Abstract: Improvements and enhancements of the functionality of integrated access and backhaul, IAB, nodes, for a wireless communication network are described, which includes one or more base stations or integrated access and backhaul, IAB, donors, one or more IAB nodes, the IAB node connected, directly or via one or more further IAB nodes, to the IAB donor, and one or more user devices, UEs.

Abstract: A control unit configured for controlling communication of members of a first communication system is to transmit a first signal relating to a configuration of the first communication system or a different second communication system and/or to receive a second signal relating to the configuration of the first communication system or the second communication system.

Abstract: An apparatus for a wireless communication network is described that has an antenna unit. The antenna unit includes a plurality of antennas or one or more antenna arrays each having a plurality of antenna elements. The apparatus communicates with one or more network entities of the wireless communication network, like a base station or another UE. The apparatus transmits to or receives from the network entity a reference signal, like a Sounding Reference Signal, SRS, or a Synchronization Signal Block, SSB, using one or more beams beamformed by the apparatus using one or more input parameters. The apparatus transmits a feedback to the network entity, the feedback indicating the one or more input parameters the apparatus uses for beamforming the one or more beams, and/or the apparatus is configured or preconfigured, e.g., by the network entity, with the one or more input parameters.

Abstract: A network node configured for operating in a wireless communication network is configured or pre-configured with configuration instructions or is to receive configuration instructions, the configuration instructions related to an action that causes the network to disconnect from the wireless communication network. The network node is to receive, from the wireless communication network a trigger signal comprising information to perform the action and to perform the action based on the trigger signal. The configuration instructions further relate to one or more of a reconnection action to reconnect to the wireless communication network, a deregister action, e.g., an access barring, an initiation of a cell-search, a normal handover and/or a conditional handover.

Abstract: A wireless communication network, has one or more first user devices, UEs, and one or more second user devices, UEs. The wireless communication network is to configure the first UE with one or more bandwidth parts, BWPs, and with a set of control resource sets, CORESETs, within the BWP in the same slot, and the wireless communication network is to configure the second UE with only a subset from the set of CORESETs.

Abstract: A user equipment for communication over a wireless network is configured for exchanging portions of signalling data exclusively over the primary component carriers in a first operational mode in a first operational phase; for exchanging the portion of the signalling data of a selected primary component carrier of the primary component carriers of the first component carrier group simultaneously over the selected primary component carrier and over a selected secondary component carrier of the secondary component carriers of the second component carrier group in a second mode in a second phase subsequent to the first one, the second phase being initiated in case a first trigger condition occurs; for using the selected secondary component carrier from the second operational phase in a third mode in a third phase subsequent to the second one as one of the primary component carriers, so that the selected secondary component carrier from the second phase is added to the primary component carriers of the first compo

Abstract: A device configured for operating in a bidirectional wireless communication network in a first operating mode in which the device is in a connected mode during a first time interval and in a second operating mode, in which the device at most performs passive communication during a second, different time interval is adapted to, in the first operating mode, obtaining a set of measurement results comprising at least one measurement result by measuring a radio link parameter associated with an operation of the wireless communication network. The device is configured for generating a measurement report comprising a set of results having at least one measurement result of the set of measurement results and for transmitting the measurement report to an entity of the wireless communication network.

Abstract: A device for operating in a wireless communication system is configured for performing communication in the wireless communication system in accordance with a communications configuration obtained from a base station of the wireless communication system and scheduling communication of the device; using information indicating a set of reference signals [some or all] used in the wireless communication system; and for determining an amount of interference interfering with the communication in the wireless communication system for each of the set of reference signals by measuring to obtain a measurement result indicating the amount of interference perceived by the device through the reference signals of the set of reference signals; and generating a measurement report based on the measurement result and reporting the measurement report to the wireless communication system.

Abstract: A user device, UE, for a wireless communication network, acts as a relaying entity so as to provide functionality to support connectivity between one or more remote UEs and a destination of the wireless communication network, wherein a connection between the remote UE and the destination comprises one or more sidelinks, each sidelink associated with a predefined or negotiated Quality-of-Service, QoS. The UE is connected via a sidelink to one or more of the following: one or more of the remote UEs, the destination, one or more further relay UEs. The UE determines a status of the sidelink with regard to the predefined or negotiated QoS, and sends the status of the sidelink towards a network entity, like a base station, of the wireless communication network.

Abstract: A user device, UE, for a wireless communication system, is to process a transmission received at the UE (PDSCH or PSSCH) or to be prepared by the UE (PUSCH) within a first processing time. Responsive to one or more criteria, the UE is to switch from the first processing time to a second processing time to be used to process a transmission received at the UE or to be transmitted from the UE.

Abstract: A user device, UE, for a wireless communication system is described. The UE is to communicate with the wireless communication system via at least one relay UE, the UE and the relay UE communicating over a sidelink interface. When communicating with the wireless communication system via the relay UE, e.g., when starting and/or during a communication, the UE is to establish a network control layer in its protocol stack, and the network control layer is to provide some control information.

Abstract: A device configured for operating in a wireless communication network and for performing communication with a communication partner within the wireless communication network by exchanging a wireless signal is configured for communicating with the communication partner using a beamforming technique to form a transmit beam pattern being a beam pattern selected from a plurality of transmit beam patterns being formable by the device. The device is configured for providing, responsive to a trigger event, a number of transmit beam patterns being at least a subset of the plurality of formable transmit beam patterns to the communication partner or a different entity of the wireless communication network. The device is configured for receiving feedback information relating to the beam patterns of the number of beam patterns; and for using at least one of the provided number of beam patterns based on the feedback information as a selected beam pattern.

Abstract: A user equipment for communication over a cellular network is configured for simultaneously communicating with one or more cells of first and second nodes of the cellular network, and to methods for operating such user equipments for communication over a cellular network. Furthermore, a user equipment for communication over a cellular network includes a plurality of base stations which are connected over a xhaul network of the cellular network to a core network of the cellular network, wherein the user equipment is configured for communicating with one of the base stations of the cellular network, which is used as a serving base station, or for communicating with more of the base stations of the cellular network simultaneously, which respectively are used as serving base stations, and to methods for operating such user equipments for communication over a cellular network.

Abstract: Provided a method and system for computing a bandwidth requirement for a cellular operator from shared spectrum in a cellular network, the shared spectrum comprising at least one shared spectrum class which is accessible by multiple entities, the method comprising: computing an average user throughput in the cellular network; comparing the average user throughput to a target minimum average user throughput, taking into account an average percentage of users within coverage and a coverage probability threshold; and based on the comparison, computing an additional bandwidth requirement from the at least one shared spectrum class.

Abstract: Provided a method and system for computing a bandwidth requirement for a cellular operator from shared spectrum in a cellular network, the shared spectrum comprising at least one shared spectrum class which is accessible by multiple entities, the method comprising: computing an average user throughput in the cellular network; comparing the average user throughput to a target minimum average user throughput, taking into account an average percentage of users within coverage and a coverage probability threshold; and based on the comparison, computing an additional bandwidth requirement from the at least one shared spectrum class.