Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a terminal device comprising means for measuring signal quality (300) of a non-serving cell (232); determining based on said signal quality a beam (310) for said non-serving cell; determining, for the non-serving cell, a first antenna gain (320) obtainable with said beam if the non-serving cell is added as a secondary cell in multicarrier connectivity with a serving cell; transmitting to a base station of the serving cell information on said determined first antenna gain (330).

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a terminal device, a method, an apparatus, and a medium for determining sub-network bands. In an aspect, a terminal device determines one or more common bands among supported operating bands received from a network node and at least one sub-network device. The terminal device determines one or more available bands from the one or more common bands. The terminal device determines one or more candidate bands to be used for creating the at least one sub-network. With the embodiments in the present disclosure, the terminal device can avoid bands which may cause or suffer channel access failures due to operation of other radio access technologies, and the terminal device can select the sub-network spectrum based on least co-existence and least self-interference impacts and establish the sub-network at this spectrum location.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a plurality of power amplifiers, wherein at least some of the plurality of power amplifiers have different maximum output power capabilities; a multiplicity of antenna ports; control means configured to select a set of one or more power amplifiers from the plurality of power amplifiers for simultaneous transmission via respective antenna ports.

Abstract: A method, computer program and apparatus is described comprising: receiving, from a user equipment at a network node, an indication that the user equipment has the capability to mitigate self-interference at the user equipment for multi-band operation; and transmitting, from the network node to the user equipment, an approval to allow the user equipment to mitigate self-interference at the user equipment for the multi-band operation.

Abstract: A method, computer program and apparatus is described including: determining a safe output power level of a device of a mobile communication system based, at least in part, on a determined maximum sensitivity degradation type of the device; receiving a power command, from a network node of the mobile communication system, for controlling the transmit power of the device; determining whether the determined safe output level would be exceeded by implementing the received power command; and controlling device transmissions in accordance with a self-interference control algorithm in the event that it is determined that the safe output power level would be exceeded by implementing said power command.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising: a first signal path for a first channel operating at a first frequency within a first frequency range; a second signal path for a second channel operating at a second frequency within a second frequency range; control means for controlling frequency-conversion in the second signal path between the second frequency and the first frequency, wherein a magnitude of frequency-conversion is controlled to change in dependence upon a difference between the second frequency and the first frequency.

Abstract: Circuitry comprising: a first radio path comprising a first filter configured for a first radio access technology (RAT) system; a second radio path comprising a second filter configured for a second radio access technology (RAT) system different to the first RAT system; means for obtaining a first indicator, dependent on the first RAT system, wherein the first indicator is one of a predetermined number of states; means for obtaining a second indicator, dependent on the second RAT system wherein the second indicator is one of a predetermined number of states; and means for using a combination of the states of the first indicator and the second indicator to control characteristics of at least the first filter.

Abstract: A robotic gripping device has a finger with an inner link rotatable via a first joint and an outer link rotatable via a second joint. A tension element is attached to the outer link and a first force device can apply tension to the tension element. The inner link is rotatable between a retracted position with the second joint positioned rear of the first joint, and an extended position with the second joint positioned in front of its retracted position. The outer link can rotate via the second joint between an extended position remote from a centre axis and a retracted position closer to the axis. A second force device loads the outer link towards the extended position; and a third force device loads the inner link towards the retracted position.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a terminal device, a method, an apparatus and a computer readable storage medium for irregular channel bandwidth support mechanism. In some embodiments, a terminal device may receive a configuration of irregular channel bandwidth from a network device and further configure multiple bandwidths for multiple filters based on the configuration. In some embodiments, at least two of the multiple bandwidths are different. As such, the filter configurations at the terminal device may support the irregular channel bandwidths, even when the terminal device does not update the analog filters in hardware.

