Acer Inc.

Industrial Technology Research Institute

Wei-Chen Pao

Chien-Min Lee

Jung-Mao Lin

Tzu-Jane Tsai

Jen-Hsien Chen

Chun-Chia Chen

Ching-Wen Cheng

Chia-Wen Hsieh

Hung-Chen Chen

Yung-Lan Tseng

Chih-Chia Chang

Yi-Shou Tsai

Kuo-Chung Huang

Fang-Ching Ren

Ya-Hui Lin

Hsueh-Chin Lin

Louis Lu-Chen Hsu

Man-Chun Chu

A communication device for handling a measurement comprises at least one storage device; and at least one processing circuit coupled to the at least one storage device. The at least one storage device stores, and the at least one processing circuit is configured to execute instructions of: receiving information of a measurement set for at least one slot from a base station (BS), wherein the information comprises at least one of a measurement timing configuration of the measurement set and a measurement resource of the measurement set; and performing the measurement in the at least one slot according to the measurement set, to obtain a measurement result.

Device and method of handling flexible duplexing

An aspect of the disclosure includes a method for downlink reception in unlicensed band used by a UE, including: after a data burst transmitted in a unlicensed band, stopping monitoring a downlink channel in response to ending of the data burst; and in response to receiving a reference signal or in response to expiration of a time period, starting monitoring the downlink channel, wherein the data burst is transmitted via a first bandwidth part (BWP) and initiated by a base station.

Method for downlink reception in unlicensed band and user equipment using the same

A method for bandwidth part (BWP) operating of a serving cell, adapted to a user equipment (UE) in a first BWP, is provided. The method includes: receiving a signaling; and determining whether to switch to a second BWP from the first BWP according to the signaling.

Method for BWP operating and user equipment using the same

A method for determining at least one random access channel (RACH) burst used by a user equipment (UE) including: determining a reference resource location by receiving a data service; and determining the resource location of the at least one random access channel burst according to the reference resource location and an offset.

Method for random accessing and user equipment using the same

A user equipment (UE) interacts with a base station (BS) to activate a power saving mode based on a triggering condition. The UE receives reference signals (RSs) from a first RS-set of quasi-colocated (QCLd) RSs, derives a measurement result by measuring the RSs, and uses the first measurement result (and in some cases measurements results for other RS set) for evaluation of the triggering condition to identify whether the triggering condition is satisfied. The UE and the BS switch from the first RS-set to a second RS-set once the triggering condition is satisfied.

Techniques for handling measurement set adaptation

A method of handling communication for a communication device of a wireless communication system, wherein the communication device is configured with a plurality of frequency bands, includes the step of: receiving a downlink (DL) control signal from a network of the wireless communication system via a first frequency band among the plurality of frequency bands, wherein the DL control signal indicates whether at least one of the plurality of frequency bands is available or not available.

Method of handling communication in unlicensed spectrum and related communication device

A communication device for handling a plurality of physical downlink (DL) shared channels (PDSCHs) in a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWPs) comprises at least one storage device; and at least one processing circuit, coupled to the at least one storage device. The at least one storage device stores instructions, and the at least one processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions of: receiving a first PDSCH in a first BWP in a time period from a network; receiving a second PDSCH in a second BWP in the time period from the network, wherein the first PDSCH is corresponding to a first processing priority and the second PDSCH is corresponding to a second processing priority; and processing the second PDSCH according to the second processing priority.

Device and method for handling physical downlink shared channels in bandwidth parts

A communication device for handling a bandwidth part (BWP) switching comprises at least one storage device; and at least one processing circuit, coupled to the at least one storage device. The at least one storage device stores instructions, and the at least one processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions of performing the BWP switching from a first BWP to a second BWP; generating a BWP adaptation indication according to a BWP configuration; and transmitting the BWP adaptation indication.

Device and method for handling radio link monitoring and bandwidth part switching

A communication device for handling a plurality of PDSCHs in a plurality of BWPs comprises at least one storage device and at least one processing circuit coupled to the at least one storage device. The at least one storage device stores, and the at least one processing circuit is configured to execute instructions of: determining a quasi-colocation (QCL) assumption according to an indication; and receiving at least one PDSCH of a plurality of PDSCHs in a plurality of BWPs in a time interval according to the QCL assumption from a network.

Device and method of handling physical downlink shared channels in bandwidth parts

The disclosure provides a network access method and a user equipment (UE) using the same method in an environment of a 5G communication system. In an exemplary embodiment in accordance with the disclosure, the disclosure is directed to a network access method for a UE. The method would include not limited to: receiving a Synchronization Signal/physical broadcast channel Block (SSB) which comprises at least one of a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) or mapping information; and determining from the SSB at least one of a SSB candidate number, a SSB index or a SSB pattern.

Network access method and UE using the same

The disclosure is directed to a method and apparatuses for controlling quality of experience (QoE) based on UE assisted feedback. In one aspect, the method would include not limited to: receiving an enable indicator which indicates a first feedback signaling to be transmitted; performing a quality of experience (QoE) evaluation for fulfilling a performance requirement; and transmitting the first feedback signaling including a first preferred configuration of licensed wireless connection in response to performing the QoE evaluation, wherein the wireless connection comprises a licensed wireless connection and a licensed-assisted access connection.

Method and apparatuses for controlling quality of experience based on UE-assisted feedback

A first base station (BS) for handling a flexible duplexing comprises at least one storage device and at least one processing circuit coupled to the at least one storage device. The at least one storage device stores, and the at least one processing circuit is configured to execute instructions of: scheduling a first cell of the first BS according to a first uplink/downlink (UL/DL) configuration, wherein the first UL/DL configuration comprises at least one flexible slot; and transmitting assistance information of the at least one flexible slot of the first cell from the first cell to a second cell.

A Long Term Evolution (LTE) base station, a user equipment (UE) and pre-association and pre-authentication methods thereof in a WWAN-WLAN aggregation are provided. In a Carrier Aggregation, the LTE base station is a primary cell of an Evolved Node B (eNB) and a WLAN access point (AP) is a secondary cell of the eNB. In a Dual Connectivity, the LTE base station is a master eNB and the WLAN AP is a secondary eNB. The pre-association and pre-authentication method of the LTE base station comprises the following steps. A WLAN information is received from a user equipment (UE) by the LTE base station. A WLAN authentication procedure is assisted for the UE by the LTE base station. The UE is commanded to establish a WLAN link with the WLAN AP by the LTE base station.

LTE base station, UE and pre-association and pre-authentication methods thereof in WWAN-WLAN aggregation

The present disclosure proposes a method of controlling a WLAN measurement report and related apparatuses using the same. According to one of the exemplary embodiments, the proposed method includes not limited to receiving a configuration message; determining whether to transmit a WLAN measurement result by checking a set of rules after receiving configuration message; generating a WLAN measurement report comprising the WLAN measurement result and transmitting a response message comprising the WLAN measurement report in response to having determined to transmit the WLAN measurement result based on the set of rules; and omitting the WLAN measurement result in the WLAN measurement report in response to having determined to not transmit the WLAN measurement result based on the set of rules.

Method of controlling WLAN measurement report and related apparatus using the same

The disclosure is directed to a cell re-selection method used by a user equipment and a user equipment using the same method. In an aspect, the disclosure is direct to a cell re-selection method which is used by a user equipment and includes obtaining a recommended cell list; storing one or more first cells after a signal quality measurement; determining a second cell from the first cells based on the signal quality measurement; determining whether the second cell belongs to the recommended cell list; and performing cell reselection to the second cell in response to having determined that the second cell belongs to the recommended cell list.

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Wei-Chen Pao