavelength is irrelevant or unspecified
A User Equipment (UE) configured to perform a first registration with a core network via a first access network and a second registration with the core network via a second access network, and to initiate establishment of a multiaccess data connection comprising a first and second access paths associated with the first and second registrations respectively. The UE is configured to receive first and second access path identities associated with the first access path and the second access path respectively. The UE is further configured to initiate a third registration with the core network, via a third access network, including providing to the core network a source access path identity, and to initiate a switching of one of the access paths of the multiaccess data connection from the first or second access path, identified by the source access path identity, to a third access path associated with the third registration.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to a network entity for wireless communication with an AI/ML Service Registry, the AI/ML Service Registry being configured to manage a subscription for notifications related to a Federated Learning (FL) service, the network entity comprising: at least one memory; and at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the network entity to: send a subscription request to the AI/ML Service Registry, wherein the subscription request comprises a request to receive information on at least one application layer event type; and receive, from the AI/ML Service Registry, information related to the at least one application layer event type.
H04L 41/16 - Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks using machine learning or artificial intelligence
A network entity comprises a transceiver and processing circuitry configured to obtain a simulation model of a radio access network, the simulation model being configurable using one or more parameters to simulate operation of the radio access network, receive a network configuration requirement for the radio access network, wherein the network configuration requirement is applicable to a first network automation application and configure said one or more parameters of the simulation model based on the network configuration requirement and a network configuration requirement applicable to at least one other second network automation application. The entity is further configured to perform a simulation of operations of the radio access network using the simulation model with the updated one or more parameters and predict any potential conflicts that arise as a result of the network configuration requirements.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to policy management procedures. In one aspect of the present disclosure there is provided an apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: at least one memory; and at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the apparatus to: receive a first message, the first message comprising a first instruction including a policy section identifier and an empty policy section that is associated with the policy section identifier to request deletion, from the at least one memory, of contents of a policy section associated with the policy section identifier; and transmit a second message, the second message indicating that the policy section associated with the policy section identifier is not stored in the at least one memory.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to a network entity for wireless communication. The network entity comprises: at least one memory; and at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the network entity to: receive registration requests from sensing nodes in a wireless communication network, wherein the registration requests comprise an indication of sensing capability comprising a sensing service area of the sensing node; maintain one or more registers of sensing nodes and their respective sensing capabilities; and send a registration response indicating a result of the registration request.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to a network entity for wireless communication. The network entity compises: at least one memory; and at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the network entity to: receive a sensing request relating to a sensing task and providing a set of sensing request parameters based on the sensing task; send a sensing preparation request to one or more sensing nodes corresponding to one or more of the sensing request parameters; receive a sensing preparation response from the one or more sensing nodes; and send a sensing configuration request to a first sensing node of the one or more sensing nodes based on the sensing preparation response.
H04L 67/51 - Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
G01S 7/00 - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - Details of systems according to groups , ,
H04W 4/38 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes for collecting sensor information
H04W 48/16 - Discovering; Processing access restriction or access information
H04W 48/18 - Selecting a network or a communication service
H04W 4/70 - Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
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REFERENCE VALUE REPORTING FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENABLED CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTING FRAMEWORK
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to reference value reporting for artificial intelligence enabled channel state information reporting framework. An artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML)-based CSI feedback mechanism is described. A node (e.g., a UE) that deploys an encoder of an AI/ML model generates a CSI report that includes a CSI part (e.g., CSI feedback) and a reference value part. The reference value part is a pre-determined reference sequence that is also known to the node (e.g., a network entity) that deploys a decoder of the AI/ML model. The node that deploys the encoder transmits the CSI report to the node that deploys the decoder. By using the reference value in the CSI report, the node that deploys the decoder can quantify a CSI reconstruction error, and hence adjust a nominal CQI value fed back by the node with the encoder side.
H04B 7/06 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
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USER INTERACTION DATA TRANSPORTATION USING REAL-TIME TRANSPORT PROTOCOL HEADER EXTENSION
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to user interaction data transportation using real-time transport protocol header extension. One or more physical device interactions by a user are sampled to obtain interaction data inputs, such as for a user playing cloud gaming or using extended reality on their user equipment. These interaction data inputs are generated frequently, such as approximately 250 to 1000 times per second. One or more interaction short messages (e.g., less than 100 bytes), which are time-sensitive, are generated from the user interaction data and included in one or more transport header extensions of a real-time transport protocol data unit. The real-time transport protocol data unit is transmitted to a remote device, such as a network entity.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods, apparatuses, and systems that support resource scheduling in multiple paths. For instance, implementations provide ways for enabling a user equipment (UE) to obtain sidelink resources and for connection reestablishment in multipath scenarios. In implementations, a UE uses sidelink resources provided by a primary path to a first cell where the UE establishes a radio resource control (RRC) connection until a second link and/or secondary path addition. In scenarios where the primary path is changed to the second path, the UE can start using the sidelink resources provided by a serving cell on the second path.
H04W 40/22 - Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing using selective relaying for reaching a BTS [Base Transceiver Station] or an access point
H04W 40/24 - Connectivity information management, e.g. connectivity discovery or connectivity update
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods, apparatuses, and systems that support timing alignment acquisition. For instance, implementations provide an optimized RACH procedure performed for the purpose of early acquisition of timing alignment information, e.g., before a handover occurs. Further, implementations provide for ways for a UE engaging in early timing alignment acquisition to respond to a cell switch instruction.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to an artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) model that facilitates transmitting channel state information (CSI) feedback to a network entity. In one or more implementations, the AI/ML model includes one or more neural networks implemented at a user equipment to encode CSI feedback, and one or more neural networks implemented at a network entity to decode the encoded CSI feedback. A set of samples, such as training data to train the AI/ML model, is obtained that are based on an input to the AI/ML model and an expected output from the AI/ML model. A collection of samples in the set are grouped together and a single sample representing the collection of samples is determined. A reduced set of samples is determined that includes the single sample rather than the collection of samples, and this reduced set of samples is transmitted to a network entity.
