Description:[1] This patent application is related to India Patent Application No. 201947025774, filed on 28 June 2019, entitled “METHODS AND DEVICES FOR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS”.

Cross-Reference to Related Applications
[2] This application claims priority to US Patent Application Serial No. 62/440,501, which was filed December 30, 2016, and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Technical Field
[3] Various aspects relate generally to methods and devices for radio communications.
Background
[4] End-to-end communication networks may include radio communications networks as well as wireline communication networks. Radio communication networks may include network access nodes (e.g., base stations, access points, etc.), and terminal devices (e.g., mobile phones, tablets, laptops, computers, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, wearables, implantable devices, machine-type communication devices, etc.), and vehicles (e.g., cars, trucks, buses, bicycles, robots, motorbikes, trains, ships, submarines, drones, airplanes, balloons, satellites, spacecraft, etc.) and may provide a radio access network for such terminal devices to communicate with other terminal devices or access various networks via the network access nodes. For example, cellular radio communication networks may provide a system of cellular base stations that serve terminal devices within an area to provide communication to other terminal devices or radio access to applications and services such as voice, text, multimedia, Internet, etc., while short-range radio access networks such as Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) networks may provide a system of WLAN access points (APs) that may provide access to other terminal devices within the WLAN network or other networks such as a cellular network or a wireline communication networks.
Brief Description of the Drawings
[5] In the drawings, like reference characters generally refer to the same parts throughout the different views. The drawings are not necessarily to scale. Instead, the drawings generally emphasize one or more features. In the following description, various aspects of the disclosure are described with reference to the following drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 shows an exemplary radio communication system including terminal devices, terminal devices also acting as access nodes, wireless links and standards, network access nodes, servers, gateways/interchanges and backbone infrastructures in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 2 shows a network scenario including terminal devices and network access nodes related to an exemplary discovery information scheme such as common discovery channel scheme in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 3 shows an internal configuration of an exemplary terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 4 shows an internal configuration of an exemplary common discovery module in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 5 shows a method for performing radio access communications using an exemplary common discovery channel scheme in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 6 shows a first internal configuration of an exemplary network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 7 shows an exemplary method of providing discovery signals on a common discovery channel scheme in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 8 shows a first exemplary network scenario with an external database for storing discovery information in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 9 shows a second exemplary network scenario with an external database for storing discovery information in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 10 shows an exemplary method of performing radio communications in connection with a common discovery channel scheme in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 11 shows an exemplary network scenario including terminal devices and network access nodes related to a forwarding and common monitoring scheme in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 12 shows a second exemplary internal configuration of a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 13 shows a first exemplary method of performing radio communications in connection with a forwarding and common monitoring scheme in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 14 shows a second exemplary method of performing radio communications in connection with a forwarding and common monitoring scheme in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 15 shows an exemplary radio communication network in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 16 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 17 shows a first exemplary time-frequency resource grid for radio communications in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 18 shows an exemplary transport-to-physical channel mapping in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 19 shows a second exemplary time-frequency resource grid for radio communications in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 20 shows an exemplary network scenario for a radio communication network in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 21 shows a third exemplary time-frequency resource grid for radio communications in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 22 shows a fourth exemplary time-frequency resource grid for radio communications in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 23 shows an exemplary method related to selecting between available channel instances in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 24 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a terminal device with a low power radio access system in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 25 shows an exemplary method related to providing multiple channel instances in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 26 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 27 shows an exemplary method for providing channel configuration information to requesting terminal devices in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 28 shows an exemplary message sequence chart related to a procedure for selecting and attaching to a channel instance in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 29 shows an exemplary method for operating a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 30 shows an exemplary method for operating one or more network access nodes in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 31 shows an exemplary method for selecting a random access transmission power in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 32 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a physical layer processing module using modularization in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 33 shows an exemplary message sequence chart related to a procedure for arranging a scheduling setting for a modularized physical layer processing module in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 34 shows an exemplary method for operating a communication module arrangement in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 35 shows a first exemplary internal configuration of a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 36 shows a second exemplary internal configuration of a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 37 shows a third exemplary internal configuration of a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 38 shows a fourth exemplary internal configuration of a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 39 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a receiver module and transmitter module in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 40 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a receiver module in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 41 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a receiver module for a demodulator application in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 42 shows an exemplary illustration of