A method performed by a control node for handling communication with a robot device. The control node determines a time limit for when a maximum tolerable deviation from a trajectory is reached, for at least two control command types. The at least two control command types include a joint-space command and a Cartesian-space command. The control node selects the control command type that reaches the time limit later, based on the determined time limit for the at least two control command types.
Provided herein is a unified Quality of Experience (QoE) framework for determining QoE metrics for a plurality of mobile services based, in part, on the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that are collected for the services. The QoE metrics are scalar values, fall on a unified scale, and eliminate any dependencies that may exist between the KPIs used in determining the QoE metrics. The unified QoE framework includes a generic QoE calculation module having a loss model component, a KPI coupling calculation component, and a machine learning (ML) parameter optimization component. The QoE calculation module correlates network event information and calculates various resource and/or network KPIs. Additionally, the QoE calculation module calculates service KPIs for a predetermined number of traffic types, and estimates factors due to losses, drops, and soft drops. Additionally, the internal functional parameters of the underlying KPI are determined and/or optimized without requiring external intervention or the initial setting of parameters.
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Acknowledgement Management for Coordinated Access Points
An access point (10) of the wireless communication system performs one or more first wireless transmissions to one or more wireless devices (11) associated with the access point (10). The first wireless transmissions are coordinated with one or more second wireless transmissions of at least one other access point (10) of the wireless communication system. For at least one of the one or more first wireless transmissions, the access point (10) receives an acknowledgement message comprising first acknowledgement information indicating whether the first wireless transmission was successfully received. The acknowledgement message is based on a retransmission mechanism which controls retransmission of the first acknowledgement information.
A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. According to some embodiments, a network node is configured to: one of receive from another network node or determine a first level quality of experience, QoE, configuration item for multicast and broadcast service, MBS, and one of receive from the other network node or determine a second level QoE configuration item for the MBS, where the second level QoE configuration is different from the first level QoE configuration item and associated with an application whose data is delivered by the MBS. The network node is configured to indicate, to the wireless device, the first level QoE configuration item and second level QoE configuration item for the wireless device to perform an action based on at least one of the first level QoE configuration item or second level QoE configuration item.
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METHODS OF CSI REPORTING WITH TYPE II CODEBOOK FOR HIGH VELOCITY
Systems and methods of Channel State Information (CSI) reporting with Type II codebook for high velocity are provided. In some embodiments, a method includes determining when to apply Doppler domain compression and when to avoid Doppler domain compression when feeding back a CSI report; determining a signaled number of CSI instances, for which the network node requests the User Equipment (UE) to compute CSI; and based on the number of CSI instances, determining whether to apply CSI compression in the Doppler domain or not. Some solutions proposed allow the possibility for the network and the UE to support cases with Doppler domain compression and without Doppler domain compression under a single CSI reporting framework. Based on the signaling received from the network, the solutions allow the UE to determine when to feedback selected Doppler domain bases and when to avoid Doppler domain bases selection in the Type II CSI report.
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Systems and methods are disclosed for Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) reporting. In one embodiment, a method performed by a User Equipment (UE) comprises receiving, from a network node, first signaling that indicates a precoding matrix duration in time domain and receiving, from the network node, second signaling that indicates a number of precoder matrix durations wherein each precoder matrix duration is associated with a precoder matrix. The method further comprises receiving, from the network node, third signaling that indicates one or more CQI resolutions in time domain for one or more CQIs. The method further comprises reporting, to the network node, Precoding Matric Indicator (PMI) for the number of precoder matrix durations and reporting, to the network node, one or more CQIs according to the indicated one or more CQI resolutions in time domain. In this manner, feedback of CQI is enabled for, e.g., high-velocity UEs.
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An antenna, in particular for a mobile communication cell site, has radiators, a reflector, a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, and at least one phase shifter with at least one delay line and a shifting device. The radiators are mounted at the front side of the first layer, and the reflector for the radiators is provided by one of the layers. The second layer comprises a cutout extending vertically through the second layer, the cutout being closed to the front by the first layer and to the rear by the third layer forming a cavity. The delay line is arranged within a vertical projection of the cavity, and the shifting device comprises a shifting portion arranged in the cavity covering the delay line at least partly.
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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTING BETWEEN VERTICAL APPLICATION LAYER AND SERVICE ENABLER ARCHITECTURE LAYER
According to an aspect, there is provided a method for execution by a SEAL (Service Enabler Architecture Layer) service server of a network. The method involves determining a communication policy based on at least one KPI (Key Performance Indicator). The method also involves communicating, via the network, with a SEAL client of a communications device, in accordance with the communication policy. In some implementations, the SEAL service server is part of a SEAL layer, and the method also involves receiving feedback from a VASEAL (Vertical Application Service Enabling Architecture Layer) layer which is separate from the SEAL layer, and controlling the VASEAL layer and/or adjusting the communication policy based in part on the feedback. Thus, method can enable control on the network towards a SEAL layer which can allow capabilities of the SEAL layer to be extended to consume VASEAL layer information and provide control to the VASEAL layer.
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A method of operating a wireless device providing SL communications may be provided. A plurality of SDUs may be generated, wherein each of the SDUs is associated with a respective service, wherein a first SDU of the plurality of SDUs is associated with a first service and a first SL HARQ configuration, and wherein a second SDU of the plurality of SDUs is associated with a second service and a second SL HARQ configuration. The plurality of SDUs may be multiplexed into a TB so that the TB includes the first and second SDUs. A SL HARQ configuration may be selected for the TB based on at least one of the first SL HARQ configuration and the second SL HARQ configuration. The TB may be transmitted over a sidelink to at least one other wireless device using the SL HARQ configuration selected for the TB.
According to certain embodiments, a method by a wireless device is provided for performing logical channel prioritization (LCP) by a wireless device. The method includes selecting a set of logical channels based on one or more logical channel restrictions. The method further includes determining at least one logical channel of the set of logical channels to serve.
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H04W 72/566 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on priority criteria of the information or information source or recipient
A method of operating a user equipment, UE, according to some embodiments includes receiving a handover, HO, command, to perform a handover to a target cell, wherein the HO command includes a mobility configuration for lower layer mobility associated to multiple physical cell identities, PCIs, configured for the target cell, and applying the HO command including the mobility configuration. A method of operating a first network node includes receiving a HO request from a second network node to handover a UE to the first network node, the HO request including measurement information associated to multiple cells or multiple PCIs associated to the first network node, generating a HO command that includes a mobility configuration for lower layer mobility associated to multiple PCIs configured for the target cell, and transmitting the HO command to the second network node for delivery to the UE.
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for random access. The method which may be performed by a terminal device comprises performing a transmission of a message to a network node in a random access procedure. The transmission of the message may comprise transmission of a preamble and transmission of a payload on a shared channel. The method further comprises receiving a response message from the network node. In response to the response message, the terminal device may perform a retransmission of the payload on the shared channel to the network node according to retransmission configuration.
