A method, system and apparatus for performing a cell change procedure in a hybrid terrestrial network-non terrestrial network (TN-NTN) are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method in a user equipment (UE) includes determining a qualification status of at least a first cell of a first TN node and a second cell of a first NTN node. The method includes selecting a target cell for a cell change, the target cell being one of a qualified first cell of the first TN node and a qualified second cell of the first NTN node, the target cell being selected based at least in part on at least one of: a low activity multicarrier, LAM, measurement capability of the UE; a registration area of a candidate target cell; and a state of a global navigation satellite system, GNSS, receiver of the user equipment. The method also includes performing the cell change to the selected target cell.
A method at a user plane entity handling data packet traffic in a cellular network is provided. The user plane entity receives a first data packet traffic originating from a user equipment connected to the cellular network, determines that the first data packet traffic is a suspicious data packet traffic considered as potentially causing harm and transmits a policy request to the user equipment. The policy request includes a traffic identifier of the first data packet traffic and a policy how to handle the first data packet traffic at the user equipment. The policy request requests an application of the policy to the first data packet traffic.
Systems and methods for determining a validity area (VA) for positioning and associated sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration parameters are provided. A network node receives a positioning information request including a VA configuration request and determines a VA SRS transmission configuration accordingly. Optionally, the network node can consider the VA SRS parameters supported by one or more neighboring node(s) when determining the VA SRS transmission configuration and/or the VA cell list. The network node transmits a positioning information response including a VA cell list.
A computer-implemented method performed by a first node. The method may be understood to be for handling an intent. The first node obtains respective first information from one or more second nodes. The one or more second nodes operate in the communications network. The one or more second nodes are candidates to handle the intent in the communications network. The respective first information indicates: i) one or more respective first indications of a performance of the respective one or more second nodes, ii) one or more respective second indications of a respective context of the one or more respective first indications, and iii) one or more respective third indications of a respective estimate of an expected outcome of performing the intent. The first node then determines, based on the obtained respective first information, whether or not one of the one or more second nodes, is to handle the intent.
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for improved Layer-1/Layer-2-triggered mobility (LTM) in a wireless network An example method, for a user equipment, UE, comprises receiving (910), from the wireless network, an LTM candidate cell configuration, executing (930) a first LTM cell switch procedure; and transmitting (940) an LTM cell switch complete message to the wireless network, the LTM cell switch complete message including an indication of an applied LTM candidate.
A UE receives a first physical channel from a network node. Further, the UE determines a location of a set of a plurality of Physical Resource Blocks, PRBs, corresponding to a Control Resource Set Number 0, CORESET 0, on which a second physical channel is to be mapped and determining a first subset of PRBs of the set of PRBs of CORESET 0, on which the second physical channel is to be received, wherein the first subset of PRBs is within a maximum transmission bandwidth, and wherein all the PRBs outside the first subset of PRBs are punctured such that the second physical channel is not received on those punctured PRBs. The first subset is determined based on information comprising at least one of:—a location of the first subset of PRBs from the set of PRBs of CORESET 0;—a starting location of the first subset of PRBs;—a length, L, of the first subset of the PRBs;—a second subset of PRBs to be punctured at the lower end and/or the upper end from the set of PRBs comprising CORESET 0 in the frequency-domain, wherein the second subset of PRBs is the part of a transmission not expected to be received by the UE, wherein the PRBs that are not comprised by the second subset of PRBs is where the second physical channel is expected to be received by the UE.
Definition of a new NWDAF (70) analytic for L4S allows a MNO to obtain L4S statistics and/or predictions related to L4S traffic and to act upon these new L4S statistics and predictions. The mechanism allows the MNO to support detection, monitoring and control of L4S traffic in a simple and efficient way, by identifying the amount of L4S enabled traffic in the network, which subscribers, devices, domains, applications and servers, etc. are L4S capable, and which ones are actually using L4S.
A method for handling compression of traffic. A first network node (101) obtains (201) respective first information from one or more radio network nodes (110). The radio network nodes (110) have access to a core network (120) via a respective link (140) to a second network node (102). The respective first information indicates: i) one or more respective indications of a status of the radio network nodes (110), and ii) one or more respective characteristics of a respective traffic between the radio network nodes (110) and the second network node (102). The first network node (101) then determines (203), based on the respective first information, a respective type of compression and/or decompression to be applied to the traffic in the respective link (141) between at least a first radio network node (111) and the second network node (102). The first network node (101) then initiates (204) application of the compression and/or decompression of the determined type. Publ.
A system is disclosed for managing performance of a communication network domain comprising a plurality of Network Functions (NFs). The system comprises a management node and a plurality of learning nodes, each learning node comprised within a NF in the communication network domain. The management node is configured to provide, to each of a plurality of NFs in the communication network domain, at least one performance goal to be achieved by the NF, and to inform each of the plurality of NFs of which other NFs it should cooperate with to achieve its performance goal. Each of the learning nodes is configured to use a Multi Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) process to generate a policy for selecting actions to be executed by its NF so as to achieve its performance goal, wherein the agents in the MARL process comprise the learning node and the learning nodes of each of the NFs that the learning node's NF is to cooperate with.
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A method of operating a radio node in a wireless communication network; in which the radio node comprising includes a plurality of processing elements for processing signalling. The method includes processing, with at least one of the processing elements, signalling in a pick-up unit, wherein a pick-up unit corresponds to a number Npickup of symbol time intervals, wherein Npickup is based on an indication received by the radio node. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
Embodiments include methods for a user equipment (UE) configured to communicate with a wireless network via a master cell group (MCG) and a secondary cell group (SCG). Such methods include entering a reduced-energy mode for the SCG responsive to receiving a first command via the MCG or the SCG; and while in the reduced-energy mode for the SCG and in an activated mode for the MCG, performing beam failure detection (BFD) for the SCG and refraining from performing one or more beam management operations for the SCG. In some embodiments, the UE can perform various operations after detecting a beam failure in the SCG while in the reduced-energy mode for the SCG. Other embodiments include complementary methods for network nodes configured to provide the MCG or the SCG, and UEs and network nodes configured to perform such methods.
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A method performed by a server network node configured to communicate with a plurality of clients is provided. Each of the plurality of clients is configured with a client-side neural network model. The method includes receiving a first plurality of client-side neural network model outputs from the plurality of clients, each of the first plurality of client-side neural network model outputs being computed based on at least one of a plurality of input datasets associated with the plurality of clients. The method includes at least one of determining at least a portion of a label dataset; and receiving at least a portion of the label dataset from at least one other network node. The method includes performing split learning using the first plurality of client-side neural network model outputs and a server-side neural network model with the label dataset.
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G01S 19/33 - Multimode operation in different systems which transmit time stamped messages, e.g. GPS/GLONASS
A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes transmitting a first plurality of data units from a first station (STA) to a second STA according to a first resource configuration based on a first mapping of data units to resource units (RUs) of a corresponding transmission channel, where at least the first STA is configured with a full-duplex simultaneous transmission and reception (STR) configuration. The method includes receiving, during the first transmission, a feedback report from the second STA according to the STR configuration, detecting a link failure based on the feedback report, determining a second resource configuration for retransmitting at least one failed data unit to the second STA using a different resource configuration of the RUs of the corresponding transmission channel, and transmitting the at least one failed data unit to the second STA according to the different resource configuration.
