Abstract: Fallback aspects associated with the power ramping procedure are addressed. More specifically, a set of control mechanisms allows for a gNB to adjust thresholds for controlling the UE transfer from a 2-step RACH procedure to a 4-step RACH procedure while still maintaining a proper setting for transmit power during this transition. The mechanism will allow for a UE to have a smooth transition to the 4-stepprocedure instead of having to start the power ramping from scratch when transferring to the fall-back routine.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising receiving, by a first terminal device, a first transmission from a second terminal device. The first terminal device measures a channel busy ratio over a first time window. The first terminal device determines a channel occupancy ratio of the second terminal device based at least partly on the received first transmission. The first terminal device updates the channel busy ratio based at least partly on the determined channel occupancy ratio and the measured channel busy ratio. The first terminal device determines one or more sidelink transmission parameters based at least partly on the updated channel busy ratio.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, systems and computer program products for sidelink communication to operate in a power efficient manner. The method comprises determining, at a user equipment, information related to a sidelink traffic load in a first set of resources. The user equipment is configured with an indication of the first set of resources and an indication of a second set of resources. The method also comprises determining the sidelink traffic load in the first set of resources based, at least partially, on the determined information. The method further comprises, based on the determined sidelink traffic load, determining a third set of resources for monitoring. In addition, the method comprises monitoring the third set of resources.

Abstract: There is provided reduced power consumption in devices that use at least two identities for communications. A method comprises aligning (1302) a plurality of paging occasions across at least two identities of a communication device. The aligning is performed via requesting and receiving (1306) from a communication network a paging occasion for the communication device with at least two identities using at least one of the identities.

Abstract: A method, including obtaining, in a sidelink communication, an information about a resource on which a terminal transmits a reference signal; measuring a received power on the resource; providing an information on the received power; and using the information to mitigate cross link interference.

Abstract: Apparatus and method in a communication system for reconfiguring resources for transmission are disclosed. More than one sidelink transmissions are transmitted to a second apparatus. It is determined that reception status feedbacks are not received regarding a given number of sidelink transmissions. Transmission resource used for sidelink transmission is reconfigured based on the determination.

Abstract: A device of a receiver, a method and a machine readable medium to implement the method. The method includes: determining a residual rate to identify a decoding estimate for a first packet sent from a wireless first transmitter; determining a grouping of transmitters including the first transmitter and a wireless second transmitter scheduled to transmit a second packet; performing power optimization by determining lowest necessary transmission powers corresponding, respectively, to transmissions of the first packet from the first transmitter and of the second packet from the second transmitter, wherein the transmissions of the first and second packets are within a same time-frequency resource and together define a signal to be received at the receiver; and encoding for transmission to the first and second transmitters information on the signal based on the residual rate, the grouping and the power optimization.

Abstract: A method comprising determining that interference may occur in a wireless network an apparatus is connected to, obtaining a first link that is of a first type, obtaining a second link that is of a second type, determining data to be transmitted from the apparatus to another apparatus connected to the wireless network, determining that a transmission occurs in the first link and transmitting the data in the second link, wherein the transmission in the first link has a longer duration than transmitting the data in the second link and the transmission in the first link and transmitting the data in the second link overlap in time.

Abstract: A wireless device includes a transceiver including an antenna arrangement with at least two antennas, a communication processor configured to control communications of the wireless device with at least one further wireless device included in a network of wireless devices based on data relating to mutual connections between wireless devices included in the network, a beamforming controller configured to control a configuration of the at least two antennas to steer at least one beam for transmission of data based on beamforming information.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from selectively monitoring alternative links. In certain example embodiments, an apparatus may comprise 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 apparatus to determine that at least one obstacle has entered at least one predefined region and transmit to at least one network entity at least one indication comprising at least one predicted-power back off (P-PBO) value. The at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to generate at least one predictive-PBO report (P-PBOR) and transmit the at least one P-PBOR to the at least one network entity.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods in a communication system are provided. A method comprises: maintaining in a terminal more than one subscription identities and controlling by the user terminal transmission of a message comprising information that the terminal maintains more than one subscription identities.

Abstract: A wireless device may include a selection processor configured to process selection information to set a duration of a selection period and to start the selection period, a receiver configured to receive a synchronization initiation signal, and a transmitter configured to transmit a synchronization initiation signal after the selection period has expired if the receiver has not received a synchronization initiation signal during the selection period.

Abstract: A wireless device may include a controller configured to identify an emergency scenario and to generate an emergency message including information about the emergency scenario, and a transmitter configured to transmit, on a discovery channel allocated for other wireless devices to perform discovery, an emergency indicator beacon that indicates an upcoming transmission of the emergency message, and to transmit the emergency message on a data channel of the wireless device.

Abstract: Methods and devices configured to perform wireless communications, the methods and devices configured to monitor a frequency band for one or more other Radio Access Technologies (RATs); determine one or more periods of a reduced interference with the one or more other RATs in one or more frequencies of the monitored frequency band; and communicate a first signal during the one or more periods in the more or more frequencies, and communicate a second signal in the frequency band based on the communication of the first signal.

Abstract: A terminal device includes a controller configured to identify a data hopping sequence for a first superframe including a plurality of frames, and a transceiver configured to switch hopping frequencies over the plurality of frames according to a data hopping sequence that excludes one or more hopping frequencies scheduled for use by a synchronization hopping sequence in one or more superframes immediately succeeding the first superframe.