Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for selecting or prioritizing between a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and synchronization signal block (SSB) reception are provided. One method may include, when outside a SMTC window and when PDSCH resource allocation overlaps with an occupied SSB location, selecting between the PDSCH and SSB reception according to defined rules.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for maximum permissible exposure (MPE) uplink (UL) budget prioritization for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) are provided. For example, with a restricted UL power budget under MPE event duration, the user equipment (UE) may prioritize the transmissions of control signals (e.g., PUCCH, medium access control control element (MAC CE), or PUSCH carrying measurement report only) over PUSCH carrying UL user plane traffic.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a method for configuring user devices to monitor a downlink control channel includes receiving, by a user device from a base station in a wireless communication system, a signaling message identifying beam information, and determining, by the user device, whether the beam information is associated with at least one adaptive configuration parameter for monitoring a downlink control channel using parameter mapping information, where the parameter mapping information associates adaptive configuration parameters with one or more of a plurality of beam information. The method includes applying the at least one adaptive configuration parameter to configure the user device to monitor a downlink control channel in response to the beam information being determined as associated with the at least one adaptive configuration parameter.

Abstract: A user equipment includes a plurality of antenna panels, at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the user equipment to: identify a potential change in active antenna panel at the user equipment from a first of the plurality of antenna panels to a second of the plurality of antenna panels; and transmit at least one early panel switch detection message indicating the potential change in active antenna panel to a base station serving the user equipment.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method comprising receiving a message at a user equipment (UE) from a base station (BS) the message including a constraint threshold, receiving a message at the UE from the BS the message including a fallback beam reporting mode, performing by the UE downlink (DL) reference signal (RS) measurements, determining by the UE a difference between DL RS measurements, and in response to determining the difference between DL RS measurements is not less than the constraint threshold switch to the fallback beam reporting mode.

Abstract: According to an example, there is provided an apparatus being configured to: receive, by a user device from an access node, at least one channel status reporting configuration dedicated for reporting exposure incidents of power or energy density, wherein the at least one channel status reporting configuration comprises at least one exposure indication sequence; determine or predict an exposure incident for at least one beam, and as a response to the determining or predicting the exposure incident adjust experienced transmission power, report the exposure incident to the access node by a channel status message comprising the at least one exposure indication sequence and information on the adjusting using physical channel resources according to the at least one channel status reporting configuration, and receive, as a response to the reporting, control information, wherein the control information comprises acknowledgement to the adjusting, transmission configuration and/or information request.

Abstract: A method can include transmitting, by a user equipment to a base station, coherence information indicating, based on precoding to be performed in association with transmission, whether multiple transmission signals to be transmitted via multiple transmission ports will be coherent with each other, receiving, from the base station, a transmission indication message, the transmission indication message assigning uplink transmission resources and coherence information to the multiple transmission ports, and transmitting, to the base station via the assigned uplink transmission resources, the multiple transmission signals via the multiple transmission ports.

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: There is provided an apparatus comprising 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 to perform: determining synchronization signal block(s) that have been transmitted in a serving cell; receiving group information of tracking reference signals, the group information comprising an indication on the synchronization signal block(s) for which a tracking reference signal has been configured in the serving cell; receiving mapping information comprising an indication on how individual tracking reference signal is mapped to a slot structure; and determining time domain position(s) of tracking reference signal(s) of the apparatus based on the group information and the mapping information.

Abstract: An apparatus and method facilitating communication using reduced bandwidth NR transmissions, where some part of the bandwidth defined by the CORESET is punctured and not available for the reduced bandwidth NR signals. The user equipment receiving these signals determines that puncturing is applied to some frequency domain resource elements within the bandwidth and identifies at least one valid candidate resource within the bandwidth. The at least one valid candidate resource comprises a candidate resource with less than at least one predetermined threshold amount of punctured resource elements. The user equipment then only monitors a subset of the plurality of candidate resources, the subset consisting of the at least one valid candidate resource and skips monitoring of the candidate resources that it deems to be invalid.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for determining a set of beams for use in transmitting and/or receiving at least one signal in a first frequency range; determining at least one mapped beam, wherein determining the at least one mapped beam comprises mapping at least one beam of the set of beams to at least a second, different frequency range; and causing transmission and/or reception of at least one signal in the second, different frequency range using the at least one mapped beam.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for a terminal, apparatus for a terminal, the apparatus being caused to determine that at least one uplink resource is associated with a reduced uplink transmission power; and transmit an identification of the at least one uplink resource to a network apparatus.

