This application discloses a network coding method and an apparatus. The network coding method includes: A first terminal device determines first indication information, where the first indication information indicates whether to preprocess a phase of first to-be-coded data to be sent by the first terminal device; and transmits data to a second terminal device in a same slot of a same transmission resource through an electromagnetic hypersurface array antenna, where the transmitting includes: sending third to-be-coded data to the electromagnetic hypersurface array antenna in a first slot of a second transmission resource, and receiving first network coded data from the electromagnetic hypersurface array antenna in the first slot, where the third to-be-coded data is obtained based on the first indication information and the first to-be-coded data; and obtaining second to-be-coded data from the second terminal device based on the third to-be-coded data and the first network coded data.

A radio module for a wireless communication node in a wireless mesh network includes a reflectarray antenna having a plurality of antenna elements. Each antenna element of the plurality of antenna elements is configured to receive an incident signal, apply one of two phase shifts to the incident signal, and radiate the phase-shifted signal. The radio module further includes a radio frequency (RF) module comprising a single RF chain configured to feed the incident signal to the plurality of antenna elements in the reflectarray antenna, as well as a control unit that is configured to control which of the two phase shifts is applied by each antenna element in the reflectarray antenna.

A node including an RU and a control entity is disclosed. The node may receive, from a base station at a control entity of the node, an indication of at least one obstruction for communication via at least one reflective surface. The indication may indicate to the control entity to utilize an RU of the node and the at least one reflective surface for communication. The node may configure, upon receiving the indication of the at least one obstruction, the RU and the at least one reflective surface for communication with the base station. The node may forward communication received from, or forward communication to, the base station via the RU and the at least one reflective surface based on the at least one obstruction for communication.

A node including a non-planar reflective surface is disclosed. The node may receive, from a base station, an indication of a surface configuration of at least one convex reflective surface of the node. The indication may indicate that the surface configuration corresponds to at least one of a broadcast configuration or a UE-specific configuration. The node may configure, upon receiving the indication of the surface configuration, the at least one convex reflective surface based on the surface configuration. The surface configuration may correspond to at least one of the broadcast configuration or the UE-specific configuration. The node may forward communication received from, or forward communication to, the base station based on the surface configuration of the at least one convex reflective surface.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) may be associated with a reconfigurable surface for reflecting transmissions between second and third UEs (e.g., over sidelink resources). In one example, the first UE may transmit signaling indicating that retransmissions of a first message transmitted between a second and third UE and detected by the first UE may be reflected by the reconfigurable surface associated with the first UE. In another example, the first UE may receive a request from a second UE for signal enhancement using a reconfigurable surface, the request associated with a future transmission by the second UE to a third UE. In either case, the UE may determine to perform signal enhancement using a reconfigurable surface and may then reconfigure the reconfigurable surface for reflecting transmissions or retransmissions from the second UE to the third UE.

A method for enhancing receiving signal power at a receiver is provided. The method includes estimating a channel gain by transmitting a pilot signal to the receiver through each antenna from a plurality of antennas of a transmitter and an IRS, determining an antenna selection metric based on the channel gain in transmitting the pilot signal to the receiver through each antenna of the transmitter and the IRS, identifying an antenna from the plurality of antennas that causes to provide the largest antenna selection metric, determining a reflection coefficient for each reflector of the IRS based on the identified antenna, configuring the reflectors of the IRS with the reflection coefficient, and transmitting the signal to the receiver through the identified antenna and the configured reflectors.

Various embodiments disclose a method by which a user equipment (UE) performs initial access to a base station by using a large intelligent surface (LIS) in a wireless communication system, and a device therefor. The method comprises the steps of: receiving, through the LIS, a UE search signal transmitted by the base station; transmitting an initial access signal to the base station through the LIS on the basis of resource allocation information included in the UE search signal; transmitting a first LIS control signal for controlling a reflection pattern of the LIS for an uplink signal; and receiving, through the LIS, an initial access response signal transmitted by the base station.

This application provides a method for obtaining channel information and a communications apparatus. The method includes: A first device sends a first reference signal to a second device, where density of the first reference signal is less than or equal to density of a second reference signal, and the second reference signal is a normal-density reference signal; the first device receives first channel state information CSI from the second device; and the first device obtains second CSI based on the first CSI and a first neural network model, where the second CSI is used to indicate channel information between the first device and the second device. The first neural network model is deployed on a side of the first device, to reduce transmission overheads of the first device and/or feedback overheads of the second device.

A method for performing monitoring, commissioning, upgrading, analyzing, load balancing, remediating, and optimizing the operation, control, and maintenance of a plurality of remotely located RF signal repeater devices in a wireless network arranged to operate as an Internet of Things (IoT) network. Electronic RF signal repeater devices are employed as elements in the wireless network and communicate wireless radio frequency (RF) signals for a plurality of users. An RF signal repeater device may be arranged to operate as a donor unit device that provides RF signal communication between one or more remotely located wireless base stations, or other donor unit devices on the wireless network. Also, an RF signal repeater device may be arranged to operate as a service unit device that provides wireless RF signal communication between one or more user equipment devices (UEs) and a donor unit device or a wireless base station.

This document generally relates to wireless communication systems that involve one or more intelligent reflecting devices. A plurality of second nodes that communicate with a first node may be grouped into node groups based on one or more communication parameters between the plurality of second nodes and an intelligent reflecting device. In turn, the first node may transmit signals to the plurality of second nodes via the intelligent reflecting device according to a time schedule based on the node grouping. In addition or alternatively, an intelligent reflecting device may include surface elements that are divided into multiple surface element regions. The first node may communicate with the multiple surface element regions independently in order to service the plurality of second nodes.