Opportunistic networking systems can utilize one or multiple bands/channels that are shared with other radio access technologies (RATs) (such as wireless local area networks (WLAN, such as Wi-Fi) and mmWave). An unconventional carrier type (UCT) can be defined to support opportunistic networking in licensed and/or unlicensed spectrum. For example, a primary base station can determine a secondary base station activated for use with user equipment (UE). The primary base station can schedule data to be sent to the UE via the secondary base station. The secondary base station can provide discovery information, reserve a wireless channel, transmit the data and/or release the channel (implicitly, explicitly, or by reservation).

Using a Radio Access Network (RAN) capacity exchange (or RANxChange), mobile operators can advertise slices/partitions of available unused base station capacity, and auction and lease it. A member-operator can advertise their unused base station capacity availability or lease capacity from another member-operator for a specific time period. The bidding operators can bid for the full auctioned capacity or portion of the auctioned capacity. The users start attaching the leased slice transparently without any configuration changes on their mobile devices.

Using a Radio Access Network (RAN) capacity exchange (or RANxChange), mobile operators can advertise slices/partitions of available unused base station capacity, and auction and lease it. A member-operator can advertise their unused base station capacity availability or lease capacity from another member-operator for a specific time period. The bidding operators can bid for the full auctioned capacity or portion of the auctioned capacity. The users start attaching the leased slice transparently without any configuration changes on their mobile devices.

There is provided a management function network node and an associated method comprising the steps of obtaining (512) non-public land mobile network (PLMN) information wherein the non-PLMN information comprises information about network resources for a network other than a PLMN; determining (514) that at least one radio resource should be modified by a PLMN based on the obtained non-PLMN information, and transmitting (516) an indication of the at least one radio resource to the PLMN. There is furthermore provided a network node and an associated method comprising the steps of receiving (612) an indication from a management function that at least one radio resource used by the base station should be modified; transitioning (614) one or more wireless devices to or from the at least one radio resource; and modifying (616) the at least one resource.

This disclosure provides a method for controlling a bandwidth part inactivity timer and a terminal thereof. The method comprises: determining a work switching state of a secondary cell for which a Bandwidth Part (BWP) is configured; and disabling, by a terminal when the work switching state switches from an activated state to a non-activated state, a bandwidth part inactivity timer corresponding to a BWP currently activated on the secondary cell.

The present invention provides a method and system for enabling machine type communication in a long term evolution (LTE) network environment. In one embodiment, a Physical (PHY) layer of an LTE protocol stack maps data bits in resource elements of a logical channel to resource elements of a physical channel. The PHY layer identifies the data bits intended for legacy devices but mapped to a first set of resource elements of machine type communication (MTC) devices and the data bits intended for the MTC device but mapped to the second set of resource elements of the legacy devices. Accordingly, the PHY layer remaps the data bits intended for the legacy devices to the second set of resource elements and the data bits intended for the MTC devices to the first set of resource elements prior to transmission.

The present invention provides a method and system for enabling machine type communication in a long term evolution (LTE) network environment. In one embodiment, a Physical (PHY) layer of an LTE protocol stack maps data bits in resource elements of a logical channel to resource elements of a physical channel. The PHY layer identifies the data bits intended for legacy devices but mapped to a first set of resource elements of machine type communication (MTC) devices and the data bits intended for the MTC device but mapped to the second set of resource elements of the legacy devices. Accordingly, the PHY layer remaps the data bits intended for the legacy devices to the second set of resource elements and the data bits intended for the MTC devices to the first set of resource elements prior to transmission.

Reduced transmission power time intervals for wireless communications are described. A node may transmit a time interval allocation bitmap indicating a configuration of reduced transmission power time intervals. The configuration of reduced transmission power time intervals may change based on traffic load at the node.

Reduced transmission power time intervals for wireless communications are described. A node may transmit a time interval allocation bitmap indicating a configuration of reduced transmission power time intervals. The configuration of reduced transmission power time intervals may change based on traffic load at the node.

A wireless communication device (200) according to the present disclosure includes a control unit (240). In a case where a resource selected for use in packet transmission is preempted by another wireless communication device (200) in sidelink communication, the control unit (240) adjusts a transmission parameter and transmits the packet.