Embodiments are directed towards systems and methods for user plane function (UPF) and network slice load balancing within a 5G network. Example embodiments include systems and methods for load balancing based on current UPF load and thresholds that depend on UPF capacity; UPF load balancing using predicted throughput of new UE on the network based on network data analytics; UPF load balancing based on special considerations for low latency traffic; UPF load balancing supporting multiple slices, maintaining several load-thresholds for each UPF and each slice depending on the UPF and network slice capacity; and UPF load balancing using predicted central processing unit (CPU) utilization and/or predicted memory utilization of new UE on the network based on network data analytics.

A method and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are disclosed. The WTRU comprises a receiver, a transmitter, and a processor. The WTRU receives a system information block (SIB) including a parameter indicating a number of transmissions for a random access message and a parameter indicating transmission duration information for the random access message. The WTRU transmits a random access preamble and a random access message, wherein the random access message is transmitted for a duration indicated by the parameter indicating transmission duration information for the random access message. The WTRU retransmits the random access message, wherein the random access message is retransmitted a number of times indicated by the parameter indicating the number of transmissions for the random access message and for the duration indicated by the parameter indicating transmission duration information for the random access message.

A method and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are disclosed. The WTRU comprises a receiver, a transmitter, and a processor. The WTRU receives a system information block (SIB) including a parameter indicating a number of transmissions for a random access message and a parameter indicating transmission duration information for the random access message. The WTRU transmits a random access preamble and a random access message, wherein the random access message is transmitted for a duration indicated by the parameter indicating transmission duration information for the random access message. The WTRU retransmits the random access message, wherein the random access message is retransmitted a number of times indicated by the parameter indicating the number of transmissions for the random access message and for the duration indicated by the parameter indicating transmission duration information for the random access message.

Provided are a method, device and storage medium for configuring a starting symbol position of an uplink data channel. The method includes: determining a configuration value of a first type parameter set, where the first type parameter set is a set of uplink data parameters; determining a configuration range of a starting symbol position of an uplink data channel according to the configuration value of the first type parameter set; and selecting a starting symbol position of the uplink data channel from the configuration range of the starting symbol position of the uplink data channel, and notifying a receiving end of the selected starting symbol position of the uplink data channel.

Example methods of advanced DBVC for WiFi relate to one or more of avoiding beacon collisions between a repeater and a root AP, optimizing traffic flows based on buffers queued within hardware, optimizing TCP throughput through DPI and prioritization of TCP ACK packets, or optimizing transmissions through a trigger-based mechanism. An example method may include receiving a transmission from a root AP. The method may include obtaining a next root AP TBTT of a next beacon to be sent by the root AP from the transmission. The method may include determining an amount of time to delay a next repeater TBTT of a next beacon to be sent by a repeater to avoid conflict between the next root AP TBTT and the next repeater TBTT. The method may include delaying the next repeater TBTT based on the determined amount of time.

Example methods of advanced DBVC for WiFi relate to one or more of avoiding beacon collisions between a repeater and a root AP, optimizing traffic flows based on buffers queued within hardware, optimizing TCP throughput through DPI and prioritization of TCP ACK packets, or optimizing transmissions through a trigger-based mechanism. An example method may include receiving a transmission from a root AP. The method may include obtaining a next root AP TBTT of a next beacon to be sent by the root AP from the transmission. The method may include determining an amount of time to delay a next repeater TBTT of a next beacon to be sent by a repeater to avoid conflict between the next root AP TBTT and the next repeater TBTT. The method may include delaying the next repeater TBTT based on the determined amount of time.

The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for fusing, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail businesses, security and safety-related services, on the basis of 5G communication technologies and IoT-related technologies. Disclosed is a setting method for an efficient uplink signal transmission of a terminal in a case where a plurality of waveforms are supported to efficiently operate an uplink in a next generation mobile communication.

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A base station may determine configuration parameters for a wireless device. The configuration parameters may be based on traffic pattern information received from the wireless device, such as a traffic periodicity, a timing offset, and/or a message size.

In wireless communications for multi-users, a station may receive a trigger frame including a transmitter address field. When the trigger frame is a multi-user request-to-send (MU-RTS) frame eliciting clear-to-send (CTS) frames from a plurality of stations, the station transmit a CTS frame including a first receiver address field in response to the trigger frame. The first receiver address field may be set equal to the transmitter address field. When the trigger frame elicits data frames from a plurality of stations, the station transmit a data frame including a second receiver address field in response to the trigger frame. The second receiver address field may be set to a destination address. Other methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Wireless communications systems and methods related to serving user equipment devices (UEs) using downlink (DL) semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) in a multi-transmission/reception point (multi-TRP) environment.