H04B 7/06 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus for repeater signal pattern as assisting information. The apparatus, such as a receiving device (e.g., a UE) receives a first signaling indicating a receive configuration for reception of a reference signal, and receives a second signaling indicating estimated signal configuration information including a propagation pattern attributable to a repeater device. The receiving device receives the reference signal according to the receive configuration, and receives a third signaling indicating measurement of the reference signal based at least in part on the estimated signal configuration information.
H04B 7/04 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas
H04B 7/06 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods, apparatuses, and systems that support encoding and decoding of input information. For instance, implementations provide systems and signalling for compressing input feedback data (e.g., channel state information (CSI)), quantizing, and transferring the compressed information, as well as reconstructing the input data from the received compressed and quantized data. The described implementations can utilize multiple latent representations of the input feedback data which can be quantized using different quantization schemes. Further, the described implementations are adaptable to use different numbers of feedback bits. Implementations also include aspects for training neural network models for compressing and decompressing feedback data and explained how the neural network models can be used during the inference phase at a receiver side with assistance signals from a transmitter side.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to performing one-to-many and many-to-one sidelink positioning, such as using sidelink time difference of arrival (SL-TDoA) and sidelink round trip time (SL-RTT) positioning techniques in a single sidelink positioning session. Positioning measurements for a particular device (e.g., a target UE) are generated by both the particular device and a set of additional devices, and these positioning measurements are provided to a positioning calculation entity that can estimate the location of the particular device.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus for physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) resource configuration. The apparatus, such as a sidelink transmitting UE, receives a configuration indicating multiple PSFCH occasions per physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) transmission in a resource pool, where the multiple PSFCH occasions are each configurable in more than one resource block (RB) set. The apparatus transmits a sidelink communication to a receiving UE based at least in part on a determination to transmit in a PSFCH occasion according to the PSSCH transmission in a RB set.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods, apparatuses, and systems that support timing alignment acquisition. For instance, implementations provide for an optimized RACH procedure performed for the purpose of early acquisition of timing alignment (TA) information, e.g., before a handover occurs. Further, implementations enable a candidate cell for a handover to identify a random access procedure as an early TA acquisition RACH, which can enable successful performance of the RACH procedure without establishing an radio resource control (RRC) connection in the candidate cell.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods, apparatuses, and systems that support multiple nodes for user equipment positioning. For instance, anchor nodes are configured to cooperate (e.g., via backhaul and/or OTA transmission) to exchange position-related parameters and confidence information pertaining to the position-related parameters. Further, subband non-overlapping full duplex (SBFD) can be used for OTA transmission to occur in a DL subband that is configured to overlap with the UL subband.
G01S 5/00 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations
G01S 5/02 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves
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TECHNIQUES FOR PDU SET-AWARE APPLICATIONS AND ASSOCIATED SIGNALING
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to PDU set-aware multimedia applications and associated signaling. An NE (1800) includes at least one memory (1804) and at least one processor (1802) configured to cause the NE (1800) to encode media of an application into a plurality of ADUs as logically independent units of information, group, by an application RTP sender routine, each ADU into one or more PDU sets, determine, for each of the PDU sets, PDU set information, encapsulate the PDU set information for each of the PDUs in the PDU set in an extension header element packetized within an RTP extension header of an RTP PDU corresponding to the RTP PDU payload of each of the one or more PDUs of the PDU set, and transmit the RTP PDUs comprising the PDU set information.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to codebook-based training dataset reports for channel state information (CSI). A training dataset report is generated or obtained that corresponds to CSI based on a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) codebook. The training dataset report includes multiple parameters corresponding to the PMI codebook and weight values associated with those parameters. These parameters are aggregations of similar training dataset points corresponding to CSI and the weight values are indications of rates of occurrence of the similar training dataset points. The training dataset report is then transmitted to another device (e.g., a network entity or a UE).
H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
H04B 7/06 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to data differentiation based on an importance level. A UE (900) may be configured to receive (1202), at a PDCP layer/entity, new data for a radio bearer/QoS flow, the new data corresponding to a PDU Set and to identify (1204) a respective importance level for the PDU Set, the respective importance level being one of a plurality of importance levels. The UE (900) may be configured to route (1206) the new data to a respective RLC entity/bearer that corresponds to the respective importance level, where the PDCP layer/entity is associated with a plurality of RLC entities/bearers, each RLC entity/bearer corresponding to a different one of the plurality of importance levels.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to discarding pending data based on an importance level. A UE (900) may be configured to store (1702) data for transmission, the data associated with a plurality of importance levels, and to receive (1704) an indication from a RAN. The UE (900) may be configured to activate (1706) a discarding mode based at least in part on the indication, and to perform (1708) discarding of pending data based at least in part on a respective importance level associated with the pending data while the discarding mode is activated.
This information processing device detects a facial image region containing a facial image from within an image captured by an imaging unit, gives an instruction for activation from a standby state on the basis of the detection of the facial image region from within a first image captured by the imaging unit while in the standby state in order to activate a system on the basis of the instruction, and executes authentication processing for authenticating whether or not a user is legitimate after the system is activated. The information processing device next determines whether or not the instruction for activation from the standby state is to be given when the facial image region is detected from within the first image captured by the imaging unit while in the standby state on the basis of the facial image detected from within the first image while in the standby state and the authentication result of the authentication processing.
There is provided a data preparation configuration entity in a wireless communications system. The data preparation configuration entity comprises a transceiver arranged to receive (910), a request for application layer data processing management, the request comprising a requirement for managing raw data from at least one data source. The data preparation configuration entity comprises a processor arranged to configure (920), at least one parameter of a data preparation configuration based on the request for application layer data processing management, the at least one parameter comprising information for preparing the required data. Also relates to a data preparation entity.
H04L 41/16 - Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks using machine learning or artificial intelligence
37.
INTER-PLANE SERVICE BASED ARCHITECTURE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
There is provided a method in a configuration entity, the configuration entity in a wireless communication network. The method comprises receiving a request for interplane service-based architecture management from a consumer. The method further comprises generating a configuration for a microservice environment based on the request, wherein the microservice environment comprises a plurality of microservices and a topology of the service based architecture. The method further comprises controlling at least one capability and/or permission related to the microservices within the microservice environment based on the configuration.
