Apparatuses and methods for communication in non-terrestrial networks are provided. Downlink transmission from a satellite node is received (300). Pathloss of uplink transmission to the satellite node is estimated (302). Based on the path loss, it is determined (304) whether uplink transmission of the apparatus can reach the satellite node and uplink transmission suspended (306) if determination indicates that the transmission will not reach the node.

A hub may receive event data captured by a body-worn device and store the event data in a memory of the hub. The event data is then backed up from the hub to a memory of an additional hub communicatively connected to the hub. A copy of event data for a predetermined period of time as included in the event data is then transferred from the memory of the hub to a data store of a network operations center (NOC). In response to the transfer being complete, the hub may delete the event data for the predetermined period of time, send a first command to the additional hub directing the additional hub to delete a backup of the event data for the predetermined period of time, or send a second command to the body-worn device directing the body-worn device to delete the event data for the predetermined period of time.

This application provides a method and an apparatus for updating a timing offset, and is particularly applicable to an NTN network such as satellite communication. The terminal side method includes: A terminal receives a timing offset difference ΔKoffset, and updates a timing offset based on the ΔKoffset to obtain an updated timing offset. The network side method includes: A network device determines a timing offset difference ΔKoffset, and sends the ΔKoffset to a terminal device, wherein the ΔKoffset is used for the terminal device to update a timing offset.

A hub may receive event data captured by a body-worn device and store the event data in a memory of the hub. The event data is then backed up from the hub to a memory of an additional hub communicatively connected to the hub. A copy of event data for a predetermined period of time as included in the event data is then transferred from the memory of the hub to a data store of a network operations center (NOC). In response to the transfer being complete, the hub may delete the event data for the predetermined period of time, send a first command to the additional hub directing the additional hub to delete a backup of the event data for the predetermined period of time, or send a second command to the body-worn device directing the body-worn device to delete the event data for the predetermined period of time.

Embodiments include methods and/or procedures for a user equipment (UE) to activate a secondary cell (SCell) for operating with the UE's primary serving cell (PSC). Embodiments include determining a receiver activity rate for the UE. Embodiments also include receiving, from the PSC, an activation request identifying the SCell. Embodiments also include activating the SCell based on the receiver activity rate. Other embodiments include complementary methods and/or procedures performed by a network node arranged to communicate with one or more UEs via a PSC and at least one selectively activated SCell. Other embodiments include UEs and network nodes configured to perform operations corresponding to various ones of the methods and/or procedures, as well as computer-readable media embodying such operations.

A data transmission method includes: acquiring a time delay parameter corresponding to an advanced interactive data packet, and acquiring time delay monitoring information between the next generation nodeB and a user equipment; acquiring a transmission delay of the advanced interactive data packet on a network side in response to identifying that a data packet transmitted by a user plane function belongs to data sub-packets obtained by splitting the advanced interactive data packet; predicting, according to the time delay parameter, the time delay monitoring information, and the transmission delay of the advanced interactive data packet on the network side, whether transmitting the data sub-packets to the user equipment meets a time delay desirable; and stopping, in response to determining that transmitting the data sub-packets to the user equipment does not meet the time delay desirable, transmitting the data sub-packets obtained by splitting the advanced interactive data packet to the user equipment.

An information processing method. The method includes: determining that a trigger event of a first identity recognition module in a terminal is a preset trigger event, and determining that a second identity recognition module in the terminal has an effective timing advance (TA) value; then, controlling the first identity recognition module not to initiate random access, and determining the TA value of the second identity recognition module as the TA value of the first identity recognition module.

A method and a user equipment (UE) for performing timing alignment is provided. The method includes receiving, from a Base Station (BS), a Timing Advance (TA) report configuration in System Information (SI); and transmitting, to the BS, a TA report based on the TA report configuration. The TA report configuration includes an indication for enabling or disabling the UE to transmit the TA report.

A system and methods are disclosed for reducing Rx/Tx timing errors in a wireless network for latency of positioning measurements. Additionally, a system and methods are disclosed for increasing positioning accuracy by mitigating NLOS errors and/or by performing two-stage beam sweeping for DL-AoD. Further, a system and methods are disclosed for performing M-sample positioning measurements to improve latency reporting in connection with positioning reporting.

Aspects of the present disclosure allow a base station to simultaneously send SSBs to a UE and to associate different ROs or designated subsets of preambles with the simultaneously transmitted SSBs. The base station may configure a time or frequency offset for different ROs, or a number of preamble cyclic shifts associated with the SSBs. The base station then simultaneously sends a plurality of SSBs to the UE, where each of the SSBs is associated with a different beam, and where each of the SSBs is associated with a different RO or a designated subset of preambles. After the UE simultaneously obtains the SSBs from the base station, the UE may determine the offset for one of the different ROs, or the number of preamble cyclic shifts associated with one of the SSBs. The UE may then send a preamble to the base station in response to the determination.