Abstract: Various example embodiments relate to channel measurement and reporting. A user equipment may obtain an association between one or more transmission-reception points and one or more groups of resources for channel measurement. The user equipment may receive, from a network node, an indication indicating muting or unmuting of at least one of the one or more transmission-reception points. The user equipment may determine, based at least partly on the association and the received indication, one or more sets of the resources to be measured.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus comprising means for obtaining at least one predicted pathloss, wherein the pathloss corresponds to at least one target pathloss reference signal, determining whether the at least one target pathloss reference signal is maintained based on at least one first condition, wherein the at least one first condition is associated with the at least one predicted pathloss and based on the determining whether the at least one target pathloss reference signal is maintained, determining a switching delay value.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus comprising means for obtaining at least one predicted pathloss, wherein the at least one predicted pathloss corresponds to at least one target pathloss reference signal, determining that the at least one target pathloss reference signal is known based on at least one first condition, wherein the at least one first condition is associated with the at least one predicted pathloss and based on the determining, applying the at least one predicted pathloss for state switching.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising cancelling a first physical uplink shared channel comprising a first set of uplink control information. The first set of uplink control information is stored. At least a part of the first set of uplink control information is multiplexed on a second physical uplink shared channel. The second physical uplink shared channel is transmitted to a base station.

Abstract: A user equipment includes a plurality of antenna panels, at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the user equipment to: identify a potential change in active antenna panel at the user equipment from a first of the plurality of antenna panels to a second of the plurality of antenna panels; and transmit at least one early panel switch detection message indicating the potential change in active antenna panel to a base station serving the user equipment.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for uplink transmission power control. A terminal device obtains ratio information for power adjustment of at least one uplink transmission occasion of two or more uplink transmission occasions, wherein the two or more uplink transmission occasions at least partially overlap in a time domain and the ratio information indicates an adjustment factor for bits per resource element of the at least one uplink transmission occasion of the two or more uplink transmission occasions. The terminal device determines a power adjustment component for the at least one uplink transmission occasion of the two or more uplink transmission occasions at least partially based on the ratio information. In this way, efficient power control for simultaneous uplink transmissions can be achieved, thereby improving energy efficiency.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure provide solutions for enhanced channel state information (CSI) activation/deactivation operation. In an example method, a terminal device receives a MAC CE comprising at least one field for a CSI report configuration, wherein the CSI report configuration comprises a plurality of sub-configurations. The terminal device further determines activation or deactivation of at least one of the plurality of sub-configurations at least based on the at least one field in the MAC CE. In this way, the operation of activating/deactivating CSI reporting for one or more sub-configurations is enabled when multiple sub-configurations are included or associated with a same CSI reporting configuration.

Abstract: In a system, apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for enabling multi-transmission and reception point (TRP) uplink (UL) transmission from a multi-panel user equipment (UE), a UE device may be caused to, determine simultaneous uplink (UL) transmission configuration information, the simultaneous UL transmission information including at least a first sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set and a second SRS resource set, transmit SRS according to the simultaneous UL transmission configuration information to at least a serving RAN node, receive at least one joint SRS resource indicator (SRI) from the serving RAN node, and perform at least one UL transmission based on the joint SRI and the simultaneous UL transmission configuration information.

