An XR management device determines a combined set of operational capabilities that includes a first set of operational capabilities of a physical electronic device in a first virtual portal space of the immersive XR environment and further includes a second set of operational capabilities provided for a second virtual portal space of the immersive XR environment Operations render a virtual electronic device in the second virtual portal space. Operations identify the participant has selected a first virtual user interface element for an operational capability. When the selected operational capability is in the first set of operational capabilities, the operations trigger performance of the selected operational capability by operation of the physical electronic device. In contrast, when the selected operational capability is included in the second set of operational capabilities, the operations trigger performance of the selected operational capability provided for the second virtual portal space.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide method and apparatus for personal data protection A method performed by a first network node may comprise sending (312), to a third network node comprising a consent management node, a request for retrieving a consent result, wherein the request comprises second information indicating at least one data scope about an operation of personal data and/or invoking a specific Application Programming Interface (API) by a second network node, wherein the second network node comprises at least one of an application function, an application server, or a Services Capability Server (SCS). The method may further comprise receiving (314), from the third network node, a response comprising a consent result for the at least one data scope.
H04N 19/132 - Sampling, masking or truncation of coding units, e.g. adaptive resampling, frame skipping, frame interpolation or high-frequency transform coefficient masking
H04N 19/166 - Feedback from the receiver or from the transmission channel concerning the amount of transmission errors, e.g. bit error rate [BER]
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 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
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FIRST BASE STATION AND METHOD FOR MITIGATING INTERFERENCE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK
A method performed by a first base station for handling communication in a wireless communication network is provided. The wireless communication network comprises the first base station and at least one second base station. The first base station configures (301) a subset of slots as default Uplink, UL, slot. The first base station monitors (302) for an overheard intent for UL traffic. The intent transmitted by a second base station. The intent for UL traffic is for UL traffic in a following default UL slot. The first base station determines (303) whether to schedule a Downlink, DL, data transmission from the first base station in the following default UL slot based on the monitoring.
H04W 72/232 - 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 physical layer, e.g. DCI signalling
H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
H04W 72/0446 - Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
H04W 72/1268 - Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows of uplink data flows
H04W 72/1273 - Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows of downlink data flows
H04W 72/541 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on quality criteria using the level of interference
H04W 72/56 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on priority criteria
H04W 74/0808 - Non-scheduled access, e.g. ALOHA using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA]
The disclosure relates to a method performed by radio equipment (RE) devices at an antenna site of causing beamforming towards a wireless device. The method comprises receiving, at a first RE device, a request to transmit data to said wireless device, and forwarding said request to a second RE device, acquiring first beamforming weights to be applied by the first RE device based on acquired first channel state information, acquiring second beamforming weights to be applied by the second RE device based on acquired second channel state information, receiving, at the first RE device, data to be transmitted and forwarding said data to the second RE device, applying the beamforming weights to the data by the first RE device and the second RE device, and transmitting the beamformed data to the wireless device from the first RE device over a first antenna and from the second RE device over a second antenna.
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
H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
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
Embodiments include methods for controlling user equipment (UE) access to a communication network after a failure in the communication network.. Such methods include detecting a failure of an entity in the communication network. The failure of the entity causes at least one cell of the 5 communication network to become at least temporarily unavailable for UEs. Such methods include, in response to the detected failure, determining an access control configuration for one or more cells of the communication network. The access control configuration is different than a previous access control configuration for the one or more cells that was in use when the failure was detected. Such methods include applying the access control configuration in the one or more 0 cells, thereby controlling UE access to the one or more cells. Other embodiments include network equipment configured to perform such methods.
H04W 24/04 - Arrangements for maintaining operational condition
H04W 76/18 - Management of setup rejection or failure
H04L 41/06 - Management of faults, events, alarms or notifications
H04W 4/06 - Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]Services to user groupsOne-way selective calling services
H04W 48/02 - Access restriction performed under specific conditions
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INTERACTIONS BETWEEN UE TRAJECTORY AND CCO FUNCTION
Systems and methods are disclosed that relate to User Equipment (UE) trajectory prediction in a cellular communications system supporting Coverage and Capacity Optimizations (CCOs). In one embodiment, a method performed by a first Radio Access Network (RAN) node comprises sending, to a second RAN node, a cell or Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) beam based UE trajectory prediction for a UE. The method further comprises receiving, from the second RAN node as feedback to the UE trajectory prediction for the UE, UE trajectory measurements for the UE and information that indicates that the second RAN node was affected by one or more CCO-related events during a period of time during which the second RAN node made the UE trajectory measurements. In this manner, improved feedback for UE trajectory prediction is obtained.
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
The invention refers to a method in a first Radio Link Control, RLC, entity, the first RLC entity transmitting one or a plurality of data packets to a second RLC entity, the method comprising: determining a remaining time referring to one of: a packet delay budget, PDB, with respect to one or a plurality of data packets; and or to discarding the one or the plurality of data packets, evaluating if the remaining time is lower than a threshold, and in the affirmative, transmitting a request for an RLC status report to the second RLC entity; the invention further refers to user equipment and to a network node being configured to perform the method.
ERICSSON ANTENNA TECHNOLOGY GERMANY GMBH (Germany)
Inventor
Göttl, Maximilian
Canning, Tim
Abstract
The present invention relates to an antenna front end module (100) for an active antenna array, to an active antenna array and to a base station including said array The antenna front end module (100) comprises an antenna element (110) and a front end element (140), wherein the antenna element (110) includes at least one wave guide feed (114), at least one radio- frequency waveguide (112), and at least two apertures (112a, 112b). Further, the radio-frequency waveguide includes a wave guide harness element that connects the wave guide feed (114) with the at least two apertures (112a, 112b). The apertures (112a, 112b) are open ended waveguide apertures of the at least one radio-frequency waveguide (112) or horn radiators. Further, the front end element (140) is connected to the at least one wave guide feed (114) for receiving and/or transmitting radio-frequency signals.
H01Q 23/00 - Antennas with active circuits or circuit elements integrated within them or attached to them
H01Q 21/08 - Arrays of individually energised antenna units similarly polarised and spaced apart the units being spaced along, or adjacent to, a rectilinear path
H01Q 1/24 - SupportsMounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set
H01Q 21/06 - Arrays of individually energised antenna units similarly polarised and spaced apart
H01Q 1/02 - Arrangements for de-icingArrangements for drying-out
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FIRST NETWORK NODE, SECOND NETWORK NODE, COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHODS PERFORMED THEREBY FOR HANDLING MEASUREMENT OF A DELAY
A computer-implemented method, performed by a first network node (111) operating in a core network (101) of a communications system (100). The first network node (111) sends (404), to a second network node (112) operating in the core network (101), an indication. The indication indicates to measure a delay in a flow of data having a first QoS, between the second network node (112) and a communication device (130). The indication indicates to measure the delay by sending a first packet to the communication device (130), from a first IP address to be allocated by the second network node (112) and receiving, by the second network node (112) on the first IP address, a second packet in response to the first packet from the communication device (130). The first network node (111) receives (405) another indication from the second network node (112) indicating a response to the indication sent. Publ.
Methods and apparatus for supporting generation of a virtual 3D object Methods (100, 300) are disclosed for supporting generation of a virtual 3D object. The methods include, at a preprocessing node, obtaining heterogeneous input data for the virtual 3D object (110), aggregating the heterogeneous input data (120), and generating a contextual prompt from the aggregated heterogeneous data (130), the contextual prompt comprising a text string conveying semantic information with respect to the virtual 3D object, which semantic information is derived from the aggregated heterogeneous input data. On detection of a trigger event, the preprocessing node provides the contextual prompt to a processing node (140). The methods further include, at a processing node, inputting the contextual prompt to an ML model (220) operable to generate a prompt for a Text-to-XR function within the processing node, and contextual metadata for the virtual 3D object. The methods further include, at the processing node, using the generated prompt to generate a representation of the virtual 3D object (230), and providing the representation and the contextual metadata for the virtual 3D object to an XR client (240).
