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: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for Rx-Tx RTT estimation are provided. One method may include transmitting, by a network element, the reference signal to another network element and recording a time stamp (t0) of a time of transmission of the reference signal, and receiving an estimated Rx-Tx measurement from said another network element and recording a time stamp (t3) of a time of receipt of the estimated Rx-Tx measurement. The method may also include calculating a Rx-Tx measurement at the network element based on a difference between the time stamp (t0) of the time of transmission of the reference signal and the time stamp (t3) of the receipt of the estimated Rx-Tx measurement, and determining a propagation delay based on a difference between the received estimated Rx-Tx measurement and the calculated Rx-Tx measurement.

Abstract: A method for performing multiple-input and multiple-output channel estimation includes: generating, using a first machine-learning model, an initial set of estimated channel information from a first input set of channel information, wherein the first input set of channel information corresponds to a first plurality of radio-frequency chains, and wherein the estimated set of channel information corresponds to the first plurality of radio-frequency chains and a second plurality of radio-frequency chains; generating, using a second machine-learning model, a set of estimated channel phases from the initial set of estimated channel information and a second input set of channel information, wherein the second set of input channel information corresponds to the second plurality of radio-frequency chains; and combining the initial set of estimated channel information and the set of estimated channel phases to generate an enhanced set of estimated channel information.

Abstract: A method comprising configuring a first radio resource allocation pattern, identifying that a quality of service violation may occur during a measurement gap of a terminal device when the first radio resource allocation pattern is utilized by the terminal device, determining at least one second radio resource allocation pattern that may be utilized by the terminal device during the measurement gap, and transmitting the at least one second radio resource allocation pattern to the terminal device.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from inter-operator device-to-device operation. For example, communication systems of the third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) advanced (LTE-A) release12/13 (Rel-12/13) or future releases may use such operation with respect to D2D communications. A method can include preparing, at a network element operated by an operator, radio resource information related to one or more operators other than the operator. The method can also include broadcasting, by the network element, the radio resource information. The radio resource information can be configured to permit a user equipment served by the network element to perform device-to-device discovery and/or communication with another user equipment served by at least one of the one or more operators.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for performing: receiving a channel state reporting configuration, the channel state reporting configuration comprising information to enable determination of one or more channel state quantities, wherein determination of at least one of the one or more channel state quantities is based, at least in part, on a plurality of interference measurements taken at a plurality of times; determining at least one channel state quantity using, at least, a plurality of interference measurements taken at a plurality of different times, wherein the plurality of interference measurements are enabled, at least in part, by information in the channel state reporting configuration; and transmitting the determined at least one channel state quantity.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for enhancement of quality of service flows, for extended reality services or other services are proposed. For example, a method can include receiving a plurality of quality of service parameters for first packet-based communication. The quality of service parameters can include a packet delay budget for the first packet-based communication having a first end time. The plurality of quality of service parameters can further include a packet validity time for the first packet-based communication having a second end time equal to or later than the first end time. The packet validity time can be applicable to the first packet-based communication on a protocol data unit session basis, a quality of service flow basis, a set of protocol data units basis, or a packet basis. The method can also include transmitting the packet of the first packet-based communication to a further communication device.

Abstract: A method may include establishing a second communication session at a second network with a user equipment that currently has a first communication session with a first network. The method may also include receiving a report from the user equipment including information related to measurement and reporting of the user equipment on the first network. The method may further include, based on the report, performing an adaptation of an operation and performance of the second communication session for the user equipment.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of Channel Occupancy Time (COT) for Sidelink (SL) communication in Unlicensed band (U-band). The method includes receiving, at a first device and from a second device, configuration information associated with a COT at least for a SL transmission of the first device on an unlicensed resource pool allocated for the first device, the configuration information at least indicating whether a listen before talk procedure is required to be performed at the first device within the COT before the SL transmission; and performing the SL transmission within the COT based on the configuration information. In this way, the COT sharing mechanism can be used for SL communications in U-band and therefore a sensing procedure for resource selection may not be impacted by the LBT procedure.

