Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a user device, a configuration for beam reporting, where the configuration comprises one of: an indication to provide separate reporting for downlink beam selection and uplink beam selection; or an indication to provide reporting for uplink beam selection.

Abstract: An apparatus for use by a communication network control element or function configured to conduct a communication control for a communication with a communication element or function in a communication network, the apparatus comprising at least one processing circuitry, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processing circuitry, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processing circuitry, cause the apparatus at least: to prepare the communication element or function to conduct measurements for establishing a secondary connection during a random access procedure conducted for establishing a primary connection, wherein the measurements for establishing the secondary connection are to be based on a reference signal to be transmitted by at least one secondary communication network control element or function enabling the establishment of the secondary connection, to receive and process a random access related signaling from th

Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided, by which a measurement gap sharing scheme is generated by sharing measurement gaps between radio link monitoring measurement, intra-frequency measurement and inter-frequency measurement based on configurations of radio link monitoring reference signals for radio link monitoring and synchronization signal blocks and/or other reference signals used for intra-frequency measurements; measurements including the radio link monitoring measurement, the intra-frequency measurement and inter-frequency measurement are performed according to the measurement gap sharing scheme, and the measurement gap sharing scheme between radio link monitoring measurement, intra-frequency measurement and inter-frequency measurement is changed based on the radio link quality of a serving cell.

Abstract: There is provided a method comprising: performing, by a user equipment, UE, of a wireless communication network, one or more early measurements on at least one carrier according to at least one determined measurement periodicity, wherein a measurement periodicity for a carrier of the at least one carrier is determined to be a first periodicity or a second different periodicity if a first condition regarding one or more serving cell thresholds is met and the first periodicity if a second condition regarding the one or more cell serving cell is met; and in response to a request from a network element of the wireless communication network, transmitting an early measurement report comprising one or more measurement results obtained by performing the one or more early measurements.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for: receiving a first message, the first message comprising reference signal resource information for measuring channel state information; causing the apparatus, when operating the apparatus in a first radio resource control mode, to measure channel state information based on a reference signal of the channel state information.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided apparatus comprising at least one processing core, at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to receive, from a primary cell, a candidate secondary cell configuration which comprises at least one condition, determine that the at least one condition is fulfilled, and activate, as a response to the determining, the candidate secondary cell into a carrier aggregation or a dual connectivity session of the apparatus.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from appropriate configuration of when a device is required to be active. For example, enhanced machine type communication radio resource management requirements regarding device activity can be aligned with machine type communication physical downlink control channel monitoring. A method can include determining a discontinuous reception usage state of a user equipment. The method can also include selecting a monitoring performance requirement from a plurality of monitoring performance requirements based on the determined discontinuous reception usage stage. The method can further include power saving in accordance with the selected monitoring performance requirement.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for MBSFN measurements. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, by a user equipment, an indication of a monitoring requirement (202, 204) for at least one of an idle mode of operation at the user equipment or a connected mode of operation at the user equipment; receiving, by the user equipment, information (206) for one or more transmissions (MBMS) that are multicast or broadcast; and measuring, by the user equipment, the one or more transmissions (MBMS) that are multicast or broadcast, the measuring performed in accordance with the received information (206) and without regard to the indication of the monitoring requirement (202, 204) for at least one of the idle mode of operation or the connected mode of operation. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing multi-beam downlink channel control procedures. The invention allows for power savings at a user device by indicating what states are to be used and/or indicating deactivation of receiver panels. This is accomplished, at least partially, through the use of a transmission configuration indication table based, at least partially, on measurements made by a user device and panel tags indicating the panels used to make those measurements. Determining optimal downlink and uplink beam selection is accomplished with reference to user device measurements and reporting.

Abstract: According to a first embodiment, a method may include receiving, by a user equipment, at least one indication of at least one non-default measurement profile. The method may further include determining, by the user equipment, that at least one predefined condition applies. The method may further include applying, by the user equipment, one or more of at least one adapted measurement, at least one non-adapted measurement, at least one default measurement profile, at least one non-default measurement profile, at least one adapted measurement profile, and at least one non-adapted measurement profile.