A multi-device radar sensing is performed in an arrangement comprising a sensing device (101, 201, 701) and one or more other devices including an illuminating device (103, 203, 703). The sensing device (101, 201, 701) transmits (711, 801) a radar illumination assistance request (211, 713) and receives (723, 725, 803) a response to the radar illumination assistance request (211, 713) from a set (303) of one or more responding devices (203, 207, 209). A relative position of each member of a set (401) of candidate devices (203, 209, 703, 707) is determined (729, 805), wherein the set (401) of candidate devices (203, 209, 703, 707) consists of one or more members of the set (303) of one or more responding devices (203, 207, 209). One of the responding devices is selected (807) from the set (401) of candidate devices (203, 209, 703, 707) for use as an illuminating device (103, 203, 703), wherein the selecting is based at least in part on the determined relative positions. The illuminating device (103, 203, 703) is configured (809) to perform radar illumination. The sensing device (101, 201, 701) senses (811) reflections (123, 749) of illumination signals (745) transmitted by the illuminating device (103, 203, 703).
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USER PLANE ASPECTS CONSIDERING DUPLICATE DISCARD FOR DUAL ACTIVE PROTOCOL STACK HANDOVER REPORT
A method performed by a wireless device includes obtaining User Plane (UP) information comprising at least one Handover (HO) interruption time. The at least one HO interruption time is associated with a first packet of a plurality of duplicate packets received by the wireless device. The wireless device transmits, to a network node, a report associated with a handover of the wireless device, the report comprising the UP information comprising the at least one HO interruption time associated with the first packet of the plurality of duplicate packets received by the wireless device.
A method, system and apparatus for bistatic radar sensing in the presence of synchronization signals are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method in a radio receiver includes receiving a signal that includes a radar signal and a synchronization signal, the radar signal and the synchronization signal being distinguishable based at least in part on at least one of orthogonality of the radar signal and the synchronization signal and frequency separation of the radar signal and the synchronization signal. The process includes processing the received signal in a first branch to extract the synchronization signal from the received signal and in a second branch to extract the radar signal from the received signal based at least in part on the at least one of orthogonality and frequency separation of the radar signal and the synchronization signal.
G01S 13/00 - Systems using the reflection or reradiation of radio waves, e.g. radar systemsAnalogous systems using reflection or reradiation of waves whose nature or wavelength is irrelevant or unspecified
A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. According to some embodiments, a method implemented by a user equipment is provided. The method includes receiving from a network node an indication triggering a CSI report for CJT where the CIS report is based on a plurality of CSI-RS resources, determining a first number of CPUs required to process a CSI report based at least on a number of the plurality of CSI-RS resources and a second number of CSI processing units required for each of the plurality of CSI-RS resources, processing the CSI report based on the determined first number of CSI processing units, and reporting the CSI report to the network node.
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
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SUPPORT FOR RESTRICTED PDU SESSION TRANSFER BETWEEN SLICES
Systems and methods are disclosed for restricted transfer of User Equipments (UEs) and/or sessions between network slices. In one embodiment, a method performed by a network node comprises detecting that a network slice is congested and sending, to a second network node, congestion information for the network slice, wherein the congestion information comprises information that indicates that the network slice is to be replaced with an alternative network slice due to congestion for (a) an amount of UEs or (b) new UEs registering to the network slice, or both (a) and (b). In this manner, dynamic load balancing between a network slice and an associated alternative network slice in case of congestion in the network slice can be provided.
A wearable device arranged to be worn by a user. The wearable device comprises a processing circuitry or the wearable device is operatively connectible to a cloud, and configured to acquire, from at least one microphone at least one sound signal (S) indicative of a sound environment in the vicinity of the user, and to acquire, from at least one sensor a visual sensor reading (V) indicative of a visual environment and/or a movement sensor reading (M) indicative of a movement in the vicinity of the user. Thus, at least one sound source (SoS) is identified and classified as a wanted sound source (WSoS) or an unwanted sound source (USoS) from acquired input data, the acquired input data being based on one or more of: the at least one sound signal (S), the visual sensor reading (V) and the movement sensor reading (M).
There is disclosed a radio node for a wireless communication network, the radio node being adapted for wireless communication, and being adapted for sensing and/or radar operation, the radio node being adapted for performing a sensing operation based on sensing signalling, the sensing signalling covering at least Nsense contiguous symbol time intervals in time domain, Nsense being an integer number larger than 1, wherein the sensing signalling comprises Nsense representations of the same modulation symbol sequence, wherein the sensing signalling is transmitted based on utilising a CP-modulator and/or is received based on utilising a CP-demodulator.
There is disclosed a radio node for a wireless communication network, the radio node being adapted for wireless communication, and being adapted for sensing and/or radar operation, the radio node being adapted for performing a sensing operation based on sensing signalling, the sensing signalling covering at least Nsense contiguous symbol time intervals in time domain, Nsense being an integer number larger than 1, wherein the sensing signalling comprises Nsense representations of the same modulation symbol sequence, wherein the sensing signalling is transmitted based on utilising a CP-modulator and/or is received based on utilising a CP-demodulator.
The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for UE subscribed slice information exposure. A method performed by a network exposure function may comprise receiving a first request for getting subscribed slice information of a terminal device from an application function. The method may further comprise sending a first response comprising the subscribed slice information of the terminal device to the application function.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide machine learning-based analytics at network layers. The method comprises: receiving, from a first network layer, a first latent representation of first information available at the first network layer, the first latent representation being extracted by a trained first machine learning model executed at the first network layer, the first machine learning model being configured to generate a first predicted output for a first analytic task based on the first information; generating, at a second network layer and using a trained second machine learning model, a second predicted output for a second analytic task based on the first latent representation and second information available at the second network layer, the second network layer being different from the first network layer; and determining, at the second network layer, a target output for the second analytic task based on the second predicted output.
Method and user equipment for handling a cyclic prefix for an on-off keying, OOK, signal transmitted by an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing, OFDM, transmitter One aspect of the invention provides a method performed by a user equipment. The method comprises receiving a signal comprising a cyclic prefix and an OOK signal and discarding or using the cyclic prefix in the received signal to detect the OOK signal.
A method of data generation, comprising selecting a plurality of variables to be constrained based on an optimisation problem. The method further comprises obtaining a plurality of reference points, wherein each of the plurality of reference points is respectively associated with one of the plurality of variables, and constraining the variables based on the plurality of reference points. The method additionally comprises generating synthetic data based on the plurality of variables and the plurality of reference points.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide method and apparatus for EAS discovery and synchronization across EDNs for application group. A method performed by an edge application server (EAS) may include sending a first request to an edge enabler server (EES) or a central repository. The first request may be used for obtaining information of at least one common EAS currently serving an application group or subscribing for a common EAS availability event for the application group. The application group is a group of UEs using a same application. The first request includes an application group identifier identifying the application group. The method may further include receiving a first message from the EES or the central repository. The first message may include common EAS information for the application group.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for power control in random access procedure. A method implemented at a terminal device comprises obtaining at least one power control parameter to be used for a request message for a contention free random access, CFRA. The method further comprises transmitting, to a network node, the request message for the CFRA. A power of the request message for the CFRA is controlled based on the at least one power control parameter. The request message comprises: a random access channel, RACH, preamble and a physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH.
