Abstract: A first network node is disclosed. The first network node is configured to communicate with a wireless device (WD) and includes processing circuitry and a radio interface in communication with the processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to determine a reference signal presence message including presence information of at least one reference signal for an activation of at least one secondary cell. The presence information includes at least one index indicating a trigger state from a trigger state list. The radio interface is configured to transmit the reference signal presence message and receive a report from the WD indicating that the activation of at least one secondary cell using the at least one reference signal is complete. Methods, systems and other apparatuses are disclosed.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device comprises obtaining (512) a tracking reference signal (TRS)/channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource configuration and underlying beam association for a plurality of TRS/CSI-RS occasions and obtaining (514) an availability indicator. The availability indicator indicates an association of one or more of the plurality of TRS/CSI-RS occasions and underlying beam association. The method further comprises receiving (518) layer one signaling on a beam. The layer one signaling indicates that a TRS/CSI-RS is available in at least one TRS/CSI-RS occasion of the plurality of TRS/CSI-RS occasions. The method further comprises determining (520) one or more of the plurality of TRS/CSI-RS occasions have TRS/CSI-RS available based on the availability indicator and the layer one signaling and receiving (522) TRS/CSI-RS in at least one of the determined TRS/CSI-RS occasions.

Abstract: A wireless device (110) is configured with at least a first search-space set group, SSSG and a second SSSG. A method (1400) by the wireless device includes receiving (1402) a first indication to transition from the first SSSG to the second SSSG. Based on the first indication, the wireless device starts (1404) a SSSG-switching timer. While monitoring a Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, according to the second SSSG, the wireless device receives (1406) a second indication to transition to PDCCH skipping for a duration. When the SSSG-switching timer expires before the duration ends, the wireless device continues (1408) PDCCH skipping until the duration ends.

Abstract: A method performed by a wireless device configured with dual connectivity between a first group of cells and a second group of cells is provided. The method includes determining a limit of a power of transmission of a first uplink transmission in the first group of cells. The limit is determined based on an identified second uplink transmission in the second group of cells overlapping in time with the first uplink transmission. The method further includes setting the power of transmission for the first uplink transmission based on the limit. Methods performed by a first network node and/or a second network node are also provided.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes memory storing instructions and processing circuitry coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry is to implement the instructions to select a resource block group (RBG) size configuration from a set of RBG size configurations based on a bandwidth part (BWP) size. Each RBG size configuration is to indicate RBG sizes associated with respective ranges of BWP sizes, and the RBG sizes are to indicate a number of frequency-domain physical resource blocks (PRBs) for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) or physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions. The processing circuitry is further to implement the instructions to allocate PRBs for communication between the gNB device and a user equipment (UE) device via the PDSCH or PUSCH transmissions based on the selected RBG size, and to encode downlink control information (DCI) that indicates the allocated PRBs for transmission to the UE device.

Abstract: A method performed by a network entity in which the method includes transmitting or receiving a transmission of data, wherein the transmission is scheduled with a Modulation and Coding Scheme, MCS, level indicated by an MCS index, IMCS, and wherein the transmitting or receiving is based on a first condition being used for a first subset of MCS levels being a subset of all possible MCS levels.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a radio node in a wireless communication network. The method includes transmitting data signalling, the data signalling representing a plurality of data blocks. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.

Abstract: Embodiments include methods, performed by a user equipment (UE), for receiving tracking reference signals, TRS, in a wireless network. An example method comprises receiving, from 5 the network node, system information including a configuration for tracking reference signals, the configuration specifying a plurality of occasions at which the network node may transmit tracking reference signals, where the system information further specifies at least a first window in which availability information for a tracking reference signal according to the configuration will be signaled. The example method further comprises receiving the availability information 0 during the at least a first window, and determining whether a tracking reference signal is available, based on the received availability information.

