Methods, systems, and devices are described for providing network access services to mobile users via multi-user network access terminals over a multi-beam satellite system. Quality-of-service (QoS) is controlled for the mobile devices at a per-user level according to user-specific traffic policies. Mobile users may be provisioned on the satellite system according to a set of traffic policies based on their service level agreement (SLA). System resources of the satellite may be allocated to mobile users based on the demand of each mobile user and the set of traffic polices associated with each mobile user, regardless of which multi-user network access terminal is used to access the system. Dynamic multiplexing of traffic from fixed terminals and mobile users on the same satellite beam can take advantage of statistical multiplexing of large numbers of users and on different usage patterns between fixed terminals and mobile users.

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for determining a scheduling gap, wherein, the method comprises: demodulating the NarrowBand Physical Downlink Control Channel in order to determine the initial subframe of the scheduled NarrowBand Physical Downlink Shared Channel (NB-PDSCH) or the NarrowBand Physical Uplink Shared Channel (NB-PUSCH), wherein, the basis for determining the initial subframe comprises at least one of the following: the final subframe of the NB-PDCCH, the final subframe in the search space where the NB-PDCCH is located, the resource allocation within the scheduling window, and the scheduling gap indication. The implementation of the present technical solutions solves the problem of how to determine the scheduling within the NarrowBand system, thereby saving indication expenditure and improving resource usage efficiency.

Various embodiments may provide systems and methods for managing transmit (TX) timing of data transmissions. The methods include applying a plurality of radio frequency (RF) channel factors related to data uplink transmissions by the wireless device to a TX timing model configured to provide as an output a TX timing for a data transmission to a base station and a number of carriers for sending the data transmission, and selecting a TX time and a number of carriers for sending a next data transmission to the base station based in part on the TX timing model output.

A vehicle includes a processor configured to transmit a mmWave beacon signal during a probe phase of a first period; receive one or more mmWave beacon signals from one or more vehicles; generate a mmWave communication intention message for another period that is after the first period based on the received one or more mmWave beacon signals; and broadcast, during the first period, a packet including a mmWave transmission schedule for the another period generated based on the mmWave communication intention message.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station and a user equipment (UE) may communicate in a wireless communications system. The base station may select a first bandwidth part from a plurality of bandwidth parts, the first bandwidth part having a bandwidth size corresponding to a traffic burst size for application data traffic within a time period. The UE may determine the bandwidth size using one or more parameters and indicate the bandwidth size to the base station. Additionally or alternatively, the base station may determine the bandwidth size using the one or more parameters. The base station may transmit, to the UE, a control signal indicating the first band-width part having the bandwidth size. The base station may schedule transmission of the application data traffic using the first bandwidth part and communicate the application data traffic with the UE using the first bandwidth part.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station and a user equipment (UE) may communicate in a wireless communications system. The base station may select a first bandwidth part from a plurality of bandwidth parts, the first bandwidth part having a bandwidth size corresponding to a traffic burst size for application data traffic within a time period. The UE may determine the bandwidth size using one or more parameters and indicate the bandwidth size to the base station. Additionally or alternatively, the base station may determine the bandwidth size using the one or more parameters. The base station may transmit, to the UE, a control signal indicating the first band-width part having the bandwidth size. The base station may schedule transmission of the application data traffic using the first bandwidth part and communicate the application data traffic with the UE using the first bandwidth part.

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for dynamic slot management for radio frames. A method that may be performed by abase station (BS) includes determining a physical resource block (PRB) utilization of each active slot of a plurality of active slots over a first monitoring period of time. The method also includes calculating, based on the PRB utilization of each of the plurality of active slots, a PRB average utilization value over the first monitoring period of time. The method further includes determining whether the PRB average utilization value satisfies a first PRB threshold value. The method also includes in response to determining that the PRB average utilization value fails to satisfy the first PRB threshold value, deactivating a set of active slots of the plurality of active slots resulting in a modified plurality of active slots over the first monitoring period of time.

Some embodiments include an apparatus and method for enabling concurrent peer-to-peer (P2P) communications via a scheduled resource unit (RU) allocated by an access point (AP). For example, the AP may use a trigger frame to schedule uplink (UL) multi-user (MU) access for a first station of a plurality of stations by allocating an RU to the first station. Instead of using the allocated RU for UL infrastructure communications with the AP, the first station may utilize the allocated RU for a P2P communications with a second station. In some embodiments the AP facilitates RU utilization for P2P communications between stations. In some embodiments, the first station uses the allocated RU and the AP may be unaware of the P2P communications.

A system configured to track network slicing operations within a 5G communication network includes processing circuitry configured to determine a network slice instance (NSI) associated with a QoS flow of a UE. The NSI communicates data for a network function virtualization (NFV) instance of a Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) system within the 5G communication network. Latency information for a plurality of communication links used by the NSI is retrieved. The plurality of communication links includes a first set of non-MEC communication links associated with a radio access network (RAN) of the 5G communication network and a second set of MEC communication links associated with the MEC system. A slice configuration policy is generated based on the retrieved latency information and slice-specific attributes of the NSI. Network resources of the 5G communication network used by the NSI are reconfigured based on the generated slice configuration policy.

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for group semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) for path diversity. A method that may be performed by a node includes configuring one or more groups of user equipments (UEs) with one or more SPS resources. The node sends a downlink control information (DCI) to activate one of the SPS resources for one of the groups of UEs and transmits data to the group of UEs using the activated SPS resource. A first UE may receive data from the node using the activated SPS resource and retransmit the data to the second UE. The first helping UE and the second targeted UE may be identified based on the higher layer configuration with the SPS resources, based on information in the DCI, and/or based on information sent with the data.