Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to the field of telecommunication and in particular to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media for enabling a flexible Indication of switch delay for uplink transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state switching.

Abstract: Inter-alia, a method is disclosed comprising: while a user equipment, UE, is scheduled without uplink, UL, gap intervals for proximity sensing: performing a first measurement indicative of a first measured peak effective isotropic radiated power, EIRP, value of the UE, and obtaining a first UL transmit power report from the UE; while the UE is scheduled with one or more UL gap intervals for proximity sensing and is placed in a free-space environment: outside the one or more scheduled UL gap intervals, performing a second measurement indicative of a second measured peak EIRP value of the UE, and obtaining a second UL transmit power report from the UE; and determining whether the UE is eligible for UL gap configuration at least based on the first and second measured peak EIRP values and on the first and second UL transmit power reports. It is further disclosed an according apparatus, computer program and a testing arrangement.

Abstract: Described herein in at least one embodiment is a user equipment (UE), caused to: determine a first rank associated with a first beam set scheduled by one or more network nodes configured in a cell serving the UE for communication between the UE and the one or more network nodes, wherein the first beam set comprises one or more beams; report to the one or more network nodes that a second rank higher than the first rank is achievable by a second beam set, wherein the second beam set comprises one or more beams; and receive from the one or more network nodes a switching command to be scheduled on the reported second beam set instead of the first beam set.

Abstract: Certain examples of the present disclosure relate to apparatus caused to receive configuration information for configuring the apparatus to: perform Group-Based Beam Reporting (GBBR) of Layer 1 signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio, LI-SINR, measurements, and generate at least one measurement report for the GBBR of the L1-SINR measurements, wherein the at least one measurement report comprises: a first group of L1-SINR measurements for a first group of beams, and at least one indication of whether one or more L1-SINR measurements of the first group of L1-SINR measurements can be used as one or more L1-SINR measurements of a second group of L1-SINR measurements for a second group of beams; generate, based at least in part on the configuration information, the at least one measurement report; and transmit the at least one measurement report.

Abstract: A method comprises: determining, at a user equipment, user equipment current operating conditions; identifying whether an antenna configuration for maintaining correspondence between user equipment transmission and reception beams is stored by the user equipment for the user equipment current operating conditions; and when the antenna configuration is identified, applying the antenna configuration for maintaining correspondence between the user equipment transmission and reception beams.

Abstract: To facilitate positioning a user device, the user device is configured to measure, per an antenna array, reference signals received from transmission-reception points and to check, whether a downlink reference signal from a transmission-reception point is received in a serving antenna array and in one or more non-serving antenna arrays with a first delay. A non-serving antenna array receiving the signal with the first delay is an alternative antenna array to the serving antenna array. When the serving antenna array is under a maximum permissible exposure event, the user device is configured to select, which one of one or more alternative antenna arrays and the serving antenna panel is to be used for transmitting at least a positioning signal to the transmission-reception point.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for uplink switch to source cell in dual active protocol stack handover. A method may include receiving a handover command. The method may also include identifying a maximum permissible exposure event at a user equipment before or after reception of the handover command. The method may further include delaying an uplink switch to a target network element from a source network element due to the maximum permissible exposure event, or switching back to the source network element. According to certain example embodiments, delaying the uplink switch may include setting an event trigger to switch to the target network element. In addition, the method may include informing the target network element about the maximum permissible exposure event, and about the delay in the uplink switch.

Abstract: An apparatus may be configured to: receive, from a first network node, a first indication to activate a first set of transmission configuration indicator states associated with the first network node; receive, from the first network node, a second indication of a second network node, wherein the apparatus is configured to perform simultaneous transmission, with the first network node and the second network node; and transmit, to the first network node, a first report, wherein the first report comprises at least one indication of a presence of a power backoff value associated with a pair of transmission configuration indicator states.

Abstract: An apparatus for use by a UE configured to conduct a communication in a communication network. The apparatus is configured to receive and process signals from the communication network via signal receiving portions, wherein one of the signal receiving portions is a serving cell signal receiving portion used for connecting to the communication network via a serving cell, and another of the signal receiving portions is a non-serving cell signal receiving portion being not used for connecting to the communication network. A signal receiving portion specific offset value is obtained for each of the signal receiving portions. Signal quality values for signals received by the signal receiving portions from the communication network are measured, wherein the cells include the serving cell. A measurement report is sent to the communication network on the basis of the results of the signal quality measurements and the offset values for the signal receiving portions.

