Abstract: An apparatus configured to store a bandwidth part arrangement of the bandwidth part into plural physical resource blocks which are grouped into bundles forming a bundle grid, wherein the bandwidth part includes at least one guard band, to determine at least one of the bundles as partially overlapping with the at least one guard band, each partially overlapping bundle including overlapping and non-overlapping physical resource blocks, and to at least one of: 1) re-assign at least one of the non-overlapping physical resource blocks to a non-overlapping bundle immediately preceding or immediately following, in the bundle grid, the partially overlapping bundle, 2) re-align a first physical resource block of the non-overlapping bundle immediately following the partially overlapped bundle to coincide with a guard band end, and 3) re-align a last physical resource block of the non-overlapping bundle immediately preceding the partially overlapped bundle to coincide with a guard band start.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, the at least one memory and computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: receive, at a first network repository function in a first network from a security edge protection proxy in a second network, a request for discovering one or more roaming hubs and/or security edge protection proxies in the first network; and send, from the first network repository function to the security edge protection proxy in the second network, a response comprising information identifying the one or more roaming hubs and/or security edge protection proxies in the first network and information identifying one or more further networks which can be reached via a respective roaming hub and/or security edge protection proxy in the first network.

Abstract: If a first condition for a handover of an analytics calculation for a user equipment by an analytics function is met, the analytics function requests, of at least one other analytics function of the communication network, preparation of the handover of the analytics calculation. If a second condition for the handover of the analytics calculation is met, the analytics function confirms the handover to one of the at least one other analytics function, the analytics calculation for the user equipment at the analytics function being deemed complete.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for packet combining for PDCP duplication, e.g., in ultra-reliable low-latency-communication (URLLC) scenarios are provided. One method may include providing, from a network node to at least one second node, a pointer to an earlier or first transmission of a protocol data unit (PDU). The pointer may be used by subsequent transmissions of the protocol data unit (PDU) through the at least one second node to indicate to a user equipment (UE) what transmissions are to be combined.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for channel state information (CSI) configuration and reporting for multi-transmission reception point (TRP) operation are provided. One method may include configuring a user equipment (UE), by a network node, to provide independent channel state information (CSI) feedback per transmission reception point (TRP) and to indicate additional information. The configuring of the UE may include configuring the UE with at least one of several reporting options for generating a combined channel state information (CSI) report.

Abstract: It is provided a method, comprising monitoring if a generic objective for a network is received; translating the generic objective into specific objectives based on a behavioral matrix if the generic objective is received, wherein each of the specific objectives is specific for a respective network element; requesting, for each of the specific objectives, an automation function of the respective network element to achieve the specific objective, identifying, for each of the specific objectives, based on a stored association table, a distributed control function controlling the automation function of the respective network element; informing, for each of the specific objectives, the identified distributed control function on the specific objective for the respective network element; supervising if a feedback is received from one of the distributed control functions, wherein the feedback indicates to which degree one of the specific objectives is achieved; adapting the behavioral matrix based on the feedback.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising capturing spatial audio data during an image capturing process, determining an orientation of an image capturing device during the spatial audio data capture, generating an audio focus signal from said captured spatial audio data (wherein said audio focus signal is focused in an image capturing direction of said image capturing device), generating modified spatial audio data (e.g. by modifying the captured spatial audio data to compensate for changes in orientation during the spatial audio data capture), and generating an audio output signal from a combination of the audio focus signal and the modified spatial audio data.

Abstract: Aspects and embodiments relate generally to mechanisms to support power saving in a wireless communication network and more particularly to supporting discontinuous reception of a wake-up signal receiver at an apparatus comprising a wake-up signal receiver and a main radio receiver. One aspect provides an apparatus, comprising: a main radio receiver; a wake-up signal receiver; and a timer. The wake-up signal receiver comprises: circuitry configured to receive at least a portion of a broadcast message; circuitry configured to evaluate the received portion of the broadcast message to determine a time marker; and circuitry configured to provide the time marker to the timer. The apparatus may comprise a UE and may therefore be configured to align internal time keeping with the time keeping of a network, thus allowing discontinuous reception and associated energy savings, without transmission of additional specific synchronisation messaging by a network.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an apparatus comprising: means for determining (1100), by a sidelink manager, a first resource allocation used by a first module for performing sidelink communications via a first radio access technology; means for determining (1102), by the sidelink manager, a second resource allocation used by a second module for performing sidelink communications via a second radio access technology; means for determining (1104), by the sidelink manager, a resource allocation conflict based on the first resource allocation and the second resource allocation; means for converting (1106), by the sidelink manager, the first resource allocation into a converted first resource allocation compatible with the second radio access technology or the second resource allocation into a converted second resource allocation compatible with the first radio access technology; and means for sending (1108), by the sidelink manager, the converted first resource allocation to the second module or the converted second

