An access-point station (AP) configured for communicating multi-user (MU) physical layer protocol data units (PPDUs) (MU-PPDUs) with plurality of non-AP stations (STAs) using dynamic channel switching may acquire a transmission opportunity (TXOP) on a channel comprising a primary channel and one or more non-primary channels. The AP may encode a channel switching indication frame that may request that at least some of the STAs temporarily switch from operating on the primary channel to operating on one of the non-primary channels. The AP may decode a response frame from each of the STAs that are indicated to switch. Each response frame may be received on the non-primary channel that an indicated STA is requested to switch to. For a downlink (DL) transmission, the AP may encode a DL MU-PPDU comprised of a plurality of PPDUs of different physical layer (PHY) types including at least a first PPDU for transmission on the primary channel to a first STA that had not been instructed to switch to a non-primary channel, and at least a second PPDU for transmission on one of the non-primary channels to a second STA that had been instructed to switch to one of the non-primary channels.

A wireless network environment includes communication management hardware, a wireless base station, a core network, and multiple remote networks. The communication management hardware establishes first wireless connectivity between customer premises equipment and a main wireless base station. The customer premises equipment provides one or more communication devices in a subscriber domain access to a remote network over the first wireless connectivity and through the main wireless base station. A mobile communication device unaffiliated with the subscriber domain may be located inside or outside the subscriber domain. The main wireless base station provides the mobile communication device connectivity to the remote network. In response to receiving notification to operate the customer premises equipment in a supplemental wireless base station mode, the customer premises equipment provides the mobile communication device access to the remote network through the customer premises equipment.

A wireless network environment includes communication management hardware, a wireless base station, a core network, and multiple remote networks. The communication management hardware establishes first wireless connectivity between customer premises equipment and a main wireless base station. The customer premises equipment provides one or more communication devices in a subscriber domain access to a remote network over the first wireless connectivity and through the main wireless base station. A mobile communication device unaffiliated with the subscriber domain may be located inside or outside the subscriber domain. The main wireless base station provides the mobile communication device connectivity to the remote network. In response to receiving notification to operate the customer premises equipment in a supplemental wireless base station mode, the customer premises equipment provides the mobile communication device access to the remote network through the customer premises equipment.

Disclosed are methods and systems for configuring service of a user equipment device (UE). When the UE has dual-connectivity service, such as EN-DC service, high quality on one of the UE's air-interface connections could result in transition of the UE to operate in discontinuous reception (DRX) mode on the UE's other air-interface connection.

Disclosed are methods and systems for configuring service of a user equipment device (UE). When the UE has dual-connectivity service, such as EN-DC service, high quality on one of the UE's air-interface connections could result in transition of the UE to operate in discontinuous reception (DRX) mode on the UE's other air-interface connection.

Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for GIS-NR beamforming for mmWave. For example, certain embodiments may provide for beam realignment, through which a serving network node may be able to re-position its beam towards a UE without the UE explicitly measuring and signalling to the network node the need for realignment. Instead of performing the traditional UE-based exhaustive beam search, the serving network node may proactively switch the beam in an attempt to track the UE movements. The serving network node may do this by corroborating information from two types of sources: 1) a set of neighbor mobile or fixed network nodes and 2) a geographic information system (GIS).

Provided is a method for performing a random access procedure by a terminal in a wireless communication system. The method comprises the steps of: selecting a first beam having a quality equal to or higher than a preconfigured threshold value; transmitting a random access preamble to a base station via the first beam; adjusting the threshold value when it is determined that the random access procedure has failed; and reselecting a second beam having a quality equal to or higher than the adjusted threshold value.

To enable reduction of power consumption by determination of a frequency band appropriate to the status of a terminal device and the purpose of communication.

Provided is a terminal device including a determination unit configured to determine a frequency band for use in communication from two or more independent frequency bands, based on information related to this terminal; and a communication control unit configured to control the communication with use of the frequency band determined by the determination unit, in which the two or more frequency bands have a predetermined difference or more between the two or more frequency bands.

A method of sending a beam report and a terminal thereof are provided. The method includes: monitoring a quality parameter of at least one beam link; and determining, according to the quality parameter of the beam link, at least one beam link subjected to a quality loss; in the case that at least a first preset quantity of beam link of the at least one beam link subjected to the quality loss is the beam link of a target antenna panel, determining that a shielding event of the target antenna panel is detected and sending a beam report to a network.

A method of sending a beam report and a terminal thereof are provided. The method includes: monitoring a quality parameter of at least one beam link; and determining, according to the quality parameter of the beam link, at least one beam link subjected to a quality loss; in the case that at least a first preset quantity of beam link of the at least one beam link subjected to the quality loss is the beam link of a target antenna panel, determining that a shielding event of the target antenna panel is detected and sending a beam report to a network.