Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a processor and a transmitter. The processor includes, in a UECapabilityInformation message, information indicating whether transmission diversity is supported on a per-band basis. The transmitter transmits, to a base station, the UECapabilityInformation message including the information indicating whether transmission diversity is supported on the per-band basis. In other aspects, a communication method and a radio communication system are also disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus including at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the apparatus at least to perform receiving from a network node an indication of a second radio frequency carrier. The second radio frequency carrier is contained within a first radio frequency carrier over which the network node communicates. One or more out-of-band emission requirements for the apparatus are defined with respect to the first radio frequency carrier. The apparatus is further caused to perform determining at least one user equipment radio frequency requirement based on the second radio frequency carrier and transmitting a signal over the second radio frequency carrier based on the at least one user equipment radio frequency requirement and the one or more out-of-band emission requirements.

Abstract: There is provided a method comprising: determining (300) a plurality of band combinations supported by the apparatus for aggregating multiple carriers, each band combination comprising at least two bands; identifying (302), among the plurality of supported band combinations, a first band combination wherein the first band combination is a subset of one or more of the supported band combinations and wherein, for the first band combination, the apparatus supports a low maximum sensitivity degradation (MSD) which is lower than a predetermined MSD value; and transmitting (304) to a network an indication of the identified first band combination and low MSD information associated with the identified first band combination, wherein the low MSD information is valid also for each of the supported band combinations which comprises at least the bands of the first band combination.

Abstract: A terminal includes a receiving unit that receives P-Max that is configuration information of maximum transmit power in a cell in Frequency Range 2 (FR2) among Frequency Range 1 (FR1) and the FR2; and a control unit that performs, when the P-Max of the cell in the FR2 is not supported, an operation of ignoring the P-Max of the cell in the FR2 or an operation of considering the cell in the FR2 as a barred cell.

Abstract: A terminal including: a control unit configured to compare a power reduction total value that is reduced from a maximum transmission power value determined based on a power class and that does not include a power reduction value for adjusting the power class with a predetermined value, and to calculate a lower limit value of a maximum transmission power by setting the power reduction value for adjusting the power class as 0 dB when the power reduction total value is greater than the predetermined value; and a transmission unit configured to perform uplink transmission using a maximum transmission power value equal to or greater than the lower limit value.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for reporting of achievable power per component carrier with multiple power sources and configuration based on such reporting are provided. For example, a method can include receiving a request to report user equipment band combination capabilities. The method can also include reporting a capability of a user equipment to a network. The capability can include indication of one or more component carrier groups per band combination or per band. The one or more component carrier groups can contain indication of one or more power sources for the component carrier group.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for correspondence between downlink reference signals and uplink reference signals. A terminal device in a communication network may comprise at least one processor and at least one memory having computer program code stored thereon. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured, with the at least one processor, cause the terminal device to perform: transmitting, to a network device, information indicative of support of antenna port correspondence between antenna ports used for reception of downlink (DL) reference signal (RS) resources and antenna ports used for transmission of uplink (UL) reference signal resources at the terminal device: receiving, from the network device, a request for use of the antenna port correspondence at the terminal device: and transmitting, to the network device, a message indicating usage of the antenna port correspondence at the terminal device.

Abstract: User equipment comprising: means configured to: report, to a network, antenna-switching configurations for the user equipment: receive, from the network, a configuration of sounding reference signal (SRS) resources; and transmit, in parallel, a first SRS using a first SRS resource of the SRS resources to a first transmission-reception point (TRP) and a second SRS of the SRS resources using a second SRS resource to a second TRP.

Abstract: A method including: determining, with a user equipment, an uplink transmission power control mode from at least two possible different uplink transmission power control modes for antenna ports of the user equipment, where the antenna ports comprise at least two antenna ports; and sending, to a network equipment, information regarding the determined uplink transmission power control mode.

