Inter-alia, a method is disclosed including receiving a communication report indicative of information relating to at least one radio link between a base station of the mobile communication network and a user device, wherein at least a part of the communication report is indicative of an angle-of-arrival of the respective radio link and an angle-of-departure of the respective radio link; determining a blockage information based, at least in part, on the communication report, and a position of the base station and a position of the user device, wherein the blockage information is indicative of the respective radio link and a time when a blockage of the respective radio link occurs; and providing, if a blockage information is determined, the blockage information. It is further disclosed an according apparatus, computer program and system.
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A method for: obtaining at least one microphone audio signal; obtaining at least one spatial sound environment parameter associated with the at least one microphone audio signal; obtaining at least one monitored control setting, the monitored control setting determined by monitoring a plurality of control settings for an audio application based on monitoring; adjusting at least one audio application tuning parameter based on at least one of: the at least one spatial sound environment parameter; or the at least one monitored control setting; and controlling the audio application based on the at least one audio application tuning parameter, the application including an audio signal processing of the at least one microphone audio signal.
Method comprising: monitoring whether a network function receives an indication of a group type of a group, wherein, for the group type, a set of one or more admissible types of traffic routing admitted for a communication within the group is stored; checking whether the set of one or more admissible types of traffic routing stored for the group type comprises a first type of traffic routing if the network function receives the indication; inhibiting the network function to instruct a user plane function to apply the first type of traffic routing to a communication between a first member of the group and a second member of the group if the set of the one or more admissible types of traffic routing does not comprise the first type of traffic routing.
A disclosed aspect concerns a network device (101) comprising at least one processor (510), at least one memory (520) including computer program code (570), the at least one memory and computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the network device at least to perform: obtaining (201) information descriptive of a capability of a network entity (103) of another network device (102), said network entity comprising a capability for providing an output based on an artificial intelligence and/or machine learning inference function related to one or more network objects or object types; sending (203, 404), to the other network device, a request for a partial activation of the capability. Other aspects concern the other network device, methods respectively associated with each network devices and computer-readable media storing appropriate computer program code.
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Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of resource allocation for time-division or frequency-division duplexing communication. The method comprising: receiving, at a first device and from a second device, first configuration information indicating a set of resources for time-division or frequency-division duplexing communication between the first device and the second device, the set of resources comprising a first subset of the resources for uplink transmission; and receiving, from the second device, second configuration information indicating at least one second subset of the resources for the uplink transmission, the at least one second subset of the resources comprising at least one resource other than the first subset of the resources.
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The present disclosure relates to data communication. Certain examples provide User Equipment, UE, (110) for accessing a Radio Access Network, RAN, (100) comprising at least a central node (210) and a distributed node (220), the central node controlling the distributed node, wherein the UE comprises: at least one processor (12); and at least one memory (13) storing instructions (14) that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the UE at least to: establish a connection towards the radio access network; receive (502), from the central node, a UE context modification request comprising: a request to change at least part of a lower layer configuration, and an identifier related to the request; perform (502) the requested change of the lower layer configuration; transmit (504), towards the central node. a confirmation that the requested change has been performed; and transmit (505), towards the distributed node, the identifier.
There is provided a user equipment comprising: means for receiving, from a first cell that is serving the user equipment, a configuration for at least one condition related to event-based measurement reporting, wherein each of the at least one condition comprises a value, the value being associated with at least one of: a respective service, or a respective coverage enhancement level; means for performing measurements on a second cell that is a candidate for handover; means for determining whether a condition of the at least one condi- tion has been triggered based on: the measurements, and the respective value associated with the at least one of: the respective service, or the respective coverage enhancement level; and means for, based on the determining that the condition has been triggered, sending a measurement report to the first cell, wherein the measurement report is related to the second cell.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to enhancements on user equipment-based beam reporting framework. A method comprises determining whether a condition for reporting information indicative of a current transmission configuration indicator state is satisfied; and based on a determination that the condition is satisfied, transmitting, to a second apparatus, a report comprising the information indicative of the current transmission configuration indicator state. In this way, potential misunderstanding between user equipment and base station can be avoided when it comes to the current beam assumption or change.
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MINIMUM TIME GAP CAPABILITY FOR LOWER POWER WAKE UP MODE
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are related to minimum time gap capability for lower power wake up mode A method comprises receiving, by a first apparatus and from a second apparatus, configuration information associated with a discontinuous reception, DRX, procedure for the first apparatus; determining, based on the configuration information, at least one minimum time gap each between a time period for monitoring a low-power wake-up signal, LP WUS, and an on-duration of the DRX procedure; and transmitting, to the second apparatus, capability information indicating the at least one minimum time gap.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to performance monitoring for beam prediction A method comprises determining a performance monitoring mode from a plurality of performance monitoring modes for monitoring a performance of beam prediction at the first apparatus; and transmitting, to a second apparatus, mode information at least indicating the determined performance monitoring mode.
H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
H04B 7/08 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the receiving station
H04B 7/024 - Co-operative use of antennas at several sites, e.g. in co-ordinated multipoint or co-operative multiple-input multiple-output [MIMO] systems
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TCI STATE ACTIVATION AND MEASUREMENTS IN LOWER LAYER TRIGGERED MOBILITY WHERE NOT KNOWN TCI STATES IN THE ACTIVE TCI STATE LIST ARE CONSIDERED KNOWN FOR A PREDETERMINED TIME AFTER STOPPING THE MEASUREMENTS
The disclosure inter alia pertains to apparatuses and methods that can be used for handling of Transmission Configuration Indicator, TCI, States, such as the activation and related measurements, in Lower Layer Triggered Mobility.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to report the number of beams. A method comprises obtaining a configuration for a report at least indicating a condition associated with a specific event and a certain number of beams allowed to be reported in the report; determining, based on a monitoring of a current beam and a plurality of candidate beams, whether the specific event is triggered by the certain number of candidate beams; and transmitting, to a second apparatus at least based on the determination via a first uplink control channel between the first and the second apparatuses, an indication of a target number of beams to be reported in the report that is to be transmitted via a second uplink channel between the first and the second apparatuses.
