Abstract: A technique may include detecting, by a user device, a low power-wakeup signal by a low power-wakeup receiver of the user device received from a network node; enabling a main transceiver of the user device based on the detecting the low power-wakeup signal; and transmitting, by the main transceiver of the user device to the network node, wakeup signal feedback acknowledging the detecting the low power-wakeup signal.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a terminal device, a method, apparatus, a computer readable storage medium and a computer program product for a validity of stored SIB1. In the solution, the terminal device may store SIB1 associated with a first network device, which comprises first information related to a first value tag. The terminal device may receive system information comprising second information related to a second value tag. In addition, the terminal device may determine a validity of the stored SIB1 based on the first information related to the first value tag and second information related to the second value tag. As such, the validity of the stored SIB1 can be determined and accordingly the SIB1 acquisition procedure is not required if the stored SIB1 is valid, therefore, the signalling overhead can be reduced.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of UL data duplication avoidance. The method includes obtaining, from an application layer of a terminal device, at least one UL data to be transmitted to a network device, the at least one UL data including one or more application retransmission data and keeping the one or more application retransmission data in a buffer of the terminal device for respective time intervals. The method further includes in accordance with a determination that an indication, that respective acknowledges are received for at least a portion of application retransmission data in the one or more application retransmission data, is received from the application layer, removing the portion of application retransmission data from the buffer. In this way, redundant retransmission of UL application data may be avoided.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to Timing Advance validation for Small Data Transmissions. A first device includes at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program codes; wherein the at least one memory and the computer program codes are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the first device to: receive TA validation configuration information associated with one or more downlink reference beams for an inactive state of the first device from a second device, select a CG resource to transmit a data packet to the second device based on a CG resource configuration for small data transmissions of the first device, and verify, based at least on the TA validation configuration information and the selected CG resource, TA validity of the first device.

Abstract: Devices, methods and computer programs for small data transmission, SDT, transaction termination are disclosed. A client device determines whether an ongoing small data transmission, SDT, transaction comprising one or more uplink, UL, small data transmissions with a control plane network node device is to be terminated. If yes, a radio resource control, RRC, message comprising termination information related to the determined termination of the ongoing SDT transaction is forwarded from the client device to the control plane network node device.

Abstract: An apparatus, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: receive an indication from a network cell, the indication comprising at least one public land mobile network cell that supports inter public land mobile network radio resource control inactive state cell reselection; and reselect another network cell while in radio resource control inactive state and without transitioning to a radio resource control idle state, the another network cell being among the indicated at least one public land mobile network cell that supports inter public land mobile network radio resource control inactive state cell reselection.

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: There is provided an apparatus for a terminal, wherein the apparatus has circuitry for receiving, from a network entity, an indication of a discontinuous transmission configuration associated with the network entity, wherein the indication indicates to the terminal that the network entity will refrain from providing downlink transmissions during a period time associated with the discontinuous transmission configuration. The apparatus also has circuitry for determining whether at least one of: a reception at the terminal, or a transmission from the terminal, will at least partially overlap with the time period associated with the discontinuous transmission configuration. The apparatus also has circuitry for, when it is determined that at least one of: the reception and the transmission will at least partially overlap with the time period, performing an action associated with the determined reception and/or transmission.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments provide systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for handling of measurements relaxation and other activity skipping. The user equipment (UE) may be allowed to relax its various measurements if one or more radio link quality-based relaxation conditions are satisfied and based on whether the UE is also allowed, at the same time, to skip other activities. Based on certain embodiments, the UE may perform the measurements, if another activity has to be performed since relaxation may not provide any power saving benefit under such situation.

Abstract: In accordance with example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and an apparatus to perform determining based upon being released to an radio resource control inactive state information comprising at least one of a first integrity key generated by a centralized unit associated with a communication network or a second integrity key generated by a first distributed unit associated with the communication network; and selecting between using the first integrity key or the second integrity key based on at least one of a radio resource control message or a radio resource control state. Further, to perform determining for integrity protection of radio resource control messages an information context of a user equipment, comprising a first integrity key and a second integrity key associated with the apparatus, and selecting between using the first integrity key or the second integrity keys based on the radio resource control message.

