Abstract: A power amplifier arrangement (100) for amplifying an input signal (Pin) to produce an output signal (Pout) is disclosed. The amplifier arrangement (100) comprise an input port (IN) for receiving the input signal; an output transmission line (110) having a first terminal (111) and a second terminal (112); an output port (OUT) coupled to the second terminal (112) of the output transmission line (110) for providing the output signal; and a plurality N of amplifying devices (121, 122, . . . 12N) distributed along the output transmission line (110). The power amplifier arrangement (100) is configured such that the plurality N of amplifying devices are active sequentially for amplifying the input signal with increasing amplitude of the input signal.

Abstract: Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) domains (30) include centralized entities (32. 34) for establishing and managing intra- and inter-domain TSN streams, with the inter-domain TSN streams based on an advantageous approach to inter-domain advertisement of respective end stations (40) operating as talkers and listeners. Based on exploiting and extending talker/listener messaging. inter-domain listener information returned to the TSN domain (30) of a given talker aggregates the status of TSN stream establishment with respect to each listener in each external TSN domain (30) that includes one or more end stations (40) interested in acting as listeners, and with respect to each external TSN domain (30) used to carry the TSN stream. Correspondingly, the configuration of network resources in the respective TSN domains (30) is made to depend on the exchanged status information.

Abstract: A method for steering an original packet transmitted by a UE. The method includes receiving a first packet, wherein the first packet encapsulates the original packet. The method also includes extracting networking information (e.g., IP source, IP destination, tunnel identifier) from the first packet. The method also includes generating an SFC header (e.g., an NSH header), wherein the SFC header comprises: i) an SPI that identifies a service path and ii) metadata, wherein the metadata comprises the networking information extracted from the first packet. The method also includes generating a second packet comprising the SFC header and the original packet. The method also includes providing the second packet to an SFF that is configured to select a service path based on the SPI included in the SFC header of the second packet and forward the second packet based on the selected service path.

Abstract: A method performed in a User Equipment (UE) is disclosed, the UE being operable to connect to a communication network. The method includes transmitting a path request message requesting a path for transmission of data to the communication network, the path request message including an identifier of the UE, and receiving at least one path message including an ordered list of identifiers of mobile nodes and of a base station node of the communication network that form a path for transmission of data from the UE to the communication network. The method further includes selecting a path from the received at least one path message and transmitting data to the first mobile node in the selected path. Also disclosed are a method performed by a mobile node such as an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), a UE, a mobile node and computer program product.

Abstract: A method where a first network node receives from a second network node a packet with a path identifier value in the header. A plurality of bearers associated with the path are determined based on the path identifier value and used to assign at least one resource to the packet before it is transmitted to a third network node based on the at least one resource.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a feedback radio node in a wireless communication network. The method includes transmitting acknowledgement signaling according to an acknowledgement codebook, the acknowledgement codebook representing acknowledgement information based on an acknowledgement association window. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.

Abstract: A method, network node and wireless device for single downlink control information (DCI), multiple slot scheduling are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes receiving a downlink control information, (DCI) signal in a first slot, the DCI being configured to cause the WD to transmit uplink shared channel transmissions to the network node and/or receive downlink shared channel transmissions from the network node, the transmitting and/or receiving being according to a pattern in a plurality of slots. The method further includes transmitting the uplink shared channel transmissions to the network node and/or receive the downlink shared channel transmissions from the network node according to the pattern, the transmitting and/or receiving of the uplink and/or downlink shared channel transmissions in each slot being in a number of layers indicated by a rank provided by the DCI signal.

Abstract: A method of operating a lower-layer split central unit, LLS-CU, includes allocating a plurality of downlink signals to a plurality of physical resource blocks, PRBs, of a physical downlink channel, generating a data-associated control information, DACI, message including a section description associated with the plurality of downlink signals, the DACI message including an indication of a plurality of sets of beamforming weights to be applied by a radio unit, RU, when transmitting the plurality of downlink signals to the UE, transmitting the DACI message to the RU, and transmitting the plurality of downlink signals to the RU for transmission to the UE.

Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to, for example, a method performed by a source radio network node (140), for handling communication in a wireless communications network, wherein the source radio network node is adapted to relay data packets between a first radio network node and a UE in the wireless communications network. The source radio network node (140) transmits to a target radio network node (150,12,15) a message relating to a cell selection and/or a handover for the UE, wherein the message comprises a first user plane indication, and wherein the first user plane indication is an indication of setting up a user plane communication or not for the UE.

Abstract: A method performed by a wireless device, UE, for configuring a semi-persistent scheduling, SPS is described. In accordance with the method, the UE may be configured to monitor a first search space of a physical downlink control channel for downlink control information, DCI, dedicated to the UE. The method may include receiving from the communication network SPS configuration data to configure a second search space to be monitored by the UE for DCI to activate or de-activate the SPS, the second search space being smaller than the first search space, and monitoring the second search space to detect the DCI to activate or de-activate the SPS. A corresponding method may be performed by a network node.