H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices, apparatuses and computer readable storage medium of UE-triggered measurement reporting. In a method, a first apparatus determines whether a first resource is available for transmitting a message associated with a measurement report to a second apparatus. The message comprises at least one of: a notification of the measurement report, a request for a second resource for the measurement report, or an indication indicative of at least one event related to measurement reporting occurring. If the first resource is unavailable for the message, the first apparatus performs at least one operation associated with the measurement report. The at least one operation is configured by the second apparatus, or predefined.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to measurement configuration adaptation. A method comprises receiving a measurement configuration at least comprising a plurality of measurement timing configurations corresponding to different region states of the first apparatus within a cell serving the first apparatus and at least one condition for triggering a measurement report; performing at least one measurement based on a first measurement timing configuration in the plurality of measurement timing configurations corresponding a first region state of the first apparatus within the cell; and in accordance with a determination, based on the at least one measurement, that at least one condition is satisfied, trigger a transmission of the measurement report while starting using a second measurement timing configuration in the plurality of measurement timing configurations corresponding to a second region state of the first apparatus instead of the first measurement timing configuration.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to enhancements on user equipment-based beam reporting framework A method comprises performing a reference signal measurement on a reference signal; determining whether an event for triggering a report occurs based on a measurement result of the reference signal measurement; and based on a determination that the event occurs, transmitting to a second apparatus, the report comprising information indicative of a current transmission configuration indicator state. In this way, potential misunderstanding between user equipment and base station can be avoided when it comes to the current beam assumption or change.
H04B 7/04 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas
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Arrangements are described for: receiving an analog-to-digital converter, ADC, capability report from a receiver of a mobile communication system at a transmitter of the mobile communication system (wherein the ADC capability report comprises information relating to characteristics of an ADC of the receiver) and adjusting transmitter processing based, at least in part, on at least one of digital-to-analog converter, DAC, capability information relating to characteristics of a DAC of the transmitter and the characteristics of the ADC received in the ADC capability report.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are related to synchronization time capability for lower power wake up mode A method comprises receiving, by a first apparatus and from a second apparatus, configuration information associated with a discontinuous reception, DRX, procedure for the first apparatus; determining, based on the configuration information, a synchronization duration of a transceiver, the transceiver being configured to be woken up upon reception of a low-power wake-up signal, LP WUS, from the second apparatus; and transmitting, to the second apparatus, capability information indicating the synchronization duration of the transceiver.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to methods, devices, apparatuses and computer readable storage medium for adaptive midamble. A method comprises receiving, from a third apparatus, first configuration information indicating a first frame format of a plurality of frame formats, wherein the first frame format is to be applied to a frame to be transmitted from the first apparatus to a second apparatus, wherein the plurality of frame formats comprise the first frame format and a second frame format different from the first frame format in terms of at least one of the following: a number of symbols comprised in a midamble, a symbol sequence of a midamble, or a modulation scheme of a midamble; and transmitting, based on the first configuration information, the frame with the first frame format to the second apparatus.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to methods, devices, apparatuses and computer readable storage medium for adaptive midamble. A method comprises receiving, from a third apparatus, first configuration information indicating a first frame format of a plurality of frame formats, wherein the first frame format is to be applied to a frame to be transmitted from the first apparatus to a second apparatus, wherein the plurality of frame formats comprise the first frame format and a second frame format different from the first frame format in terms of at least one of the following: a number of symbols comprised in a midamble, a symbol sequence of a midamble, or a modulation scheme of a midamble; and transmitting, based on the first configuration information, the frame with the first frame format to the second apparatus.
Arrangements are described for: receiving an analog-to-digital converter, ADC, capability report from a receiver of a mobile communication system at a transmitter of the mobile communication system, wherein the ADC capability report provides information relating to characteristics of an ADC of the receiver; setting a transmission constellation for said transmitter based, at least in part, on at least one of characteristics of a digital-to-analog converter DAC of the transmitter and/or the characteristics of the ADC received in the ADC capability report; and modulating a signal for transmission to the receiver based, at least in part, on the transmission constellation.
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MULTI-RAT RESOURCE SHARING PROFILES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
A method includes receiving, by a user device from a network node, a message comprising information indicative of at least one multi-radio access technology (multi-RAT) resource sharing (MRRS) profile; and activating, for use by the user device, a MRRS profile of the at least one MRRS profile; wherein the activated MRRS profile comprises an indication of at least a control signal resource of a first cell of a first radio access technology (RAT) for a control signal to be used by the user device to communicate with or obtain wireless services from a second cell of a second RAT.
A method includes receiving, by a user device from a network node, a message comprising information of a plurality of profiles, comprising at least: a first profile indicating the user device to receive a first type of control signal from a first cell of a first radio access technology (RAT) to obtain at least some wireless services from the first cell of the first RAT, and for the user device to receive the first type of control signal from a second cell of a second RAT to obtain at least some wireless services from the second cell of the second RAT; and a second profile indicating the user device to receive the first type of control signal from the first cell of the first RAT to obtain at least some wireless services from the second cell of the second RAT.
A method includes receiving, by a user device from a network node, a message comprising information indicative of at least one multi-radio access technology (multi-RAT) resource sharing (MRRS) profile; and activating, for use by the user device, a MRRS profile of the at least one MRRS profile; wherein the activated MRRS profile comprises an indication of at least: a third resource or configuration that is a multi-RAT shared resource or configuration, which can be used by the user device to communicate with or obtain at least some wireless services from either the first cell of the first RAT or the second cell of the second RAT.