Abstract: An apparatus, comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory storing instructions, the at least one memory and the instructions configured to, with the at least one processor, cause a target node to signal to an anchor node a first information related to a context relocation of a context of a terminal device.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to: receive a configuration for monitoring behavior; determine whether the apparatus is in a first radio coverage area based, at least partially, on the received configuration; determine a monitoring behavior based on whether the apparatus is in the first radio coverage area, wherein the monitoring behavior comprises a first monitoring behavior based on a determination that the apparatus is in the first radio coverage area, wherein the monitoring behavior comprises a second monitoring behavior based on a determination that the apparatus is outside the first radio coverage area, wherein the first monitoring behavior is at least partially different from the second monitoring behavior; and perform the determined monitoring behavior.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for handling data transmission such as non-small data transmission (SDT) in conjunction with SDT. A method may include determining an availability of non-small data transmission, non-SDT, data. The method may also include indicating to a network element, a result of the determining.

Abstract: An Apparatus for a wireless communications system, comprising at least one processor, and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to configure a user equipment with a radio link control, RLC, failure configuration which defines how the user equipment should react to an RLC failure of a first logical channel associated with the user equipment.

Abstract: Devices, methods and computer programs for optimizing small data transmission for a client device are disclosed. Configuration information for a small data transmission procedure is received at the client device from a network node device. The configuration information comprises set(s) of resources for a configured uplink scheduling grant for small data transmissions. The client device carries out one or more small data transmissions based on the received configuration information for the small data transmission procedure and/or subsequently received updated configuration information for the small data transmission procedure.

Abstract: There are provided measures for (enabling/realizing) efficient/favorable cell switch-on/off decisions in/for a radio access network of a mobile communication system, which can be applicable in a (distributed/disaggregated/split) configuration/architecture such as a CU-DU configuration/architecture. Such measures exemplarily comprise that a lower-layer entity in/for a radio access network of a mobile communication system obtains a cell designation, including an indication of one or more cells allowed to be switched on/off by the lower-layer entity, from a higher-layer entity in the radio access network, detects a cell switch-on/off condition for at least one cell based on at least a load condition, and triggers a cell switch-on/off of the at least one cell when the at least one cell is indicated in the cell designation.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to: receive a downlink signal; determine whether a TA stored at the apparatus is valid based, at least partially, on a reception timing of the received downlink signal and a delay spread value; and initiate small data transmission with a pre-configured uplink resource based, at least partially, on the determination that the TA is valid. An apparatus configured to: transmit, to a UE, a configuration comprising information related to TA validation for the UE, wherein the information comprises at least one of: an indication of a value configured to indicate a fraction of a cyclic prefix length of a symbol for reception of an uplink transmission from the UE, or a delay spread value; transmit a downlink signal; and receive a SDT based, at least partially, on the fraction of the length of the cyclic prefix, the transmitted downlink signal, and the delay spread value.

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: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of the enhancement on the UE report. The method comprises generating, a report including information related to a measurement relaxation performed by the first device based on a measurement relaxation configuration, the report being associated with at least one of a RLF report or a successful handover report; and transmitting the report to the second device. In this way, the network can be aware about whether a failure was experienced in conjunction with the measurements relaxation. With the enhanced report, the network may determine the future configuration of the measurement relaxation.

Abstract: There are provided apparatuses, methods and computer program products. In accordance with an embodiment, there is disclosed a method comprising defining at least one message length related criterium comprising at least a minimum data volume threshold; determining whether transmission of a message using a small data transmission procedure in an inactive state of the user equipment is allowed; and providing the user equipment indication of the usage of the at least one message length related criterium.