Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for: determining whether a user equipment, UE, is in an active period; causing performance, by the UE, of L1/L2-Triggered Mobility, LTM, assistance measurements when the UE is in an active period; and stopping performance, by the UE, of LTM assistance measurements when the UE is not in an active period.

Abstract: A user equipment that is configured to evaluate an expected handover delay to at least one of a plurality of candidate cells and to generate an indication of the handover delay and transmit it to a network node of a serving cell is disclosed. This allows the network to take into account handover delays when deciding on how and whether to perform a handover.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a first cell activation when the cell discontinuous transmission (DTX)/discontinuous reception (DRX) is applied. In particular, a network device transmits a configuration of cell DTX and/or a configuration of cell DRX for a first cell to a terminal device. The network device also transmits an activation indication for the first cell. The terminal device monitors a set of reference signals from the network device during an activation procedure of the first cell. The terminal device further transmits a report that is based on a measurement on the set of reference signals to a cell that is a special cell or a physical uplink control channel cell. In this way, it can reduce the latency of the activation of the first cell.

Abstract: Disclosed are devices, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for synchronization signal block measurement. An example apparatus for a terminal device may include at least one processor and at least one memory.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to UE type switching. In an aspect, a terminal device transmits, to a network device, capability information indicating support of a plurality of types of the terminal device. Then, the network device transmits an indication for switching a type of the terminal device to the terminal device. Moreover, the terminal device performs type switching based on the indication and a requirement for an interruption caused by the type switching. In this way, it is allowed to avoid transmission failure due to the interruption caused by type switching, and thus improve resource utilization and transmission flexibility.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, device and computer readable storage medium of communication. The method implemented at a first device comprises receiving, from a second device, a message for bandwidth part switching for the first device, the message triggering the first device to activate a measurement gap configuration, the measurement gap configuration indicating one or more measurement gaps. The method further comprises delaying to apply at least one measurement gap of the one or more measurement gaps. In this way, the delay of the bandwidth part switching procedure is controllable and predictable for both the first and the second device, and further the required necessary interaction after the bandwidth part switching is ensured thereby, while the new measurement gap configuration may be activated as soon as possible.

Abstract: Disclosed in a mechanism for a user equipment connected to a base station via a first beam, to determine that a beam switch is to be performed from the first beam to a second beam, wherein the base station manages both the first and second beams and to perform the beam switch at least by a random-access procedure using the second beam to synchronize communications between the user equipment and the second beam.

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: According to a first embodiment, a method may include receiving, by a user equipment, at least one search threshold configuration. The method may further include determining, by the user equipment, at least one carrier measurement to perform according to the at least one received search threshold configuration. The method may further performing, by the user equipment, perform the at least one determined carrier measurement.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for robust radio resource allocation for uplink radar and other user equipment calibration are provided. For example, a method may include receiving, at a network element, measurements of a set of synchronization signal blocks or channel state information reference signals or both synchronization signal blocks and channel state information reference signals from a user equipment. The method may additionally include sending to the user equipment a direct or indirect indication of a random access opportunity corresponding to a synchronization signal block index value or channel state information reference signal index value, wherein the indication is for usage to perform user equipment calibration.

Abstract: A UE in a wireless network determines whether it has been configured with carrier(s) to be used for secondary serving cell carriers in the wireless network. The UE performs, using a selected one of the carrier(s) as a selected secondary serving cell carrier, a request for a cell on the selected secondary serving cell carrier to become a secondary serving cell for the user equipment. The UE receives a response from the cell that the request to have the cell become the secondary serving cell for the user equipment was successful. The request is received on the carrier at a cell in the wireless network to have the cell become the secondary cell for the user equipment. The cell indicates to the UE that the request to have the cell become a secondary cell for the user equipment was successful.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of mitigation of performance degradation for improved system performance. The method comprises determining receive timing difference between a serving cell of the first device and a target cell, the serving cell being located on a first carrier, the target cell being located in a second carrier; and determining to report an indication associated with the receive timing difference to the second device. In this way, the network may be aware of experience performance degradation of the UE due to a large RTD without increasing the network complexity. Meanwhile, the TP performance of the UE may be improved.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for low-power wake-up signal design. A method may include transmitting, to a network element, a report indicating status on whether at least one beam of at least one beam pair is interrupted or not when beam pair switching. The at least one beam pair may include at least a first beam associated with a first transmit and receive point, and a second beam associated with a second transmit and receive point. The method may also include receiving, in response to the report, scheduling for a radio transmission.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of user equipment (UE) architecture adaptation for intra-band scenarios. The method comprises determining, at a terminal device, an operating architecture type of the terminal device, wherein the terminal device is served by a first cell and at least one second cell in an intra-band operation; and applying at least one Radio Resource Management (RRM) requirement based on the determined operating architecture type of the terminal device.

Abstract: According to a first embodiment, a method may comprise transmitting, by a user equipment, at least one RRCConnectionSetupComplete message comprising at least one reporting indication to a network entity. The method may further comprise receiving, by the user equipment, RRCConnectionReconfiguration message from the network entity. The method may further comprise transmitting, by the user equipment, at least one RRCConnectionReconfigurationComplete message to the network entity.

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: Disclosed is a method comprising receiving, from a first transmission and reception point of a wireless communication network, an indication for transmitting a random-access preamble to a second transmission and reception point of the wireless communication network after a beam switch from a source beam of the first transmission and reception point to a target beam of the second transmission and reception point; and transmitting the random-access preamble to the second transmission and reception point after the beam switch.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus comprising means for: receiving, from a network node, a group based measurement event configuration comprising information indicating one or more trigger conditions associated with at least one group of beams, wherein each of the at least one group of beams comprises one or more beams associated with a first transmit-receive point and/or a second transmit-receive point; performing one or more beam measurements for the beams comprised in the at least one group of beams; determining, based on the one or more beam measurements, that at least one of the one or more trigger conditions is satisfied for one or more beams within the at least one group of beams; and in response to the determining, sending, to the network node, measurement reporting comprising at least one of: the one or more beam measurements on the one or more beams for which the at least one trigger condition is satisfied; information identifying the at least one trigger condition that was satisfied; and/or information

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to timing adjustment for uplink transmission, particularly in a high-speed scenario. A first device receives, from a second device, offset information indicating a difference in propagation delays between the first device and a third device experienced by the second device. The offset information is determined based on a time shifting value for a range of the difference in propagation delays. The time shifting value is associated with a switch from a beam associated with the first device to a beam associated with the third device. The third device is different from the first device. The first device transmits, to the second device, timing information indicating an amount of timing advance for transmission from the second device to the third device. The timing information is determined based on the time shifting value. Through this solution. UL transmission will be timing aligned.

Abstract: There are provided measures for L1/L2 triggered mobility cell measurement control. Such measures exemplarily comprise determining a plurality of target cell candidates for L1/L2 triggered mobility of a terminal, deciding on a first cell to be measured out of the plurality of target cell candidates, and transmitting, towards the terminal, information indicative of a Layer1 measurement demand with respect to said first cell to be measured.