A computer-implemented method performed by a client computing device is provided for locating an access point to an edge computing application deployed at a local network or a central cloud to switch to in the event that a first connection between the client computing device and cloud computing device disconnects. The method includes determining (600) that the first connection between the cloud computing device and the client computing device will disconnect. The cloud computing device includes a first broker handling MQTT operations. The method further includes receiving (602) an identification of local computing devices through a mDNS; and determining (604) an identity of a local computing device, which is the access point and includes a second broker to handle the MQTT operations, to switch to responsive to the cloud computing device disconnection. The method further includes switching (608) to a second connection responsive to a disconnection of the first connection.
According to some embodiments, a method is performed by a network node for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) resource allocation. The method includes obtaining a data set representing a plurality of scheduling entities (SEs). Each of the SEs is associated with a signal quality, a priority, and/or a downlink control information (DCI) size. The method further includes determining a number of control channel elements (CCEs) and power allocation for the CCEs for each of the SEs based on the signal quality, the priority, and/or the DCI size associated with each of the SEs and a total power available, a power boosting threshold, and/or a total number of CCEs available. The method further includes generating a machine learning training set for online CCE and power allocation based on the determined number of CCEs and power allocation for the CCEs for each of the SEs.
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Dynamic Application Vulnerable Use Cases Identification in a Cloud Native Environment
A management system (200) configures logging in telecommunication networks executing one or more services (230) in a distributed workflow. To accomplish its function, the management system obtains vulnerability information for one or more services currently deployed in a communications network. The vulnerability information comprises, for each of the one or more services a vulnerability identifier (VID) identifying a vulnerability of the service and a vulnerability score indicating a severity of the vulnerability. So obtained, the management system configures a logging framework (220) to generate trace records (406, 424) for a service currently deployed in the communications network to include the VID and the vulnerability score of the service. The management system configures the logging framework to generate the trace records on a use case basis. Therefore, each of the trace records are generated to identify a particular use case and use case instance associated with the execution of the service.
Embodiments include methods for a consumer network function (NFc) of a communication network. Such methods include sending, to a first NF of the communication network, a first request for a first access token associated with a machine learning (ML) model. The first request includes at least one of the following associated with the ML model: an analytics identifier (ID), and an interoperability ID. Such methods include receiving from the first NF a first response that includes the first access token and sending, to a producer NF (NFp) of the communication network, a second request for the ML model. The second request includes the first access token and at least one of the analytics ID and the interoperability ID. Such methods include receiving from the NFp a second response that includes one or more of the following: the ML model; an identifier of the ML model; and an address of a storage resource associated with a second NF of the communication network, from which the ML model can be obtained.
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A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. A network node is configured to communicate with a wireless device (WD). According to one aspect, a method in a WD includes receiving a wakeup signal (WUS) synchronization sequence from the network node. The method includes synchronizing a wakeup receiver (WUR) of the WD according to the WUS synchronization sequence. The method also includes receiving by the WUR a WUS sequence from the network node.
A communication device can be in a communications network that includes a first cell, a second cell, and a third cell provided by one or more network nodes. The communication device determines a radio link failure (“RLF”) associated with the communication device occurred in the second cell. The communication device can, responsive to determining that the RLF occurred, generate a RLF report including information based on at least one of the following: 1) whether a cell selection related timer was running while the communication device entered the second cell; and 2) whether configuration for a last executed handover was received by the communication device while connected to the first cell, the first cell being the previous cell to which the communication device was connected before connecting to the second cell. The communication device can transmit the RLF report to the third cell.
A communication device in a communications network receives a conditional handover configuration (“CHO”) from a first network node. The CHO can include an indication of a second network node. The communication devices stores the CHO. Subsequent to storing the CHO, the communication device determines a radio link failure (“RLF”) associated with the first network node or a handover failure (“HOF”) associated with a handover procedure towards the second network node. Subsequent to determining the RLF or the HOF, the communication device selects a third network node while a timer is running. The communication device transmits an indication to the third network node indicating that the communication device selected a cell hosted by the third network node as part of a cell selection procedure while the timer was running.
Systems and methods for indication of Non-Zero Coefficients (NZCs) in a codebook for User Equipments (UEs) are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a UE comprises generating Channel State Information (CSI) comprising NZCs of a set of linear combining coefficients, wherein the set of linear combining coefficients are associated with a number, L, of selected Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) basis vectors in spatial domain (SD), a number, M, of selected DFT basis vectors in frequency domain (FD), and MvDD selected DFT basis vectors in Doppler Domain (DD). The CSI further comprises, for each reported layer, a set of MvDD NZC bitmaps that indicates positions of the NZCs, wherein the set of MvDD NZC bitmaps comprises a separate bitmap for each selected DFT basis vector in DD in the set of MvDD selected DFT basis vectors in DD. The method further comprises reporting the CSI to a network node.
There is provided techniques for initiating a secondary authentication process for a subscriber entity. A method is performed by a UPF entity. The method includes monitoring user plane traffic of an already established PDU session for the subscriber entity. The user plane traffic is monitored for a request from the subscriber entity to access an application service of a data network. Observing the request triggers the UPF entity to initiate the secondary authentication process for the subscriber entity for allowing the subscriber entity to access the application service. The method includes sending a notification to an SMF entity to initiate the secondary authentication process for the subscriber entity upon having observed the trigger.
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Systems and methods are disclosed that relate management of Service Enabler Architecture Layer for verticals (SEAL) data delivery via a cellular communications system. In one embodiment, a method performed by a system for SEAL data delivery via a telecommunication system comprises, at a Vertical Application Layer (VAL) server of a regulator domain, determining a policy for data delivery from a client in a first business actor domain to a VAL server in a second business actor domain wherein the data delivery is via SEAL data delivery communication over telecommunication system. The method further comprises, at the VAL server of the regular domain, providing the policy to a SEAL data delivery server in the regulator domain for enforcement of the policy comprising establishing a data delivery connection between the first business actor domain (SEAL DD client) and the second actor business domain (VAL server).
A method, network node and wireless device (WD) to perform procedures based on a beam identification (ID) update guard interval are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method in a network node includes configuring a beam ID update guard period during which the WD is configured to assume that a same network node spatial filter is used during the beam ID update guard period unless otherwise indicated by the network node. The method also includes transmitting an indication of the configuration to the WD.
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Methods for a first network function (NF) configured to operate as a server of a federated learning (FL) group in a communication network. Such methods include registering, in a network repository function (NRF) of the communication network, information associated with the FL group. The FL group includes the first NF and one or more further NFs configured to operations as clients in the FL group. The registered information includes authorization information for additional NFs to join the FL group as clients. Such methods include receiving an indication of a second NF, of the communication network, that is a candidate client for the FL group and obtaining an indication that the second NF is authorized to join the FL group as a client. The indication is based on the registered authorization information. Such methods include, based on the indication, updating the FL group to include the second NF as a client.
