Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to enhancements on DL monitoring. An apparatus receives, from a network device, a first configuration of DTX pattern applied by the network device, a second configuration of DRX pattern applied by the apparatus, and a third configuration of a wake-up signal associated with the DRX pattern. The apparatus determines, based at least on the first configuration and the third configuration, at least one monitoring occasion for a wake-up signal occurs at least partially in a non-active period of the DTX pattern. If the at least one monitoring occasion occurs at least partially in the non-active period of the DTX pattern, the apparatus then determines, based at least on a wake-up signal monitoring rule, whether to monitor the wake-up signal during at least one monitoring occasion and whether to monitor at least partially in at least one on duration of the DRX pattern.

Abstract: There is inter alia disclosed an apparatus for spatial audio encoding configured to convert two or more energy ratios associated with a time frequency tile of one or more audio signals to a further energy ratio parameter which is related to the two or more energy ratios; quantize the further energy ratio parameter using a first quantizer; determine a distribution factor of energy ratios dependent on a ratio of a first of the two or more energy ratios to the sum of the two or more energy ratios; select a further quantizer from a plurality of further quantizers using the quantized further energy ratio parameter; and quantize the distribution factor of energy ratios using the selected further quantizer.

Abstract: A method comprising: providing a user equipment (UE) with one or more restrictions, in addition to a timer, for limiting the UE to send on-demand System Information Block (SIB) requests regarding reference signal configurations for Radio Resource Control (RRC) Idle/Inactive UE mode; receiving an on-demand SIB request regarding reference signal configurations for RRC Idle/Inactive UE from the user equipment; and sending a reference signal configuration SIB to the user equipment.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising obtaining measurement information comprising radio environment measurements associated with a user device; determining, based at least on the measurement information and a maximum permissible exposure limit, one or more beamforming resource sets for the user device such that the maximum permissible exposure limit is not exceeded with at least one beamforming resource set of the one or more beamforming resource sets; and transmitting a message indicative of the at least one beamforming resource set to be used for selecting at least one transmit beam direction at the user device in case the maximum permissible exposure limit is exceeded.

Abstract: First user equipments are detected out of a plurality of user equipments of a cellular communication system (S201). The user equipments respectively correspond to a distributed node of a federated machine-learning concept and respectively generate a partial machine-learning model, wherein partial machine-learning models generated by the plurality of user equipments are to be used to update a global machine-learning model at the network side of the cellular communication system. The first user equipments are user equipments comprising ready partial machine-learning models.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for security of a wireless communication between a communication device and a counterpart communication device. A method performed at the communication device comprises, ciphering a fixed part of a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) at MAC layer for the wireless communication. The fixed part of the MAC PDU comprises at least one of the following fields: at least one MAC control element, or at least one header of radio protocol in the MAC PDU.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the user equipment performs generating a coordination request for information on resources for use for direct inter user equipment transmissions, the coordination request including an indication of a preference for resources for receiving a coordination response; monitoring for coordination requests made by at least one other user equipment; generating the resource preference indication in dependence upon at least one preference indication from at least one of the monitored coordination requests.

Abstract: An apparatus includes, in some embodiments, at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions which, when executed by the at least on processor, causes the apparatus at least to receive a multicast service area update request comprising information defining a change in multicast service area for a multicast service session. A user equipment affected by the changed multicast service area is determined, as is a location of the user equipment affected by the changed multicast service area. It is determined whether the user equipment affected by the changed multicast service area is within the changed multicast service area. A protocol data unit session of the user equipment affected by the changed multicast service area is modified with information about the changed multicast service area, based on determining whether the user equipment affected by the changed multicast service area is within the changed multicast service area.

Abstract: Triangular inter-user equipment coordination for new radio sidelink communications is provided. An exemplary apparatus may include at least one processor, and at least one memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, may cause the apparatus at least to receive, from a first device, a request of inter-user equipment coordination. The apparatus may also be caused to determine at least one second device to which to forward the request. The apparatus may also be caused to modify the request and forward the modified request to the at least one second device for the second device to provide a response to the request to the first device. The request may be modified by an indication related to the forwarding to the at least one second device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising selecting at least one user device from one or more candidate user devices as a reference for reference signal time difference, RSTD, measurement; measuring an RSTD between at least two reference signals, wherein the at least two reference signals comprise at least a sidelink positioning reference signal received from the at least one user device selected as the reference; and transmitting a report comprising at least one of: an identifier of the at least one user device selected as the reference for the RSTD measurement, an identifier of a resource associated with the sidelink positioning reference signal received from the at least one user device, synchronization source information indicating at least one synchronization source of the at least one user device, or a time stamp of the sidelink positioning reference signal received from the at least one user device.

