Abstract: A method comprising: detecting at a device associated with a first public land mobile network, a cell; receiving, for each of a plurality of public land mobile networks supported by the cell, an indication as to whether or not the cell is available for standalone access for that public land mobile network; and determining, in dependence upon the indications and based on the first public land mobile network, whether to request standalone access of the cell.

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: Various example embodiments relate to generation of coded transport blocks in connection with hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process(es). A device may generate a plurality of protocol data units (PDU) for transmission. The PDUs may be stored in at least one HARQ buffer. The device may determine to transmit at least one coded transport based on identifying at least two of the PDUs for generating the coded transport block(s). Apparatuses, methods, and computer programs are disclosed.

Abstract: This application provides communication methods and apparatuses. One method includes: accessing, by a terminal device, an access network device by performing first random access in a radio resource control inactive (RRC inactive) state, and receiving, by the terminal device by using a first receive beam for downlink transmission of the first random access, downlink control information (DCI) transmitted by the access network device.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a communication method and apparatus. The method includes: A terminal receives first application layer measurement configuration information from a first base station; performs quality of experience QoE measurement based on the first application layer measurement configuration information; receives a first message from a second base station, where the first message indicates whether to retain the first application layer measurement configuration information; and continues to perform QoE measurement when the first message indicates to retain the first application layer measurement configuration information; and/or releases the first application layer measurement configuration information when the first message indicates to not retain the first application layer measurement configuration information.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for device-to-device (D2D) assisted 5G timing synchronization by enabling or disabling time compensation are provided. One method may include determining to initiate a procedure to determine whether to enable or disable propagation delay (PD) compensation for acquiring 5G system (5GS) timing with a sidelink (SL) group of user equipment. When it is determined to initiate the procedure, the method may include transmitting propagation delay (PD) information of the user equipment as a sidelink (SL) groupcast message over a sidelink (SL) control channel to at least one of the group of user equipment, receiving at least one of acknowledgement or nonacknowledgement from one or more of the group of user equipment, and determining whether to enable or disable the propagation delay (PD) compensation based on the received acknowledgement or nonacknowledgement from the group of user equipment.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for working clock determination for a mobile user equipment. A method may include receiving time domain information at a session management function during a protocol data unit (PDU) session procedure. The method may also include forwarding the time domain information to a user plane function for the PDU session procedure. The method may further include configuring the user plane function according to the time domain information to enable determination of a correct mapping between the time domain information and a user equipment or a PDU session.

Abstract: A method and apparatus may include determining, by a network entity, at least one interval of at least one scheduling resource during which the at least one scheduling resource is in at least one of a first status or a second status. The method may further include transmitting, by the network entity, information associated with the at least one interval of at least one scheduling resource to at least one user equipment. The at least one interval may occur periodically, and the at least one of scheduling resource may include at least one of configured grant for uplink or semi-persistent scheduling resource for downlink.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus including circuitry configured for causing a plurality of data packets to be transmitted, in at least a first mode, determining at least one of the plurality of data packets based on at least one criterion based on at least one transmission parameter of at least one part of one of the plurality of data packets and causing a duplicate of the at least one determined data packet to be transmitted.

Abstract: The present disclosure inter alia relates to an apparatus configured for performing a method, the method comprising: delivering, from a higher layer to a lower layer, an instruction to transmit a scheduling request; and at least partially controlling, by the lower layer, a selection of one or more resources for transmitting the scheduling request.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided in a communications device. The apparatus comprises 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 are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to determine that at least one of a plurality of logical channels configured for packet duplication is to be deactivated; and determine an allocation of one or more cells associated with the at least one deactivated logical channel to one or more active logical channels of said plurality of logical channels configured for packet duplication.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, an apparatus may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code can be configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least transmit a request for one or more cell global identities associated with one or more cells to a network entity. The at least one memory and the computer program code can be further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least update one or more neighbor relation tables based upon the received automatic neighbor relation related information. The at least one memory and the computer program code can be further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least transmit information based upon the updated one or more neighbor relation tables.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product provide for controlling access attempts for wireless backhaul. In the context of a method, the method constructs an access request comprising an Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) access indication. The method further determines whether the access attempt is allowed for a particular cell, and if so, determines an establishment cause value based at least on the IAB access indication. The method also causes transmission of the access request and establishment cause value.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided in a communications device. The apparatus comprises 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 are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to determine that at least one of a plurality of logical channels configured for packet duplication is to be deactivated; and determine an allocation of one or more cells associated with the at least one deactivated logical channel to one or more active logical channels of said plurality of logical channels configured for packet duplication.

Abstract: There is provided a solution for performing packet duplication in a wireless network.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of the resource selection for the transmission of a pending data unit. The method comprises in accordance with a determination that a data unit is not successfully transmitted using a resource associated with an original Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request, HARQ, process, determining a set of allowed HARQ processes for transmitting the data unit based on at least one condition; selecting a further resource associated with a target HARQ process from the set of allowed HARQ process and transmitting the data unit using the further resource to the second apparatus. In this way, a scheme for conditional HARQ switching is proposed, such that the pending MAC PDU could be retransmitted rapidly. Meanwhile, the retransmission of the pending MAC PDU may not influence other scheduled traffics.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising estimating a time synchronization accuracy associated with a plurality of base stations comprising at least a first base station and a second base station based at least partly on one or more uncertainty factors determined by the terminal device, selecting the second base station from the plurality of base stations by comparing the estimated time synchronization accuracy associated with the plurality of base stations, and synchronizing a clock based on the selected second base station.

Abstract: The present invention provides apparatuses, methods, computer programs, computer program products and computer-readable media regarding beam failure recovery for serving cell. The apparatus comprises means for composing, after a beam failure has been detected by a user equipment on a resource provided by a first serving cell of the user equipment, beam recovery signaling, the beam recovery signaling indicating at least one candidate beam to be used in beam failure recovery, means for transmitting, to a network entity, the beam recovery signaling on a resource provided by a second serving cell.

Abstract: A method comprises determining in a medium access control MAC apparatus that data from a different logical channel is to be transmitted onto a shared channel. The method comprises causing an indication to be provided to a physical PHY apparatus that the data from the different logical channel is to be transmitted on the shared channel before packet data units associated with that different logical channel are provided to the physical apparatus.

Abstract: It is provided a method, comprising monitoring if an assignment packet is received by a new node from a parent node; setting, if the assignment packet is received, a new value of an identifier for determining if a first packet of a first layer protocol is intended for the new node; wherein the assignment packet comprises the new value of the identifier; the assignment packet is a packet of the first layer protocol; the assignment packet comprises a header of the first layer protocol.