Abstract: A method including, detecting, by a base station in a wireless communication system, within an RAR window, at least one of multiple first messages from a plurality of user equipments, wherein the plurality of user equipments is permitted to transmit multiple first messages within the RAR window, and wherein each first message includes a PRACH preamble; in response to receiving at least one PRACH preamble in the at least one of multiple first messages, transmitting at least one second message including an RAR downlink channel for each preamble received; receiving at least one third message, from at least one user equipment of the plurality of user equipments, including a beam connection request and transmitting at least one fourth message to the at least one user equipment on the requested beam.

Abstract: A method may include measuring, by a user device in a wireless network, a plurality of downlink reference signals received from a network node, wherein the plurality of downlink reference signals are associated with a group of transmission configuration indication (TCI) states that may be used at least for uplink communication by the user device; determining, by the user device based at least on the measuring, a plurality of subsets of the downlink reference signals, wherein the TCI states associated with any one subset of the plurality of subsets of downlink reference signals may be activated at a time by the user device for uplink transmission; and sending, by the user device to the network node, a measurement report that indicates one or more downlink reference signals for each subset of the plurality of subsets.

Abstract: Method, apparatus, and computer program product for a CORESET beam recovery procedure and a QCL association beam recovery procedure where a condition or rule based UE initiated change of active TCI state is used. The CORESET beam recovery procedure involves a downlink reference signal corresponding to a transmission configuration indication state activated for certain CORESET being determined as a beam failure detection resource. The QCL association beam recovery procedure concerns a UE transmitting a UL request signal to require switching an active TCI state of the CORESET to a currently deactivated TCI state of the same CORESET.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for reporting of feasibility of activated transmission configuration indicator/transmission coordination indication (TCI) states. For example, a user equipment (UE) may determine whether one or more measurements satisfy one or more thresholds for one or more TCI states, and may transmit an indication of whether the one or more measurements satisfy the one or more thresholds. The UE may then deactivate at least one of the one or more activated TCI states, or may activate one or more additional TCI states, based on the indication, and may use one or more of the activated TCI states for a downlink (DL) or uplink (UL) transmission.

Abstract: An apparatus in a communications device includes circuitry configured for determining one or more parameters for one or more downlink signals received by a plurality of antenna arrangements of a set of antenna arrangements and for causing the communications device to transmit to an access point using a subset of said set of antenna arrangements, the subset of said set of antenna arrangements being selected on the determined one or more parameter.

Abstract: Disclosed is inter alia an apparatus comprising means for obtaining (201) a resource configuration for a control channel carrying control data, obtaining (201) information indicating a transmission period for a repeated transmission of said control data on said control channel; obtaining (201) transmission configuration data defining one or more transmission states for 5 said resource configuration; obtaining (202) monitoring information indicating one or more monitoring occasions associated with said resource configuration; and monitoring (206-211) said control channel for control data on said monitoring occasions by using a mapping scheme between at least one of said one or more transmission states and said monitoring occasions within said transmission period.

Abstract: A method including, detecting, by a base station in a wireless communication system, within an RAR window, at least one of multiple first messages from a plurality of user equipments, wherein the plurality of user equipments is permitted to transmit multiple first messages within the RAR window, and wherein each first message includes a PRACH preamble; in response to receiving at least one PRACH preamble in the at least one of multiple first messages, transmitting at least one second message including an RAR downlink channel for each preamble received; receiving at least one third message, from at least one user equipment of the plurality of user equipments, including a beam connection request and transmitting at least one fourth message to the at least one user equipment on the requested beam.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for signal block mapping are provided. One method includes configuring, by a network node (e.g., base station or eNB), a group of discovery signaling blocks. The method may then include mapping the discovery signaling blocks of the group onto a subframe structure, including the group information into each of the discovery signaling blocks, and transmitting the discovery signaling blocks in the subframe structure.