operation of a control module in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 43 shows a method of operating a communication system in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 44 shows an exemplary radio communication network that illustrates a data bearer in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 45 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a terminal device in a reception setting in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 46 shows a first mapping of data from different data bearers to different receiver modules in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 47 shows a second mapping of data from different data bearers to different receiver modules in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 48 shows a third mapping of data from different data bearers to different receiver modules in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 49 shows a fourth mapping of data from different data bearers to different receiver modules in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 50 shows a fifth mapping of data from different data bearers to different receiver modules in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 51 shows an exemplary distribution of data across different carriers of a carrier aggregation scheme in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 52 shows a sixth mapping of data from different data bearers to different receiver modules in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 53 shows a seventh mapping of data from different data bearers to different receiver modules in accordance with some aspects;
FIGs. 54A and 54B show various exemplary internal configuration of a terminal device in a transmission setting in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 55 shows a first exemplary method of performing radio communications in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 56 shows a second exemplary method of performing radio communications in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 57 shows a first exemplary depiction of a relationship between radio resource allocation and power consumption in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 58 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 59 shows a second exemplary depiction of a relationship between radio resource allocation and power consumption in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 60 shows an exemplary depiction of a network node that performs processing in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 61 shows an exemplary method of operating a network processor in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 62 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 63 shows various exemplary charts illustrating retransmission notification turnaround times in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 64 shows an exemplary method of operating a network processing module in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 65 shows a first exemplary network scenario in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 66 shows an exemplary internal depiction of a control module for a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 67 shows various exemplary transmission and reception schedules in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 68 shows a second exemplary network scenario in accordance with some aspects;
FIGs. 69A and 69B show various transmission and reception schedules using discontinuous transmission and/or reception in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 70 shows a first exemplary method of performing radio communications in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 71 shows a second exemplary method of performing radio communications in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 72 shows an exemplary network scenario in accordance with some aspects using a network access node;
FIG. 73 shows an exemplary message sequence chart illustrating connection continuity services using a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 74 shows an exemplary network scenario in accordance with some aspects using an edge computing server;
FIG. 75 shows an exemplary message sequence chart illustrating connection continuity services using an edge computing server in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 76 shows an exemplary method of performing radio communications at a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 77 shows an exemplary method of performing radio communication at a network processing component in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 78 shows an exemplary network scenario in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 79 shows an exemplary message sequence chart illustrating connection continuity services for a group of terminal devices in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 80 shows an exemplary method for performing radio communications in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 81 shows an exemplary method for performing radio communications in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 82 shows an exemplary network scenario in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 83 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 84 shows an exemplary internal configuration of an autonomous moving device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 85 shows an exemplary message sequence chart related to a procedure for selecting sensitivity levels for navigation sensors at autonomous moving devices in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 86 shows an exemplary network scenario using an external sensor network in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 87 shows an exemplary network scenario using multiple network access nodes with respective cells in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 88 shows an exemplary network scenario using planned routes of autonomous moving devices in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 89 shows an exemplary network scenario using a master autonomous moving device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 90 shows an exemplary method of operating a moving device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 91 shows an exemplary radio communication network in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 92 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 93 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 94 shows an exemplary depiction of uses for context information at different platforms of a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 95 shows a road travel scenario in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 96 shows an exemplary implementation of a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 97 shows an exemplary method at a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 98 shows an exemplary depiction of network scan timing results in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 99 shows an exemplary application in a road travel scenario with multiple network access nodes in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 100 shows an exemplary method of controlling radio activity based on a historical sequence of radio conditions and other context information in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 101 shows an exemplary method of performing radio communications in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 102 shows an exemplary implementation of a terminal device and network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 103 shows an exemplary configuration of terminal device prediction and decision modules in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 104 shows an exemplary configuration of network access node prediction and decision modules in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 105 shows an exemplary message sequence chart detailing interaction between terminal device and network access node prediction and decision modules in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 106 shows an exemplary method making spectrum allocation