Abstract: A communication device for use in a cellular network includes a plurality of antenna panels for communication with cells in a cellular network, circuitry for carrying out a panel selection process based on received power level for selecting an antenna panel, and circuitry for performing measurement cycles requiring determination of respective power levels. The circuitry for performing measurement cycles measures a first received power level from said neighbor cell with the antenna panel selected for said neighbor cell and measures a second received power level from said neighbor cell with the antenna panel selected for said serving cell. The circuitry for performing measurement cycles measures a third power level received for said neighbor cell with the antenna panel selected for said serving cell and adjusting said third power level with an offset function, said adjusted third power level being used as the respective power level for said neighbor cell.

Abstract: An apparatus including: one or more antenna panels, each including a plurality of antenna elements; circuitry for receiving a reference signal burst including channel synchronization signal blocks and/or state information reference signals on a downlink channel, wherein the reference signal burst is periodically received for a predetermined number of repetition times within a sample; circuitry for estimating, based on values of consecutive repetitions of the reference signal burst, a dynamic state of the downlink channel; circuitry for distributing, at least partly based on the dynamic state of the downlink channel, repetitions of the channel state information reference signals across said antenna panels; and circuitry for determining settings of uplink and downlink channel configurations across said antenna panels according to determined distribution of said repetitions of the channel state information reference signals to be used according to changes at least in the dynamic state of the downlink channel.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus, such as a user equipment, configured to perform, in the user equipment, a measurement of at least one transmit beam of a cell using more than one directional receiving filter of the user equipment, determine a signal strength of the at least one transmit beam, in the measurement, separately via more than one of the directional receiving filters, and inform the cell or another cell whether the signal strength of the at least one transmit beam is detected separately via more than one of the directional receiving filters, at a receive signal strength which exceeds a threshold.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for robust radio resource allocation for uplink radar and other user equipment calibration are provided. For example, a method may include receiving, at a network element, measurements of a set of synchronization signal blocks or channel state information reference signals or both synchronization signal blocks and channel state information reference signals from a user equipment. The method may additionally include sending to the user equipment a direct or indirect indication of a random access opportunity corresponding to a synchronization signal block index value or channel state information reference signal index value, wherein the indication is for usage to perform user equipment calibration.

Abstract: A multi-panel mobile apparatus may be configured to perform, periodically during a scan time, downlink quality measurements on a serving cell and on at least one neighboring cell; determine, in a first mode, a first distribution of a scan time between a plurality of antenna panels, based on measurement results of a serving antenna panel on the serving cell; determine, in a second mode, a second distribution of the scan time between a subset of the plurality of antenna panels, based on a first difference between measurement results on the serving cell and measurement results on one or more candidate target cells for a handover procedure; and determine, in a third mode, a third distribution of the scan time between a further subset of the plurality of antenna panels, based on a second difference between measurement results on the serving cell and measurement results on a target cell.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, comprising means for: transmitting (210), to a network node, an indication that a plurality of timing advance loops are supported; receiving (220), from the network node, a configuration for measuring downlink reference signals; performing (230) measurements on the downlink reference signals according to the configuration; determining (240), based on the measurement, that at least one additional timing advance loop is needed for transmission of a plurality of candidate uplink beams; and transmitting (250), to the network node, an indication that at least one additional timing advance loop is needed for transmission of the plurality of candidate uplink beams.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method, comprising: determining a quality metric for multiple input multiple output (MIMO) signal; comparing the determined quality metric to a threshold; and evaluating a power delay profile (PDP) of a radio channel based on the result of the comparison.

Abstract: Disclosed is inter alia a user equipment, comprising means for: —receiving, from a network node, a first configuration for at least one uplink reference signal to be transmitted through at least one respective antenna port of the user equipment, wherein the first configuration comprises a first set of resource blocks over which the at least one uplink reference signal is to be transmitted; —determining whether sufficient power headroom is available at the user equipment to compensate for at least one first insertion loss to be incurred within the user equipment by the at least one respective uplink reference signal transmitted according to the first configuration; —if it is determined that sufficient power headroom to compensate for the at least one first insertion loss is not available, transmitting, to the network node, a re-configuration request for the at least one uplink reference signal; —receiving, from the network node in response to the re-configuration request, a second configuration for the at leas

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for low-power wake-up signal design. A method may include transmitting, to a network element, a report indicating status on whether at least one beam of at least one beam pair is interrupted or not when beam pair switching. The at least one beam pair may include at least a first beam associated with a first transmit and receive point, and a second beam associated with a second transmit and receive point. The method may also include receiving, in response to the report, scheduling for a radio transmission.

Abstract: There is provided 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: receiving, from a network node, a configuration of a transmission gap in at least one downlink slot; and performing radar measurements during the transmission gap.

Abstract: An apparatus includes means for receiving, from a base station, an indication of at least one group of downlink reference signals for tracking, by the apparatus, downlink reception time to use for uplink transmissions at the apparatus; means for tracking, for uplink transmissions at the apparatus, at least one downlink reference signal within each of the at least one group of downlink reference signals.