Abstract: In a system, apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium related to attachment procedures for passive Internet of Things (IoT) device communication with ambient energy sources, wherein a reader node is caused to, receive an association response message from a radio access network (RAN) node, the association response message including attachment information corresponding to at least one associated energy-harvesting (EH) user equipment (UE) device and the reader node, and transmit an attachment acknowledgement message to the RAN node in response to the association response message.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for interleaved control channel element to resource element group mapping within a portion of a control resource set. A method may include determining a first set of parameters having a first configuration for a first control resource set including a plurality of resource element groups. The method also includes determining an interleaver block size of each of a plurality of interleaver blocks. The plurality of interleaver blocks are formed by dividing the control resource set in time and numbering the interleaver blocks. The method further includes mapping the plurality of resource element groups to control channel elements, such that resource element groups of a first interleaver block, which are a subset of the plurality of resource element groups, are mapped to the control channel elements before mapping resource element groups of any subsequent interleaver block of the plurality of interleaver blocks to control channel elements.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for a second resource set for a reduced capability user equipment or enhanced reduced capability user equipment as well as a mapping offset for frequency diversity are provided. For example, a method may include receiving from a network element in a radio access network, a first configuration for a first control resource set (CORESET) having a bandwidth that exceeds a bandwidth of the terminal device. The method may also include determining a second configuration for a second CORESET. The second CORESET may have multiple segments. Each of the segments may not exceed a bandwidth of the terminal device.

Abstract: A user device may receive from a network node, a first paging configuration for reception of a paging associated with downlink data, wherein the downlink data is associated with a first priority level, and wherein the first paging configuration is different from a second paging configuration for reception of downlink data that is associated with a second priority level. The user device may receive a wake-up signal indicating to monitor a paging for reception of the downlink data associated with the first priority level based on the first paging configuration. The user device may receive, based on the first paging configuration, the paging for reception of the downlink data associated with the first priority level, and may receive the downlink data associated with the first priority level based on the received paging.

Abstract: A user device may receive from a network node, a first paging configuration for reception of a paging message associated with downlink data, wherein the downlink data is associated with a first priority level, and wherein the first paging configuration is different from a second paging configuration for reception of downlink data that is associated with a second priority level. The user device may receive a control channel, wherein the control channel schedules a data channel carrying the paging message for reception of the downlink data associated with the first priority level, and wherein the control channel comprises an indication that the paging message is for reception of the downlink data with the first priority level. The user device may receive the data channel, based on the first paging configuration, and receive the downlink data associated with the first priority level based on the received paging message.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for power state transition handling for energy harvesting aware user equipment are provided. For example, a method can include monitoring an energy level and power state of a user equipment. The method can also include determining whether the energy level satisfies a power state transition criterion. The method can further include transitioning from a first power state to a second power state based on the power state transition criterion being determined to be satisfied by the energy level of the user equipment.

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: Various techniques are provided for generating and communicating an acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK).

