Abstract: It is provided a method, comprising checking if an option grant for an uplink transmission is received, wherein the option grant comprises, for a subframe, a first allocation option to start the uplink transmission and a second allocation option to start the uplink transmission, wherein the first allocation option is earlier in the subframe than the second allocation option; deciding if the uplink transmission is allowed at the first allocation option; starting the uplink transmission at the first allocation option if the option grant is received and the uplink transmission is allowed at the first allocation option; deciding if the uplink transmission is allowed at the second allocation option; starting the uplink transmission at the second allocation option if the option grant is received, the uplink transmission is not allowed at the first allocation option, and the uplink transmission is allowed at the second allocation option.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for aperiodic channel state information (CSI) reporting for enhanced carrier aggregation are provided. One method includes transmitting, by a network node, a configuration of at least two aperiodic channel state information (A-CSI) reporting modes per one or more configured downlink (DL) component carriers (CC) to at least one user equipment. The method may also include transmitting an aperiodic channel state information (A-CSI) trigger to the at least one user equipment. The transmitting of the A-CSI trigger may cause the at least one user equipment to dynamically switch between the two configured aperiodic channel state information (A-CSI) reporting modes.

Abstract: There is provided a method, comprising: detecting (200) that data from a transmitting device is scheduled to the apparatus; determining (210) a transmission time interval length applied in the transmission of the scheduled data to the apparatus; and selecting (220), at least partially based on the determined transmission time interval length, an acknowledgement feedback mode to be used for sending acknowledgment feedback for the scheduled data amongst a plurality of acknowledgement feed-back modes, wherein the selected acknowledgement feedback mode defines acknowledgement feedback timing.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for dynamic transmit diversity fallback are provided. One method may include configuring a user equipment with a maximum number of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layers used for transmission mode 9 or transmission mode 10 scheduling, and performing, by a network node, at least one of transmission mode 9 or transmission mode 10 scheduling. The configuring may include indicating to the user equipment to use a modified mapping table providing transmit diversity fallback for the at least one of transmission mode 9 or transmission mode 10 scheduling.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods in a communication system are provided. The solution includes transmitting a set of user terminals parameters related to hybrid automatic repeat request, HARQ, messaging, instructing the user terminals to transmit HARQ feedback using a first set of resources and in case of at least one unsuccessful HARQ messaging reception also using a second set of resources; transmitting data of one or more downlink HARQ processes to a user terminal and receiving HARQ feedback from the first set of resources and the second set of resources.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for restricting UE autonomous transmissions are provided.

Abstract: According to a first embodiment, a method may include receiving, by a user equipment, at least one downlink assignment indicating at least one multiplexing group indicator. The method may further include generating, by the user equipment, at least one hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement codebook in a sub-slot for each received multiplexing group indicator value. The method may further include determining, by the user equipment, whether more than one PUCCH resource associated with more than one multiplexing group indicator overlaps in time. The method may further include transmitting, by the user equipment, the highest priority codebook on the determined PUCCH resource and preventing, by the user equipment, transmission of the lower-priority HARQ-ACKs based on the at least one MGI indication in case an overlap in time has been determined. The method may further include transmitting, by the user equipment, the generated codebook on the determined PUCCH resource.

Abstract: It is provided a method, comprising estimating a future instantaneously required processing effort required by a terminal to process symbols received in at least one first transmission time interval and at least one second transmission time interval; checking if the estimated future instantaneously required processing effort exceeds a capability of the terminal to process the symbols; modifying a future scheduling of the symbols for the terminal if the future instantaneously required processing effort exceeds the capability; wherein the first transmission time intervals and the second transmission time intervals are of different types.

Abstract: A method including receiving at a wireless communication device first and second scheduling information indicative of attributes related to a data transmission. The first scheduling information including information indicative of contents attributes of the data transmission, and the subsequently received second scheduling information being indicative of time attributes of the data transmission.

Abstract: A method may include transmitting, by a user equipment, a data packet to a network entity. The method may further include starting, by the user equipment, a timer with a first value associated with the transmission to the network entity. The method may further include checking, by the user equipment, for feedback from the network entity associated with the transmission to the network entity. The method may further include determining, by the user equipment, that no feedback for the transmission has been received within the associated timer, or a negative acknowledgement has been received without the corresponding resource allocation for re-transmission. The method may further include in response to receiving no feedback associated with the transmission within the associated timer, or receiving a negative acknowledgement without the corresponding resource allocation for re-transmission, re-transmitting, by the user equipment, the data packet to the network entity.

Abstract: In accordance with example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform receiving at a user equipment an indication of a scheduled resource for an uplink shared channel transmission by the user equipment; determining that a high reliability low latency communication is to be transmitted by the user equipment; and based on the determining, prioritizing a transmission of the high reliability low latency communication on the scheduled resource of the uplink shared channel using a selected transport format to encode the high reliability low latency communication. Further, there is at least a method and apparatus to perform sending to a user equipment an indication of a scheduling resource for an uplink shared channel transmission by the user equipment; and in response to the sending, receiving from the user equipment said uplink shared channel transmission using a selected transport format.