H04L 41/0895 - Configuration of virtualised networks or elements, e.g. virtualised network function or OpenFlow elements
H04L 41/122 - Discovery or management of network topologies of virtualised topologies e.g. software-defined networks [SDN] or network function virtualisation [NFV]
H04L 41/5051 - Service on demand, e.g. definition and deployment of services in real time
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NODE IDENTIFICATION USING SIDELINK IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
Accordingly, there is provided a method in a sidelink remote user equipment, the method comprises receiving a discovery message including a cell identity and a length field from a sidelink relay user equipment. The method further comprises receiving a system information message from a serving cell of a serving node. The method further comprises determining a node identity from the received discovery message; and determining if the node identity determined from the received discovery message is the same as that included in the system information message.
There is provided a user equipment supporting device-side time sensitive network translation in a wireless communication network. The user equipment comprising a receiver arranged to receive a sidelink configuration from a network function, the sidelink configuration comprising one or more quality of service parameters based on 5GS network bridge information, for communicating a time sensitive network stream over sidelink, the receiver being further arranged to receive the time sensitive network stream. The user equipment further comprising a processor arranged to determine to transmit the time sensitive network stream to another user equipment over sidelink according to a virtual local area network identifier of the time sensitive network stream, and further arranged to determine quality of service parameters for the transmission over sidelink, based on the sidelink configuration. The user equipment further comprising a transmitter arranged to discover and establish a sidelink connection with the another user equipment based on the sidelink configuration, the transmitter being further arranged to transmit the time sensitive network stream to the another user equipment over the sidelink connection.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods, apparatuses, and systems that support channel state information (CSI) reporting. For instance, implementations provide for configuring user equipment (UE) with reporting machine learning (ML) output pertaining to CSI (e.g., artificial intelligence/ML (AI/ML)-based inference data) with a quantization resolution that is inversely proportional to a reported rank. Further, implementations provide for using a CSI feedback priority ordering that is based on a bit significance of a given parameter. Implementations also provide for configuring a UE with reporting a fixed number of a plurality of channel dimensions in a CSI report.
H04B 7/00 - Radio transmission systems, i.e. using radiation field
H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
H04B 7/06 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods, apparatuses, and systems that support configuration for sidelink transmission. The disclosure, for example, describes ways for determining sidelink transmission offset as a function of sidelink transmission priority. For instance, sidelink transmission offset may be determined as a positive offset value from a symbol boundary time and/or a negative offset value from a symbol boundary time.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to a device and a method for a network-controlled repeater (NCR) device to detect, indicate and recover from a backhaul failure. The method includes communicating, by the NCR device: (i) with network device(s) via a first link or a second link and with a user device via a third link. A beam association is determined of the first link and the second link. The method includes determining that the first link is communicated on a first beam and the second link is communicated on a second beam of the network device(s). In response, the method includes monitoring a reference signal received on the second link for an indication of backhaul failure of the second link. The method includes transmitting a request for backhaul beam recovery on the first link in response to detecting the indication of backhaul failure of the second link.
H04B 7/06 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
43.
RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR SIDELINK POSITIONING GROUP
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to group resource allocation enhancements for SL positioning. A UE (1300) may be configured to receive (1602) a request to perform group-assisted sidelink (SL) positioning and to transmit (1604), to a configuration device, a request for SL positioning time-frequency resources for a SL positioning group. The UE (1300) may be configured to receive (1606), from the configuration device, a response comprising an allocation of a plurality of SL positioning time-frequency resources for the SL positioning group and to perform (1608) group-assisted SL positioning using the allocated plurality of SL positioning time-frequency resources.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to resource scheduling for a SL positioning group. A UE (1300) may be configured to schedule (1602), to each member of a SL positioning group, a set of SL positioning time-frequency resources of a plurality of SL positioning time-frequency resources and to configure (1604) each member of the SL positioning group with a particular set of SL positioning time-frequency resources. The UE (1300) may be configured to transmit (1606), to a SL positioning group member, an activation command for transmission of at least one SL PRS using a respective scheduled set of SL positioning time- frequency resources and to transmit (1608), to the SL positioning group member, a deactivation command to release the respective scheduled set of SL positioning time-frequency resources.
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining a monitoring window for control information. One method (1400) includes receiving (1402) a DRX configuration for a set of non-uniform DRX cycles. The set of non-uniform DRX cycles occurs according to a pattern that periodically repeats, and at least two DRX cycles of the set of non-uniform DRX cycles have different durations. The method (1400) includes determining (1404) a first set of DRX cycles based on the DRX configuration. The method (1400) includes receiving (1406) a search space configuration associated with monitoring a DCI format. DCI of the DCI format is to be monitored for a PDCCH monitoring window of time outside of an active time of a DRX cycle. The method (1400) includes receiving (1408) a DCP configuration for monitoring the DCI format.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to situations where a secure connection is established, e.g., using an application session key, between a user equipment (UE) and an application function (AF) in a home public land mobile network (HPLMN) of the UE. The AF communicates the application session key to an authentication and key management for applications (AKMA) anchor function (AAnF) in the HPLMN, also referred to as a home AAnF (HAAnF). The user can roam with the UE to a visited public land mobile network (VPLMN) and the AAnF transmits the application session key to a network entity in the VPLMN. A security context that includes the application session key is stored in the VPLMN. Any refreshes of the application session key or other keys derived from the application session key are similarly communicated to the AAnF in the HPLMN and a network entity in the VPLMN.
