Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprising: determining, by a user equipment of a communication network, information received from a communication network comprising a physical uplink control channel resource set indication and an indication of subcarrier spacing used for a physical uplink control channel; based on the information, determining at least one of a size or allocation of at least one physical uplink control channel resource associated with the physical uplink control channel resource set; and transmitting control information associated with the physical uplink control channel to the communication network using at least the determined at least one of size or allocation of the at least one physical uplink control channel resource.

Abstract: A method comprises receiving resource configuration from at least one of a parent node and donor node. The resource configuration comprises information defining at least one resource type for a plurality of links for at least one time and at least one resource. The method comprises allocating, in dependence on the resource configuration, the at least one resource for said at least one time to at least one link of the plurality of links, the at least one link being with one or more child nodes.

Abstract: At least one embodiment includes at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions and cause the apparatus to perform receiving downlink control information common to a plurality of apparatuses, wherein the downlink control information includes beam format information relating to an access node, and using the received beam format information to adapt transmission to the access node or reception from the access node on at least one channel.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for: receiving, in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a first slot, first scheduling information for a data channel, wherein the first slot is separated by at least one first period of multiple slots from next first scheduling information; and receiving, in the PDCCH in at least one second slot, second scheduling information for the data channel, wherein the at least one second slot is delayed with respect to the first slot by one or more slots and is received within the first period of multiple slots after the first slot, wherein the first scheduling information in the first slot points to at least the second scheduling information; and wherein the second scheduling information is related to at least one hybrid automatic request (HARQ) process for the data channel.

Abstract: Solutions for determining a resource for transmitting/detecting an uplink (UL) control signal are proposed. For example, a method includes receiving a physical resource configuration and/or an assigned resource indicator for transmitting the UL control signal, wherein the physical resource configuration indicates a plurality of resources in frequency domain. The method also includes determining a resource based on the received physical resource configuration and/or the assigned resource indicator; and adjusting the determined resource for transmitting the UL control signal based on at least one of an outcome of downlink (DL) listen before talk (LBT) performed prior to the transmission of the UL control signal, an outcome of UL LBT performed prior to the transmission of the UL control signal, and a time gap between the UL LBT and the transmission of the UL control signal.

Abstract: A method may include, by an apparatus, sensing at least one beam; initiating a channel occupancy time based on the sensing; transmitting at least one first downlink transmission on the at least one beam during the channel occupancy time, wherein the at least one first downlink transmission on the at least one beam triggers at least one first uplink transmission on the at least one beam during the channel occupancy time; receiving the at least one first uplink transmission on the at least one beam during the channel occupancy time; determining interference condition on the at least one beam based on the at least one first uplink transmission; and scheduling at least one second downlink transmission or at least one second uplink transmission on the at least one beam with restriction during a rest of the channel occupancy time when the interference condition meets at least one threshold requirement.

Abstract: At least one embodiment includes at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions and cause the apparatus to perform receiving downlink control information common to a plurality of apparatuses, wherein the downlink control information includes beam format information relating to an access node, and using the received beam format information to adapt transmission to the access node or reception from the access node on at least one channel.

Abstract: A method for adjusting transmit timing is disclosed. The method includes determining a reference timing advance value TAref, receiving a time offset parameter; and adjusting downlink transmit timing based on i) detected downlink receive timing of radio node and ii) the reference timing advance value TAref and the time offset parameter.

Abstract: A distributed unit, DU, of a radio access node configured to operate in a scenario where the DU is one of multiple DUs serving links to a multi-connected entity, acquires a first DU radio resource configuration for the DU, acquires a first link radio resource configuration corresponding to a first link of a multi-connectivity link of a multi-connected entity, wherein the first link is served by the DU, acquires a multiplexing configuration of the multi-connectivity link, and determines availability of at least one radio resource for the multi-connectivity link based on the first DU radio resource configuration, the first link radio resource configuration, and the multiplexing configuration.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method, comprising: receiving, by a first device from a second device, a message on a wireless medium indicating that the wireless medium has been reserved for at least one transmission from the first device to the second device by the second device detecting that the wireless medium is not occupied, based on a first beamwidth. The method further comprises determining, by the first device, a second beamwidth for performing the at least one transmission, selecting, by the first device on the basis of the received message, a method for the first device, from a set of at least two methods, to determine whether the wireless medium is occupied, determining, by the first device, based on the selected method for the first device whether the wireless medium is occupied, and in response to detecting that the wireless medium is not occupied, performing the at least one transmission by the first device.

Abstract: According to a first embodiment, a method may include receiving, by a user equipment, a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) configuration from a network entity. The method may further include detecting, by the user equipment, at least one PDCCH based on the first PDCCH configuration. The method may further include transmitting and/or receiving, by the user equipment, at least one signal based on the at least one detected PDCCH.

