Abstract: There is provided a method comprising: detecting, by a user equipment, UE, of a wireless communication network, an arrival of data into a data buffer associated with a data bearer configured for a secondary cell group (SCG); determining whether or not the SCG is currently inactive; and if the SCG is determined to be currently inactive, 5 transmitting an indication to a network element of the wireless communication network about the arrival of data.

Abstract: There are provided apparatuses, methods and computer program products. In accordance with an embodiment, there is disclosed a method including determining whether initiating a transmission of a signaling message using a small data transmission procedure is allowed in an inactive state of a user equipment; based on the determination causing the user equipment either to perform: transmitting the signaling message using the small data transmission procedure in the inactive state; or transmitting the signaling message using a procedure other than the small data transmission procedure.

Abstract: Various example embodiments relate to energy efficient paging of dual-mode user equipment (UE). A UE may receive paging configuration information from a first network. The paging configuration information may comprise paging parameter(s) for monitoring a paging channel of a second network. Based on the received paging configuration information, the UE may monitor the paging channel of the second network and receive a paging message associated with the first network from the second network. In response to receiving the paging message from the second network, the UE may transmit a paging response to the first network. Apparatuses, methods, and computer programs are disclosed.

Abstract: There are provided measures for enabling/realizing higher-layer beam management, e.g., beam failure detection or beam candidate detection in a higher layer such as a MAC entity. Such measures exemplarily comprise that a beam management timer is started when a (first) beam management instance indication from a lower layer is obtained, beam management is executed, wherein a beam management instance counter is incremented whenever a beam management instance indication from the lower layer is obtained and a beam management event is detected when the beam management instance counter reaches a beam management instance threshold before expiry of the beam management timer, and the beam management instance counter is reset upon expiry of the beam management timer.

Abstract: Inter-alia, a method is disclosed comprising: receiving a paging information from a mobile communication network; based on the received paging information, determining whether at least one pre-configured resource of a mobile communication network is to be utilized for responding to the paging information; and based on the determining, initiating at least one transmission via at least one of a random access procedure or on the at least one pre-configured resource. It is further disclosed an according apparatus, a computer program and a system.

Abstract: A method including, detecting, by a base station in a wireless communication system, within an RAR window, at least one of multiple first messages from a plurality of user equipments, wherein the plurality of user equipments is permitted to transmit multiple first messages within the RAR window, and wherein each first message includes a PRACH preamble; in response to receiving at least one PRACH preamble in the at least one of multiple first messages, transmitting at least one second message including an RAR downlink channel for each preamble received; receiving at least one third message, from at least one user equipment of the plurality of user equipments, including a beam connection request and transmitting at least one fourth message to the at least one user equipment on the requested beam.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are disclosed. A method, comprising: by a user equipment in an inactive or idle state and in response to having uplink data that is to be transmitted, selecting which one of multiple uplink transmission schemes should be used to transmit the uplink data, wherein the multiple uplink transmission schemes comprise a regular connection establishment, a small data transmission, or a preconfigured grant; and performing the selected uplink transmission scheme to transmit the uplink data.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from differentiated quality of service management. For example, specific applications run on a user equipment in a 5G radio access network may benefit from the flexible differentiated quality of service management. A method includes determining a service flow setup, and mapping traffic through the service flow by a common convergence sublayer entity to at least one radio convergence sublayer entity. The method also includes controlling the traffic through the service flow.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for enhanced primary secondary cell (PSCell) activation delay. A method may include activating a cell from a deactivated state based on a cell activation request from a network element. The cell may be configured with a discontinuous reception configuration. The method may also include entering, regardless of the discontinuous reception configuration, a no discontinuous reception mode in the activated cell. The method may further include listening, while in no discontinuous reception mode, for downlink scheduling in the cell for a period of time.

Abstract: A method including, detecting, by a base station in a wireless communication system, within an RAR window, at least one of multiple first messages from a plurality of user equipments, wherein the plurality of user equipments is permitted to transmit multiple first messages within the RAR window, and wherein each first message includes a PRACH preamble; in response to receiving at least one PRACH preamble in the at least one of multiple first messages, transmitting at least one second message including an RAR downlink channel for each preamble received; receiving at least one third message, from at least one user equipment of the plurality of user equipments, including a beam connection request and transmitting at least one fourth message to the at least one user equipment on the requested beam.

