A handover method for managing WBSS vehicle network managed by a WESS-CM includes: recognizing that a vehicle enters an overlapped area between first and second WBSSs; sending, by the first WBSS, a handover recommend request to the WESS-CM; confirming with the second WBSS, by the WESS-CM, whether handover is possible; responding to the WESS-CM, by the second WBSS, the availability of the handover after allocating communication resources; sending, by the WESS-CM, a handover recommend response to the first WBSS; transmitting, by the first WBSS, a handover request message to the vehicle; performing the handover, by the vehicle, by performing reassociation with the second WBSS; and periodically broadcasting, by the vehicle, basic safety message using a T-slot in shared control channel and a T-slot in BSM channel for the second WBSS, while the vehicle is located in the overlapped area.

A reception timing configuration method and a communications device are provided. The method includes: configuring, by a first communications device for a second communications device, a reception timing parameter corresponding to transmission, where the reception timing parameter includes at least two timing points respectively corresponding to at least two transmission points, and the at least two transmission points are configured to transmit downlink data to the terminal device cooperatively; and sending, by the first communications device, indication information to the second communications device, where the indication information is used to indicate the reception timing parameter. According to the method, there may be a plurality of corresponding reception timings when different data is sent by using a same frequency.

A reception timing configuration method and a communications device are provided. The method includes: configuring, by a first communications device for a second communications device, a reception timing parameter corresponding to transmission, where the reception timing parameter includes at least two timing points respectively corresponding to at least two transmission points, and the at least two transmission points are configured to transmit downlink data to the terminal device cooperatively; and sending, by the first communications device, indication information to the second communications device, where the indication information is used to indicate the reception timing parameter. According to the method, there may be a plurality of corresponding reception timings when different data is sent by using a same frequency.

A method for timing and frequency tracking and paging monitoring is described. The method can include performing a timing and frequency tracking based on a timing/frequency tracking reference signal (RS) at a user equipment (UE) in a beam formed wireless communication system, and performing a paging monitoring at a first paging occasion (PO) that is quasi-co-located (QCLed) with the first timing/frequency tracking RS. The first timing/frequency tracking RS is one of a sequence of timing/frequency tracking RSs each transmitted on a beam and is associated with a beam index. The first PO is within a PO window that includes a sequence of POs each transmitted on a beam. The first PO is associated with the same beam index as the first timing/frequency tracking RS.

Disclosed is a tangible article of manufacture having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause a machine to perform operations for tracking an operator and operator status using a safety device. The operations include programming a plurality of NFC tags with assignment information, wherein the assignment information is at least one of a location assignment for NFC tags being placed at particular locations and an instrument operator assignment for NFC tags distributed to multi-gas detection instrument operators. The instructions further include receiving temporary assignment information at the safety device when an NFC radio of the safety device is brought in proximity to at least one of the plurality of NFC tags; and tagging safety device data with the temporary assignment information.

A transmitter and a method therein for transmitting discovery signals to a receiver. The transmitter and the receiver are comprised in a radio communications system. The transmitter transmits two or more discovery signals over two or more directions. Each discovery signal is configured to span over a fraction of a carrier bandwidth.

A method is provided for synchronizing timing in phase and frequency of clocks associated with a plurality of radio nodes (RNs) in a small cell radio access network (RAN) having an access controller operatively coupled to each of the RNs. In accordance with the method, a donor list is generated for each given RN in the RAN. The donor list represents an ordered list of potential wireless access points that are able to serve as a source of a wireless sync signal for the given RN. The donor lists are distributed to the respective RNs. An access point is selected by each of the RNs from their respective donor lists to use as a sync signal source. Each of the RNs synchronize their respective clocks in phase and frequency using wireless sync signals received from the respective selected access points.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a user equipment (UE) may attempt to connect to a base station using a random access procedure. During the random access procedure, the base station may transmit control information and data associated with a random access response (RAR) during an RAR window. The UE may identify a channel quality and may transmit a random access request of a first type to the base station. The base station may receive the random access request and transmit repeating instances of the control information or the data, or both, based on identifying that the random access request is of the first type. The UE may use soft-combining to increase the likelihood of successfully decoding the control information and the data associated with the RAR, and likewise may increase the likelihood of successfully receiving the RAR from the base station.

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for quasi co-location (QCL) reference signals for uplink transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states. An example method generally includes receiving uplink transmission configuration indicator (TCI) indicating one or more quasi co-location (QCL) types, from a plurality of uplink QCL types, for one or more source reference signals (RSs); and sending an uplink transmission in accordance with the uplink TCI.

A base station (UE) is configured to perform a computer-implemented method for antenna fault detection and correction. The computer-implemented method includes acquiring one or more sounding reference signals (SRSs) received from at least one gNB antenna; detecting an antenna failure based on the one or more SRSs; estimating a noise power based on the antenna failure and a history of received SRSs; detecting a missing SRS based on the noise power and the history of received SRSs; and handling the missing SRS. Handling the missing SRS is based on performing at least one of: replacing an SRS measurement with a predicted SRS value for the missing SRS when the predicted SRS is available; or avoiding use of the missing SRS in a sequential SRS prediction when the predicted SRS is unavailable.