A discontinuous transmission or reception configuration method includes: acquiring target configuration information for configuring a target discontinuous transmission or reception mode on at least one carrier; and performing transmission according to the target configuration information; where the target discontinuous transmission or reception mode includes at least one of a Uu discontinuous transmission or reception mode used by a UE with a sidelink resource allocation mode and a sidelink discontinuous transmission or reception mode. Also disstopd are user equipment for configuring a discontinuous transmission or reception mode and a readable storage medium storing a computer program of the discontinuous transmission or reception configuration method. The target discontinuous transmission or reception mode can meet a sidelink service requirement and a Uu service requirement at the same time, and improve the energy efficiency of a communication system.

A user apparatus communicates with a first base station apparatus and a second base station apparatus, and the user apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive, from the first base station apparatus, a configuration for measuring a timing difference between the first base station apparatus and the second base station apparatus; a control unit configured to execute measurement with respect to the second base station apparatus, based on the configuration for measuring the timing difference; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit a result of the executed measurement, to the first base station apparatus, wherein the executed measurement is executed before starting to communicate with the second base station apparatus.

A user apparatus communicates with a first base station apparatus and a second base station apparatus, and the user apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive, from the first base station apparatus, a configuration for measuring a timing difference between the first base station apparatus and the second base station apparatus; a control unit configured to execute measurement with respect to the second base station apparatus, based on the configuration for measuring the timing difference; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit a result of the executed measurement, to the first base station apparatus, wherein the executed measurement is executed before starting to communicate with the second base station apparatus.

The present disclosure relates to apparatus and methods of signal to interference and noise ratio (SINR)-based group beam reporting. In particular, this disclosure relates to measurement report configurations for initiating a protocol layer 1 (L1)-SINR based group beam report, and corresponding measurement resource transmissions by a base station and measurement and reporting actions of the UE to report the L1-SINR for each of at least two beams that can be simultaneously received. The measurement report configurations include a channel measurement resource (CMR) configuration, an interference measurement resource (IMR) configuration, or both. The measurement configuration may indicate a plurality of CMR repetition sets, or N resource sets of 1 CMR resource plus N−1 IMRs, e.g., 1 CMR mapped to N−1 IMRs, or N×(N−1) resource sets of a CMR and an IMR, e.g., 1 CMR mapped to 1 IMR, where N is the number of candidate Tx beams.

The present disclosure relates to apparatus and methods of signal to interference and noise ratio (SINR)-based group beam reporting. In particular, this disclosure relates to measurement report configurations for initiating a protocol layer 1 (L1)-SINR based group beam report, and corresponding measurement resource transmissions by a base station and measurement and reporting actions of the UE to report the L1-SINR for each of at least two beams that can be simultaneously received. The measurement report configurations include a channel measurement resource (CMR) configuration, an interference measurement resource (IMR) configuration, or both. The measurement configuration may indicate a plurality of CMR repetition sets, or N resource sets of 1 CMR resource plus N−1 IMRs, e.g., 1 CMR mapped to N−1 IMRs, or N×(N−1) resource sets of a CMR and an IMR, e.g., 1 CMR mapped to 1 IMR, where N is the number of candidate Tx beams.

Prioritizing air interface resource allocation for relay nodes serving end-user wireless devices with higher bandwidth capabilities, such as 5G and beyond, versus relay nodes serving end-user wireless devices that do not have such capabilities. The bandwidth capability can be based on an average or threshold bandwidth capability of end-user wireless devices. Systems and methods disclosed are implemented in 5G EN-DC heterogeneous networks.

A method of operating a communications device in a wireless communications network, the wireless communications network comprising infrastructure equipment providing a wireless access interface, the method comprising: receiving a downlink control information (DCI) message, the DCI message comprising a time domain indication of a start time and a duration of communications resources of the wireless access interface, and determining the start time and the duration of the allocated communications resources based on the time domain indication. The time domain indication comprising an indication a combined start and length indicator value (SLIV) calculated based on a symbol period number and a duration, and a slot offset, when the allocated communications resources are within a single time slot, and determining a start time by determining the symbol period number indicated by the SLIV value calculated using either a first rule or a second rule and the slot offset value.

Disclosed is a backscatter communication method. The method includes: a terminal device sending first indication information to a network device, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has the ability to receive a backscatter communication signal. Further disclosed are another backscatter communication method, an electronic device and a storage medium.

In some examples, an electronic device includes a plurality of network interfaces to communicate over respective different networks, and a storage medium to store information associating a first application of the electronic device with a first profile, and associating a second application of the electronic device with a second profile. The first profile selects a first network interface of the plurality of network interfaces to use for communications, and the second profile selects a second network interface of the plurality of network interfaces to use for communications.

In some examples, an electronic device includes a plurality of network interfaces to communicate over respective different networks, and a storage medium to store information associating a first application of the electronic device with a first profile, and associating a second application of the electronic device with a second profile. The first profile selects a first network interface of the plurality of network interfaces to use for communications, and the second profile selects a second network interface of the plurality of network interfaces to use for communications.