Abstract: There are provided measures for enabling/realizing higher-layer beam management, e.g. beam failure detection or beam candidate detection in a higher layer such as a MAC entity. Such measures exemplarily comprise that a beam management timer is started when a (first) beam management instance indication from a lower layer is obtained, beam management is executed, wherein a beam management instance counter is incremented whenever a beam management instance indication from the lower layer is obtained and a beam management event is detected when the beam management instance counter reaches a beam management instance threshold before expiry of the beam management timer, and the beam management instance counter is reset upon expiry of the beam management timer.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method which includes detecting a failure. After detecting the failure, determining an association in response to identifying a new candidate beam for beam failure recovery, wherein the association is between a control resource set and at least one of a particular index and a beam failure recovery request. The method may also include transmitting a failure recovery request based on the association.

Abstract: There is provided a method for a user equipment for detecting a beam failure on at least one transmission/reception point, TRP, the UE being configured to communicate with a plurality of TRPs; based on the detecting, encoding a beam failure indication data to a beam failure recovery, BFR, media access control, MAC, control element, CE, wherein the beam failure indication data indicates the beam failure on the at least one TRP; and transmitting the BFR MAC CE to a network element of a wireless communication network.

Abstract: There are provided measures for enabling/realizing enabling/realizing beam failure detection with different indication intervals, e.g. beam failure detection in a higher layer such as a MAC entity of a user equipment element or base station element. Such measures exemplarily comprise that a beam failure detection procedure is performed on the basis of beam failure instance indications from a lower layer using abeam failure detection timer, and application of the beam failure detection timer in the beam failure detection procedure is controlled in view of indication intervals which are applicable for the beam failure instance indications from the lower layer in the beam failure detection procedure.

Abstract: During an RRC Connection setup or resume procedure, a user equipment may explicitly identify itself to the network using Msg3. Rather than using the spare bit or including additional bits in Msg3, one or more values of the LCID field of the MAC sub-header of the MAC PDU may be used to identify a reduced capability user equipment. The one or more LCID field values that can identify a reduced capability user equipment may also be configured to identify a common control channel service data unit size. A plurality of LCID field values may be defined to identify varies types of RedCap UEs.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided for enhanced early measurement reporting procedures at a user equipment. In an example implementation, the method may include a user equipment determining that the user equipment is configured for enhanced early measurement reporting, determining whether to initiate early measurement reporting measurements based on an indication when the user equipment is configured for enhanced early measurement reporting, and initiating the early measurement reporting measurements in response to determining to initiate the early measurement reporting measurements. In an additional example implementation, the method may include a network node transmitting enhanced early measurement reporting configuration to a user equipment and receiving early measurement reporting measurements from the user equipment.

Abstract: According to an example implementation, a method may include transmitting, by a user device to a base station in a wireless network, a system information request for on-demand system information during a random access procedure, where the system information request is a request for one or more parameters that enable the user device to communicate in the wireless network, receiving, by the user device from the base station, an indication of a wait period in which the user device waits before obtaining the on-demand system information, waiting, by the user device, a time duration during the wait period, and monitoring, by the user device after expiration of the wait period, a system information window in which a system information message having the on-demand system information is broadcasted by the base station.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods and software are provided. The first apparatus comprises at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program codes; the at least one memory and the computer program codes are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the device at least to transmit a transport block of a HARQ process on preconfigured resources for an uplink transmission to a second apparatus while starting a first timer and a second timer for the HARQ process. The first timer indicates a time period during which the transport block is able to be retransmitted, and wherein the second timer is configured to expire before the first timer; monitor a response associated with the transport block from the second apparatus; and in response to the second timer expiring before receiving the response and before expiry of the first timer, retransmit the transport block while restarting the second timer.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the invention provide at least a method and apparatus to perform at least identifying, by a user equipment of a communication network, a beam failure occurred over at least one dormant bandwidth part for communication with at least one secondary cell of the communication network; and based on the identifying, determining to report the beam failure to the communication network for beam failure recovery by the communication network.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a device, method, apparatus and computer readable storage medium of scheduling request (SR) and random access (RA) triggering for small data transmission (SDT). In example embodiments, a terminal device receives, from a network device, a configuration of one or more configured grant (CG) resources for a SDT procedure and a list of one or more data radio bearers (DRBs) associated with respective logical channels (LCHs) allowed for SDT over at least one of the one or more CG resources. After the terminal device initiates the SDT procedure in an inactive mode, if the terminal determines that a buffer status report (BSR) is triggered, the terminal device determines whether a configuration of a SR mask is to be applied for a LCH configured for SDT.