Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: obtaining signal measurements from a plurality of antenna panels of a user device at respective first sampling rates corresponding to each of the plurality of antenna panels, wherein a rate at which each of the plurality of antenna panels perform signal measurements is determined based on the respective first sampling rates; determining whether a first condition is satisfied or whether a second condition is satisfied, wherein at least one of the first condition or the second condition relates to a probability of an inbound handover; and increasing at least one of the respective first sampling rates to one or more respective second sampling rates in response to determining that the first condition is satisfied, or decreasing at least one of the first sampling rates to one or more respective third sampling rates in response to determining that the second condition is satisfied.

Abstract: An apparatus, comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory storing instructions, the at least one memory and the instructions configured to, with the at least one processor, cause a terminal device to detect a failure, related to a serving cell and to transmit a first indication characterizing the failure to a network node associated with the assisting cell.

Abstract: Techniques described herein include solutions for wireless local area network (WLAN) cellular aggregation (WCA). A user equipment (UE) may be configured to communicate with one or more base stations using both a direct cellular link and a multi-hop WLAN link. The multi-hop WLAN link may utilize a WLAN terminal as a relay. The WLAN terminal may communicate with the UE via a WLAN connection, and communicate with a base station via a cellular connection. The WLAN terminal may utilize endpoint mapping information when forwarding packets from the base station to the UE in downlink (DL), or from the UE to the base station in uplink (UL). The endpoint mapping information may be configured before the WCA transmissions and stored in a memory of the WLAN terminal, or may be indicated dynamically in a packet header of each WCA transmission.

Abstract: One or more processors are configured to execute instructions that cause a UE to perform operations. The operations include offloading a task to a first network node. The operations include determining a computation requirement forecast, wherein the computation requirement forecast indicates a computation requirement of the task at an upcoming time. The operations include transmitting the computation requirement forecast to the first network node. The operations include performing a handover procedure from the first network node to a second network node.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for split-bearer enhancements during dual-connectivity operation, e.g., in 5G NR systems and beyond (e.g., NextG, 6G, and so forth). A base station may set up a split-bearer for a UE operating in dual-connectivity and connected to the base station and one or more corresponding base stations, including setting up a ratio of a split of data to be delivered to the UE via the base station and the one or more corresponding base stations. The base station may transmit, based on the ratio of the split, a first portion of the data destined for the UE to the UE and a second portion of the data destined for the UE to the one or more corresponding base stations. The base station may adjust, based on one or more split-bearer quality reports received from the UE, the ratio of the split.

Abstract: In this invention, when a serving distributed unit informs target distributed unit via a central unit about a target reference, it is proposed to use, signal index X/indices X1 . . . Xn for PDCCH transmissions or PUSCH receptions or a RACH-less handover: Send by a distributed unit of the serving cell towards a distributed unit of a target cell one of before, upon, or after transmission of a layer 1 serving cell change command to a user equipment, signaling comprising configuration information associated with the user equipment to perform a random access channel less handover of the user equipment to the target cell, wherein the configuration information informs the target cell about at least one target reference signal index that shall be used for at least one of at least one physical downlink control channel transmission or at least one physical uplink shared channel reception.

Abstract: An apparatus, method, and computer program for a serving network access node that causes the serving network access node to: provide a first user equipment with access to a network; signal, to a first network access node, a request for a first indication that indicates how at least one load-related parameter of the first network access node would likely be affected if the first network access node were to serve the first user equipment; receive, from the first network access node, the first indication; and make at least one load-related decision for the first user equipment in dependence on the received first indication.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for uplink switch to source cell in dual active protocol stack handover. A method may include receiving a handover command. The method may also include identifying a maximum permissible exposure event at a user equipment before or after reception of the handover command. The method may further include delaying an uplink switch to a target network element from a source network element due to the maximum permissible exposure event, or switching back to the source network element. According to certain example embodiments, delaying the uplink switch may include setting an event trigger to switch to the target network element. In addition, the method may include informing the target network element about the maximum permissible exposure event, and about the delay in the uplink switch.

Abstract: A multi-panel mobile apparatus may be configured to perform, periodically during a scan time, downlink quality measurements on a serving cell and on at least one neighboring cell; determine, in a first mode, a first distribution of a scan time between a plurality of antenna panels, based on measurement results of a serving antenna panel on the serving cell; determine, in a second mode, a second distribution of the scan time between a subset of the plurality of antenna panels, based on a first difference between measurement results on the serving cell and measurement results on one or more candidate target cells for a handover procedure; and determine, in a third mode, a third distribution of the scan time between a further subset of the plurality of antenna panels, based on a second difference between measurement results on the serving cell and measurement results on a target cell.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising: detecting a need to perform a handover for a user equipment from a cell of a second node of the radio access network to a cell of a third node of the radio access network, transmitting, to the second node and in response to detecting the need to perform the handover, a control message comprising an indication for downlink data forwarding at a radio link control level to the third node.