Abstract: A wireless device is configured to receive control signaling from a radio network node. The control signaling configures an uplink grant or downlink assignment to periodically recur. The control signaling also configures a number of redundant transmissions of a transport block that are transmittable within a bundle of the configured uplink grant or downlink assignment, where the number is greater than or equal to one. The control signaling may also configure different sets of transmission occasions within which the number of redundant transmissions are transmittable during, or starting during, a period of the configured uplink grant or downlink assignment.

Abstract: A successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter (SAR ADC) is disclosed, which is configured to receive an analog input signal and provide a digital output signal. The SAR ADC comprises a capacitor bank for successively providing a plurality of signal levels based on a sample value of the analog input signal, wherein each signal level of the plurality is an indicator for a corresponding bit in a corresponding sample of the digital output signal. Furthermore, the SAR ADC comprises controlling circuitry configured to cause the capacitor bank to provide the plurality of signal levels representing a dynamically scaled version of the sample value of the analog input signal. In some embodiments, a respective selector of each capacitor of the capacitor bank is controlled to charge the capacitor using either the sample value of the analog input signal or the sample value of an opposed version of the analog input signal.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus in a network node are provided. In an example, a method in a network node in a network is provided. The method comprises sending, to a network data management function, information identifying an association between a Network Data Analytics Function (NWDAF) and (i) a first network function in the network, and/or (ii) a User Equipment (UE) in the network.

Abstract: Embodiments of a radio frequency feedline structure. A first printed circuit board (PCB) includes upper and lower metal layers and at least one cutout defining an upper portion of an open channel. The upper and lower metal layers are electrically connected by vias on opposite walls of the cutout. A second PCB includes upper and lower metal layers and elongated slots defining a suspended signal path within the open channel. The upper and lower metal layers are electrically connected by vias. A third PCB includes upper and lower metal layers and at least one cutout defining a lower portion of the open channel. The upper and lower metal layers are electrically connected by vias on opposite walls of the cutout. Respective upper and lower ground planes are electrically connected to the upper metal layer of the first PCB and the lower metal layer of the third PCB.

Abstract: Methods to decode a picture from a bitstream are discussed. A partitioning structure of the picture is determined, wherein the partitioning structure defines at least first and second partitions of the picture. At least one dependency syntax element is decoded from the bitstream, and whether the second partition is dependent on or independent of the first partition is determined based on the at least one dependency syntax element. The picture is decoded from the bitstream based on determining whether the second partition of the picture is dependent on or independent of the first partition of the picture. Related methods of encoding and related devices are also discussed.

Abstract: A method performed by a User Equipment (UE) for determining an integrity level of an estimated position of the UE in a radio communications network. The UE obtains information from a network node operating in the radio communications network. The information is about service levels of positioning assistance information provided in the radio communications network. The service levels are related to any one or more out of Integrity (I), Availability (A), and Continuity (C). The UE further obtains positioning assistance information from the network node. The positioning assistance information relates to the established service levels. The UE then determines a positioning strategy based on the information about the service levels. The UE estimating the position of the UE according to the determined positioning strategy, and based on the obtained positioning assistance information, and determines an integrity level of the estimated position of the UE.

Abstract: A technique for determining an estimated location of a radio network node (FBS) in a cellular network is disclosed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for efficient scheduling of Random Access Channel (RACH) occasions in a cellular communications system are provided. In one embodiment, a method performed by a base station comprises transmitting Synchronization Signal Blocks (SSBs) on respective transmit beams in accordance with a beam sweeping scheme. The SSBs are mapped to one or more RACH occasions in accordance with an N-to-1 mapping scheme where N is greater than 1. The method further comprises, for each RACH occasion, processing receive signals from at least a subset of antenna elements in an antenna array of the base station using respective narrowband receivers, thereby providing narrowband receive signals, and performing, based on the narrowband receive signals, random access preamble detection for multiple beam directions that correspond to at least a subset of the transmit beams on which at least a subset of the SSBs to which the RACH occasion is mapped were transmitted.

Abstract: A method performed by an application function, AF, for a communication network, wherein the AF has been informed, in a first notification, about an out-of-credit event associated with a user of a service provided by the AF, the method comprising sending subscription request, to a network function, NF, for requesting notifications about reallocation-of-credit events associated with one or more users of a service provided by the AF; receiving, from the NF, a second notification of a reallocation-of-credit event associated with the user of the service provided by the AF for which the AF has been informed about the out-of-credit event, such that the AF can perform one or more second actions with respect to the service.

Abstract: A method of operating a user equipment, UE, that is served by a radio access network, RAN, includes determining an uplink duty cycle for uplink transmission by the UE to the RAN, and selecting a peak uplink power level in response to the determined uplink duty cycle. A method of operating a UE according to some embodiments that communicates with a RAN via a plurality of component carriers includes determining an aggregate uplink duty cycle based on scheduled uplink time intervals across the plurality of component carriers, and selecting a peak uplink transmission power level for transmitting uplink signals on the plurality of component carriers in response to the determined aggregate uplink duty cycle. Related devices are also disclosed.