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TRANSMISSION MODE SELECTION FOR SERVING A USER EQUIPMENT IN A D-MIMO NETWORK
There is provided techniques for selecting transmission mode for APs to serve a user equipment in a D-MIMO network. Information of calibration status defining whether the radio transceiver chains per each pair of the APs are mutually calibrated or not is obtained. Channel characteristics of a propagation channel between each of the APs and the user equipment are obtained. Reception capability information of the user equipment is obtained. The transmission mode for at least one subset of the APs is selected as a function of the calibration status per each pair of the APs, the channel characteristics, and the reception capability information. Instructions are provided to the subset of the APs of the selected transmission mode to be used when serving the user equipment.
H04B 17/30 - MonitoringTesting of propagation channels
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 7/06 - 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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SENSING ARCHITECTURE AND PROCEDURE IN 3GPP-BASED CELLULAR NETWORKS
In various embodiments disclosed herein, a method and architecture for a Sensing Management Function (SeMF) is provided to enable the network to perform sensing and localization to provide accurate positioning while also efficiently using network resources. The SeMF can configure sensing nodes (e.g., base stations, Transmission Reception Points (TRPs) and User Equipment devices (UEs)) to perform sensing, and based on the sensing data and other information, send a trigger to a Location Management Function (LMF) to initiate localization. Likewise, the LMF can perform localization, and based on the location data, or Quality of Service (QOS) requirements, also send a trigger to the SeMF to initiate sensing. Additionally, disclosed is a method for configuring the sensing nodes to perform sensing.
A scent release system (100) for dispensing scents to a user of an XR device (110). The scent release system (100) comprises a scent device (120) a scent carrier (130). The scent device (120) comprises a signal processing unit (121) configured to communicate data with the XR device (110); a scent positioning unit (122) configured to select, based on data received from the XR device, a scent area (131, 132 . . . 13n) on a scent carrier (130) comprising one or more micro-encapsulated scent areas (131, 132 . . . 13n) distributed on the surface of the scent carrier (130); and a scent release unit (123) configured to release a scent from the selected scent area.
A scent release system (100) for dispensing scents to a user of an XR device (110). The scent release system (100) comprises a scent device (120) a scent carrier (130). The scent device (120) comprises a signal processing unit (121) configured to communicate data with the XR device (110); a scent positioning unit (122) configured to select, based on data received from the XR device, a scent area (131, 132 . . . 13n) on a scent carrier (130) comprising one or more micro-encapsulated scent areas (131, 132 . . . 13n) distributed on the surface of the scent carrier (130); and a scent release unit (123) configured to release a scent from the selected scent area.
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The present disclosure relates to a two-dimensional code (100) comprising: a plurality of positions (110) arranged along a plurality of concentric circles (120), the plurality of concentric circles having a common center (130) and being arranged substantially on a two-dimensional plane, each of said positions (110) indicating presence of a symbol or absence of a symbol, each presence or absence of a symbol at each position being optically readable and representing a data value set to each of the plurality of positions (110); and a first reference pattern portion (140) including a set of the plurality of positions indicating at least the common center (130), wherein the first reference pattern portion (140) comprises all positions along the inner most circle of the plurality of concentric circles (120), wherein all positions along the inner most circle indicate presence of a symbol.
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G06K 19/06 - Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
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Terminal Device, Application Server, Network Exposure Function Node and Methods Therein
The present disclosure provides a method (100) in a terminal device. The method (100) includes: transmitting (110) to a Network Exposure Function, NEF, node a Quality of Service, QoS, request including an Internet Protocol, IP, address of the terminal device and information enabling the NEF node to determine an identifier of the terminal device.
A method for deblocking at least one boundary of a coding unit, wherein the boundary forms a first side and a second side of the coding unit, wherein a video picture comprises the coding unit, and wherein the first and second sides use a same reference picture. The method includes obtaining a first motion vector component in the first side; obtaining a second motion vector component in the second side; determining whether an absolute difference between the first motion vector component and the second motion vector component is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold that is less than 1 sample; and as a result of determining that the absolute difference between the first motion vector component and the second motion vector component is equal to or larger than the predetermined threshold, applying deblocking to the vertical or horizontal boundary between the first side and the second side.
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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
According to an aspect, a CSI/HARQ feedback-transmitting node receives control information indicating resources in which data is to be received by the node. The control information includes an ACK/NACK Resource Indicator (ARI) having a value indicating one of a plurality of predetermined sets of control channel resources for transmitting CQI feedback and HARQ feedback. The node determines a feedback payload size parameter, based on a number of bits to be reported for CQI feedback and for HARQ feedback, and selects, from a plurality of control channel resources in the predetermined set of control channel resources indicated by the value of the ARI, one of the control channel resources of the predetermined set, based on the feedback payload size parameter. The node transmits CQI feedback and HARQ feedback in the selected control channel resource.
A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a wireless device is provided. The wireless device is configured to receive control signaling for a physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, transmission. Wireless device is configured to perform the PUCCH transmission based on the control signaling, the PUCCH transmission spanning a plurality of slots, the plurality of slots including at least one slot containing at least one UL-only symbol and at least one slot containing at least one subband full duplex, SBFD, symbol, and the PUCCH transmission spans the at least one UL-only symbol and the at least one SBFD symbol.
A method performed by a first network node operating in a communications network comprising the set of nodes providing a segmented front-haul. The first network node determines, out of a respective first subset of nodes to serve a respective device of one or more devices, a respective second subset of nodes to serve each respective device. The determining is based on information obtained from a second network node. The information comprises respective routing information between a respective source node of respective one or more packets, and the respective device, so that a respective delivery of the respective packets to the respective device is based on an improvement of one or more metrics. The first network node also initiates sending of the respective one or more packets to the respective device via the determined respective second subset of nodes.
Embodiments include methods for a network data analytics function (NWDAF) configured to assist with application detection in a communication network. Such methods include receiving, from a consumer network function (cNF) of the communication network, an analytic request related to assisted application detection and based on the analytic request, sending to a first DNS resolver associated with the communication network an exposure request for events related to fully qualified domain name (FQDN)-to-address mapping for application servers associated with applications. Such methods also include receiving from the first DNS resolver a first FQDN associated with a first application, in accordance with the exposure request, and based on the first FQDN, determining one or more packet flow descriptions (PFDs) associated with the first application. Such methods also include sending to the cNF an analytic result comprising the one or more PFDs, in accordance with the analytic request.
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The present disclosure is related to a UE, a network node, and methods for CE RA signaling and configuring. A method at a UE for performing an RA procedure comprises: receiving, from a network node, one or more parameters; and determining, based on at least the one or more parameters, at least one of: a first number of PRACH transmissions; a second number of PUSCH transmissions scheduled by a RAR associated with the RA procedure; and a third number of MsgA PUSCH transmissions.