Abstract: In accordance with example embodiments of the invention as disclosed herein there is at least a method and apparatus to perform determining a mobility or measurement adaptation state of a user equipment, wherein the determining is based on one of (1310): a new transmission configuration indication state for physical downlink control channel for at least one control resource set is configured, user equipment rotational activity exceeds specific threshold limit of a threshold associated with a mobility parameter by X degrees after network indicates user equipment to be in low mobility or measurement adaptation state, user equipment activates new panel due to signal quality degradation, or a threshold condition of the mobility parameter is applied (1320); and in response to the determining, scaling or relaxing at least one of a radio resource management measurement period or a threshold condition of the mobility parameter (1330).

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for enhanced radio link monitoring (RLM) are provided. One method may include signaling, by a network node, information to at least one user equipment. The information may include an indication of a maximum number of physical downlink control channel repetition and aggregation level(s). The indication may be independent from the physical downlink control channel repetition and aggregation level that the at least one user equipment is configured to monitor for data transfer.

Abstract: There is provided a method at a user equipment, the method comprising: entering a radio resource control, RRC, inactive mode; determining which carriers are to be measured during the RRC inactive mode; performing measurements of the determined carriers during the RRC inactive mode; providing the results of the measurements to a network upon entering an RRC connected mode.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus including at least one processing core, at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to obtain an uplink transmission configuration including information on at least one secondary cell candidate frequency, transmit a signal in the uplink in accordance with the uplink transmission configuration on the at least one secondary cell candidate frequency, during a connection establishment procedure which transitions the apparatus from an idle mode to a connected mode, and receive a resource aggregation configuration from a network.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for cross link interference (CLI) sounding reference signal (SRS)-reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement conditions reporting are provided. One method may include providing, to a serving network node, capability information indicating at least UE's capability to search for SRS timing, receiving SRS configuration in a measurement request from the serving network node, performing, by the UE, at least one SRS RSRP measurement as specified in the SRS configuration, and reporting, to the serving network node, CLI SRS RSRP measurement results.

Abstract: According to a first embodiment, a method may include determining, by the user equipment, that a number of beam failure instances is greater than or equal to at least one threshold. The method may further include initiating, by the user equipment, at least one measurement on at least one beam candidate set. The method may further include suspending, by the user equipment, non-beam candidate measurements performed by the user equipment.

Abstract: A method includes: receiving, at a user equipment, a first information of a first gap for a first reference signal to be measured and a second information of a second gap for a second reference signal to be measured, wherein the first gap and the second gap overlap at least partially; and, determining at least one of: a first duration of a gap length based on a union of the first gap and the second gap, and a second duration of a gap length based on a selection of the first gap or the second gap corresponding to one of the first reference signal and the second reference signal.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method, device and computer readable medium for new radio management measurement. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the network device may transmit collocation information of component carriers to the terminal device. The terminal device may perform communication measurements based on the collocation information. In this way, the measurement effort and burden of the terminal device may be reduced while flexibility of the network deployment is stilled maintained.

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: In the context of measurement configuration in the presence of multiple carriers, and in particular supplementary cells, LAA SCells, a method is provided to scale the measurement period that takes into account the capability of the UE to perform, for example by means of multiple searchers or increased buffer capacity, to measure multiple carriers simultaneously. The method comprises determining a scaled period (p) according to the following equation: p=pDMTC*min[n, ceiling(NCC/NCC_support)]; selecting respective selected occasions for each of NCC carriers out of occasions for measuring a respective reference signal, wherein the occasions occur with the predefined period (pDMTC), and the respective selected occasions occur with the scaled period (p); and inhibiting a measuring of a respective reference signal at occasions different from the respective selected occasions for each of the NCC carriers.