Abstract: A method including receiving at a wireless communication device first and second scheduling information indicative of attributes related to a data transmission. The first scheduling information including information indicative of contents attributes of the data transmission, and the subsequently received second scheduling information being indicative of time attributes of the data transmission.

Abstract: A method and apparatus may include receiving an uplink grant in a specific subframe of a frame and/or a physical hybrid-ARQ indicator channel transmission, for a physical-uplink-shared-channel transmission or retransmission on a special subframe. The method may also include determining that the uplink grant validates transmitting a physical-uplink-shared-channel transmission on the special subframe, or that the physical hybrid-ARQ indicator channel transmission validates transmitting a physical-uplink-shared-channel retransmission on the special subframe. The method may also include determining transmission parameters for transmitting the physical-uplink-shared-channel transmission or retransmission. The method may also include transmitting the physical-uplink-shared-channel transmission or retransmission on the special subframe.

Abstract: The exemplary embodiments of the invention relate to at least a method and apparatus to perform determining, at a user device, an initial signal power of a cell specific reference signal and a signal power for each reference signal of at least one reference signal in a network; identifying a change as compared to at least one of the initial signal power of the cell specific reference signal and the at least one reference signal; and based on the identifying, triggering another determining of a signal power of reference signals of the at least one reference signal in the network.

Abstract: A method is provided including: transmitting an uplink grant to a user equipment indicating a plurality of scheduled transmission time intervals within a continuous wideband resource allocation over a plurality of sub-channels; attempting to receive a plurality of first transmissions from the user equipment in each of one or more first transmission time intervals of the transmission time intervals, where each of the first transmissions in each of the first transmission time intervals corresponds to a different one of the sub-channels and corresponds to a different hybrid automatic repeat request process; attempting to receive a further transmission from the user equipment in each of the transmission time intervals following the first transmission time intervals, where each further transmission corresponds to a further hybrid automatic repeat request process; and determining a hybrid automatic repeat request process identifier for each successfully received first transmission and for each successfully received

Abstract: A method may include transmitting, by a user equipment, a data packet to a network entity. The method may further include starting, by the user equipment, a timer with a first value associated with the transmission to the network entity. The method may further include checking, by the user equipment, for feedback from the network entity associated with the transmission to the network entity. The method may further include determining, by the user equipment, that no feedback for the transmission has been received within the associated timer, or a negative acknowledgement has been received without the corresponding resource allocation for re-transmission. The method may further include in response to receiving no feedback associated with the transmission within the associated timer, or receiving a negative acknowledgement without the corresponding resource allocation for re-transmission, re-transmitting, by the user equipment, the data packet to the network entity.

Abstract: A method comprises defining (401), in a network node (e NB), scheduled downlink carriers from a list of configured downlink carriers. The network node (e NB) defines (401) a downlink assignment index of the scheduled carrier having at least the lowest carrier index from the list of configured carriers, based on a total number of scheduled carriers. The network node (e NB) defines (401) the downlink assignment index for each other scheduled carrier having a higher carrier index from the list of configured carriers. The network node (e NB) transmits (402) to a terminal device (UE) a control message corresponding to each scheduled carrier, the control message indicating a downlink assignment scheduling a physical downlink shared channel, and comprising the defined downlink assignment index. The network node (e NB) receives (405) from the terminal device (UE), uplink control signalling indicating HARQ-ACKs related to physical downlink shared channels corresponding to the scheduled carriers.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from the appropriate handling of multiple competing transmissions. For example, high or ultra reliable low latency communication systems may benefit from cycling hybrid automatic repeat request transmission processes for grant-less uplink transmission. A method can include identifying or predicting a plurality of pending data transmissions. The method can also include deterministically cycling the pending data transmissions among a plurality of available resources.

Abstract: There is provided a method, comprising: setting, by a radio device, length for a channel reservation window such that the channel reservation window comprises a plurality of subframes; dividing the channel reservation window at least into a downlink part and an uplink part, wherein the downlink part comprises at least one or more subframes of the plurality of subframes and the uplink part comprises at least one or more other subframes of the plurality of subframes; determine a timing offset between the start of the downlink part and the start of the uplink part, wherein the timing offset is based at least partly on applied timing advance; and defining timings, within the channel reservation window, for at least one of a downlink clear channel assessment-process and an uplink clear channel assessment-process at least partly on the basis of the timing offset.

Abstract: A technique comprising: controlling downlink transmission of an uplink grant for one or more uplink data transmissions by a communication device, wherein said uplink grant identifies one combination from a set of predetermined combinations of one or more transmission time intervals and one or more uplink reference signal transmissions, including at least one combination of two or more transmission time intervals and one or more uplink reference signal transmissions; and using said one or more uplink reference signal transmissions of the identified combination to assist the recovery of data from the one or more uplink radio data transmissions by said communication device in the one or more transmission time intervals of the identified combination.