OF THE DISCLOSURE Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to DRX configuration adaptation for SL positioning. A UE (800) may be configured to participate (1102) in a positioning session with a set of UEs receive a CSI reporting setting and to configure (1104) a DRX configuration comprising a DRX active time. The UE (800) may be configured to receive (1106) signaling information from at least one UE of the set of UEs and to adjust (1108) the DRX active time to include time periods corresponding to the transmission of SL-PRS in response to the reception of the signaling information, where the signaling information comprises timing information for transmission of SL-PRS.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus, such as a transmitting user equipment (UE) (e.g., a target UE) that receives, from a base station, a sidelink (SL) positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration of multiple resource sets. The transmitting UE also receives, from an anchor UE, a SL-PRS resource in at least one of a UE-specific resource element offset or a frequency offset. The transmitting UE transmits, to the anchor UE, a determined candidate SL-PRS resource for PRS transmission within a resource set of the multiple resource sets.
OF THE DISCLOSURE Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for allocating resources based on field information. One method (700) includes receiving (702), at a user equipment ("UE"), downlink control information ("DCI") that allocates sidelink ("SL") resources. The DCI includes a first field indicating whether the SL resources are allocated for a SL positioning reference signal ("PRS") ("SL-PRS") transmission. The method (700) includes, in response to the first field indicating that the SL resources are allocated for the SL-PRS transmission, performing (704) the SL-PRS transmission based at least partly on the DCI. The method (700) includes, in response to the first field indicating (706) that the SL resources are not allocated for the SL-PRS transmission, initiating a physical SL shared channel ("PSSCH") transmission.
OF THE DISCLOSURE Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for configuring linking between mobility configurations. One method (1000) includes receiving (1002), at a user equipment ("UE"), at least one mobility configuration. The at least one mobility configuration includes linking information. The method (1000) includes performing (1004) a measurement on a first active configuration of the at least one mobility configuration. The method (1000) includes determining (1006) a target configuration based on the measurement. The method (1000) includes activating (1008) a linked mobility configuration of the at least one mobility configuration. The linked mobility configuration is linked to the target configuration based on the linking information.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods, apparatuses, and systems that support suspicious behavior reporting. For instance, implementations provide techniques for aggregating data pertaining to suspicious behavior in wireless communications and for propagating the data to different entities in wireless systems. By utilizing the described techniques, device and information security in wireless communications can be enhanced.
There is provided a data preparation service in a wireless communication network, the data preparation service arranged to: receive, via a network automation and/or optimization tool, configuration information from an application and/or service provider; and execute a configuration to control a data preparation process using the configuration information.
H04L 41/0853 - Retrieval of network configuration; Tracking network configuration history by actively collecting configuration information or by backing up configuration information
H04L 41/16 - Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks using machine learning or artificial intelligence
H04L 41/5009 - Determining service level performance parameters or violations of service level contracts, e.g. violations of agreed response time or mean time between failures [MTBF]
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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DATA PREPARATION ANALYTICS, PREPROCESSING AND CONTROL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
There is provided a data preparation function in a wireless communication network, the data preparation function comprising: one or more processors arranged to: collect data from one or more data sources in the wireless communication network; analyse the collected data to derive one or more data characteristics and to identify whether the collected data face one or more quality issues or irregularities; and prepare the collected data based on the analysis, including performing one or more of the following: data recovery to recover data missing from the collected data; data cleaning of the collected data; formatting of the collected data; or separation of the collected data into different data sets for one or more training tasks.
H04L 41/0853 - Retrieval of network configuration; Tracking network configuration history by actively collecting configuration information or by backing up configuration information
H04L 41/16 - Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks using machine learning or artificial intelligence
H04L 41/5009 - Determining service level performance parameters or violations of service level contracts, e.g. violations of agreed response time or mean time between failures [MTBF]
H04L 41/0654 - Management of faults, events, alarms or notifications using network fault recovery
54.
GENERATION OF ANALYTICS FOR USE IN CYBER-ATTACK DETECTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
There is provided an apparatus comprising a transceiver, and a processor coupled to the transceiver. The processor and the transceiver are configured to cause the apparatus to: receive a cause value indicative of a type of cyber-attack; receive a list of one or more remote device identifiers, wherein each of the one or more remote device identifiers identifies a remote device; select one or more measurement parameters based on the cause value; send a measurement request to a network function on another apparatus, the measurement request comprising the list of one or more remote device identifiers and the one or more measurement parameters; receive, in response to the measurement request, from the network function, a measurement response comprising one or more measurement reports associated with the list of remote device identifiers and the one or more measurement parameters; and generate analytics based on the one or more measurement reports.
There is provided a first network function in a home network, wherein the home network is arranged to communicate with a visited network, the first network function comprising: a transceiver; and a processor coupled to the transceiver. The processor and the transceiver are configured to cause the first network function to: send a request message to a second network function in the home network, the request message comprising user equipment routing selection policy, 'URSP', data; receive from the second network function, and in response to the request message, a message comprising protected URSP data; and send a user equipment policy update request comprising the protected URSP data to the third network function for delivery to the user equipment.
A multiple-layer transmission can be conductively received (310) with each layer having a modulation type. Layers can be separated (320) from the multiple-layer transmission by using a matrix MIMO receiver having matrix coefficients. An EVM can be measured (330) for at least one layer of the separated layers. A maximum combining gain of the MIMO receiver can be determined (340) for each layer based on the receiver matrix coefficients. An adjusted EVM can be generated (350) by multiplying the measured EVM by a fraction of a square root of the maximum combining gain.
A multiple-layer transmission can be conductively received (410) with each layer having a modulation type. Layers can be separated (420) from the multiple-layer transmission by using a matrix MIMO receiver having matrix coefficients. An EVM can be measured (430) for at least one layer for the separated layers. An increase in an allowed MPR can be determined (440) for the modulation type for the at least one layer. The measured EVM for the at least one layer can be increased (450) by a function of an allowed MPR increase for the modulation type.
