Abstract: A communication device for use in a cellular network includes a plurality of antenna panels for communication with cells in a cellular network, circuitry for carrying out a panel selection process based on received power level for selecting an antenna panel, and circuitry for performing measurement cycles requiring determination of respective power levels. The circuitry for performing measurement cycles measure measures a first received power level from said neighbor cell with the antenna panel selected for said neighbor cell and measures a second received power level from said neighbor cell with the antenna panel selected for said serving cell. The circuitry for performing measurement cycles measures a third power level received for said neighbor cell with the antenna panel selected for said serving cell and adjusting said third power level with an offset function, said adjusted third power level being used as the respective power level for, said neighbor cell.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus caused at least to determine a common automatic gain control symbol to be transmitted during a first symbol of a slot, wherein the first symbol of the slot is for a transmission of a first automatic gain control symbol by a transmitting sidelink user equipment and for a transmission of a second automatic gain control symbol by a receiving sidelink user equipment and the apparatus is the transmitting sidelink user equipment, wherein the common automatic gain control symbol comprises the first automatic gain control symbol and the second automatic gain control symbol and transmit the first automatic gain control symbol during the first symbol of the slot.

Abstract: To take into account a possible collision during sidelink communications, a transmitter (transceiver) may request one or more other apparatuses (transceivers, receivers) to monitor and report transmissions on sidelink resources at least during a resource received and used by the transmitter for transmission of the data. When one or more monitoring reports are received it is determined whether to reschedule the transmission of the data.

Abstract: Apparatus and method to perform receiving from a network node of a first mobile network of more than one mobile network of a communication network, by a user equipment of the first mobile network, an indication (610) of an approaching coverage limit for a coverage area associated with a link between the first public land mobile network and the user equipment wherein the user equipment includes a multi subscriber identity module, and wherein a first subscriber identity module of the multi subscriber module is connected to a network node associated with the first mobile network; and based on the receiving, performing pro-active preparation for causing (620) a second subscriber identity module of the multi subscriber identity module of the user equipment to enable pro-active preparation of switching to a second mobile network of the more than one mobile network in response to an upcoming failure of the link between the user equipment and the first mobile network based on the approaching coverage limit of the cov

Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for: determining orientation of the apparatus; receiving reference signals of a non-serving cell; measuring signal quality of the non-serving cell for a beam that is used for the serving cell; determining based on the orientation of the apparatus a first antenna gain index for the non-serving cell with said beam in response to adding the non-serving cell as a secondary cell in multi-carrier connectivity with a serving cell using the same antenna configuration for shaping an antenna beam that provides a spatial filter; and transmitting to a base station of the serving cell in-formation on said determined first an-tenna gain.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for controlling execution of a plurality of conditional mobility procedures, the conditional mobility procedures comprising a first conditional mobility procedure comprising a first configuration initiated by a first network node, and a second conditional mobility procedure comprising a second configuration initiated by a second network node, wherein controlling execution of the plurality of conditional mobility procedures comprises controlling sequential execution of the first and second conditional mobility procedures based on the first configuration and the second configuration.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to device, method, apparatus and computer readable storage medium of serving cell change procedure utilizing the multiple candidate target cells. The method comprises receiving, from a second device, configuration information associated with a serving cell change procedure of the first device, the configuration information indicating at least a first candidate cell managed by a third device and a second candidate cell managed by a fourth device available for the serving cell change procedure; performing, during the serving cell change procedure, a first random access procedure to access the first candidate cell and a second random access procedure to access the second candidate cell; and accessing to a target cell determined from the first candidate cell and the second candidate cell after the serving cell change procedure is completed. In this way, the interruption time corresponding to CHO or CPC procedure when multiple candidates are available can be reduced.

Abstract: A method comprising detecting that a first network subscription and a second network subscription are associated with a terminal device, wherein the first network subscription is to a first radio access technology type and the second network subscription is to a second radio access technology type, and dynamic spectrum sharing is utilized for the first network type and the second network type, determining that the first network subscription and the second network subscription utilize, at least partly, same connectivity resources comprised in the terminal device, identifying that an occurrence of a first reception activity regarding the first network subscription occurs, at least partly, simultaneously with a second reception activity regarding the second network subscription, and based, at least partly, on the identifying, transmitting a first indication indicating a need for reduced search space operation to an access node.

Abstract: Inter-alia, a method is disclosed comprising: determining a suitability to serve as a relay device for a relayed communication between a first device and a second device via one or more relay devices to be selected among one or more relay device candidates; transmitting a message as part of a relay discovery procedure, and with the apparatus acting as one of the one or more relay device candidates; and performing at least one of a transmit power adjustment and/or a radio resource selection for transmitting the message based, at least in part, on the determined suitability.

