Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and devices for communication by a terminal. The method can include: sending, by the terminal, a first data frame to a relay device in a first mode, the first data frame comprising a first preamble and a first message information set, and the first preamble being used to wake up the relay device; sending, by the terminal, a second data frame to the relay device in the first mode, the second data frame comprising a second preamble and a second information set, the second data frame being sent after the terminal has sent the first data frame and a first time interval has elapsed, and the length of the second preamble being less than that of the first preamble; and receiving, by the terminal, a third data frame sent by the relay device in the first mode, the third data frame being sent to the terminal after being received from the base station by the relay device.

Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for narrowband (NB) LTE operation. A WTRU may receive a first downlink data transmission, for example, via a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The WTRU may determine to send a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgment (ACK) in response to receipt of the first downlink data transmission. The WTRU may transmit a first uplink reference signal. The WTRU may indicate the HARQ-ACK using a first cyclic shift index that is applied to the first uplink reference signal. The WTRU may determine to send a HARQ negative ACK (HARQ-NACK), for example, on a condition that a second downlink data transmission is not correctly received. The WTRU may send a second uplink reference signal. The WTRU may indicate the HARQ-NACK using a second cyclic shift that is applied to the second uplink reference signal.

Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and device for performing communication. The method comprises: determining a target transmission pattern from a set of candidate transmission patterns, wherein the target transmission pattern is indicated by a signal including one or more of: a reference signal, a signal for performing CRC, and a feedback signal; and performing communication between a network device and a terminal device by using the target transmission pattern.

Lightweight messaging between a cloud-based platform and compact wireless device.

The present invention is designed to allow co-presence with other systems, and, furthermore, achieve improved spectral efficiency in cells (for example, unlicensed bands) in which pre-transmission listening is employed. The present invention provides a transmitter that transmits a downlink (DL) signal, a controller that controls DL transmission by applying listening before performing transmission of the DL signal, and a receiver that receives a delivery acknowledgement signal (ACK/NACK) in response to the DL transmission, wherein the controller controls a contention window value to apply to listening based on a number of acknowledgements (ACKs) in response to the DL transmission within a predetermined period, and a number of codewords and/or a number of transport blocks for the DL transmission.

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for data acknowledgment. One apparatus includes a transmitter that transmits data to a device. The apparatus may include a processor that determines a response window having multiple subframes for receiving an acknowledgement corresponding to the data. The apparatus may include a receiver that receives the acknowledgement within the response window.

Systems and methods for improving the performance and stability of bonding radios are provided. One method includes receiving a packet from a client device. Next, the method includes determining whether the received packet is an expected next packet and transmitting the received packet to a next destination if the received packet is the expected next packet. In an event the received packet is not the expected next packet, transmitting the received packet to a queue, setting a timer to wait for the expected next packet, and transmitting a message to the sender of the received packet requesting that the expected next packet be sent.

The disclosed subject matter is directed towards scheduling and Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) operations by which nodes in a three party communication system can communicate. To schedule a data transmission from a transmitter node to receiver node(s), a local manager/scheduler node sends common downlink control information to the transmitter and receiver nodes. Via a scheduling request, the transmitting node can request the scheduling of the data transmission by the local manager node. The technology facilitates unicast and broadcast/multicast data transmissions; for a unicast data transmission, the scheduling request identifies the receiving node. The transmitting node can explicitly acknowledge reception of the downlink control information to the local manager node, or the local manager node can detect the data transmission, when it occurs, as an implicit acknowledgment that the common downlink control information was successfully received.

Provided are a data transmission method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The method includes: receiving second downlink control information over a second search space, and rejecting receiving first downlink control information over a first search space; wherein the second downlink control information comprises downlink control information for carrying feedback of a base station.

Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for narrowband (NB) LTE operation. A WTRU may receive a first downlink data transmission, for example, via a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The WTRU may determine to send a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgment (ACK) in response to receipt of the first downlink data transmission. The WTRU may transmit a first uplink reference signal. The WTRU may indicate the HARQ-ACK using a first cyclic shift index that is applied to the first uplink reference signal. The WTRU may determine to send a HARQ negative ACK (HARQ-NACK), for example, on a condition that a second downlink data transmission is not correctly received. The WTRU may send a second uplink reference signal. The WTRU may indicate the HARQ-NACK using a second cyclic shift that is applied to the second uplink reference signal.