Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses (UE, network node or gNB) for CSI reporting. The method performed by a UE comprises: receiving from the gNB, a radio signal via a MIMO channel, wherein the radio signal contains at least one DL-RS according to a DL-RS configuration; estimating said MIMO channel based on said received at least one DL reference signal for configured subbands; calculating a precoder matrix or a CSI matrix for a number of antenna ports of the gNB and configured subbands; the precoder matrix based on a first codebook and on a second codebook and a set of combining coefficients for complex scaling/combining one or more of vectors selected from the first codebook and the second codebook; and reporting, to the gNB, a CSI feedback report and/or a PMI/RI, used to indicate the precoder matrix or the CSI matrix for the configured antenna ports and subbands.

Abstract: A method for analyzing a sample using a system, wherein the sample is a solid sample comprising a first chemical element and a second chemical element, wherein the system comprises a plasma spectrometer and an analytical device, the method including: determining a concentration of the first chemical element using the analytical device; determining a sensitivity of the plasma spectrometer to the first chemical element and to the second chemical element; measuring a signal intensity of the first chemical element using the plasma spectrometer; measuring a signal intensity of the second chemical element using the plasma spectrometer; and calculating a concentration of the second chemical element using the determined concentration of the first chemical element, the sensitivities to the first chemical element and to the second chemical element, and the signal intensities of the first chemical element and the second chemical element.

Abstract: Method performed by a UE for providing a channel state information (CSI) feedback in a wireless communication system including at least the UE and a gNB or a radio network node. The UE is operative to: estimate the MIMO channel between the gNB and the UE based on received DL reference signals for the configured resource blocks. The UE is further operative to calculate, based on a performance metric, a precoder matrix, for a number of antenna ports of the gNB and configured subbands, the precoder matrix being based on two codebooks and a set of combination coefficients for complex scaling/combining one or more of vectors selected from a first codebook and a second codebook, and the UE is operative to report a CSI feedback and/or a PMI and/or a PMI/RI, to the gNB, used to indicate the precoder matrix for the configured antenna ports and resource blocks.

Abstract: An apparatus configured for wirelessly communicating in a wireless communications network includes a wireless interface configured for wireless communication and a controller configured for controlling a beam pattern of the wireless interface and at least one communication parameter of the wireless interface. The apparatus is configured for receiving a locking signal indicating a request for locking at least a part of the beam pattern and the at least one communication parameter. The controller is configured for locking at least the part of the beam and the at least one communication parameter responsive to the locking signal.

Abstract: A method performed by a UE for providing CSI feedback in the form of CSI reports in a wireless communication system includes receiving, from a gNB, higher layer configurations of one or more downlink reference signals, and CSI report configurations associated with the downlink reference signal configurations, and a radio signal including the downlink reference signals according to the one or more downlink reference signal configurations, the downlink reference signals provided over a configured number of frequency domain resources, time domain resources and one or more ports; determining, for each CSI report, a precoding matrix based on the downlink reference signals and two codebooks, and one or more non-zero combining coefficients for complex combining of one or more spatial domain and delay domain basis vectors; and reporting to the network node the CSI reports for the CSI report configurations.

Abstract: An apparatus including a processor unit configured to provide a first high-definition map, a sensor unit configured for providing sensor data representing an environmental condition in a periphery of the apparatus and a receiver unit configured to receive data representing a second high-definition map. The processor unit is configured to fuse the second high-definition map and the sensor data so as to provide the first high-definition map. The apparatus further includes a transmitter unit configured for transmitting a result of fusing the second high-definition map and the sensor data, and includes a command generator unit configured to generate a command signal representing a vehicle control command for a vehicle carrying the apparatus based on the first high-definition map.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for enhancing the reliability and performance of the PDCCH in a wireless network. The method performed by a UE comprises: receiving a configuration of search space sets for the PDCCH, each search space set comprises a number of PDCCH candidates made up of a number of resource elements; monitoring for DCIs of a specific format as indicated in the configured PDCCH candidates; wherein a configuration an indication of an association of the search space sets with a search space set pool is provided to the UE, and at least two PDCCH candidates from the search space sets are associated with the same DCI content, or an association of two or more TCI states with a single CORESET is obtained from the network node; and applying the configuration(s) or indication of the association for receiving one or more PDCCH(s) on the search space sets.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an antenna and a transceiver. The transceiver transmits a first signal via the antenna, the first signal including a unique identification of the apparatus and a request for receive information about the first signal at a receiver. The transceiver receives from the receiver a second signal via the antenna, the second signal including first information about a direction of arrival (DoA) of the first signal at the receiver and second information indicative of a location of the receiver.