Abstract: There is provided a method to operate a first apparatus (100) of a cellular radio communications network, wherein the method comprises: receiving a plurality of PUCCH, Physical Uplink Control Channel, configuration parameters; and transmitting UCI, Uplink Control Information, via a PUCCH, wherein the PUCCH is configured according to at least one of the received plurality of PUCCH configuration parameters.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for a terminal, apparatus for a terminal, the apparatus being caused to determine that at least one uplink resource is associated with a reduced uplink transmission power; and transmit an identification of the at least one uplink resource to a network apparatus.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose devices, methods and apparatuses for uplink transmission using long CP. A terminal device receives, from a network device, a new transmission configuration indicator, TCI, state indication. The new TCI state indication indicates a new TCI state is to be used for uplink signal transmission. Then, the terminal device transmits, to the network device, at least one uplink signal using a long cyclic prefix, CP, in at least one uplink channel associated with the new TCI state.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for enabling dynamic switching between multi-transmission reception point (multi-TRP) and single-transmission reception point (single-TRP). A method may include receiving a first indication in a downlink control information or a medium access control control element. The method may further include determining, at a user equipment, whether to apply a multi-transmission reception point physical uplink shared channel scheme or a single-transmission reception point physical uplink shared channel scheme for transmitting a transport block based on the first indication. In addition, the method may include interpreting at least one downlink control information field differently depending on whether it is determined that the single-transmission reception point physical uplink shared channel scheme or the multi-transmission reception point physical uplink shared channel scheme is applicable.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for simultaneous uplink (UL) multi-panel transmission. A terminal device obtains at least one measurement value of a reference signal over two or more antenna groups of the terminal device; and reports an indication to a network device based on the measurement value, wherein the indication indicates at least one uplink transmission scheme that can be used. In this way, the terminal device can determine a proper transmission scheme for the multi-panel uplink transmission of the two or more antenna groups with higher reliability and/or higher UL throughput according to actual network conditions.

Abstract: A user equipment, UE, comprising at least one processor, and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the UE at least to determine how to use resources of a repetition-based uplink grant based on a criterion related to at least one data packet prepared for a transmission on resources associated with the repetition-based uplink grant.

Abstract: There is described a method to operate an apparatus of a radio communications network. The method comprises: receiving information characterizing at least one of a plurality of uplink handling rules; determining a plurality of uplink control information, wherein the determined uplink control information is associated with at least one uplink radio resource; selecting one of the plurality of uplink handling rules; mapping the plurality of determined uplink control information into an uplink control signal based on the selected uplink handling rule; and transmitting the uplink control signal via the at least one associated radio resource.

Abstract: A method and a first apparatus (102) comprising at least one processor (118), at least one memory (120) including computer program code, and at least one receiver (112), the at least one processor (118), the at least one memory (120), and the at least one receiver (112) configured with the computer program code to cause the first apparatus (102) at least to receive a first configuration and a second configuration or to receive an indication comprising a first configuration and a second configuration, to configure a Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, for a PUCCH transmission according to the first configuration for a first PUCCH resource, configure the first PUCCH resource or a second PUCCH resource for the PUCCH repetition according to the second configuration, wherein the PUCCH repetition is a repetition of the PUCCH transmission.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to operation of Timing Advance. A terminal device obtains a time difference between a first downlink reference signal and a second downlink reference signal. The terminal device also transmits an indication on status of the time difference relative to a threshold. The solution for operation of Timing Advance as provided in the present disclosure can allow switching between multiple TAs and can achieve network energy savings.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to: receive at least two resource set configurations, wherein a first configuration of the at least two resource set configurations comprises an indication that a first number of ports are mapped to a first set of resources that are used for a first type of resource, wherein a second configuration of the at least two resource set configurations comprises an indication that the first number of the ports are mapped to the first set of resources that are used for a second type of resource, wherein the first type of resource is different from the second type of resource: determine to use one of the at least two resource set configurations; and receive at least one reference signal based, at least partially, on the determined configuration of the at least two resource set configurations.

Abstract: In accordance with example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform determining, by a network device of a communication network, that to monitor physical downlink control channel candidates of two or more control resource sets of the communication network, wherein the two or more control resource sets are using different QCL-TypeD; and selecting at least two control resource sets of the two or more control resource sets with different QCL-TypeD for monitoring at least two of the physical downlink control channel candidates.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus arranged to receive from at least one access node a first spatial relation indication for a first transmission to be made in a first direction; receive from the at least one access node a second spatial relation indication for a second transmission to be made in a second direction; receive from the at least one access node a third indication indicating whether the second spatial relation indication is to be used for a limited duration; and use the received indications for receiving and/or transmitting signalling with at the least one access node.