A method of communicating using a communications device, the method comprises determining a plurality of time periods during which a paging message may be received in a first wireless network, entering a connected mode in a second wireless network, transmitting an assistance information indication in the second wireless network, entering an idle mode in the second wireless network, and while in the idle mode in the second wireless network, receiving in the second wireless network a paging message at a paging time, wherein the assistance information indication is for permitting the second wireless network to determine the paging time for transmitting the paging message such that the communications device is able to receive the paging message at the paging time and is not prevented from receiving a paging message transmitted in the first wireless network during any of the plurality of time periods.

This application provides a data transmission method. The method includes: sending, by a terminal device, a first indication to an access network device, wherein the first indication is used to indicate early data transmission; and performing, by the terminal device, the early data transmission between the terminal device and the access network device.

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for wireless communication. In one aspect of the disclosure, a method for wireless communication includes determining, by a user equipment (UE), listen before talk (LBT) information associated with new radio-unlicensed (NR-U) operation of the UE. The method further includes transmitting, by the UE, areport including the LBT information. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

The present invention relates to a channel access method for data transmission, and a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal using the same, and more particularly, to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for efficiently scheduling data transmissions of a plurality of terminals. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal comprising a processor and a transceiver, wherein the processor receives a trigger frame indicating an uplink multi-user transmission, and transmits an uplink multi-user PLCP protocol data unit (PPDU) in response to the received trigger frame, wherein the trigger frame and a non-legacy preamble of the uplink multi-user PPDU contains remaining transmission opportunity (TXOP) time information of a current TXOP and a wireless communication method using the same.

Aspects relate to wireless communication including the provision of the ability of a user equipment (UE) to indicate the capability of the UE for demodulation reference signal (DMRS) bundling and/or joint channel estimation (JCE). In aspects, the capability indication includes using at least a physical random access channel (PRACH) to indicate the capability of a UE for repeated transmission of the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) carrying a connection message, and counting of available slots that are used for the repeated transmission of the physical channel. Additionally, the UE may be configured to indicate the capability for JCE through a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) configuration or a DMRS port.

Disclosed is a method for transmitting or receiving a TB PPDU based on a trigger frame in a wireless communication system. A terminal receives a trigger frame from an access point (AP) and transmits a response frame in response to the trigger frame. The response frame may be generated on the basis of information obtained from a first plurality of spatial reuse fields or a second plurality of spatial reuse fields of the trigger frame according to a resource unit and/or a format of the response frame.

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. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of a terminal in a wireless communication system includes: receiving system information including a first parameter set for a random access of a type 1 terminal, a second parameter set for a random access of a type 2 terminal, and an indicator indicating whether the type 2 terminal is supported; in case that the terminal is the type 2 terminal, identifying whether a cell on which the system information is transmitted is available to access based on the indicator; and in case that the cell is identified to be available to access, transmitting a random access preamble based on the second parameter set, wherein a bandwidth supported by the type 2 terminal is less than a first threshold value and a data rate supported by the type 2 terminal is less than a second threshold value.

A wireless communication method and a terminal device are provided. The method includes the following. A terminal device transmits first slice-related information to a network device, where the first slice-related information is carried in a random access procedure, and the first slice-related information indicates whether the terminal device supports a network slice and/or indicates a network slice supported by the terminal device.

In order to efficiently schedule data transmission of a plurality of terminals, the wireless communication terminal receives a trigger frame indicating uplink multi-user transmission, and transmits an uplink multi-user PPDU (PLCP Protocol Data Unit) in response to the received trigger frame. In this case, the trigger frame and the non-legacy preamble of the uplink multi-user PPDU include remaining TXOP (Transmission Opportunity) time information of the uplink multi-user transmission process.

Embodiments of a system and method for providing DRX enhancements in LTE systems are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a system control module is provided for controlling communications via a communications interface. A processor is coupled to the system control module and is arranged to implement an inactivity timer and an on-duration timer for determining an active time for monitoring subframes on the physical downlink control channel for control signals, the processor further monitoring subframes after the active time.