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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
Methods and systems are described for use of on-off keying, OOK, in low power scenarios in UEs, network nodes, and network systems generally. For instance, in one embodiment a UE receives one or more on-off keying, OOK, based periodic lower power synchronization signals, LP-SSs, from a network node. The UE interprets one or more symbols in the one or more OOK-based periodic LP-SSs as ‘ON’ symbols; wherein the ‘ON’ symbols comprise symbols of a first periodic reference signal that is not OOK-based.
Methods and systems are described for training or evaluating AI/ML models related to channel measurement resource triggering signals. For example, a CMR configuration for AI/ML based CSI prediction may be implemented where the CMR configuration comprises a pair of CSI-RS resource bursts where each burst contains at least one CSI-RS resource. The pair of bursts can be triggered with a single aperiodic trigger in a DCI message from the network (NW) to the UE. The bursts can be separated in time, and can be configured for data collection or monitoring purposes for AI/ML-based CSI prediction.
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ENHANCED MIXING TRAINING FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING PROCESSING OF WIRELESS SIGNALS
A method in a node associated with a network is described. The method includes receiving wireless signal measurement data, formatting the received wireless signal measurement data as a plurality of channels, generating augmented training data by transforming the plurality of channels according to a mixup procedure, the mixup procedure being associated with a plurality of parent example labels and an interpolation ratio, and training a machine learning (ML) model based on the augmented training data. The training is based on a loss function based on an ML model output, the plurality of parent example labels, and the interpolation ratio.
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
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METHODS FOR THRESHOLD MODIFICATION FOR MULTIPLE PRACH TRANSMISSIONS
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a User Equipment device (UE) is provided for modifying a procedure for multiple physical random access channel (PRACH) transmissions. The method includes obtaining a first parameter from a network wherein the first parameter is related to modifying a multiple PRACH transmission procedure, wherein the first parameter specifies a number of failed attempts that are allowed before modifying the multiple PRACH transmission procedure. The method also includes attempting a plurality of PRACH transmissions, wherein each of the plurality of PRACH transmissions failed and upon determining that a number of failed PRACH transmissions exceeds the first parameter, modifying the multiple PRACH transmission procedure.
The present disclosure is directed at a technique of retrieving filtering control information from a subscriber database in a core network domain of a wireless communication network. The subscriber database stores subscription-related information. A method implementation of the present disclosure includes receiving a subscription data request, wherein the subscription data request includes an identifier associated with a subscription. The method further includes retrieving from the subscriber database in the core network domain, in response to the subscription data request, filtering control information for the subscription associated with the identifier. The filtering control information defines sensual content different from audio and video content that has been deselected for transmission towards a subscriber domain. Further still, the method includes sending a subscription data response including the filtering control information.
H04N 21/258 - Client or end-user data management, e.g. managing client capabilities, user preferences or demographics or processing of multiple end-users preferences to derive collaborative data
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H04N 21/4545 - Input to filtering algorithms, e.g. filtering a region of the image
The present disclosure is related to methods, user equipments (UEs), and network nodes for managing time alignment (TA). The method at a UE for managing TA related configuration comprises: receiving, from a network node, one or more TA related configurations; determining a TA related configuration from the received one or more TA related configurations at least partially based on at least one of a beam in which the UE is currently camped, a reference signal which is currently detected by the UE, and a configured grant (CG) configuration which is currently applied at the UE; and applying the determined TA related configuration.
A method performed by a UE in a wireless communication network according to some embodiments includes receiving a configured grant (CG) configuration in which a plurality of transmission occasions (TOs) are referenced, and transmitting, to a network node in a first TO, an unused TO (UTO) indicator for the CG configuration that indicates that a second TO of the plurality of TOs will be unused. The UE generates uplink control information (UCI) prior to the second TO, and transmits the UCI to the network node in a in a resource other than a resource that is reserved in the second TO.
H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
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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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INTERWORKING BETWEEN CONGESTION INFORMATION EXPOSURE MECHANISMS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. According to some embodiments, a method implemented by a core node is provided. The method includes managing a first congestion mechanism that is based on at least one Policy and Charging Control, PCC, rule, and managing the second congestion mechanism that is based on the at least one PCC rule where the managing of the first congestion mechanism is associated with one of enabling and disabling the first congestion mechanism based on an availability of the second congestion mechanism.
Systems and methods of a probing beam procedure are provided. In some embodiments, a method performed by a User Equipment (UE) for evaluating candidate beam pair links includes: indicating support for probing Uplink (UL) Reference Signal (RS) during capability signaling; determining a spatial filter for a UL-RS transmission based on one or more Downlink (DL) Reference Signals (DL-RSs); updating the spatial relation of a UL-RS; and transmitting UL-RS directly without a need of explicit spatial relation update for the UL-RS from a network node. In this way, some embodiments enable the network to evaluate candidate beam pair links based on a UL-RS transmission of a UE, without the need to explicitly indicate spatial filter that the UE shall use for the UL-RS transmission. Some embodiments describe several solutions on how to perform the methods with reduced UL-RS overhead by letting the UE help when to trigger the UL-RS transmission.
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 7/0404 - 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
H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
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UPLINK BEAM MANAGEMENT WITH LIMITED SIGNALING OVERHEAD
A method (700) in a wireless device (120) for facilitating a determination of at least one transmit beam to be used in relation to a transmit-receive point (115a) or an access point in a wireless network (110), comprising: receiving (714) an uplink reference signal, UL RS, configuration grouped into a plurality of UL RS resource sets; receiving (716) an activation trigger, which indicates at least one of the configured UL RS resource sets; transmitting (718) on a plurality of UL RS resources in the indicated UL RS resource set(s); evaluating (718.1) a pre-agreed implicit dropping rule, which depends on a characteristic of the wireless device, for the indicated UL RS resource set(s) and deciding to omit transmission on at least one of the UL RS resources therein; and receiving (722) an instruction to use at least one transmit beam, each corresponding to one of the transmitted UL RS resources.
H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
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
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Electronic Device and Methods for Assigning Bits to Memristive Devices
A method, performed by an electronic device for assigning a number of bits of a binary representation of a value to two or more memristive devices of a crossbar array comprising a plurality of memristive devices. The number of bits to be assigned is larger than a number of the two or more memristive devices. The method comprises obtaining (1402) an assigning priority of each bit of the binary representation binary representation of the value. For an unassigned memristive device of the two or more memristive devices the method further comprises assigning (1407) an unassigned bit of the number of bits to the unassigned memristive device based on: the assigning priority of the unassigned bit, number of remaining unassigned memristive devices after the assignment of the unassigned bit and number of remaining unassigned slices of one or more consecutive unassigned bits after the assignment of the unassigned bit.
