A method of a user equipment (UE) operating with a new radio (NR) radio access technology (RAT). The method comprises receiving synchronization signals and a master information block (MIB) in a first bandwidth (BW) and receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a second BW, wherein the second BW is indicated by an offset in the MIB relative to the first BW and the PDCCH conveys a downlink control information (DCI) format that configures a reception of a first system information block (SIB).

A communication device that supports first and second communication standards using an OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) technique allocates, based on a frequency resource that has been allocated for a first other communication device in accordance with the first communication standard that uses a first pattern for allocating a frequency resource, a frequency resource for a second other communication device that conforms to the second communication standard that uses a second pattern for allocating a frequency resource. The communication device specifies, from among frequency resources in the second pattern, a second frequency resource that partially or entirely overlaps with a first frequency resource that has been allocated to the first other communication device, and allocates a frequency resource that are not included in the second frequency resource in the second pattern to the second other communication device.

A communication device performs, based on a frequency resource that is to be allocated to communication of a first other communication device in accordance with a first communication standard, frequency resource allocation for communication of a second other communication device that conforms to a second communication standard. In the frequency resource allocation, in a case where the first other communication device and the second other communication device concurrently communicate with the communication device, a distribution of a first frequency resource to be allocated for communication using the first communication standard and a second frequency resource to be allocated for communication using the second communication standard in an available frequency band is determined, and a frequency resource included in the second frequency resource is allocated to the second other communication device.

A terminal includes a receiving unit that receives configuration information regarding puncturing of a downlink subcarrier of a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) among a plurality of supported RATs; and a control unit that configures a number of one or more outlying subcarriers of the first RAT and a position of the one or more outlying subcarriers of the first RAT in a frequency domain based on the configuration information and configures a reception frequency band of a downlink carrier of the first RAT by puncturing a frequency band of the one or more outlying subcarriers.

A device may determine a first resolution and aggregation for data collection from a network and may receive first PM data associated with the network, at the first resolution and aggregation. The device may calculate, based on the first PM data, a first parameter characteristic of a UE and may determine a trigger based on the first parameter characteristic and based on one or more of a root cause analysis , an application input, or a KPI. The device may identify a portion of the network that is associated with the trigger based on the first PM data and may determine a second resolution and aggregation for data collection from the portion of the network. The device may receive second PM data associated with the portion of the network, at the second resolution and aggregation and may calculate a second parameter characteristic of the UE based on the second PM data.

Provided are a base station, user equipment and wireless communication methods related to DCI design for blind detection. A base station comprises: circuitry operative to align, for each DCI of a first group of DCIs, one of the size of the DCI of the first group and the size of a selected DCI of a second group of DC's with the other, if the size of the DCI of the first group is different from the size of each DCI of the second group of DCIs, wherein the selected DCI of the second group is a DCI whose size is closest to the size of the DCI of the first group among DC's of the second group having sizes larger than the size of the DCI of the first group or a DCI whose size is closest to the size of the DCI of the first group among DCIs of the second group having sizes smaller than the size of the DCI of the first group; and a transmitter operative to transmit the first group of DCIs and the second group of DCIs after the size alignment by the circuitry to a user equipment, wherein the size alignment is based on a rule which is known by the base station and the user equipment beforehand.

Some techniques and apparatuses described herein allocate and/or transmit a narrower bandwidth value for LTE MTC UEs, such as UEs that operate in a small bandwidth mode using LTE procedures, and allocate and/or transmit a wider bandwidth value for 5G MTC UEs, such as UEs that can perform hopping and/or be allocated resources outside of a legacy bandwidth. For example, the wider bandwidth value may be associated with a non-LTE carrier (e.g., a 5G carrier in a 5G bandwidth) with the same center frequency as an LTE carrier associated with the narrower bandwidth value. Some techniques and apparatuses described herein provide for initial access, signaling, paging, random access, unicast communications, frequency hopping, cell-specific reference signaling, narrowband alignment, and/or other coexistence considerations for LTE MTC UEs operating on an LTE carrier and 5G MTC UEs operating on a non-LTE carrier with a bandwidth that includes the LTE carrier.

Methods and apparatuses are presented to facilitate coexistence between multiple wireless communication protocols implemented by a wireless communication device, using a shared antenna, e.g., due to limitations resulting from a small form factor of the wireless communication device. The wireless communication device may determine whether communications according to a second protocol are causing performance of communications according to a first protocol to fall below a threshold level. If so, the wireless communication device may operate in a mode that favors communications according to the first protocol. If not, the wireless communication device may operate in a mode that favors communications according to the second protocol. For example, the mode that favors communications according to the first protocol may include temporarily implementing operations to remedy the poor performance of the communications according to the first, e.g., periodically, until the performance of the communications according to the first protocol recovers.

Aspects relate to the amount of shared bandwidth to be used for channel occupancy time (COT) sharing. An initiator device may use a clear channel assessment procedure to gain access to wireless communication resources for a COT that will be shared between the initiator device and a responder device. In some examples, the responder device may determine the shared bandwidth based on information that is implicit in a transmission from the initiator device. For example, the responder device may determine the shared bandwidth based at least in part on a bandwidth of a transmission from the initiator device.

A method can include at a combination device, receiving or generating a slot availability mask (SAM) information compatible with a Bluetooth and/or Bluetooth Low Energy (BT) standard; by operation of BT compatible circuits of the combination device, determining a schedule of BT compatible data transfers in response to at least the SAM information; and by operation of circuits compatible with at least one IEEE 802.11 wireless standard (WLAN circuits), determining a schedule of WLAN compatible data transfers in response to at least the SAM information. Related systems and methods are also disclosed.