A communication network node (100) comprising: an antenna array (104) comprising a plurality of radiating elements (106); a plurality of photodiodes (108) connected to the radiating elements; an optical delay line (110) configured to receive an optical carrier signal modulated with an RF signal; and a plurality of optical splitters (112) provided along the optical delay line, the optical splitters configured to split off portions of the optical carrier signal to form a plurality of optical output signals and to deliver the optical output signals to the photodiodes. The photodiodes are configured to recover respective portions of the RF signal from the optical output signals and to deliver said portions of the RF signal to the radiating elements. The optical delay line is configured to time delay the optical carrier signal between variable optical splitters to phase shift the RF signal.
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Methods and Apparatus for Network Coverage Configuration
Methods and apparatus for network coverage configuration are provided. A computer-implemented method for configuring network coverage using a ML agent hosting a ML model comprises obtaining first training data and second training data relating to an operating environment. The method further comprises training the ML model in a first training stage using the first training data. When the ML model satisfies a first performance criterion, the first training stage ends, and the ML model is trained in a second training stage using the second training data. When the ML model satisfies a second performance criterion, the second training stage ends. The ML model is then used to generate a deployment configuration for configuring the spatial deployment of a plurality of transceivers to provide network connection capability to the operating environment
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The present invention relates to an RF multi connector unit for multi-band antennas, an antenna system comprising said RF multi connector unit and a base station including at least one such antenna system. The RF multi connector unit comprises multiple RF-plug connectors (111, 112, 113, 114; 121, 122. 123. 124) being arranged in an array (110; 120) defining a common mating direction (A). At least one of the multiple RF-plug connectors (111, 112, 113, 114; 121, 122, 123, 124) is configured to electrically connect an antenna element of a multi-band antenna (10) with a port of a radio unit, when being plugged to the port. Further, at least one of the multiple RF-plug connectors (111, 112, 113, 114; 121. 122. 123. 124) is supported floatingly, at least in a plane being perpendicular to the mating direction (A).
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Network Nodes and Methods in a Radio Access Network for Improving the RRC Resume Procedure
A method performed by a first network node for assisting a second network node in resuming of a User Equipment (UE) in inactive state into connected state in a Radio Access Network (RAN). The first network node obtains (200) a Local RAN Node Identifier associated with a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) RAN Node ID, identifying the first network node. The first network node sends (201) the Local RAN node Identifier and associated PLMN RAN Node ID to be obtainable by the second network node. The first network node suspends (203) the UE from connected state into inactive state and sends an identifier to the UE. The identifier comprises a UE Context ID and the associated Local RAN Node Identifier. The UE Context ID identifies the UE context associated with the UE. The UE Context ID, Local RAN Node Identifier and associated PLMN RAN Node ID will assist the second network node to obtain the UE Context for the resuming of the UE into connected state, wherein a connection is to be provided by the second network node.
Embodiments herein may relate to a method performed by a radio network node for handling communication over a bandwidth interval for one or more UEs, in a wireless communication network. The radio network node determines to change a currently used bandwidth interval based on a current state of usage of resources in the currently used bandwidth interval related to number of UEs served and/or a current state of positions of the number of UEs served. With the proviso that it is determined to change the currently used bandwidth interval, the radio network node calculates a changed bandwidth interval to use. The radio network node then adjusts the currently used bandwidth interval to the calculated bandwidth interval; and uses the adjusted bandwidth interval for communicating with the one or more UEs.
A method for a network data analytics function, NWDAF, configured to assist splitting of artificial intelligence/machine learning, AI/ML, operations between a user equipment, UE, and a processing network that are operably coupled via the communication network, the method comprising receiving, from a network function, NF, or an application function, AF, associated with the communication network, a request for a processing entity, PE, performance analytic associated with the processing network, wherein the processing network comprises a plurality of PEs; for each PE in the processing network, obtaining one or more of the following information: PE resource availability, and communication performance between the PE and each other PE in the processing network; computing the PE performance analytic based on the obtained information; and sending the computed PE performance analytic to the NF or AF, in accordance with the request.
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A method is provided performed by a first network node to identify a network node that initiated a PSCell change that results in generation of a report from a UE. The method includes signaling a request including a request for a PSCell change including a PSCell addition or a SN addition and a first indication related to the PSCell change. The first indication indicates that the PSCell change is related to one of a first or second network node initiating the PSCell change. The method further includes receiving a message including the report; and performing, based on the first indication, one of: (i) if the PSCell change was initiated by the first network node, analyzing the report to improve the PSCell change, and (ii) if the PSCell change was initiated by the second network node, forwarding the report to at least one additional network node.
A method performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes receiving from a network node, a sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration. The method further includes transmitting an uplink transmission towards the network node including a SRS across a first physical resource block (PRB) and a phase shifted SRS across at least one additional PRB. A UE and related methods and apparatus are also disclosed.
There is provided techniques for wireless power transfer from APs to UEs. The APs provide network access in a D-MIMO network to the UEs. The D-MIMO network is operated in TDD mode. A method is performed by a centralized node in the D-MIMO network. The method comprises sending UE-configuration destined to the UEs. The UE-configuration instructs the UEs to, during a time interval of a frame, simultaneously transmit uplink pilot signals and perform wireless energy harvesting on energy signals. The method comprises sending AP-configuration to the APs. The AP-configuration instructs the APs to, during the time interval of the frame, simultaneously transmit the energy signals towards the UEs and receive the uplink pilot signals from the UEs.
A method for an energy-efficient service placement in a mobile edge cloud comprising at least one edge site is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a service placement request from a service provider. The method comprises identifying a set of candidate edge site groups and calculating a first energy efficiency value for each identified candidate edge site group. Further, the method comprises calculating a second energy efficiency value for components of the cellular network that are involved in the communication between the user device and the edge site. The method comprises determining for each candidate edge site group, an energy efficiency metric for deploying said service placement request in a traffic path of the cellular network based on the first and second energy efficiency values. The method further comprises determining a service placement policy for the service placement based on the calculated energy efficiency metric and the obtained performance parameters.
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A method performed by an entitlement configuration server (106). The method includes receiving a validation request message comprising a first authorization token, authToken, and a phone number. The method also includes retrieving a second authToken, wherein the retrieving comprises using the phone number to retrieve the second authToken. The method also includes determining whether the first authToken is valid, wherein the determining comprises determining whether the first authToken is identical to the secondauthToken. The method also includes transmitting a validation response message responsive to the validation request message, wherein the validation response message indicates whether or not the first authToken is valid. Further methods, apparatus, computer programs and carriers are also disclosed.
In various embodiments of the present disclosure, provided is a system to perform reduced complexity frequency selective linearization. In an embodiment, multistage digital predistortion (DPD) can linearize different parts of the spectrum differently. The first stage captures the signal across the entire linearization bandwidth where the least stringent linearization requirement and general unwanted emission requirements are targeted. Second stage pre-distorts a down-sampled signal where second least stringent requirements across the linearization bandwidth are aimed for. This “peel-off” process continues until the final stage which pre-distorts the portion of the spectrum with the most stringent linearization requirements. Consequently, earlier stages run at higher rates to linearize wider spectrum while later stages run at lower rates to selectively further linearize portions of spectrum that have already passed through earlier stages.
