Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from suitable coding schemes. For example, certain wireless communication systems may benefit from using low density parity check and other reliability mechanisms. A method can include communicating at least one transport block for ultra-reliable low-latency communications between a sending device and a receiving device. The transport block can be coded using a base graph according to one of the following three options: using only low density parity check base graph #2; using only low density parity check base graph #2 and truncated low density parity check base graph #1; or using low density parity check base graph #2, truncated low density parity check base graph #1, and low density parity check base graph #3.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments provide systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for facilitating downlink control information (DCI) repetition on linked physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates of different search space sets. For example, certain embodiments may provide a procedure for a network node or a user equipment (UE) to determine a set of PDCCH candidates for determining starting time and ending time instances for the PDCCH transmission utilizing the repetition of the DCI.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for physical layer security by pseudo-random layer mapping.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method comprising determining, by a user equipment, that the user equipment is configured or activated with at least two Transmission Configuration Indication, TCI, states for one control resource set, with at least two linked search space sets and one TCI state for each of the linked search space sets or with at least two TCI states for Physical Downlink Shared Channel, PDSCH, reception, wherein the at least two TCI states comprise a first TCI state and a second TCI state, determining, by the user equipment, that a downlink reference signal indicated by the first TCI state is to be included to a first set of Beam Failure Detection, BFD, resources and a downlink reference signal indicated by the second TCI state is to be included to a second set of BFD resources and including, by the user equipment, the downlink reference signal indicated by the first TCI state to the first set of BFD resources and the downlink reference signal indi

Abstract: An apparatus comprising: means for implementing a first component configured to provide a backhaul connection to a parent node of a network; means for implementing a second component configured to provide a backhaul connection to a child node of a network and/or to an access link to a user equipment (UE); means for receiving a plurality of code blocks (CB) of a transport block (TB) arranged in a first time domain resource allocation from the parent node; means for decoding at least a first subset of code blocks; and means for transmitting at least the first subset of code blocks of the transport block at a second time domain resource allocation to the child node or the UE, wherein the number of code blocks in the first subset is configured to be determined at least based on a processing time for decoding the first set of code blocks or a latency target of the plurality of code blocks of the transport block or channel quality parameters of the link.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for sounding reference signal transmission. According to some embodiments, an apparatus is caused at least to: receive, from a network device sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration comprising one or more SRS resource sets; receive, from the network device, a message comprising an indication of which one of the one or more SRS resource sets is configured or enabled to follow or not follow corresponding one or more indicated transmission configuration indication (TCI) states from an activated TCI list for the apparatus; and transmit, to the network device, an SRS based on the indication. In this way, SRS resource sets may be dynamically detached to not follow specific TCI state and used for sounding the uplink channel in an efficient manner.

Abstract: According to various, but not necessarily all, examples there is provided an apparatus performing a first uplink transmission with a first timing advance and a second uplink transmission with a second timing advance. The first uplink transmission is associated with a first identifier and the second uplink transmission is associated with a second identifier. The apparatus further receives instructions for switching the second identifier to a third identifier, wherein the third identifier is associated with a third uplink transmission. The apparatus further performs at least one of: configuring the third uplink transmission to be associated with the second timing advance or an updated second timing advance or a third timing advance, or dropping the third uplink transmission.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and/or computer program products for dynamically switching between or determining whether to apply single-TRP mode and/or multiple-TRP mode are provided. One method may include receiving, at a user equipment, configuration information indicating that multi-transmission reception point (TRP) physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) scheme could be applicable, and determining, at the user equipment, whether to apply the multi-TRP PUCCH scheme or a single-TRP PUCCH scheme for an uplink control information (UCI) transmission on a determined PUCCH resource.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose devices, methods and apparatuses for a beam reporting. A terminal device receives a beam reporting configuration from a network device. The beam reporting configuration indicates at least one set of beams for at least one of beam measurements or beam predictions. Each beam of at least one set of beams is associated with a cell of multiple cells which are able to be measured by the terminal device. Then, the terminal device performs a reporting of at least one beam associated with the at least one set of beams based on the beam reporting configuration. The at least one beam comprises a predicted beam which is associated to a cell of multiple cells.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for: receiving at least one configuration message; determining at least a first uplink resource associating to a first configured grant configuration and a second uplink resource associating to a second configured grant configuration based on the at least one configuration message; generating a transport block; transmitting the transport block on the first uplink resource associating to the first configured grant configuration via a first channel; transmitting the transport block on the second uplink resource associating to the second configured grant configuration via a second channel, wherein the first configured grant configuration is different to the second configured grant configuration, and wherein the first channel is different to the second channel.

Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a method may include configuring, by a user equipment, at least a first transmission configuration index (TCI), a second TCI, and at least two non-overlapping frequency resource regions in a single time domain resource. The first TCI may be associated with at least one non-overlapped frequency resource region. The second TCI may be associated with at least one non-overlapped frequency resource region which not assigned to the first TCI. At least one association of a state of the first TCI, a state of the second TCI, and the at least one non-overlapping resource region may be changed in a next time domain repetition instance.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for enabling dynamic switching between multi-transmission reception point (multi-TRP) and single-transmission reception point (single-TRP). A method may include receiving a first indication in a downlink control information or a medium access control control element. The method may further include determining, at a user equipment, whether to apply a multi-transmission reception point physical uplink shared channel scheme or a single-transmission reception point physical uplink shared channel scheme for transmitting a transport block based on the first indication. In addition, the method may include interpreting at least one downlink control information field differently depending on whether it is determined that the single-transmission reception point physical uplink shared channel scheme or the multi-transmission reception point physical uplink shared channel scheme is applicable.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising receiving a configuration from a base station, wherein the configuration comprises at least a first subset of power control parameters and a second subset of power control parameters. The first subset of power control parameters and the second subset of power control parameters are assigned to a physical uplink control channel resource. Uplink control information is transmitted or repeated at least to a first transmission reception point and to a second transmission reception point using the physical uplink control channel resource, wherein the first subset of power control parameters is used for transmitting or repeating to the first transmission reception point, and the second subset of power control parameters is used for transmitting or repeating to the second transmission reception point.

Abstract: Various example embodiments relate to channel measurement and reporting. A user equipment may obtain an association between one or more transmission-reception points and one or more groups of resources for channel measurement. The user equipment may receive, from a network node, an indication indicating muting or unmuting of at least one of the one or more transmission-reception points. The user equipment may determine, based at least partly on the association and the received indication, one or more sets of the resources to be measured.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions. When the instructions are executed by the at least one processor, the apparatus is caused to perform determining a first beam and a second beam for receiving at least one data packet from an access node of a network. The apparatus is further caused to perform receiving, from the access node, a re-transmission of the at least one data packet using the second beam when reception of the at least one data packet from the access node has failed using the first beam.

Abstract: An method includes determining to perform inter-cell multi-downlink control information (multi-DCI) based multi-transmission reception point (multi-TRP) operation for a user device based on the following: receiving, by the user device from a network node, transmission configuration index (TCI) states for a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETS), wherein the TCI states for the plurality of CORESETs are associated with a plurality of cells having different physical cell identities (PCIs) or associated with a plurality of cell groups; and determining, by the user device, that at least one of the following conditions is present: 1) a multi-DCI based multi-TRP-related high layer parameter has been configured to the user device; 2) a default mode of multi-TRP operation has been configured to the user device; or 3) the user device has received control information indicating physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) TCI state activations corresponding to two different CORESETPoolIndex values; and, performing in

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for determining reference signal (RS) resources for pathloss calculations for multi-transmission reception point (TRP) uplink (UL) schemes are provided. A method may include detecting by a user equipment that a pathloss reference reference-signal is not provided for multi-transmission reception point uplink repetition or transmission scheme. The method may also include determining a first reference signal resource and a second reference signal resource as a result of the detecting. The method may further include calculating two pathloss values using the first reference signal resource and the second reference signal resource. Further, the method may include performing separate uplink power control for repetitions or transmissions toward different transmission reception points according to the two pathloss values.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for multi-slot transport block size determination. In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method that includes calculating a number of resource elements allocated within a resource element set based at least on an overhead value used for transport block size determination of a transport block that is transmitted over multiple slots; calculating a total number of resource elements, allocated for a physical uplink shared channel or a physical downlink shared channel, covering multiple slots for the transport block size determination based at least on the calculated number of resource elements allocated within the resource element set; and transmitting or receiving the transport block over multiple slots. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.

Abstract: To meet different latency requirements a solution for a system having one or more apparatuses using a first type of relaying or a second type of relaying, the first type requiring more processing time at an apparatus than the second type, is disclosed. In the solution a type of relaying for a child apparatus is determined at least based on one or more of a latency requirement and feedback information on channel; and transmissions to or from child apparatuses are scheduled at least according to a determined type of relaying, wherein transmissions using the first type of relaying are scheduled to take place in the time domain of a transmission slot after transmissions using the second type of relaying; and transmissions to or from the child apparatus are processed according to the determined type of relaying.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method comprising performing with a first node beam measurement for downlink beams received with the first node from at least one second node, scheduling with the first node at least one third node for uplink transmission to the first node, determining with the first node one or more of the downlink beams that can be received simultaneously with a beam of the at least one third node based at least partially on the scheduling of the at least one third node and the performing of the beam measurement, and transmitting with the first node results of the performed beam measurement wherein the results comprise an indication of the one or more determined downlink beams that can be received simultaneously with the beam of the at least one third node.