Abstract: An apparatus, including an antenna array of antenna elements having signal feeds configured to convey a pair of radio frequency signals related to a pair of polarised beams; and circuitry coupled to the signal feeds and configured to vary a gain of the pair of radio frequency signals conveyed between the signal feeds and front end circuitry to vary an orientation of the pair of polarised beams.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for reporting by a user equipment of maximum sensitivity degradation and relaxation values thereof. A method includes receiving a request message related to capability of the apparatus, wherein the request message includes maximum sensitivity degradation information of the apparatus corresponding to an operational situation of the apparatus; responding to the request message with a response message, wherein the response message indicates the maximum sensitivity degradation value corresponding to said operational situation of the apparatus; and utilizing self-measurements during said operational situation of the apparatus to determine a new maximum sensitivity degradation value which replaces the current maximum sensitivity degradation value corresponding to the operational situation of the apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of frozen or dry compositions for prokaryotes, in particular fermentative bacteria such as lactic acid bacteria, a method for preparing frozen or dry prokaryotic compositions and compositions which may be prepared by said method. The cells in a cell concentrate are activated by allowing them to ferment a carbohydrate, before freezing and/or drying to provide a product. The hydrophobicity of the cell surface increases during activation, and this has been found to increase the storage stability of the product.

Abstract: A method includes, in response to determining that a terminal connected to a network is configured to transmit using a first value of an uplink power being equal to a first value of the maximum power, the first value of the maximum power for the terminal being configured by the network, monitoring whether a reception quality of the terminal is greater than a predefined threshold, calculating a second value of the maximum power by adding a predefined increment to the first value of the maximum power in response to the reception quality of the terminal being greater than the predefined threshold, and configuring the terminal with the second value of the maximum power in response to the reception quality of the terminal being greater than the predefined threshold.

Abstract: A method comprising securing orientation of a first type of an antenna and a second type of an antenna, wherein the first type of an antenna and the second type of an antenna are comprised in a terminal device, determining if the terminal device is radio resource control connected to a cell provided by an access node comprised, at least partly, in a satellite or relayed through the satellite, and if it is, estimating a link loss based, at least partly, on downlink receive measurements obtained using the first type of an antenna, determining an uplink link budget based on the estimated link loss, determining if the uplink link budget is greater than a threshold for a transmit antenna, wherein the transmit antenna is the first type of the antenna or the second type of an antenna, and attempting a transmission to the access node using the transmit antenna if the uplink link budget is greater than the threshold for the transmission antenna.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for spray freezing or spray freeze drying under conditions of very low oxygen pressure, such as under essentially anaerobic conditions, and particularly a process for spray freezing strict anaerobic microorganisms (bacteria) under conditions where the level of oxygen is very low, or essentially anaerobic. Further, the invention provides a product achievable by the processes and an apparatus usable in the process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of frozen or dry compositions for prokaryotes, in particular fermentative bacteria such as lactic acid bacteria, a method for preparing frozen or dry prokaryotic compositions and compositions which may be prepared by said method. The cells in a cell concentrate are activated by allowing them to ferment a carbohydrate, before freezing and/or drying to provide a product. The hydrophobicity of the cell surface increases during activation, and this has been found to increase the storage stability of the product.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising: a first reception path comprising a first low noise amplifier; a first feedback path comprising a second low noise amplifier; first downstream receiver circuitry; a switching arrangement configured to, in a first state, couple the first reception path to the first downstream receiver circuitry and configured to, in a second state, couple the first feedback path to the first downstream receiver circuitry; and a controller configured to place the switching arrangement in the first state during a reception time slot and in the second state during a transmission time slot.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program is described comprising: receiving a first transmission from an antenna, the first transmission comprising a first carrier including a first signal and a second carrier including a second signal, wherein the first and second carriers are separated in frequency within a first operational band; splitting the first transmission into a first channel and a second channel; downconverting the first channel to centre the first carrier at a baseband frequency to extract the first signal; downconverting the second channel to centre the second carrier at the baseband frequency to extract the second signal; and providing the first signal to a first processor and the second signal to a second processor; wherein the first and second processors are associated with first and second subscriber identity modules respectively.

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: An apparatus comprising a first reception path comprising a first low noise amplifier; multiple downstream receiver circuitry; a switching arrangement configured to, in a first state, couple the first reception path to one of the multiple downstream receiver circuitry and configured to, in a second state, simultaneously couple the first reception path to a plurality of the multiple downstream receiver circuitry; and a controller configured to place the switching arrangement in the second state to support reception of a first bandwidth, wherein the switching arrangement is configured in the second state to enable processing of the received first bandwidth as a plurality of overlapping bandwidths wherein each of the plurality of overlapping bandwidths is processed via one of the plurality of the multiple downstream receiver circuitry.