Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to determination of terminal device's identify. A terminal device determines an identity (ID) of the terminal device based on configuration status of extended Discontinuous Reception (eDRX) and current Radio Resource Control (RRC) state of the terminal device; and determines one or both of paging frame (PF) and paging occasion (PO) based on the determined ID of the terminal device. In this way, paging in the eDRX can work well in RRC idle state or RRC inactive state, and the network and the UE may be synchronized with UE's PF and PO for paging in the eDRX.

Abstract: An apparatus including: at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory 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: determine initiation for an uplink small data transmission for the apparatus; trigger a report, where the report is triggered by the determined initiation for the small data transmission; determine at least one predetermined condition; based upon the at least one predetermined condition, determine to cancel the report triggered by the initiation for the small data transmission; and transmit or cause transmitting of the uplink small data transmission.

Abstract: An apparatus includes: at least one processor; and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: transmit, to a network node, a random access preamble during a random access procedure; and receive, from the network node, a message including an indication, wherein the indication indicates one of: one random access response that accommodates a bandwidth limitation of the terminal device, wherein the bandwidth limitation of the terminal device is within a wider system bandwidth, or multiple random access responses comprising a first random access response that does not accommodate the bandwidth limitation of the terminal device, and a second random access response that accommodates the bandwidth limitation of the terminal device.

Abstract: In accordance with example embodiment of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform at least perform receiving, by a user equipment, from one or more network nodes one or more extended discontinuous reception configurations. There is based on the receiving, determining by the user equipment to apply an extended discontinuous reception or discontinuous reception, wherein the determining is based on at least one of a radio resource control state of the user equipment or extended discontinuous reception allowance information received from a network node.

Abstract: There are provided apparatuses, methods and computer program products. In accordance with an embodiment, there is disclosed a method including obtaining a status of at least one control element regarding allowability of small data transmission by the user equipment; examining the status to determine whether small data transmission by the user equipment is prohibited or allowed in an inactive state of the user equipment; causing, based on the determination, the user equipment to perform either initiation of a small data transmission procedure in the inactive state if the status indicates that initiation of the small data transmission is not prohibited; or prohibiting initiation of the small data transmission procedure.

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: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for access management for reduced capability (RedCap) devices. A method may include acquiring system information from a cell. In some example embodiments, the system information may provide a control resource set zero configuration. The method may also include monitoring a physical downlink control channel based on the control resource set zero configuration. The method may further include receiving, from the physical downlink control channel, downlink control information that indicates a resource allocation for a system information block. In addition, the method may include determining, from the resource allocation whether the cell is barred.

Abstract: The method at the user equipment (UE) includes first receiving authorization information, the authorization information including configuration data for reduced capability (REDCAP) devices in the communication network, second receiving system information from at least one first base station serving a first cell, the system information including information specific to a device category associated with the UE, determining access information for the first cell, based at least in part on the system information and the authorization information, and accessing the first cell, or identifying a second cell. The user equipment and the base station are configured to perform the method, thereof.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to transmission in a small data transmission mode. A first device selects, based on a mode selection configuration, a small data transmission mode to be initiated from a plurality of small data transmission modes. The second device determines selection of a small data transmission mode to be initiated by a first device from a plurality of small data transmission modes. The first device performs a small data transmission procedure with the second device according to the selected small data transmission mode. Through this solution, a suitable SDT mode is selected based on the predetermined or predefined mode selection configuration.

Abstract: A UE receives configuration of early state handling assistance information and determines whether early state handling assistance should be reported in a request for a connection to a network. The UE requests the connection to the network, performing one of the following: reporting the early state handling assistance from the network using RRC message(s); or not reporting the early state handling assistance from the network, by the UE using RRC message(s) without an indication of early state handling assistance. A base station transmits the configuration, receives the RRC message(s), and determines whether the message(s) include reporting of the early state handling assistance.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for determining random access channel (RACH) resources or parameters based on network slice-based resource allocation classes (RACs) may be provided. A mapping between network slices and a set of RACs may be determined by a core network (CN). The CN may send this mapping to the UE. The UE may select RACH resources or parameters for a network slice. The radio access network (RAN) may determine a mapping between the RACs and the RACH resources or parameters. The UE may determine the corresponding RACH resources or parameters to be used for a RAC.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and computer programs for determining and using a radio network temporary identifier are disclosed. A method includes determining an offset; determining a first radio network temporary identifier based, at least partially, upon the offset; and using the first radio network temporary identifier for subsequently transmitting a message to a device.

Abstract: At a user equipment in a connected mode with a wireless network, transmitting by the user equipment measurement activity information to the wireless network. The user equipment performs measurements. At a network node having configured user equipment to a connected mode, configuring, by the network node, the user equipment to report measurement activity information to the network node. The network node receives the measurement activity information from the user equipment.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of data transmission with security parameters. The method comprises: receiving, from a second device, a first plurality of parameters associated with a connection resume procedure between the first device and the second device; in accordance with a determination that the connection resume procedure is to be performed, transmitting, in the inactive state and to the second device, a request for connection resume, the request comprising one or more of the first plurality of parameters; and performing the connection resume procedure with the second device. In this way, the terminal device is capable of triggering non-SDT procedure when the SDT procedure is ongoing.

Abstract: There are provided apparatuses, methods and computer program products. In accordance with an embodiment, there is disclosed a method comprising activating a secondary cell group provided by a secondary node co-operating with a master node for providing dual-connectivity communication resources for a user equipment. The activation is initiated either by the secondary node or the master node. Wherein when the activation is initiated by the secondary node a request is formed to activate the secondary cell group and the request is sent on a data radio bearer to the master node to be delivered to the user equipment for activation of the secondary cell group; and an activation indication is received from the user equipment. Wherein when the activation is initiated by the master node at least one message is received from the user equipment or from the master node; and initiation of the activation of the secondary cell group provided by the secondary node is determined based on the received at least one message.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to transmit power control for beam management. The first device transmits a first configuration to a second device. The first configuration indicates information about at least one candidate beam assigned to the second device. Alternatively, or in addition, the first configuration further indicates a correspondence between the at least one candidate beam and a plurality of transmission occasions, where the plurality of transmission occasions are allocated by the first device for transmission from the second device to the first device while the second device is in an inactive mode. The first device detects transmissions from the second device according to the first configuration at the plurality of transmission occasions. Through this solution, a beam management solution and efficient resource configuration for a device in an inactive mode is proposed.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for reducing latency in 5G/NR are provided. One method may include determining, by a network node, to apply selective reordering of one or more data units received at a user equipment, and indicating the decision to apply selective reordering to the user equipment. The selective reordering temporarily alters packet data convergence protocol window behaviour in the user equipment such that a packet data convergence protocol layer in the user equipment is caused to deliver, to upper layer(s), the stored data units with an associated count value that is less than the count value associated with a data unit at the user equipment and/or the stored data units with consecutively associated count values starting from the count value associated with a data unit at the user equipment.

Abstract: 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 at least to perform: transmitting a data transmission while the apparatus is in a radio resource control idle state or radio resource control inactive state; receiving a monitoring configuration for use by the apparatus subsequent to transmission of the data transmission; monitoring at least one downlink channel based, at least in part, on the received monitoring configuration.

Abstract: The method at the user equipment (UE) includes first receiving authorization information, the authorization information including configuration data for reduced capability (REDCAP) devices in the communication network, second receiving system information from at least one first base station serving a first cell, the system information including information specific to a device category associated with the UE, determining access information for the first cell, based at least in part on the system information and the authorization information, and accessing the first cell, or identifying a second cell. The user equipment and the base station are configured to perform the method, thereof.

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.