Abstract: According to one aspect, a network node configured to communicate with a wireless device is provided. The network node includes processing circuitry configured to: transmit a plurality of beamformed reference signals, each of the plurality of beamformed reference signals being associated with a respective sector of a cell; receive at least one uplink signal from the wireless device; select one of the plurality of beamformed reference signals for the wireless device to monitor based at least in part on the received at least one uplink signal; and transmit an indication configured to cause the wireless device to monitor the selected one of the plurality of beamformed reference signals.

Abstract: An encoded representation of a picture of a video stream is decoded by retrieving buffer description from the encoded representation. The buffer description information is used to determine at least one picture identifier identifying a respective reference picture as decoding reference for the picture. A decoded picture buffer is updated based on the determined picture identifier. The encoded representation of the picture itself comprises the information needed by a decoder to identify the reference pictures required to decode the encoded representation.

Abstract: A method performed by an encoder. The method comprises determining envelope representation residual coefficients as first compressed envelope representation coefficients subtracted from the input envelope representation coefficients. The method comprises transforming the envelope representation residual coefficients into a warped domain so as to obtain transformed envelope representation residual coefficients. The method comprises applying, at least one of a plurality of gain-shape coding schemes on the transformed envelope representation residual coefficients in order to achieve gain-shape coded envelope representation residual coefficients, where the plurality of gain-shape coding schemes have mutually different trade-offs in one or more of gain resolution and shape resolution for one or more of the transformed envelope representation residual coefficients.

Abstract: A method (300) for determining whether a remote user equipment, UE (101), is authorized to receive a service. The method includes a relay UE (102) receiving from the remote UE a request message (202) indicating that the remote UE is requesting to receive the service. The method also includes, as a result of receiving the request message, the relay UE performing an authorization process that comprises: the relay UE transmitting, via a base station (104), a message (204) for triggering a first network function (112) to determine whether the remote UE is authorized to receive the service. The method also includes the relay UE receiving, via the base station, a response to the message, wherein the response indicates whether nor not the remote UE is authorized to receive the service.

Abstract: A method (400) for thinning a video comprising a sequence of pictures. The method includes the deciding whether or not to perform a video thinning process on a picture of the video. The method also includes performing a video thinning process on the picture of the video as a result of deciding to perform a video thinning process. The method also includes deciding whether or not to perform a video thinning process on another picture of the video. The method also includes, after deciding not to perform a video thinning process on the another picture, encoding the another picture to produce an encoded picture. The method further includes adding the encoded picture to a bitstream.

Abstract: There is provided a method for decoding a video frame. The method comprises receiving an encoded video frame sequence data associated with a video frame sequence, wherein the video frame sequence includes the video frame. The method comprises deriving from the received encoded video frame sequence data (i) sample value information of one or more blocks and/or (ii) block information about said one or more blocks. The method further comprises, based on (i) the derived sample value information and/or (ii) the derived block information, selecting from a set of machine learning, ML, models at least one ML model to use for decoding the video frame. The method comprises decoding the video frame using the selected at least one ML model.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for remote electrical tilt (RET) control are disclosed. According to an embodiment, a network entity obtains beam reports indicating beam candidates suitable for serving terminal devices in a serving area of an access network node. The network entity determines a spatial distribution of the beam candidates based on the beam reports. The network entity determines one or more boundaries dividing the beam candidates into a plurality of groups, based on the spatial distribution. The network entity determines control information related to RET for an antenna array of the access network node, based on the one or more boundaries.

Abstract: An image processing system (100) and methods therein for compressing and coding an image and for optimizing its parameters are disclosed. The embodiments herein provide an improved system and simplified method with deterministic uniform quantization with integer levels based on Softmax function for image compression and coding. The embodiments herein produce exact discrete probability mass function for latent variables to be coded from side information. The embodiments herein enable training of the image processing system to minimize the bit rate through backpropagation at the same time. Moreover, the embodiments herein create the possibility to encode region of interest (ROI) areas during coding.

Abstract: According to embodiments herein e.g. a method performed by an orchestration agent unit for handling a service in a communications network is provided. The orchestration agent unit evaluate a number of intent types of the service based on a performance of one or more performance metrics related to intent of respective intent type when performed in the communications network including a plurality of orchestration agent units. The orchestration agent unit selects an intent type of the service based on the evaluation; and sends to at least one of the plurality of orchestration agent units, an indication indicating the selected intent type of the service.

Abstract: A method performed by a wireless device for configured Minimization of Drive Test, MDT, reporting includes obtaining a MDT configuration. The obtained MDT configuration is for one or more of immediate MDT and logged MDT. The MDT configuration is for performing one or more measurements associated with a specific reference signal type, beam level, or positioning assistance data, and the obtained MDT configuration comprising one or more of: a reportOnLeaveconfiguration; a reportQuantityRS-Indexes configuration; a maxNrofRS-IndexesToReport configuration: and an rsType configuration. The wireless device performs the one or more measurements according to the MDT configuration and provides an MDT report based on the one or more measurements.

