Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from appropriate handling of uplink communications. For example, certain wireless communication systems may benefit from an uplink coverage extension for unlicensed band operation. A method can include configuring a first interlace having a first starting physical resource block. The method can also include configuring a second interlace having a second starting physical resource block offset from the first physical resource block. The method can further include transmitting or receiving a signal based on a combination of the first interlace and the second interlace. The combination can include at least one cluster but less than two clusters in each measurement interval.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for semi-static pattern for change of cell for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) are provided. One method may include configuring at least one user equipment (UE) with a configuration for more than one serving cell for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission within at least one physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) cell group, and configuring the at least one user equipment (UE) with a configuration for a time-domain pattern of an applicable physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) cell within the at least one physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) cell group.

Abstract: Devices, methods and computer programs are disclosed for enabling single carrier transmission of multiple downlink control information blocks. A network and client devices may operate according to multiple search space configurations. A first search space configuration may be used to transmit and receive downlink control data containing a single downlink control information block. A second search space configuration may be used to transmit and receive downlink control data containing multiple downlink control information blocks.

Abstract: An apparatus (10) comprising: at least one processor (12); and at least one memory (13) including computer program instructions (14); the at least one memory (13) and the computer program instructions (14) configured to, with the at least one processor (12), cause the apparatus (10) at least to perform: receiving (201) configuration information for enabling the apparatus (10) to measure a first set of Downlink (DL) Reference Signals (RSs) (302) and/or a second set of DLRSs (304), wherein DLRSs (302 #0-302 #4) of the first set of DLRSs (302) are respectively associated with a first set of DL beams (303), wherein one or more DLRSs (302 #1-302 #3) of the first set of DLRSs (302) are configured to be Quasi-Co-Located (QCLed) with at least one DLRS (304 #m) of the second set of DLRSs (304), and wherein DLRSs (304 #a-304 #z) of the second set of DLRSs (304) are respectively associated with a second set of DL beams (305); receiving (202) information for enabling the apparatus (10) to determine a Quasi-Co-Location (Q

Abstract: According to an example embodiment, a method may include determining, by a user equipment in a wireless network, a starting physical resource block of a common physical resource block grid that is associated with a wideband channel, wherein a plurality of bandwidth parts are provided within the common physical resource block grid, each bandwidth part having a bandwidth that is less than the bandwidth of the wideband channel; determining, by the user equipment, a wideband channel guard band for the wideband channel, the wideband channel guard band provided between a lowest frequency of the wideband channel and a first usable physical resource block of the common physical resource block grid; and, determining, by the user equipment for at least one bandwidth part of the plurality of bandwidth parts, a bandwidth part-specific physical resource block grid that is a subset of the common physical resource block grid.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from appropriate handling of uplink communications. For example, certain wireless communication systems may benefit from an uplink coverage extension for unlicensed band operation. A method can include configuring a first interlace having a first starting physical resource block. The method can also include configuring a second interlace having a second starting physical resource block offset from the first physical resource block. The method can further include transmitting or receiving a signal based on a combination of the first interlace and the second interlace. The combination can include at least one cluster but less than two clusters in each measurement interval.

Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a method comprising: determining, by an apparatus, that data is to be exchanged between the apparatus and another apparatus, wherein the other apparatus does not have a wired backhaul connection; obtaining, by the apparatus, a time domain resource partitioning, wherein the time domain resource partitioning comprises a plurality of portions grouped to a first group and to a second group such that a first portion of the first group is available to a first downlink transmission and a first portion of the second group is available to a second downlink transmission; detecting, by the apparatus, if a channel is available for transmission; and if the channel is available for transmission, transmitting, by the apparatus, to the other apparatus according to the time domain resource partitioning.

Abstract: A method comprising: determining a time domain resource partitioning that comprises at least a first pattern and a second pattern, wherein the first pattern comprises a first number of portions allocated to uplink transmission and/or downlink transmission and is associated with a first link category and the second pattern comprises a second number of portions allocated to uplink transmission and/or downlink transmission and is associated with a second link category; determining if link category for transmission is the first or the second link category; determining if the channel is available for the transmission according to a pattern associated with the determined link category, wherein the pattern associated with the determined link category corresponds to the first or the second pattern; and if the channel is available, acquiring the channel and transmit according to the pattern associated with the determined link category.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The UE includes a receiver and a processor that receive a radio resource control (RRC) signal including uplink (UL) sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration information. The UE also receives a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) message to activate transmission of UL SRSs The UE may then transmit UL SRSs in a time and frequency pattern based on at least the UL SRS configuration information. A UE method and an eNode-B are also disclosed.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for a cellular wireless device, including, obtaining, from a cellular base station, a first opportunity for an uplink data transmission on an unlicensed frequency band, wherein the first opportunity is within a first period reserved for first transmission opportunities on a frequency channel, upon detecting that the frequency channel is occupied at a beginning of the first opportunity, determining a second opportunistic resource for the uplink data transmission or a downlink transmission and receiving or transmitting using the second opportunistic resource.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may determine channel state information (CSI) reports with each CSI report being related to a component carrier. The UE may send a subframe with CSI report(s) on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). When a collision occurs in the subframe having the CSI report(s) on the PUCCH a lower priority CSI report may be dropped from the transmission.

Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided an access node for configuring relaying using one or more terminal devices. The access node is configured to select the one or more terminal devices connected to the access node for relaying a signal from the source terminal device to the access node based on radio link measurements. Further, the access node is configured to configure each of the one or more terminal devices to decode each received primary uplink resource and if the decoding is successful, to cause transmitting a transport block corresponding to the decoded primary uplink resource on a secondary uplink resource using a pre-defined starting position to a target network node. The access node is also configured to receive at least one transport block transmitted from the source terminal device via one or more terminal devices on one or more secondary uplink resources.

Abstract: A method including receiving one or more data packets wirelessly in one or more downlink transmission opportunities on one or more radio carriers, receiving scheduling information including an indication of uplink control information to be transmitted related to at least one of the one or more data packets, and causing wireless transmission of the uplink control information in an uplink transmission opportunity.

Abstract: There is provided a method comprising controlling receiving, at a node, subframe type configuration information, said subframe type configuration information defining at least one subframe type of a group of subframes to be used in a secondary cell, said secondary cell configured to provide at least one of licensed-assisted access, licensed shared access and co-primary sharing access and using said subframe type configuration information to cause the node to operate in accordance with that configuration in the secondary cell.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for: receiving a first bandwidth part configuration caused to support dynamic adaptation of transmission bandwidth part in listen before talk communication systems, the first bandwidth part configuration comprising at least two bandwidth parts: a first bandwidth part and at least one associated temporal bandwidth part; determining which of the at least two bandwidth parts is used for a transmission burst; determining for the transmission burst a second, temporal, bandwidth part configuration caused to determine the transmission parameters for the transmission burst based on the at least one associated temporal bandwidth part and the determining which of the at least two bandwidth parts is used for the transmission burst.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The UE includes a receiver and a processor that receive a radio resource control (RRC) signal including uplink (UL) sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration information. The UE also receives a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) message to activate transmission of UL SRSs The UE may then transmit UL SRSs in a time and frequency pattern based on at least the UL SRS configuration information. A UE method and an eNode-B are also disclosed.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may determine channel state information (CSI) reports with each CSI report being related to a component carrier. The UE may send a subframe with CSI report(s) on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). When a collision occurs in the subframe having the CSI report(s) on the PUCCH a lower priority CSI report may be dropped from the transmission.

Abstract: There is provided a method comprising controlling receiving, at a node, subframe type configuration information, said subframe type configuration information defining at least one subframe type of a group of subframes to be used in a secondary cell, said secondary cell configured to provide at least one of licensed-assisted access, licensed shared access and co-primary sharing access and using said subframe type configuration information to cause the node to operate in accordance with that configuration in the secondary cell.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from improved signaling. For example, it may be helpful to improve the management of the uplink timing alignment where multiple numerologies are used. A method may include receiving at a user equipment an indication from a network node. The timing adjustment granularity may be determined implicitly based on one or more multiple numerology assigned to a timing advance group. The method may also include applying at the user equipment the indicated timing adjustment granularity associated with one of the multiple numerologies.

Abstract: It is provided a method, including checking if an overlapping transmission is restricted to an overlapping transmission of a transmission of a first type and a transmission of a second type; splitting, if the overlapping transmission is restricted, an overall symbol allocation table into a first type symbol allocation table including the symbol allocations related to the transmission of the first type and into a second type symbol allocation table including the symbol allocations related to the transmission of the second type; separately pruning the first type symbol allocation table and the second type symbol allocation table in order to obtain one or more second type occasions for the transmission of the respective type; monitoring, for each of a first resource and a second resource different from the first resource and for each of the first type occasions and for each of the second type occasions, if a respective transmission is successfully received; acknowledging in a codebook the respective transmission