Abstract: In accordance with example embodiment of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform at least perform receiving, by a user equipment, from one or more network nodes one or more extended discontinuous reception configurations. There is based on the receiving, determining by the user equipment to apply an extended discontinuous reception or discontinuous reception, wherein the determining is based on at least one of a radio resource control state of the user equipment or extended discontinuous reception allowance information received from a network node.

Abstract: There are provided apparatuses, methods and computer program products. In accordance with an embodiment, there is disclosed a method including obtaining a status of at least one control element regarding allowability of small data transmission by the user equipment; examining the status to determine whether small data transmission by the user equipment is prohibited or allowed in an inactive state of the user equipment; causing, based on the determination, the user equipment to perform either initiation of a small data transmission procedure in the inactive state if the status indicates that initiation of the small data transmission is not prohibited; or prohibiting initiation of the small data transmission procedure.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for access management for reduced capability (RedCap) devices. A method may include acquiring system information from a cell. In some example embodiments, the system information may provide a control resource set zero configuration. The method may also include monitoring a physical downlink control channel based on the control resource set zero configuration. The method may further include receiving, from the physical downlink control channel, downlink control information that indicates a resource allocation for a system information block. In addition, the method may include determining, from the resource allocation whether the cell is barred.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to mechanism for interactions for entering into the sleep mode. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the network device transmits the information of go-to-sleep, GTS, to the terminal device on a lower layer (for example, the physical layer). The lower protocol layer informs the higher protocol layer (for example, the MAC layer) of the information of GTS. The terminal device determines how to monitor the physical downlink channel based on the information of GTS. Further, the terminal device may switch bandwidth part based on the information of GTS. In this way, the GTS is able to significantly save power.

Abstract: The method at the user equipment (UE) includes first receiving authorization information, the authorization information including configuration data for reduced capability (REDCAP) devices in the communication network, second receiving system information from at least one first base station serving a first cell, the system information including information specific to a device category associated with the UE, determining access information for the first cell, based at least in part on the system information and the authorization information, and accessing the first cell, or identifying a second cell. The user equipment and the base station are configured to perform the method, thereof.

Abstract: In some examples, user equipment comprises a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, the memory configured to store program code executable by the processor, the program code comprising one or more instructions, whereby to cause the user equipment to measure a parameter associated with a radio coverage of a network node for the user equipment, on the basis of the value of the parameter, transmit information to the network node representing a reception status of a wake-up receiver of the user equipment, and on the basis of the reception status of the wake-up receiver of the user equipment monitor a selected paging signal from one of multiple paging signals transmitted by the network node.

Abstract: A UE receives configuration of early state handling assistance information and determines whether early state handling assistance should be reported in a request for a connection to a network. The UE requests the connection to the network, performing one of the following: reporting the early state handling assistance from the network using RRC message(s); or not reporting the early state handling assistance from the network, by the UE using RRC message(s) without an indication of early state handling assistance. A base station transmits the configuration, receives the RRC message(s), and determines whether the message(s) include reporting of the early state handling assistance.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a simple and power-efficient procedure that allows using wake-up signaling in inter-cell mobility scenarios. The procedure is based on configuring a Wake-Up Signal (WUS) Beacon Occasion (WBO) for each Tracking Area (TA) of a user device. A WUS beacon corresponding to each cell in the TA is transmitted once at a cell-specific time offset within the WBO. The WBO is configured together with a mapping table that maps each of the cell-specific time offsets to cell-specific information. The cell-specific information may comprise a cell ID and/or an indicator of a cell-specific frequency and/or cell-specific frequency range to be used for synchronization signal reception (e.g., Global Synchronization Channel Number (GSCN)). Each TA comprises intra-frequency cells only. By using the WBO, the user device may reduce its power consumption by avoiding switching from its sleep state to its active state when doing cell reselections in the TA.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to transmission in a small data transmission mode. A first device selects, based on a mode selection configuration, a small data transmission mode to be initiated from a plurality of small data transmission modes. The second device determines selection of a small data transmission mode to be initiated by a first device from a plurality of small data transmission modes. The first device performs a small data transmission procedure with the second device according to the selected small data transmission mode. Through this solution, a suitable SDT mode is selected based on the predetermined or predefined mode selection configuration.