decisions in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 107 shows an exemplary implementation of a cloud-based infrastructure in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 108 shows an exemplary internal configuration of local and cloud prediction and decision modules in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 109 shows various exemplary message formats for crowdsourcing context information in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 110 shows a first exemplary method of performing radio communications in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 111 shows a second exemplary method of performing radio communications in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 112 shows an exemplary network scenario for managing an IoT network in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 113 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a gateway device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 114 shows an exemplary method at an IoT node to perform radio measurements and detect networks in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 115 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a baseband modem for an IoT node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 116 shows an exemplary method at a gateway device to collect radio measurements and reconfigure a wireless network in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 117 shows an exemplary method of managing a wireless multi-hop network in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 118 shows an exemplary method of performing radio communications according to some aspects;
FIG. 119 shows an exemplary scenario for beamsteering with vehicular targets in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 120 shows an exemplary internal configuration of control module for a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 121 shows an exemplary method of performing beamsteering for vehicular targets in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 122 shows an exemplary scenario in which a vehicle can block another vehicle in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 123 shows an exemplary scenario for radio access technology switching in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 124 shows an exemplary scenario with aerial drones in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 125 shows an exemplary method of performing radio communications according to some aspects;
FIG. 126 shows an exemplary network architecture in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 127 shows an exemplary positioning of network access nodes for distributing radio environmental map (REM) data storage in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 128 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a distributed REM server in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 129 shows an exemplary message sequence chart illustrating a request-response mechanism for REM data in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 130 shows an exemplary table related to a two-dimension framework for requesting REM data based on device capabilities and context information detail level in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 131 shows a first exemplary method for managing REM data in a distributed manner in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 132 shows a second exemplary method for managing REM data in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 133 shows an exemplary plot of bursty traffic periods in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 134 shows an exemplary method for triggering semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) based on predicted user traffic patterns in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 135 shows an exemplary method of controlling scheduling decisions based on detection of non-compliant terminal device behavior in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 136 shows an exemplary radio communication network in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 137 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 138 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 139 shows an exemplary end-to-end network architecture in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 140 shows an exemplary end-to-end network architecture with network slicing in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 141 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 142 shows an exemplary message sequence chart illustrating a message exchange between a terminal device and a core network for network slice selection in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 143 shows a first exemplary method of performing radio communications in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 144 shows a second exemplary method of performing radio communications in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 145 shows a third exemplary method of performing radio communications in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 146 shows an exemplary end-to-end network architecture with an edge computing server and charging server in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 147 shows an exemplary internal configuration of an edge computing server in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 148 shows an exemplary message sequence chart illustrating a message exchange between a terminal device, edge computing server, and charging server in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 149 shows a first exemplary method of managing a data stream in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 150 shows a second exemplary method of managing a data stream according in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 151 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 152 shows a first exemplary message sequence chart illustrating a message exchange between a terminal device and a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 153 shows a second exemplary message sequence chart illustrating a message exchange between a terminal device and a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 154 shows a third exemplary message sequence chart illustrating a message exchange between a terminal device and a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 155 shows an exemplary priority curve illustrating a service disabling priority in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 156 shows an exemplary message sequence chart illustrating progressive service disablement in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 157 shows a first exemplary method of performing radio communications in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 158 shows a second exemplary method of performing radio communications in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 159 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 160 shows an exemplary method of detecting and responding to thermal-constrained scenarios with throttling at a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 161 shows an exemplary method of detecting and responding to power-constrained scenarios with throttling at a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 162 shows an exemplary method of detecting and responding to thermal-constrained and/or power-constrained scenarios with throttling at a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 163 shows an exemplary configuration of a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 164 shows an exemplary method of performing radio communications in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 165 shows an exemplary radio communication network in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 166 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 167 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 168 shows an exemplary end-to-end network architecture in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 169 shows an exemplary network scenario in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 170 shows an exemplary internal configuration