Abstract: In accordance with example embodiments of the invention as disclosed herein there is a method and apparatus to perform at least identifying, by a network node, a need to perform an uplink transmission within a channel occupancy time of radio channel, wherein the network node is scheduled for performing an uplink transmission, and wherein the identifying comprises identifying an energy level of a gap of channel occupancy time of radio when indicated in downlink control information; based on the identifying, setting a duration of a transmission in the channel occupancy time of radio channel; and performing the uplink transmission based on the set duration of the transmission.

Abstract: According to an example embodiment, a method may include determining, by a wireless node in a cell, a silent resource pattern for each of a plurality of signal waveform types including at least a single carrier waveform type and a multicarrier waveform type, wherein each silent resource pattern identifies one or more resource elements that are indicated as unused by at least one node of the cell for the signal waveform type; determining, by the wireless node, whether a signal waveform type, of the plurality of signal waveform types, for channel sensing is known by the wireless node; performing, by the wireless node if a signal waveform type for channel sensing is known by the wireless node, channel sensing based on a silent resource pattern for a known signal waveform type for channel sensing of the plurality of signal waveform types; and otherwise, performing, by the wireless node if the signal wave form type for channel sensing is not known by the wireless node, channel sensing based on a silent resource pa

Abstract: This document discloses a solution for scheduling communication resources. According to an aspect, a method comprises: storing, in a memory, a mapping database defining translation specifications between a first resource space and a second resource space, wherein the first resource space is based on at least a first sub-carrier spacing and the second resource space is based on at least a second sub-carrier spacing different from the first sub-carrier spacing; receiving, from a second network node of the wireless network, a scheduling message defining communication resources in the first resource space; translating the communication resources of the first resource space into communication resources of the second resource space by using the mapping database; and communicating a message with the second network node in the communication resources of the second resource space.

Abstract: According to a first embodiment, a method may include initiating, by a user equipment, a first countdown timer associated with a first initial value and a first timer-interval, and a second countdown timer associated with a second initial value and a second timer-interval. The method may further include determining, by the user equipment, whether at least one first indication is detected during the first timer-interval. The method may further include adjusting, by the user equipment, at least one of the first countdown timer or the second countdown timer based on the determining.

Abstract: Example embodiments relate to wideband communications based on availability assessment. A method for communication comprises performing availability assessment on a set of configured frequency subbands to obtain an availability result, the availability result indicating that at least one of the set of configured frequency subbands is available for a period of time for transmission of intended information and transmitting supplementary information that has been prepared using the at least one frequency subband during a first portion of time within the period of time. The method also comprises preparing the intended information based on the availability result and transmitting the prepared intended information using the at least one frequency subband during a second portion of time following the first portion of time within the period of time. As such, the processing of the intended information can be adapted depending on the dynamic available subband(s) indicated by the availability result.

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: receive (1302) a resource configuration for a first cell group link; receive (1304) a resource configuration for a second cell group link; determine (1306) a mode of operation; and determine a resource type for the first cell group link or the second cell group link based on the resource configuration for the first cell group link, the resource configuration for the second cell group link and the mode of operation.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to store a bandwidth part arrangement of the bandwidth part into plural physical resource blocks which are grouped into bundles forming a bundle grid, wherein the bandwidth part includes at least one guard band, to determine at least one of the bundles as partially overlapping with the at least one guard band, each partially overlapping bundle including overlapping and non-overlapping physical resource blocks, and to at least one of: 1) re-assign at least one of the non-overlapping physical resource blocks to a non-overlapping bundle immediately preceding or immediately following, in the bundle grid, the partially overlapping bundle, 2) re-align a first physical resource block of the non-overlapping bundle immediately following the partially overlapped bundle to coincide with a guard band end, and 3) re-align a last physical resource block of the non-overlapping bundle immediately preceding the partially overlapped bundle to coincide with a guard band start.

Abstract: Methods include performing, by a terminal device, downlink control channel monitoring according to a first time pattern. The methods include determining that data has been transmitted on downlink on a number of symbols and based on the determination that the data is transmitted, suspending the performing of downlink control channel monitoring according to the first time pattern. The methods also include performing downlink control channel monitoring on at least one symbol after transmission of the data.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method, comprising: determining to perform frequency domain spectral shaping with spectrum extension to prepare a wireless transmission comprising an inband and an excess band comprising a first excess band portion and a second excess band portion, determining an excess band size, performing remapping of frequency domain resource elements of the inband on the basis of the excess band size, to fill the first excess band portion, and adding, in accordance with the excess band size, a cyclic extension to the second excess band portion based on at least one frequency domain resource element in the inband after said remapping.