G06N 3/006 - Artificial life, i.e. computing arrangements simulating life based on simulated virtual individual or collective life forms, e.g. social simulations or particle swarm optimisation [PSO]
Computing equipment obtains a system model (110) that represents assets (A) of a system (100) and paths (P) therebetween. The computing equipment enriches the system model (110) with security control metadata (120) that indicates, for each of one or more of the paths (P), one or more security controls (SC) that are to be implemented for securing the 5 path (P). The computing equipment performs, or retrieves results of, static security analysis (130) on artifacts associated with the system (100) to identify issues (140) with security of the system (100). For each of one or more paths (P) represented in the system model (110), the computing equipment calculates a score (160) that quantifies how secure the path (P) is against a subset of the identified issues (140) that are applicable to the path (P), based on 0 which security controls (SC), if any, are to be implemented for securing the path (P) according to the enriched system model (110E). The computing equipment adapts, or assists with adapting, design of the system (100) based on the score (160) calculated for one or more of the paths (P).
G06F 21/57 - Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates or assessing vulnerabilities
There is provided techniques for providing a 3D NeRF model of a scene in absolute scale. A method is performed by an image processing device. The method comprises obtaining a 3D NeRF model of the scene, a set of images depicting the scene and cameras positions based on which the 3D NeRF model was generated, localization of a 3D point in the 3D NeRF model, and an action with respect to the 3D point. The cameras positions are in absolute scale. The method comprises associating the 3D point with absolute scale coordinates in 3D space by constraining the 3D point to a coordinate system defined by at least two of the camera poses. The method comprises performing the action with respect to the 3D point.
Embodiments of present disclosure provide network node (104) and method (300) for allocating one or more network resources to UE (108a) in wireless communication network (106). The method (300) configures resource allocation control parameter for a UE (108a) of the plurality of UEs (108). The method (300) arranges the plurality of UEs (108) in one or more groups of UEs (110) based on the configured resource allocation control parameter. The method (300) allocates the one or more network resources to at least one group of UEs (110a) from the one or more groups of UEs (110), wherein the one or more network resources are allocated over the resource channel.
H04W 72/232 - 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 physical layer, e.g. DCI signalling
Disclosed is a method for estimating network capacity for serving wireless devices in a service area (150) of a communication network (100) having a total amount of communication resources for providing wireless communication in the service area (150) via network nodes (130, 135). The method comprises obtaining, for a set of wireless devices (140, 145), requested values of service- related measures according to a Service Level Agreement, SLA and delivered values of the service-related measures. Then an SLA distance is determined for the set of wireless devices (140, 145) based on the requested and delivered values for the service-related measures. Thereafter, a communication resource margin is determined based on the SLA distance and amount of communication resources used for providing the delivered value for the service-related measurements, and eventually it is determined an SLA assurance state for the set of wireless devices (140, 145) based on the communication resource margin and on the total amount of communication resources, the SLA assurance state defining whether or to what extent the determined communication resource margin can be fulfilled.
H04L 41/5009 - Determining service level performance parameters or violations of service level contracts, e.g. violations of agreed response time or mean time between failures [MTBF]
Systems and methods for beam selection in Random Access Channel (RACH)-less Conditional L1/L2-Triggered Mobility (CLTM) execution are provided. In some embodiments, a method at a User Equipment (UE) for performing beam selection during a CLTM execution procedure (which may be considered as an LTM Cell Switch upon fulfillment of an LTM execution condition) based on one or more criteria/ rules is provided.
H04W 36/36 - Reselection control by user or terminal equipment
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
A method, performed by a wireless device (130). The method is for handling reporting. The wireless device (130) operates via a wireless communications network (100). The wireless device (130) sends (905) a report comprising information one or more of: pertaining, indicating, characterizing, about, one or more first measurements performed by the wireless device (130) on one or more radio signals, to a first network node (111) operating in the wireless communications network (100). The report is of one of Minimization of Drive tests and Self- Organizing networks. The report comprises an indication indicating that the one or more first measurements have been made with a wake-up receiver (WUR).
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, apparatus for on-demand SSB transmission and handling, e.g. measurement and reporting, and specifically under the scenario of SCell activation. Configuration of on-demand SSB introduced by the disclosure is indicated to a terminal device and the on-demand SSB is triggered for transmission. The terminal device receives the on- demand SSB, measures and reports the measurement based on the indication. The network node can determine whether to activate a specific SCell depending on the quality of the Scell which is indicated by the measurement report.
Embodiments of present disclosure provide electronic device (200) and method (300) for obtaining signing keys for use in stateful S-HBS schemes. The method (300) creates signing key associated to first point in time given in a time reference of clock known to the electronic device (200). The signing key comprises plurality of signing keys. The method (300) assigns unique time window to each signing key. The unique time window for each signing key relates to the first point in time. Further, each signing key is active for signing data item within a time frame given by the time window corresponding to that signing key.
G06F 21/64 - Protecting data integrity, e.g. using checksums, certificates or signatures
H04L 9/32 - Arrangements for secret or secure communicationsNetwork security protocols including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system
Embodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatuses for managing subscription to at least a first API dealing with privacy sensitive data provided by the API service provider, the API service provider having access to a plurality of privacy policy templates, wherein each privacy policy template comprises one or more values for a plurality of parameters comprising: an application context parameter, a purpose parameter, a data scope parameter a legal basis parameter. A method performed by an API service provider may comprise: receiving a subscription request to subscribe an application to a first API provided by the API service provider, wherein the application is associated with at least one first application context at the API service provider; and obtaining one or more suitable privacy policy templates from the plurality of privacy policy templates, wherein the one or more suitable privacy policy templates each comprise values for the plurality of parameters that correspond to the at least one first application context, one or more first data scopes and one or more first purposes; and selecting a first privacy policy template from the one or more suitable privacy policy templates; creating a first privacy policy from the first privacy policy template for use with the application, wherein the first privacy policy is associated with a first legal basis.
The invention refers to A method in a first Radio Link Control, RLC, entity (12, 12A, 12B), the first RLC entity transmitting a first set of one or more data packets and a second set of one or more data packets to a second RLC entity (12, 12A, 12B), the method comprising: receiving (1110) an RLC status report comprising a negative acknowledgement, NACK, with respect to the first set of data packets received from the second RLC entity; evaluating (1120) a condition for prioritizing transmitting the first set of data packets over transmitting the second set of data packets; and transmitting (1130) data packets of the first set and the second set according to the evaluation; the invention further refers to user equipment and to a network node being configured to perform the method.
A method for obtaining motion compensated predicted samples. In one embodiment, the method includes obtaining, for a first sample location (e.g., [x1,y1]) within a current block of a current picture, a first motion vector. Obtaining the first motion vector comprises selecting an affine motion model from a set of two or more affine motion models and deriving the first motion vector using the selected affine motion model, the set of two or more affine motion models comprises a first affine motion model and a second affine motion model, the first affine motion model is a first M-parameter affine motion model, where M is a positive whole number, and the second affine motion model is a second M-parameter affine motion model. The method also includes obtaining a motion compensated predicted sample using the first motion vector.
