A method for operating an access node includes receiving motion information from a user equipment (UE) in accordance with a communications beam, determining a predicted area of the UE in accordance with the motion information, configuring multiple tracking beams in accordance with the predicted area of the UE, and sending the multiple tracking beams.

Provided are a configuration method and apparatus for a data transmission structure, which include: acquiring a transmission data parameter group, and configuring, according to a preset configuration order, the transmission data parameter group to obtain a transmission unit, where the preset configuration order is a configuration order determined based on a demand of a transmission service. By the present invention, the problem of unable to transmit uplink control due to an unsuccessful CCA in the related art may be solved, thereby improving the frequency spectrum efficiency.

A base station retransmits data to a user equipment (UE) using a fast beam selection process before the retransmission. The UE transmits an uplink feedback in a beam sweep manner to facilitate fast beam selection in retransmission. The base station can measure the beam sweep patterns from the UE to decide the best beam for retransmission. The UE can send a negative acknowledgment (NACK) or a reference signal in a beam sweep manner to facilitate beam selection at the base station for retransmission.

A method by a wireless device is provided for optimized reconfiguration of radio link monitoring (RLM) and beam monitoring. The method includes receiving, from a first network node, a first message comprising at least one RLM parameter. A second message indicating activation of the at least one RLM parameter associated with the first message is received. The second message is a lower layer signal compared to the first message.

Provided are a method and device for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system. In a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a radio unit (RU) is configured to obtain channel information about a plurality of reception paths of the RU, through which signals of at least one user equipment (UE) are received, with respect to each UE, determine a combined weight based on the channel information by using preset mapping information according to the number of the plurality of reception paths and the number of combined paths that are combined from the plurality of reception paths, and transmit a combined signal to a digital unit (DU) through the combined paths, the combined signal being generated as a result of combining the signals received through the plurality of reception paths according to the determined combined weight.

A method and apparatus of a user equipment (UE) are provided. The method and apparatus comprise: identifying spatial parameters for a synchronization signals/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block and a downlink (DL) signal, wherein the spatial parameters are commonly used for receiving the SS/PBCH block and the DL signal; receiving the SS/PBCH block and the DL signal, wherein the SS/PBCH block and the DL signal are time division multiplexed in a same slot; and determining information from the DL signal.

A method for configuring frequency layers is disclosed. Each frequency layer comprises one or more frequency layer parts, wherein each frequency layer part comprises a contiguous set of frequencies defined by a bandwidth and a centre frequency. Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) is mapped to each frequency layer. The method comprises: configuring a first frequency layer for a first cell, wherein the first frequency layer comprises at least one frequency layer part, FL1, having a bandwidth BW1 and a centre frequency CF1; and configuring a second frequency layer for a second cell, wherein the second frequency layer comprises at least one frequency layer part, FL2, having a bandwidth BW2 and a centre frequency CF2.

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present invention presents a method for efficiently estimating a physical channel and, according to the present invention, a terminal of a communication system receives a synchronization signal from a base station, receives a broadcast channel from the base station, and can estimate the broadcast channel on the basis of the synchronization signal.

Provided are an uplink transmission sending method and device, an uplink transmission receiving method and device, a terminal, a service node, and a medium. The method includes: determining a sending mechanism of an uplink transmission according to an uplink transmit mode in the case of multiple carriers; and sending the uplink transmission according to the sending mechanism.

A method for performing an uplink transmission by a user equipment in a non-terrestrial network, a method for scheduling uplink transmission in a non-terrestrial network, a user equipment and a base station are provided. The method comprises: receiving, from a base station, a first information for indicating uplink transmission resources, and a second information, wherein the second information comprises a first parameter for indicating the uplink transmission resources; performing, based on the first information and the second information, an uplink transmission on the uplink transmission resources.