Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.

Blackberry Corporation

Apple Inc.

Huawei Technologies Co., Limited

Research in Motion Corporation

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

Malikie Innovations Limited

Nortel Networks Corporation

Rockstar Bidco, LP

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Tencent Technology (shenzhen) Company Limited

Ericsson Ab

Zte Corporation

Flextronics Ap, LLC

Flex Ltd.

Hua Xu

Jianglei Ma

Ming Jia

Peiying Zhu

Wen Tong

Mo-Han Fong

Zhijun Cai

Hang Zhang

Hai Tang

Youn Hyoung Heo

Shiwei Gao

Dong-Sheng Yu

Sean Michael McBeath

Andrew Mark Earnshaw

Robert Mark Harrison

Ning Yang

Liqing Zhang

Yufei W Blankenship

Yanan Lin

Yi Song

Jun J Li

Sophie Vrzic

Mohammadhadi Baligh

Yajun Zhu

Chandra Sekhar Bontu

Robert Novak

Amine Maaref

Peng Zhang

Siva Dharshan Muruganathan

Geng Wu

Hosein Nikopour

Yi Yu

Richard Charles Burbidge

Zhi Zhang

Takashi Suzuki

Jianhua Liu

Yongxia Lyu

Kelvin Kar Kin Au

Qinghai Zeng

Mingzeng Dai

James Earl Womack

Yongkang Jia

Dongsheng Yu

Moussa Abdi

Masoud Ebrahimi Tazeh Mahalleh

Mark Earnshaw

Shiguang Guo

Sarah Boumendil

Amir Keyvan Khandani

Lai King Tee

Yuqiang Tang

Neng Wang

Usa Vilaipornsawai

Evelyne Le Strat

Aman Jassal

Xixian Chen

Yu Cao

Jianming Wu

Hamidreza Farmanbar

Toufiqul Islam

Amin Mobasher

Jack Anthony Smith

Alireza Bayesteh

Shiquan Wu

Jia Shen

Hosein Nikopourdeilami

Keith Russell Edwards

Tarik Tabet

Ming Hsi Wang

Michael Eoin Buckley

Hui Xing Wang

Jialin Zou

Zhengwei Gong

Hong Ren

Yi Cheng Zhang

Jianguo Long

Zhu Liang

Ting Wang

Wei Li

Jun Wang

Hongping Zhang

Zhihua Shi

Xiaoyan Bi

Lili Zhang

Aaron Callard

Xing Zhang

Da Wang

Zhengzheng Xiang

Shibin Ge

Le Yan

Xiaohan Wang

Liuliu Ji

Haicun Hang

Xiao Liu

Yicheng Lin

Mengying Ding

Hui Zhang

Akram Bin Sediq

Hui Wang

The present disclosure provides detailed specifications related to user equipment (UE) aggregation. As an example, a virtual UE (VUE) configuration, also referred to as a configuration for UE aggregation, that can be used by multiple UEs participating in UE aggregation may be communicated in a wireless communication network. The configuration may indicate, for example, that the UEs are to participate in UE aggregation, and indicate a first UE for splitting or combining data. In some embodiments the configuration may indicate protocol stacks for the multiple UEs to participate in UE aggregation, and an anchor point. The anchor point is associated with a layer in the protocol stack of a first UE of the multiple UEs, and implements data splitting and/or aggregation. As an alternative to the specific example of an anchor point, a configuration may indicate a function for splitting or aggregating data.

Methods and apparatuses for user equipment aggregation

A relay device first receives a data packet from a network device through a first link, and sends the data packet to user equipment through a second link. A protocol stack of the relay device consists of a physical layer, a media access control layer, and a segmentation function or a resegmentation function of a radio link control layer; a protocol stack of the relay device consists of a physical layer, a media access control layer, a segmentation function or a resegmentation function of a radio link control layer, and an adaptation layer; or a protocol stack of the relay device consists of a physical layer and a hybrid automatic repeat request function of a media access control layer. The first link is a wireless communication link between the network device and the relay device, and the second link is a wireless direct communication link between the relay device and the user equipment.

Relay communication method and related device

A communication method includes: a first terminal device receives a first message from a network device. The first message includes first information and second information, the first information is used to indicate a first search space, the second information is used to indicate a first cooperation group identifier, and a first cooperation group includes the first terminal device and a second terminal device. The first terminal device obtains first control information from the first search space based on the first information and the second information. The first control information is used to schedule downlink data of the second terminal device.

Communication method and communication apparatus

A method for random access includes: determining, by a terminal device, a first numerology to be used for transmitting a first message during a random access procedure; and receiving, by the terminal device using the first numerology, the first message transmitted by an access network device, wherein the determining, by the terminal device, the first numerology to be used for transmitting the first message during the random access procedure includes: determining a frequency band of a frequency domain resource to be used for transmitting the first message; determining a correspondence between a plurality of frequency bands and a plurality of numerologies; and determining the first numerology according to the frequency band and the correspondence.

Method and device for random access

Methods and apparatuses are described for cooperation of two or more devices to improve the transmissions over a Uu interface. A source receives or transmits an indicator indicating a first mode of two modes of cooperation between the source apparatus and at least a first cooperating device. The two modes of cooperation includes a joint communication mode and a relay mode of cooperation. If the first mode is the joint communication mode, at least a portion of the data, intended for the intended recipient, is transmitted to at least the first cooperating device to be further transmitted by the first cooperating device to the intended recipient. A same or different portion of the data is transmitted to the intended recipient or to a second cooperating device to be further transmitted by the second cooperating device to the intended recipient.

