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: Examples of the disclosure beam management within networks comprising User Equipments (UEs) that can be configured to receive power from different beams. The UEs can be configured to report at least one Primary-Angular Power Area (P-APA) and an indication of the availability of at least one Secondary Useable-Angular Power Area (SU-APA) for the UE. An Angular Power Area comprises a range of angular directions from which the UE is receiving power from a node apparatus and the SU-APA comprises a different area to the P-APA.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program product for: receiving (305) information relating to a power level of a radio beam received by an antenna array, analysing (310) a radio beam power profile associated with the antenna array, determining (315), based on the radio beam power profile, a characteristic of a radio channel, calculating (320), based on the characteristic, an optimum radio beam gain of the antenna array, and estimating (325) a link budget based on the optimum radio beam gain of the antenna array and the information relating to the power level of the radio beam received by the antenna array.

Abstract: A method including receiving, by a repeater, access link information from an access point over a backhaul link, wherein the access link information includes received power of one or more reference signals, or an indication of a spatial filter for an access link; and obtaining, by the repeater, based at least partly on the access link information, at least one spatial filter pair for the backhaul link and the access link.

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: Various example embodiments relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable mediums for virtual cable calibration in over the air conformance testing. In an example embodiment, a terminal device may receive training signals from at least four probes, estimate a channel based on the received training signals, and transmit a representation of the estimated channel to a test equipment coupled to the at least four probes. The terminal device and the at least four probes are positioned in a testing chamber. The estimated channel includes an over the air, OTA, channel portion between the at least four probes and the terminal device. The representation of the estimated channel is transmitted to the test equipment for compensation of the OTA channel portion.

Abstract: An apparatus for use by a UE configured to conduct a communication in a communication network. The apparatus is configured to receive and process signals from the communication network via signal receiving portions, wherein one of the signal receiving portions is a serving cell signal receiving portion used for connecting to the communication network via a serving cell, and another of the signal receiving portions is a non-serving cell signal receiving portion being not used for connecting to the communication network. A signal receiving portion specific offset value is obtained for each of the signal receiving portions. Signal quality values for signals received by the signal receiving portions from the communication network are measured, wherein the cells include the serving cell. A measurement report is sent to the communication network on the basis of the results of the signal quality measurements and the offset values for the signal receiving portions.

Abstract: An apparatus including: one or more antenna panels, each including a plurality of antenna elements; circuitry for receiving a reference signal burst including channel synchronization signal blocks and/or state information reference signals on a downlink channel, wherein the reference signal burst is periodically received for a predetermined number of repetition times within a sample; circuitry for estimating, based on values of consecutive repetitions of the reference signal burst, a dynamic state of the downlink channel; circuitry for distributing, at least partly based on the dynamic state of the downlink channel, repetitions of the channel state information reference signals across said antenna panels; and circuitry for determining settings of uplink and downlink channel configurations across said antenna panels according to determined distribution of said repetitions of the channel state information reference signals to be used according to changes at least in the dynamic state of the downlink channel.

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: determining a quality metric for multiple input multiple output (MIMO) signal; comparing the determined quality metric to a threshold; and evaluating a power delay profile (PDP) of a radio channel based on the result of the comparison.

Abstract: An apparatus, comprising: means for obtaining radio environment information related to at least one downlink signal received by a user equipment using at least one currently-active reception antenna panel of a plurality of selectively-activatable reception antenna panels; and means for reconfiguring at least one of the plurality of selectively-activatable reception antenna panels to be used for performing radio measurements of a downlink signal to be one of active and inactive in response to a variation in the radio environment information.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to apparatuses, methods, and computer readable storage medium for beamlock on a plurality of antenna arrays. In a method, a first apparatus receives a beamlock message from a second apparatus. The beamlock message indicates that one or more transmitting beams are to be locked on a first list of antenna arrays and/or one or more receiving beams are to be locked on a second list of antenna arrays. Based on the beamlock message, the first apparatus performs beamlock of the one or more transmitting beams and/or the one or more receiving beams.

Abstract: A method including determining a first reference signal received power and a first signal to interference and noise ratio at a user equipment in relation to a first transmission reception point; determining a second reference signal received power and a second signal to interference and noise ratio at the user equipment in relation to a second transmission reception point, where the first and second transmission reception points are spaced from each other; transmitting a signal from the user equipment, where the signal comprises information in regard to the reference signal received powers and the signal to interference and noise ratios for the first and second transmission reception points.

Abstract: User equipment dynamic scaling beam sweeping factor reporting is provided. A method for user equipment dynamic scaling beam sweeping factor reporting may include transmitting, to a network entity, capability information for supporting a dynamic beam sweeping factor by the apparatus. The dynamic beam sweeping factor may be adaptable over a range of values. The method may further include transmitting the dynamic beam sweeping factor to the network entity in assistance information of the apparatus over an uplink control channel.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for a synchronization signal block beam sweep enabled smart meter. A method may include receiving information on an allocation of a plurality of synchronization signal blocks from a network element. One or more synchronization signal blocks may be received from the network element. The one or more synchronization signal blocks may be configured with corresponding random access channel opportunities. The one or more synchronization signal blocks may be repeated in specific angular directions. A correct synchronization signal block beam may be configured at a correct time based on the random access channel opportunities. An indication may be received from the network element of which user equipment within a sector of a repeater element has connected on which random access channel opportunities.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to: determine (1000) a plurality of channel state information reference signal beams at the apparatus, wherein the plurality of channel state information reference signal beams at the apparatus have a same radiation pattern and are time division duplexed; and use (1002) the plurality of channel state information reference signal beams to send, to a repeater, a plurality of channel state information reference signals

Abstract: An apparatus may be configured to: receive PDSCH with a plurality of layers from at least two network nodes; receive at least one DCI, wherein the at least one DCI is configured to schedule at least one layer during a measurement window using, at least, a first transmission configuration indication and a second transmission configuration indication, wherein the first transmission configuration indication is associated with a first network node of the at least two network nodes, wherein the second transmission configuration indication is associated with a second network node of the at least two network nodes; during the measurement window, perform at least one measurement; and during the measurement window, receive or transmit with the at least one layer, wherein a number of layers of the at least one layer is less than a number of layers of the plurality of layers received outside of the measurement window.

Abstract: Aspects and embodiments relate to an apparatus and method for performing antenna panel management.

Abstract: An apparatus, including an antenna array of antenna elements having signal feeds configured to convey a pair of radio frequency signals related to a pair of polarised beams; and circuitry coupled to the signal feeds and configured to vary a gain of the pair of radio frequency signals conveyed between the signal feeds and front end circuitry to vary an orientation of the pair of polarised beams.

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.