Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for detecting a control resource set of index 0. CORESET #0, which is configured to carry information for initial access to a communication network. The apparatus is configured to identify a special configuration for at least one search space associated to the CORESET #0, and the apparatus is configured to determine an extended search space set based on the identified special configuration.

Abstract: Various example embodiments may relate to punctured transmission of data within synchronization signal blocks. An apparatus may obtain data for transmission on a data channel of a synchronization signal block of a transmission frame and allocate the data to resource elements of the data channel. The allocation of the data may be dependent on the frame number of the transmission frame. The apparatus may further puncture one or more resource elements at edge(s) of the synchronization signal block and transmit the synchronization signal block. Another apparatus may receive the synchronization signal block and decode the data. Apparatuses, methods, and computer programs are disclosed.

Abstract: User equipment comprising: means configured to: report, to a network, antenna-switching configurations for the user equipment: receive, from the network, a configuration of sounding reference signal (SRS) resources; and transmit, in parallel, a first SRS using a first SRS resource of the SRS resources to a first transmission-reception point (TRP) and a second SRS of the SRS resources using a second SRS resource to a second TRP.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for correspondence between downlink reference signals and uplink reference signals. A terminal device in a communication network may comprise at least one processor and at least one memory having computer program code stored thereon. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured, with the at least one processor, cause the terminal device to perform: transmitting, to a network device, information indicative of support of antenna port correspondence between antenna ports used for reception of downlink (DL) reference signal (RS) resources and antenna ports used for transmission of uplink (UL) reference signal resources at the terminal device: receiving, from the network device, a request for use of the antenna port correspondence at the terminal device: and transmitting, to the network device, a message indicating usage of the antenna port correspondence at the terminal device.

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.

Abstract: A method comprising transmitting beam cluster information to a user equipment, the beam cluster information defining a plurality of beam clusters and beam identification information for each of a plurality of beams in a respective beam cluster of the plurality of beam clusters; and transmitting, to the user equipment, at least one beam based on the beam cluster information.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for facilitating simultaneous uplink sounding reference signal transmissions from user equipment. In relation to a base station, a method includes causing transmission of configuration indication state (TCI-state) information to be provided to at least one user equipment (UE). The TCI-state information includes information regarding a current TCI-state. In conjunction with the TCI-state information, the method includes causing one or more initialization parameters specific to the TCI-state to be provided for at least one uplink sounding reference signal (UL SRS) transmission with comb-offset hopping and/or cyclic-shift hopping. Corresponding methods, apparatus and computer program products are also provided for a base station and user equipment.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for facilitating triggered PDCCH-ordered PRACH transmissions in multi-TRP scenarios. One method may include a UE determining that a first TCI state is to be applied in a first slot and a second TCI state is to be applied in a second slot. The first TCI state is associated with a first TAG ID, a second TCI state is associated with a second TAG ID different than the first TAG ID, and the second slot is succeeding and adjacent to the first slot. The method may further include, based upon the determining, transmitting or dropping at least one of at least one uplink transmission in the first slot or at least one uplink transmission in a second slot.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for facilitating triggered PDCCH-ordered PRACH transmissions in multi-TRP scenarios. One method may include a UE determining that a first TCI state is to be applied in a first slot and a second TCI state is to be applied in a second slot. The first TCI state is associated with a first TAG ID, a second TCI state is associated with a second TAG ID different than the first TAG ID, and the second slot is succeeding and adjacent to the first slot. The method may further include, based upon the determining, determining a third slot. The second TCI state is firstly to be applied in the third slot. The method may further include applying the second TCI state from the third slot onward.

Abstract: Various example embodiments relate to methods and apparatus that support beam management in a small data transmission procedure. A terminal device may comprise at least one processor and at least one memory. The at least one memory includes computer program code stored thereon. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the terminal device to report one or more available beams in a small data transmission procedure, receive a beam switching command to switch a serving beam for the small data transmission procedure, and switch the serving beam for the small data transmission procedure to a target beam indicated in the beam switching command.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises means configured to: receive information indicating that one or more of a plurality of indicators is to be changed from one of masked and unmasked to the other of masked and unmasked, wherein: the one or more indicators comprise one or more transmission configuration indicators; when an indicator of the plurality of indicators is masked, configuration associated with the respective indicator is not used; and when an indicator of the plurality of indicators is unmasked, configuration associated with the respective indicator is usable.