Method and apparatus for cooperation among devices in transmissions over a UU interface

A data feedback method is described. The method includes a second terminal sending first feedback information to a first terminal based on a sidelink. The first terminal determines, based on a receiving result of the first terminal for first data and a receiving result that is of the second terminal and that is indicated by the first feedback information, second feedback information that is sent to a network device. In this way, an energy saving requirement of the second terminal is met. Moreover, the described method ensures the network device can also determine receiving results of the first terminal and the second terminal based on the second feedback information, thereby reducing unnecessary operations performed by the network device.

Data feedback method and apparatus

Multiple communication paths are established for communications between a User Equipment (UE) and a wireless communication network, before switching between those paths is initiated. Signaling that includes an explicit indication that the UE is to switch between the multiple communication paths is transmitted to and received by at least the UE for which the multiple communication paths were established. Responsive to the explicit indication, communications are switched between the communication paths. At least one of the communication paths includes a relay path between the UE and the wireless communication network through another UE. Establishment of the multiple paths in advance of the switching may be useful in enabling fast switching with low latency and/or no traffic loss.

Methods, apparatus, and systems for fast path switching in wireless communications with user equipment (UE) cooperation

This application discloses a communication method and apparatus. The communication method and apparatus are applicable to an Internet of Vehicles, or are applicable to fields such as D2D, intelligent driving, and intelligent network connected vehicles. The method includes: A network apparatus determines an isidelink transmission resource of an icooperation terminal apparatus, where the icooperation terminal apparatus belongs to N cooperation terminals, the isidelink transmission resource belongs to the 1sidelink transmission resource to an Nsidelink transmission resource, the isidelink transmission resource is different from a jsidelink transmission resource, the jsidelink transmission resource is a sidelink transmission resource that is of a jcooperation terminal apparatus and that is determined by the network apparatus, the isidelink transmission resource is used by the icooperation terminal apparatus to send second data to a target terminal apparatus, the second data is determined based on first data sent by the network apparatus to the icooperation terminal apparatus, and the N cooperation terminal apparatuses and the target terminal apparatus belong to a same cooperative transmission group. The network apparatus sends the isidelink transmission resource to the icooperation terminal apparatus and the target terminal apparatus.

Communication method and apparatus

Described herein is a system with a first network element and a second network element. The first network element contains a processor configured to synchronize with the second network element; and maintain synchronization with the second network element. The first network element is a small cell eNB and the second network element is one of the following: a macro cell enhanced node-B (eNB); or a small cell eNB.

Small cell demodulation reference signal and initial synchronization

Aspects of the present application provide methods and device for use in User Equipment (UE) cooperation. UE cooperation may include the cooperating UEs (CUEs) forwarding traffic to or from one or more target UEs (TUEs) with redundant signal transmissions or receptions. Methods involve a base station transmitting configuration information to at least one cooperative user equipment (CUE) and to a target user equipment (TUE). The configuration information includes an indication of resources for a sidelink (SL) transmission and a redundancy parameter for the SL transmission. The SL transmission is a transmission for the at least one CUE to forward a packet intended for the TUE. The base station also transmits the packet intended for the TUE, to a plurality of UEs comprising the at least one CUE and the TUE.

Systems and methods for multiple redundant transmissions for user equipment cooperation

Embodiments of the present application pertain to control information for scheduling a transmission resource for downlink and uplink communications between one or more TRP and one or more UE. One Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) for DL control information transmission is assumed to carry at least one assignment or scheduling information block for at least one Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) for DL data transmission or for at least one Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) for UL data transmission. Embodiments of the present application provide methods of providing configuration information that can be used by a user equipment (UE) to determine transmission mode for the PDSCH and PUSCH as well as information to determine where to monitor for the PDSCH, PUSCH and PUCCH information.

Method and devices for multiple transmit receive point cooperation for reliable communication

Methods, devices, and systems for multi-carrier network operation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of performing channel scrambling in a multi-carrier network, wherein the multi-carrier network includes a first component carrier ('CC') and a second CC between a base station and a user equipment (“UE”) comprises receiving a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (“C-RNTI”) and a cell identification (“ID”) for at least one of the first CC and the second CC; and using the RNTI and the cell ID to perform scrambling of information transmitted on at least one of the first CC and the second CC.

System and method for multi-carrier network operation

A first terminal device obtains first data from a network device based on a first identifier, where the first identifier is used to identify a first cooperation group, and the first cooperation group includes the first terminal device and a second terminal device. The first terminal device forwards the first data to the second terminal device.

Implementing data scrambling transmission during user cooperation transmission

Embodiments of this application disclose a method for reporting CSI of a multi-hop path and a related apparatus. The method includes: The multi-hop path includes a first device, a second device, and a third device, where the first device is a source device, and the second device is a target device. The first device obtains a first CSI report of a target transmission path. The first CSI report indicates the target transmission path. According to embodiments of this application, so that a comprehensive channel state of the multi-hop path can be obtained from a data sending device, namely, the source device, by reporting first CSI.

Method for reporting CSI of multi-hop path and related apparatus

This application discloses a multi-hop transmission method and an apparatus, which are applicable to fields such as V2X, internet of vehicles, intelligent connected vehicles, assisted driving, and intelligent driving, to resolve a problem that a multi-hop transmission latency is large in a conventional technology. In example embodiments, terminal devices participating in multi-hop transmission may share a shared resource pool. A first terminal device and a second terminal device participating in the multi-hop transmission are used as an example. The multi-hop transmission method includes: sending, by the first terminal device, data to the second terminal device on a first resource in the shared resource pool; and if the first terminal device fails to send the data on the first resource, retransmitting, by the first terminal device, the data to the second terminal device on a second resource in the shared resource pool.

Method and apparatus for performing multi-hop transmission in a shared resource pool

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