Abstract: The application relates to a communication device [e.g., UE] for communicating with one or more other communication devices using multiple-input-multiple-output, MIMO, communication, wherein the communication device is configured to: select [e.g., from ?] one or more preferred beams [e.g., bi]; and find one or more other beams [e.g., those such that INRk(cl)>?1] which have a comparatively high spatial correlation with the one or more preferred beams or which have a comparatively high probability of interference with the one or more preferred beams [e.g., if INRk(cl)>?1], wherein the communication device is configured to provide, to a coordinating communication device [e.g., BS, gNB]: first information [e.g., Fk,1] identifying the one or more preferred beams [e.g., Fk,1 is made of columns identifying the preferred beams]; and second information [e.g., rk,i,1, rk,i,2] identifying the one or more found other beams or a region [e.g., shape] in a map of beams comprising the one or more found other beams.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses (UE, network node or gNB) for CSI reporting. The method performed by a UE comprises: receiving from the gNB, a radio signal via a MIMO channel, wherein the radio signal contains at least one DL-RS according to a DL-RS configuration; estimating said MIMO channel based on said received at least one DL reference signal for configured subbands; calculating a precoder matrix or a CSI matrix for a number of antenna ports of the gNB and configured subbands; the precoder matrix based on a first codebook and on a second codebook and a set of combining coefficients for complex scaling/combining one or more of vectors selected from the first codebook and the second codebook; and reporting, to the gNB, a CSI feedback report and/or a PMI/RI, used to indicate the precoder matrix or the CSI matrix for the configured antenna ports and subbands.

Abstract: The embodiments relate to methods and apparatuses for enabling transmission of at least one PUSCH. A method comprises: configuring a UE to receive a single PDCCH or a higher layer grant that schedules at least one PUSCH transmission occasion. If one PUSCH transmission occasion is scheduled: scheduling the UE to transmit at least two segments of the PUSCH, each segment is associated with a transmission setting comprising a set of transmission parameters, at least one transmission parameter associated with one of the segments is different from the corresponding transmission parameter associated with at least one other segment. If more than one PUSCH transmission occasion is scheduled, each PUSCH transmission occasion is associated with a transmission setting, wherein at least one transmission parameter associated with one of the PUSCH transmission occasions is different from the corresponding transmission parameter associated with one other PUSCH transmission occasion.

Abstract: A method performed by a UE for providing CSI feedback in the form of CSI reports in a wireless communication system includes receiving, from a gNB, higher layer configurations of one or more downlink reference signals, and CSI report configurations associated with the downlink reference signal configurations, and a radio signal including the downlink reference signals according to the one or more downlink reference signal configurations, the downlink reference signals provided over a configured number of frequency domain resources, time domain resources and one or more ports; determining, for each CSI report, a precoding matrix based on the downlink reference signals and two codebooks, and one or more non-zero combining coefficients for complex combining of one or more spatial domain and delay domain basis vectors; and reporting to the network node the CSI reports for the CSI report configurations.

Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment is provided, configured to receive a first message and/or a second message from a further network entity, and configured to determine one or more transmit spatial filters and/or one or more receive spatial filters and/or one or more beam directions; wherein the transmit spatial filters and/or the receive spatial filters are identical to at least one initial spatial filter or are derived by the apparatus from the at least one initial spatial filter; wherein the beam directions are identical to at least one initial beam direction or are derived by the apparatus from the at least one initial beam direction. Furthermore, the apparatus is configured to apply the transmit spatial filters and/or the receive spatial filters and/or the beam directions on one or more downlink resources and/or on one or more uplink resources.