Abstract: There is provided a method of operating a wireless device, UE, in a communication network. The method includes transmitting, to the communication network, a first capability indication that indicates that the UE supports a maximum number of MIMO layers for a serving cell configuration on a carrier and the second capability indication that indicates that the UE supports a maximum number of MIMO layers for a bandwidth part, BWP, of the serving cell. The method further includes receiving a configuration that includes a first higher layer parameter associated with the maximum number of MIMO layers for a serving cell and a second higher layer parameter associated with the maximum number of MIMO layers for a specific BWP part of the serving cell, wherein the configuration is based on the first capability indication and the second capability indication. Furthermore, there is provided a UE, a RAN node and a method therefore.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include methods for a user equipment (UE) to receive a wake-up signal (WUS) via downlink control information (DCI) transmitted by a network node in a radio access network (RAN). Such methods include receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) from the network node, and processing the received PDCCH to determine if it includes a DCI carrying a WUS targeted to the UE. The processing can include determining if a payload portion of the DCI is based on a first function of an identifier associated with the UE (e.g., C-RNTI) or with a group of UEs (e.g., WUG-RNTI). The processing can also include determining if a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) portion of the DCI is based on a second function of the identifier. Other embodiments include complementary methods performed by a network node, and UEs or network nodes configured to perform the exemplary methods.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are timing determination techniques for 5G radio access network (RAN) cells. According to various such techniques, a user equipment (UE) may receive a downlink (DL) scheduling command to schedule a DL data transmission from a base station. The UE may identify a scheduled slot for transmission of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback corresponding to the DL data transmission based on a received slot of the DL data transmission and an applicable slot offset value. The applicable slot offset value may indicate a number of slots by which the received slot precedes the scheduled slot. The applicable slot offset value may be identified from a value set based on an indicator comprised in the DL scheduling command, or may be identified using the various other techniques described herein.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for controlling and configuring cross carrier scheduling are disclosed. In one example a method (100), performed by a wireless device (10, 30) is disclosed. The wireless device (10, 30) is configured for cross-carrier scheduling in a wireless communication network. The method (100) comprises signalling (102) to the network an indication that the wireless device (10, 30) is capable of using a reference Transmission Configuration Indication, TCI, state for a cross-carrier scheduled Physical Downlink Shared Channel, PDSCH, reception on a second serving cell, with a scheduling offset from a Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, reception from a first serving cell that scheduled the PDSCH, that is less than a predetermined delay Delta_Offset. In response to signalling the reference TCI state capability the method further includes receiving (104) from the network an indication of a TCI state to use as the reference TCI state.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are timing determination techniques for 5G radio access network (RAN) cells. According to various such techniques, during a random access procedure, a user equipment (UE) may receive a grant of resources for an uplink (UL) data transmission in a random access response (RAR) message. The UE may identify a scheduled slot for the UL data transmission based on a received slot of the RAR message and an applicable slot offset value. The applicable slot offset value may indicate a number of slots by which the received slot precedes the scheduled slot. The applicable slot offset value may be identified using the various techniques described herein.

Abstract: Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), Generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are disclosed herein. The UE may attempt to decode sidelink synchronization signals (SLSSs) received on component carriers (CCs) of a carrier aggregation. In one configuration, synchronization resources for SLSS transmissions may be aligned across the CCs at subframe boundaries in time, restricted to a portion of the CCs, and restricted to a same sub-frame. The UE may, for multiple CCs, determine a priority level for the CC based on indicators in the SLSSs received on the CC. The UE may select, from the CCs on which one or more SLSSs are decoded, the CC for which the determined priority level is highest. The UE may determine a reference timing for sidelink communication based on the one or more SLSSs received on the selected CC.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a wireless device in a wireless communication network, the method including transmitting feedback signaling including feedback information, the feedback information being encoded with an error coding scheme, wherein an error coding size of the error coding scheme is dependent on a type of the feedback information. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.

Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein efficiently address prioritization by a UE regarding its reception behavior with respect to a configured downlink transmission that is overlapped by a dynamic assignment and/or the dynamic downlink transmission scheduled via the dynamic assignment. In at least one embodiment having applicability to operation of the UE in a communication network based on the 5G NR specifications, the techniques disclosed herein provide for predictable behavior by the UE as to when the UE prioritizes a configured Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) versus another PDSCH. Correspondingly, a radio network node may exploit the predictable behavior of the UE to override a configured PDSCH in favor of a dynamic PDSCH, by transmitting the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) that schedules the dynamic PDSCH so that a timing relationship between the PDCCH and the configured PDSCH is satisfied.

Abstract: A method is provided that is performed by a communication device for search space set group switching when discontinuous reception and at least two search space set groups are configured for at least one serving cell of a communication network for the communication device. The method includes monitoring a PDCCH of the at least one serving cell according to a first of the at least two search space set groups. The method further includes receiving an indication to switch to a second of the at least two search space set groups based on at least one condition related to at least one discontinuous reception state of the communication device. The method further includes switching to the second of the at least two search space set groups based on the at least one condition.

Abstract: A method (1200) by a wireless device (110) includes receiving (1202), from a network node (160), a paging early indicator, PEI, configuration that includes an indication of a mapping of a PEI to a plurality of paging occasions, POs. The wireless device receives (1204) the PEI from the network node. Based on the mapping of the PEI to the plurality of POs, the wireless device monitors (1206) a shared channel during the plurality of POs.

Abstract: Embodiments include methods, performed by a network node in a wireless network, for managing energy consumption of user equipment (UEs) served by the network node. Such methods include transmitting, to a UE, a configuration including one or more time-domain resource allocations (TDRAs). The TDRAs include one or more first scheduling offsets and one or more second scheduling offsets between a scheduling message and a signal or channel scheduled via the scheduling message. A minimum value of the second scheduling offsets is greater than a minimum value of the first scheduling offsets. Such methods also include transmitting, to the UE, an indication of whether the UE should use the first scheduling offsets or the second scheduling offsets, and a first scheduling message that schedules a first signal or channel for the UE according to the indication. Embodiments also include complementary methods perform by UEs, as well as network nodes and UEs.

Abstract: A user equipment, UE, comprising a processor and a receiving module connected to the processor performs a method for detection of a reference signal in idle mode in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: determining whether a part of the reference signal is present, wherein the part of the reference signal comprise any one of a first symbol or a subset of the first symbol resources of the reference signal, a subcarrier of the reference signal, a subset frequency allocations of the reference signal, a part of reference signal with a smaller bandwidth than the total bandwidth of the reference signal, a subset of time or/and frequency resource elements of the reference signal, and adapting further detection of the reference signal based on the detection result on the part of the reference signal.