H04W 72/54 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on quality criteria
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METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT AND PROCESSOR-READABLE MEDIUM FOR AUTONOMOUS INTERFERENCE MITIGATION AT NEIGHBORING GNB FOR UL MIMO WITH INDIVIDUAL POWER CONTROL PER LAYER
A method includes measuring, by a user equipment (UE), a transmission power level from a first apparatus and a second apparatus The UE derives a power level for a first uplink transmission and a second uplink transmission to the first apparatus, calculates and stores a power level difference between the derived first uplink power level transmission and the derived second uplink transmission. The UE derives a power imbalance between a transmission over a first antenna and a second antenna and determines a power amplification for the second antenna and a threshold for a power level for transmission from the second antenna based upon the received transmission power level from the second apparatus, and transmits the second uplink transmission over the second antenna to the first apparatus at a power level set based upon a comparison of the determined power amplification for the second antenna to the threshold.
There is provided an apparatus, method, and computer program for causing an apparatus to perform: providing, to a data consumer, an attribute indicating, for each of a plurality of data formats, whether the apparatus is able to support providing data in said data format, wherein the plurality of different data formats comprises: raw data, a representation of the raw data, a generative model for regenerating the raw data as synthetic data, and the synthetic data; obtaining, from the data consumer, a request for data to be provided to the data consumer using at least one of said plurality of data formats, the at least one of said plurality of data formats comprising a first data format; and providing the requested data to the data consumer using the first data format.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a solution of event-triggered reporting. A method comprises receiving, from a second apparatus, an event-triggered reporting configuration indicating a list of candidate cells and a list of events configured for the list of candidate cells; based on at least one event in the list of events being detected for a candidate cell of the list of candidate cells, performing preparation comprising time/frequency synchronization for the candidate cell; receiving, from the second apparatus, a switch command of the candidate cell transmitted by the second apparatus in response to receiving a measurement report of the candidate cell; and determining a switch-related delay.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a solution of event- triggered reporting. A method comprises receiving, from a second apparatus, an event- triggered reporting configuration indicating a list of candidate cells and a list of events configured for the list of candidate cells; determining a plurality of candidate cells, at least one event in the list of events being detected for each of the plurality of candidate cells; determining at least one candidate cell from the plurality of candidate cells to perform preparation of cell switch; and performing the cell switch preparation on at least one candidate cell.
A method performed by an access and mobility management function (AMF) of a 5G system (5GS) includes receiving a first registration request message from a user equipment (UE) operating in a single-registration mode. The first registration request message is for inter-system mobility of the UE from an evolved packet system (EPS) to the 5GS, and indicates a mobility management entity (MME) registration exists in the EPS for the UE. A determination is made that the AMF is not configured with an interface towards a MME in the EPS. And a registration procedure is performed with a unified data management (UDM) in the 5GS to register the AMF in the UDM for the UE. The registration procedure includes a second registration request message sent by the AMF to the UDM with an indication to instruct a home subscriber server (HSS) in the EPS not to cancel the MME registration.
A first user equipment (UEI is provided. The UE is configured to receive an input for the first UE to establish a sensing session, identity properties of the sensing session, wherein the properties including an area for sensing, a type of sensing, a duration of sensing, and a quality of sensing, or any combination thereof. The UE is further configured to identity candidate participant user equipment, based on the properties, to participate in the sensing session, select from the candidate participant user equipment, a second UE to perform a transmitting operation and select from the candidate participant user equipment, one or more further user equipment to perform receiving operations, for sensing, and determine, based on the properties, configuration information to configure the second UE to perform the transmitting operation and to configure the one or more further user equipment to perform the receiving operations for sensing The UE is further configured to send a respective sensing request to each of the second UE and the one or more further user equipment, each sensing request including respective configuration information for use by the respective one of the second UE and the one or more further user equipment to perform the respective one of the transmitting operation and the receiving operation, and receive respective responses to the respective sensing request from the second UE and the one or more further user equipment, each of the respective responses accepting or rejecting the respective sensing request.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a solution of User Equipment- Initiated Beam Management A method comprises transmitting, to a second apparatus via an uplink control channel, an indication associated with an uplink resource type to be used by the first apparatus for a beam report in a further uplink channel subsequent to the uplink control channel; and transmitting, to the second apparatus, the beam report by using the further uplink channel with uplink resources of the uplink resource type.
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31.
MECHANISM FOR OPTIMAL ERROR-PRIVACY TRADE-OFF IN INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an optimal error- privacy trade-off in information processing system. A method comprises obtaining transmission property information of a link between the first apparatus and a second apparatus based on a measurement metric one the link; obtaining a first privacy parameter based on the transmission property information; and obtaining a result associated with a channel coding to a data set used for transmitting to the second apparatus on the link, based on at least one of: the first privacy parameter, a second privacy parameter required by the data set, the measurement metric, or the transmission property information.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an optimal error- privacy trade-off in information processing system. A method comprises obtaining transmission property information of a link between the first apparatus and a second apparatus based on a measurement metric on the link; and obtaining a result associated with a channel coding to a data set used for transmitting to the second apparatus on the link, based on the transmission property information.
θrefref θrefref ref . The terminal device determines a second transmit precoding vector by applying the one or more phase shifts to one or more respective transmit precoding coefficients of the first transmit precoding vector associated with the one or more respective transmit antenna ports, and performs a second uplink transmission of the transmission layer through the M transmit antenna ports at least based on the second transmit precoding vector.
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H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are related to radio measurement reduction. A method comprises obtaining, by a first apparatus, respective correlations among a set of beams for a cell based on measurements on respective beams of the set of beams; determining, based on the respective correlations and historical measurements performed on the set of beams or on a first subset of beams among the set of beams, a second subset of beams from the set of beams; performing measurements on the second subset of beams; and transmitting, to a second apparatus, a measurement report for the cell based on the measurements on the second subset of beams.
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θrefref θrefref ref and the transmit precoding vector index, and performs an uplink transmission of the transmission layer through M transmit antenna ports at least based on the transmit precoding vector.
