Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to contention-based uplink transmission. A method comprises receiving mapping information between two or more SR resources and at least one characteristic information associated with a transmission on a Configured Grant (CG) uplink data channel resource, the CG uplink data channel resource being associated with the two or more Scheduling Request (SR) resources; selecting, from the two or more SR resources, at least one SR resource to be used based on the mapping information and the at least one characteristic information; and transmitting at least one SR on the selected at least one SR resource.

Abstract: There are provided measures for enhancement of uplink transmissions. Such measures exemplarily comprise, at a terminal, transmitting a first message indicative of the terminal's capability of half-symbol transmission, receiving a configuration for half-symbol transmission, and transmitting, based on said configuration, a signal in a part of a symbol located in a specific period between a first resource and a second resource.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and software of directly connecting a SIM-less device with a cellular network. In one embodiment, User Equipment (UE) includes a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) provisioned with a plurality of subscription profiles for subscriptions to the cellular network. The UE establishes a direct communication with a SIM-less device that does not have a subscription with the cellular network. The UE selects one of the subscriptions provisioned in the SIM as a temporary subscription assigned to the SIM-less device to allow the SIM-less device to establish a direct connection with the cellular network using the temporary subscription, and transmits a message to the SIM-less device via the direct communication containing subscription credentials for the temporary subscription. The SIM-less device may therefore register with the cellular network using the subscription credentials provided by the UE, and establish a direct connection with the cellular network using the temporary subscription.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to method of PDCCH mapping in SBFD slot. A network device determines validity of resources associated with a plurality of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates, and transmits, to a terminal device, a PDCCH transmission on at least one PDCCH candidate with valid resources among the plurality of PDCCH candidates. The terminal device determines validity of resources associated with a plurality of PDCCH candidates and performs blind detection of PDCCH on a set of PDCCH candidates with valid resources among the plurality of PDCCH candidates. The solution enables the PDCCH channel estimation/detection is with high efficiency without any waste.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for indicating network node fixed frame period (FFP) or UE FFP. A UE may transmit an uplink (UL) signal at a start of a UE FFP. A network node may respond by allocating UL resource(s) for subsequent UE transmission(s). The network node may implicitly signal, in Downlink Control Information (DCI), whether a UL transmission is to be transmitted based on assuming a UE FFP or a network node FFP for the UL transmission. The UE may make this assumption based on a cyclic prefix (CP) extension indication in DCI. For example, for certain CP extensions, the UE may determine to transmit the UL transmission according to the UE FFP. Otherwise, the UE may determine to transmit the UL transmission according to a network node FFP.

Abstract: A method comprising configuring a first radio resource allocation pattern, identifying that a quality of service violation may occur during a measurement gap of a terminal device when the first radio resource allocation pattern is utilized by the terminal device, determining at least one second radio resource allocation pattern that may be utilized by the terminal device during the measurement gap, and transmitting the at least one second radio resource allocation pattern to the terminal device.

Abstract: A network node allocates primary frequency resources and at least one secondary frequency resource to a user equipment (UE) within a dynamically changing bandwidth (BW) of a cell served by the network node. The network node further configures the UE to use the primary frequency resources for an UL transmission when the primary frequency resources fall within an UL part of the BW, and to use the secondary frequency resource for the UL transmission when the primary frequency resources fall, at least partly, within a downlink (DL) part and/or a Guard Band (GB) of the BW, and/or fall, at least partly, outside the BW. The UE may dynamically, based on such configuration from the network node, adapt its resource allocation to perform the UL transmission even if the primary frequency resources are not fully within the UL part of the BW in a current time resource.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of resource allocation for time-division or frequency-division duplexing communication. The method comprising: receiving, at a first device and from a second device, first configuration information indicating a set of resources for time-division or frequency-division duplexing communication between the first device and the second device, the set of resources comprising a first subset of the resources for uplink transmission; and receiving, from the second device, second configuration information indicating at least one second subset of the resources for the uplink transmission, the at least one second subset of the resources comprising at least one resource other than the first subset of the resources.

Abstract: There are provided measures for enabling/realizing support for idle period communication in semi-static channel access. Such measures exemplarily comprise that a user equipment device monitors for presence of a clearance indication provided by a base station device serving the user equipment device, which indicates clearance for communication by the user equipment device in at least one idle period of abase station device frame period, disables communication by the user equipment device in the at least one idle period of the base station device frame period when the monitoring yields absence of the clearance indication, and enables communication by the user equipment device in the at least one idle period of the base station device frame period when the monitoring yields presence of the clearance indication.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for enhancing dynamic CORESET adaptation with limited or no control channel overhead. One method may include receiving, by a UE, a plurality of PDCCH CORESET configurations associated with at least one SS; determining, by the UE, at least one of the PDCCH CORESET configurations is associated with a symbol or slot format from a corresponding set of symbols; and performing, by the UE, PDCCH monitoring on an active control resource set configuration associated with the set of determined slots or symbols.