A method performed by an application function, AF, device. The method includes sending a first message registering a smart contract on a blockchain network, for accessing a service provided by at least one network exposure function, NEF, device. The method includes sending a second message subscribing to notification of an event provided by the at least one NEF device. The method includes receiving at least one first response message notifying about the event, wherein receiving the first response message triggers an execution of the smart contract on the blockchain network.
A method performed by a UE. The method includes the UE decoding an SPS release command transmitted by a base station. The SPS release command is for releasing an active configured SPS in a slot in which the UE expects to receive a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmission for the configured SPS and the UE receives the SPS release command before the end of the resource in which the UE expects to receive the PDSCH transmission and the end of the SPS release downlink control information (DCI) comes before or at the end of PDSCH.
A wireless device (WD) is described. The WD is configured to communicate with a network node and to determine one or more beam identifiers (IDs) one or both of are not included in training data of the artificial intelligence model and have not been used for training an artificial intelligence model. If the one or more beam IDs one or both of are not included in the training data of the artificial intelligence model and have not been used for training the artificial intelligence model, a first request is transmitted to the network node requesting assistance information associated with the one or more beam IDs and/or the assistance information is received. In addition, the WD is configured to cause the artificial intelligence model to be trained using the received assistance information and perform one or more actions using the artificial intelligence model.
A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, a wireless device is configured to receive a beam pair link configuration indicating a plurality of beam pair links, where each beam pair link corresponds to a mapping between a network node beam and a wireless device beam. The wireless device is further configured to perform at least one measurement of at least one of the plurality of beam pair links.
There is provided a method for creating an extended picture area for a current picture comprising a picture boundary block coded with at least a first motion vector and a second motion vector. The method comprises, based on the first motion vector, determining a position of a first reference block, wherein the first reference block is located within a first reference picture. The method comprises determining a first distance, the first distance being a distance from a boundary of the first reference block to a corresponding boundary of the first reference picture. The method comprises, based on the first distance, determining a first candidate dimension for a picture padding block within the extended picture area. The method comprises, based on the second motion vector, determining a position of a second reference block. The method comprises determining a second distance, the second distance being a distance from a boundary of the second reference block to a corresponding boundary of a reference picture in which the second reference block is located. The method comprises, based on the second distance, determining a second candidate dimension for the picture padding block. The method comprises selecting a candidate dimension from a set of two or more candidate dimensions, the set of two or more candidate dimensions including the first candidate dimension and the second candidate dimension. The method comprises, if the selected candidate dimension is greater than zero, determining at least one sample for the picture padding block based on a motion vector associated with the selected candidate dimension.
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NETWORK NODES AND METHODS IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a network node for handling communication related to a UE in a communications network. The network node transmits a message to another network node, wherein the message is related to a proxy capability such as requesting or indicating a TURN and/or STUN capability in a communication.
A technique for detecting security attacks in Internet of Senses (IoS) applications is disclosed. A method implementation of the technique is performed by a network node (300) and comprises obtaining (S201B), from a sender node (200), sensory data (101) and at least one of network data (102) or context data (103). The method further comprises determining (S301) anomaly by applying at least one of a payload-based analysis or a packet-based analysis. The payload-based analysis is applied to at least one of the sensory data (101) or to the context data (103). The packet-based analysis is applied to the network data (102). The payload-based analysis analyzes a payload of data packets, while the packet-based analysis analyzes a pattern of data packet traffic. The method further comprises transmitting (S302), to a receiver node (400), a result of the determining step (S301).
The disclosure relates to a microwave communication node and method for detecting and mitigating interference in a microwave network. The microwave communication node comprises a transmitter configured to broadcast a preamble that allows other microwave communication nodes to identify the microwave communication node as the sender, and a receiver configured to detect preambles broadcasted by other microwave communication nodes and determine interference levels of the other nodes by measuring signal strength and identifying the sender of each received preamble.
Systems and methods are disclosed for transmission and reception of backscattering signals using 2K Phase Shift Keying (PSK) (2K-PSK) modulation and/or multiple access techniques.
H04B 5/77 - Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems specially adapted for specific purposes for interrogation
A first entity in a communications network that includes a second entity can determine a discontinuous reception (“DRX”) cycle start time based on a number of times a frame number (“FN”) has wrapped around. The first entity can further initiate a DRX cycle at the DRX cycle start time.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for a local protocol data unit session anchor (PSA) selection. A method (300) performed by a first network node comprises: receiving (S302) from a second network node, a first list of data network access identifier, DNAI; and selecting (S304) a user plane function, UPF, based at least on the first list of DNAI. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, by receiving a first list of DNAI, a first network node may select UPF in time when needed. Therefore, the problem that the DNAI might not be available when the network node needs to select a UPF at some time point will be avoided.
A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. A method in a wireless device (WD) configured to communicate with a network node of a non-terrestrial network (NTN) using a connection via one or more cells served by the network node is described. The method includes receiving, from the network node, information usable to perform one or more actions associated with maintaining the connection via the one the one or more cells and performing the one or more actions associated with maintaining the connection via the one the one or more cells based at least in part on the received information. The one or more actions include selecting one or more cells in advance of a radio link failure associated with the connection.
Systems and methods for dynamically updating a topology for an application aware multi-path connection to a target wireless communication device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a master topology function to dynamically update a topology for a multi-path connection to a target wireless communication device comprises determining the topology such that the topology satisfies one or more application-level requirements for the particular application. The method further comprises configuring the source wireless node, the target wireless communication device, and the one or more additional wireless communication devices in accordance with the determined topology to provide the multi-path connection. The method further comprises dynamically updating the determined topology based on: (a) information about an actual or predicted degradation of at least one of the active links, (b) a change in a Quality of Service (QoS) for the particular application, or (c) a change in the application-level requirements.
Embodiments include methods for a user equipment (UE) configured to operate in a cell served by a radio access network (RAN) node. Such methods include receiving at least the following information from the RAN node during a first procedure: downlink (DL) data associated with an application hosted by the UE, and a timing advance (TA) command applicable to UE uplink (UL) transmissions to the RAN node. Such methods include initiating a time alignment timer (TAT) in response to receiving the TA command. Such methods include, after completion of the first procedure and based on determining that the TAT has not expired, transmitting to the RAN node one or more messages according to a timing adjusted based on the TA command. Other embodiments include complementary methods for a RAN node, as well as UEs and RAN nodes configured to perform such methods.
