Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprising: receiving from a network node, by a user equipment of a plurality of user equipment associated with more than one communication beam of a communication network, information comprising locations in time of the user equipment during paging occasions with at least one cell of the communication network associated over more than one communication beam, wherein the information identifies any provided order of the more than one communication beam covering the locations in time of the user equipment during the paging occasions; and based on the information, identifying by the user equipment at least one communication beam and timing of at least one paging occasion, of the paging occasions, for the user equipment.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprising: receiving from a network node, by a user equipment of a plurality of user equipment associated with more than one communication beam of a communication network, information comprising locations in time of the user equipment during paging occasions with at least one cell of the communication network associated over more than one communication beam, wherein the information identifies any provided order of the more than one communication beam covering the locations in time of the user equipment during the paging occasions; and based on the information, identifying by the user equipment at least one communication beam and timing of at least one paging occasion, of the paging occasions, for the user equipment.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from puncturing of enhanced mobile broadband transmissions due to low latency communications. It may be helpful to manage the puncturing of enhanced mobile broadband transmissions. A method may include replacing by a base station at least one code block in an enhanced mobile broadband transport block transmission with a low latency communication transmission. The method may also include transmitting the enhanced mobile broadband transport block with the at least one replaced code block with the low latency communication transmission to a user equipment. In addition, the method includes transmitting the replaced at least one code block from the base station to a user equipment using other resources.

Abstract: There are provided measures for flexible retransmission-process buffer management, such as e.g. flexible HARQ process buffer management, in the context of re-/transmission of a radio resource block composed of a plurality of resource block parts. Such measures exemplarily comprise buffer management and buffer management control, wherein a buffer element is flexibly managed by selectively discarding and keeping buffered soft data information of a transmitted radio resource block per resource block part based on decoding performance information for the buffered soft data information of the transmitted radio resource block prior to combining, per resource block part, soft data information of a retransmitted radio resource block with buffered soft data information of the transmitted radio resource block for decoding the radio resource block.

Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a method comprising receiving a grant message for channel resource allocation from a scheduling node, receiving data transmission based on the allocated channel resource from the scheduling node, and receiving a confirmation message from the scheduling node that indicates which channel resource was actually used for the data transmission. Another embodiment is directed to a method comprising receiving a grant message for channel resource allocation, receiving data transmission based on the allocated channel resource, decoding the received data, if the received data cannot be decoded correctly, sending an indication of packet failure, receiving a retransmission grant message, receiving a retransmitted data, and based on the retransmission grant message, performing HARQ combining.

Abstract: The disclosure relate to interference coordination in wireless communications. A first level station can obtain information for interference coordination with a second level station to protect the second level station from interference in arrangement where the second level station provides a smaller coverage area than the first level station and is at least partially located in the area of the first level station. Use of directional antenna beams by the first level station and/or communications by the second level station can then be controlled accordingly.

Abstract: The disclosure relate to interference coordination in wireless communications. A first level station can obtain information for interference coordination with a second level station to protect the second level station from interference in arrangement where the second level station provides a smaller coverage area than the first level station and is at least partially located in the area of the first level station. Use of directional antenna beams by the first level station and/or communications by the second level station can then be controlled accordingly.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods and computer program products provide fast instantaneous overload control during scheduling operations involving users in a wireless communications network who are candidates to be scheduled in a next transmission time interval. Apparatus detect congestion conditions in a wireless communications network by determining an instantaneous operating region of a scheduler (e.g., a medium access control-high speed scheduler) based on required activity detection and prioritize users in a scheduling candidate set based on the cost of a user. In a variant, this may be implemented by combining part of the required activity detection algorithm with a per-bearer cost function. In one implementation, this will limit the number of users that suffer during momentary congestion in the wireless communications network.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods and computer program products provide fast instantaneous overload control during scheduling operations involving users in a wireless communications network who are candidates to be scheduled in a next transmission time interval. Apparatus detect congestion conditions in a wireless communications network by determining an instantaneous operating region of a scheduler (e.g., a medium access control-high speed scheduler) based on required activity detection and prioritize users in a scheduling candidate set based on the cost of a user. In a variant, this may be implemented by combining part of the required activity detection algorithm with a per-bearer cost function. In one implementation, this will limit the number of users that suffer during momentary congestion in the wireless communications network.