Abstract: Techniques of mobility events include generating, by a gNB-CU-CP, preconfigured target cell configurations for some or all intra-frequency cells of a gNB-DU which reduces the need for subsequent F1:UE Context Modification and RRC Re-configuration procedures to configure cells of the same DU for L1/L2 mobility. Advantageously, the above-described technique for intra and inter gNB-DU mobility provides for more efficient signaling between cells belonging to the same gNB-DU.

Abstract: When an apparatus, which has a direct connection to a serving cell in a wireless network and a sidelink connection to a relaying apparatus at least via which data is relayed between the apparatus and the serving cell, detects a mobility event relating to the direct connection, the apparatus determines for the mobility event a target cell in the wireless network; and causes transmitting over the sidelink connection to the relaying apparatus a control signal message to be relayed to the serving cell, the control signal message indicating at least the mobility event, the target cell and an identifier of the apparatus.

Abstract: One or more processors are provided. The one or more processors include circuitry that executes instructions to cause a user equipment (UE) to perform operations. The operations include transmitting, to a network entity, a first message indicating a capability of the UE. The operations include determining, based on contextual information associated with the UE, an anticipated mobility event to occur during a time window. The operations include transmitting, to the network entity, a second message indicative of the mobility event. The operations include determining to make a connectivity change when the mobility event occurs. A network entity and a method are also provided.

Abstract: A method includes receiving via a serving cell that is associated with a first distributed unit of the network node, a list of conflicting physical cell identities and a request to provide an indication of whether a measured cell is intra-distributed unit or inter-distributed unit with respect to the serving cell; determining a physical cell group identifier of the serving cell; determining, by the user equipment, a physical cell group identifier of the measured cell; comparing the physical cell group identifier of the measured cell to the physical cell group identifier of the serving cell, to determine whether: the measured cell is intra-distributed unit with respect to the serving cell, or the measured cell is inter-distributed unit with respect to the serving cell; and sending a layer 1 measurement report including information indicating whether the measured cell is intra-distributed unit or inter-distributed unit with respect to the serving cell.

Abstract: There are provided measures for robust mobile terminal handover.

Abstract: A method including: receiving, by a multi-panel user equipment from a serving network entity, information indicative of predicted transmissions of reference signals by a serving network entity or target network entity; and applying a panel prioritization strategy for the multi-panel user equipment based on the received information indicative of predicted transmissions of reference signals.

Abstract: There are provided measures for beam failure recovery enhancement. Such measures exemplarily comprise, at a terminal, identifying a beam failure with respect to a radio beam provided by a serving cell of said terminal, and deciding, in response to an identified beam failure, to perform beam failure recovery attempts including at least a first beam failure recovery attempt and a second beam failure recovery attempt with respect to said serving cell of said terminal and at least one non-serving cell of said terminal.

Abstract: A helicopter has a body exposed to air flow, at least one wing provided on the body, extending outward from the body and enabling ammunition and similar payloads to be placed thereto, a rotor generating the aerodynamic lift and/or thrust required for the body to take off, a tail provided on the body, extending outward from the body and providing balance during the movement of the body.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments provide systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for a handover of a coordinated multi-point connection. For example, certain embodiment may transfer a first coordinated multi-point connection (e.g., a further enhanced multiple input multiple output (FeMIMO) connection) to a second coordinated multi-point connection where the network may instruct the UE to not perform at least one random access procedure. The first coordinated multi-point connection may be controlled by a first cell (the serving cell) where the UE is ready to receive from and transmit to a first set of cells that comprises the serving cell and one or more non-serving cells. After handover, the second coordinated multi-point connection may be controlled by a previous non-serving cell, and the UE may be ready to receive from and transmit to a second set of cells that comprises the previous non-serving cell.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing and evaluating machine leaning models are provided. In the context of an apparatus, the apparatus comprises at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform: responsive to receiving a benchmarking data request, identify user equipment capability data associated with the benchmarking data request; identify a machine learning model associated with the benchmarking data request; generate benchmarking data based at least in part on the machine learning model and the user equipment capability data; and provide the benchmarking data for use in conjunction with the machine learning model.