H04W 52/36 - Transmission power control [TPC] using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets
H04W 52/42 - TPC being performed in particular situations in systems with time, space, frequency or polarisation diversity
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods, apparatuses, and systems that support user equipment (UE) association with a network. For instance, implementations provide ways for UE registration requests and UE policy provisioning to be processed by a network. In implementations, payload containers of a registration request are processed separately by an access and mobility management function (AMF) and are transmitted to a policy control function (PCF) using two different hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) POST request messages. The PCF implements a timer to ensure that both the HTTP POST messages are received by the PCF before the PCF initiates creating UE policy sections. In additional or alternative implementations, an AMF processes payload containers of a registration request into one payload. A PCF can then process new information identities and, in at least some implementations, identify and separate payload containers.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to devices and methods for wireless communication of enhanced reporting of Quality of Experience (QoE) measurements while a device is in an inactive state. A user equipment (UE) reports, using small data transmission (SDT) in uplink message(s) a first list of a portion of the QoE measurement report(s) limited to a first allocation of uplink resources for SDT. In response to determining that the buffer contains an unreported portion of the one or more QoE measurement reports, the UE receives a second allocation of uplink resources for SDT and reports, using SDT while at least the transceiver of the UE is in an inactive state in second uplink message(s), a second list of a second portion of the QoE measurement report(s) limited to the second allocation of uplink resources for SDT.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to devices and methods for a network-controlled repeater (NCR) device to be efficiently configured by a network device. The NCR device communicates, via at least one transceiver: (i) with at least one network device of a network via (a) a first link or (b) a second link; and (ii) with a user device via a third link. The NCR device receives, via the at least one transceiver from the at least one network device, one or more control messages including a configuration for sending repeater capability information of the third link. In response to receiving the configuration, the NCR device determines the repeater capability information and transmits, via the at least one transceiver, the repeater capability information to the at least one network device, enabling efficient beam indications by the at least one network device.
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for measuring for cell reselection based on a cell state. One method (500) includes camping (502), at a user equipment, on a cell. The method (500) includes receiving (504) information indicating a change of a cell operating state of the cell. The method (500) includes performing (506) measurements for cell reselection based on the information indicating the change of the cell operating state of the cell. The measurements for cell reselection include intra-frequency measurements, inter-frequency measurements, inter-RAT measurements, or a combination thereof.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to a device and methods for a network-controlled repeater (NCR) device to efficiently expand a coverage area of a base station. The repeater device transmits to base station(s) a beam designation of beams of the repeater device capable of communicating with user devices via a third access link. In response, the base station(s) determining that the beam designation identifies two or more user devices in a first beam of the two or more beams that should be serviced using frequency division multiplexing. The base station(s) transmits a configuration to the repeater device for transmission of a downlink and reception of an uplink on the third link between the repeater device and the two or more user devices using the first beam.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods, apparatuses, and systems that support interference management. For instance, implementations provide for clustering of base stations (e.g., gNBs) in association with resources, such as time slots. Further, base stations can be pre-configured by a network function and/or perform signaling (e.g., with the core network and/or other base stations) to form new clusters, negotiate resources (e.g., slots) associated with a new cluster, join existing clusters, and so on.
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining parameters for multiple models for wireless communication systems. One method (600) includes determining (602), at a first device, using a first set of information, a set of parameters including first information corresponding to a first model and a second model. The method (600) includes transmitting (604), to a second device, a second set of information including second information for the first model or the second model.
OF THE DISCLOSURE Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining a beam for communication using learning techniques. One method (500) includes receiving (502), at a user equipment ("UE"), a set of reference signals from a network node. The set of reference signals correspond to a set of beams. The method (500) includes identifying (504) a preferred beam based on a learning module and a neural network ("NN") model. The method (500) includes determining (506), by the learning module, a first candidate beam based on a set of beam measurements corresponding to a subset of the set of reference signals. The set of beam measurements include reference signal received power ("RSRP") measurements or signal-to-interference and noise ratio ("SINR") measurements. The method (500) includes determining (508) whether the first candidate beam satisfies a metric. The method (500) includes determining (510) the preferred beam as the first candidate beam.
H04B 7/06 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
OF THE DISCLOSURE Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to receiving a uplink transmit precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) based on coherence grouping. A UE (700) may be configured to transmit (1002) a set of parameters corresponding to an antenna configuration of the UE, where the antenna configuration comprises information on at least one of an antenna grouping of the UE, or a coherence grouping across antenna ports of the UE, or both. The UE (700) may be configured to receive (1004) a codebook configuration associated with an UL codebook-based transmission and to transmit (1006) a set of SRSs over the antenna ports based on the antenna configuration. The UE (700) may be configured to receive (1008) at least one TPMI corresponding to the UL codebook-based transmission.
H04B 7/0404 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas the mobile station comprising multiple antennas, e.g. to provide uplink diversity
H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
H04B 7/06 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDLING INTERLACING OF PHYSICAL RESOURCE BLOCKS IN A SIDELINK COMMUNICATION
5 An apparatus and method are provided where an interlaced based resource block configuration is received (902), which includes a physical resource block mapping for one or more bandwidth parts. Each bandwidth part includes a plurality of resource block sets each having a first defined size for mapping a plurality of subchannels of a second defined size into the respective resource block set, where the 10 second defined size does not divide evenly into the first defined size. One or more remaining physical resource blocks that number less than the second defined size remain unassigned after a maximum number of subchannels are created. The remaining physical resource blocks from the plurality of resource block sets are aggregated (904). Additional subchannels, which have the second defined size, are 15 defined (906) from the aggregated remaining physical resource blocks, where the additional subchannels include resource blocks which span multiple resource block sets.
An apparatus and method are provided where an interlaced based resource block configuration is received (702), which includes a physical resource block mapping for one or more bandwidth parts. Each bandwidth part includes a plurality of resource block sets each having a first defined size for mapping a plurality of subchannels of a second defined size into the respective resource block set, where the second defined size does not divide evenly into the first defined size. One or more remaining physical resource blocks that number less than the second defined size remain unassigned after a maximum number of subchannels are created. The remaining physical resource blocks are associated with one or more common interlaces for use as resource blocks for use as part of one or more physical sidelink feedback channels (704).
OF THE DISCLOSURE Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for configuring reference signal communication for multiple devices. One method (800) includes receiving (802), at a user equipment ("UE"), an inter-UE coordination ("IUC") configuration for sidelink ("SL") positioning reference signal ("PRS") communication. The IUC configuration includes, for a plurality of UEs, a resource element offset or a frequency offset, or both. The method (800) includes transmitting (804) IUC information to the plurality of UEs based at least in part on the IUC configuration and a change to the resource element offset or the frequency offset, or both, and the IUC information includes preferred information, non-preferred information, and resource conflict information for the SL PRS communication.
