Abstract: The present disclosure relates to telecommunications. In one of its aspects, the disclosure concerns a method in a Radio Access Network (RAN) node for updating a paging configuration for at least one User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communications system. The RAN node uses at least one radio beam for transmitting at least one paging message to said UE(s). The method comprises obtaining information regarding at least one paging condition. The at least one paging condition is associated with a current paging configuration for said at least one UE and comprises at least one of a false paging rate, latency, PDCCH load, and PDCCH and PDSCH imbalance. The method further comprises determining whether the obtained information regarding the at least one paging condition exceeds a respective associated threshold; and updating, based on the determination, the current paging configuration into an updated paging configuration for said at least one UE.

Abstract: A method, network node and wireless device (WD) for extended physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes receiving a triggering signal, configured to trigger a search space expansion in the WD. The method also includes, when the triggering signal fulfills predetermined criteria, performing a search space expansion, the at least one predetermined criteria being based at least in part on at least one of physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, characteristics, physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, characteristics and physical downlink shared channel, PDSCH, characteristics.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for adapting wake-up signal monitoring to optimize power saving performance. In one embodiment, a UE can be configured to selectively skip WUS monitoring based on a current UE context. In another embodiment, WUS/PDCCH monitoring and/or other UE procedure can be adapted based on a statistic related to the wake-up signals transmitted by the base station to the UE.

Abstract: A radar sensing function is performed in a mobile communication device that operates in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) wireless communication system having an air interface that comprises a plurality of uplink symbol times associated with symbols transmitted in an uplink direction and a plurality of downlink symbol times associated with symbols transmitted in a downlink direction, and in which each transmitted symbol from a plurality of transmitted symbols has a corresponding cyclic prefix that is transmitted immediately before the corresponding transmitted symbol, and that is a repetition of an end part of the corresponding transmitted symbol. Information about a path delay between the mobile communication device and a receiver is used as one of one or more bases to determine a timing of a radar operation window having a duration that is shorter than a duration of a cyclic reception window of the receiver and comprising a radar signal transmission time and a radar backscatter reception period.

Abstract: A radar sensing function is performed in a mobile communication device that operates in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) wireless communication system having an air interface that comprises a plurality of uplink symbol times, a plurality of downlink symbol times, a plurality of TDD transmission direction transition periods, and a plurality of transition pairs of symbol times, wherein each of the transition pairs of symbol times comprises one of the uplink symbol times and one of the downlink symbol times, and each of the TDD transmission direction transition periods is associated with one of the plurality of transition pairs of symbol times and is immediately preceded by a first one of the uplink and downlink symbol times of the associated transition pair of symbol times and is immediately followed by a second one of the uplink and downlink symbol times of the associated transition pair of symbol times.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for adapting wake-up signal monitoring to optimize power saving performance. In one embodiment, a UE can be configured to selectively skip WUS monitoring based on a current UE context. In another embodiment, WUS/PDCCH monitoring and/or other UE procedure can be adapted based on a statistic related to the wake-up signals transmitted by the base station to the UE.

Abstract: A base station or other network node configures a network transmission in dependence on a directional scanning reception ability of a wireless communication device targeted by the transmission. An example transmission configuration is selecting or restricting which Transmission/Reception Point to use for the transmission or selecting or restricting the beamforming configuration to use for the transmission. The device complements operations in the wireless communication network by indicating its directional scanning reception ability in initial signaling, such as used for random access, or in Radio Resource Control signaling, or both.

Abstract: A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, a network node configured to communicate with a wireless device (WD) is provided. The network node is configured to, and/or comprises a radio interface and/or comprises processing circuitry configured to signal switching information for Bandwidth Part (BWP) switching in a search space that is absent scheduling information for data transmission to the wireless device.

Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for beam selection. A method is performed by a first radio transceiver device. The method comprises obtaining link quality estimates of a radio signal conveyed to the first radio transceiver device from a second radio transceiver device by means of at least a first beam taken from a first beam set and a second beam. The second beam is wider than the first beam. The method comprises selecting which one of the first beam and the second beam to use for continued communications of radio signals with the second radio transceiver device in accordance with a comparison between the link quality estimates of the first beam and compensated link quality estimates of the second beam.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include methods for receiving one or more physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) using a selectable number of available antennas and receive chains. Embodiments can include receiving a configuration associated with one or more PDCCHs, wherein the configuration includes, for each PDCCH, a search space comprising a plurality of PDCCH candidate. Embodiments can include selecting a first number of antennas and receive chains for PDCCH reception, wherein the first number comprises the minimum number of the available antennas and receive chains needed to meet one or more PDCCH performance metrics. Embodiments can include selecting, for PDCCH reception, either the first number of antennas and receive chains, or a greater second number of antennas and receive chains. Embodiments can include receiving the PDCCH using the selected number of antennas and receive chains, Other embodiments include UEs configured to perform operations corresponding to the exemplary methods.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for wireless device (WD)-autonomous physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) receiver (RX) antenna adaptation. In one embodiment, a method implemented in a WD includes one or more of: estimating an expected number of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layers based at least in part on channel state information (CSI) and/or a sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration; determining a set of antennas of a plurality of antennas to use based at least in part on the estimated expected number of MIMO layers; and/or receiving a MIMO signal using the determined set of antennas. In one embodiment, a method implemented in a network node include receiving a channel state information (CSI) report from the WD; and/or scheduling and/or transmitting a downlink (DL) channel to the WD using a number of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layers, the number of MIMO layers used based at least in part on the received CSI report.

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: According to certain embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device comprises initiating a random access procedure in which the wireless device sends a Physical Random Access Channel, PRACH, preamble to a network node and applying a receiver configuration for receiving an access response. The receiver configuration is determined based at least in part on whether a many-to-one association exists between (a) a downlink signal that can be used for beam selection prior to initiating the random access procedure, and (b) PRACH preamble indices.

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.

Abstract: There is provided determination of a beam configuration between a first radio transceiver device and a second radio transceiver device. The first radio transceiver device performs beam searching by transmitting a first sounding signal in all transmit beam configurations in a set of transmit beam configurations; and receiving, from the second radio transceiver device, a second sounding signal in all receive beam configurations in a set of receive beam configurations. The first radio transceiver device determines a beam configuration based on the receive beam configuration in the set of receive beam configurations in which the second sounding signal having best predetermined metric was received.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to transmitting synchronization signals and in particular to so called beam sweep. In particular the disclosure relates to methods for providing synchronization using synchronization sequences that are transmitted at different points in time. The disclosure also relates to corresponding devices and computer programs. A method in a network node, for transmitting synchronization sequences of a synchronization signal to one or more receiving wireless devices, comprises determining multiple synchronization sequences, such that each synchronization sequence comprises a respective timing indication, whereby each synchronization sequence enables determination of a time of an event in a receiving wireless device and transmitting the synchronization sequences to the one or more wireless devices, at different points in time.

Abstract: A method of a communication device configured with two or more multi-user coordination modes for communication with a plurality of users is disclosed. The method comprises determining an available spatial selectivity for the plurality of users, and selecting one of the two or more multi-user coordination modes based on the determined available spatial selectivity and a number of users of the plurality. Corresponding apparatus, communication receiver and computer program product are also disclosed.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the disclosure, a network node is provided. The network node is configured to configure each wireless device in a first group of wireless devices comprising at least one wireless device with a first radio network temporary identifier, RNTI, defined to address a group of wireless devices for physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, based wake-up signal, WUS, operation, and cause transmission of signaling including a wake-up signal, WUS, for a first WUS monitoring occasion associated with the first group of wireless devices, where the WUS is configured to cause each wireless device in the first group of wireless devices to perform at least one action.

Abstract: A computer implemented method, performed in a network node (170, 700, 800, 900), for configuring one or more secondary component carriers, Scells, and/or at least one bandwidth part, BWP, in a wireless access network (100) fora wireless device (150), the method comprising obtaining (S1) control channel capacity data indicative of a nominal capacity of a current control channel of the wireless access network (100), determining (S2) a control channel load of the wireless access network (100), evaluating (S3) one or more alternative Scell and/or BWP configurations of the wireless access network (100) for the wireless device (150) in terms of an energy consumption of the wireless device (150), where each of the one or more alternative Scell and/or BWP configurations of the wireless access network (100) is associated with an increased control channel capacity compared to the nominal capacity of the current control channel, detecting (S4) control channel resource deficit based on the control channel load and on the