Abstract: A method for moving a set of positioning reference nodes (PRNs), the set of PRNs including a first PRN. The method includes, for the first PRN, determining a first set of candidate positions to which the first PRN can move. The method also includes, for each candidate position included in the first set of candidate positions, evaluating an objective function using the candidate position, the position of each other PRN included in the set of PRNs, and the position of a target UE to produce an error value indicating a positioning error of the target UE for the candidate position. The method also includes, based on the produced error values, selecting a candidate position from the set of candidate positions. The method further includes triggering the first PRN to move to selected candidate position.

Abstract: There is provided an interface module (200), comprising: an interface (208) for connection with a signal connector (250); a cage (206) for guiding the signal connector towards the interface; and a heat sink (202). The cage (206) comprises a cage portion (212) that is configured to move from a first position to a second position upon insertion of the signal connector (250) into the cage. In the first position, the cage portion is not in thermal contact with the heat sink; when in the second position, the cage portion is in thermal contact with the heat sink. The cage portion (212) comprises one or more apertures (218).

Abstract: An antenna arrangement comprises an antenna which has an antenna body and a radiator arrangement. An antenna holder comprises a base portion. An upper side of the antenna holder points to-wards an underside of the antenna body and an underside of the antenna holder points towards an electrically conductive base plate. Only a supporting part of the underside of the antenna body rests on the base portion, so that a receiving space is formed be-tween another part of the underside of the antenna body and the base portion. The base portion of the antenna holder is electrically non-conductive, whereby the another part of the underside of the antenna body is capacitively coupled to the base plate via the receiving space.

Abstract: A method (1200) performed by a wireless device (110) includes receiving (1202), from a network node (160), a Minimization of Drive Test, MDT, configuration for a master cell group, MCG, and a secondary cell group, SCG. While the wireless device is in an idle state or an inactive state and operating according to a first Radio Access Technology, RAT, the wireless device logs (1204) MDT measurements for the MCG and the SCG based on the MDT configuration. After transitioning from the idle or inactive state to a connected state and after handover from a source cell associated with the first RAT to a target cell associated with a second RAT, the wireless device transmits (1206) at least one MDT report to a target network node associated with the target cell.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for processing (e.g., decoding) a current block within a current picture. The processing may include decoding partial motion vector difference (MVD) information from a coded video bitstream. The processing may include determining first and second motion vector predictors (MVPs). The processing may include determining complete MVD information using the partial MVD information and one or more of the first and second MVPs. Determining the complete MVD information may include using the partial MVD information to generate a set of MVD hypothesis pairs, and each of the MVD hypothesis pairs may include a possible first MVD and a possible second MVD. The processing may include determining first and second final prediction blocks of the current block using the complete MVD information and the first and second MVPs.

Abstract: Embodiments include computer-implemented methods for adjusting one or more operational parameters for a first cell of a communication network based on reinforcement learning (RL). Such methods include determining a plurality of reward metric values based on measurements representative of conditions in the first cell and in one or more neighbor cells of the first cell at a corresponding plurality of time instances. Such methods include determining a plurality of reward values based on differences between reward metric values at successive time instances and associating each of the reward values with a corresponding previous action that changed the one or more operational parameters. Such methods include selecting the previous action associated with a highest reward value as an action to change the one or more operational parameters. Other embodiments include RL agents and RL systems configured to perform such methods.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and a network node (130) of a wireless communication network (100) for controlling transmission parameters of uplink, UL, configured grant, CG, transmissions sent by a User Equipment, UE (140). The method comprises determining a respective transmission quality value for CG transmissions received from the UE (140) over time, the CG transmissions being sent with a power based on a power control, PC, target and a link adaptation, LA, target. When a distribution value of the transmission quality values is higher than a transmission quality target, a transmission benefit of increasing the LA target with a certain value is estimated. When the transmission benefit is higher than a threshold, the LA target is increased with the certain value, a new allocation of CG transmission resources is triggered based on the increased LA target, and information on the new allocation of CG transmission resources are sent to the UE (140).

Abstract: An aerial base station is disclosed comprising a directive backhaul antenna for obtaining a backhaul link to a ground-based donor base station. The directive backhaul antenna is arranged on a body of the aerial base station such that a direction of a main beam of the directive backhaul antenna towards the donor base station is essentially parallel to an axis of a largest dimension of the directive backhaul antenna. The directive backhaul antenna is mounted such that the axis of the largest dimension is parallel to the body of the aerial base station.

Abstract: A method for deblocking at least one boundary of a coding unit. The method includes determining that the coding unit uses a sub-block transform, wherein the sub-block transform generates a transform sub-block boundary within the coding unit, thereby forming at least a transform sub-block within the coding unit; as a result of determining that the coding unit uses the sub-block transform, determining a maximum filter length based on a dimension of the transform sub-block within the coding unit, wherein the maximum filter length indicates a maximum number of samples to modify when deblocking a boundary of the coding unit; and deblocking the boundary of the coding unit based on the determined maximum filter length.

Abstract: A power amplifier arrangement (100) comprises comprising a first power amplifier (P1) and a second power amplifier (P2) of a Doherty power amplifier (110). The power amplifier arrangement (100) further comprises an input power splitter (PS), a quadrature coupler (120) comprising two coupled transmission lines (TL1/TL2) and an output impedance matching network (IMN). A current of the second power amplifier (P2) and an input impedance (RL) of the output impedance matching network (IMN) are tunable such that an efficiency of the power amplifier arrangement (100) is configurable for different output power back-off levels by changing the current of the second power amplifier (P2. Da) and the input impedance (RL) of the output impedance matching network (IMN).