There is provided a method in a user equipment of a wireless communication network. The method comprises transmitting, via a first data radio bearer, Protocol Data Units (PDUs) of a first PDU set using a first quality of service (QoS) mapping rule. The method further comprises: receiving downlink packets for the data radio bearer containing header information including at least one QoS parameter indicating a second QoS mapping rule; applying the first QoS mapping rule to uplink transmissions on said data radio bearer until the transmission of the last PDU of the first PDU set; and transmitting PDUs of a second PDU set using the second QoS mapping rule.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus, such as a network device, that receives a first signaling as a registration request from an end device, and generates a registry notification message based on successful authentication of the end device. The apparatus transmits a second signaling as a registry transaction notification to a first network entity that implements a permissioned distributed ledger (PDL). The apparatus receives a third signaling as a registration acknowledgement message from a second network entity that implements a registry service, and transmits a fourth signaling as a registration response to the end device.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods, apparatuses, and systems that support digital identity management. For instance, implementations provide permissioned distributed ledger (PDL) services and associated message exchanges and operations. Decentralized identifier (DID) document registry services, for example, are provided to enable management of DIDs, such as for actions including create/store, update, delete/revoke, etc., for DIDs. Further, verifiable credential (VC) data registry services are provided to enable management of VCs, such as for actions including create/store, update, delete/revoke, etc., for VCs.
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for reporting a time-domain channel property ("TDCP") report. One method (800) includes receiving (802), at a device, a TDCP reporting setting including configuration parameters corresponding to a TDCP report. The TDCP reporting setting is associated with at least one tracking reference signal ("TRS") received at the device. The method (800) includes reporting (804) the TDCP report over a physical uplink channel. The TDCP report includes a set of parameters based on a measure of a downlink channel correlation over time.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to platform services to support identity, including decentralized identifier (DID) and self-sovereign identity (SSI) based, and trust management solutions that use a ledger platform such as a permissioned distributed ledger (PDL). A DID verification procedure to enable authentication and authorization of DID holders (e.g., subject or end user) for end user requested services is discussed. This DID verification procedure includes a DID verification service receiving a DID verification request and a type of service requested from a DID verifier, communicating with a DID operation participants registry service and a DID document registry service to determine whether the DID holder is authorized to access the type of service, and returning an indication of authorization success or failure to the DID holder.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to providing efficient support of multiple traffic flows (e.g., data traffic flows) for various applications, such as extended reality applications. Different ones of these multiple traffic flows can have different characteristics, such as different quality of service characteristics. A network entity, such as a base station, transmits semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configurations to one or more other devices in the wireless communications system, such as a user equipment. An SPS configuration includes one or more discontinuous reception (DRX) timer configurations that the network entity can set according to any of the characteristics of one or more of the traffic flows. The network entity selects one or more timers, and appropriate values for those timers based on the characteristics of one or more of the traffic flows, configuring the SPS to support the requirements of the one or more traffic flows.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus, such as a user equipment (UE), that receives a first signaling from a base station as a channel state information (CSI) reporting setting. The CSI reporting setting indicates a channel measurement resource (CMR) for at least two CSI-reference signal (RS) segments corresponding to multiple precoder matrix indicator (PMI) layers associated with one or more PMI layer groups. The UE transmits a second signaling to the base station as a CSI report in one of two CSI report modes. The CSI report includes an indication of a number of the one or more PMI layer groups and a PMI corresponding to the multiple PMI layers, where the CSI report mode is based on the number of the one or more PMI layer groups.
H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
H04B 7/06 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods, apparatuses, and systems that support key for connectivity to a cell group. For instance, implementations provide ways for a UE to securely switch connectivity from a first SCG associated with a master cell group (MCG) to a second SCG associated with the MCG. The UE, for example, has previously connected to (e.g., visited) the second SCG. The UE informs the MCG of the upcoming connectivity switch. Accordingly, the MCG uses a security counter value to generate a new secondary key and the MCG transmits the security counter value to the UE. Further, the MCG transmits the new secondary key to the second SCG. Thus, the UE can generate the secondary key using the security counter value and the UE and the second SCG can transmit and receive data using the secondary key.
There is provided a method in a node of a wireless communication network. The method comprises receiving from an application a plurality of encoded protocol data units (PDUs) corresponding to an encoded application data unit (ADU), whereby the encoding is based on an Application-Layer Forward Error Correction (AL-FEC) coding configuration such that the encoded ADU comprises both a plurality of source PDUs and a plurality of repair PDUs, the encoded PDUs including metadata. The method further comprises identifying an Application-Layer Forward Error Correction (AL-FEC) coding configuration that was used to encode the encoded ADU. The method further comprises identifying, based on the metadata of the received PDUs, the plurality of source PDUs and the plurality of repair PDUs. The method further comprises defining a Protocol Data Unit Set (PDU set) containing both the plurality of source PDUs and the plurality of repair PDUs.
There is provided a method in a node of a wireless communication network. The method comprises receiving from an application a protocol data unit (PDU) set corresponding to an encoded application data unit (ADU), whereby the encoding is based on an Application-Layer Forward Error Correction (AL-FEC) coding configuration. The method further comprises receiving an Application-Layer Forward Error Correction (AL-FEC) coding configuration that was used to encode the encoded ADU; and processing a transmission of the PDU set. The method further comprises determining if a cease criterion is met, the cease criterion derived for the PDU set from the AL-FEC coding configuration, and if a cease criterion is met for the PDU set, then ceasing transmission of the PDU set.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods, apparatuses, and systems that support codebook configuration for device positioning. For instance, implementations provide for codebook configuration based on various criteria pertaining to network configuration entities (e.g., a location and mobility function (LMF)), target UE nodes (e.g., UEs for which position is to be determined) and/or positioning anchor nodes, e.g., nodes that transmit positioning reference signals (PRS). The criteria, for example, represent attributes of the different nodes that may affect codebook configuration and/or complexity. Using a configured codebook, a target UE can process received PRS to determine different position-related parameters of the target UE. The target UE can transmit the position-related parameters to a different node (e.g., a network entity) to enable the different node to process the position-related parameters to estimate a location of the target UE.
