Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for paging of low complexity UE and/or UE in coverage enhancement mode are provided. One method includes producing a machine type communication (MTC) physical downlink control channel (M-PDCCH) configuration by configuring separate M-PDCCH subsets for paging. One of the subsets may be for low complexity user equipment, and another one of the subsets may be for user equipment operating in coverage enhancement mode.

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: A method includes performing, by a terminal device, a sub-bandwidth part based operation. The method includes determining a requirement for radio frequency retuning, and switching from the sub-bandwidth part based operation to a bandwidth part based operation. The method also includes performing the bandwidth part based operation.

Abstract: An uplink non-orthogonal multiple access for narrowband machine type communication used for the deployment of Internet of Things (IoT) interconnected devices where one or more user equipment are configured for uplink transmission with one or more uplink time-frequency regions for enhanced Machine Type Communication Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access. The configuring is based on defining and signaling one or more signal thresholds and one or more of a resource assignment, a starting subframe periodicity, a starting subframe offset, a time duration in each period, a demodulation reference signal cyclic shift assignment, orthogonal cover code assignment, and interleaver assignment.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer software products for paging, the method comprises: dividing paging occasions within at least one discontinuous reception cycles or within a paging time window of an extended discontinuous reception cycle into multiple paging occasion subgroups based on user equipment characteristics, and broadcasting the multiple paging occasion subgroups in system information (S101); receiving a paging message from a network element, identifying a paging occasion subgroup corresponding to a user equipment to be paged from the multiple paging occasion subgroups and selecting a paging occasion corresponding to the user equipment from the paging occasion subgroup according to the paging message (S103); transmitting a group based wake up signal associated with the paging occasion prior to the paging occasion if the user equipment currently uses group based wake up signal (S104).

Abstract: Techniques of defining a transmission scheme for NB-IoT data include determining the TBS based on 16-quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) analysis but use quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK) for modulation. For example, a base station (eNB) may determine that a UE is configured to receive or transmit data with 16-QAM modulation via capability signalling from the UE. Upon performing this determination, the eNB transmits configuration data to the UE, e.g., via DCI, configuring the UE to receive data over a narrowband physical downlink shared channel (NPDSCH) using 16-QAM modulation. Part of the configuration data indicates whether the UE is to support 16-QAM modulation with or without repetition via radio resource control (RRC) parameter modulation-restriction-Repetitions. Depending upon this indication, the UE may use quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK) rather than 16-QAM despite selecting or being assigned a TBS based on 16-QAM modulation.

Abstract: Method, apparatus and computer program product where a base station broadcasts a signal indicating that at least one time-frequency region, which is unused by a data transmission in a first radio access technology, is available for a transmission, allowing the base station to maintain support for and/or extending coverage of certain legacy user equipment. Such a transmission includes system information for a second radio access technology, wake-up signal, synchronization signal, and/or extension of the data transmission. Thereafter, the base station transmits such a transmission in the at least one time-frequency region that was indicated.

Abstract: A method and apparatus may include receiving, by a machine type communication user equipment, parameters for frequency hopping in downlink or uplink. The parameters comprise an “X,” “Y,” and “Z” parameters, “X” corresponds to a duration for which the same physical resource blocks are used for transmission. “Y” corresponds to a frequency hopping period, and “Z” corresponds to a frequency hopping pattern indication. The method may also include performing frequency hopping in accordance with the parameters.

Abstract: In accordance with example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform identifying, by a network node of a communication network, information from at least one network device of the communication network, wherein the information comprises a number of service requests for data communication by the at least one network device and an indication of an identifier identifying a purpose for each data communication mapped to each of the number of service requests; and based on the identifying, granting at least one service request of the number of service requests for the communicating.

Abstract: A method is provided including receiving, by a user equipment, a signal either before or during a paging occasion comprising an indication indicating whether the user equipment is to skip decoding of at least one subsequent channel of a plurality of subsequent channels associated with a paging message. The plurality of subsequent channels include: a first channel carrying downlink control information for the paging message, and a second channel carrying the paging message. In response to the indication indicating that the user equipment is to skip decoding of the at least one subsequent channel, skipping decoding of the at least one subsequent channel.

