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: According to an example embodiment, a method may include receiving, by a user device in a wireless network, an uplink grant, the uplink grant indicating granted resources having a priority level; determining, by the user device, whether or not information to be transmitted has a priority level that matches the priority level of the granted resources; and transmitting, by the user device, the information via at least a portion of the granted resources, and an indication of whether or not a priority level of the information matches a priority level of the granted resources.

Abstract: Various example embodiments provide efficient jitter control by means of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process. Abase station may transmit to a UE a forwarding time parameter for data packet(s) associated with a HARQ process. The UE 110 may store the data packet(s) in a HARQ buffer and determine to hold the data packet(s) in the HARQ buffer until a delivery time determined based on the forwarding time parameter. Once the delivery time has been reached, the UE may forward the data packets to higher protocol layers. This enables efficient jitter control of a data packet flow. Apparatuses, methods, and computer programs are disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising cancelling a first physical uplink shared channel comprising a first set of uplink control information. The first set of uplink control information is stored. At least a part of the first set of uplink control information is multiplexed on a second physical uplink shared channel. The second physical uplink shared channel is transmitted to a base station.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for device-to-device (D2D) assisted 5G timing synchronization by enabling or disabling time compensation are provided. One method may include determining to initiate a procedure to determine whether to enable or disable propagation delay (PD) compensation for acquiring 5G system (5GS) timing with a sidelink (SL) group of user equipment. When it is determined to initiate the procedure, the method may include transmitting propagation delay (PD) information of the user equipment as a sidelink (SL) groupcast message over a sidelink (SL) control channel to at least one of the group of user equipment, receiving at least one of acknowledgement or nonacknowledgement from one or more of the group of user equipment, and determining whether to enable or disable the propagation delay (PD) compensation based on the received acknowledgement or nonacknowledgement from the group of user equipment.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from efficient communications. For example, low latency long term evolution (LTE) systems may benefit from a short physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) arrangement. A method may include operating a user equipment to follow a shortened transmission time interval. The shortened transmission time interval can be an integer number, L, of symbols in length. The method can also include sending a demodulation reference signal in at least a first symbol of the L symbols of the shortened transmission time interval.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided for constructing a HARQ-ACK codebook for managing the trade-off between codebook size and feedback granularity. In an example implementation, the method may include a network node determining a second time domain resource allocation table and transmitting configuration information to the UE. The method may further include the network node transmitting downlink data to the UE and receiving the one or more ACKs and/or NACKs from the UE in response to the transmitting of the downlink data, the one or more ACKs/NACKs being generated based at least on the second time resource allocation table. In another example implementation, the method may include a user equipment (UE) receiving configuration information from a network node, receiving downlink data from the network node, and transmitting one or more ACKs/NACKs to the network node.

Abstract: A technique may include controlling downlink transmission of an uplink grant for one or more uplink data transmissions by a communication device. The uplink grant identifies one combination from a set of predetermined combinations of one or more transmission time intervals and one or more uplink reference signal transmissions, including at least one combination of two or more transmission time intervals and one or more uplink reference signal transmissions. The technique may also include using the one or more uplink reference signal transmissions of the identified combination to assist the recovery of data from the one or more uplink radio data transmissions by the communication device in the one or more transmission time intervals of the identified combination.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for the determination of PUSCH power control are provided. One method may include receiving, at a UE, at least one dedicated subset of power control parameters and corresponding values to be used for PUSCH power control in a case where a high priority UCI is multiplexed on a low priority PUSCH, and determining one subset from the at least one dedicated subset of power control parameters, or determining one subset from the at least one dedicated subset of power control parameters and determining at least one parameter from the determined subset. The method may also include applying, by the UE, the determined dedicated subset of power control parameters or the determined at least one power control parameter from the determined dedicated subset of power control parameters for determining the PUSCH transmission power when the high-priority UCI is multiplexed on the low-priority PUSCH.

