Abstract: The method includes performing at least one first monitoring of a power savings channel of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for control information, the PDCCH being associated with at least one base station, the control information including a power saving downlink control information (PS-DCI) format, the control information providing an indication to start a timer for an ON duration of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle for a user equipment (UE) to monitor the PDCCH. The method further includes performing a random-access channel (RACH) procedure with the at least one base station based on the control information. The network node performs the method.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to for conditionally skipping monitoring of downlink control channel in random access. A first apparatus receives, from a second apparatus, a command indicating the first apparatus to skip monitoring a downlink control channel between the second apparatus and the first apparatus for a time period. The first apparatus initiates an RA procedure towards the second apparatus. The time period at least partially overlaps with a time window associated with the RA procedure and an end of the time period is after an end of the time window. The first apparatus determines whether the RA procedure is successfully completed or contention resolution for the RA procedure is successful. Based on the determination, the first apparatus ignores or performs the command after the end of the time window.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for dynamically adapting scheduling parameter(s) to achieve power savings. A user equipment may be configured with one or more offsets between scheduled PDCCH and PDSCH transmissions. The user equipment may receive from a network an indication to dynamically change these offsets. If the user equipment sleeps through a first transmission of this indication, upon next receiving the indication the user equipment may update, for example, the offset in a time domain resource allocation table. The indication to dynamically change an offset may be an indication of an offset including fewer slots. A change to the offset, with which downlink transmission is expected by the user equipment, may be disabled. A network node may be configured to transmit downlink traffic to the user equipment according to a configured offset and/or according to an offset the network node indicated to the user equipment.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to configured grant (CG) enhancements. An apparatus determines whether at least one resource in a predetermined duration is to be used for CG data transmission, the at least one resource following a target resource in time domain. The apparatus transmits, based on a determination result and to a network device, an indication on the target resource, the indication indicating if the at least one resource is used or cancelled. In this way, UE is capable of indicating the usage of CG occasions per period with little increase in signaling overhead. In some cases, a scheduling priority of the UE can be dynamically updated by the network based on such indication.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of the enhancement on the UE report. The method comprises generating, a report including information related to a measurement relaxation performed by the first device based on a measurement relaxation configuration, the report being associated with at least one of a RLF report or a successful handover report; and transmitting the report to the second device. In this way, the network can be aware about whether a failure was experienced in conjunction with the measurements relaxation. With the enhanced report, the network may determine the future configuration of the measurement relaxation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising receiving an indication indicating at least one resource block pattern of a set of pre-defined resource block patterns for a physical broadcast channel, wherein the at least one resource block pattern indicates at least one non-punctured resource block used for transmission of the physical broadcast channel, and at least one punctured resource block that is not used for the transmission of the physical broadcast channel; and detecting the physical broadcast channel based at least partly on the at least one resource block pattern.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for applying beam diversity for multi-slot physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) are provided. One method may include receiving configuration of a multi-slot transmission mode for a multi-slot communication channel. The method may also include receiving, based on the configuration of the multi-slot transmission mode, transmission configuration indications of a plurality of transmit beams for slots in the multi-slot communication channel. A selected set of candidate transmit beams may be received among the plurality of transmit beams for the slots in the multi-slot communication channel. The method may also include determining, among the selected set of candidate transmit beams, which transmit beam is used for each slot in the multi-slot communication channel, and applying a reception beam corresponding to each transmit beam used for each slot in the multi-slot communication channel.

Abstract: A method comprising: providing a user equipment (UE) with one or more restrictions, in addition to a timer, for limiting the UE to send on-demand System Information Block (SIB) requests regarding reference signal configurations for Radio Resource Control (RRC) Idle/Inactive UE mode; receiving an on-demand SIB request regarding reference signal configurations for RRC Idle/Inactive UE from the user equipment; and sending a reference signal configuration SIB to the user equipment.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer-readable storage medium for monitoring of a Paging Early Indication (PEI). In some example embodiments, there is provided a method implemented in a terminal device. In the method, the terminal device receives a first indication of a total number of subgroups of terminal devices from a network device. In accordance with a determination that a first value of the first indication equals to a reference value in a first set of reference values or the first indication is absent, the terminal device determined whether a Paging Early Indication (PEI) for a Paging Occasion (PO) is to be detected by the terminal device based on one or more predefined conditions.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus comprising means for receiving, from a wireless network node, an activation indication activating a Transmission Configuration Indicator. TCI, state for a control resource set, wherein the TCI state indicates a reference signal associated with a cell identifier, means for determining one or more control resource set parameters depending on the cell identifier and means for monitoring a downlink control channel using said one or more control resource set parameters.