H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive 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 19/139 - Analysis of motion vectors, e.g. their magnitude, direction, variance or reliability
H04N 19/176 - 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 block, e.g. a macroblock
H04N 19/54 - Motion estimation other than block-based using feature points or meshes
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TRANSMITTER DISTORTION MITIGATION METHOD FOR MULTIPLE-ANTENNA SYSTEMS
Systems and methods for transmitter distortion mitigation for multiple-antenna systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a network node for a Radio Access Network (RAN) of a cellular communications system comprises obtaining baseline beams for downlink transmission to a User Equipment (UE), wherein the baseline beams comprise a first set of baseline beams for a vertical dimension for at least two antenna polarizations, a plurality of subcarriers, and one or more Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) layers and a second set of baseline beams for a horizontal dimension for the at least two antenna polarizations, the plurality of subcarriers, and the one or more MIMO layers. The method further comprises generating a precoding matrix comprising beamforming weights for downlink transmission to the UE, based on the first and second sets of baseline beams such that a directional perturbation is introduced into the beamforming weights over frequency.
H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
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
Cluster of service data replicating entities The application relates to a method at one service data replicating entity from a plurality of service data replicating entities where each of the service data replicating entities replicates data packets used for providing a service to a service user and assigns a sequence number to the data packets which are transmitted to a service user over different paths. The service data replicating entity receives a service initiation time corresponding to a starting time of the service, receives a cycle time corresponding to a communication cycle between a service providing entity and the service user and generates a sequence number for the data packets based on the service initiation time, the cycle time and a common reference time valid for all service data replicating entities
A method performed by a network node (130) of a wireless communication network (100), for controlling transmission of aperiodic uplink reference signals from a User Equipment, UE (140) to the network node (130), the method comprising: based on a determination of a condition (202) of whether a downlink reference triggering signal being transmitted in a first slot (362) will result in the aperiodic uplink reference signal being transmitted in an aperiodic uplink reference signal scheduled slot (366); transmitting (210) a scheduled first downlink data as well as the downlink reference triggering signal in a second slot (364) later than the first slot (362), and the transmitted downlink reference triggering signal being used for triggering the transmission of the aperiodic uplink reference signal in the aperiodic uplink reference signal scheduled slot (366).
A method performed by a financial system of calculating interest during a financial transaction is provided. The method includes, during a financial transaction for an account involving a balance change, (i) reading account information for the account, (ii) tracking an interest amount associated with the account based on the balance change, and (iii) writing updated account information for the account. The method includes, at the end of a current interest period, calculating an interest for the account using the tracked interest amount.
Embodiments of present disclosure provide system (200) and method (300) providing access to services relating to software product of the network provider (206). License enforcement agent (212) implemented in the software product. The license enforcement agent (212) being arranged to obtain the license information indicative of at least one license for at least one service of the one or more services. The license enforcement agent (212) being arranged to map the at least one license for the at least one service to corresponding at least one service in a list of services by using the license information. Thereafter, the license enforcement agent (212) being arranged to generate a respective authorization policy for the at least one service in the list of services. The respective authorization policy is arranged to be of use to provide access to one or more services relating to the software product.
There is provided techniques for authorizing a user equipment and authenticating a user of the user equipment. A method is performed by an authorization and authentication device. The method comprises receiving an indication of a successful authorization procedure for the user equipment in a designated area. The method comprises performing an authentication procedure for the user, responsive to determining that a physical object in the designated area matches with the user equipment.
A computer-implemented method for determining optimised values of one or more discrete input parameters for a trained neural network. The neural network is trained to generate values of one or more output parameters based on values of a set of input parameters. The method comprises performing (401) an initial iteration of an input parameter optimisation process using (4011) a stochastic gradient optimisation process, clipping (4012) a first value such that the clipped first value is within a defined range for the discrete input parameter, performing (403) at least one further iteration of the input parameter optimisation process using the output of the preceding iteration of the input parameter optimisation process as initial values, and determining (405) the optimised values by setting the first values in the output of the last iteration of the input parameter optimisation process to a respective neighboring value in the respective defined range of discrete values.
A system (200, 300) for regulating temperature of an electronic component (240). The system (200, 300) comprises a heat sink (210) for dissipating heat from the electronic component (240); a heat-conductive body (230) arranged in thermal contact with the heat sink (210) and configured to be arranged in thermal contact with the electronic component (240) such that heat generated by the electronic component (240) is transferred to the heat sink (210) via the heat-conductive body (230); and a heating element (220) arranged in thermal contact with the heat-conductive body (230) and being configured to selectively generate heat to be transferred to the electronic component (240) via the heat-conductive body (230).
A first node (111) obtains (302) two or more first sets of data out of a plurality of sets collected by third nodes (113). Each third node has collected a set. A plurality of clusters have been determined. Each of the two or more first sets of data corresponds to a respective set of data in a center of a respective cluster. The plurality of clusters have been determined based on a similarity of respective statistical features of the sets of data. A number of the two or more first sets of data is smaller than a second number of the plurality of sets. The first node (111) determines (303) and tunes a respective hyperparameter for each obtained two or more first sets of data to train a respective machine learning model with a corresponding set of data of the plurality of sets of data and outputs (305) an indication indicating the hyperparameters.
Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a network node (15) for handling an application at a UE (10) in a communication network. The network node (15) obtains benchmark scores indicating a performance of an edge host by running one or more benchmark programs for the UE executed at the edge host and the UE.5 The network node further estimates an execution time for running the application on the edge host using the obtained benchmark scores and a parametrized function. The network node (15) collects one or more measurements of executing the application at the UE using the edge host; and tunes one or more parameters of the parametrized function based on the collected one or more measurements. The network node further estimates an updated execution time for running the application on the edge host using the parametrized function with the one or more tuned parameters; and selects a preferred edge host for handling the application based on the estimated updated execution time.
An electronic switching circuit (510a) for switching electric signals, the electronic switching circuit, which is realised by a variable LC filter of third order, comprises a varactor (501a), a parallel inductor (502a) arranged in parallel with the varactor (501a), and a series inductor (503a) arranged in series with the parallel circuit of the varactor and the parallel inductor, wherein a first terminal of the varactor (501a) is connected to a signal ground (504a) with a control voltage of the varactor (506a) as Direct Current, DC, potential of the signal ground, and a second terminal of the varactor is connected to the series inductor. Alternatively the varactor may be connected in series with the series inductor which series circuit may be connected in parallel with the parallel inductor.
H03J 3/20 - Continuous tuning of single resonant circuit by varying inductance only or capacitance only
H04B 1/48 - Transmit/receive switching in circuits for connecting transmitter and receiver to a common transmission path, e.g. by energy of transmitter
A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. An example method performed by an order management device includes receiving a plurality of telecommunication sales orders. The method includes determining, for each order of the plurality of telecommunication sales orders, respective template data and respective subscriber data. The method includes correlating each of the plurality of telecommunication sales orders with a template identifier based on the respective template data. The method includes causing storage of each respective subscriber data, each respective template data not being stored.
Systems and methods related to user consent collection for sharing of personal data of an end user are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for consent management for sharing of personal data of an end user comprises, at a Communication Service Provider (CSP) application plugin or CSP application executing on an end user device associated to the end user, in response to being invoked by an Application Service Provider (ASP) application, sending, to a consent management function of the CSP, a request to obtain current consent data for the end user and the ASP application. The method further comprises, at the consent management function of the CSP, obtaining ASP application specific consent data for the ASP application, obtaining existing consent data of the end user for the ASP and/or the ASP application, if any, and sending a response to the CSP application plugin or CSP application.
A wireless device (22) that is configured to communicate with a network node (16) is provided The wireless device (22) is configured to: receive at least one rule for performing synchronization using a demodulation reference signal, DM-RS, receive a first transmission on a physical downlink shared channel, PDSCH, that includes a first DM-RS, 5 and perform synchronization on the first DM-RS according to the at least one rule being satisfied with respect to the first transmission.