G11C 11/40 - Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elementsStorage elements therefor using electric elements using semiconductor devices using transistors
There is provided techniques for PIM avoidance. A method is performed by a nonlinear controller. A method comprises determining, based on presence of uplink PIM, to which fraction of total transmission resources within a transmission slot a set of transmission power reduction factors is to be applied. The method comprises applying the set of transmission power reduction factors to the determined fraction of total transmission resources as distributed over a set of DL transmission carriers within the transmission slot during transmission of a set of signals in the set of DL transmission carriers.
H04B 1/10 - Means associated with receiver for limiting or suppressing noise or interference
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A METHOD OF REPORTING APPLICATION DETECTION INFORMATION BY A USER PLANE FUNCTION, UPF, IN A SERVICE BASED ARCHITECTURE, SBA, TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK.
A method of reporting application detection information by a User Plane Function, UPF, in a Service Based Architecture, SBA, telecommunication network, wherein the method includes receiving, by the UPF, from a User Equipment, UE, a packet associated with application traffic, detecting, by the UPF, the application traffic, determining, by the UPF, that application detection information is to be reported by recognizing the occurrence of a value of one particular field in a certain protocol stack header of the packet different from previous values of the particular field in the certain protocol stack header of any packet received from the UE, the one particular field being comprised by the packet and reporting, by the UPF, to a Session Management Function, SMF, the application detection information based on the determination that the application detection information is to be reported.
According to some embodiments, a method is performed by an open distributed unit (O-DU) network node with a High-Phy acceleration abstraction layer (AALI-P) interface. The method comprises requesting a transfer of O1 interface configuration data elements from an O-DU acceleration abstraction layer (AAL) application and receiving O1 interface configuration data elements from the O-DU AAL application.
Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for a method performed by a Wireline Access Gateway Function (W-AGF) for handling registration and connection to a core network of one or more Authenticable Non-Third Generation Partnership Program (3GPP) (AUN3) devices behind a residential gateway (RG) connected with a line to the W-AGF. The method includes receiving from the line connected to the RG a registration request to register an AUN3 device behind the RG, and transmitting to the core network a message comprising the received registration request to register the AUN3 device behind the RG and an indication indicating whether there is an existing N2 connection to the core network for the RG connected to the line on which the registration request is received.
The wireless communications device registers (401) with a first wireless communications network associated with a first SIM by providing one or more first capabilities. Upon being connected to a first wireless communications network, the wireless communications device transmits (403) a first request to the first network node to disable a set of capabilities from the one or more first capabilities. The wireless communications device connects (404) to a second network node of a second wireless communications network associated with a second SIM, such that the wireless communications device is connected to the first network node with reduced capabilities without the set of capabilities, and the wireless communications device is connected to the second network node using the set of capabilities When the wireless communications device has disconnected from the second network node, the wireless communications device manages (405) a reenabling procedure of the capabilities by: triggering a second request to the first network node to reenable the set of capabilities based on whether or not a first a first condition for triggering the re-enablement is fulfilled, or not triggering the second request based on whether or not a second condition for not triggering the re-enablement is fulfilled.
The present disclosure is related to methods and network nodes for monitoring RID broadcasting using RSUs. A method at a first network node for RID comprises: determining whether one or more first messages comprising RID information broadcasted by a terminal device are received from one or more second network nodes; and determining whether the terminal device is in a normal state or an abnormal state based on at least the determination of whether the one or more first messages comprising the RID information broadcasted by the terminal device are received from the one or more second network nodes.
G08G 5/57 - Navigation or guidance aids for unmanned aircraft
G08G 5/55 - Navigation or guidance aids for a single aircraft
H04W 4/06 - Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]Services to user groupsOne-way selective calling services
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MANAGEMENT OF SL RELATED BANDWIDTH INFORMATION FOR ENABLING SL POSITIONING
Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for management of sidelink (SL) related bandwidth information for enabling SL positioning. Positioning nodes can receive SL related bandwidth information from at least one of radio network nodes or from User Equipments (UEs) and then perform SL positioning operation based on the information. The SL related bandwidth information is obtained in response to sending a request for the information. The positioning node can be in another UE, or some other network node. Radio network nodes can also provide the SL related bandwidth information, which they obtain from UEs or other radio network nodes, to the positioning nodes in response to receiving requests for the information. UEs also provide the information as well as control interruptions in the UE due to a mismatch between SL related bandwidth information and uplink bandwidth related information.
The disclosure relates to a method, and apparatus for application performance prediction. The method comprises measuring hardware performances of subroutines of a plurality of benchmarking applications executed on a plurality of hardware flavors. The method comprises generating hardware performance profiles for the subroutines, each hardware performance profile being associated with a subroutine, a hardware flavor and a measured hardware performance. The method comprises receiving a performance prediction request for an application. The method comprises predicting the application performance on at least one hardware flavor, based on the hardware performance profiles corresponding to a plurality of subroutines of the application. The method comprises providing the performance prediction for the application on each of the at least one hardware flavor.
A method by a sensing node includes receiving (800) control signaling from a control node that indicates which part of a transmission is to be used for sensing. The method decodes (802) a received transmission to obtain user plane data and/or control plane data. The method senses (804) properties of the part of the received transmission indicated by the control signaling, to determine presence of an object and/or to localize location of the object. A method by a control node includes determining (900) which part of a transmission is to be used by a sensing node for sensing properties, and sending (902) control signaling that indicates at least which part of the transmission is to be used by the sensing node for the sensing of properties. A corresponding sensing node, control node, system and method by a system are disclosed.
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There is provided techniques for beamformed transmission of an information channel with dynamically changed beamforming weights. Amplitude scaling factors and phase offset scaling factors for scaling the beamforming weights during transmission of the information channel are obtained. Beamformed transmissions of the information channel is performed whilst the scaling factors are applied to scale the beamforming weights to dynamically change the beamforming weights. The amplitude scaling factors and the phase offset scaling factors are, according to a pattern, cycled through during S>1 transmissions of the information channel. According to the pattern, in frequency domain, for one and the same symbol, different amplitude scaling factors and different phase offset scaling factors are applied for at least two different groups of resource blocks, and, in time domain, different amplitude scaling factors and different phase offset scaling factors are applied for different transmissions of the information channel.
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A wireless device (AP1) contends for access to a medium. In response to gaining access to the medium, the wireless device (AP1) reserves a TXOP on the medium. Further, the wireless device (AP1) configures a set of resources (501, 502, 503) in the reserved TXOP to be available to at least one other wireless device (AP2, STA31) for one or more transmissions of data (D) arriving after beginning of the TXOP.
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide method and apparatus for acknowledgement in multicast. A method performed by a terminal device, comprising: transmitting, to a network node, information about acknowledgement, based on a configuration of a resource for the information about acknowledgement. The resource is configured for a plurality of terminal devices including the terminal device, and for at least one Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest, HARQ, process. According to embodiments for the present disclosure, manner for acknowledgement in multicast is provided.
