Abstract: A method is implemented in a wireless transceiver device arranged to operate in a cellular wireless communication network and capable of operating in an unlicensed spectrum where listen-before-talk is employed. The method includes determining a first parameter, for the unlicensed operation, indicative on provision of synchronisation signal blocks, and determining quasi-co-location, QCL, relationship between one or more synchronisation signal and physical broadcast channel, SS/PBCH, blocks each having a first index, by determining a second index for the one or more SS/PBCH blocks by applying a modulo operation on the first index, respectively, based on the first parameter, where the QCL relationship is determined to occur if the second indices coincide. A computer program for implementing the method in a wireless transceiver and such a transceiver are also disclosed.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a receiving radio node in a wireless communication network, the method comprising receiving signaling on an initial bandwidth part (IBWP) utilising a subcarrier spacing, the subcarrier spacing being based on at least one of a signaling characteristic of received synchronisation signaling and/or information carried in received synchronisation signaling. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for operating wireless communication devices (e.g., User Equipments (UEs)) as initiating and responding devices in a Frame-Based Equipment (FBE) New Radio (NR) Unlicensed (NR-U) network are disclosed. The proposed methods allow operating the NR-U network as an FBE system in a flexible manner that supports a wide range of deployments not limited to the UE operating as a responding device. In some embodiments, methods to operate UEs as initiating and responding devices in a FBE-based NR-U network are disclosed.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a receiving radio node in a wireless communication network. The method includes communicating utilising data signaling based on a received control information message, the control information message scheduling multiple occurrences of data signaling, wherein communicating is based on extracting a code block group (CBG) setup for communicating based on the received control information message and/or a CBG configuration. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.

Abstract: A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. According to one or more embodiments, a network node configured to communicate with a wireless device is provided. The network node includes processing circuitry configured to dynamically indicate a mixed numerology to the wireless device for implementation where the mixed numerology corresponds to a first numerology for a data channel and a second numerology for a control channel, the first numerology being different from the second numerology.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) the UE being configured to receive a message comprising configuration information, CI, indicating that a reference signal, RS, is quasi-co-located, QCL, with a transmission; and adjust a spatial Tx configuration for the transmission based on an RS associated with the received CI.

Abstract: A method, wireless device and network node are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for a wireless device includes receiving a configuration of a reference signal resource set from the network node, the reference signal resource set being a set of single-symbol and single antenna port reference signal resources in at least one slot; and based on at least one parameter of the received configuration, determining whether the UE can assume a same antenna port for all reference signal resources of the reference signal resource set.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device comprises receiving a wireless signal Rk over all subcarriers allocated to the wireless device. The signal Rk comprises a phase tracking reference signal (PT-RS) on a subset of subcarriers allocated to the wireless device and the subset comprises at least one non-contiguous subcarrier. The method further comprises computing a de-inter-carrier interference (ICI) filter based on the PT-RS and a channel estimate using a convolutional matrix CR of the received signal Rk and applying the de-ICI filter to the received signal Rk to generate a de-ICI filtered signal.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a receiving radio node in a wireless communication network. The method includes receiving first signaling, the first signaling covering at least one allocation unit carrying Demodulation Reference Signaling, DMRS. Receiving includes performing Inter Carrier Interference, ICI, suppression for the at least one allocation unit carrying DMRS based on received DMRS. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.

Abstract: A method, network node and wireless device (WD) for adapting periodic configurations based on spatial relations are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes configuring multiple transmission resources or multiple sets of transmission occasions for a radio resource control configured periodic uplink transmission. The method further includes associating each configured uplink transmission received from the WD by the network node with a downlink reference signal, the downlink reference signal provided as a direct or indirect spatial relation reference for the uplink transmission.

