An apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises: processor circuitry configured to cause a user equipment (UE) to: encode a message for transmission to a network (NW) including a UE capability information that includes an indication of whether concurrent measurement gap (MG) patterns are supported by the UE; and transmit the message to the NW.

Generally, the described techniques provide for efficiently identifying a lower layer configuration for communicating in a dual connectivity mode after transitioning from an inactive state to a connected state. To efficiently identify the lower layer configuration, a UE operating in a dual connectivity mode may perform measurements on signals received from a master node, a secondary node, and other nearby nodes in an inactive state. Once the UE decides to transition back to a connected state, the UE may report the measurements and restore an original lower layer configuration used to communicate in a dual connectivity mode. The UE may then receive an indication of an updated lower layer configuration as an offset of the original lower layer configuration, where the updated lower layer configuration may be based on the reported measurements.

Methods and apparatuses for remote electrical tilt (RET) control are disclosed. According to an embodiment, a network entity obtains beam reports indicating beam candidates suitable for serving terminal devices in a serving area of an access network node. The network entity determines a spatial distribution of the beam candidates based on the beam reports. The network entity determines one or more boundaries dividing the beam candidates into a plurality of groups, based on the spatial distribution. The network entity determines control information related to RET for an antenna array of the access network node, based on the one or more boundaries.

Aspects of the disclosure include configuring beams of a transmitter and a receiver so that the beam spots from the different nodes overlap, such that the received signals of one or more nodes satisfy a service requirement such as rate value, a gain value or a SNR value, at a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) that is used to redirect a signal between the different nodes. Examples of the transmitter and the receiver may be a base station and one or more user equipment (UE) in a downlink or uplink direction or between two UEs in a sidelink direction. Another aspect of the disclosure is providing control signaling in order to configure the overlapping area of the beam spots. For example, signaling information pertaining to one or more beam parameters is exchanged between the transmitter and the receiver in order to facilitate the beamforming that is performed at each device.

Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for communicating in a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT. A user equipment (UE) can receive, from a first base station using the first RAT, first configuration information for the UE to communicate with a second base station via the second RAT; and receive, from the first base station using the first RAT, a downlink message to enable a communication link between the UE and the second base station via the second RAT. The downlink message includes second configuration information for the UE to communicate with the second base station via the second RAT. The UE can establish the communication link between the UE and the second base station using the second RAT based on a link configuration obtained from the first configuration information and the second configuration information.

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to perform a self-test of a wireless networking device. Examples disclosed herein include communication controller circuitry to cause the first WNIC to obtain a plurality of data packets from a second WNIC at a frequency. Examples herein further include signal strength determination circuitry to determine a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value for an antenna of the first WNIC. Examples herein further include performance determination circuitry to increment a counter associated with the antenna when the RSSI value does not satisfy a first threshold and report an error associated with the antenna to a back office facility when the counter associated with the antenna does not satisfy a second threshold.

A method of inter-cell coordination for intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted wireless network is provided. The method includes: receiving mode information corresponding to a first intelligent reflecting surface and a second intelligent reflecting surface; performing a channel measurement according to the mode information to generate a measurement report; transmitting the measurement report to a serving base station; and performing data transmission via the first intelligent reflecting surface and the second intelligent reflecting surface configured according to the measurement report.

A method for recommending an installation position of a base station, a storage medium, a mower, and a mobile electronic device are provided. The method acquires satellite observation data at a plurality of sampling points along a boundary of a target map; determining target sampling points satisfying a preset condition according to satellite observation data at each sampling point; determining common satellite observation frequency bands according to satellite observation data at the target sampling points; determining the number of the common satellite observation frequency bands at each sampling point according to the common satellite observation frequency bands and the satellite observation data at each sampling point; and determining recommendation information of the installation position of the base station according to the number of the common satellite observation frequency bands at each sampling point.

A measurement method and apparatus, and a device. The measurement method in embodiments of this application includes: receiving, by a first device, a first signal and a second signal, where a transmit direction of the first signal is a line-of-sight direction between a third device and the first device, a transmit direction of the second signal is a non-line-of-sight direction between the third device and the first device; performing, by the first device, measurement based on the first signal and the second signal, to obtain first information, where the first information indicates a measurement result of the first signal and a measurement result of the second signal, or indicates a difference between a measurement result of the first signal and a measurement result of the second signal; and sending, by the first device, the first information to a second device.

Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for pathloss reference signal configuration when different cell IDs are configured for multi-TRP operation. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.