H04B 7/0404 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas the mobile station comprising multiple antennas, e.g. to provide uplink diversity
H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
There is provided an apparatus comprising means for providing information to a network, the information indicating that the apparatus has at least one asymmetric spectrum shaping capability, receiving an indication from the network to adjust an additional maximum power reduction within a frequency band associated with the at least one asymmetric spectrum shaping capability and performing at least one additional maximum power reduction adjustment within the frequency band based on the received indication.
H04W 52/36 - Transmission power control [TPC] using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets
H04W 52/14 - Separate analysis of uplink or downlink
H04W 52/24 - TPC being performed according to specific parameters using SIR [Signal to Interference Ratio] or other wireless path parameters
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SPATIAL EXTRAPOLATION AS PREDICTOR IN VIDEO CODING
A method comprising: forming an extended field-of-view (FOV) picture; deriving a prediction signal by using the extended-FOV picture; and using the prediction signal to encode at least a part of a current source picture to a current coded picture.
H04N 19/597 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding
H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
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Attention Mechanism for Compressed Multimedia Content Coding
Methods and apparatuses are described for entropy encoding and decoding of a latent tensor, which includes separating the latent tensor into segments in the spatial dimensions and in the channel dimension, each segment including at least one latent tensor element. An arrangement of the segments is processed by a neural network: the neural network includes at least one attention layer. Based on the processed segment a probability model is obtained for entropy encoding or decoding of a latent tensor element.
H04N 19/54 - Motion estimation other than block-based using feature points or meshes
H04N 19/597 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products provided herein improve upon conditional handover (CHO) techniques that handle continuous network connectivity when a user equipment (UE) moves between network cells. The disclosed techniques can be utilized in scenarios in which a path of a user equipment (UE) between 5 various network nodes is known, such as in a high-speed train use case. According to disclosed methods, a source network node triggers CHO preparation toward a plurality of target network nodes. A last prepared network node receives an indication to trigger further CHO preparation toward additional target network nodes. Since the path of the UE is known by the UE and/or in the network, the UE evaluates the CHO condition for 10 only the next target network node in the path. CHO techniques may therefore be enhanced by improving the efficiency of CHO according to the disclosed methods.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to access token verification. In example embodiments, a method is provided. The method comprises, at a first service communication proxy, receiving, from a second service communication proxy, a first request for a service from a first network function, the first request originating from a second network function and comprising a token to access the first network function, the token comprising a delegation domain list to which token verification is delegated by the first network function, the token being generated by a network repository function based on registration information from the first network function, the registration information comprising at least one of: an indication of whether a delegation of the token verification is allowed or the delegation domain list: alternatively the first service communication proxy may obtain whether a delegation of the token verification is allowed and the delegation domain list from the network repository function and in accordance with a determination that the first service communication proxy belongs to the delegation domain list, verifying the token. In this way, the verification of the access token can be improved.
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for synchronization of buffer status reports with respect to other communication events, such as discontinuous reception cycles are provided. For example, a method can include receiving a configuration from a network, wherein the configuration comprises a discontinuous reception configuration, a report configuration, or both the discontinuous reception configuration and a report configuration. The method can also include starting a discontinuous reception on duration timer for a user equipment in accordance with the discontinuous reception configuration. The method can also include deciding to conditionally send a report for the user equipment upon the start of the discontinuous reception on duration timer in accordance with the configuration. The method can further include sending the report to the network if an uplink grant for the user equipment is preset.
Disclosed are devices, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for feedback transmission. An example terminal device may include at least one processor and at least one memory. The at least one memory may store instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, may cause the terminal device at least to perform: receiving from a network device, a downlink medium access control control element on a hybrid automatic repeat request process configured or indicated with hybrid automatic repeat request feedback disabled; and transmitting to the network device, a feedback for the downlink medium access control control element.
H04W 72/231 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal the control data signalling from the layers above the physical layer, e.g. RRC or MAC-CE signalling
H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
There is provided an apparatus, at a user equipment, comprising means for determining, based on a trigger, to select or reselect a further user equipment to act as a relay node between the first user equipment and a second user equipment, wherein the first user equipment and the second user are in communication, determining a source of the trigger, based on the determined source, determining to provide a request from the first user equipment to the second user equipment for at least one of the following: coordinated discovery of user equipment candidates for the further user equipment, selection or reselection of the further user equipment among the user equipment candidates and providing the request from the first user equipment to the second user equipment.
H04W 40/22 - Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing using selective relaying for reaching a BTS [Base Transceiver Station] or an access point
H04W 40/24 - Connectivity information management, e.g. connectivity discovery or connectivity update
H04W 88/04 - Terminal devices adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user
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SPATIAL AUDIO PARAMETER ENCODING AND ASSOCIATED DECODING
An apparatus comprising means configured to: obtain at least one audio signal; obtain, for the at least one audio signal, spatial audio signal parameter values, the spatial audio signal parameters values distributed within a time-frequency domain; determine a merge metric to control a merging of the spatial audio signal parameter values over the time-frequency domain; and merge, based on the merge metric, the spatial audio signal parameter values to a smaller number of spatial audio signal parameter values over time and/or frequency within the time-frequency domain.
G10L 19/008 - Multichannel audio signal coding or decoding using interchannel correlation to reduce redundancy, e.g. joint-stereo, intensity-coding or matrixing
G10L 19/025 - Detection of transients or attacks for time/frequency resolution switching
G10L 19/032 - Quantisation or dequantisation of spectral components
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to measurement configuration adaptation. A method comprises receiving, from a second apparatus, a measurement configuration at least comprising a plurality of measurement timing occasions for measurements; performing, based on a state of the first apparatus being in a first region within a cell serving the first apparatus, the measurements by using some of the measurement timing occasions with a first periodicity; and monitoring, during a measurement timing occasion within which the first apparatus does not perform the measurements, scheduling information from the second apparatus; and transmitting, to the second apparatus, a response associated with a reception of a data transmission associated with the scheduling information.
