Abstract: Various examples of embodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatuses for optimized conditional transactions. One such example of an embodiment relates to an apparatus caused to obtain a downlink, DL, reception, Rx, indicator for measuring DL transmission, Tx, beams and/or Tx-Rx beam pairs, the DL Rx indicator indicative of a Rx antenna panel and/or a Rx beam to be used and/or used by the apparatus for reference signal measurements; perform reference signal measurements on at least one received reference signal by using the Rx antenna panel and/or the Rx beam indicative in the DL Rx indicator, wherein a reference signal of the at least one received reference signal is associated with a respective Tx beam; and report a measurement result of the performed reference signal measurements.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to: receive, from a user equipment, assistance information on power amplifier characteristics of the user equipment, wherein the user equipment is configured to perform multiple uplink transmissions to multiple cells; configure at least one uplink transmission resource, based on the assistance information, for at least one uplink transmission of the multiple uplink transmissions; and transmit, to the user equipment, an indication of a waveform switching configuration related to the at least one uplink transmission resource.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method, comprising, receiving, by a user equipment, a timing advance command from a wireless network node, wherein the timing advance command comprises a timing advance value and the user equipment is in an inactive or idle state, selecting, by the user equipment, a coverage enhancement configuration using the timing advance value and transmitting, by the user equipment, at least one message to the wireless network node using the selected coverage enhancement configuration.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to: transmit, to a base station, a capability related to mTRP operation, comprising at least one of: a first indication of one or more power amplifier configurations, a second indication of at least one first time duration to reach at least one target power change, a third indication of a second time duration during which a waveform is to be maintained, a fourth indication of a relative power tolerance associated with the at least one target power change, or a fifth indication of a capability for achieving a predetermined relative power tolerance during a predetermined time duration during the multiple transmission and reception point operation; receive, from the base station, a sixth indication of at least one waveform for use during one or more respective transmissions of a plurality of PUSCH transmissions; and receive, from the base station, an uplink configuration for the plurality of PUSCH transmissions.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, from a network element, a first downlink control information (DCI) message, wherein the first DCI message comprises a plurality of DCI fields. The method also includes determining a first radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) type of a first RNTI that is used for scrambling cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits of the first DCI message. The method also includes determining a waveform type indicated by a second DCI message, wherein the second DCI message is a most recent DCI message received by the apparatus prior to the first DCI message, and wherein CRC bits of the second DCI message are scrambled by a second RNTI, and wherein the second RNTI is a cell RNTI (C-RNTI). The method also includes decoding the first DCI message based at least in part on the first RNTI type and the waveform type.

Abstract: A method comprising obtaining information regarding a linkage of a first search space set and a second search space set, wherein the first search space set and the second search space set are associated with a multi transmission reception point physical downlink control channel repetition, determining, based on the obtained information, that the first search space set and the second search space set are linked search space sets, determining for the linked search space sets a presence information of a transmission configuration indication, and based on the presence information, determining a field size of the transmission configuration indication in a downlink control information for the multiple transmission reception point physical downlink control channel repetition.

Abstract: A method in comprises determining, at an apparatus, a feature of at least one feature according to a list of at least one list causing transmission, at the apparatus, of a UL transmission according to the feature. The determining based on a number of bits (N), the at least one list of at least one waveform dependent field, one or more bits of at least one waveform dependent field of downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling an uplink (UL) transmission, an indication that dynamic waveform switching (DWS) is utilized of the downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling the uplink (UL) transmission, and a waveform indicated by the downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling an uplink (UL) transmission.

Abstract: Certain examples of the present disclosure relate to a User Equipment, UE, (110) comprising means for: determining a first total amount of energy (ETx(TW1)) that has been transmitted by the UE within a first time window (TW1); and determining a first transmission power (PmaxTx(i)) that is allowed for a transmission (Tx(i)) by the UE within the first time window, TW1 wherein the first transmission power is determined based, at least in part, on the first total amount of energy (ETx(TW1)) that has been transmitted by the UE within the first time window (TW1).

Abstract: There is provided a method, comprising: obtaining signal quality information on a plurality of downlink (DL) signals of a cell; receiving, from a network node of the cell, condition information indicative of reception conditions at the network node; based on the signal quality information and the condition information, determining at least one parameter for performing a random access to the cell; performing, based on the determined at least one parameter, the random access to the cell on a set of uplink (UL) resources.

