Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage medium for coverage enhancement. In a method, a first apparatus receives, from a second apparatus, a first configuration for enabling relaying of a first wakeup signal transmitted by the second apparatus. Then, the first apparatus monitors, based on at least the first configuration, the first wakeup signal relayed via a third apparatus.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to at least one evaluation period, a detection period with allowed dropping rate or a measurement period determination. A terminal device measures a reference signal receives power (RSRP) associated with a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) of a synchronization reference device, determines a number of consecutive periods associated with a listen before talk (LBT) failure in which a sidelink synchronization signal (SLSS) is unavailable from the synchronization reference device, and determines, based on the number of consecutive periods, at least one of an evaluation period, a detection period with allowed dropping rate or a measurement period for evaluating the RSRP, wherein the consecutive periods correspond to a plurality of consecutive sidelink synchronization signal block (S-SSB) periods or a plurality of consecutive discontinuous reception (DRX) cycles.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to small data transmission (SDT). In the embodiments, a distributed unit (DU) of a network device determines that data for small data transmission (SDT), from a terminal device comprises data for at least one signaling radio bearer (SRB), without comprising data for a data radio bearer, DRB. The DU transmits, to a control plane (CP) of a central unit (CU) of the network device, an indication that the data for SDT is associated with the at least one SRB, and without being associated with a DRB. In this way, the SDT can be optimized.

Abstract: There is provided a method comprising: causing, by a network element of a wireless network, an allocation of a first resource set to an entity comprising at least a first virtual network function and a second virtual network function, wherein at least a subset of the first resource set provides the first virtual network function, and wherein another subset of the allocated first resource set or a second resource set allocated to said entity provides resources for said second virtual network function.

Abstract: There is provided a method comprising: causing, by a network element of a wireless network, an allocation of a first resource set to an entity comprising at least a first virtual network function and a second virtual network function, wherein at least a subset of the first resource set provides the first virtual network function, and wherein another subset of the allocated first resource set or a second resource set allocated to said entity provides resources for said second virtual network function.