Abstract: A terminal includes: a control section that generates Capability information including UE Capability for a Power Class; and a transmission section that transmits the Capability information. The Power Class is specified by four items of Max Total Radiated Power (TRP), Max peak Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP), Min peak EIRP, and Spherical coverage EIRP, and an Inter-band-Carrier-Aggregation (CA) specified value of at least one of the Max peak EIRP and the Min peak EIRP for Inter-band CA in which a plurality of bands are used is defined by a method different from a method for a non-Inter-band-CA specified value.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for defining a configured maximum output power of a user equipment. In the context of a method, a configured maximum output power of the user equipment in a respective slot for a carrier of a serving cell is determined based on at least one boundary. The at least one boundary is determined based at least partly upon a scaling factor dependent upon a number of antenna ports having a non-zero transmission power on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). The method also reports the determined configured maximum output power to a network node operating the serving cell, thereby allowing the network to control the conditions of the uplink transmission more accurately.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising obtaining information indicating a capability of a terminal device for applying an adjusted additional maximum power reduction. The method further comprises receiving, from the terminal device, a message comprising at least an indication of a direct current location associated with the terminal device. The method further comprises determining, according to one or more pre-defined rules based at least partly on the direct current location, an amount of the adjusted additional maximum power reduction applied by the terminal device.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer readable medium facilitate network control by allowing a base station to predict when power class fallback will occur in user equipment. In the context of a method, the method receives a message comprising information about at least one of a first power class or a maximum duty cycle associated with user equipment. The method determines, based on at least the first power class or the maximum duty cycle, a threshold duty cycle for the user equipment. The method causes the threshold duty cycle to be transmitted to the user equipment. The method determines an uplink transmission schedule for the user equipment based at least on the first power class or the maximum duty cycle. The method receives, from the user equipment, a report that the threshold duty cycle has been exceeded by the user equipment.

Abstract: This document discloses a solution for performing radio configuration testing. According to an aspect. a method in a terminal device comprises: receiving. from a network node. a request for performing a radio configuration test for selecting operational parameters of the terminal device for a radio connection of the terminal device. the request comprising at least one information element indicating a target performance metric and at least one information element defining limitations to the operational parameters available for the radio configuration test: performing the radio configuration test by testing a plurality of different combinations of operational parameters of the terminal device, within the limitations received from the network node. and determining a performance metric of each of the plurality of different combinations of tested operational parameters: causing transmission of a test report to the network node.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising obtaining one or more antenna-port-specific repetition patterns and/or one or more antenna-port-specific uplink power control target values for a plurality of antenna ports; and transmitting an uplink reference signal by applying antenna switching to at least a subset of the plurality of antenna ports based at least partly on the one or more antenna-port-specific repetition patterns and/or the one or more antenna-port-specific uplink power control target values.

Abstract: A user equipment includes a transmission unit configured to transmit a signal; and a control unit configured to determine, according to a power class, a maximum transmission power for transmitting the signal. The control unit adjusts, according to an instruction from a base station apparatus, the maximum transmission power. The instruction includes information validating or invalidating adjustment of the maximum transmission power.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising receiving, from a terminal device, a message comprising at least an indication of a direct current location associated with the terminal device; determining an effective channel bandwidth for uplink based at least partly on the direct current location associated with the terminal device; and determining, based at least partly on the effective channel bandwidth and a pre-defined condition, a maximum number of uplink resource blocks for fulfilling one or more reference sensitivity requirements of the terminal device.

Abstract: A radio access network element includes 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 radio access network element to: generate a carrier aggregation configuration for a user equipment based on capability information from the user equipment, the capability information including at least supported maximum channel bandwidth information and supported minimum channel bandwidth information for each band within a band combination; and send the carrier aggregation configuration to the user equipment to configure the user equipment for communication with the radio access network element.

Abstract: Various techniques are provided for a method including receiving, at a network device from a user equipment (UE), an indication of a UE capability to support a per-band maximum power for a radio band combination (BC) used by the UE, determining whether the UE supports per-band maximum power for the radio BC based on the indication of the UE capability, and in response to determining the UE supports per-band maximum power for the radio BC, determining a total UE transmission power based on a sum of a maximum power of each band in the radio BC.

Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a processor and a transmitter. The processor includes, in a UECapabilityInformation message, information indicating whether transmission diversity is supported on a per-band basis. The transmitter transmits, to a base station, the UECapabilityInformation message including the information indicating whether transmission diversity is supported on the per-band basis. In other aspects, a communication method and a radio communication system are also disclosed.