Apparatus and methods for guaranteeing a quality of experience (QoE) associated with data provision services in an enhanced data delivery network. In one embodiment, a network architecture having service delivery over at least portions of extant infrastructure (e.g., a hybrid fiber coax infrastructure) is disclosed, which includes standards-compliant ultra-low latency and high data rate services (e.g., 5G NR services) via a common service provider. In one exemplary implementation, “over-the-top” voice data services may enable exchange of voice traffic with client devices in the aforementioned network. A distribution node may use a detection rule to identify received packets as voice traffic, and cause a dedicated bearer to attach to the default bearer, thereby enabling delivery of high-quality voice traffic by at least prioritizing the identified packets thereafter and sustaining the delivery even in a congested network environment, and improving the quality of service (QoS) and QoE for the user(s).

Provided is a communication system, etc. with low latency and high reliability, under New Radio (NR). A communication system includes a communication terminal device, and a plurality of nodes configured to be connected to the communication terminal device for radio communication and to provide a split bearer for the communication terminal device. The communication terminal device is configured to perform uplink transmission to an uplink transmission node among the plurality of nodes. The uplink transmission node is determined by an uplink transmission node determination process in which a node that provides the uplink transmission from the communication terminal device with lower latency among the plurality of nodes is determined as the uplink transmission node.

Efficient downlink transmission is implemented. A terminal apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive a sequence of bits in a physical downlink control channel, wherein the sequence of bits is scrambled with a scrambling sequence initialized by c.sub.init, the c.sub.init is given based at least on N.sub.ID and N.sub.RNTI, the N.sub.ID is given based at least on a higher layer parameter Control-scrambling-Identity in a case that the higher layer parameter Control-scrambling-Identity is configured and the N.sub.RNTI is given based at least on a Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI), and the N.sub.ID is given based at least on a physical layer cell identity in a case that the higher layer parameter Control-scrambling-Identity is configured and the N.sub.RNTI is not given based on the C-RNTI.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless device may configure one or more first sets of resources of a radio frequency spectrum band associated with a first pathloss mode, and may configure one or more second sets of resources associated with a second pathloss mode. Each set of resources may be configured with some transmission timing parameters and frame structure, such that a transmission time interval (TTI) associated with the first pathloss mode may be different from the TTI associated with the second pathloss mode. The wireless device may communicate with a second wireless device using the one or more first sets of resources based on identifying a pathloss value is below an identified pathloss threshold. Additionally, the wireless device may communicate with a third device using the one or more second sets of resources based on identifying a pathloss value satisfies the identified pathloss threshold.

A device obtains a data structure from a computing device, and divides the data structure into data segments. The device obtains a list of user devices from the computing device and obtains, from one or more network devices, a respective location and a respective reachability of each user device. The device determines, based on the respective location of each user device, a set of user devices connected to a base station. The device determines a communication capability of the base station, and determines, based on the communication capability, a subset of the set of user devices and one or more sets of the data segments. The device sends, based on the respective reachability of each user device of the subset of user devices, the one or more sets of data segments to the subset of user devices via the base station.

A communication device that performs processing for estimating out-of-band leakage power is provided. The communication device includes a communication unit that transmits and receives wireless signals in a first frequency band and a second frequency band, and a control unit that controls a communication operation in the communication unit, transmits a reference signal in the first frequency band and the second frequency band, and receives a communication result from a transmission destination of the reference signal. The control unit determines the transmission destination of the reference signal on the basis of results of exchange of capability information with the first terminal and the second terminal, and performs control such that a notification signal for notifying of transmission of the reference signal in advance is transmitted in the first frequency band and the second frequency band.

This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, and computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing cross-carrier scheduling by a processor of a wireless device. In one aspect, a wireless device may determine that a scheduled cell is configured to be scheduled by a scheduling cell. The wireless device may receive downlink control information (DCI) from a scheduling cell. The wireless device may determine an association of the DCI and an index based on the received DCI. The wireless device may perform cross-carrier scheduling of communications with a first transmit-receive point (TRP) or a second TRP based on the DCI and the associated index.

A communication apparatus determines, in a case where one or more other communication apparatuses are capable of performing coordinated communication by using a predetermined frequency band, whether or not performing high-speed connection with the one or more other communication apparatuses each operating as an access point is possible, and selects a Joint Transmission communication method on the basis that it is determined that it is possible to perform high-speed connection with the one or more other communication apparatuses each operating as an access point.

A method performed by a transmitter in a wireless local area network (WLAN) includes: determining to operate in A(aggregated)-PPDU transmission, wherein the A-PPDU transmission includes transmission of multiple sub-PPDUs with different variants; and transmitting, to a receiver, a trigger frame including a first field and a second field, wherein the first field indicates whether a first special user information field including first additional common information for a first variant is present; and wherein the second field indicates whether a second special user information field including second additional common information for a second variant is present, and wherein the first special user information field is located before the second special user information field in the trigger frame.

A method for MBS acquisition is provided. The method includes receiving system information from a BS; determining a first CORESET configuration and a second CORESET configuration according to the system information, the first CORESET configuration determining a first set of CORESETs scheduling at least one MCCH, the second CORESET configuration determining a second set of CORESETs scheduling a plurality of MTCHs; receiving an MCCH message on the at least one MCCH provided through a first beam of a plurality of beams associated with the BS; and determining, according to the second CORESET configuration and the MCCH message, a plurality of MBS-specific CORESET groups in the second set of CORESETs, wherein each of the plurality of MBS-specific CORESET groups corresponds to a respective MBS session and includes at least two CORESETs configured to be provided through at least two different beams of the plurality of beams. A UE using the method is also provided.