The present disclosure relates to: a communication technique for combining an IoT technology with a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE); and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, retail businesses, security- and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a terminal of a communication system may: receive, from a base station, downlink control information including modulation and coding scheme (MCS) information and resource information of a data channel; acquire a first MCS index for a first resource included in resources of the data channel and a second MCS index for a second resource included in the resources of the data channel, on the basis of the MCS information and the resource information; and perform transmission or reception of the data channel on the basis of the acquired first MCS index and second MCS index.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine, for a device-to-device communication with another UE, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) configuration, of a set of MCS configurations, based at least in part on at least one of a transmission mode, a packet characteristic, a mobility state of the UE, a capability of the UE, a transmission mode of the device-to-device communication, a received indication from the other UE, or a combination thereof. The UE may transmit, to the other UE, data using an MCS selected based at least in part on the MCS configuration. Numerous other aspects are provided.

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. A method and apparatus according to an embodiment may allow a terminal or a base station to configure parameters for supporting limited buffer rate matching (LBRM) by using higher layer signaling or enable a suitable configuration to be made in a case of not configuring parameters for supporting the LBRM using the higher layer signaling.

A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may determine channel state information (CSI) feedback based at least in part on a channel quality information (CQI) table and a CSI reference resource size of the apparatus, wherein at least one of the CSI feedback or the CQI table is modified based at least in part on a modulation configuration of the apparatus; and report the CSI feedback. Numerous other aspects are provided.

An optical transmission system including an optical transmission device and an optical reception device that receives, via an optical transmission line, a signal transmitted from the optical transmission device, the optical transmission system including a transmission-mode selection unit that selects transmission mode information in descending order of priority out of transmission mode information, which is combinations of a plurality of parameters concerning transmission performance, the transmission mode information being a plurality of kinds of the transmission mode information common to the transmission performance of the optical transmission device and the optical reception device, a signal transmission unit that transmits, to the optical reception device, a signal modulated based on the selected transmission mode information, and a signal reception unit that receives the signal and modulates the received signal based on the transmission mode information selected by the transmission-mode selection unit.

A communication system includes a traveling cart, a wireless base station, and a communication manager. A cart controller of the traveling cart configured or programmed to transmit traveling position information indicating the traveling position of the traveling cart to the wireless base station via a cart wireless communicator. A controller of the communication manager is configured or programmed to acquire at least one recommended transmission rate from a transmission rate table stored in a storage based on the traveling position information of the traveling cart received by wired communication with the wireless base station, and generate transmission rate information. The controller is configured or programmed to transmit the transmission rate information and management side transmission information to transmit to the traveling cart to the wireless base station via a communicator. The wireless base station transmits the management side transmission information which is received, to the traveling cart at the transmission rate acquired from the transmission rate information.

A re-transmission control method of downlink data to be transmitted from a radio base station to a radio terminal includes: by the radio terminal, transmitting information regarding decoding performance of the radio terminal to the radio base station; receiving the downlink data from the radio base station; transmitting a re-transmission request of the downlink data to the radio base station in a case where an error in the downlink data is detected; receiving a re-transmission configuration based on the information regarding decoding performance of the radio terminal, from the radio base station in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), after transmission of the re-transmission request; receiving the downlink data re-transmitted from the radio base station; and decoding the re-transmitted downlink data in accordance with the re-transmission configuration.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that support a single carrier multi-level coding (MLC) amplitude phase shift keying (APSK) modulated waveform. For example, a user equipment (UE) capable to communicate using MLC APSK modulated waveforms may transmit a channel state information (CSI) report, including a recommendation for a waveform configuration, to a base station. The base station may receive the CSI report and may transmit a configuration message to the UE, which may configure the UE with a set of waveform parameters associated with MLC APSK modulation. The UE may receive the configuration message and may communicate with the base station using MLC APSK modulated waveforms and based on the set of waveform parameters, which may reduce phase noise and provide lower peak average power ratio (PAPR) signaling.

Systems and methods for enhanced link adaptation are provided. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a network node includes calculating an actual RE efficiency based at least in part on an actual TBS obtained from a specification. The TBS may be obtained from a specification based on LA result and actual buffer data volume. The method also includes determining a real BLER from a searchable repository, based on the actual RE efficiency and an actual BLER. The method may further include calculating an actual outer-loop adjustment (OLA) step based on the actual BLER. The method may further include a dynamic outer-loop up/down step adjustment based on the actual OLA step.

A method of operating a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, information associated with a measurement gap for performing measurement of the terminal, the information associated with the measurement gap includes information for a frequency range that the measurement gap is applied to, and performing measurement, during the measurement gap in the frequency range.