Abstract: There is provided a method to operate a first apparatus (100) of a cellular radio communications network, wherein the method comprises: receiving a plurality of PUCCH, Physical Uplink Control Channel, configuration parameters; and transmitting UCI, Uplink Control Information, via a PUCCH, wherein the PUCCH is configured according to at least one of the received plurality of PUCCH configuration parameters.

Abstract: There is provided a method comprising controlling receiving, at a node, subframe type configuration information, said subframe type configuration information defining at least one subframe type of a group of subframes to be used in a secondary cell, said secondary cell configured to provide at least one of licensed-assisted access, licensed shared access and co-primary sharing access and using said subframe type configuration information to cause the node to operate in accordance with that configuration in the secondary cell.

Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a terminal device configured to perform the following. Initially, the terminal device monitors physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, transmissions according to a first set of rules. The first set of rules comprises rules for performing monitoring over at least two beam pair links, each beam pair link corresponding to a control resource set, CORESET, with a different active transmission configuration indication, TCI, state. The terminal device receives, using a first CORESET with a first active TCI state from an access node, an indication for limiting monitoring and consequently limits monitoring of PDCCH transmissions associated with CORESETs having a TCI state other than the first active TCI state for a period of time.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for supporting different downlink and/or uplink processing times on a serving cell are provided. This can be used, for example, to support mixed enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) and/or ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) traffic on the cell.

Abstract: In accordance with example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to identify, by a user equipment of a communication network, downlink control information (DCI) indicating that at least one hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) codebook scheduled earlier for transmission needs to be re-transmitted in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) occasion indicated by the DCI and identifying which at least one HARQ-ACK codebook scheduled earlier for transmission needs to be re-transmitted in the PUCCH occasion. And based on the DCI, prepare the PUCCH for re-transmitting the identified at least one HARQ-ACK codebook in the PUCCH occasion. Further, to determine and transmit, by a network equipment of a communication network, the DCI to the user equipment of the communication network and to receive the PUCCH for re-transmitting the at least one HARQ-ACK codebook in the PUCCH occasion from the user equipment.

Abstract: An example technique may include transmitting, by a base station via a component carrier in a licensed band, control information including a resource allocation that identifies time-frequency resources for periodical transmission opportunities to be used for the conditional transmission of discovery reference signals via a secondary component carrier in an unlicensed band, determining, prior to each transmission opportunity, whether the secondary component carrier in the unlicensed band is unoccupied, and transmitting, if the secondary component carrier in the unlicensed band is unoccupied, the discovery reference signals via the secondary component carrier in the unlicensed band using the identified time-frequency resources to one or more user devices.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for the determination of PUSCH power control are provided. One method may include receiving, at a UE, at least one dedicated subset of power control parameters and corresponding values to be used for PUSCH power control in a case where a high priority UCI is multiplexed on a low priority PUSCH, and determining one subset from the at least one dedicated subset of power control parameters, or determining one subset from the at least one dedicated subset of power control parameters and determining at least one parameter from the determined subset. The method may also include applying, by the UE, the determined dedicated subset of power control parameters or the determined at least one power control parameter from the determined dedicated subset of power control parameters for determining the PUSCH transmission power when the high-priority UCI is multiplexed on the low-priority PUSCH.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for semi-static pattern for change of cell for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) are provided. One method may include configuring at least one user equipment (UE) with a configuration for more than one serving cell for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission within at least one physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) cell group, and configuring the at least one user equipment (UE) with a configuration for a time-domain pattern of an applicable physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) cell within the at least one physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) cell group.

Abstract: An apparatus including circuitry configured for: transmitting a first data flow in resources of a first periodic resource configuration; and transmitting a second data flow in resources of a second periodic resource configuration, determining that there is an at least partial overlap in time between a first allocation of the first periodic resource configuration and a second allocation of the second periodic resource configuration; and in response to determining that there is the at least partial overlap, transmitting data of the first data flow and data of the second data flow in resources of at least one further periodic resource configuration.

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: A method including receiving at a wireless communication device first and second scheduling information indicative of attributes related to a data transmission. The first scheduling information including information indicative of contents attributes of the data transmission, and the subsequently received second scheduling information being indicative of time attributes of the data transmission.