A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. A wireless device configured to communicate with a network node is provided. The wireless device is configured to perform a first beam measurement of a serving cell and a second beam measurement associated with an inter-cell mobility candidate cell, determine at least one event criterion is met based on at least one of the first beam measurement and the second beam measurement, and trigger at least one measurement report in a layer lower than a radio resource control, RRC, layer based on the determination.
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LOCATION BASED SERVICE (LBS) ENHANCED BY SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
The present disclosure is related to a terminal device, a server, and methods for location based service enhanced by short-range wireless communication. A method at a server for locating a first terminal device, the method includes: selecting, from one or more terminal devices, at least one second terminal device based on at least first information reported by the first terminal device and/or second information reported by the at least one second terminal device, the first information indicating a second identifier of the at least one second terminal device received by the first terminal device via short-range wireless communication, the second information indicating a first identifier of the first terminal device received by the at least one second terminal device via short-range wireless communication; and determining a location of the first terminal device based on at least a location of the at least one second terminal device.
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H04W 4/02 - Services making use of location information
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ENCODER AND DECODER AND METHODS THEREOF FOR ENCODING/DECODING A PICTURE OF A VIDEO SEQUENCE
An object of the embodiments is to achieve an improved reference picture handling. That is achieved by taking into account whether the reference pictures in the decoded picture buffer are long-term reference pictures or short-term reference pictures when determining how they should be marked when the information of the reference picture set is received. The reference pictures are marked as “used for short-term reference” or “used for long-term reference” in the Decoded Picture Buffer (DPB) depending on whether they are included as short-term pictures or long-term pictures in the RPS of a current picture.
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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
53.
SELECTION OF SPATIAL FILTERS IN REPEATER-ASSISTED NETWORKS
The present disclosure relates to a method for enabling a network node to efficiently control the beam switching of a set of periodic and/or aperiodic signals/channels at an assisting repeater. The method at a repeater node includes receiving one or more periodic beam configurations and receiving one or more dynamic beam indications. The method also includes selecting a periodic beam configuration or a dynamic beam indications to use for a time interval based on a prioritization order, and then applying the periodic beam configuration or dynamic beam indication for a beam of a transmission. The method at a network node includes determining a priority list for a plurality of repeater spatial filters for a repeater node, and the providing the repeater node with one or more periodic beam configurations based on the priority list and one or more dynamic beam indications.
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Initial Network Access for a Wireless Communication Device
There is provided mechanisms for initial network access for a first wireless communication device to a wireless network. A method is performed by the first wireless communication device. The method comprises providing, as part of performing initial access of the first wireless communication device to the wireless network, a request to a second wireless communication device for assisted connection initialization of the first wireless communication device to the wireless network. The method comprises obtaining connection parameters from the second wireless communication device. The parameters are based on a network configuration. The method comprises establishing, using the connection parameters and without further assistance from the second wireless communication device, a connection to the wireless network.
The present disclosure relates to a method for Type II Channel State Information (CSI) reporting when it is used for Coherent Joint Transmission (CJT) to a User Equipment device (UE) from multiple transmission/reception points (TRPs). The network node can configure a UE with CSI reference signals (CSI-RS) resources each associated to respective TRPs. The UE can measure the channels and send a CSI report back to the network node that includes CSI measurements. The CSI report can also include a number of selected spatial beams or CSI-RS ports for each CSI-RS resource of the CSI-RS resources. The CSI report may also include a number of Frequency Domain (FD) basis vectors selected based on the number of selected spatial beams or CSI-RS ports for each CSI-RS resource of the CSI-RS resources.
A method performed by a user equipment, UE, for a L1/L2-triggered mobility, LTM, cell switch procedure including receiving LTM reference configuration and LTM candidate cell configuration. The method further includes combining the LTM reference configuration and the LTM candidate cell configuration to obtain a complete LTM candidate cell configuration for a LTM candidate cell. The method further includes receiving, from a source network node, a LTM cell switch command. The LTM cell switch command includes at least an indication of a LTM candidate cell configuration. The method further includes applying the complete LTM candidate cell configuration of the indicated LTM candidate cell configuration and sending an uplink signalling to acknowledge completion of the LTM cell switch procedure.
According to some embodiments, a method is performed by a wireless device for layer one, L1, layer two, L2, mobility, LTM, cell switch. The method comprises receiving (1212) an indication of a timing alignment setting to use in a candidate cell; and performing (1214) an LTM cell switch to the candidate cell as a target cell, wherein the wireless device uses the indicated timing alignment setting when communicating with the target cell.
A method, performed by a wireless device (130). The method is for handling a bandwidth part (BWP). The wireless device (130) operates in a wireless communications network (100). The wireless device (130) obtains (401) a first indication. The first indication indicates a first BWP, different than a second BWP. The second BWP is a subset of an initial BWP. The first BWP is for transmission by a network node (110) operating in the wireless communications network 100, of data to the wireless device (130) in inactive state.
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A method, performed by a wireless device (130), for handling an indication. The wireless device (130) operates in a wireless communications network (100). The wireless device (130) obtains (201) a first indication. The first indication indicates that the wireless device (130) is to report, to a network node (110) operating in the wireless communications network (100), a first indicator of a signal to noise ratio in a channel between the wireless device (130) and the network node (110) in inactive state. The first indication indicates that the wireless device (130) is to report the indicator as part of a procedure to transmit data from the network node (110) to the wireless device (130) while the wireless device (130) is in inactive state. Publ.
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A method performed by a remote device (10) for handling communication in a wireless communications network. The remote device performs a SDT communication with a radio network node (12) via a relay device (15).
A method is disclosed for a communication network comprising a radio access node and a D-MIMO system. The radio access node causes the D-MIMO system to monitor transmission of a random access message (714) from a wireless communication device, and a control unit (CU) of the D-MIMO system configures (710) a first set of access points (APs) of the D-MIMO system accordingly. Each AP in the first set monitors the random access message, and transmits a monitor report (716) to the CU for selection (718) of a second set of APs to be configured (720) for subsequent communication with the wireless communication device. The radio access node transfers (722) radio access responsibility for the subsequent communication to the D-MIMO system, including transmission of a reply (724) to the random access message. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also disclosed; as well as a wireless communication device, a network node, a D-MIMO CU, D-MIMO APs, a D-MIMO system, and a radio access system.
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Sending and Receiving Information Identifying Energy Usage by a Computing Unit
In an example, a method in a first computing unit implementing at least one first function in a wireless communications network is provided The method comprises receiving information identifying an energy usage by the second computing unit implementing at least one second function in the wireless communications network, and configuring the first computing unit based on the energy usage by the second computing unit.
A first node (111) in a radio network node (110) obtains (601, 603), while a wireless device (130) is inactive, at least one indication from another node (112, 113) in the radio network node (110) indicating whether the wireless device (130) is to be changed from to another state to receive data. The first node (111) determines (604), while the wireless device (130) is inactive, whether the wireless device (130) is to be changed and initiates (605) providing a further indication. The first node (111) is a central node managing a control plane. The at least one indication comprises at least one of: a first indication indicating conditions of a radio channel between the second node (112) and the wireless device (130), and a second indication indicating whether a size of a downlink buffer for data received is to be delivered to the wireless device (130) exceeds one or more thresholds.