H04W 72/231 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal the control data signalling from the layers above the physical layer, e.g. RRC or MAC-CE signalling
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METHOD OF DETERMINING MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS ON HIGHER PRIORITY CARRIERS
The present disclosure provides a terminal device. The terminal device can receive a first parameter for the terminal device, wherein a first carrier is used by the terminal device. The terminal device can perform a comparison between the first parameter and one or more thresholds, and determine a second parameter for the terminal device based on the comparison. The second parameter can indicate a time interval for the terminal device to search for one or more carriers with a priority higher than the first carrier. The terminal device can receive the first parameter from a network device.
H04W 52/36 - Transmission power control [TPC] using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets
There is provided an apparatus comprising: means for retrieving a configuration for a time window to perform network measurements in; means for associating the time window with a first receive element of a user equipment; and means for, during the time window, performing a network measurement using the associated first receive element and receiving downlink data using a second receive element of the user equipment.
Various example embodiments relate to methods and apparatuses for network slice security for non-3GPP access. An apparatus may be configured to send to an access network device, a request message comprising network slice group information corresponding to network slice identification information of the terminal device; and receive from the access network device, an identification of a non-3GPP access network device capable of serving at least one network slice indicated in the network slice identification information in response to the request message.
According to an example aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus comprising means for receiving, from a wireless network node, a configuration configuring the apparatus to transmit uplink transmissions using at least two different reference signal resource sets, at least two different spatial settings or at least two different power control parameters sets, means for determining a mapping pattern for transmitting said uplink transmissions using the at least two different reference signal resource sets, the at least two different spatial settings or the at least two different power control parameters sets, wherein the mapping pattern depends at least on whether joint channel estimation is enabled or disabled for the apparatus and means for transmitting said uplink transmissions using the at least two different reference signal resource sets, the at least two different spatial settings or the at least two different power control parameters sets in accordance with the determined mapping pattern.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a solution of User Equipment-Initiated Beam Management (UEIBM). A method comprises transmitting, to a second apparatus via an uplink control channel, an indication associated with an uplink resource type to be used by the first apparatus for a beam report in a further uplink channel subsequent to the uplink control channel; and transmitting, to the second apparatus, the beam report by using the further uplink channel with uplink resources of the uplink resource type.
A method and apparatus may include receiving, by a network entity, at least one parameter associated with at least one network slice; generating, by the network entity, at least one domain management data analytics service (MDAS) report based on the received at least one parameter; and transmitting, by the network entity, the at least one MDAS report comprising at least one radio access network recommendation associated with one or more of the at least one network slices.
There is provided an apparatus, method, and computer program for causing an apparatus to perform: reporting, to a network access node, a report indicating that the apparatus has detected that at least one beam management-related condition has been met for a multi-transmission reception point, mTRP, mode of communication, wherein the report comprises an indication that indicates whether a first transmission mode or a second transmission mode is preferred for said modes of communication.
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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING INFORMATION ABOUT SPATIAL ANCHOR
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for accessing information about spatial anchor. A method (400) performed by a first apparatus for accessing information about at least one spatial anchor may comprise: transmitting (S402), to a second apparatus, a first request for an authorization to access information about the at least one spatial anchor; receiving (S404), from the second apparatus, a first response indicating the authorization; transmitting (S406), to a third apparatus, a second request based at least on the authorization, for accessing information about at least one spatial anchor; and receiving (S408), from the third apparatus, a second response.
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METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM TO DETERMINE PACKET DELAY BUDGET
There is provided for use in a network node, comprising: obtaining first information indicative of a value of a delay between a first network entity and a second network entity, and second information indicative of a position of the second network entity; and determining a value of a core network packet delay budget (CN PDB) based on the value of the delay indicated by the first information and a value of a delay between the network node and the second network entity whose position is indicated by the second information.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for receiving data units during congestion. A method performed by an apparatus for receiving a plurality of data units comprises: determining (S202) whether a congestion occurs over a link for a transmission or a reception of the plurality of data units; using (S204) a first configuration for reordering received data units, when the congestion does not occur; and using (S206) a second configuration different from the first configuration for reordering received data units, when the congestion occurs.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to enhancements on user equipment-based beam reporting framework A method comprises performing a reference signal measurement on a reference signal; determining whether an event for triggering a report occurs based on a measurement result of the reference signal measurement; and based on a determination that the event occurs, transmitting, to a second apparatus, the report comprising information indicating whether a change of a current transmission configuration indicator state has occurred. In this way, potential misunderstanding between user equipment and base station can be avoided when it comes to the current beam assumption or change.
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TCI STATE ACTIVATION TIMER AND MEASUREMENTS IN LOWER LAYER TRIGGERED MOBILITY
The disclosure inter alia pertains to apparatuses and methods that can be used for handling of Transmission Configuration Indicator, TCI, States, such as the activation and related measurements, in Lower Layer Triggered Mobility.
The disclosure inter alia pertains to apparatuses and methods that can be used for handling of Transmission Configuration Indicator, TCI, States, such as the activation and related measurements, in Lower Layer Triggered Mobility.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to report the number of beams A method comprises transmitting, from a first apparatus to a second apparatus via a first uplink control channel, an indication at least indicating a number of beams to be reported in a report via a second uplink channel; receiving, from the second apparatus, a resource allocation indicating an amount of resources available for the report; and transmitting, to the second apparatus via the second uplink channel, the report by using the amount of resources available for the report.
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There is provided a method, apparatus, and computer program for causing an apparatus to perform: detecting, by the apparatus, that at least one beam management-related condition has been met for a multi- transmission reception point, mTRP, mode of communication; and transmitting, by the apparatus based on the detecting, to a network access node, a report indicating that the apparatus has detected that at least one beam management-related condition has been met for the mTRP mode of communication.
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H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
61.