Abstract: A UE may be enabled to provide low latency, high reliability, and power savings. If a message of the UE is delay-sensitive, the UE may indicate to a gNB that fast retransmission scheduling may be necessary if a packet is not received over PUSCH. After transmitting the packet, the UE may monitor PDCCH for an indication that retransmission is required. This monitoring may occur sooner than a PDCCH monitoring period would otherwise allow. If the UE receives a DCI indicating that retransmission is required, the UE may retransmit the packet as well as an indication for a fast transmission request. This process may continue until an acknowledgement of the received packet is received in DL or no DCI indicating retransmission is received in DL. Accordingly, the gNB may quickly receive the retransmitted packet while the UE saves power by only performing additional monitoring when requested.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for positioning support are provided. One method may include receiving, by a UE configured with power saving feature(s), positioning performance requirements for a positioning session. The method may also include estimating an impact of one or more power saving or reduced capability features on positioning measurements associated with the positioning session and, based on the accuracy and latency requirements and the estimated impact, determining the power saving or reduced capability features that the UE can implement while still achieving the accuracy and latency requirements for the positioning session. The method may then include signaling, to a network node, information on the determined power saving or reduced capability features that the UE can implement while still achieving the required accuracy and latency requirements for the positioning session.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for utilizing user equipment (UE) detection of radio state conditions. For example, certain embodiments may detect and utilize knowledge of periodic line-of-sight (LOS)/non-LOS (NLOS) radio state changes to improve a network's handling of such radio states. In particular, a UE may be configured to observe LOS/NLOS radio state transitions over time. The UE may generate an estimate of when periodic radio state changes have occurred. The UE may report a prediction of a future LOS/NLOS radio state change based on the estimates of when the previous radio state changes have occurred. The predictions may be reported to the network as a measurement report.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to communications with preconfigured uplink resources (PUR). A method implemented at a terminal device comprises identifying a need to change a transmission configuration of the terminal device, the terminal device being in a transmission mode with a set of preconfigured uplink resources (PURs) allocated for the terminal device to transmit user data to a network device; and in response to identifying the need to change the transmission configuration, transmitting control information to the network device using a first PUR in the set of PURs, the control information comprising information relevant to the change of the transmission configuration. In this way, it is possible to enable the terminal device to save power, time, and resources by bypassing a full random access procedure when the transmission configuration is needed to be changed.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention there is provided apparatus including means for monitoring a physical downlink control channel of a cell for downlink control information; and means for, in response to detecting the downlink control information, determining whether a field of the downlink control information indicates that a reduced capability user equipment is supported in the cell.

Abstract: According to a first embodiment, a method may include transmitting to at least one user equipment at least one configuration of channel quality indication comprising at least one indication of whether downlink transmissions associated with 16-quadrature amplitude modulation is supported. The method may further include receiving, based upon at least one condition being satisfied, from the at least one user equipment, at least one extended channel quality indication report.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for physical broadcast channel (PBCH) extension to manage extended master information block (MIB) are provided. A user equipment (UE) may determine whether an MIB extension exists. If the MIB extension exists, then the UE may determine an extended PBCH time-frequency location.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure propose a solution for multi-interval DRX. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a DRX method is introduced to use multiple intervals synchronized with the satellites' coverage timing. The DRX according to embodiments of the present disclosure allows the terminal device to wake up according to a set of pre-determined intervals determined by the network. The network determines the wake-up intervals based on the information on the satellite orbits (ephemeris) and the UE device information. In this way, the energy at the terminal device has been saved, thereby maximizing the battery life of the terminal device. Moreover, it also avoids the terminal device from unnecessary activation.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the invention provide at least a method and apparatus to perform receiving, by a terminal device and from a network node of a radio access network, control information for a physical downlink shared channel message or transmission, wherein the control information indicates if a number of resource blocks scheduled by the network node for the PDSCH message or transmission is extendable in frequency domain; and receiving the physical downlink shared channel message or transmission based on the control information; and determining, by a network node, control information for a physical downlink shared channel message or transmission to a terminal device, wherein the control information indicates if a number of resource blocks scheduled by the network node for the PDSCH message or transmission is extendable in a frequency domain; and sending the physical downlink shared channel message or transmission to the terminal device based on the control information.

Abstract: A system, apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for system information acquisition for reduced capability NR devices may include a UE device which is caused to, determine a plurality of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates from a control resource set (CORESET), monitor a PDCCH from the plurality of PDCCH candidates, determine reduced capability (REDCAP) scheduling information from a downlink control information (DCI) received on the PDCCH, and receive REDCAP system information based on the determined REDCAP scheduling information.

Abstract: A method may include monitoring, by a user equipment, a first wake up signal prior to a paging occasion during a discontinuous reception cycle. The method may also include decoding a physical downlink control channel based on the paging occasion in response to detecting the first wake up signal. The method may also include determining that the decoding failed. The method may further include switching to a common paging occasion to decode the physical downlink control channel after determining that the decoding failed.

Abstract: According to an example embodiment, an example method may include determining, by a network node in a wireless network, whether a size of a data packet is greater than a threshold size; transmitting, by the network node, the data packet via a frequency interlace if the size of the data packet is less than or equal to the threshold size; transmitting, by the network node, the data packet via contiguous wideband frequency resources if the size of the data packet is greater than the threshold size.