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.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising includes first and second radio frequency circuitry configured for operation at least in one or more first and second radio frequency bands, respectively; and first and second antenna arrangements configured for operation in the one or more first and second radio frequency bands, respectively. The apparatus also includes first and second radio frequency coupling for transferring of a signal between the first and second antenna arrangements, respectively, and the first and second radio frequency circuitry, respectively. The apparatus further includes a controller for assessing whether a signal can be transferred between the second antenna arrangement and the first radio frequency circuitry and, in dependence upon the assessment, for transferring the signal therebetween, via a frequency converter configured to enable, for the signal, frequency conversion between the one or more second radio frequency bands and the one or more first radio frequency bands.

Abstract: Methods of providing service continuity with respect to a service of a first network for a user equipment and a service of a second network for the user equipment, as well as a user equipment and networks being adapted to be operated according to the methods are disclosed.

Abstract: A method includes aligning a plurality of paging occasions across at least two identities of a communication device; and requesting and receiving from a communication network a paging occasion for the communication device with at least two identities using at least one of the identities to perform the aligning; or requesting and receiving from the communication network a reallocation of a paging offset using at least one of the identities to perform the aligning.

Abstract: There are provided measures for enabling/realizing an autonomous performance optimization of a communication element or function, such as an UE-autonomous performance optimization in a mobile communication system. Such measures exemplarily comprise that a communication element or function in a mobile communication system obtains a measurement value of a radio resource quantity for a candidate for a designated operation, applies a bias to the measurement value of the radio resource quantity for the candidate to obtain a biased measurement value for the candidate, and executes the designated operation with respect to the candidate based on the biased measurement value for the candidate.

Abstract: A method comprising transmitting a configuration of a default time period, wherein the default time period is for allowing a terminal device to consider a request for leaving an active network connection to a first network as accepted by the first network if the first network does not send a response within that the default period, to the terminal device, receiving a first message, from the terminal device, indicating a request to leave the active network connection, determining an overriding condition that overrides the default time period for leaving the active network condition and transmitting, to the terminal device, a second message comprising the overriding condition.

Abstract: A user equipment, method and computer program for adjusting an effective centre frequency of channel filter in a user equipment to improve the adjacent selectivity when the network is transmitting on an irregular bandwidth channel and the user equipment is receiving the signal via a channel filter that has a wider pass band than the bandwidth of the channel. The method comprises filtering received wireless communication signals at a channel filter. Identifying a preferred centre frequency for the channel filter by: adjusting a centre frequency of the channel filter; determining a level of adjacent channel selectivity of signals filtered by the channel filter; comparing a level of adjacent channel selectivity at different centre frequencies of the channel filter; and identifying the preferred centre frequency as the centre frequency that provides a highest level of adjacent channel selectivity.

Abstract: A method comprises causing communication with a first network using at least a part of at least one first frequency band. The communication with the first network is associated with a first identity. The method comprises causing a first message to be transmitted to a second network. The communication with the second network is associated with a second, different identity. The message comprises information indicating the at least a part of at least one first frequency band.

Abstract: When there is a role switch between a first apparatus acting as a relay node towards a wireless network for one or more second apparatuses acting as remote nodes a relay context used by the first apparatus towards the wireless network is communicated to a second apparatus using sidelink communication. After that the first apparatus starts to act as a remote node and the second apparatus starts to act as a relay node using the relay context. Use of the same relay context makes the role switch transparent to the wireless network.

Abstract: There is disclosed methods, apparatuses and computer program products for management of sidelink based relaying. In accordance with an embodiment, the method comprises obtaining information of sidelink resource pools related to sidelink communication in a wireless communication network; determining one or more prioritized resource pools from the obtained information of sidelink resource pools; obtaining information of candidate relay user equipments for sidelink communication from the determined one or more prioritized resource pools; prioritizing for reporting at least one candidate relay user equipment among the candidate relay user equipments based on the determined one or more prioritized resource pools; and reporting the prioritized at least one candidate relay user equipment to the wireless communication network.

Abstract: Method, apparatus, computer program for a user equipment having at least two connections to at least two network nodes, where each connection corresponds to a different user identity, selecting by the user equipment one of the at least two network nodes to communicate exclusively with during one or more time intervals; and sending by the user equipment one or more messages toward the other ones of the at least two network nodes, the one or more messages indicating to the other ones of the at least two network nodes that the user equipment is unavailable for communication during the one or more time intervals.

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: There are provided measures for terminal uplink parameter based measurement relaxation change. Such measures exemplarily include, at a terminal in a radio resource management measurements relaxation mode having a reduced intensity of radio resource management measurements, receiving a first uplink control command indicative of a first uplink control parameter related to a radio connection of said terminal, and deciding on exiting said radio resource management measurements relaxation mode based on said first uplink control parameter.

Abstract: There are provided measures for measurement relaxation change based on the total received power, in particular on an indicator of the total received power. Such measures exemplarily include, at a terminal in a radio resource management measurements relaxation mode having a reduced radio resource management measurements activity within a first relaxation mode scope as a relaxation mode scope of said radio resource management measurements relaxation mode, the terminal being served by a radio cell in a frequency band, achieving information on a parameter indicative of a total power received by said terminal at said frequency band, and deciding on a change of said relaxation mode scope of said radio resource management measurements relaxation mode based on said information on said parameter indicative of said total power received by said terminal at said frequency band.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for counter measures for attacking messages are provided. Solution comprises communicating (500) with another apparatus utilising sidelink transmissions, monitoring (502) for an attacking sidelink message based on the content or timing of received messages and entering (504) a defensive mode to mitigate the attack when one or more received messages has been detected as attacking sidelink messages.

Abstract: An apparatus including circuitry for: entering, at the user equipment, a radio resource control connected state with a first network for providing a first subscription associated with the user equipment, the user equipment being associated with a second subscription provided via a second network, wherein the second subscription is in a radio resource control non-connected state; and in response to determining that one or more operations are to be performed for the second subscription within a first time period: determining a first priority for performing one or more operations for the first subscription within at least part of the first time period; determining a second priory for performing said one or more operations for the second subscription; based on the determined priorities, selecting one of the one or more operations for the first subscription and the one or more operations for the second subscription to perform first.

Abstract: There are provided measures for handling of paging messages in communication endpoint to network relaying scenarios.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for communication are provided. One or more link identifiers used by a first terminal device are obtained. Information on communication of another terminal device with the first terminal device based on the obtained one or more link identifiers is obtained. Based on the obtained information, it is determined, that the first terminal device is active for communication and transmission to the first terminal device performed based on the determination.

Abstract: A user equipment includes at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the user equipment to obtain a message, the message including information identifying a plurality of discontinuous reception configurations, and use one of the plurality of discontinuous reception configurations based on at least one of a location of the user equipment and a current time.

Abstract: An apparatus including 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: prior to a radio link failure between a serving cell and a terminal, proactively provide an indication indicating at least one resource to perform at least one random access procedure with a neighbouring cell to a terminal.