Abstract: Disclosed in a mechanism for optimizing channel quality indicator feedback for code block group based transmissions, wherein a user equipment of a communication network receives an enhanced channel quality indicator configuration.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to polling a device for multicast broadcast service interest indication. A first device receives, from a second device, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) order addressed by a paging radio network temporary identifier for the first device. The PDCCH order comprises a request for an indication that at least one multicast broadcast service is to be received by the first device. The first device transmits, to the second device, a random access preamble associated with the at least one multicast broadcast service as a response to the request. Through this solution, the first device that monitors the single PDCCH order may have less power consumption.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to semi-static HARQ-ACK codebook construction for frequency-multiplexed DL data transmission. A first device includes at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program codes; wherein the at least one memory and the computer program codes are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the first device to: receive downlink configuration information from a second device, receive at least two frequency-multiplexed downlink transmissions at one downlink data transmission occasion, and set, based on the downlink configuration information and an error state of the frequency-multiplexed downlink data transmissions, an acknowledgment indication in a semi-static HARQ-ACK codebook to be transmitted to the second device for the downlink data transmission occasion.

Abstract: A user equipment apparatus (UE) includes processor(s) and memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor(s), cause the UE at least to, establish a connection with a control network node via a serving cell, where the serving cell is supported by a source network node; receive, from the control network node and/or the source network node, timing advance (TA) cell configurations for a set of timing advance (TA) cells, where the TA cell configurations include a TA-associated random access (RA) configuration, where the set of TA cells includes first TA cells that include candidate target cells with which the UE may connect and/or other TA cells which are requested by at candidate target cells and which the UE may connect with in case the UE connects with the one of the candidate target cells; and acquire TA for the TA cell based on the TA-associated RA configuration.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for a core network entity, the apparatus comprising means configured to perform: receiving, from a network node, an indication of one or more first analytics identities that are supported by the network node; receiving, from a terminal, a registration request message; accessing subscription information of the terminal, the subscription information comprising one or more second analytics identities that are subscribed to by the terminal, wherein the one or more first analytics identities and the one or more second analytics identities are each associated with respective machine learning models.

Abstract: Various example embodiments relate to a solution for positioning of a low power device using sidelink peers. A target user device for a locally assisted positioning procedure may receive a trigger event to initiate positioning of the target user device, the trigger event originating from a location management function in relation to the locally assisted positioning procedure. The target user device may transmit at least one local positioning aid request to one or more anchor user devices for the locally assisted positioning procedure, the at least one local positioning aid request indicating a need for the locally assisted positioning procedure for the positioning of the target user device. Devices, methods, and computer programs are disclosed.

Abstract: A video decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus comprises deriving control points (CPs) for the current block; obtaining motion vectors for the CPs; deriving a motion vector of a sub-block or a sample unit in the current block on the basis of the obtained motion vectors; deriving a prediction sample for the current block on the basis of the derived motion vector; and generating a reconstruction sample on the basis of the prediction sample. The method enables effective performance of inter prediction through the motion vectors (transformation prediction), not only when an image in the current block is moved in a plane, but also when the image in the current block is rotated, zoomed in, zoomed out, or transformed into a parallelogram. Accordingly, the amount of data for the residual signal for the current block can be eliminated or reduced, and the overall coding efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: There are provided apparatuses, methods and computer program products. In accordance with an embodiment, there is disclosed a method including obtaining a status of at least one control element regarding allowability of small data transmission by the user equipment; examining the status to determine whether small data transmission by the user equipment is prohibited or allowed in an inactive state of the user equipment; causing, based on the determination, the user equipment to perform either initiation of a small data transmission procedure in the inactive state if the status indicates that initiation of the small data transmission is not prohibited; or prohibiting initiation of the small data transmission procedure.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus that has means for retrieving information associated with network slice selection, and means for selecting a network slice simultaneous registration group using the information associated with network slice selection. The apparatus also has means for providing, to a network entity, a requested network slice selection assistance information based on the selected network slice simultaneous registration group.

Abstract: Disclosed are devices, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for adapting transmission occasions. An example apparatus for a terminal device may include at least one processor and at least one memory.