Abstract: In accordance with example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform determining, by a network node of a communication network, for assignment to at least one network device more than one resource configuration comprising a resource configuration for a contention based resource and a further resource configuration for a dedicated resource, wherein the further resource configuration is reserved as a fall back for a case where a data communication using the contention based resource is not successfully decoded by the network node; and communicating between the network node and the at least one network device information comprising the more than one resource configuration for use to communicate the data communication.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus comprising means for receiving, at a user equipment, a scheduling grant for a first number, M, of transport blocks, wherein the scheduling grant comprises an indication of a second number, N, of transport blocks to be transmitted or received before a time delay, wherein M is greater than 1 and N is less than or equal to M, causing transmission or reception of a first group of N transport blocks and, if N is less than M, after the time delay, causing transmission or reception of a further group of up to N transport blocks followed by the time delay, until M transport blocks are caused to be transmitted or received.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from improved single carrier-based waveform techniques. An apparatus may comprise at least one memory comprising computer program code and at least one processor. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to transmit at least one indication of synchronization signal block (SSB) to a network entity. The apparatus further receives at least one bandwidth part comprising at least one SSB associated with CP-OFDM waveform and/or at least one SSB below at least one threshold peak to average ratio. The apparatus further configures at least one waveform based upon the received at least one SSB. The at least one SSB below at least one threshold PAR comprise at least one indication of PDCCH.

Abstract: A method comprising configuring a narrowband internet of things carrier relative to one or more physical resource blocks of a radio carrier, the one or more physical resource blocks having a bandwidth that is greater than a bandwidth of the narrowband internet of things carrier; and configuring the narrowband internet of things carrier relative to the one or more physical resource blocks such that there is a first guard band between the narrowband internet of things carrier and a first adjacent physical resource block, and a second guard band between the narrowband internet of things carrier and a second adjacent physical resource block.

Abstract: In accordance with example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform identifying, by a network node of a communication network, information from at least one network device of the communication network, wherein the information comprises a number of service requests for data communication by the at least one network device and an indication of an identifier identifying a purpose for each data communication mapped to each of the number of service requests; and based on the identifying, granting at least one service request of the number of service requests for the communicating.

Abstract: In accordance with example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform determining, by a network node of a communication network, for assignment to at least one network device more than one resource configuration comprising a resource configuration for a contention based resource and a further resource configuration for a dedicated resource, wherein the further resource configuration is reserved as a fall back for a case where a data communication using the contention based resource is not successfully decoded by the network node; and communicating between the network node and the at least one network device information comprising the more than one resource configuration for use to communicate the data communication.

Abstract: The exemplary embodiments of the invention provide at least a method and an apparatus to determine a beacon signal for a network node, where the network node is configured to connect with a cluster of access points in a wireless communication network, and where the beacon signal identifies the cluster; and send the beacon signal towards the wireless communication network. Further, the exemplary embodiments of the invention provide at least a method and an apparatus to determine a dominant access point of a cluster of access points based on signaling from at least one access point associated with the cluster of access points; and in response to the determining, direct communications towards the dominant access point of the cluster of access points.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are disclosed for contention based shared preconfigured uplink resource configuration.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are disclosed for contention based shared preconfigured uplink resource configuration.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from enhanced cell capacity. For example, certain embodiments may benefit from improved packet capacity by managing transmissions in a cell. A method, in certain embodiments, may include determining at a network node whether a packet is of a service type. The service type may indicate that the packet is discardable. The method may also include calculating at the network node a probability factor or a scheduling adjustment factor for transmission of the packet, when it is determined that the packet is of the service type. In addition, the method may include determining at the network node whether to transmit the packet to a user equipment based on the probability factor, or adjusting at the network node a scheduler metric based on the scheduling adjustment factor.