Abstract: To enable spectrum shaping also when excess band is used, at least one set of spectral flatness requirements amongst two or more sets comprises at least at least a first parameter value for a first in-band range, at least a second parameter value for a second in-band range and at least a third parameter value for the excess band range, and a set to be used is selected at least based on information on the use of the excess band.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments provide systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for control short control signal (SCS) in uplink. For example, certain embodiments may provide for regulating the amount of uplink (UL) transmissions in a cell, such that SCS limitations are not violated. Certain embodiments may relate to a situation where a single SCS allowance or multiple SCS allowances may be in use in the cell and, e.g., a single SCS allowance may be shared between a gNB and the UEs, or a single SCS allowance may be shared between the UEs.

Abstract: To enable at least dynamic waveform switching, at least one predefined bit, in a downlink control information comprising scheduling information for at least one uplink transmission, may have a first preset purpose and a second preset purpose. One or more preset first rules may be applied to determine whether to use the at least one predefined bit for the first preset purpose or for the second preset purpose. When the second preset purpose is used, at least a waveform for the at least one uplink transmission amongst waveforms comprising at least a first waveform and a second waveform is determined, according to one or more preset second rules, based on a value of the at least one predefined bit. The waveform determined is then used in the uplink transmission scheduled.

Abstract: To enable dynamic waveform switching, one or more instructions on how to determine a waveform amongst at least a first waveform and a second waveform for at least one uplink transmission based at least on frequency domain resource allocation for the at least one uplink transmission may be transmitted in a network, or apparatuses may comprise one or more of the one or more instructions. The one or more instructions associate at least resource block regions with waveforms. The one or more instructions may be applied to determine, based on a frequency domain resource allocation for an uplink transmission, a waveform for the uplink transmission at least according to a resource block region in the frequency domain resource allocation. The waveform determined is then used in the uplink transmission.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising receiving, from an access node, instructions regarding receiving a signal, wherein the signal is for activating radio resources, wherein the radio resources comprise at least one of the following: monitoring of a downlink channel or monitoring of a second downlink signal or transmitting of an uplink channel or transmitting of an uplink signal, obtaining a selection that indicates a type according to which the signal is to be received, determining, based on the instructions, resources assigned for the signal, wherein the resources comprise at least time and frequency resources, periodicity and code resources, receiving the signal, in accordance with the type, by detecting the signal from the resources assigned to the signal, and in response to receiving the signal, activating the radio resources.

Abstract: A method comprising configuring a narrowband internet of things carrier relative to one or more physical resource blocks of a radio carrier, the one or more physical resource blocks having a bandwidth that is greater than a bandwidth of the narrowband internet of things carrier; and configuring the narrowband internet of things carrier relative to the one or more physical resource blocks such that there is a first guard band between the narrowband internet of things carrier and a first adjacent physical resource block, and a second guard band between the narrowband internet of things carrier and a second adjacent physical resource block.

Abstract: According to example embodiments, a method may include transmitting, by a user device to a wireless network node, data via a plurality of uplink component carriers including at least a first uplink component carrier and a second uplink component carrier; wherein a first subset of physical resource blocks for the first component carrier is contiguous with a second subset of physical resource blocks for the second component carrier; wherein the first component carrier and the second component carrier have a same power spectral density; and applying a modified radio frequency requirement by the user device wherein the modified radio frequency requirement impacts a transmission power of the first uplink component carrier and of the second uplink component carrier.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media for supporting various constellations. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a first device receives, from a second device, configuration information indicating at least one constellation available for a modulation and coding scheme, MCS. The first device receives, from the second device, control information for a communication between the first and second devices. The control information indicating the MCS. The first device performs the communication with the second device based on the control information using a constellation of the at least one constellation.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for: receiving a first bandwidth part configuration caused to support dynamic adaptation of transmission bandwidth part in listen before talk communication systems, the first bandwidth part configuration comprising at least two bandwidth parts: a first bandwidth part and at least one associated temporal bandwidth part; determining which of the at least two bandwidth parts is used for a transmission burst; determining for the transmission burst a second, temporal, bandwidth part configuration caused to determine the transmission parameters for the transmission burst based on the at least one associated temporal bandwidth part and the determining which of the at least two bandwidth parts is used for the transmission burst.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus, such as a user equipment, configured to transmit information in a physical uplink shared channel direction using, selectably, a first waveform or a second waveform, the second waveform having lower peak to average power ratio than the first waveform, provide, to a network node controlling a cell in which the apparatus is attached, first and second power headroom information, and select to either continue using the first waveform on the physical uplink shared channel, or to switch to using the second waveform on the physical uplink shared channel.

