Abstract: There are provided measures for adaptive de-modulation reference signal pattern design. Such measures exemplarily comprise receiving, from a communication entity, in a physical channel, at least one reference signal representative of radio conditions in at least one portion of said physical channel, and predicting, based on said at least one reference signal and a model of said physical channel, a first channel estimation representative of radio conditions in a total of said physical channel.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform: receiving, from a network node, a request for training data for data augmentation algorithm; transmitting, to the network node, a first part of a plurality of parts of the training data, wherein properties of data in the first part of the training data reflect distribution of the training data.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: determine (1006) whether at least one transport block has been successfully delivered to another apparatus; and determine (1008, 1010, 1012) whether to use the at least one transport block to scramble at least one subsequent transport block based on whether the at least one transport block has been successfully delivered to the apparatus.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods in a communication system are disclosed. A channel predictor is determined to be used in a connection between a base station and a terminal device. The predictor is trained using channel state information of the connection and a predictor function determined to be used both in the base station and terminal device. The base station calculates a predicted state of the channel utilising the predictor function and transmits payload data to the terminal device. The base station receives update information to the predicted state of the channel from the terminal device, where the update information is the variation between the channel predicted at the terminal device and the measured channel.

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

Abstract: A central node receives, from each of a plurality of access points providing access for user equipments to a communication network, a result of a measurement related to a position of a user equipment, receives additional information comprising at least one of an evaluation of the result of the measurement and a reference towards which the measurement was done, and calculates the position of the user equipment by combining the results of the measurements received from the plurality of access points using at least one of the evaluation and the reference.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program is described, comprising: obtaining a first beam alignment dataset, wherein the first beam alignment dataset comprises measurement data for a first plurality of beam pair transmissions, wherein each beam pair transmission of the first plurality is between one of a plurality of communication beams of a first user device and one of a plurality of communication beams of a base station and wherein the first plurality of beam pair transmissions is a subset of all available beam pair transmissions between the first user device and the base station; and selecting a first beam pair combination for communications between the first user device and the base station, wherein the first beam pair combination comprises one of the plurality of beams of the first user device and one of the plurality of beams of the base station, wherein the means for selecting the first beam pair combination comprises a machine-learning model trained with a second beam alignment dataset.

Abstract: A method for operating a first apparatus (102) and the first apparatus (102) comprising at least one processor, at least one receiver and at least one memory including program code that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the first apparatus (102) at least to receive at least one RRC configuration comprising a configuration of a channel state information, CSI, wideband report setting and a configuration of a CSI, subband report setting, receive at least one message (302) to trigger CSI wideband reporting and CSI subband reporting, and transmit a CSI wideband report (304) in a first slot comprising information on CSI wideband reporting and transmit a CSI subband report (306) comprising information on CSI subband reporting in a second slot based on the message (302) to trigger CSI wideband reporting and CSI subband reporting.

Abstract: A method includes generating an initial assignment, for a plurality of counties, of a logical channel obtained by a priority access license user to a physical channel, considering a plurality of preferred channel assignments of the users within each county; generating a county prioritization list that prioritizes counties having challenges resulting from the initial assignment; executing a series of algorithms, for each county within the county prioritization list, to continue to assign the physical channels to comply with a set of requirements of the priority access license users; and updating, for each priority access license user, a similarity metric that measures a similarity between a desired physical channel assignment and an actual physical channel assignment, wherein the metric is used during the continuation of the assignment of the physical channels.

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

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods in a communication system are disclosed. Reference data is transmitted to terminal device. Information describing state of the channel between the apparatus and the terminal device is received, for a given time period, from the terminal device. A predicted state of the channel is calculated utilising a given channel predictor function known by the terminal device. Update information to the predicted state of the channel is received from the terminal device.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: determine (1006) whether at least one transport block has been successfully delivered to another apparatus; and determine (1008, 1010, 1012) whether to use the at least one transport block to scramble at least one subsequent transport block based on whether the at least one transport block has been successfully delivered to the apparatus.

Abstract: An apparatus (101) comprising means for performing: grouping columns of a linear combination coefficient matrix into a predefined number of clusters; and sending at least one of the clusters in a second part of a uplink control signalling transmission of a channel to an access node, wherein the uplink control signalling transmission comprises a first part and the second part.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods in a communication system are disclosed. Reference data is transmitted to terminal device. Information describing state of the channel between the apparatus and the terminal device is received, for a given time period, from the terminal device. A predicted state of the channel is calculated utilising a given channel predictor function known by the terminal device. Update information to the predicted state of the channel is received from the terminal device.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program is described, comprising: obtaining a first beam alignment dataset, wherein the first beam alignment dataset comprises measurement data for a first plurality of beam pair transmissions, wherein each beam pair transmission of the first plurality is between one of a plurality of communication beams of a first user device and one of a plurality of communication beams of a base station and wherein the first plurality of beam pair transmissions is a subset of all available beam pair transmissions between the first user device and the base station; and selecting a first beam pair combination for communications between the first user device and the base station, wherein the first beam pair combination comprises one of the plurality of beams of the first user device and one of the plurality of beams of the base station, wherein the means for selecting the first beam pair combination comprises a machine-learning model trained with a second beam alignment dataset.

Abstract: A central node receives, from each of a plurality of access points providing access for user equipments to a communication network, a result of a measurement related to a position of a user equipment, receives additional information comprising at least one of an evaluation of the result of the measurement and a reference towards which the measurement was done, and calculates the position of the user equipment by combining the results of the measurements received from the plurality of access points using at least one of the evaluation and the reference.

Abstract: A method includes generating an initial assignment, for a plurality of counties, of a logical channel obtained by a priority access license user to a physical channel, considering a plurality of preferred channel assignments of the users within each county; generating a county prioritization list that prioritizes counties having challenges resulting from the initial assignment; executing a series of algorithms, for each county within the county prioritization list, to continue to assign the physical channels to comply with a set of requirements of the priority access license users; and updating, for each priority access license user, a similarity metric that measures a similarity between a desired physical channel assignment and an actual physical channel assignment, wherein the metric is used during the continuation of the assignment of the physical channels.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a network entity for selecting a communication relay from a plurality of communication relays within the service area of a base station covering a plurality of geographic positions, wherein each communication relay is able to retransmit a communication between the base station and a user equipment, wherein the network entity comprises a divider configured to divide the service area into a plurality of different regions based on an attenuation measure at each geographic position, a determiner configured to determine for each pair of regions a spatial isolation measure based on the attenuation measures at the geographic positions within the regions, and a selector configured to select a communication relay based on the spatial isolation measures associated with the geographic position of each communication relay.

Abstract: Communication device adapted for receiving a MIMO signal is provided. The device comprises a first detector adapted to perform a first symbol detection on the MIMO signal using a first detection method, a detection error determination unit adapted to determine a first detection error of the first symbol detection, a detection error judging unit adapted to determine if the first detection error is above or below a detection threshold, and a second detector, adapted to perform a second symbol detection on the MIMO signal using a second detection method, if the detection error judging unit has determined that the first detection error is above the detection threshold. The communication device is adapted to use results of the symbol detection as final symbol detection results, if the detection error judging unit has determined that the first detection error is below the detection threshold.

Abstract: A method comprising, at a mobile station, transmitting a pilot message to a base station in response to determining that no signal has been received at the mobile station within a predetermined time period or that a received signal has been below a predetermined intensity within a predetermined time period, said pilot message comprising a pilot tone sent at reduced bandwidth, and receiving a response from the base station, said response beamsteered towards the receive direction and/or power of the pilot message.