G01S 5/02 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves
H04W 64/00 - Locating users or terminals for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
G01S 5/00 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations
H04B 7/06 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
H04B 7/08 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the receiving station
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to reporting Channel State Information (CSI) feedback with Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) values. A UE (700) may be configured to receive a CSI reporting setting and to receive (1010) a set of channel measurement reference signals comprising at least one non-zero power (NZP) CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) resource. The UE (700) may be configured to generate (1015) CSI feedback report in accordance with the CSI reporting setting and to transmit (1020) the CSI feedback report over a physical uplink channel, the CSI feedback report comprising a plurality of CSI report segments and a plurality of CQI values associated with the plurality of CSI report segments.
H04B 7/06 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus, such as a user equipment (UE), that receives a full duplex sub-band configuration including multiple sub-bands of multiple bandwidths. The apparatus also receives a dynamic indication of an active sub-band selected from the multiple sub-bands, and performs a communication as at least one of a transmission or a reception according to the active sub-band. An apparatus, such as a base station, transmits a full duplex sub-band configuration to a UE, the full duplex sub-band configuration including multiple sub-bands of multiple bandwidths, and the base station transmits a dynamic indication of an active sub-band selected from the multiple sub-bands.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to generating data and analytics based at least in part on both internal wireless communications system data and on external data. The internal wireless communications system data is, for example, internal data of the wireless communications system that describes operation of the wireless communications system. The external data is, for example, data external to the wireless communications system that the apparatus has access to (e.g., data that the wireless communications system accesses with authentication from an owner of the external data, publicly available data, and so forth). An entity of the wireless communications system receives requests from a 3rd party consumer, generates the requested data and analytics, and returns the requested data to the 3rd party consumer.
H04W 24/00 - Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
H04L 41/16 - Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks using machine learning or artificial intelligence
84.
UE APPARATUS SELECTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
There is provided a network entity in a wireless communication network. The network entity comprises a receiver and a processor. The receiver is arranged to receive information. The information comprises one or more selection criteria for selecting one or more UE apparatuses, and message information related to one or more messages that are to be sent to one or more UE apparatuses. The processor is arranged to, using some or all of the received information, acquire a UE apparatus list, the UE apparatus list indicating one or more UE apparatuses each of which satisfies the one or more selection criteria and is technically capable of receiving the one or more messages.
There is provided a network node in a wireless communications network, comprising: a receiver arranged to receive first reference clock information for clock synchronization. The network node further comprises a processor arranged to determine whether to transmit reference clock information over a sidelink connection to a second network node of the wireless communication network, the processor being further arranged to determine second reference clock information for the second network node. The network node further comprising a transmitter arranged to transmit the second reference clock information to the second network node over the sidelink connection.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to a network entity, such as a sensing receive device, receives one or more partial transmission configurations from a network device, where the one or more partial transmission configurations include a subset of parameters defining a transmission configuration of a transmit device. The sensing receive device also receives one or more transmitted signals from the transmit device according to the received one or more partial transmission configurations, and transmits a report of passive radio sensing measurements according to a report configuration, the passive radio sensing measurements determined based at least in part on the one or more transmitted signals from the transmit device according to the received one or more partial transmission configurations.
G01S 7/00 - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - Details of systems according to groups , ,
G01S 13/00 - Systems using the reflection or reradiation of radio waves, e.g. radar systems; Analogous systems using reflection or reradiation of waves whose nature or wavelength is irrelevant or unspecified
G01S 13/87 - Combinations of radar systems, e.g. primary radar and secondary radar
87.
DATA COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK
There is provided a method in a data collection and distribution application entity. The method comprises receiving a request from a service consumer, the request related to a radio related performance analytics event, and determining at least one data source for data related to the radio related performance analytics event. The method further comprises configuring at least one parameter related to the data collection from at least one determined data source, based on the radio related performance analytics event; and sending the at least one configured parameter to the at least one data source based on the radio related performance analytics event. The method further comprises receiving data from the at least one data source, processing received data to produce processed data, and sending the processed data to the service consumer.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods, apparatuses, and systems that support configuration for radio sensing. For instance, implementations provide for configuration of sensing-related nodes with knowledge of background environments related to specific radio sensing scenarios to assist in sensing receiver processing. Further, knowledge of features of a background environment can be used as assistance information for extracting sensing information for target objects, such as based on information pertaining to signal interactions between a background environment and target objects.
G01S 13/46 - Indirect determination of position data
G01S 13/48 - Indirect determination of position data using multiple beams at emission or reception
G01S 7/41 - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - Details of systems according to groups , , of systems according to group using analysis of echo signal for target characterisation; Target signature; Target cross-section
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PDU SET DEFINITION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK
There is provided a method comprising receiving a QoS rules configuration of QoS requirements of an XR application, and applying the received QoS rules configuration to a packet filter. The method further comprises processing a plurality of packet data units (PDUs) of the XR application with the packet filter. The method further still comprises determining a plurality of PDU sets, wherein each PDU set groups a sequence of one or more PDUs encapsulating a unit of information of the XR application; and transmitting the plurality of PDU sets to a radio access network, wherein a particular QoS rule configuration is applied to each PDU in a PDU set.
There is provided an apparatus (506) comprising: a transceiver; and a processor coupled to the transceiver, the processor and the transceiver configured to cause the apparatus to: receive (514) an Authentication and Key Management for Applications, AKMA, application key request from an Application Function (508), the AKMA application key request comprising: an identifier of the Application Function (AF_ID); acquire (518) user consent information; evaluate (518) the user consent information for a service provided by the Application Function (508) identified by the Application Function Identifier; detect (518) that no user consent is granted to the service provided by the Application Function (508) identified by the Application Function Identifier; and, responsive to detecting that no user consent is granted to the service, send (520), in response to the AKMA application key request, to the Application Function (508), a first AKMA application key response message indicating that no user consent is granted to the service.