Abstract: Various example embodiments provide efficient burst transmission of duplicated data packets. A data burst comprising multiple data packets may be configured to be transmitted on a first transmission leg. The data burst may be further configured to be transmitted on a second transmission leg with a different order of data packets. A reception status of the data packets may be configured to be determined based on transmissions on the first and second transmission legs and non-acknowledged data packets may be retransmitted on the first transmission leg and/or the second transmission leg. Apparatuses, methods, and computer programs are disclosed.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus comprising means for receiving, from a session management node, burst timing information for a 5G ingress node, receiving burst timing adjustment capability information for an application from a function associated with the application, determining at least one of preferred burst arrival times and periodicity at the 5G ingress node for at least one periodic traffic stream from the application based on the burst timing information and burst timing adjustment capability information and providing an indication of the at least one of determined preferred burst arrival times and periodicity to the function.

Abstract: A method is disclosed comprising including: performing a sensing on at least one of a first pool on a first carrier and a second pool on a second carrier for sidelink, SL, communication using a sensing-based UE—selected resource allocation mode on at least one of the first pool and the second pool, wherein the first pool and the second pool have at least a 1-to-1 relationship of SL resources; selecting one or more resources from at least one of the first pool and the second pool for a SL transmission based on at least one outcome of the sensing on at least one of the first pool and the second pool; and transmitting data over SL using the selected one or more resources. It is further disclosed an according An apparatus, computer program, and system are further disclosed.

Abstract: There is provided a method for a UE of a wireless communication system, the method comprising: detecting an imbalance in a line-of-sight, LOS, training dataset for training a LOS detector; determining a minority class of the LOS training dataset associated with the detected imbalance; transmitting, to a network element of the wireless communication system, a request message indicating the determined minority class and requesting measurement activation to perform one or more measurements, by the UE, to obtain one or more additional signal samples for the minority class; and receiving, from the network element, an activation message causing the UE to perform the one or more measurements during a configured observation window.

Abstract: A method and apparatus may include determining, by a network entity, at least one interval of at least one scheduling resource during which the at least one scheduling resource is in at least one of a first status or a second status. The method may further include transmitting, by the network entity, information associated with the at least one interval of at least one scheduling resource to at least one user equipment. The at least one interval may occur periodically, and the at least one of scheduling resource may include at least one of configured grant for uplink or semi-persistent scheduling resource for downlink.

Abstract: The present disclosure inter alia relates to an apparatus configured for performing a method, the method comprising: delivering, from a higher layer to a lower layer, an instruction to transmit a scheduling request; and at least partially controlling, by the lower layer, a selection of one or more resources for transmitting the scheduling request.

Abstract: A user equipment, UE, comprising at least one processor, and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the UE at least to determine how to use resources of a repetition-based uplink grant based on a criterion related to at least one data packet prepared for a transmission on resources associated with the repetition-based uplink grant.

Abstract: According to an example embodiment, an apparatus includes 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: receive, by a user device, a configuration associated with a first configured grant that is allocated to the user device and an indication of availability of resources associated with at least one second configured grant; and define, by the user device based on an amount of data to be transmitted, a latency requirement and/or a reliability requirement, that a transmission is to be performed by the user device using both the configuration associated with the first configured grant and at least part of the resources associated with the at least one second configured grant, and perform the transmission accordingly.

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: An apparatus for use by a communication network control element or function configured to control a communication in a communication network, the apparatus including at least one processing circuitry, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processing circuitry, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processing circuitry, cause the apparatus at least: to determine a configuration for a communication element or function for communicating in the communication network, the configuration enabling a full duplex based scheduling flexibility allowing the communication element or function to select using allocated resources for at least one of transmitting in uplink and receiving in downlink, wherein the allocated resources are at least partially overlapping in time domain, and to provide, to the communication element or function, the configuration.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments provide systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for enhanced traffic co-existence with multi-panel user equipment (UE). For example, certain embodiments may avoid excess dropping and/or cancellation. Taking inter-UE uplink (UL) prioritization as one example, whenever a network node has to accommodate higher-priority traffic on resources overlapping with ongoing and/or incoming lower-priority transmissions, certain embodiments may instruct a UE to transmit on spare antenna panel(s).