Abstract: A method for performing over the air (OTA) testing of a UE in a testing chamber including at least one probe antenna includes generating a first emulated downlink (DL) signal of a first virtual transmission/reception point (TRP) located at a first virtual location and a second emulated DL signal of a second virtual TRP located at a second virtual location in accordance with a first signal alternation profile and a second signal alternation profile, respectively, the first signal alternation profile including one or more first alternation characteristics that vary over time with simulated movement of the UE relative to the first virtual location, the second signal alternation profile including one or more second alternation characteristics that vary over time with simulated movement of the UE relative to the second virtual location; and transmitting signals for testing the UE based on the first and second emulated DL signals.

Abstract: An example embodiment relates to a method comprising: receiving (700), by a client device, information about a scene associated with a 3D presentation for initiating viewport rendering by an application, wherein said scene is hosted by a server as one or more encoded 2D patches, said 2D patches being projections of the 3D representation of the scene; providing (702) the server with information for selecting 2D patches required to reconstruct at least one segment of the 3D scene as visible in a given viewport; obtaining (704), from the server, one or more video bitstreams generated based on the selected 2D patches and related metadata for extracting said 2D patches from said one or more video bitstreams; and rendering (706), by the client device, the given viewport as a sub-segment of the 3D representation of the scene based on said one or more 2D patches and the related metadata.

Abstract: A method comprising: detecting at a device associated with a first public land mobile network, a cell; receiving, for each of a plurality of public land mobile networks supported by the cell, an indication as to whether or not the cell is available for standalone access for that public land mobile network; and determining, in dependence upon the indications and based on the first public land mobile network, whether to request standalone access of the cell.

Abstract: According to a first embodiment, a method may include determining, by the user equipment, that a number of beam failure instances is greater than or equal to at least one threshold. The method may further include initiating, by the user equipment, at least one measurement on at least one beam candidate set. The method may further include suspending, by the user equipment, non-beam candidate measurements performed by the user equipment.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for data transmission are presented.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from suitable coding schemes. For example, certain wireless communication systems may benefit from using low density parity check and other reliability mechanisms. A method can include communicating at least one transport block for ultra-reliable low-latency communications between a sending device and a receiving device. The transport block can be coded using a base graph according to one of the following three options: using only low density parity check base graph #2; using only low density parity check base graph #2 and truncated low density parity check base graph #1; or using low density parity check base graph #2, truncated low density parity check base graph #1, and low density parity check base graph #3.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for supporting precision timing protocol (PTP) based time sensitive network (TSN) applications are provided. One method includes configuring, by a network node, a user equipment connection and user contexts for an industrial automation and control (IAC) system or configuring at least one time synchronized radio bearer for a user equipment. The method may also include determining synchronization configuration on the at least one time synchronized radio bearer for the industrial automation and control (IAC) system, and distributing the synchronization configuration periodically or on a need basis to one or more serving network nodes for the industrial automation and control (IAC) system.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus comprising means for providing a request to an application client from a server for the application, or receiving a request from the application client at the server, for uplink transmission of cooperative awareness messages from the application client to a network, determining requirements associated with the application for cooperative awareness messages, based on the requirements, providing a request from the server to the network for resources and QoS parameters for uplink transmission of the cooperative awareness messages from the application client to the network, receiving at the server an indication of the availability of resources from the network; determining, based on the application requirements and the availability of resources, criteria for use in determining which of the cooperative awareness messages to provide to the network and providing the criteria to the application client from the server.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising, determining a beam failure detection reference signal configuration for a dormant bandwidth part based on a beam failure detection reference signal configuration of another bandwidth part and performing beam failure detection on the dormant bandwidth part according to the determined beam failure detection reference signal configuration.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising determining a first time period during which radio mobility of one or more terminal devices is not expected, determining a second time period during which radio mobility of the one or more terminal devices is expected, determining a first synchronization signal block, SSB, transmission mode that is to be applied during the first time period, and determining a second synchronization signal block, SSB, transmission mode that is to be applied during the second time period.

Abstract: There is disclosed methods, apparatuses and computer program products for an authentication procedure in a unicast device to device communication. In accordance with an embodiment the method comprises receiving from an initiating device a request to establish a unicast device to device communication between the initiating device and a target device; sending from the target device an authentication request to the initiating device for authenticating the initiating device; receiving from the initiating device an authentication response to the authentication request including one or more parameters related to the authentication; providing information of the one or more parameters to the application; examining by an application in the target device whether the one or more parameters can be accepted; and if the examining reveals that at least one of the one or more parameters cannot be accepted, sending an authentication failure message to the initiating device.