Abstract: In a system, apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium, a UL device may be caused to, obtain an emissions report configuration from at least one radio access network (RAN) node, the emissions report configuration including at least one measurement parameter and at least one report triggering condition, determine whether the at least one report triggering condition has been satisfied, perform uplink (UL) transmission to the at least one RAN node based on at least one UL transmission parameter, measure UL emissions of the corresponding UL transmission based on the at least one measurement parameter, and transmit an emissions report to the at least one RAN node based on the measured UL emissions and the at least one UL transmission parameter.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for improved handling of cross-link interference on physical random access channel occasions on flexible or full duplexing slots are provided. For example, a method can include providing a plurality of random access channel configurations to a user equipment. A first random access channel configuration of the plurality of random access channel configurations can be for a first set of symbols or slots and a second random access channel configuration of the plurality of random access channel configurations can be for a second set of symbols or slots. The method can also include providing, to the user equipment, one or more parameters configured to steer the user equipment to select between the first set of symbols or slots or the second set of symbols or slots to be used when performing a random access transmission.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program product for: performing channel availability monitoring on an operating channel for transmitting uplink control information for transmitting a data packet, in response to determining that the operating channel is available for transmitting the uplink control information, determining delay information relating to the channel availability monitoring, and transmitting the uplink control information and the delay information to the radio access network.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to selecting random access (RA) mode. In example embodiments, The method comprises obtaining an impact factor associated with RA of a terminal device to a network device, the impact factor indicating at least one of the following: a synchronization status between the terminal device and the network device, a status of a channel between the terminal device and the network device for performing RA, a capability of the terminal device for supporting early data transmission (EDT), a predefined access category of the terminal device, or a RA mode-related indication received from the network device; selecting a RA mode at least in part based on obtained impact factor; and performing RA to the network device with the selected RA mode. In this way, the terminal device may select different RA mode according to different scenario.

Abstract: A node configured to support a method of communicating between two nodes in the unlicensed spectrum is disclosed where a channel can be simultaneously used for downlink and uplink communication. The method performed at a node involves assessing at that node, for example, a UE, that there is a transmission to be made to a further node, for example a gNB. The first node receives an indication that communication with the further node is supported on a channel within an unlicensed spectrum using flexible frequency division duplex (FDD) techniques. The first node determines whether transmission by the further node is being made within a first portion of the channel within the unlicensed spectrum; and if so, transmits to the further node within a second portion of the channel which does not overlap with the first.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising: 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: receiving control information including a slot format indicator configured to indicate scheduled channel usage for time units, wherein the slot format indicator includes at least one indicator configured to indicate that simultaneous uplink and downlink communications are scheduled to occur on a shared channel in at least one of the time units; and determining a type of channel sensing to use prior to initiating an uplink transmission on at least a portion of the shared channel based, at least in part, on the control information, wherein determining a type of channel sensing to use comprises analysing the scheduled channel usage for, at least, the time unit in which the uplink transmission is scheduled to be initiated and the time unit before the time unit in which

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to selecting random access (RA) mode. In example embodiments. The method comprises obtaining an impact factor associated with RA of a terminal device to a network device, the impact factor indicating at least one of the following: a synchronization status between the terminal device and the network device, a status of a channel between the terminal device and the network device for performing RA, a capability of the terminal device for supporting early data transmission (EDT), a predefined access category of the terminal device, or a RA mode-related indication received from the network device; selecting a RA mode at least in part based on obtained impact factor; and performing RA to the network device with the selected RA mode. In this way, the terminal device may select different RA mode according to different scenario.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices, apparatuses, and computer readable medium for low latency communication in unlicensed spectrum. The method comprises transmitting, by a device, latency information to at least one other device for adjusting a channel occupancy time, COT, of the at least one other device. The latency information is associated with a first maximum tolerable latency for a first data transmission performed by the first device on an unlicensed spectrum.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a solution for performing an operation related to a listen-before-talk (LBT) process for a transmission. In an aspect, an apparatus determines a duration of a gap between an end point of a first transmission to be transmitted by a further apparatus and a start point of a cyclic prefix extension prior to a second transmission to be transmitted by the apparatus. The apparatus performs an operation related to an LBT process for the second transmission based on comparisons between the duration of the gap and a plurality of threshold durations associated with a plurality of types of LBT processes. Example embodiments of the present disclosure can increase or even maximize the likelihood of the success of LBT processes.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for power controls to allow UE to receive with similar SINR when transmitting during CLI slots and with Rx beam-specific cross link interference levels at a victim base station. One method may include receiving, by a UE, a set of SSB-specific PRACH target receive power values associated with a set of slots or symbols, and determining, by the UE, whether the set of slots or symbols comprises a RO.