A computer-implemented method, performed by a first node. The method is for handling information pertaining to a group of devices. The first node operates in a communications system. The first node receives a first request from a second node to receive first information pertaining to an event for the group of devices. The request includes a first indication indicating that the group of devices is restricted to operate in one or more areas indicated by the second node. The first node also obtains, responsive to the received first request, second information regarding which one or more third nodes serve at least one of the indicated areas. The first node then sends, responsive to the obtained second information, a respective additional request to the one or more third nodes, requesting to receive the first information.
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POWER EFFICIENT TRANSMISSION AND SCHEDULING OF COOPERATIVE DEVICES IN THE UPLINK
A user equipment, UE, method, computer program, and computer program product for scheduling a group data transmission in a group of devices referred to as group devices is provided. The method includes transmitting data to the group devices over a sidelink at a first time. The method includes transmitting a minimum radio quality threshold to the group devices with the data for each group device to compare the group device's quality to the minimum radio quality threshold at a coordinated transmission time. The method includes cooperatively transmitting the data towards a network node at the coordinated transmission time based on the group device quality being above the minimum radio quality threshold on either a configured grant or a dynamically scheduled grant. An analogous network node, method, computer program, and computer program product are also provided.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for transmitting data. The method performed by a communication device comprises: obtaining status information of a plurality of communication networks; generating a policy for transmission, based at least on the status information of the plurality of communication networks; and selecting at least one communication network from the plurality of communication networks for transmitting at least one part of data, based at least on the policy. By selecting at least one communication network from the plurality of communication networks for transmitting at least one part of data, based at least on the policy which is based on status information, one single set of application data could be transmitted via different communication networks, such as different service providers' network, concurrently.
A method, performed by a wireless device (130). The method is for handling a failure in a mobility procedure by the wireless device (130) from a first network node (111) to a second network node (112). The wireless device (130) operates in a wireless communications network (100). The wireless device (130) sends (305), to a third network node (113) serving the wireless device (130) in the wireless communications network (100), one or more indications indicating the failed mobility procedure. The one or more indications comprise at least a first indication. The first indication indicates whether a previous indication that indicated to the wireless device (130) to perform a last completed mobility procedure was received by the wireless device (130) via a Layer 1/Layer 2 operation or via a Layer 3 operation.
Systems and methods are disclosed for including information concerning a selected cell in a failure report. In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless terminal comprises receiving a configuration from a first cell to perform handover to a second cell, the configuration comprising an indication indicating voice fallback purpose. The method further comprises attempting to connect to the second cell using a mobility procedure, determining that a failure has occurred, and storing information associated to the failure in a first report. The method further comprises attempting to perform cell selection in a same radio access technology as the second cell and, as a result, selecting a cell in the same radio access technology as the second cell. The method further comprises storing, in the first report, at least one piece of information that indicates whether the selected cell was a suitable cell or an acceptable cell.
According to certain embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device comprises receiving a first grant and a second grant from a network node. The first grant and the second grant are overlapping. The method comprises determining a prioritized one of the first grant and the second grant and constructing a Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Description Unit (PDU) for the prioritized grant of the first grant and the second grant.
According to certain embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device comprises receiving a first grant and a second grant from a network node. The first grant and the second grant are overlapping. The method comprises determining a prioritized one of the first grant and the second grant and constructing a Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Description Unit (PDU) for the prioritized grant of the first grant and the second grant.
According to certain embodiments, a method performed by a network node comprises transmitting a first grant and a second grant to a wireless device. The first grant and the second grant are overlapping. The method comprises receiving a transmission from the wireless device on a prioritized one of the first grant and the second grant.
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Configuration of measurement requirements on cells and beams in NR is made more efficient by, in a user equipment, UE, receiving, information from a network node, which information indicates: a first number K of beams to be measured by the UE, and a second number L of cells in which the UE is required to measure the first number K of beams. The UE then carries out measurements using the received information; and performs at least one operational task based on a result of the measurements.
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A method, in a first network function, for providing one or more platoon recommendations for platooning of a plurality of communication devices the method comprising: obtaining mobility information for the plurality of communication devices; determining, based on the mobility information, a platoon recommendation comprising a subset of the plurality of communication devices to be grouped into a platoon and a head communication device of the subset of communication devices to be responsible for reporting reference signal measurements on behalf of the platoon; and transmitting the platoon recommendation to a second network function.
A technique for handling a sidelink, SL, positioning procedure is described. As to a method aspect of the technique, information indicative of a distortion of a radio link of at least one radio device among radio devices involved in the SL positioning procedure is obtained. One or more actions that handle the distortion based on the obtained information are performed.
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The disclosure relates to methods and nodes for handling sensing of an object in an environment served by a wireless communication network employing joint communication and sensing. A method (1000) by a first radio node comprises transmitting (1002) a first signal having a first parameter setting for detecting a property of the object using sensing and. upon reception of information on a delayed and/or distorted version of the first signal either transmitting (1005) a second signal having a second parameter setting for determining properties of the object using sensing or reporting (1006) information on the property of the object to a further node that causes transmission of the second signal having the second parameter setting for determining the properties of the object in the environment using sensing. The second parameter setting provides for sensing at higher resolution, in a wider range and/or with higher reliability than the first parameter setting.
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Embodiments of the present disclosure provide method and apparatus for service continuity. A method performed by a first service enabler server comprises receiving context information of a second service enabler server from the second service enabler server. The method further comprises storing the context information of the second service enabler server. The method further comprises sending endpoint information of the first service enabler server to a service enabler client and/or initiating a traffic influence procedure with a network to request replacement of endpoint information of the second service enabler server with the endpoint information of the first service enabler server.
A computer-implemented method is provided performed by a client computing device for decentralized learning based on local learning at the client computing device is provided. The method includes training a local M, model based on an activation function using a local parameter set and a reference parameter set to obtain a setting for respective 5 local parameters in the local parameter set that minimizes a training loss wherein the activation function preserves agreements and discourages disagreements between the local parameter set and the reference parameter set. The method further includes sending the trained local ML model to a server computing device. The method further includes receiving, from the server computing device, a global ML model that meets a convergence criterion. A 10 method performed by a server computing device, and related methods and apparatuses are also provided.
A wireless device (10) receives control data provided by a node (100) of the wireless communication network. The control data indicates a set of one or more supported machine-learning models for encoding and decoding of uplink control signaling from the wireless device (10) to the node (100). The wireless device (10) selects one or more of the machine-learning models from the set. Based on at least one of the one or more selected machine-learning models, the wireless device (10) encodes uplink control signaling from the wireless device (10) to the node (100).
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METHOD FOR DATA COLLECTION FOR SPATIAL DOMAIN BEAM PREDICTIONS
A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. A wireless device is provided. Wireless device is configured to perform measurements on at least one first reference signal resource and at least one second reference signal of a plurality of reference signal resources indicated by a reference signal configuration, the measurements being performed based on a measurement report configuration associated with the plurality of reference signal resources. The wireless device is configured to store the measurements for at least one of training and monitoring a machine learning, ML, model configured to predict at least one of at least one best beam and at least one K-best beam associated with at least one downlink, DL, reference signal transmitted by the network node.