Abstract: A method performed by a user device, including performing the steps of: receiving, from a network entity, one or both of: at least one resource of at least one downlink reference signal, and an indication; triggering switching, from a first association to a second association between at least two CORESETPoolIndex values and at least two sounding reference signal resource sets, based on a determination of one or both of: a measured value of the at least one DL reference signal and the indication; and transmitting respectively, to the network entity, corresponding resources of one or more sounding reference signals that correspond to the second association after the switching.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus arranged to receive from at least one access node a first spatial relation indication for a first transmission to be made in a first direction; receive from the at least one access node a second spatial relation indication for a second transmission to be made in a second direction; receive from the at least one access node a third indication indicating whether the second spatial relation indication is to be used for a limited duration; and use the received indications for receiving and/or transmitting signalling with at the least one access node.

Abstract: In accordance with example embodiments of the invention as disclosed herein there is at least a method and apparatus to perform determining a mobility or measurement adaptation state of a user equipment, wherein the determining is based on one of (1310): a new transmission configuration indication state for physical downlink control channel for at least one control resource set is configured, user equipment rotational activity exceeds specific threshold limit of a threshold associated with a mobility parameter by X degrees after network indicates user equipment to be in low mobility or measurement adaptation state, user equipment activates new panel due to signal quality degradation, or a threshold condition of the mobility parameter is applied (1320); and in response to the determining, scaling or relaxing at least one of a radio resource management measurement period or a threshold condition of the mobility parameter (1330).

Abstract: According to an example embodiment, a method may include determining, by a user equipment in a wireless network, a starting physical resource block of a common physical resource block grid that is associated with a wideband channel, wherein a plurality of bandwidth parts are provided within the common physical resource block grid, each bandwidth part having a bandwidth that is less than the bandwidth of the wideband channel; determining, by the user equipment, a wideband channel guard band for the wideband channel, the wideband channel guard band provided between a lowest frequency of the wideband channel and a first usable physical resource block of the common physical resource block grid; and, determining, by the user equipment for at least one bandwidth part of the plurality of bandwidth parts, a bandwidth part-specific physical resource block grid that is a subset of the common physical resource block grid.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus receiving an instruction to perform interchanging of an association of coreset pool indices with sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets. The apparatus interchanges an association of a first coreset pool index with a first SRS resource set of the SRS resource sets and an association of a second coreset pool index with a second SRS resource set of the SRS resource sets to an association of the first coreset pool index with the second SRS resource set and an association of the second coreset pool index with the first SRS resource set. The apparatus transmits one or more SRS transmissions associated with the first or second coreset pool index and/or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission based on an SRS resource indicator (SRI) associated with the first or second coreset pool index, in accordance with the interchanged association.

Abstract: There is provided a user equipment apparatus that includes at least one processor and at least one memory. The memory stores instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the user equipment apparatus at least to: perform an initial cell search of one or more cells on a network, including scanning for synchronization signal block (SSB) transmissions corresponding to synchronization raster points; receive an SSB transmission associated with a synchronization raster point and with a transmission bandwidth, where a size of the transmission bandwidth is based on location of the synchronization raster point in a band having at least a first region and a second region, and where the SSB transmission includes a physical broadcast channel (PBCH); and determine a PBCH puncturing pattern for receiving the PBCH based on the size of the transmission bandwidth.

Abstract: According to an example embodiment, a method may include determining, by a user equipment in a wireless network, a starting physical resource block (PoinA) of a common physical resource block grid that is associated with a wideband channel, wherein a plurality of bandwidth parts are provided within the common physical resource block grid, each bandwidth part having a bandwidth that is less than the bandwidth of the wideband channel; determining, by the user equipment, a wideband channel guard band for the wideband channel, the wideband channel guard band provided between a lowest frequency of the wideband channel and a first usable physical resource block of the common physical resource block grid; and, determining, by the user equipment for at least one bandwidth part (BWPI) of the plurality of bandwidth parts, a bandwidth part-specific physical resource block grid that is a subset of the common physical resource block grid.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for blind physical broadcast channel detection for narrowband new radio. The method may include detecting at least one synchronization signal. The method may also include determining, in response to detecting the synchronization signal, whether one or more predefined conditions of a user equipment have been met. At least one candidate pattern of a physical broadcast channel may be determined when the one or more predefined conditions have been met. The physical broadcast channel may be received with the at least one candidate pattern of the physical broadcast channel. Based on a determination of whether the physical broadcast channel was correctly received, a system information block physical downlink control channel may be received with the at least one candidate pattern of the physical broadcast channel, or the at least one candidate pattern of the physical broadcast channel may be modified.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for panel specific uplink power control. A method may include receiving, at a user equipment, an uplink grant indicating an uplink candidate beam for uplink transmission; receiving, at the user equipment, a plurality of power control configurations, wherein one of a plurality of sources of spatial relation information is associated with one of the plurality of power control configurations; determining, at the user equipment, a power control configuration of the plurality of power control configurations for the indicated uplink candidate beam based on an association between a source of spatial relation information and the power control configuration; and transmitting, from the user equipment, uplink data using the indicated uplink candidate beam and the determined power control configuration.