SWITCHING BETWEEN WAKE-UP TIMES FOR LOWER POWER WAKE UP MODE
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are related to switching between wake-up times for lower power wake up mode A method comprises obtaining, by a first apparatus, a first minimum time gap between a first time period for monitoring a low-power wake-up signal, LP WUS, and an on-duration for a first discontinuous reception, DRX, cycle, and a second minimum time gap between a second time period for monitoring a LP WUS and an on-duration for a second DRX cycle, the second minimum time gap being different from the first minimum time gap; monitoring the LP WUS from a second apparatus within the first time period before the first minimum time gap; and monitoring the LP WUS from the second apparatus within the second time period before the second minimum time gap.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to measurement buffer status reporting (MBSR). In a method, a first apparatus receives from a second apparatus, a configuration of an MBSR for data associated with at least one measurement. The first apparatus transmits, to the second apparatus, an MBSR based on the configuration, the MBSR indicating at least one size of at least one data of at least one type associated with a measurement. The first apparatus receives, from the second apparatus, an indication of at least one resource for the at least one data of the at least one type and/or further data of a further type. The first apparatus transmits at least one of the at least one data or the further data to the second apparatus using the at least one resource based on priority information of the at least one data and the further data.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to performance monitoring for beam prediction A method comprises receiving, from a second apparatus, configuration information about a performance monitoring mode configured by the second apparatus for monitoring a performance of beam prediction at the first apparatus; determining an adjustment to a parameter of the beam prediction in the configured performance monitoring mode; and transmitting, to the second apparatus, mode information at least indicating the adjustment to the parameter.
H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
H04B 7/08 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the receiving station
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a solution of event- triggered reporting. A method comprises receiving, from a second apparatus, an event- triggered reporting configuration indicating a list of candidate cells and a list of events configured for the list of candidate cells; based on at least one event in the list of events being detected for a candidate cell of the list of candidate cells, pre-processing a candidate cell configuration of the candidate cell; receiving, from the second apparatus, a switch command of the candidate cell transmitted by the second apparatus in response to receiving a measurement report of the candidate cell; and determining a cell switch delay.
An apparatus comprising means for: receiving at least one L1/L2 triggered mobility, LTM, candidate cell configuration; pre-processing the at least one LTM candidate cell configuration; and storing the pre-processed at least one LTM candidate cell configuration in at least one memory until at least one condition is satisfied.
There is provided an UE, method, and computer program for causing the UE to perform: collecting, from a first apparatus, first data related to at least one AI/ML process related to the UE and/or the first apparatus; encrypting the first data and/or integrity protecting the first data; after a process of a handover of the UE from the first apparatus to a second apparatus is completed, transmitting, to the second apparatus, the integrity protected and/or encrypted first data, a first indication indicating that the first data is related to the first apparatus, and a second indication indicating each identifier of the at least one AI/ML process.
There is provided an UE, method, and computer program for causing the UE to perform: collecting, from a first apparatus, a first data related to at least one AI/ML process related to the UE and/or the first apparatus; determining that the user equipment has been handed-over to a second apparatus; transmitting, to the second apparatus, the first data.
There is provided an UE, method, and computer program for causing the UE to perform: receiving, from a first apparatus, an indication indicating confidentiality of first data; generating a key; collecting, from the first apparatus, the first data related to at least one artificial intelligence/ machine learning, AI/ML, process related to the UE and/or the first apparatus; encrypting the first data using the generated key; and after a process of a handover of the UE from the first apparatus to a second apparatus is completed, transmitting, to the second apparatus, the encrypted first data.
Inter-alia, a method performed by a network entity is disclosed, the method comprising: transmitting, to a target network entity for layer 3 handover mobility of a user equipment, UE, an inquiry about one or more capabilities of the UE that relate to Artificial Intelligence, AI, and/or Machine Learning, ML, and that are of interest to the target network entity; for receiving, from the target network entity, information indicating one or more capabilities of the UE that relate to AI and/or ML, and that are of interest to the target network entity; for transmitting, to the UE, based on the received information, information indicating the one or more capabilities of the UE that relate to AI and/or ML, and that are of interest to the target network entity Further corresponding methods, apparatuses, computer programs, and computer-readable media are disclosed.
Inter-alia, a method performed by a network entity is disclosed, the method comprising: transmitting, to a target network entity for layer 3 handover mobility of a user equipment, UE, an inquiry about one or more capabilities of the UE that relate to Artificial Intelligence, AI, and/or Machine Learning, ML, and that are of interest to the target network entity; for receiving, from the target network entity, information indicating one or more capabilities of the UE that relate to AI and/or ML, and that are of interest to the target network entity; for transmitting, to the UE, based on the received information, information indicating the one or more capabilities of the UE that relate to AI and/or ML, and that are of interest to the target network entity Further corresponding methods, apparatuses, computer programs, and computer-readable media are disclosed.
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In accordance with example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform communicating communications between a source candidate cell, and a target candidate cell of a communication network, comprising a transmission configuration activation command for a target candidate cell, wherein the transmission configuration activation command for the target candidate cell is for performing, based on completion of at least one condition, channel state information measurements for a triggered mobility operation for user equipment from the source cell to the target candidate cell; based on a channel state information acquisition configuration communicating in the communications from the source cell, performing at least one channel state information measurement acquisition on the target candidate cell; and reporting to the target candidate cell, information comprising measurements of channel state information resources on the target candidate cell for performing the triggered mobility operation.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a solution of event-triggered reporting A method comprises receiving, from a second apparatus, a layer 1/layer 2 (L1/L2) triggered mobility (LTM)-based configuration indicating a list of candidate cells and a list of events configured for the list of candidate cells; performing, based on the LTM-based configuration, measurements on the list of candidate cells; determining, based on measurement results of the measurements, at least one event being detected for a candidate cell of the list of candidate cells; suspending a transmission of a layer 1 (L1) measurement report triggered by the at least one event until a reporting criterion is fulfilled.