Abstract: At a user equipment in a connected mode with a wireless network, transmitting by the user equipment measurement activity information to the wireless network. The user equipment performs measurements. At a network node having configured user equipment to a connected mode, configuring, by the network node, the user equipment to report measurement activity information to the network node. The network node receives the measurement activity information from the user equipment.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to handling wake up signaling in discontinuous reception. A method comprises determining, at an apparatus, whether an active time during which the apparatus monitors transmissions from a further apparatus overlaps with at least one occasion for monitoring wake up signaling. The method further comprises in response to the active time overlapping with the at least one occasion, skipping monitoring wake up signaling on the at least one occasion. As such, power consumption for monitoring wake up signaling during the active time can be reduced.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods in a communication system are disclosed. User equipment transmits a connection request to a radio access node, indicating to the radio access node that the apparatus supports resume or setup to a radio access node of a different system or different frequency range. The user equipment receives instructions to switch to a radio access node of a different system or a radio access node utilising a different frequency range and performs random access procedure followed by a radio resource control complete message transmission to the instructed radio access node.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of data transmission with security parameters. The method comprises: receiving, from a second device, a first plurality of parameters associated with a connection resume procedure between the first device and the second device; in accordance with a determination that the connection resume procedure is to be performed, transmitting, in the inactive state and to the second device, a request for connection resume, the request comprising one or more of the first plurality of parameters; and performing the connection resume procedure with the second device. In this way, the terminal device is capable of triggering non-SDT procedure when the SDT procedure is ongoing.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of resource configuration for transmission of DMRS. The method comprises receiving, from a second device, information associated with a set of resources for monitoring a control channel between the first device and the second device for a Small Data Transmission (SDT) procedure, between the first device and the second device; monitoring the control channel based on the information; and performing the SDT based on a result of the monitoring procedure. In this way, the terminal device may determine a set of resources for the PDCCH monitoring for the SDT and therefore the blocking probability in the common search space can be avoid and the system efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to transmit power control for beam management. The first device transmits a first configuration to a second device. The first configuration indicates information about at least one candidate beam assigned to the second device. Alternatively, or in addition, the first configuration further indicates a correspondence between the at least one candidate beam and a plurality of transmission occasions, where the plurality of transmission occasions are allocated by the first device for transmission from the second device to the first device while the second device is in an inactive mode. The first device detects transmissions from the second device according to the first configuration at the plurality of transmission occasions. Through this solution, a beam management solution and efficient resource configuration for a device in an inactive mode is proposed.

Abstract: According to a first embodiment, a method may include receiving, by a user equipment, at least one indication that the user equipment is allowed to skip paging monitoring after a paging message is successfully decoded. The method may further include determining, by the user equipment, that the user equipment can end paging monitoring based upon received wake-up signaling configuration data. The method may further include entering, by the user equipment, an extended discontinuous reception sleep mode.

Abstract: There is provided a method, comprising: determining a presence indicator configuration defining how a presence indicator is to be interpreted, wherein, based on the configuration, the presence indicator indicates whether a set of one or more configured reference signal occasions of a cell carries reference signals; obtaining from a base station the presence indicator; obtaining from the base station at least one reference signal configuration, each indicating at least one configured reference signal occasion; and determining, based on the presence indicator and the obtained presence indicator configuration, whether a given reference signal occasion indicated by the at least one reference signal configuration carries a reference signal.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus comprising means for monitoring a physical downlink control channel using a first monitoring pattern, determining, based on a condition, to monitor the physical downlink control channel using a second monitoring pattern, determining occurrence of at least one event related to transmission from the user equipment, determining whether to monitor the physical downlink control channel using the first monitoring pattern or the second monitoring pattern based on the occurrence of the at least one event and monitoring the physical downlink control channel using the first monitoring pattern or the second monitoring pattern based on the determination.

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 perform: transmitting a data transmission while the apparatus is in a radio resource control idle state or radio resource control inactive state; receiving a monitoring configuration for use by the apparatus subsequent to transmission of the data transmission; monitoring at least one downlink channel based, at least in part, on the received monitoring configuration.

Abstract: The method at the user equipment (UE) includes first receiving authorization information, the authorization information including configuration data for reduced capability (REDCAP) devices in the communication network, second receiving system information from at least one first base station serving a first cell, the system information including information specific to a device category associated with the UE, determining access information for the first cell, based at least in part on the system information and the authorization information, and accessing the first cell, or identifying a second cell. The user equipment and the base station are configured to perform the method, thereof.