Abstract: An apparatus for use by a communication element or function configured to conduct a multi-connectivity communication in a communication network in which at least two communication links are used to at least two different cells formed by at least one network element or function for forming a communication path, the apparatus comprising at least one processing circuitry, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processing circuitry, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processing circuitry, cause the apparatus at least: to determine that a link failure recovery procedure for a first communication link with a first cell is conducted, to detect that a condition for performing a conditional cell change procedure for a second communication link to a second cell is met, which is to be conducted during the link failure recovery procedure for the first communication link, to execute a processing for controlling a timing for conducti

Abstract: Apparatus, method and computer program for adjusting radio resource management (RRM) measurements are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a radio channel propagation profile (902) for a user apparatus, wherein the radio channel propagation profile indicates multipath effects on a radio signal received by the user apparatus; and adjusting (904) radio resource management measurements of the user apparatus based on the radio channel propagation profile.

Abstract: Dual SIM operations with one SIM configured for Multi-radio dual connectivity. On request of a first SIM, the second SIM with dual connectivity, releases one of the two connections, by issuing an appropriate request to the network node.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising: a switching arrangement configured to split an antenna array panel, comprising an array of antenna elements, to provide a first part for a first downlink beam from a first transmitter and a second part for a second downlink beam from a second transmitter, wherein the first downlink beam and the second downlink beam have independent directions; and the switching arrangement being configured to enable inter-band carrier aggregation at receiver circuitry using a first component carrier received at the first part of the antenna array panel via the first downlink beam and a second component carrier received at the second part of the antenna array panel via the second downlink beam.

Abstract: A mobile equipment comprising means for: determining to attempt to create a unicast sidelink communication channel between the mobile equipment and an identified target user equipment via a relay user equipment; and sending a relay request message to at least one user equipment, operable as a relay to the target user equipment, wherein the relay request message comprises at least some information for configuring a sidelink process to obtain feedback from the target user equipment.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for new radio (NR) sidelink relay of small data transmissions (SDT) are provided. One method may include determining whether conditions to use SDT via at least one relay user equipment are met. When it is determined that the conditions to use the SDT are met, the method may include transmitting a SDT relaying request comprising a SDT payload to the at least one relay user equipment. The method may also include receiving a SDT response, from the at least one relay user equipment, based on how the SDT relaying request is transmitted.

Abstract: An intermediate apparatus and method for relaying data from a remote wireless device to a base station with reduced latency is discussed. The method includes the steps of receiving a transmission having control information and data. Determining from the control information that the data is to be forwarded to a wireless communication node and that a future data transmission comprising data to be forwarded is scheduled. Estimating from the control information an amount of the data in the future data transmission. Generating a resource request comprising the estimated amount of data in the future data transmission and transmitting, the resource request towards the wireless communication node.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods in a communication system are provided. A first radio resource connection, RRC, with a Radio Access Network, RAN, node is established (502) by a device, the connection having a first Radio Network Temporary Identifier and being associated with a first subscription identity. An RRC setup procedure for establishing a second RRC is performed (504), the connection being associated with a second subscription identity. During or after the RRC setup it is indicated to the RAN node that the device has an existing radio resource connection with the node. A second Radio Network Temporary Identifier associated with the second radio resource connection and an additional Radio Network Temporary Identifier common to the first and second radio resource connections are received (506) and the common Identifier is used (508) for communication with the RAN node.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, the at least one memory and computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: at a user equipment, the user equipment having a first universal subscriber identity module, USIM, associated with a first network and at least one second USIM associated with a second network, provide an indication from the at least one second USIM to the second network that paging notifications for the second network are to be provided to the first USIM of the user equipment via the first network, receive a paging notification for the second network at the first USIM of the user equipment via the first network and provide the paging notification from the first USIM to the second USIM in the user equipment.

Abstract: To facilitate multiple subscription entities in a user device, solutions enabling use of an established wireless signaling connection between a network and a subscription entity to establish further wireless signaling connection(s) between the network and one or more other subscription entities are disclosed.

Abstract: Provided are at least a method and apparatus to perform sending, by a user equipment, towards a network node of a communication network a gap request or receiving, by a network node, from a user equipment of a communication network a gap request, wherein the gap request comprises user equipment information indicating at least one flag indicating that the user equipment can be configured to skip at least one gap occurrence, based on whether at least one of a predefined condition or at least one condition provided by the communication network is met; and communicating information comprising a gap configuration along with conditions for determining whether the network node and the user equipment should be configured to skip at least one gap occurrence based on whether at least one of a predefined condition or at least one condition provided by the communication network is met.