A method of a first user equipment (UE) includes receiving an input for the first UE to establish a sensing session, identifying properties of the sensing session, identifying candidate participant user equipment, based on the properties, to participate in the sensing session, and selecting from the candidate participant user equipment, a second UE to perform a sensing operation of the sensing session. The sensing operation comprises at least one of transmitting and receiving signals utilized for sensing, and determining, based on the properties, configuration information to configure the second UE to perform the sensing operation. The method also includes sending a sensing request to the second UE, the sensing request including the configuration information for use by the second UE to configure the second UE to perform the sensing operation, and receiving a response from the second UE accepting or rejecting the sensing request.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to UE triggered measurement report. In a method, a first apparatus determines that a first resource is available for a notification associated with a measurement report to a second apparatus. The notification indicates at least one event for measurement reporting occurring, and/or the measurement report to be transmitted in a second resource. If the second resource is unavailable for transmitting the measurement report, the first apparatus performs at least one of: refraining from including the measurement report in a transmission of the second resource; refraining from transmitting the notification; transmitting the measurement report in the second resource; transmitting the notification in a third resource available for the notification; transmitting the measurement report in a fourth resource available for the measurement report; holding the measurement report for a time duration; or dropping the measurement report after the time duration.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to UE triggered measurement reporting. In a method, a first apparatus determines whether a first resource is available for transmitting a request for a second resource for transmitting a measurement report to a second apparatus. If the first resource is unavailable for the request, the first apparatus performs at least one of: refraining from transmitting the measurement report in the second resource; dropping or stopping a measurement corresponding to the measurement report; refraining from monitoring a response of the request from the second apparatus, the response including an indication or configuration of the second resource; dropping the transmission of the request; transmitting the request in a third resource available for the notification; holding the transmission of the request for a time duration, or dropping the request after the time duration.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to UE triggered measurement reporting. In a method, a first apparatus determines whether a first resource is available for transmitting a notification associated with a measurement report to a second apparatus. The notification indicates at least one event for measurement reporting occurring and/or the measurement report to be transmitted in a second resource. If the first resource is unavailable for the notification, the first apparatus performs at least one of: refraining from transmitting the measurement report in the second resource; dropping or stopping a measurement corresponding to the measurement report; dropping the transmission of the notification; transmitting the notification in the first resource or in a third resource available for the notification; holding the transmission of the notification and/or the measurement report for a time duration, or dropping the notification and/or the measurement report after the time duration.
A method, apparatus, and computer readable medium are provided. In the context of a method, the method receives configuration information related to a plurality of transmission-reception points (TRPs) of a cell, wherein the configuration information comprises at least one random access channel (RACH) configuration related to the plurality of TRPs of the cell. The method initiates a state transition to a radio resource control connected state under the cell based on the configuration information. The method initiates a setup or resume operation based on the configuration information prior to connecting to the at least one of the plurality of TRPs of the cell.
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There is provided a method, apparatus, and computer program, for causing an apparatus to perform: receiving, from a network access node, information of, for one or more of a plurality of coverage enhancement, CE, levels provided by a cell, of the network access node, at least one parameter that controls access to that coverage enhancement level for one or more services or service level qualities; and determining whether to access the network access node via a determined CE level of the one or more CE levels of the cell based on the at least one parameter
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a solution of event-triggered reporting. A method comprises receiving, from a second apparatus, an event-triggered reporting configuration indicating a list of candidate cells and a list of events configured for the list of candidate cells; based on at least one event in the list of events being detected for a candidate cell of the list of candidate cells, performing preparation comprising user equipment (UE)-based timing advance (TA) estimation for the candidate cell; receiving, from the second apparatus, a switch command of the candidate cell transmitted by the second apparatus in response to receiving a measurement report of the candidate cell; and determining a cell switch delay.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are related to radio measurement reduction. A method comprises receiving, by a first apparatus and from a second apparatus, correlation information associated with respective correlations among a set of beams for a cell; determining, based on the correlation information and historical measurements performed on the set of beams or on a first subset of beams among the set of beams, a second subset of beams from the set of beams; performing measurements on the second subset of beams; and transmitting, to the second apparatus, a measurement report for the cell based on the measurements on the second subset of beams.
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H04B 7/08 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the receiving station
A method comprising: forming an extended field-of-view (FOV) picture; deriving a prediction signal by using the extended-FOV picture; and using the prediction signal to encode at least a part of a current source picture to a current coded picture.
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CONTROL RESOURCE SET CONFIGURATION AND SELECTION BASED ON SLOT TYPE INDICATION IN SUBBAND NON-OVERLAPPING FULL DUPLEX
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for enhancing dynamic CORESET adaptation with limited or no control channel overhead. One method may include receiving, by a UE, a plurality of PDCCH CORESET configurations associated with at least one SS; determining, by the UE, at least one of the PDCCH CORESET configurations is associated with a symbol or slot format from a corresponding set of symbols; and performing, by the UE, PDCCH monitoring on an active control resource set configuration associated with the set of determined slots or symbols.
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APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO ACCEPT OR REJECT A CONNECTION REQUEST BASED ON AN OUTCOME OF A NETWORK SLICE SPECIFIC AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION PROCEDURE
There is provided an apparatus comprising receiving, from a user equipment, a request for a network connection, the request comprising information indicating whether the user equipment supports network slice specific authentication and authorization; determining whether a network slice associated with the requested connection is subject to network slice specific authentication and authorization; determining, based on the request, whether the user equipment supports network slice specific authentication and authorization; and responsive to determining that the network slice is subject to network slice specific authentication and authorization and determining that the user equipment supports network slice specific authentication and authorization, accepting or rejecting the request based on information indicating the outcome of a network slice specific authentication and authorization procedure for the user equipment for the network slice associated with the requested connection.
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to measurement reporting. In an aspect, a terminal device performs a measurement on a first cell to obtain at least one measurement result. And the terminal device transmits, based on the at least one measurement result of the first cell, a measurement report for a second cell which is not measured.
