Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for self-interference mitigation in bluetooth (BT) systems. The apparatus comprises a cellular modem for a cellular communication; a first controller for a general purpose; and a second controller for a BT communication. The first controller receives information about self-interference from the cellular modem, the information about self-interference comprises one or more frequency ranges of one or more transmission of the apparatus in frequency bands of the cellular communication and one or both of one or more related frequency ranges of a potential intermodulation distortion product or a related potential harmonic product of the one or more transmissions of the apparatus affecting the BT communication.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media for transmission power adaptation. The method includes: receiving, at a first device and from a second device, a channel state information configuration; and in response to receiving a reference signal from the second device, transmitting to the second device a channel state information report based on the channel state information configuration, the channel state information report including assistance information on transmission power adjustment for the second device. In this way, the adjustment of transmission power and bandwidth assignment can be implemented without degrading the supported multiple input multiple output layers. Thus, the spectral efficiency is improved, while the data latency and network energy consumption are reduced.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to: receive at least two resource set configurations, wherein a first configuration of the at least two resource set configurations comprises an indication that a first number of ports are mapped to a first set of resources that are used for a first type of resource, wherein a second configuration of the at least two resource set configurations comprises an indication that the first number of the ports are mapped to the first set of resources that are used for a second type of resource, wherein the first type of resource is different from the second type of resource: determine to use one of the at least two resource set configurations; and receive at least one reference signal based, at least partially, on the determined configuration of the at least two resource set configurations.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided that includes at least receiver circuitry, a processor, and memory. The apparatus also includes a plurality of directional antennas configured to simultaneously receive different downlink signals for each polarization. The apparatus further includes control circuitry for controlling processes for beam sweeping, beam refinement, and selecting a beam pair that maximizes signal strength while minimizing inter-layer-group interference. A portable electronic device and a stationary electronic device that include the apparatus are also provided. A method carried out by means, such as the apparatus, is also provided. A computer program product, such as a non-transitory computer readable medium, for causing an apparatus to carry out such a method is also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus may be configured to: receive, from a network, an indication of one or more sets of ports, wherein the one or more sets of ports are grouped; receive, from the network, at least one parameter for port interference detection, wherein the at least one parameter for port interference detection comprises at least one of: a scrambled cyclic redundancy code, a number of interfered ports, a set index for a set of at least one of the one or more sets of ports, or an indication of a selected set of the one or more sets of ports; and determine the set of at least one of the one or more sets of ports based, at least partially, on the at least one parameter for port interference detection.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program is described comprising: receiving a first transmission from an antenna, the first transmission comprising a first carrier including a first signal and a second carrier including a second signal, wherein the first and second carriers are separated in frequency within a first operational band; splitting the first transmission into a first channel and a second channel; downconverting the first channel to centre the first carrier at a baseband frequency to extract the first signal; downconverting the second channel to centre the second carrier at the baseband frequency to extract the second signal; and providing the first signal to a first processor and the second signal to a second processor; wherein the first and second processors are associated with first and second subscriber identity modules respectively.

Abstract: An apparatus such as a user equipment configured to support an irregular bandwidth signal. The apparatus comprising multiple means for frequency translating a wireless communication signal in a frequency bandwidth that is different to a predefined bandwidth and for filtering said frequency translated wireless communication signals. Means for adjusting a centre frequency used by the multiple means for frequency translating; and control means.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, method, and computer program for causing a user equipment to perform: obtaining, based on at least one downlink carrier received during an uplink transmission, at least one value indicative of a self-interference by measuring a power difference in downlink resource elements affected by active resource elements of the uplink transmission and downlink resource elements affected by empty resource elements of the uplink transmission.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices, apparatuses and computer readable storage medium of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for co-scheduled device. In a method, a first apparatus receives, from a second apparatus, an indication of a time period within which at least one co-scheduled terminal device of the first apparatus is present and a set of DMRS ports allocated for the first apparatus and the at least one co-scheduled terminal device are constant. The first apparatus decodes one or more downlink data transmission in consecutive downlink slots within the time period at least based on the indication.

Abstract: A method, computer program and apparatus is described comprising: receiving, from a user equipment at a network node, an indication that the user equipment has the capability to mitigate self-interference at the user equipment for multi-band operation; and transmitting, from the network node to the user equipment, an approval to allow the user equipment to mitigate self-interference at the user equipment for the multi-band operation.