Abstract: A communication device for providing an explicit channel state information, CSI, feedback in a wireless communication system includes a transceiver to receive, from a transmitter a radio signal via a radio time-variant frequency MIMO channel, the radio signal including downlink reference signals according to a reference signal configuration, and downlink signals including the reference signal configuration, and a processor. The processor estimates the CSI using measurements on the downlink reference signals of the radio channel according to the reference signal configuration over one or more time instants/slots, constructs a frequency-domain channel tensor using the CSI estimate, performs a higher-order principal component analysis, HO-PCA, on the channel tensor, identifies a plurality of dominant principal components of the channel tensor, thereby obtaining a compressed channel tensor, and reports to the transmitter the explicit CSI including the dominant principal components of the channel tensor.

Abstract: A user device UE for a wireless communication with a plurality of wireless network elements includes a plurality of antennas. The plurality of antennas are configured to form a plurality of spatial or directional beams. The user device is configured to provide simultaneously a plurality of independent wireless communication links using the plurality of spatial or directional beams, wherein the user device is configured to provide a first wireless communication link with a first wireless network element using a first spatial or directional beam and to provide a second wireless communication link with a second wireless network element using a second antenna beam.

Abstract: The embodiments relate to methods and apparatuses for enabling transmission of at least one PUSCH. A method comprises: configuring a UE to receive a single PDCCH or a higher layer grant that schedules at least one PUSCH transmission occasion. If one PUSCH transmission occasion is scheduled: scheduling the UE to transmit at least two segments of the PUSCH, each segment is associated with a transmission setting comprising a set of transmission parameters, at least one transmission parameter associated with one of the segments is different from the corresponding transmission parameter associated with at least one other segment. If more than one PUSCH transmission occasion is scheduled, each PUSCH transmission occasion is associated with a transmission setting, wherein at least one transmission parameter associated with one of the PUSCH transmission occasions is different from the corresponding transmission parameter associated with one other PUSCH transmission occasion.

Abstract: An apparatus configured for wirelessly communicating in a wireless communications network includes a wireless interface configured for wireless communication and a controller configured for controlling a beam pattern of the wireless interface and at least one communication parameter of the wireless interface. The apparatus is configured for receiving a locking signal indicating a request for locking at least a part of the beam pattern and the at least one communication parameter. The controller is configured for locking at least the part of the beam and the at least one communication parameter responsive to the locking signal.

Abstract: A method performed by a UE for generating a CSI report in a wireless communication system, including receiving from a network node, a CSI report configuration information including at least one parameter, D, for indicating a first basis set of D basis vectors used for constructing for each transmission layer a precoding vector or matrix for a rank set; identifying a precoding vector matrix for each transmission layer based on the first basis set, a second basis set comprising P basis vectors, and a number of combining coefficients for combining selected vectors from the first and second basis sets; generating a CSI report based on the CSI report configuration information for a RI, or v of the rank set; and transmitting the CSI report to the network node.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for signaling framework for flexible beam management in a wireless communications network.

Abstract: The embodiment of the present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for sounding reference signal configuration and triggering in wireless communications network such as advanced 5G networks. A method performed by a user equipment comprising: receiving a higher layer configuration that associates SRS resource, with a control resource set pool index which is a higher-layer parameter in a configuration of CORESET comprising resources on which a PDCCH is transmitted from a network node and deriving a spatial relation or a reference signal as pathloss reference for said SRS resource with reference to at least one reference signal from quasi-colocation (QCL) information of a CORESET associated with the control resource set pool index; wherein the QCL information comprises a relationship between one or more reference signals and DMRS port(s) of the PDCCH transmitted on the CORESET and the relationship indicates parameter(s) that are obtained from the reference signals.