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for NTN-based UE location verification. An apparatus (1300) includes a transceiver (1325) and a processor (1305) coupled to the transceiver. The processor (1305) is configured to cause the apparatus to transmit a RAT-independent location information request, the request comprising a location configuration for a NG-RAN node, receive RAT-independent location information of a target UE corresponding to the transmitted location information request, the RAT-independent location information comprising a location estimate of the target UE, trigger a location server to determine a location estimate for the target UE using a RAT-dependent positioning indication, receive the location estimate based on the RAT-dependent positioning indication, and perform verification of the received RAT-independent target UE location with respect to the RAT-dependent UE location estimate.
G01S 5/00 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations
H04W 4/02 - Services making use of location information
H04W 64/00 - Locating users or terminals for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
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USER EQUIPMENT POLICY MANAGEMENT AT TIME OF REGISTRATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
There is provided a method performed by a device (800) in a mobile network, the method comprising: transmitting (808), to a first network entity (804) in the mobile network, a registration request message, the registration request message comprising a requested UE policies information element, the registration request message identifying a second network entity (806) in the mobile network; receiving (812), from the first network entity (804), a registration accept message; responsive to receiving the registration accept message, starting (814) a first timer; and either: if a policy message is received from the second network entity (806) via the first network entity (804) before the first timer has reached a first time threshold, stopping (820) the first timer and/ or transmitting (822, 824), to the second network entity (806) via the first network entity (804), a reply message; or if the first timer has reached the first time threshold without a policy message being received from the second network entity (806) via the first network entity (804), transmitting (918), to the second network entity via the first network entity, a UE policy provisioning request message.
There is provided a wireless communication device comprising a receiver arranged to receive a network information message, the network information message identifying a list of PLMNs that support Authentication with 5GC using 3GPP 5G credentials.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to a wireless communications system that includes a network data analytics function (NWDAF) containing a model training logical function (MTLF), an NWDAF containing an analytics logical function (AnLF), and an analytics data repository function (ADRF). The NWDAF containing the MTLF generates a security context that protects a machine learning (ML) model that is stored in the ADRF. An NWDAF containing the AnLF obtains the protected ML model from the ADRF and obtains the security context from the NWDAF containing the MTLF. The security context is managed using a storage duration time that indicates when the ADRF is to delete the protected ML and the NWDAF containing the MTLF is to delete the security context, or a validity time that indicates when the ADRF is to delete the protected ML and the NWDAF containing the MTLF is to delete the security context.
H04L 41/28 - Restricting access to network management systems or functions, e.g. using authorisation function to access network configuration
H04L 41/16 - Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks using machine learning or artificial intelligence
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to devices and methods for wireless communication of enhanced reporting of Quality of Experience (QoE) measurements. In response to determining that received control message(s) enable uplink segmentation of uplink messages for carrying QoE reports stored in a buffer, the device assigns the QoE report(s) to uplink message(s). The device segments any uplink message(s) that has a message size that exceeds a limit and transmits the uplink message(s) to the network device. In response to determining that received control message(s) do not enable uplink segmentation, the device identifies a message size for each of the QoE report(s). The device removes any of the QoE report(s) that exceeds a maximum message size limit. The device assigns the QoE report(s) that remain to uplink message(s) that individually do not exceed the maximum message size limit and transmits the uplink message(s) to the network device.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to devices and methods for sidelink wireless communication in unlicensed spectrum between user devices with reduced access time while avoiding interference to other technologies. In response to determining that configuration information from a network node indicates presence of a wireless access device, a user equipment (UE) performs a full listen before transmit (LBT) procedure before performing sidelink communication. In response to determining that the configuration information indicates an absence of a wireless access device, the UE performs an access procedure for the sidelink communication that is shorter. Then, the UE performs sidelink communication that may have been expedited by the shorter access procedure while avoiding interference to other technologies.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to controlling sidelink positioning congestion. A base station configures a lookup table having associations of one or more sidelink positioning transmission parameters, a channel busy ratio (CBR) range of values, and a packet priority. The base station transmits the lookup table to a user equipment (UE) indicating a control configuration of transmission parameters for a sidelink positioning reference signal (PRS). The UE receives the lookup table as the configuration of transmission parameters for a sidelink PRS, configures a transmission parameter list for transmission of the sidelink PRS based on a channel busy ratio (CBR) measurement, and transmits the sidelink PRS based on a transmission parameter of the transmission parameter list and the CBR measurement.
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods, apparatuses, and systems that support performance monitoring of a two-sided model. For instance, implementations provide a two-sided model architecture composed of a user equipment (UE) component and a network entity component. Accordingly, the present disclosure supports performance monitoring of such two-sided models such as to determine whether models are accurately characterizing channel state information (CSI)-related data. For instance, model performance can be monitored at a UE, at a network entity (e.g., gNB), and/or at both a UE and a network entity. When performance of a model is determined to be outside of specified parameters, the model can be updated and/or replaced.
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for indicating reserved SL resources in SCI. One method (600) includes determining (602), at a first UE, a first number of required sidelink resources. The method (600) includes reserving (604) a second number of sidelink resources. The method (600) includes performing (606) an unlicensed channel access procedure. The method (600) includes in response (608) to the unlicensed channel assess procedure being successful: transmitting a first transmission including the first number and the second number in SCI; and decrementing the first number and the second number. The method (600) includes in response (610) to the unlicensed channel assess procedure being unsuccessful, decrementing the second number without decrementing the first number.
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for configuring beam measurements for a cell group. One method (1100) includes receiving (1102), at a user equipment, configuration information for a cell group. The cell group includes at least one cell separate from a current serving cell. The method (1100) includes performing (1104) beam measurements at a physical layer. The beam measurements correspond to the cell group, the current serving cell, or a combination thereof. The method (1100) includes determining (1106), based on the beam measurements, a triggering event at the physical layer. The triggering event corresponds to a triggering cell. The method (1100) includes determining (1108) a type of reporting based on a configuration of the triggering cell.
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