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed. A method of a first access point (AP) in a wireless local area network (WLAN), which first AP has reserved a transmit opportunity (TXOP) for sharing at least some resources of the TXOP with one or more other APs is described. The method includes transmitting an invitation signal to at least one of the other APs, wherein the invitation signal includes an indication on sharable TXOP resources and an indication that the resources should be contended for using a random access (RA) procedure.
There is provided a cable clamping device (100) for a telecommunication network node, including a base (110) with attachment points (140) for securing the base to the node, and first and second arms (120a, 120b) pivotably connected to the base around a respective pivot axis (130a, 130b). The base and each of the first arm and the second arm are configured to clamp one or more cables received between the arm and the base by pivoting the arm in a first direction to a closed position, and to released such clamped cables by instead pivoting the arm in an opposite, second direction to an open position. Each of the first and second arms is operable between its respective open and closed positions independently of the other arm, such that cables can be clamped/released by/from one arm without affecting cables clamped by the other arm.
A method performed by a user equipment, UE, is provided. The method comprises determining a condition of a local storage of the UE, obtaining first condition information that indicates a condition of a data path via which the UE is connected to a remote storage, and determining how to write data to or read data from the local storage and/or the remote storage based on the condition of the local storage and the condition of the data path. The method further comprises writing data to and/or reading data from the local storage and/or the remote storage based on the determination, wherein the data path comprises a wireless network.
There is disclosed a method of operating a receiving radio node in a wireless communication network, the method comprising receiving communication signalling, the communication signalling being frequency domain multiplexed with synchronisation signalling over a first time interval, wherein synchronisation signalling is transmitted on a first frequency range, and communication signalling is transmitted on a second frequency range, wherein at least one frequency gap is between the first frequency range and the second frequency range. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
Embodiments include methods performed by a data collection coordination function (DCCF) of a communication network. Such methods include receiving from a service consumer network function (NFc) a first service request for data and determining a service producer network function (NFp) that produces the data. Such methods include sending to a network repository function (NRF) a request for a second access token granting DCCF permission to access the data on behalf of NFc. The request includes client credentials assertion (CCA) associated with one of DCCF and NFc, and additional credentials assertion (ACA) associated with the other of DCCF and NFc. Such methods include receiving from the NRF the second access token, including subject claim identifying one of DCCF and NFc and additional claim identifying the other of DCCF and NFc. Such methods include sending to the NFp a second service request including the second access token, the CCA, and the ACA.
Embodiments include methods for a user equipment (UE) configured to communicate with a radio access network (RAN) node. Such methods include receiving, from the RAN node via a serving cell, a lower layer signalling message indicating that the UE should perform an L1/L2-triggered mobility (LTM) procedure from the serving cell to a first candidate cell. Such methods include executing the LTM procedure towards the first candidate cell, including performing a reset of a first protocol layer used for communicating with the serving cell. Such methods include, after executing the LTM procedure, initiating retrans-mission in the first candidate cell of protocol data units (PDUs) of a second protocol layer, which were lost or discarded due to the reset of the first protocol layer. Other embodiments include complementary methods for RAN nodes that provide the serving cell and the first candidate cell.
A PSDU (200) and a system (500), a corresponding method, computer program and computer program product are disclosed. The PSDU comprises separate PSLs (210) wherein each PSL supplies a different phased input power and each PSL is connected to PSUs (230) via switches (220) which connect adjacent PSLs to at least one common PSU such that an adjacent PSL can be connected or disconnected to the same PSUs. The method comprises determining whether a PSL of the separate PSLs has failed or become disconnected from an input power source; configuring, if the PSL is determined to have failed or become disconnected from the input power source, the switches to separately connect at least one of the remaining PSLs of the PSLs to at least one of the PSUs previously connected to the PSL determined to have failed or become disconnected from the input power source.
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BEAMSPACE RECIPROCITY BASED PRECODER FOR PDCCH USER SPECIFIC BEAMFORMING FALLBACK
A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. A network node is provided which is configured to detect a first beamforming precoder failure associated with a first beamforming precoder used for at least one downlink transmission to a WD, responsive to detecting the first beamforming precoder failure, determine a first fallback beamforming configuration for the WD based on at least one of uplink reference signaling from the WD and a control channel element (CCE) aggregation level associated with the WD, configure the WD with the first fallback beamforming configuration, and transmit a first downlink transmission to the WD according to the first fallback beamforming configuration.
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Context Control Transfer in a Communication Network
A delegator network node (16D) in a communication network (10) delegates, to a controller network node (16C) in the network, control of a context (14) for a communication device (12). The delegator network node (16D) receives, from an assertee network node (16A) in the network, an assertion (26) that control of the context (14) has been transferred from the controller network node (16C) to assertee network node (16A). The delegator network node (16D) receives, from assertee network node (16A), in support of the assertion (26), a proof of transfer token (22) purporting to be cryptographic proof that controller network node (16C) endorsed transferring control of the context (14) to assertee network node (16A). The delegator network node (16D) attempts to validate the token (22) as being cryptographic proof that controller network node (16C) endorsed transferring control of the context (14) to assertee network node (16A). The delegator network node (16D) accepts or rejects the assertion (26) based on whether or not the token (22) is validated.
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Managing LTM Configurations in Relation to a Layer-3 (L3) Mobility Procedure
Embodiments include methods for a user equipment (UE) configured to perform a layer-3 (L3) mobility procedure in a radio access network (RAN). Such methods include receiving, via a source cell in the RAN, a configuration for a layer-1 or layer-2 triggered inter-cell mobility (LTM) procedure in the RAN. Such methods include managing the LTM configuration during preparation for or execution of an L3 mobility procedure to a target cell in the RAN, including one or more of the following management operations: maintaining the LTM configuration, releasing the LTM configuration, modifying the LTM configuration, and adding a second LTM configuration. Other embodiments include complementary methods for RAN nodes configured to serve the source and target cells, as well as UEs and RAN nodes configured to perform such methods.
A method performed by a first network node for handling a first indication. The first network node operates in a communications network and sends a first indication to a second network node operating in the communications network. The first indication indicates that a wireless device is an enhanced Reduced Capability (eRedCap) user equipment.
A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. According to some embodiments, a global node configured to communicate with a plurality of local nodes is provided. Each of the plurality of local nodes comprises a local model. The global node is configured to receive the local model parameters from each of the plurality of local nodes, determine a plurality of Krum distances for the plurality of local models, sort the plurality of local models based on the plurality of Krum distances, calculate a plurality of numerical gaps for the plurality of Krum distances, determine whether to tag at least one of the plurality of local models as a malicious participant based on the plurality of numerical gaps, and aggregate a global model to generate updated global model parameters, the aggregation of the global model is based on the determination.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and network devices for information indication in a wireless communication network. A method performed by a first network device (10) may comprise: acquiring (S501, S601) a first indication indicating whether a second network device (20) supports a feature of assigning an identifier to represent a set of capabilities supported by a terminal device; sending (S503, S603) to the second network device (20) a first identifier of a set of capabilities supported by a first terminal device instead of the set of capabilities supported by the first terminal device, if the first indication indicates the second network device (20) supports the feature.