An ADC (50) is disclosed. It has two VTCs (110a, 110b) for converting a first and a second input voltage, respectively, to pulses with delays corresponding to the magnitudes of these voltages. It further has a pulse-detector circuit (120) coupled to outputs (114a, 114b) of the two VTCs (110a, 110b). The pulse-detector circuit (120) is configured to make a transition from a first logic state (‘0’) to a second logic state (‘F) at a first output (124a) of the pulse-detector circuit (120) in response to the start of the pulse from one of the VTCs (110a) and to make a transition from the first logic state (‘0’) to the second logic state (‘F) at a second output (124b) of the pulse-detector circuit (120) in response to the start of the pulse from the other VTC. Furthermore, the pulse-detector circuit (120) is configured to reset both the first and the second output (124a, 124b) to the first logic state (‘0’) in response to both the first output (124a) and the second output (124b) of the pulse-detector circuit (120) being set in the second logic state (‘1’). The ADC (50) further has a first TDC (130a) coupled to the first output (124a) of the pulse-detector circuit (120) and a second TDC (130b) coupled to the second output (124b) of the pulse-detector circuit (120).
A computer-implemented method, performed by a first node (111). The method is for handling a packet. The first node (111) operates in a computer system (100) with IPv6. The first node (111) receives (201) a packet from a second node (112) operating in the computer system (100). The packet has an identifier of a segment specific to deterministic networks. The identifier of the segment has a format. The format comprises an argument field (300) comprising a sequence number (301) corresponding to the packet. The argument field (300) is comprised in an SRv6 segment identifier (302).
Solutions are provided for generating a semantic 3D representation of a real-word scene. These rely on segmenting (302) images representing different views of the scene into labeled and indexed (304) segments, and associating (309) the images segment with respective ones out of several object instances representing real-world objects. The association is made with the object instance which has most point correspondences (307) with the image segment and has the same label as the image segment (308). If there is no object instance with any point correspondences with the image segment (305), the image segment is associated with a new object instance. If the object instance with most point correspondences (307) with the image segment has a different label than the image segment (308), the image segment is associated with a new object instance, else the image segment is associated with an object instance with a label which is the same as that of the image segment and which object instance has most point correspondences (307) with the image segment.
A method (100) for rendering a captured three-dimensional (3D) representation of an object. The method comprises fitting (101 ) a 3D model to the captured 3D representation and projecting (102) the captured 3D representation and the 3D model onto a virtual projection surface. The method further comprises based on a projective difference between the captured 3D representation and the 3D model along the virtual projection surface, adjusting (105) a pose of a virtual camera, where the virtual camera is rendering the 3D representation as a 3D image.
There is provided a compute unit for identifying a user in a physical environment. The compute unit comprises a communication interface configured to obtain a data stream comprises motion sensor data for a user of a first communication device. The compute unit comprises processing circuitry configured to obtain movement patterns from remote sensing data of the physical environment. The remote sensing data having been captured by a second communication device. The processing circuitry is further configured to identify the user in the physical environment by comparing the movement patterns to the motion sensor data. The communication interface is further configured to provide information that identifies a location of the user in the physical environment to a visual user interface of the second communication device.
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METHODS, COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND SYSTEM RELATING TO PERFORMING LAWFUL INTERCEPTION
A method (200) performed by a communication device hosting an element of lawful interception, ELI. The method comprises: receiving (202) an indication of an alarm Issue; assigning (204) an Issue identifier to the alarm Issue, wherein the Issue identifier uniquely identifies the alarm Issue; preparing (206) a Report Issue request message for reporting of the alarm Issue, the Report Issue request message including the Issue identifier, an indication of an Issue type of the alarm Issue and information indicative of the alarm Issue; and sending (208) the Report Issue request message to a lawful interception administration function, LI ADMF.
Embodiments herein relate to, for example, a method performed by a network node (150) for handling sensing of one or more objects in a wireless communication network. The network node (150) controls a first radio node (110) and a second radio node (130), wherein the first radio node (110) is configured with a Rx configuration mode to use for sensing of the one or more objects and the second radio node (130) is configured with a Tx configuration mode to use for sensing of the one or more objects. The network node (150) determines to switch the Tx, and Rx configuration mode to use for respective radio node for sensing of the one or more objects; and transmits a first configuration indication indicating a Tx configuration mode to use for the first radio node (110) for sensing of the one or more objects, and a second configuration indication indicating a Rx configuration mode to use for the second radio node (130) for sensing of the one or more objects.
A method performed for managing transmit/receive point (TRP) antenna branches in a network is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a location and one or more multiple input- multiple output, MIMO, capabilities for each of a plurality of attached wireless devices; identifying a plurality of TRP antenna branches located in a network that support the plurality of attached wireless devices; and activating, for each of the plurality of attached wireless devices, one or more of the TRP antenna branches from among the plurality of TRP antenna branches that best serve the MIMO capabilities of the plurality of attached wireless devices while maintaining all remaining TRP antenna branches in a deactivated state.
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COMPUTING INTER-NETWORK NODE DELAY PARAMETER DIFFERENCE WITH TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNAL SUBSET SELECTION FOR COHERENT JOINT DOWNLINK TRANSMISSION
A communication device can receive (1220), from a network node, one or more Channel State Information ("CSI") reporting configurations and determine (1230) that at least one of the one or more CSI reporting configurations comprises an indication that a parameter difference is configured as a reporting quantity The communication device can measure (1240) received signal power associated with each Non-Zero Power ("NZP") Channel State Information Reference Signals ("CSI-RS") resource sets that are configured as channel measurement resources in the at least one CSI reporting configuration and that comprise a parameter that indicates that the respective NZP CSI-RS resource set belongs to a tracking reference signal ("TRS"). The communication device can determine (1250) and track (1260) a subset of the NZP CSI-RS resource sets based on the received power associated with each of the NZP CSI-RS resource sets.
A communication device can receive (1220), from a network node, one or more Channel State Information ("CSI") reporting configurations The communication device can determine (1230) that at least one of the one or more CSI reporting configurations comprises an indication 5 that a parameter difference is configured as a reporting quantity. The communication device can, responsive to determining that at least one of the one or more CSI reporting configurations comprises the indication, tracking (1240) Non-Zero Power ("NZP") Channel State Information Reference Signals ("CSI-RS") resource sets that are configured as channel measurement resources in the at least one CSI reporting configuration and that comprise a parameter that indicates that the respective NZP CSI-RS resource set belongs to a tracking reference signal, TRS.
A method is provided for mapping uplink, UL, reference signal ports to physical antenna ports in a user equipment, UE, capable of transmitting an UL data channel via a plurality of physical antenna-port groups using two codewords and a partially coherent, PC, codebook. The method includes determining an estimated maximum UL rank per physical antenna-port group of the plurality of physical antenna-port groups. The method further includes associating, using the estimated maximum UL ranks, at least (i) a first group of physical antenna-ports, from the plurality of physical antenna-port groups, to a first UL reference signal port set mapped to the first codeword, and at least (ii) a second group of physical antenna-ports, from the plurality of physical antenna-port groups, to a second UL reference signal port set mapped to the second codeword, wherein the association is performed to maximize a total rank metric for the UL data channel. The method further includes transmitting the UL data channel via the plurality of physical antenna-port groups.
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H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
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REFERENCE SIGNAL PORTS TO CODEWORD MAPPING FOR UPLINK DATA CHANNEL
A method for mapping UL reference signal ports to physical antenna ports in a UE capable of transmitting an UL data channel using two codewords over a plurality of physical antenna- port groups. The method includes determining (900) at least two non-overlapping UL reference signal port sets. A first UL reference signal port set is mapped to a first codeword and a second 5 UL reference signal port set is mapped to a second codeword. The method further includes determining (902) a performance metric per physical antenna-port group; and associating (904) at least (i) a first group of physical antenna-ports to the first UL reference signal port set mapped to the first codeword, and (ii) a second group of physical antenna-ports to the second UL reference signal port set mapped to the second codeword. The method further includes 0 transmitting (906) the UL data channel via the UL reference signal port sets.