Abstract: The present subject matter relates to a user equipment for cell measurements. The user equipment comprises means configured for: in response to determining that a signal quality of a serving cell of the user equipment fulfils a certain signal condition: performing intra-frequency measurements on a serving carrier of the serving cell if one or more one or more neighboring cells on the serving carrier are identified by the user equipment, otherwise performing at least inter-frequency measurements on a non-serving carrier.

Abstract: This document discloses a solution for using a search space configuration for detecting a paging identifier.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for detecting a control resource set of index 0. CORESET #0, which is configured to carry information for initial access to a communication network. The apparatus is configured to identify a special configuration for at least one search space associated to the CORESET #0, and the apparatus is configured to determine an extended search space set based on the identified special configuration.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising receiving a cell discontinuous transmission, DTX, configuration for a cell, the cell DTX configuration indicating one or more cell DTX non-active periods of the cell; obtaining at least one uplink grant configuration to be applied for one or more uplink data transmissions during the one or more DTX non-active periods of the cell; determining, based on the at least one uplink grant configuration, an uplink grant for the one or more uplink data transmissions; and transmitting the one or more uplink data transmissions using the determined uplink grant during the one or more cell DTX non-active periods.

Abstract: Example embodiments generally relate to devices and methods for remapping of paging subgroups. A user equipment (UE) device may be configured to receive from a base station an explicit or implicit indication of remapping between one or more first scheme paging subgroups and one or more L1 paging subgroups, remap a first scheme paging subgroup of the UE device to a L1 paging subgroup based on the received indication of remapping, monitor for a paging early indication (PEI) from the base station including an indication of the remapped L1 paging subgroup, and receive a paging message from the base station based on the PEI.

Abstract: Various example embodiments may relate to punctured transmission of data within synchronization signal blocks. An apparatus may obtain data for transmission on a data channel of a synchronization signal block of a transmission frame and allocate the data to resource elements of the data channel. The allocation of the data may be dependent on the frame number of the transmission frame. The apparatus may further puncture one or more resource elements at edge(s) of the synchronization signal block and transmit the synchronization signal block. Another apparatus may receive the synchronization signal block and decode the data. Apparatuses, methods, and computer programs are disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus may be configured to: receive a configuration for physical downlink control channel monitoring: transmit, to a base station, a (small) data transmission: select a physical downlink control channel monitoring pattern based, at least, on the configuration and information of the data transmission; and perform, with a user equipment, physical downlink control channel monitoring based on the selected physical downlink control channel monitoring pattern.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for monitoring LP-WUS quality for determining how to perform cell reselection evaluation. One method may include a user equipment measuring at least one quality of at least one low-power wake-up signal received by a wake-up receiver of the user equipment, and performing cell reselection evaluation based upon the at least one quality.

Abstract: Balancing latency reduction and user equipment power saving is provided. A method for balancing latency reduction and user equipment power saving may include receiving, from a network entity, an indication of a number of repetitions of an uplink channel and determine at least one duration of at least one timer based on at least the number of repetitions. The method may further transmit the uplink channel with the number of repetitions and starts the timer and determine, based on an expiration status of the at least one timer, a discontinuous reception state of the apparatus comprising a plurality of active and inactive states.

Abstract: A UE is connected to a serving cell via an active BWP of a first BWP, and receives a message having criteria for switching from the first BWP to a second BWP. In response to at least one of the criteria being met, the UE waits until a first preconfigured time to switch from the first BWP to the second BWP, and switches the active BWP from the first BWP to the second BWP. The UE communicates with the serving cell and performs SSB measurements while using the second BWP as the active BWP. The UE switches from the second BWP to the first BWP after a second preconfigured time corresponding to a duration of time in the second BWP. The serving cell sends the message having the criteria, switches active BWPs accordingly, and communicates with the UE in the active BWPs.