A method performed by a network device functioning as a session-sender in a measurement session with a session-reflector to simulate asymmetric network traffic is disclosed. The method includes generating a test packet to send to the session-reflector, wherein the test packet includes reflected test packet control information regarding a set of reflected test packets that the session-reflector is to send to the session-sender, wherein the reflected test packet control information indicates a number of reflected test packets to send, a time interval to use between consecutive reflected test packets, and a length of each reflected test packet. The method further includes sending the test packet to the session-reflector to cause the session-reflector to generate and send the set of reflected test packets to the session-sender in accordance with the reflected test packet control information.
There is disclosed a method of of operating a radio node in a wireless communication network, the radio node being adapted for wireless communication, and being adapted for sensing and/or radar operation, the method comprising performing a sensing operation based on a set of reference signalling parameters, the set of reference signalling parameters being one of a plurality of sets of reference signalling parameters, wherein the sensing operation pertains to reference signalling according to the operating set of RS parameters. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
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Methods for selecting an active bandwidth part (BWP) and for configuring a set of BWPs for a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network supporting configurable BWPs. An example method comprises estimating (720) a desired bandwidth for the UE, using a trained machine-learning model operating on measurements for the UE, and selecting (730) a preferred active BWP from candidate BWPs, based on the estimated desired bandwidth. Another example method comprises generating or receiving (810) a feedback metric for a selected active BWP for the UE, the feedback metric indicating a distance of a bandwidth for the selected active BWP from an estimated desired bandwidth, and accumulating (820) the feedback metric with other feedback metrics for the UE and/or one or more other UEs. This example method further comprises determining (830) whether to change a set of BWPs configured for the UE, based on the accumulated feedback metrics.
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METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR NETWORK NODES HOSTING DIGITAL TWIN
Embodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatuses for enabling interaction between a first digital twin (104) of a communications network and a second digital twin (103) of an application. A method in a first network node (101) hosting the first digital twin (104) comprises obtaining (201, 301, 606) predicted Quality of Experience, QoE, information for the application, wherein the predicted QoE information is determined utilizing a second digital twin (105) of the application; predicting (202, 302, 608), utilizing the first digital twin, a predicted network efficiency of a first network configuration for the communications network given the QoE information; and responsive to the predicted network efficiency of the first network configuration not meeting a first condition: initiating (204, 612) determining, utilizing the second digital twin, an updated application configuration, and/or determining (304, 607), utilizing the first digital twin, an updated network configuration based on the predicted QoE information.
A radar-enabled wireless communication device is configured for exchanging communication signals with a wireless communication network and for performing radar transmissions for surrounding-environment sensing. The device classifies radar beam directions as restricted or unrestricted, based on known or estimated interference with Uplink (UL) reception operations of the network and adapts its radar transmissions based on the classifications. Classification operations may be autonomous, without requiring explicit network support, or may be based on one or more radio network nodes of the network performing supporting procedures. Updating the classifications depends on, for example, one or more triggering conditions, such as changes in the position or orientation of the device, transmit-frequency changes, and changes in ambient conditions, such as the presence or intensity of rain.
A method (1700) for antenna power scaling in a fronthaul lower-layer split, LLS, is provided. The method is performed by a baseband unit, BBU (102, 202, 302), for assisting a Radio Unit, RU (104, 204, 304), in scaling a transmit power of one or more antennas when performing beamforming. The method includes transmitting (1702) at least one antenna power scaling factor to the RU for scaling the transmit power of the one or more antennas.
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Embodiments of the present disclosure provide method and apparatus for handling collision. A method performed by a terminal device comprises obtaining at least one first available slot for a first uplink transmission. The method further comprises obtaining at least one second available slot for a second uplink transmission. The method further comprises determining that the at least one first available slot and the at least one second available slot overlap in time by at least one time-overlapping slot. The method further comprises determining whether the at least one time-overlapping slot is used for the first uplink transmission or the second uplink transmission based on one or more collision handling rules. The method further comprises transmitting the first uplink transmission and/or the second uplink transmission to a network device.
Methods and apparatuses for establishment of protocol data unit (PDU) session are disclosed. A first network function determines whether a first session management function (SMF) for a PDU session to be established for a terminal device supports insertion/change of a second SMF. When determining that the first SMF for the PDU session does not support insertion/change of the second SMF, the first network function sends, to a second network function, a query request for discovering at least one second SMF that can serve whole public land mobile network (PLMN) to which the first network function belongs. The first network function receives a query response from the second network function.
A deblocking method for deblocking a boundary between a first block of samples, block P, and a second block of samples, block Q. The method includes determining whether at least one of the P block or the Q block is a combined intra-inter prediction block; and, as a result of determining that at least one of the P block or the Q block is a combined intra-inter prediction block, deblocking the boundary between the P block and the Q block.
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WEAR LEVELING FOR PROGRAMMABLE RESOURCES IN PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC DEVICES
A method and apparatus are disclosed. A device including processing circuitry in communication with a programmable logic device (PLD) is provided. The PLD includes a plurality of physical resources and a plurality of sensors, each having a wear characteristic measurable by a corresponding one of the plurality of sensors. The device is configured to determine at least one ageing curve associated with the plurality of physical resources, the at least one ageing curve including a rate of change of the wear characteristic. The device is configured to select a first product bit-file of a plurality of functionally equivalent product bit-files, the selected product bit-file being configured to cause a set of the plurality of physical resources of the PLD to be used based on the determined at least one ageing curve. The device is configured to configure the PLD to execute the first product bit-file.
A method performed by a UE in a wireless communication network for performing time alignment with a L1/L2 based inter-cell mobility (LTM) candidate cell includes receiving an LTM configuration including an LTM candidate cell configuration for TA establishment and/or TA update with the LTM candidate cell, and receiving an indication to perform downlink (DL) pre-synchronization with the LTM candidate cell. The UE performs DL pre-synchronization with the LTM candidate cell in response to the indication. After performing DL pre-synchronization with the LTM candidate cell, the UE receives, from a serving cell, a trigger for TA establishment and/or TA update to the LTM candidate cell, and transmits, in response to the trigger, an UL signal to the LTM candidate cell for TA establishment and/or update.
There is disclosed a method of operating a radio node in a wireless communication network, the radio node being adapted for wireless communication, and being adapted for sensing and/or for radar operation. The method includes transmitting and/or receiving sensing signalling in half-duplex operation, the sensing signalling comprising two or more signals, the signals being based on complementary sequences. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
A method for decoding a current block within a current picture inside a coded video bitstream. The method comprises determining that the current block is coded using geometric partition mode, GPM. The method comprises, in response to determining that the current block is coded using GPM, determining that at least one partition, PX, of the current block is inter coded. The method further comprises, in response to determining that at least one partition, PX, is inter coded, generating a GPM motion information list, LIST_FINAL. The method comprises determining motion information, MI_PX, associated with the partition, PX, based on the GPM motion information list, LIST_FINAL, and an index value, IDX, wherein the associated motion information, MI_PX, contains more than one motion vector. The method comprises determining prediction samples of the partition PX based on the associated motion information MI_PX.