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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN QUANTUM PROCESSING
A frequency-tunable coupler (130) couples first and second quantum systems (110, 120), the coupler (130) and the second quantum system (120) being arranged so that tuning the coupler (130) to the second quantum system (120) forms a hybridized mode with a symmetric state and an asymmetric state, coupled to a waveguide (140) The coupler (130) is driven with an excitation-preserving transition signal to transfer a first excited state of the first quantum system (110) to the asymmetric state of the hybridized mode, thereby emitting a photon encoded with a first part of a quantum state into the waveguide at a first frequency. The first quantum system (110) is simultaneously driven with a non-excitation-preserving transition signal to transfer a second excited state of the first quantum system (110) to the symmetric state of the hybridized mode, thereby emitting a second photon encoded with a second part of the quantum state, at a second frequency.
A method performed by a network node is provided. The method is for assisting a User Equipment (UE) in transmitting one or more reference signals to the network node in a communications network. The network node configures (301) the UE for a coherent reference signal transmission. The coherent reference signal transmission is related to transmission of the one or more reference signals with coherency from one or more antenna ports of the UE. The configuration comprises one or more out of: one or more priorities, one or more conditions and one or more transmission patterns. The network node, when identifying (302) a need to receive the coherent reference signal transmission from the UE, triggers (303) the UE to perform the coherent reference signal transmission. Additionally, the network node receives (305) from the one or more antenna ports of the UE, the coherent reference signal transmission. The coherent reference signal transmission is based on the configured one or more out of: one or more priorities, one or more conditions and one or more transmission patterns.
A communication device (12) receives, from a communication network (10), a configuration (17) of a set (18) of uplink resources (R1, R2, R3) which are associated with respective antenna groups (14-1, 14-2, 14-3) at the communication device (12). Each antenna group comprises multiple antennas. The communication device (12) also transmits, to a network node (30U) in the communication network (10), a physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission on each uplink resource in the set (18) using the antenna group associated with that uplink resource according to the received configuration (17).
A method (100) for random number generation, the method performed by an optical quantum random number generator, QRNG The method comprises setting (S101) a timer to a median photon arrival time and obtaining (S102) a sequence of 1s followed by one 0. The sequence is obtained by repeating: when a photon arrival is detected before the timer expires appending (S103) one 0 to the sequence and output the sequence Mi; and otherwise appending (S104) one 1 to the sequence and reset the photon arrival timer. The method further comprises appending (S105) the outputted sequence to a string of random bits and outputting (S106) the string of random bits. Further disclosed are related apparatuses, QRNGs, network nodes, methods, computer programs, and computer program products.
Disclosed methods and apparatuses provide for dynamically updating the seed configuration of a database cluster, whether standing alone or operating as part of a distributed database system, based on the use of a seed controller to maintain seed information during operation of the database cluster, and the use of seed information logic in each of the participating database nodes to read the seed information. In an example implementation, a Cassandra database or other database arrangement uses a seed controller and corresponding per node seed information logic for adapting the seed configuration of a database cluster to reflect changing conditions during operation, such as the addition or removal of nodes, including detecting the loss of an existing seed node during operation and the corresponding designation of a new seed node.
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SYSTEMS FOR VERIFYING A VERIFIABLE CREDENTIAL AND METHODS THEREOF
Embodiments of present disclosure provide system 200 and method 300,400 for verifying credential data. System 200 comprises endorsement token generation system 206 to receive endorsement request from second equipment 204. Token generation system 206 generate data endorsement token of the second equipment 204 for use in verifying the verifiable credentials of the second equipment 204. Data endorsement token comprises one or more data validation parameter values. System 200 comprises token validation system 210 to receive data validation request, check the one or more data validation parameter values against pre-validated parameter values; and validate the data endorsement token of the second equipment 204 based on the check on the one or more data validation parameters to obtain a validated data endorsement token.
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A access point (AP) controller configured for coordinated beacon frame transmissions for smooth handover are provided. According to one aspect, a method in an AP controller includes determining a coordination pattern for time-coordination of a plurality of beacon frame transmissions from at least one set of APs. The method includes coordinating in time the plurality of beacon frame transmissions across at least the at least one set of APs according to the coordination pattern.
An AP (10) of a wireless communication system selects, from a first frequency band, at least one first channel to be shared with a further AP (10) of the wireless communication system. Further, the AP (10) selects, from a second frequency band, at least one second channel to be shared with the further AP (10).
There is provided techniques for transmission of reoccurring beacon signals. A method is performed by a network node. The network node comprises a main transceiver chain and an auxiliary transceiver chain. The method comprises transmitting a reoccurring beacon signal using the auxiliary transceiver chain, with the auxiliary transceiver chain in an active state and the main transceiver chain in a sleep state. The reoccurring beacon signal at least comprises an identifier of the network node.
EXTENDED REALITY DEVICE, A METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN IMPROVED EXTENDED REALITY INTERFACE, A COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND A SOFTWARE COMPONENT ARRANGEMENT FOR AN EXTENDED REALITY DEVICE
An Extended Reality, XR, device comprising an image sensor, a memory and a controller (101) is provided, wherein the image sensor is configured to capture a field of view of a user, FOV, and wherein the controller is configured to detect a usable physical object (OBJ) in the FOV of the user, the usable physical object being a physical object having two or more stable mechanical equilibrium states The controller is also configured to determine two or more stable mechanical equilibrium states of the usable physical object, assign one or more operating commands of the application to a stable mechanical equilibrium state of the usable physical object and in response to detecting a user manipulation of the usable physical object determine a resulting stable mechanical equilibrium state of the usable physical object after user manipulation and execute the command assigned to the resulting stable mechanical equilibrium state. Also, a method for use in the above XR device, a computer- readable medium carrying computer instructions for executing the steps of such a method and a software component arrangement for the XR device mentioned earlier, are disclosed.
According to some embodiments, a method is performed by an analytics system network node. The method comprises obtaining a static service coverage map for a cell of a wireless network. The static service coverage map comprises an association of service quality and coordinates in the cell. The method further comprises: calibrating the service coverage map using one or more of drive test measurements and crowdsource data; blending the calibrated service coverage map with one or more per-flow key performance indicator (KPIs) associated with one or more wireless devices in the cell; training a machine learning (ML) model using the blended service coverage map and one or more per-flow KPIs resulting in a labeled service coverage map; and operating the ML model using actual network load, network configuration and external conditions to generate a dynamic sub-cell service coverage map.
A method for generating synthetic passive intermodulation (PIM) data is disclosed. In one example, the method comprises receiving, at a machine learning, ML, model, an initial PIM sample dataset that comprises a plurality of original PIM images, and applying a mixup procedure to the initial PIM sample data set to create an augmented PIM sample dataset comprising a plurality of addi tional synthetic PIM sample images based on the plurality of original PIM images.
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G06V 10/82 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using neural networks
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TRANSMITTER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR NONLINEARITY PRE-COMPENSATION
There is provided techniques for pre-compensating a signal for nonlinearity effects. A method is performed by a transmitter device. The transmitter device comprises a spatial signal processing block, a transform block, and a PA block. The transform block is operatively connected between the spatial signal processing block and the PA 5 block. The method comprises obtaining a signal to be transmitted by the transmitter device via the PA block. The method comprises pre-compensating the signal for nonlinearity effects of the PA block by, in the spatial signal processing block, applying precorrection to the signal. According to the precorrection each channelization component of the signal is multiplied with a respective complex-valued correction 10 coefficient. The method comprises providing the signal as pre-compensated as input to the transform block.