Abstract: Various techniques are provided for method including determining, by a first node, a time domain timing structure that supports bi-directional communication, initiating a communication from the first node to a second node based on the timing structure, sending an indication from the first node to the second node, the indication being configured to cause a time gap in the timing structure and the indication indicates that the time gap is followed by communicating a number of symbols, during which the first node continues to transmit to any device other than the second node, generating the time gap in the timing structure, and continuing the timing structure by the first node.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus, such as a user equipment, configured to transmit information in a physical uplink shared channel direction using, selectably, a first waveform or a second waveform, the second waveform having lower peak to average power ratio than the first waveform, provide, to a network node controlling a cell in which the apparatus is attached, first and second power headroom information, and select to either continue using the first waveform on the physical uplink shared channel, or to switch to using the second waveform on the physical uplink shared channel.

Abstract: There is provided a method for UE of a wireless communication network, the method comprising: receiving, from a network element of the wireless communication network, a first SFI element of a first type indicating a beam specific slot combination for the UE, the slot combination comprising at least one temporary slot comprising at least one temporary symbol configured to be overwritable by a SFI element of a second type or another SFI element of the first type; and following a configured behavior during the at least one temporary symbol.

Abstract: According to an example, there is provided an apparatus being configured to: receive, by a user device from an access node, at least one channel status reporting configuration dedicated for reporting exposure incidents of power or energy density, wherein the at least one channel status reporting configuration comprises at least one exposure indication sequence; determine or predict an exposure incident for at least one beam, and as a response to the determining or predicting the exposure incident adjust experienced transmission power, report the exposure incident to the access node by a channel status message comprising the at least one exposure indication sequence and information on the adjusting using physical channel resources according to the at least one channel status reporting configuration, and receive, as a response to the reporting, control information, wherein the control information comprises acknowledgement to the adjusting, transmission configuration and/or information request.

Abstract: This disclosure presents processes for improving the quality of NR PDCCH reception at a UE when transmitted in a same orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol and a same frequency domain resource element as an LTE CRS. Using a capability parameter of the UE, a network node can transmit an LTE CRS and NR PDCCH in the same OFDM symbol and the same frequency domain resource elements using various encoding schemes. The encoding schemes can be one or more of puncture signalling, superposition signalling, relative power levels, UE type, adjusting the AL of the LTE CRS, or various combinations thereof. The UE can decode the PDDCH using the encoding scheme. Legacy UEs can be supported with this disclosure by the network node selecting supported UE capabilities for the encoding. The network node can balance transmission reliability with available resources.

Abstract: There is provided 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 to perform: determining synchronization signal block(s) that have been transmitted in a serving cell; receiving group information of tracking reference signals, the group information comprising an indication on the synchronization signal block(s) for which a tracking reference signal has been configured in the serving cell; receiving mapping information comprising an indication on how individual tracking reference signal is mapped to a slot structure; and determining time domain position(s) of tracking reference signal(s) of the apparatus based on the group information and the mapping information.

Abstract: An apparatus and method facilitating communication using reduced bandwidth NR transmissions, where some part of the bandwidth defined by the CORESET is punctured and not available for the reduced bandwidth NR signals. The user equipment receiving these signals determines that puncturing is applied to some frequency domain resource elements within the bandwidth and identifies at least one valid candidate resource within the bandwidth. The at least one valid candidate resource comprises a candidate resource with less than at least one predetermined threshold amount of punctured resource elements. The user equipment then only monitors a subset of the plurality of candidate resources, the subset consisting of the at least one valid candidate resource and skips monitoring of the candidate resources that it deems to be invalid.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for determining a set of beams for use in transmitting and/or receiving at least one signal in a first frequency range; determining at least one mapped beam, wherein determining the at least one mapped beam comprises mapping at least one beam of the set of beams to at least a second, different frequency range; and causing transmission and/or reception of at least one signal in the second, different frequency range using the at least one mapped beam.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from appropriate handling of uplink communications. For example, certain wireless communication systems may benefit from an uplink coverage extension for unlicensed band operation. A method can include configuring a first interlace having a first starting physical resource block. The method can also include configuring a second interlace having a second starting physical resource block offset from the first physical resource block. The method can further include transmitting or receiving a signal based on a combination of the first interlace and the second interlace. The combination can include at least one cluster but less than two clusters in each measurement interval.

Abstract: A method includes receiving initial acknowledgement resource information at a user device from a base station. The initial acknowledgement resource information is associated with a subset of acknowledgement resources. The method includes determining in dependence on the initial acknowledgement resource information which of the subset of acknowledgement resources is to be used. The user device transmits an acknowledgement on the determined resource.