of an assisting device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 171 shows an interactional diagram between terminal devices, network access nodes, and assisting device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 172 shows a first exemplary message sequence chart depicting interaction between a terminal device, an assisting device, and a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 173 shows a second exemplary message sequence chart depicting interaction between a terminal device, an assisting device, and a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 174 shows a third exemplary message sequence chart depicting interaction between a terminal device, an assisting device, and a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 175 shows a fourth exemplary message sequence chart depicting interaction between a terminal device, an assisting device, and a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 176 shows a fifth exemplary message sequence chart depicting interaction between a terminal device, an assisting device, and a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 177 shows an exemplary network scenario involving support of multiple terminal devices by an assisting device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 178 shows an exemplary application of an Internet of Things (IoT) setting in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 179 shows a first exemplary method of performing radio communications at a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 180 shows a second exemplary method of performing radio communications at a communication device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 181 shows a third exemplary method of performing radio communications at a communication device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 182 shows a first exemplary network scenario in accordance with some aspects of this disclosure;
FIG. 183 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a vehicle network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 184 shows a first exemplary message sequence chart illustrating prediction and pre-loading of target data for a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 185 shows a second exemplary message sequence chart illustrating prediction and pre-loading of target data for a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 186 shows a second exemplary network scenario in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 187 shows an exemplary network scenario depicting terminal device and network access node connections in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 188 shows a third exemplary message sequence chart illustrating prediction and pre-loading of target data for a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 189 shows a first exemplary method of performing radio communications at a local network access node of a vehicle in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 190 shows a second exemplary method of performing radio communications at a local network access node of a vehicle in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 191 shows an exemplary radio communication network in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 192 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 193 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 194 shows an exemplary network scenario involving roadside network access nodes and vehicles or vehicular terminal devices in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 195 shows an exemplary illustration of a MapReduce framework in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 196 shows an exemplary illustration of a coded MapReduce framework in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 197 shows an exemplary network scenario involving groups of vehicles or vehicular terminal devices in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 198 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a vehicular terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 199 shows a first exemplary method of wireless distributed computation in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 200 shows a second exemplary method of wireless distributed computation in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 201 shows a progressive network scenario for a terminal device to connect to a network in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 202 shows an exemplary logical, transport, and physical channel mapping scheme in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 203 shows an exemplary method for connecting to a network using a direct link in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 204 shows an exemplary internal configuration for a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 205 shows an exemplary method for telemetry aid over a direct link in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 206 shows a first exemplary network scenario in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 207 shows a second exemplary network scenario in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 208 shows a first exemplary time chart illustrating a procedure for direct link sharing in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 209 shows a third exemplary network scenario in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 210 shows a second exemplary time chart illustrating a procedure for direct link sharing in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 211 shows an exemplary network scenario related to the use of device knowledge history (DKH) classes in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 212 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 213 shows a first exemplary method of performing radio communications at a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 214 shows a second exemplary method of performing radio communications at a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 215 shows a third exemplary method of performing radio communications at a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 216 shows an exemplary radio communication network in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 217 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 218 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 219 shows an exemplary end-to-end network architecture in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 220 shows a first exemplary network scenario in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 221 shows a second exemplary network scenario in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 222 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a vehicular terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 223 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 224 shows an exemplary message sequence chart detailing the use of sidelink channels for vehicular communication links in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 225 shows an exemplary method of performing radio communications at a vehicular terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 226 shows an exemplary method of organizing vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) or vehicle-to-network (V2N) communications for a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 227 shows an exemplary method of terminal device management of device-to-device communication in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 228 shows an exemplary method of network management of device-to-device communication in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 229 shows an exemplary network scenario related to serving a floating cell with a directional antenna beam in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 230 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 231 shows an exemplary internal configuration of an anchor aerial device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 232 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a secondary aerial device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 233 shows an exemplary time-frequency radio resource allocation