Abstract: An apparatus including at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform: receiving a group common downlink control information signal, where the group common downlink control information signal comprises at least one waveform switching indication bit; and determining, based upon the at least one waveform switching indication bit, information configured to be used for determining waveform switching.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present disclosure there is provided an apparatus including means for determining an RO sequence for transmission of a first message with repetitions, wherein the first message is part of a random access procedure; means for transmitting the first message with repetitions over the determined RO sequence; means for generating RA-RNTI based on the determined RO sequence; and means for using the generated RA-RNTI in the random access procedure.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processing core and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to determine whether each condition from among a set comprising at least one condition is fulfilled, based on the set of conditions being fulfilled, obtain a waveform selection indication from an element of a downlink control information element received in the apparatus from a network, and use, in at least one transmission or reception, a waveform selected based on the waveform selection indication, and based on the set of conditions not being fulfilled, use a default waveform, a previously used waveform or a currently used waveform in the at least one transmission or reception.

Abstract: Certain examples of the present disclosure provide a User Equipment, UE, 110 configured to: receive an identifier 202, wherein the identifier is configured to signal control information and/or configuration information respectively for triggering performance of an action and/or configuring the UE 110; determine 203, based at least in part on the received identifier, the control information and/or the configuration information; and perform 204 the action and/or configure the UE 110 in accordance with the determined control and/or the determined configuration information.

Abstract: To enable at least dynamic waveform switching, at least one predefined bit, in a downlink control information comprising scheduling information for at least one uplink transmission, may have a first preset purpose and a second preset purpose. One or more preset first rules may be applied to determine whether to use the at least one predefined bit for the first preset purpose or for the second preset purpose. When the second preset purpose is used, at least a waveform for the at least one uplink transmission amongst waveforms comprising at least a first waveform and a second waveform is determined, according to one or more preset second rules, based on a value of the at least one predefined bit. The waveform determined is then used in the uplink transmission scheduled.

Abstract: Example embodiments provide a method for acknowledging switching of operation modes for a client device. The method comprises receiving, by a client device, a first indication comprising at least one of a first time duration, a period for repeating the first time duration or an indication of a list of at least two operation modes for the client device. The client device may be configured to receive a second indication comprising instructions for the dynamic switching of operation modes based on the list of at least two operation modes. The client device may be further configured to indicate the selected operation mode to a network device. Devices, methods, and computer programs are disclosed.

Abstract: To enable dynamic waveform switching, one or more instructions on how to determine a waveform amongst at least a first waveform and a second waveform for at least one uplink transmission based at least on frequency domain resource allocation for the at least one uplink transmission may be transmitted in a network, or apparatuses may comprise one or more of the one or more instructions. The one or more instructions associate at least resource block regions with waveforms. The one or more instructions may be applied to determine, based on a frequency domain resource allocation for an uplink transmission, a waveform for the uplink transmission at least according to a resource block region in the frequency domain resource allocation. The waveform determined is then used in the uplink transmission.

Abstract: Devices, methods and computer programs for client device operation mode indication are disclosed. A client device obtains a first indication indicating at least a time duration and at least a first period for repeating the time duration. A downlink control information, DCI, received within the indicated time duration includes a second indication indicating a second operation mode of the client device, and the second indication is not included when the DCI is received outside of the indicated time duration. In response to receiving, at the client device, the DCI from a network node device within the indicated time duration, the client device determines the second operation mode of the client device based on the received second indication, and applies the determined second operation mode of the client device.

Abstract: There is provided a method and apparatus for receiving, from a network node, a configuration being indicative of at least one first threshold value for distinguishing between numbers of repetition of transmission, and at least one offset value for the at least one first threshold. And further for measuring power values of synchronization signal block beams; selecting a beam based on the measured power values; determining a number of repetitions of transmission of a first message based on at least a mapping between number of repetitions and power values of synchronization signal block beams, the at least one first threshold value, the at least one offset value, and at least one condition; and transmitting, to the network node, the first message using the determined number of repetitions on the selected beam.

Abstract: A method for performing multiple-input and multiple-output channel estimation includes: generating, using a first machine-learning model, an initial set of estimated channel information from a first input set of channel information, wherein the first input set of channel information corresponds to a first plurality of radio-frequency chains, and wherein the estimated set of channel information corresponds to the first plurality of radio-frequency chains and a second plurality of radio-frequency chains; generating, using a second machine-learning model, a set of estimated channel phases from the initial set of estimated channel information and a second input set of channel information, wherein the second set of input channel information corresponds to the second plurality of radio-frequency chains; and combining the initial set of estimated channel information and the set of estimated channel phases to generate an enhanced set of estimated channel information.

Abstract: In accordance with example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform determining, by a network device of a communication network, random access channel parameters for random access to the communication network; based on the random access channel parameters, deriving a set of random access channel occasions in a time domain and frequency domain; based on the derived set of random access channel occasions, mapping or causing mapping of at least one synchronization signal block index to a number of at least one random access channel occasion of the set of random access channel occasions in at least one of the time domain or the frequency domain, wherein the mapping is based on a; and sending towards a network node of the communication network Msg1 preamble repetitions using at least part of the number of at least one random access channel occasions.