Abstract: A method may include sending, by a user equipment that includes a plurality of antenna panels, to a base station, timing information including at least one of a beam switch timing or a beam report timing, wherein the timing information includes timing information provided for at least one of a first mode of operation or a second mode of operation, wherein the first mode of operation comprising the user equipment not performing switching between an active antenna panel and an inactive antenna panel, and the second mode of operation comprising the user equipment performing switching between an active antenna panel and an inactive panel; and receiving, by the user equipment, at least one downlink control information indicating a mode of operation for the user equipment, wherein the indicated mode of operation is at least one of the first mode of operation or the second mode of operation.

Abstract: According to a first embodiment, a method may include determining, by a user equipment, that a secondary cell beam failure has occurred at a medium access control layer. The method may further include determining, by the user equipment, one or more other secondary cell candidates based on at least candidate beam measurements of a primary cell. The method may further include transmitting, by the user equipment, one or more data packets related to one or more selected other secondary cell candidates.

Abstract: A method includes determining whether a downlink beam signal is being received from a base station (502); when the downlink beam signal is being received from the base station, determining whether a measurable property of the downlink beam signal does not meet a preselected threshold (504); when the downlink beam signal is not being received from the base station or when the measurable property of the downlink beam signal does not meet the preselected threshold, transmitting a message to the base station indicating that at least one uplink beam corresponding to the downlink beam has failed (506); and receiving a reply message from the base station with information required to determine a new uplink beam (508).

Abstract: Devices, methods and computer programs for compensation of residual time-frequency error(s) in communications between a network node device and a client device are disclosed. A network node device determines an auxiliary reference signal indication comprising presence information and location information of an auxiliary reference signal in a physical downlink channel transmission. The network node device transmits to the client device the auxiliary reference signal associated with a physical downlink channel in accordance with the determined auxiliary reference signal indication. The client device uses the received auxiliary reference signal for the compensation of the residual time-frequency error(s) in the communications.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a user equipment, a configuration for determining one or more antenna panel-wise cross-link interference measurements from a network entity configured to receive one or more downlink spatial directions. The method also includes calculating, by the user equipment, one or more interference estimates of UL interfering signals and related cross-link interference powers from the network entity. The method further includes transmitting, by the used equipment, one or more interference measurements based upon the configured flexible UL-to-DL cross-link specific resource configuration to the network entity.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for beamforming control. In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method. The method may include providing, by a user equipment configured to include a plurality of antenna panels, capability information to a base station, the capability information including antenna panel information regarding the plurality of antenna panels; and providing, by the user equipment, antenna panel usage information to the base station, the antenna panel usage information indicative of which of the plurality of antenna panels are in at least one of an active transmit state or an active receive state. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus including: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: maintain a measurement report pool including a plurality of measurement reports provided to a base station, each measurement report indicating one or more downlink reference signals; receive information indicating a selected measurement report within the measurement report pool and indicating a selected downlink reference signal within the selected measurement report from a base station; and determine a serving beam based on the selected downlink reference signal within the selected measurement report.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for beam group-based downlink transmit beam indication. Certain embodiments may provide enhancements related to physical layer design for multiple input multiple output and/or enhancements for a beam indication framework for scenarios with multiple transmission reception points and user equipment equipped with multiple antenna panels. A network node may transmit, and a user equipment may obtain, information indicating that one or more activated transmission configuration indictor states are associated with a set of beam groups.