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to protection for a measurement for activating a cell. In one aspect, a terminal device receives an activation signalling for activating a cell. The terminal device then performs a measurement for activating the cell with multiple receive (RX) chains, and an activation delay of the cell is determined based on the number of the multiple RX chains.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to transmission of assistance information. A method comprises: determining a condition is met, the condition being associated with at least one of the following: a data rate of a transmission from the first apparatus to the second apparatus, a protocol data unit (PDU) size, a type of assistance information to be transmitted, a capability of the first apparatus, or a category of the first apparatus; based on that the condition is met, performing at least one of the following: ignoring at least one trigger configured for transmitting assistance information; transmitting the assistance information to a second apparatus in each PDU; or applying a first periodicity for transmitting the assistance information.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solution for activating a cell. In an example method, a terminal device determines a set of associated cells. The terminal device receives an activation signalling for activating a cell among the set of associated cells. The terminal device activates the cell based on at least one measurement for at least one other cell among the set of associated cells.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to at least one measurement on multiple cells. In an aspect, a terminal device performs at least one measurement on multiple cells by receiving multiple signals from the multiple cells within a time window to obtain multiple samples for the multiple cells. The terminal device processes, within the time window, a first sample from a first cell among the multiple cells, and processes, outside the time window, at least one other sample from at least one other cell among the multiple cells.
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products provide performance monitoring for artificial intelligence (AI) positioning functionality associated with a user equipment In an implementation, candidate AI positioning functionalities associated with a user equipment is determined based on capability information associated with the user equipment, a subset of the candidate AI positioning functionalities is determined based on an indication provided by the user equipment, an AI positioning functionality is selected from the subset of the candidate AI positioning functionalities based on at least one performance metric associated with the subset of the candidate AI positioning functionalities, and activation of the AI positioning functionality is caused via the user equipment.
G01S 5/00 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinationsPosition-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations
A first radio access node comprising: means for sending to a second radio access node, a first request for information on an energy cost, the energy cost being the energy cost of one or more distributed units of the second radio access node associated with one or more offloading actions; and means for receiving from the second radio node one or more messages comprising information on the energy cost associated with one or more of the one or more offloading actions.
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided. In the context of a method, the method includes receiving, from a network node, a configuration of a downlink control information (DCI) format, wherein the DCI format is configured to carry information related to respective types of action that correspond with one or more measurement gaps, to be performed by the user equipment. The method includes receiving, from the network node, a message in the configuration of the DCI format, wherein the message comprises instructions instructing the user equipment to perform at least one type of action that corresponds to at least one measurement gap, wherein the at least one type of action at least causes the user equipment to skip or ignore the at least one measurement gap without making corresponding measurements during the measurement gap.
Various example embodiments relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable media for periodic event-triggered Layer 1 measurement reporting A terminal device may be configured to periodically transmit event-triggered Layer 1 measurement reports to a network device, the event-triggered Layer 1 measurement reports being transmitted on periodic uplink resources associated with an event-triggered Layer 1 measurement reporting after the associated event is met, and to deactivate the periodic transmission of the event-triggered Layer 1 measurement reports in response to a predefined condition being fulfilled.
Described herein is a User Equipment, UE, comprising: at least one processor, and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the UE at least to: receive, before or when entering a Radio Resource Control, RRC, inactive state, from a network node, configuration information associated with a plurality of candidate cells for the UE to perform a Random Access Channel less, RACH-less, access, the configuration information being further associated with a state transition of the UE from the RRC inactive state to an RRC connected state, wherein the plurality of candidate cells comprises a last serving cell of the UE before the state transition and/or one or more neighboring cells of the last serving cell, wherein the configuration information comprises Timing Advance related, TA-related, configurations for determining a Timing Advance, TA, value at least for a target cell from the plurality of candidate cells, wherein the target cell is the last serving cell or one of the neighboring cells, wherein the UE is further configured to, while in the RRC inactive state: determine to transition from the RRC inactive state to the RRC connected state; determine, for the target cell, the TA value based on the TA-related configurations; and perform the RACH- less access to the target cell based on the determined TA value for the target cell.
Information is provided to device(s) for the device(s) to select a RA occasion within a round of a defined number of rounds in a session for performing a RA procedure. The information includes a round identifier, a round size indicating a number of RA occasions per round, and a session identifier identifying the session. RA procedures are performed in RA occasions within at least the defined number of rounds in the session with one or more of the device(s). The device(s) receive the information, select a round of the defined number of rounds in the session based, at least partially, on the information and selecting a RA occasion of one or more occasions within the selected round. The device(s) performing a RA procedure in the selected RA occasion of the selected round in the session.
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for determining stations (STAs) allowed to contend and/or preempt transmission opportunities (TXOPs), for structuring preemption opportunities (POs) into sub-windows and/or timeslots, and/or for dynamically adjusting parameters of POs.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to dynamic selection of index modulation pattern subset. A method comprises receiving, from a second apparatus, configuration information indicating at least one pattern subset for index modulation; determining a target pattern subset for index modulation from the at least one pattern subset; and applying at least one portion of the target pattern subset to a communication between the first apparatus and the second apparatus.
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Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to dynamic selection of index modulation pattern subset. A method comprises receiving, from a second apparatus, configuration information indicating at least one pattern subset for index modulation; determining, from the at least one pattern subset, a target pattern subset for index modulation for a transmission to the second apparatus; and performing the transmission to the second apparatus based on at least one portion of the target pattern subset.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to timing advance (TA) report The method comprises: receiving, by a first apparatus from a second apparatus, information of at least three reference positions; generating, at least based on the at least three reference positions and a location of the first apparatus, a TA report including TA values in a pre-determined granularity corresponding to the at least three reference positions; and transmitting the TA report to the second apparatus.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to conditions for known TCI states. A method comprises performing a measurement of at least one beam; determining whether the at least one beam satisfies an event based on a measurement result of the at least one beam; and transmitting, to a second apparatus, a beam report that indicates, based on the determination, one or more of: the at least one beam or the measurement result of the at least one beam, and wherein a transmission configuration indicator, TCI, state corresponding to the at least one beam is determined to be known based on the transmission of the beam report.
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