Abstract: A method, wireless device, and network node for increasing the capacity on a control channel when using Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM) of data and DMRS are disclosed. According to one aspect, a wireless device (WD) is configured to perform intra-symbol frequency division multiplexing of data subcarriers and demodulation reference signal, DMRS, subcarriers. The WD is also configured to apply intra-symbol orthogonal cover codes, OCCs, to the data subcarriers. The WD is further configured to apply intra-symbol cyclic shifts to the DMRS subcarriers.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for configuring, in a network node of a wireless communication network, a reference signal resource. An example method comprises obtaining a combination of one or more components to be used for a reference signal resource, the one or more components being contained in one or more physical resource blocks of a slot; and indicating, to the one or more wireless devices, the combination of the one or more components in the one or more physical resource blocks that are to be used for the reference signal resource.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method for use in a network node of transmitting channel slate information reference signals (CSI-RS) comprises: transmitting, to the wireless device, an indication of the subset of PRBs that the wireless device should use to measure CSI-RS; and transmitting CSI-RS on the indicated subset of PRBs. According to some embodiments, a method for use in a wireless device of receiving CSI-RS comprises: receiving an indication of a subset of PRBs that the wireless device should use to measure CSI-RS associated with an antenna port; and receiving CSI-RS on the indicated subset of PRBs. In some embodiments, the indication of the subset of PRBs that the wireless device should use to measure CSI-RS comprises a density value and a comb offset.

Abstract: A method, system and apparatus are disclosed for uplink polling for, e.g., New Radio (NR) in millimeter wave (mm-Wave) frequency bands. In one embodiment, a network node is configured to transmit a polling request, the polling request indicating a request for a wireless device's uplink buffer status; and as a result of the polling request, receive a polling response. In another embodiment, a wireless device (WD) is configured to receive a polling request, the polling request indicating a request for the WD's uplink buffer status; and as a result of the polling request, determine the WD's uplink buffer status.

Abstract: An example method is performed by a wireless device in a wireless communication network. The method comprises receiving, from a base station, a control message allocating resources in a bandwidth part for a downlink transmission, the bandwidth part including unlicensed spectrum and being divided into a plurality of bandwidth pieces corresponding to bandwidth units over which listen-before-talk (LBT) is performed. The radio resources used for the downlink transmissions exclude (e.g., by puncturing or rate-matching around) one or more guard bands of a bandwidth piece that is sensed as free for transmission.

Abstract: A method is implemented in a wireless transceiver device arranged to operate in a cellular wireless communication network and capable of operating in an unlicensed spectrum where listen-before-talk is employed. The method includes determining a first parameter, for the unlicensed operation, indicative on provision of synchronisation signal blocks, and determining quasi-co-location, QCL, relationship between one or more synchronisation signal and physical broadcast channel, SS/PBCH, blocks each having a first index, by determining a second index for the one or more SS/PBCH blocks by applying a modulo operation on the first index, respectively, based on the first parameter, where the QCL relationship is determined to occur if the second indices coincide. A computer program for implementing the method in a wireless transceiver and such a transceiver are also disclosed.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) the UE being configured to receive a message comprising configuration information, CI, indicating that a reference signal, RS, is quasi-co-located, QCL, with a transmission; and adjust a spatial Tx configuration for the transmission based on an RS associated with the received CI.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a receiving radio node in a wireless communication network. The method includes receiving first signaling, the first signaling covering at least one allocation unit carrying Demodulation Reference Signaling, DMRS. Receiving includes performing Inter Carrier Interference, ICI, suppression for the at least one allocation unit carrying DMRS based on received DMRS. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a feedback radio node in a radio access network, the method including transmitting measurement reporting, wherein the measurement reporting is based on measurement performed based on one or more QCL assumptions. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.

Abstract: A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. According to one or more embodiments, a network node configured to communicate with a wireless device is provided. The network node includes processing circuitry configured to dynamically indicate a mixed numerology to the wireless device for implementation where the mixed numerology corresponds to a first numerology for a data channel and a second numerology for a control channel, the first numerology being different from the second numerology.