in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 234 shows an exemplary method for controlling a floating cell at an anchor aerial device of the floating cell in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 235 shows an exemplary method of operating a secondary aerial device in a floating cell including a plurality of vehicles or aerial terminal devices in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 236 shows an exemplary method of operating a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 237 shows an exemplary method for network management of a floating cell in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 238 shows an exemplary method of anchor drone operation within a floating cell in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 239 shows an exemplary method of operating a secondary drone within a floating cell in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 240 shows an exemplary network scenario that illustrates deployment of a mobile infrastructure node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 241 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a mobile infrastructure node with an autonomous driving system in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 242 shows an exemplary method of activating a mobile infrastructure node as a dynamic mobile infrastructure in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 243 shows an exemplar method of operating a mobile infrastructure node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 244 shows an exemplary method of operating a vehicle as a mobile infrastructure node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 245 shows an exemplary network scenario involving deployment of a mobile infrastructure node in response to a critical network scenario in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 246 shows an exemplary configuration of a processing module of a mobile infrastructure node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 247 shows an exemplary message sequence chart illustrating activation and operation of a mobile infrastructure node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 248 shows an exemplary network scenario involving deployment of multiple mobile infrastructure nodes in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 249 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a mobile infrastructure node with an autonomous driving system in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 250 shows an exemplary method of providing network connectivity to an area impacted by network overload or outage at a mobile infrastructure node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 251 shows an exemplary method of coordinating one or more mobile infrastructure nodes to respond to network connectivity disruptions in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 252 shows an exemplary network scenario involving a cluster of terminal devices that utilize the same identity in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 253 shows an exemplary internal configuration of a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 254 shows an exemplary network scenario illustrating downlink communications in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 255 shows an exemplary network scenario illustrating uplink communications in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 256 shows an exemplary method for terminal device communication in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 257 shows an exemplary method for managing a leader terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 258 shows an exemplary method for terminal device communication in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 259 shows a first exemplary method of performing radio communications at a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 260 shows a second exemplary method of performing radio communications at a terminal device in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 261 shows an exemplary network scenario in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 262 shows an exemplary time-frequency radio resource allocation related to a contention-based access mode in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 263 shows an exemplary time-frequency radio resource allocation related to a scheduled-based access mode in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 264 shows an exemplary group resource block in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 265 shows an exemplary network scenario involving group resource block configuration forwarding in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 266 shows an exemplary network scenario involving operation of a group leader in an out of coverage situation in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 267 shows an exemplary method for provisioning radio network resources according to application requirements in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 268 shows an exemplary method for provisioning radio network resources according to application requirements in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 269 shows an exemplary network scenario involving a mobile cloud network in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 270 shows an exemplary message sequence chart for setting up a temporary hierarchical network by a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 271 shows an exemplary method for communication within a hierarchical network in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 272 shows an exemplary method for communication in a hierarchical network in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 273 shows an exemplary network scenario involving a mobile cloud network in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 274 shows an exemplary message sequence chart for dynamically changing a hierarchical network by a network access node in accordance with some aspects;
FIGs. 275 and 276 show exemplary network scenarios that illustrate the effect of a hierarchical change on a mobile cloud network in accordance with some aspects;
FIG. 277 shows an exemplary method for dynamic communication within a hierarchical network in accordance with some aspects; and
FIG. 278 shows an exemplary method for dynamic communication over a radio access network in accordance with some aspects.

Detailed Description
[6] The following detailed description refers to the accompanying drawings that show, by way of illustration, specific details and aspects in which the aspects of this disclosure may be practiced.
[7] The word “exemplary” is used herein to mean “serving as an example, instance, or illustration”. Any aspect or design described herein as “exemplary” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other aspects or designs.
[8] The words “plurality” and “multiple” in the description and the claims expressly refer to a quantity greater than one. The terms “group (of)”, “set [of]”, “collection (of)”, “series (of)”, “sequence (of)”, “grouping (of)”, etc., and the like in the description and in the claims, if any, refer to a quantity equal to or greater than one—for example, one or more. Any term expressed in plural form that does not expressly state “plurality” or “multiple” refers to a quantity equal to or greater than one. The terms “proper subset”, “reduced subset”, and “lesser subset” refer to a subset of a set that is not equal to the set—for example, a subset of a set that contains fewer elements than the set.
, Claims:1. A wireless communication device, comprising:
an interface to an antenna; and
a processor, configured to:
select an offload processing task for performance by an edge computing device;
cause a baseband modem to establish a direct wireless connection between the wireless communication device and the edge computing device, via the interface to the antenna;
cause the baseband modem to send first data to the edge computing device via the direct wireless connection; and
receive second data from the edge computing device, wherein the second data comprise a result of the offload processing task performed on the first data.