Abstract: A base station including at least one processor, and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the base station at least to configure a user equipment, UE, with a bandwidth part associated with a non-serving cell, and with a reference signal associated with the bandwidth part, and to activate a transmission configuration indicator, ICI, state for PDCCH and/or PDSCH reception within the bandwidth part. The activated TCI state comprises quasi-co-located, QCL, information associated with the reference signal or with a further reference signal.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for facilitating explicit latency mode determination in beam switching. One method may include receiving, by a user equipment, at least one beam switch command from at least one network entity. The user equipment may further determine at least one latency and switching mode, and perform beam switch based on the at least one latency and switching mode.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for supporting a narrow serving beam in a hierarchical beam configuration. For example, certain embodiments may provide a UE that may receive, from a network node, information of a quasi co-location (QCL) configuration of self-contained, aperiodic, and/or semi-persistent tracking reference signals (TRSs) for sub-beams, where a source for one or more TRSs may be channel state information (CSI-RS) without repetition. In addition, the UE may determine these TRSs as self-contained, for which there are no associated periodic TRSs, if there is a TRS configured for an SSB sub-beam.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for beam failure recovery are provided. Beam failure recovery may include detecting and/or declaring, by a user equipment, UE, secondary cell, Scell, beam failure at MAC layer and e.g. determining and/or selecting CSI-RS and/or SSB indexes for transmission to a network node.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods of beam reporting for rank enhancement are provided. One method may include defining an enhanced beam reporting criteria for user equipment (UE) beam reporting. The enhanced beam reporting criteria may be used for transmission rank enhancement. The method may also include configuring at least one user 5 equipment (UE) with the enhanced beam reporting criteria, and receiving at least one beam report, from the at least one user equipment (UE), according to the enhanced beam reporting criteria configured to the at least one user equipment (UE).

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for beamforming control. In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method. The method may include providing, by a user equipment configured to include a plurality of antenna panels, capability information to a base station, the capability information including antenna panel information regarding the plurality of antenna panels; and providing, by the user equipment, antenna panel usage information to the base station, the antenna panel usage information indicative of which of the plurality of antenna panels are in at least one of an active transmit state or an active receive state. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a terminal device, from at least one network device, positioning assistance information based on a predetermined resource configuration framework for positioning reference signals in a beamforming operation. The method also includes receiving a request for at least one measurement from the at least one network device, and determining the at least one measurement based on the predetermined resource configuration framework. The method further includes reporting, in response to the request, the at least one measurement based on the predetermined resource configuration framework.

Abstract: In accordance with example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform determining by a user equipment that the user equipment has missed, or will miss, at least one power saving signal monitoring occasion, where the user equipment is configured to monitor a power saving signal in a first bandwidth part; and based upon the determination that the user equipment has missed, or will miss, the at least one power saving signal monitoring occasion, causing the user equipment to monitor a physical downlink control channel on the first bandwidth part during an on-duration of discontinuous reception.

Abstract: A method may include sending, by a user equipment that includes a plurality of antenna panels, to a base station, timing information including at least one of a beam switch timing or a beam report timing, wherein the timing information includes timing information provided for at least one of a first mode of operation or a second mode of operation, wherein the first mode of operation comprising the user equipment not performing switching between an active antenna panel and an inactive antenna panel, and the second mode of operation comprising the user equipment performing switching between an active antenna panel and an inactive panel; and receiving, by the user equipment, at least one downlink control information indicating a mode of operation for the user equipment, wherein the indicated mode of operation is at least one of the first mode of operation or the second mode of operation.

Abstract: A technique of accounting for the difference in required output power reduction or required duty cycle when selecting the RO in addition to the DL RS. Both output power reduction and duty cycle are independently determined by UE itself (i.e., UE needs to be able to determine itself required power backoff and/or duty cycle in order to meet RF exposure requirements). Advantageously, a RACH procedure in which the UE determines both output power reduction and duty cycle independently enables better choices of output power reduction and duty cycle, enhancing data activity and coverage.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a user device, a configuration for beam reporting, where the configuration comprises one of: an indication to provide separate reporting for downlink beam selection and uplink beam selection; or an indication to provide reporting for uplink beam selection.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing multi-beam downlink channel control procedures. The invention allows for power savings at a user device by indicating what states are to be used and/or indicating deactivation of receiver panels. This is accomplished, at least partially, through the use of a transmission configuration indication table based, at least partially, on measurements made by a user device and panel tags indicating the panels used to make those measurements. Determining optimal downlink and uplink beam selection is accomplished with reference to user device measurements and reporting.