Abstract: A method for facilitating paging policy differentiation, performed by a Session Management Function (SMF) is provided. The method includes determining that a paging policy differentiation feature is supported by a User Plane Function (UPF) (325). The method includes sending, toward the UPF (325), a message instructing the UPF (325) to insert a Paging Policy Indicator (PPI) value (110) into downlink packets based on a Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) value (106). The message includes DSCP-to-PPI control information.

Abstract: A method and decoder is provided for decoding at least one current picture from a bitstream. An indicator value is decoded from the bitstream specifying at least one rule of a plurality of rules, the at least one rule applied to ordering of segments coded in the bitstream, wherein the segments are segments in a segment partition layout. A set of syntax elements from the bitstream specifying a segment partition layout is decoded. A segment partition layout based on the set of syntax elements is derived. The at least one current picture in the bitstream is decoded using the segment partition layout, wherein the ordering of the segments complies with the at least one rule specified. An encoder and corresponding method define the segment partition layout, selects the at least one rule from a set of rules, and encodes the segment partition layout and the indicator value into the bitstream.

Abstract: According to an aspect there is provided a computer-implemented method of operating a leader server in a leader server-follower server log replication configuration.

Abstract: Embodiments include methods, performed by a user equipment, UE, for reporting failures related to mobility operations by the UE to a network node in a radio access network, RAN. Such methods include logging (1210) information associated with a plurality of failures during conditional handover, CHO, operations related to a source cell and one or more first target cells. Such methods also include, after a successful mobility operation to a second target cell served by the network node, reporting (1240) the logged information, associated with the plurality of failures, to the network node. Other embodiments include complementary methods performed by a network node, as well as UEs and network nodes configured to perform such methods.

Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a method, performed by a network node (110) in a wireless communication system (100), for handling resource allocations for a first User Equipment, UE (120a) out of a set of UEs (120). Each of the UEs (120) in the set of UEs 5(120) has a different pre-configured frequency allocation for cyclic transmissions, such as cyclic UL and/or DL transmissions. The network node (110) determines, based on a data arrival pattern, such as e.g. a packet arrival time, of the cyclic UL transmissions for each of the UEs in the set of UEs (120), one or more TTIs, where a collision between transmissions to and/or from two UEs (120) out of the set of UEs (120) may occur.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein that enable Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) network or Deterministic Networking (DetNet) network replication function fallback. In some embodiments, a method comprises, at a primary replication function, obtaining a packet in a particular stream, obtaining a sequence number for the packet, generating M copies of the packet each comprising the sequence number, transmitting the M copies, and providing, to a redundancy controller, the sequence number or a next sequence number of a next packet to be transmitted for the particular stream. The method further comprises, at the redundancy controller, receiving the sequence number or the next sequence number and providing the sequence number or the next sequence number to a secondary replication function. The method further comprises, at the secondary replication function, receiving the sequence number or the next sequence number and configuring a sequence generation function with the next sequence number.

Abstract: A set of test methods for performing a live test of service in a production environment, where the service is provided by a set of configured instances in the production environment and each configured instance is composed of a set of components. The methods including a method that includes instantiating components under test from the set of components to setup paths that are to be taken by test traffic, instantiating test configuration components for the service, executing a test case on a created path, generating a snapshot of a first serving component from the set of components, replacing a tested component under test with a second serving component cloned from the snapshot, relocating the service to the second serving component, replacing the serving component of the snapshot with a new component under test to create a new path to be tested, and determining whether all paths have been tested.

Abstract: A method performed by an electronic device for requesting tiles relating to a viewport of an ongoing omnidirectional video stream is provided. The ongoing omnidirectional video stream is provided by a server to be displayed to a user of the electronic device. The electronic device predicts for an impending time period, a future head gaze of the user in relation to a current head gaze of the user, based on: A current head gaze relative to a position of shoulders of the user, a limitation of the head gaze of the user bounded by the shoulders position of the user, and a current eye gaze and eye movements of the user. The electronic device then sends a request to the server. The request requests tiles relating to the viewport for the impending time period, selected based on the predicted future head gaze of the user.

Abstract: The invention includes a method performed by a user equipment, UE, for selecting a directional beam for a random access procedure in a wireless network comprising: performing a plurality of directional listen-before-talk, LBT, procedures in a respective plurality of different directions associated with a respective plurality of beams, determining respective first metrics based on received power of respective reference signals associated with the respective beams, determining respective second metrics based on channel occupancy, CO, or LBT failures in the respective beams and selecting one of the beams to be used for the random access procedure based on the first metrics and the second metrics. The invention further includes a complementary method performed by a network node, as well as a UE and a network node configured to perform operations corresponding to such methods.

Abstract: A method and radio node for enabling higher-order modulation in a radio communication with a first UE. A first table configuration comprises at least one of a first Modulation and Coding Scheme, MCS, table and a first Channel Quality Indicator, CQI, table which tables support a certain maximum modulation order. When the radio node detects that a modulation order higher than the maximum modulation order of the first table configuration is potentially possible to use in the radio communication, the radio node instructs the first UE to apply a second table configuration which comprises at least one of a second MCS table and a second CQI table which second tables support the higher modulation order.