Abstract: A method, computer program and apparatus is described including: determining a safe output power level of a device of a mobile communication system based, at least in part, on a determined maximum sensitivity degradation type of the device; receiving a power command, from a network node of the mobile communication system, for controlling the transmit power of the device; determining whether the determined safe output level would be exceeded by implementing the received power command; and controlling device transmissions in accordance with a self-interference control algorithm in the event that it is determined that the safe output power level would be exceeded by implementing said power command.

Abstract: Method including: determining, subsequently for each of X beams, a characteristic of a power of a reference signal received on the respective beam over a respective period of time; and identifying a best beam among the X beams such that the characteristic of the power of the best beam is extreme among the characteristics of the power received on the X beams over the respective period of time; wherein X is an integer equal to or larger than 2; each of the periods of time has a same duration denoted a slice duration; the slice duration is shorter than a duration of one symbol of the reference signal.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to: receive, from a network node, a configuration for one or more resource elements having zero power; receive downlink control information, wherein the downlink control information comprises, at least, an aperiodic indication for triggering resource elements having zero power; and determine a number of co-scheduled user equipments in a physical downlink shared channel based, at least partially, on at least one of: an index associated with the one or more resource elements, a number of the one or more resource elements, or a number of the one or more resource elements triggered with the aperiodic indication; and identify co-scheduled-UE interferer information based on the number of co-scheduled-UEs and the resource elements having zero power. The co-scheduled-UE interferer information includes determination of the MO, FDRA and DMRS ports of each co-scheduled UE.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising, embedding information for time synchronization to a SSB, encrypting the SSB and transmitting in a cellular communication network the encrypted SSB comprising the information for time synchronization.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a terminal device, a method, an apparatus and a computer readable storage medium for irregular channel bandwidth support mechanism. In some embodiments, a terminal device may receive a configuration of irregular channel bandwidth from a network device and further configure multiple bandwidths for multiple filters based on the configuration. In some embodiments, at least two of the multiple bandwidths are different. As such, the filter configurations at the terminal device may support the irregular channel bandwidths, even when the terminal device does not update the analog filters in hardware.

Abstract: A network element in a wireless network sends, to a target UE, configuration of CSI RSs for use in a time-frequency resource space of a PDSCH. The configuration informs the UE to use the CSI RSs for interference parameter detection of co-scheduled UE(s) in the PDSCH. The network element transmits, toward the target UE, the CSI RSs. A target UE in a wireless network receives, from a network element, configuration of CSI RSs for use in a time-frequency resource space of a physical downlink shared channel. The configuration informs the target UE to use the CSI RSs for interference parameter detection of co-scheduled UE(s) in the PDSCH. The target UE receives, from the network element, the CSI RSs. The target UE performs the interference parameter detection using the CSI RSs.

Abstract: There is provided a method performed by a first device, the method comprising: determining whether or not a change indication from a second device is preferred when transmit power at the second device changes in a transmission to the first device; and providing to the second device, information of whether or not the change indication is preferred.

Abstract: An apparatus may be configured to: receive, from a network, an indication of one or more sets of ports, wherein the one or more sets of ports are grouped; receive, from the network, at least one parameter for port interference detection, wherein the at least one parameter for port interference detection comprises at least one of: a scrambled cyclic redundancy code, a number of interfered ports, a set index for a set of at least one of the one or more sets of ports, or an indication of a selected set of the one or more sets of ports; and determine the set of at least one of the one or more sets of ports based, at least partially, on the at least one parameter for port interference detection.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for reporting by a user equipment of maximum sensitivity degradation and relaxation values thereof. A method includes receiving a request message related to capability of the apparatus, wherein the request message includes maximum sensitivity degradation information of the apparatus corresponding to an operational situation of the apparatus; responding to the request message with a response message, wherein the response message indicates the maximum sensitivity degradation value corresponding to said operational situation of the apparatus; and utilizing self-measurements during said operational situation of the apparatus to determine a new maximum sensitivity degradation value which replaces the current maximum sensitivity degradation value corresponding to the operational situation of the apparatus.

Abstract: A method including: receiving, by an apparatus including one or more antenna panels for receiving beams, a frame structure including a plurality of time slots, wherein each time slot includes a plurality of orthogonal frequency-division modulated (OFDM) symbols and at least one guard period; performing beam sweeping over a plurality of received beams during said guard period; and aligning the apparatus to receive on a best beam of at least one antenna panel determined based on the beam sweeping.