H03F 1/32 - Modifications of amplifiers to reduce non-linear distortion
H03B 7/06 - Generation of oscillations using active element having a negative resistance between two of its electrodes with frequency-determining element comprising lumped inductance and capacitance active element being semiconductor device
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RECEIVING DEVICE, TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND METHODS PERFORMED IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK
Embodiments herein relate to, for example, a method performed by a receiving device (110) for handling communication in a communication network. The receiving device (110) receives from a transmitting device (120), a request for transmission feedback, the request indicating a number of transmissions for which transmission feedback is requested, and/or a time range associated with transmissions for which transmission feedback is requested. The receiving device (110) further transmits a feedback message to the transmitting device, wherein the feedback message comprises transmission feedback for one or more transmissions, and wherein the feedback message conveys one or more of a time, a frequency, a slot and a symbol pertaining to at least one transmission of the one or more transmissions and/or conveys a number of transmissions associated with the requested time range.
There is provided a computer-implemented method (300) for determining a set of tilt values for an antenna of a first network node in a communication network. The method (300) comprises obtaining (302) information relating to an object in an environment of the first network node, determining (304), based on a location and/or one or more dimensions of the object, one or more tilt values of the antenna at which the object impedes communication with the antenna, and determining (306) a set of tilt values for the antenna that excludes the determined one or more tilt values.
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There is provided a computer-implemented method for configuring at least one first access point (AP) device of a telecommunications network. The at least one first AP device is comprised in a first environment of the network. The orientation of the at least one first AP device is remotely configurable. The method comprises obtaining (102), from at least one first wireless device of the network, first information indicative of a network measurement associated with the at least one first wireless device. The method also comprises obtaining (104), from the at least one first AP device, second information indicative of a status of the at least one first AP device. The method also comprises determining (106), using a machine learning (ML) model, an orientation configuration of the at least one first AP device based on the first information, the second information, third information, and fourth information. The third information is indicative of a target state of the network, and the fourth information is indicative of one or more characteristics of the first environment.
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Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and network functions and communication network for application function session management. A method (200) for application function session management performed by a policy control function, comprising: sending (S204), to an application function, a message indicating a result for a request for an application function session initiated by the application function for a terminal device registered in a second network, wherein the message further indicates that the request is not authorized because at least one Quality of Service (QoS) parameter is not supported in the second network..
A first communication node (12-1) transmits to a second communication node (12-2), or receives from the second communication node (12-2), a code definition (20D) for an error correcting code (20). In some embodiments, the code definition (20D) explicitly indicates one or more values (20V) of a mathematical or graphical representation (20R) of the error correcting code (20). In other embodiments, the code definition (20D) indicates an algorithm (20A) for how to calculate a mathematical or graphical representation (20R) of the error correcting code (20), and indicates one or more values (20N) of one or more inputs to that algorithm (20A). The first communication node (12-1) also, after transmitting or receiving the code definition (20D), transmits and/or receives data (18) to and/or from the second communication node (12-2) using the error correcting code (20).
A first node (111) determines (504, 505) second (122) and third nodes (123) out of at least a subset of a set of nodes (121). Each of the nodes in the set (121) manages an agent capable of training a machine learning model. The nodes have a capability to connect in a fully decentralized setting. The first node (111) obtains (506, 507), using a decentralized consensus mechanism, a first a second indication of the heterogeneity of the sets of data used by, and the respective compute capability of, each of the respective agents managed by the second nodes (122) and the third nodes (123). The first node (111) determines (508) whether to group the nodes (122, 123) into a same group to train a common model, or to refrain from grouping the nodes (122, 123), based on a difference between the first and second indications, and outputs (509) an indication of the result.
H04L 41/046 - Network management architectures or arrangements comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
H04L 41/0893 - Assignment of logical groups to network elements
H04L 41/16 - Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks using machine learning or artificial intelligence
A method performed by a mobile network node operating in a network is disclosed. The method includes collecting user equipment, UE, parameter data from each of a plurality of UE devices operating in the network; utilizing the collected UE parameter data to cluster the plurality of UE devices into one or more cluster groups, which are subsequently converted to a respective one or more tensor networks; determining the future trajectory positions for each of the UE devices included in a cluster group assigned to the mobile network node using the one or more tensor networks; determining a most energy-efficient movement for the mobile network node to support the future trajectory positions of the plurality of UE devices; and establishing a new position for the mobile network node based on the most energy-efficient movement and an optimal data rate prediction achievable by the mobile network node.
A method performed by a first node (111). The first node (111) obtains (201), via one or more APIs, information of a position of one or more second nodes (120) of one or more providers. The first node (111) stores (202) the information in a first queue. The first node (111) obtains (203), via one or more second APIs, second information of a position of one or more third nodes (130) of one or more requesters and stores (204) the information in a second queue and then in a spatial database (160). The first node (111) determines (206) a match between the providers and the requesters, using the first queue and the information in the spatial database (160), to minimize a distance to be travelled. The first node (111) then initiates (207) sending an indication to a matched first provider and first requester indicating a result of the determining (206).
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ORIGINATING NETWORK EDGE NODE, TERMINATING NETWORK EDGE NODE, FIRST INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM (IMS) NODE AND METHODS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
A method performed by an originating network edge node The method is for centralising a construction of a Personal Assertion Token, PASSporT, for signing of verified data of a call in a wireless communications network is provided. The originating network edge node receives (301) an Invite Message IM12 from a first Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, node in an originating network. The IM12 comprises a first addition and a second addition. The IM12 relates to a call to a second User Equipment, UE, initiated by a first UE. The IM12 comprises a caller identity of the first UE, and a verification parameter, indicating that the caller identity is trusted. The first addition comprises a first data related to the call marked by a first server node with a specific parameter indicating that the first data is trusted. The second addition comprises a second data related to the call marked by a second server node with the same specific parameter, indicating that the second data is trusted. The originating network edge node selects (302) which parameters or headers comprising parameters comprised in IM12 to be signed based on the IM12 marked with the specific parameter. The originating network edge node constructs (303) a PASSporT based on the selected parameters or headers comprising parameters, and the verification parameter in IM12. The originating network edge node then sends (304) the constructed PASSporT to a first network node and requests centralized signing to be valid for server nodes related to the call. The originating network edge node receives (305) the centralized signed PASSporT from the first network node. The originating network edge node then sends (306) the IM12 together with the centralized signed PASSporT to a terminating network edge node in a terminating network.
A technique for configuring parameters of a machine learning system, ML system (110) that controls (306; 406) a wireless access network (500) is described. As to a method aspect of the technique, at least two different sequences (1400) of measurement values (1300) indicative of wireless data traffic (800) between the wireless access network (500) and one or more wireless devices (504) are obtained (302). The different sequences (1400) are obtained (302) using different time domain processing of the wireless data traffic (800). Machine learning, ML, of the ML system (110) is performed (304) based on each of the at least two sequences (1400) resulting in at least two sets (1302) of parameter values, wherein the ML system (110) is configured (304-2) with one of the at least two sets (1302) based on a performance metric evaluated (304-1) for the ML system (110).
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A method and network node for self-interference estimation with synchronized repetitive injections are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method in a network node includes repetitively injecting into at least one transmitter of the radio a plurality of injection signals and downlink traffic on at least one downlink carrier frequency, the plurality of injection signals being synchronized so that injections signals have a same relative start time for each repetition of the plurality of injection signals. The method includes sequentially capturing in the receiver, multiple instances of an uplink signal in an uplink frequency range, the uplink signal including the plurality of injection signals and uplink traffic. The method also includes estimating self-interference in the sequentially captured multiple instances of the uplink signal.