H04N 19/139 - Analysis of motion vectors, e.g. their magnitude, direction, variance or reliability
H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
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 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
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Radio Network Node, User Equipment and Methods Performed Therein
Embodiments herein relate to, for example, a method performed by a UE (10) for handling communication in a wireless communications network. The UE transmits, in a low activity RRC state, a flight indication to a radio network node (120) using an SDT procedure, wherein the flight indication comprises one or more of the following: —at least a part of a flight path report; —an update to a flight path report, or an element of the flight path report; —an indication of availability of flight path report; —an indication of update on flight path report or part of it.
There is provided a method of encoding point data that indicates a group of points in a three-dimensional (3D) space. The method comprises obtaining the point data and partitioning the group of points into a plurality of blocks. The plurality of blocks includes a first block, and further wherein the first block includes a first point. The method further comprises calculating a comparison value based on a number of points included in the first block and/or distances between points included in the first block and determining whether a distance between the first point and an edge of the first block is less than the comparison value. The method further comprises, based on the determination, encoding the point data.
The present disclosure relates to a control arrangement (200) adapted to control a confined area, CA, communication network (100) that is adapted to serve a pre-defined area (101) that comprises a plurality of sub-areas (110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118; 120, 121, 122), where each sub-area (110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118; 120, 121, 122) is covered by a corresponding antenna arrangement (510). The control arrangement (200) is adapted to communicate with one or more pieces of internal user equipment (140, 141, 142), UEs, within the CA communication network (100), and with at least one external communication network (150, 151, 152; 260). The control arrangement (200) is furthermore adapted to associate at least one of the internal UEs (140, 141, 142) within the CA communication network (100) with a corresponding specific sub-area (110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118; 120, 121, 122) in the plurality of sub-areas (110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118; 120, 121, 122).
H04W 4/029 - Location-based management or tracking services
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MACHINE LEARNING (ML)-BASED METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CONTROL CHANNEL ELEMENT (CCE) AGGREGATION LEVEL FOR A USER EQUIPMENT (UE) IN A PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL (PDCCH)
The disclosure relates to a ML-based method for determining a CCE aggregation level for a UE in a PDCCH. The method comprises obtaining RBS traces. The method comprises training, using first data obtained from the traces, a machine learning model to predict a probability of discontinuous transmission (DTX) “isDTX probability”. The method comprises inputting second data obtained from the traces into the machine learning model, obtaining the isDTX probability and expanding the second data with the isDTX probability. The method comprises, for each of a plurality of probability thresholds (PTs) and for each of a plurality of strategies, selecting a data having an isDTX probability greater or equal to the PT and best satisfying the strategy and using the data to train a classifier. The method comprises selecting one classifier and using the classifier for determining the CCE aggregation level for the UE in the PDCCH.
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
H04B 17/309 - Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters
Dynamic site allocation of protocol layer functionalities Performance indicators of computational resources of a plurality of sites (51, 52) of a radio access network of a wireless communication network are obtained. Based on the performance indicators, a functionality allocation is adapted. The functionality allocation allocates a first set of radio access functionalities of a first set of one or more protocol layers to a first set of the sites (51, 52) of the wireless communication network and allocates a second set of radio access functionalities of a second set of one or more protocol layers to a second set of the sites (51, 52) of the wireless communication network.
A method for secure device-to-device communication between a first device and a second device is disclosed. Each device comprises a respective surface enabled for haptic interaction involving tactile interaction. The method is performed in the first device and comprises initiating a haptic interaction with the second device and communicating with the second device by means of the haptic interaction between the devices. A corresponding device, computer program and computer program product are also provided for secure device-to-device communication.
The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method performed by a control unit (1000) for triggering beamsteering of a radio communication antenna (105) mounted to a mounting structure (113). The control unit (1000) obtains a motion signal indicating movement of the antenna (105). The control unit (1000) generates a compensation signal based on the motion signal. The compensation signal is in-phase with the motion signal. The control unit (1000) riggers beamsteering of the radio communication antenna (105) using the compensation signal, thereby compensating the movement of the antenna (105).
H01Q 3/34 - Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elementsArrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture varying the phase by electrical means
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
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Methods and Apparatus for Linearization of a Power Amplifier Output
A method (S300) and apparatus (40) for linearization of a power amplifier (PA) output. The method comprises training (S3A1) a neural network (NN) of an NN-based Digital Pre-Distortion (DPD) unit (51) using a feedback loop. The feedback loop comprises obtaining (S3B1) a training pre-distorter signal, a training PA signal and a training DPD unit signal, calculating (S3B2) a training signal length, calculating (S3B3) a time shifted signal, calculating (S3B4) a phase mismatch between the time shifted signal and the training DPD unit signal, calculating (S3B5) a compensated pre-distorter signal using the training pre-distorter signal and the phase mismatch, and training (S3B6) the NN of the NN-based DPD unit (51) using the compensated pre-distorter signal. The method further comprises inputting a signal to be amplified into the NN-based DPD unit (51) to obtain a DPD unit signal that is input into the PA (53), and obtaining an amplified signal from the PA (53).
A method performed by a network node for managing an Internet Protocol, IP, flow in a User Plane, UP, session to be boosted on request by an Application Function, AF, node for a User Equipment, UE, in a wireless communications network is provided The network node obtains (201) from a first Core Network, CN, node, information identifying UP sessions that are available to the UE, based on a subscriber identifier of a user of the UE. The network node determines (202), based on configuration data received from a second CN node, whether boost is allowed for a particular UP session among the identified UP sessions. When it is determined that boost is allowed in the particular UP session, the network node determines (203) a source IP address for the particular UP session. The network node requests (204) from the second CN node, boost of the IP flow identified by the source IP address as determined, and a destination IP address and port comprised in information obtained from the AF node. The network node configures (205) in the second CN node, a Policy and Charging Control, PCC, rule to the identified IP flow for the particular UP session where boost is determined to be allowed.
There is disclosed a method of operating a wireless device in a wireless communication network, the wireless device being configured for communicating utilising carrier aggregation. The method includes communicating based on a resource allocation indication in a received control information message, the resource allocation indication indicating frequency resources on a plurality of carriers. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
A method of performing digital predistortion, DPD, on a first signal, x, to generate a pre-distorted signal, xpre-d for driving a power amplifier, wherein the first signal comprises an in-band component, xiB, consisting of one or more first frequency bands and an out-of-band component, xOoB consisting of one or more second frequency bands, the method comprising: obtaining (102) amplitudes, |x|, of the first signal; performing (104) DPD by applying a DPD model to the amplitudes of the first signal to obtain amplitudes of a second signal, |ûl|; and replacing (106) the out-of-band component, xOoB, of the first signal with a third signal, z, derived from the amplitudes of the second signal, |ûl|, to obtain the pre-distorted signal, wherein the third signal, z, consisting of the one or more second frequency bands.
H03F 1/32 - Modifications of amplifiers to reduce non-linear distortion
H03F 3/24 - Power amplifiers, e.g. Class B amplifiers, Class C amplifiers of transmitter output stages
H04B 1/00 - Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission