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Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) capacity is increased by introducing Time Domain Orthogonal Cover Codes (TD-OCC) over multiple SRS repetitions. A UE may indicate to the network a capability to support TD-OCC for SRS. In response, the network provides configurations controlling the content and format of the SRS. An SRS resource configuration may include at least an SRS Repetition Factor≥2. A TD-OCC configuration may include at least one of a TD-OCC length and a TD-OCC code. The UE C indication may indicate a maximum TD-OCC length that is supported for an SRS resource; all TD-OCC lengths that are supported; that supported TD-OCC lengths are 2n for positive integers n; that different TD-OCC codes are supported for different SRS ports of an SRS resource; or that the TD-OCC length maybe different than the SRS Repetition Factor. Techniques are disclosed herein for implementing all of these variations.
A network node 1000 in a wireless communication network 100 receives, from a consumer Network Function, NF, a request for an analytics service provided by a Network Data Analytics Function, NWDAF 130, executing on the network node 1000. The request comprises one or more filter criteria. The network node 1000 collects data from one or more NFs within the wireless communication network 100. The network node 1000 generates Packet Flow Description, PFD, information from the collected data based on the filter criteria and sends the PFD information to the consumer NF 115. The consumer NF 115 assigns an application identifier to the PFD information and sends a PFD comprising the application identifier and PFD information to an SMF 180.
A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. At least one embodiment includes a wireless device, WD, configured to communicate with a network node. the WD is configured to, and/or includes a radio interface and/or processing circuitry configured to receive a radio resource management, RRM, report configuration. The wireless device is further configured to estimate at least one RRM metric for each of a first cell and second cell based on Layer 1, L1, measurement, e.g., a beam management, BM, measurement, of the first cell and a pre-determined relationship between the L1 measurement and at least one RRM measurement The wireless device is further configured to perform a RRM procedure based on the estimated at least one RRM metric and the RRM report configuration.
There is disclosed a method of operating a wireless device in a radio access network, the method including transmitting first acknowledgement signaling according to a first HARQ codebook, and transmitting second acknowledgement signaling according to a second HARQ codebook, the first HARQ codebook indicating a first acknowledgement information structure, and the second HARQ codebook indicating a second acknowledgement information structure, wherein the first HARQ codebook and the second HARQ codebook are based on a reception allocation configuration pertaining a first transmission timing interval and decoding timing information indicating a decoding timing capability of the wireless device. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
A method for configuring one or more bandwidth parameters of a Wake-Up Signal (WUS) for a Wake-Up Receiver (WUR) of a User Equipment (UE) to reduce interference with other downlink transmissions. The base station device serving the UE can determine one or more bandwidth parameters (e.g., number of subcarriers, number of resource blocks, sub-carrier spacing, etc.) for the WUS and signal those bandwidth parameters to the UE. Then, when transmitting the WUS according to the bandwidth parameters, the UE can easily decode the WUS and start monitoring during the paging occasion. In one or more embodiments, the base station device can determine the bandwidth parameters based at least in part on the UE capability information which the UE can provide to the base station device.
There is provided mechanisms for configuring a user equipment for single-port transmission. A method is performed by a network node. The method comprises configuring the user equipment to use single port transmission for transmitting on an uplink data channel to the network node. The method comprises transmitting RRC information towards the user equipment. The RRC information indicates a port-switching sequence that defines which sequence of ports to be used by the user equipment for consecutive transmissions of DMRS on the uplink data channel. The method comprises receiving uplink reference signals from the user equipment and uplink data and the DMRS on the uplink data channel from the user equipment.
A technique for detecting a fake radio base station, RBS, in a radio access network, RAN, comprising a plurality of RBSs is described. As to a method aspect, a neural network in an FRD module is trained according to reinforcement learning with a set of experiences. Each of the experiences relates to one of the RBSs and includes a state based on at least one observation of at least one radio device relative to the respective one of the RBSs, an action indicative of a degree of trust whether the respective one of the RBSs is a fake RBS, an updated state for the respective one of the RBSs, and a reward based on a likelihood function. The reward is indicative of a correlation between the action and the likelihood function for the respective one of the RBSs being a fake RBS based on the respective one of the states.
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A method performed by a communication device (12) is disclosed. The communication device (12) stores, at the communication device (12), a self-organizing network, SON, report (16) associated with a non-public network, NPN, including storing the SON report (16) in association with an NPN identifier of the NPN with which the SON report (16) is associated. The communication device (12) also transmits a message to the serving network indicating that the SON report (16) is available at the communication device (12), if a serving network of the communication device (12) is an NPN identified by an NPN identifier which matches the NPN identifier associated with the SON report (16).
A method performed by a computing device for verification of a site deployment is provided. The method includes receiving a query that a property related to an object from a 3-D representation from a scan of the site deployment satisfies a specified property related to the object from a drawing of the design of the site. The method further includes initiating extraction of a first value from a first knowledge graph and a second value from a second knowledge graph. The method further includes determining whether the property related to the object from the 3-D representation satisfies the specified property related to the object from the drawing based on a comparison of the first and second values; and outputting a result.
A method performed by a second network node (13) for handling communication of a UE (10), in a communication network (1). The second network node (13) generates a measurement configuration and a related condition configuration. The second network node (13) transmits to a first network node (12) and/or the UE (10), an indication of the 5 generated measurement configuration and/or the related condition configuration.
Network nodes and methods therein for handling multi-hop configuration of conditional primary secondary cell change or primary secondary cell group cell change (CPC) for a communication device (530, 531) configured with dual connectivity with a master cell group (MCG) managed by a first network node (511), and a secondary cell group (SCG) managed by the second network node (512), in a wireless communication network (500) are provided. Different solutions for enabling multi-hop CPC configurations and implementations of these solutions from the perspective of the first network node (511), the second network node (512), a target candidate network node and the communication device (530, 531) are disclosed.
The number of Demodulation Reference Signals (D.MRS) symbols (or DMRS density) for NR or 6G is dynamically adapted, using a list of configured candidate number of DMRS symbols (or DMRS density). Downlink Control Information (DCI) or Media Access Control (MAC) Control Elements (CE) are used to indicate one of the candidate numbers of DMRS symbols. Methods of adapting the D.MRS processing time for PDSCH scheduled with dynamic indication of number of D.MRS symbols are also disclosed.
A method for reporting radio link failure (RLF) information. The method includes a user equipment (UE) detecting an RLF with respect to a master cell group (MCG). The method also includes, in response to detecting the RLF with respect to the MCG, the UE storing RLF information. The method also includes the UE sending a first message comprising MCG failure information (e.g., the RLF information) and activating a timer. The method also includes the UE receiving a second message after sending the first message and activating the timer. The method also includes the UE, in response to receiving the second message, determining that a condition is satisfied, wherein determining that the condition is satisfied comprises at least determining that the timer is still running. The method also includes, as a result of determining that the condition is satisfied, the UE deleting the RLF information.
H04W 76/38 - Connection release triggered by timers
H04W 84/02 - Hierarchically pre-organised networks, e.g. paging networks, cellular networks, WLAN [Wireless Local Area Network] or WLL [Wireless Local Loop]
A method, apparatus and decoder for replacing decoded parameters in a received multichannel signal in which a frame of consecutive frames of the received multichannel signal is decoded and responsive to receiving a previous frame bad frame indicator while operating in a predictive decoding mode with a current frame of the consecutive frames, it is determined whether a parameter stability measure is below a threshold. Responsive to the parameter stability measure being below the threshold a parameter recovery is activated by retrieving the estimated parameters and replacing decoded parameters of the current frame with the estimated parameters. Otherwise, it is detected whether a source is an active source and responsive to the source being an active source, decoded parameters of the current frame are stored as estimated parameters and the parameter stability measure is determined.
G10L 19/008 - Multichannel audio signal coding or decoding using interchannel correlation to reduce redundancy, e.g. joint-stereo, intensity-coding or matrixing
G10L 19/22 - Mode decision, i.e. based on audio signal content versus external parameters
G10L 25/21 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups characterised by the type of extracted parameters the extracted parameters being power information
G10L 25/78 - Detection of presence or absence of voice signals
Methods for providing network slice bit rate information and enforcing bit rate limitations. An exemplary method provides for receiving a network slice identifier identifying a network slice and corresponding network slice bit rate information (NS-BRI) for the identified network slice. The NS-BRI comprises i) first maximum bit rate information (MBRI) specifying a first maximum bit rate for the network slice and the user equipment, and/or ii) first guaranteed bit rate information (GBRI) specifying a first aggregate guaranteed bit rate for the network slice and the user equipment.
Embodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatuses for reporting Quality of Experience, QoE, measurements for a Multicast Broadcast Service, MBS. A method in a user equipment comprises receiving, from a network node, a configuration configuring the performing and/or reporting of QoE measurements of the MBS, wherein the configuration indicates that QoE measurements are to be performed and/or QoE reports are to be reported upon fulfilment of one or more conditions.
H04W 4/06 - Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]Services to user groupsOne-way selective calling services
In one aspect, a computer-implemented method performed by a first network node in a radio access network (RAN) is provided. The method includes obtaining an output from a machine learning (ML) model. The method includes obtaining an output feedback identifier for the output, wherein the output feedback identifier uniquely identifies the output. The method includes generating a first message, wherein the first message comprises the output feedback identifier. The method includes transmitting, towards a third network node, the first message comprising the output feedback identifier.
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
H04W 24/02 - Arrangements for optimising operational condition
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ON HO TYPE INFORMATION ASSOCIATED TO VOICE FALLBACK HANDOVER
Systems and methods are disclosed that relate to radio link failure reporting with an indication that indicates whether a last successfully completed handover was for voice fallback purposes. In one embodiment, a method performed by a User Equipment (UE) comprises receiving, from a first network node belonging to a first radio access technology, a configuration to perform a handover to a second network node belonging to a second radio access technology, the configuration comprising an indication that indicates that the handover is for voice fallback purpose. The method further comprises connecting to a cell served by the second network node and, responsive to declaring a radio link failure in the cell served by the second network node and the indication, storing information associated to the radio link failure in a report, the information comprising an indication that a last completed handover was for voice fallback purpose.
A method implemented by a first terminal device is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from a first network node, information about network support of an emergency service from a second terminal device; and determining, based on the information received from the first network node, whether a request for the emergency service from the second terminal device is compliant with a local regulation and an operator policy of a serving network of the first terminal device. With the method and device of the present disclosure, a mechanism is provided to apply the local regulation and operator policy of the Relay UE's serving PLMN regarding emergency service to the Remote UE.
A method implemented by a first terminal device is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from a first network node, information about network support of an emergency service from a second terminal device; and determining, based on the information received from the first network node, whether a request for the emergency service from the second terminal device is compliant with a local regulation and an operator policy of a serving network of the first terminal device. With the method and device of the present disclosure, a mechanism is provided to apply the local regulation and operator policy of the Relay UE's serving PLMN regarding emergency service to the Remote UE.
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Embodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatuses for selection of one or more ML client members from a plurality of potential ML client members to perform federated learning. A method in an application function comprises responsive to commencement of the federated learning, obtaining first analytics information relating to communication performance between potential groups of ML servers and a plurality of potential ML client members; and selecting, based on the first analytics information, a first group of ML client members to perform the federated learning from the plurality of potential ML client members.
An interface module according to some embodiments includes a cage, such as a small form factor pluggable (SFP) cage, configured to guide a signal connector towards an interface for connection with the signal connector. The cage includes a first side, an opening in the first side of the cage, and a corrugated thermal coupling member attached to the cage and extending across the opening in the first side of the cage. The corrugated thermal coupling member includes a plurality of alternating ridges and valleys that alternatingly extend above and below the first side.
A communication device in a first communications network can determine minimization drive test, MDT, configuration information. The communication device can further determine first MDT measurements associated with the first communications network based on the MDT configuration information. The communication device can further determine second MDT measurements associated with the second communications network based on the MDT configuration information. The communication device can further store a portion of the first MDT measurements and the second MDT measurements based on the MDT configuration information.
A device-to-device, D2D, communication device (10) receives a first synchronization signal from a first other D2D communication device (10) and receives a second synchronization signal from a second other D2D communication device (10). If the first other D2D communication device (10) and the second other D2D communication device (10) have the same priority level for selection as a synchronization reference, the D2D communication device (10) compares a characteristic of the first other D2D communication device (10) to a characteristic of the second other D2D communication device (10). Based on the comparison, the D2D communication device (10) selects between synchronizing to the first synchronization signal and synchronizing to the second synchronization signal.
Mechanisms for efficient transmission of large amount of download data from a base station to a user equipment in a multi-carrier that minimizes power consumption on the user equipment are described. When multiple component carriers are to be used to transmit the download data, the base station informs the user equipment. The base station transmits on the anchor carriers without wait after informing the user equipment and transmits on the non-anchor carriers after waiting a predetermined delay. The predetermined delay provides time to allow the user equipment to activate the receiving resources and be ready to receive the download data over the non-anchor carriers. In this manner, the user equipment can be in a power conservation mode and activate the receiver resources only when needed.
H04W 40/16 - Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing based on transmission quality or channel quality based on interference
H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
A method for a wake-up transmitter. The method includes generating a wake-up signal (WUS) from a digital WUS sequence having an information symbol rate and a corresponding information symbol bandwidth. The method also includes transmitting the WUS over a frequency range having a signal bandwidth, wherein the signal bandwidth is larger than twice the information symbol rate, and wherein any frequency interval comprised in the frequency range conveys the digital WUS sequence when a width of the frequency interval is at least the information symbol bandwidth.