Abstract: A method performed by a wireless device (110, 500, 791, 792) for determining whether the wireless device is power limited is disclosed. The method comprises receiving (1301), from a network node (160, 712), a transmit power control (TPC) command for one or more of a plurality of power control loops configured at the wireless device. The method comprises obtaining (1302) an indication of the one or more of the plurality of power control loops to which the received TPC command applies. The method comprises determining (1303), based on the obtained indication, whether one or more conditions related to power control at the wireless device are fulfilled. The method comprises determining (1304) whether the wireless device is power limited based on whether the one or more conditions are fulfilled.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device for performing early measurement comprises receiving an early measurement configuration for performing idle/inactive mode measurements. The early measurement configuration comprising a measurement carrier list. Each entry of the measurement carrier list comprises a carrier frequency and one or more cell identifiers associated with the carrier frequency for which the wireless device is to perform idle/inactive mode measurements. The early measurement configuration further comprises a validity area list, separate from the measurement carrier list. Each entry of the validity area list comprises a carrier frequency and zero or more cell identifiers associated with the carrier frequency for which the wireless device is supposed to perform idle/inactive mode measurements.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for channel occupancy measurement. The method comprises determining at least one channel measurement configuration for a terminal device. The method further comprises transmitting the at least one channel measurement configuration to the terminal device. The channel measurement configuration comprises configuring the terminal device to measure a channel occupancy of at least one channel. Various embodiments of the present disclosure also provide an apparatus for channel occupancy measurement.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method, system, apparatus and non-transitory computer readable media for propagating placement constraints and isolation requirements, from user intents and operator policies to constituents of user requested network slices (NwSs) and communication services (CSs). The method comprises decomposing the user intents and the operator policies into functionalities corresponding to the constituents of the requested NwSs and CSs, and storing the functionalities in a solution map (SM) model. The method comprises propagating the placement constraints to the functionalities in the SM model. The method comprises propagating the isolation requirements to the functionalities in the SM model. The method comprises deploying constituent virtual network functions (VNFs) and physical network functions (PNFs) of the NwSs and CSs, according to the corresponding functionalities of the SM model.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for resource mapping. In one embodiment, a wireless device is provided. The wireless device includes processing circuitry (84) configured to: receive a plurality of physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, transmissions where the plurality of PDCCH transmissions includes a 5 plurality of downlink control information, DCI, messages scheduling a plurality of physical downlink shared channel, PDSCH, transmissions, and at least two of the plurality of PDSCH transmissions one of partially and fully overlap in a time domain; and perform PDSCH resource mapping for decoding the plurality of PDSCH transmissions based at least in part on the plurality of DCI messages.

Abstract: We generally describe an apparatus (200, 300) for user plane traffic quality analysis in a wireless communication network, the apparatus (200, 300) comprising: an interface configured to be coupled to a user plane probe (214) arranged on a bidirectional user plane traffic flow path of user plane traffic flowing through the wireless communication network between a first terminal (202) and a second terminal (204) of the wireless communication network, and an estimation unit (706) coupled to the interface, wherein the estimation unit (706) is configured to estimate, based on a probing, by the user plane probe (214), of the user plane traffic flowing in a first direction (304) in a first segment (301) of the user plane traffic flow path from the first terminal (202) to the user plane probe (214), a user plane traffic quality of the user plane traffic flowing in a second direction (310) in the first segment (301) from the user plane probe (214) to the first terminal (202), wherein the first direction (304) is oppo

Abstract: Examples relate to a method of segment routing in a network node (40) of a network comprising a plurality of network nodes (40,42). The method comprises receiving a segment routed packet (60) comprising a payload and having a segment route, and obtaining a target delivery time (106) from the received segment routed packet. The method further comprises determining (108) a time of arrival of the packet at a destination of the packet, and determining (110) if the time of arrival of the packet at the destination is prior to the target delivery time. For a determination that the time of arrival of the packet at the destination is prior to the target delivery time, transmitting (120) a packet comprising the payload towards the destination.

Abstract: In one aspect, network nodes maybe configured for improving predictability of application performance in a wireless communication system. A mobile network domain predicts an upcoming network event affecting a UE operating in the wireless communication system and notifies an application server (AS) providing an application service to the UE of the predicted network event. The AS may be notified through an Application Function (AF). The AS receives the notification and adjusts operation of the application service and/or a configuration of the UE, in response to the notification.

Abstract: Embodiments of methods in a base station and a UE are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method implemented in a network node includes any one or more of: selectively puncturing transmission of LTE CRS symbols that overlap NR DMRS symbols in a downlink transmission time interval; selectively puncturing transmission of NR DMRS symbols that overlap LTE CRS symbols in the downlink transmission time interval; and selectively reducing a number of NR DMRS symbols transmitted to the UE in the downlink transmission time interval. In some embodiments, a method implemented in a UE includes identifying, in a downlink channel, subchannels containing NR DMRS symbols that are corrupted due to collision with LTE CRS symbols. For each identified subchannel: a respective time averaged channel estimate is determined based on NR DMRS symbols that are not corrupted due to collision with the LTE CRS symbols; and a respective MMSE weight is determined using the time averaged channel estimate.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for communicating power information to a base station (160) from a wireless device (110) having multiple transmission entities. An example method performed by the base station comprises receiving (310) a plurality of indications of power reporting parameters from the wireless device, each of the power reporting parameters corresponding to a respective uplink transmission entity (UTE) of the wireless device. The power reporting parameters corresponding to respective UTEs include power headroom values and/or maximum carrier power values.