A method for communication is applied to a first terminal, and includes: obtaining a notification message sent by a network device, the notification message being used for notifying a determined collaborative terminal, and the collaborative terminal being a second terminal different from the first terminal; and determining, based on the notification message, the second terminal for assisting the first terminal in transmitting data. The examples of the disclosure can effectively improve the coverage performance.

Aspects described herein relate to identifying an aggressor node that transmits interfering signals that cause interference to signals received at the node, communicating a configuration for applying a phase shift to the interfering signals for forwarding to the node from a reflecting node with the phase shift applied, and communicating, from the reflecting node, the interfering signals with the phase shift applied to at least partially cancel the interference to the signals received at the node.

Techniques and apparatuses are described for user equipment-coordination set, UECS, hybrid automatic repeat request, HARQ, that establish a HARQ timeline that is specific to the capabilities of a respective UECS. Compared to a single user equipment, UE, the HARQ timeline for a UECS depends on a number of factors, such as the joint processing capability in the UECS, latency of communication over a local wireless network between the UEs in the UECS, or the like. Based on its capabilities, the UECS can request uplink and/or downlink processing delay times or a UECS-specific HARQ timeline from a base station. The base station grants the uplink and/or downlink processing delay times or the UECS-specific HARQ timeline to the UECS in a layer-1, layer-2, or a layer-3 control message. The use of a UECS-specific HARQ timeline increases the reliability of HARQ signaling for uplink and downlink communication between the UECS and a base station.

In a multiuser (MU) multiple antenna system (MAS), a central processing unit is communicatively coupled to multiple distributed wireless terminals (WTs) via a network. The central processing unit processes channel measurements indicative of channel conditions between the multiple distributed WTs and a plurality of user devices and selects a plurality of WTs from the multiple distributed WTs to enhance channel space diversity within the MU-MAS. The central processing unit calculates (Multiple Input, Multiple Output) MIMO weights from the channel measurements for precoding a plurality of data streams that are transmitted concurrently from the plurality of WTs to the plurality of users, wherein the MIMO weights provide for a plurality of independent MIMO channels.

In a multiuser (MU) multiple antenna system (MAS), a central processing unit is communicatively coupled to multiple distributed wireless terminals (WTs) via a network. The central processing unit processes channel measurements indicative of channel conditions between the multiple distributed WTs and a plurality of user devices and selects a plurality of WTs from the multiple distributed WTs to enhance channel space diversity within the MU-MAS. The central processing unit calculates (Multiple Input, Multiple Output) MIMO weights from the channel measurements for precoding a plurality of data streams that are transmitted concurrently from the plurality of WTs to the plurality of users, wherein the MIMO weights provide for a plurality of independent MIMO channels.

A node may activate, in each iteration of a plurality of iterations, a respective segment of a plurality of segments of an IRS of the node. Each iteration of the plurality of iterations may correspond to one segment of the plurality of segments. The apparatus may receive, from the first wireless device, an indication of a second configuration for the node to generate one or more reflected beams toward the first wireless device or the second wireless device. The second configuration may be based on an interpolation process based on a plurality of phases or phase derivatives associated with the plurality of segments. The apparatus may forward, from the first wireless device to the second wireless device or from the second wireless device to the first wireless device, communications via the IRS based on the second configuration and the one or more reflected beams.

Various aspects to improve a sidelink communication by UEs in a presence of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) are provided. In an aspect, the UE may determine RIS location information for a RIS device controlled by a base station, configure one or more sidelink communication parameters based on the RIS location information, and perform a sidelink communication with a second UE based on the one or more sidelink communication parameters. In an aspect, the UE may receive, from a base station, a RIS configuration setting indicating communication patterns of a RIS device controlled by the base station, the communication patterns being respectively associated with pattern durations, select a pattern duration of the pattern durations, and perform a sidelink communication with a second UE during the selected pattern duration of the pattern durations that is associated with a respective communication pattern of the communication patterns.

Two-way (full-duplex) wireless links in facilitating network management and improve network performance. Once aspect includes methods for network management using a high-throughput channel and a low-throughput channel. Other aspects include methods to facilitate practical realization and improve performance of some of the network information theoretic configurations, such as Space-Division Multiple Access (SDMA) in uplink and downlink, Interference Channel, and other forms of distributed collaborative signaling schemes. Another aspect includes methods to support cognitive wireless networks.

Methods, devices, systems, and means for selection of a coordinating user equipment, UE, in a user equipment-coordination set, UECS, that facilitates selection of the coordinating UE by the UEs in the UECS are described herein. Sharing of the role of coordinating UE by UEs in the UECS can be scheduled in a round-robin manner. Selection criteria can be used to determine which one or more UEs in the UECS will offer better performance in the role of coordinating UE.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting, by a wireless communication device, a transmission, by a radio access network node, of an alert message, identifying contents of the alert message, determining that the wireless communication device is authorized to relay the contents of the alert message, generating alert information comprising the contents of the alert message, and transmitting a ProSe direct discovery message comprising the alert information. Other embodiments are disclosed.