H04B 1/525 - Hybrid arrangements, i.e. arrangements for transition from single-path two-direction transmission to single-direction transmission on each of two paths or vice versa with means for reducing leakage of transmitter signal into the receiver
Systems and methods are described for monitoring for congestion conditions within a packet fronthaul underlay network of a radio access network, RAN. For example, congestion conditions are monitored within the packet fronthaul underlay network, the packet fronthaul underlay network comprising a plurality of Layer 2, L2, switches to communicate enhanced Common Public Radio Interface, eCPRI, packets embedded in L2 frames. One or more congestion bits are updated in a reserved header field of an eCPRI packet responsive to detecting the congestion conditions to provide a notification of the congestion condition to one or more other L2 switches through which the eCPRI packet is processed and to a baseband unit (BBU) or distributed unit (DU) terminating the eCPRI interface. The BBU or DU maps the congestion conditions to network connections external to the packet fronthaul underlay network responsive to the notification.
Embodiments include methods, electronic device, storage medium, and computer program for content creation in media streaming. In one embodiment, a method comprises: generating semantic information based on a first set of media frames, the semantic information to identify objects within the first set of media frames that are from a media stream of a media streaming application to be experienced by a user. The method continues with transmitting the semantic information to a server through a wireless network and receiving updated semantic information from the server through the wireless network, where the updated semantic information is generated to anticipate movement of the user and is generated based on the semantic information; and generating a second set of media frames based on the updated semantic information using a generative artificial intelligence model, the second set of media frames to be included in the media stream.
The present disclosure provides a method for providing an alert for an approach violation by a Positioning Alert Service Function device (112), where the method includes providing (202) to a Location Services Server (116) a request for a location of a first target device, receiving (204) a location of the first target device, providing (212) a request for a location of a second device, and receiving (214), a location of the second target device The method also includes determining (216) that a distance between the first location and the second location is less than a predefined distance associated with a personal protection order and providing (218), to a Mediation and Delivery Function (114) a Lawful Access Location Services Alert that comprises the first location of the first target device and the distance between the first location and the second location.
The invention refers to a method (100) for a User Plane (12) for handling a communication towards a user equipment, UE (21), wherein the first UE (21) is communicating with the User Plane (12) via a RAN (31). The method comprises receiving (101) a first message (3) that has been transmitted by a Control Plane (11), wherein the first message (3) comprises a first information, wherein the first information is indicating whether the User Plane (12) should act as a security anchor for a user plane communication between the UE (21) and the User Plane (12); determining (102) whether the User Plane (12) should act as a security anchor for the user plane communication of the UE (21) based on the first information; and acting (103) as the security anchor for the user plane communication based on a result of the determination.
A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. A method implemented in a device configured to wirelessly communicate with another device in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises modifying an on-air gap time associated with communications between the device and the other device where the modified on-air gap is configured to prevent the communications between the device and the other device from satisfying a clear channel assessment, and transmitting to the other device according to the modified on-air gap.
H04W 74/0808 - Non-scheduled access, e.g. ALOHA using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA]
H04W 4/80 - Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
Embodiments of present disclosure provide system (200) and method (300) determining network performance for UE group. First reference UE group (208) and second UE group (210) are formed. Plurality of UEs (1000-A, 1000-B) in first reference UE group (208) are different from plurality of UEs (1000-A, 1000-B) in second UE group (210), first reference UE group (208) and second UE group (210) adapted to operate according to respective group property. UE performance data is obtained for UE (1002-A, 1002-B) belonging to first reference UE group (208) and second UE group (210). First reference UE group performance model and second UE group performance model are generated from UE performance data to determine whether network performance of the second UE group (210) is different from network performance of the first reference UE group (208) based on comparison of the second UE group performance model with the first reference UE group performance model.
There is provided a method (10000) for managing the functional state of a first communication device (30000). The method is performed by the first communication device (30000). The method comprises, in response to obtaining (11000) a first indication (10), determining (12000) a functional state of the first communication device based on at least one criterion. The at least one criterion is based on a degradation of hardware of the first communication device (30000). The method comprises performing (13000) at least one task based on the functional state of the first communication device (30000). The at least one task comprises at least one of: adapting (13100) one or more procedures; adapting (13200) one or more first communication device parameters; transmitting (13300) a second indication (20) comprising information related to the functional state of the first communication device (30000) to a second communication device (40000).
A method performed by a radio base station to determine the physical orientation of an antenna array, in a wireless communications network. The radio base station is equipped with the antenna array and capable of dynamically shaping the radiation pattern of the antenna array. The method comprises receiving (401) communication reference signals from known devices with known locations. Estimated (402) directions to respective device are obtained using the received communication reference signals. A determined (403) absolute orientation of the antenna array is obtained, based on the known locations of the known devices and the estimated directions to the known devices. The method comprises performing remedial network management procedures when the determined orientation of the antenna array differs from a nominal value for the antenna orientation and/or to shape (404) the radiation pattern of the antenna array (11) based on the determined orientation.
H04B 17/27 - MonitoringTesting of receivers for locating or positioning the transmitter
G01S 5/08 - Position of single direction-finder fixed by determining direction of a plurality of spaced sources of known location
H01Q 21/08 - Arrays of individually energised antenna units similarly polarised and spaced apart the units being spaced along, or adjacent to, a rectilinear path
Methods and systems are described for SINR reporting, such as a method performed by an O-RU for enabling SINR reporting of a single value for a PRB range containing two or more PRBs per layer for DFT-s-OFDM. Certain embodiments may provide one or more of the following technical advantages. This disclosure supports efficient SINR reporting when DFT-s-OFDM is scheduled for some UEs in UL. For UE layers scheduled to use DFT-s-OFDM, the O-RU can only report one aggregated SINR value per PRB range per layer for these layers instead of per PRB per layer, which reduces fronthaul bitrate. According to certain embodiments, the aggregated SINR value which is based on the effective channel gain and is averaged over multiple REs in the PRB range is calculated by the O-RU, avoiding unnecessary conversion between SINR value and effective channel representation, which saves processing resources.
Methods and apparatuses for privacy management are disclosed. According to an embodiment, a privacy management system receives, from a requesting entity, a sixth request for checking whether a target application is allowed to access resources associated with a target terminal device or perform service adjustment for the target terminal device. The sixth request comprises a target device ID identifying the target terminal device, a target group ID identifying a target group that the target terminal device belongs to, and a target application ID identifying the target application. The privacy management system checks whether the target application is allowed to access resources associated with the target terminal device or perform service adjustment for the target terminal device, based on a common privacy management configuration granted to a group of terminal devices. The privacy management system sends, to the requesting entity, a sixth response comprising a result of the checking.
There is provided techniques for obtaining a point cloud of a scene from a Neural Radiance Field (NeRF) model of the scene. A method is performed by an image processing device. The method comprises obtaining a NeRF model of the scene. The method comprises determining a depth value and a colour value for one point in the cloud via ray tracing in the NeRF model. This one point corresponds to one pixel in a pixel patch comprises at least three pixels. The method comprises adding this one point, including its colour value and its depth value, to the point cloud only in case the depth value of this one pixel fulfils a distance criterion with respect to depth values of other pixels in the pixel patch.
The present disclosure is related to devices and methods for generation of a cellular world model and trajectory planning based thereon. A method for generating a cellular world model includes: generating a cellular world model indicating a belief about what a true cellular environment is. A method for planning a trajectory for a communication device includes: planning a trajectory for the communication device in a cellular environment based on at least a cellular world model that indicates a belief about what the cellular environment is.
A method is performed in a wireless device, WD, and/or network node) in a system, the WD and/or network node being configured to perform spectrum sharing associated with one or more adaptive Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) operations. The method includes detecting a presence of multiple frequency-hopping WDs with high duty cycle and adapting one or more parameters of the one or more LBT operations based on the detected presence, the one or more parameters determining aggressiveness of channel access.
In an embodiment there is provided a polarization controller (100, 1000) which comprises a first polarization adjustment module (105, 1100, 1400) coupled to a second polarization adjustment module (110, 1500); and a monitoring module (115, 1300) configured to determine a ratio of a first polarization component of a received optical signal (E(t), 1005) and an orthogonal second polarization component of the received optical signal. The polarization controller (100, 1000) is configured to control the second polarization adjustment module (110, 1500) dependent on the ratio of the first and second polarization components of the received optical signal.
G02F 1/01 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour
G02B 27/28 - Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups , for polarising
G02B 6/27 - Optical coupling means with polarisation selective and adjusting means
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NEGOTIATION-BASED SERVICE AUTOSCALING TO ENSURE QOE
Methods and systems are described for negotiation-based method used by a service provider for scaling out of cloud resources to deliver desired quality of service and quality of experience for a user, balancing user preferences against cloud resource cost. A client application that runs on the UE/end-user can be enhanced with monitoring capabilities to measure the end-to-end performance (i.e., latency and throughput) perceived by the application. These measurements can then be reported back to the service running in the cloud. The service can combine the reports from UE/end-users to estimate the network contribution to the perceived QoS/QoE by the UE/end-user. The real-time price and network state are then combined with the current status and usage of resources (i.e., Pod resources) and the traffic condition in the application (i.e., UE/end-user traffic) to compute a scaling and negotiation action.
Provided are methods of operating a network node in a wireless communication system, for dynamically applying dual-polarized beamforming to broaden an analog beam. Operations of such methods include rotating, by analog circuitry, a polarization angle of the dual-polarized beamforming in a polarization plane, wherein a signal in each branch of the network node is independent of a signal in another polarization plane. Operations include applying, by the analog circuitry, the dual-polarized beamforming to broaden the analog beam.
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 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
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
91.
SPATIAL BEAM SIGNALING FOR CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION BASED ON UNIFIED CODEBOOK
A method for a UE includes one or more of: receiving from a network node a signaling of one or more S' values, S'>= 1, computing and reporting a CSI. The signaling comprises one or more of: a number of SD basis vectors to be selected for a spatial layer wherein the same S' value applies to each spatial layer of a plurality of spatial layers, a number of SD basis vector to be selected for a spatial layer and for a polarization wherein the same S' value applies to each spatial layer and polarization among a plurality of spatial layers and a plurality of polarizations, and/or a number of SD basis vectors to be selected for a spatial layer wherein a first S' value applies to a first subset of spatial layers and a second S' value applies to a second subset of spatial layers.
H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
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
H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
A method performed by a first network node (1900) is disclosed. The method comprises signing (202) at least a first portion of a first header of a transport packet to generate a first signature. The method further comprises transmitting (204) the transport packet comprising the first header to a second network node (2000). The first header comprises: the at least first portion; the first signature; and a second portion comprising a first indication that the first signature is associated with the at least first portion.
H04L 9/32 - Arrangements for secret or secure communicationsNetwork security protocols including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system
H04L 69/16 - Implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP]
There is provided techniques for performing an UL reference signal-based UE-sided beam sweep procedure. A method is performed by a UE. The method comprises sending a first message to a network node serving the UE indicating a capability of the UE to perform the UL reference signal-based UE-sided beam sweep procedure. The capability specifies at least a required gap period for the UE to switch beams during the beam sweep procedure. The method comprises receiving a second message from the network node comprising an UL reference signal configuration for a set of UL reference signal resources to be transmitted in the beams. The UL reference signal configuration comprises a specified gap period between two consecutive UL reference signal resources. The method comprises transmitting the UL reference signal resources in different beams with the specified gap period between each beam switch.
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 7/06 - 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
94.
TRANSMITTER ARRANGEMENT WITH CENTRALIZED SUPPLY MODULATOR
12N12N12N12NBBSM12NDD1DD2DD2). A level of each of the first and a second modulated supply voltages is changing over time, and the first and the second modulated supply voltage are alternately larger than the other such that a polarity of the voltage difference between the first and second modulated supply voltages is changing over time.
A method performed by a user equipment (UE) for selecting a conditional L1/L2 triggered inter-cell mobility (CLTM) candidate cell. The method includes receiving (1502), from a network node, a CLTM configuration for multiple CLTM candidate cells, where the CLTM configuration includes at least one or more CLTM candidate cell configurations and at least one or more CLTM execution conditions. The method further includes determining (1504) whether at least one CLTM execution condition is fulfilled for the CLTM candidate cell. In response to there being more than one triggered CLTM candidate cell, the method includes selecting (1506) one of the triggered CLTM candidate cells for CLTM execution, wherein the selected cells are selected based on one or more selection criteria. Related network node methods, UEs, and network nodes, are also disclosed.
A method performed by network node. The method includes scheduling a transmission to a UE, wherein the transmission is scheduled to occur in a target slot, and a number of consecutive DL blanked slots immediately precede the target slot. The also method includes determining the number of consecutive DL blanked slots that immediately precede the target slot. The also method includes selecting a resource for the transmission using the determined number of consecutive DL blanked slots, wherein the selected resource is an MCS or a set of CCEs. The further method includes performing the transmission using the selected resource.
A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. A management device is configured to detect at least one change in a tracking area of a network. The management device is configured to determine at least one service affected by a reparenting of new radio cells (nrCells) corresponding to the change. The management device is configured to perform at least one action corresponding to the at least one service being affected.
A method for synchronization between a transmitter (110) and a receiver (120), wherein the transmitter (110) comprises means for quantum measurement. The method performed by the transmitter (110) comprising obtaining (210) at least one synchronization quantum system, obtaining (220), based on the at least one synchronization quantum system and at least one first entangled quantum sub- system of at least one entangled quantum system, at least one first post- measurement quantum system, at least one second post-measurement quantum system and at least two post-measurement bits of data, and transmitting (230), to the receiver (120), the at least one second post-measurement quantum system along a first path (130). Further there is a receiver (120) related method, a transmitter (110) and a receiver (120).
There is provided a computer-implemented method (400) for training a first regression model to generate time-series data representing one or more key performance indicators in a communication network at one or more time points. The method comprises obtaining (402), from a network node in the communication network, first time-series data representing the one or more KPIs at a first one or more past time points. The method further comprises deriving (404), from the first regression model, a plurality of regression models, wherein each of the plurality of regression models is a respective variant of the first regression model. The method further comprises generating (406), for each of the plurality of regression models, one or more adversarial samples. The method further comprises training (408) the first regression model based on the generated adversarial samples and the first time-series data.
H04L 41/16 - Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks using machine learning or artificial intelligence
H04L 41/142 - Network analysis or design using statistical or mathematical methods
G06N 3/0442 - Recurrent networks, e.g. Hopfield networks characterised by memory or gating, e.g. long short-term memory [LSTM] or gated recurrent units [GRU]
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for changing service configuration of access node in communication network. A method (200) performed by a network node may comprise: receiving (S202), a plurality of lists of access nodes created by a plurality of user equipments, UE. A UE uses a list of access nodes to indicate a difference of importance among access nodes in the list of access nodes to a network service for the UE. The method (200) further comprises: selecting (S204) at least one access node as at least one candidate to change a service configuration, based on the plurality of lists of access nodes; and transmitting (S206), to the selected at least one access node, an indication about the selection. The service configuration, such as of the selected access nodes, in network may be changed, with limited or predictable impact to service for other UE.
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