Abstract: The method includes receiving first configuration information from a network node, the first configuration information including information on a discontinue reception (DRX) cycle and a notification to monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission carrying a wake-up indication, receiving second configuration information from the network node, the second configuration information including configuration information for secondary cells (SCells) that are associated with the network node, first determining an overlap occurrence using the DRX cycle, the overlap occurrence occurring due to one or more time occurrences overlapping with at least one first bandwidth part (BWP) active-time of an active bandwidth part (BWP) of the PDCCH, activating one more serving cells, following the determining of the overlap occurrence, and conducting an operation of data communications with the network node using the one or more serving cells that are activated. A network node is configured to perform the method.

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: A technique includes receiving a plurality of synchronization signal blocks, including synchronization signals and beam specific reference signals, receiving a plurality of beam sweeping scheduling blocks, each beam sweeping scheduling block corresponding to one of the synchronization signal blocks and including scheduling information to schedule a dynamic size beam sweeping resource (e.g., mini-slot or other resource) for transmission of common control information (e.g., paging data and/or system information or SIB) via a set of one or more beams, and selecting, based on a measurement of signals of at least one of the synchronization signal blocks and the scheduling information, one of the dynamic size beam sweeping resources (e.g., one of the beam sweeping mini-slots or other resource) to receive the common control information (e.g., paging data and/or system information or SIB).

Abstract: The apparatus includes at least one processor; and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to duplicate base station computation of an identifier value for a user equipment, and search for one or more control channel transmissions incorporating an identifier value matching the identifier value.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from improved signaling. For example, it may be helpful to improve the management of the uplink timing alignment where multiple numerologies are used. A method may include receiving at a user equipment an indication from a network node. The timing adjustment granularity may be determined implicitly based on one or more multiple numerology assigned to a timing advance group. The method may also include applying at the user equipment the indicated timing adjustment granularity associated with one of the multiple numerologies.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus including circuitry for receiving, at a user equipment from a network, an indication to perform radio resource management measurements at the user equipment in a first mode, wherein, in the first mode, measurement requirements are more relaxed than in a second mode and performing radio resource management measurements in the first mode.

Abstract: The disclosure relates a method comprising: determining that buffered data is available for transmission and cannot be transmitted over allocated resources; and causing information indicating that buffered data is available for transmission and cannot be transmitted over allocated resources to be transmitted over the allocated resources.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from improved signaling. For example, it may be helpful to improve the management of the uplink timing alignment where multiple numerologies are used. A method may include receiving at a user equipment an indication from a network node. The timing adjustment granularity may be determined implicitly based on one or more multiple numerology assigned to a timing advance group. The method may also include applying at the user equipment the indicated timing adjustment granularity associated with one of the multiple numerologies.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to UP transmission for a device in an inactive state. The first device in an inactive state performs a small data transmission procedure between the first device and a second device and transmits an indication to the second device. The indication indicates the following a presence of non-small data transmission data to be transmitted by the first device and information associated with the data. Through this solution, the second device may make a proper and reasonable determination about whether to resume a radio resource control connection with the terminal device and whether to stop the ongoing small data transmission procedure.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for determining random access channel (RACH) resources or parameters based on network slice-based resource allocation classes (RACs) may be provided. A mapping between network slices and a set of RACs may be determined by a core network (CN). The CN may send this mapping to the UE. The UE may select RACH resources or parameters for a network slice. The radio access network (RAN) may determine a mapping between the RACs and the RACH resources or parameters. The UE may determine the corresponding RACH resources or parameters to be used for a RAC.

Abstract: An example embodiment relates to Random Access Channel, RACH, procedure, for example in the New Radio, NR. Random access procedures may be of two types, contention based CBRA and contention free, CFRA. A client device may only perform CBRA fallback when none of the reference signal received strengths, RSRPs, of the synchronization signal blocks, SSBs, which is associated with the CFRA resources is above a predefined threshold, T1. All SSBs and CSI-RS with associated CFRA resources may be below the threshold. Then, the client device may select an SSB or CSI-RS according to a predefined rule and perform CFRA when CFRA resources are associated. Devices, methods and computer programs are disclosed accordingly.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for multiple transmission-reception point (M-TRP) operation after beam failure recovery (BFR) are provided. One method may include determining, by a UE, that a beam failure detection (BFD) reference signal or signals (RS) associated with one or more beam failure detection resource sets has failed. The method may also include determining, by the UE, that it is not required to monitor a channel on at least one control resource set (CORESET) associated with an index value that is further associated with the one or more failed beam failure detection resource sets.

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 comprising receiving, from a network node, a temporary terminal device identity that identifies a type of a terminal device; transitioning to a radio resource control inactive state or to a radio resource control idle state; and transmitting a radio resource control request message comprising the temporary terminal device identity that identifies a type of a terminal device, wherein the radio resource control request message comprises: a radio resource control connection resume request message, if the transition was to the radio resource control inactive state; or a radio resource control setup request message if the transition was to the radio resource control idle state.

Abstract: The present invention provides apparatuses, methods, computer programs, computer program products and computer-readable media regarding beam failure recovery for serving cell. The apparatus comprises means for composing, after a beam failure has been detected by a user equipment on a resource provided by a first serving cell of the user equipment, beam recovery signaling, the beam recovery signaling indicating at least one candidate beam to be used in beam failure recovery, means for transmitting, to a network entity, the beam recovery signaling on a resource provided by a second serving cell.

Abstract: The disclosure relates a method comprising: determining that buffered data is available for transmission and cannot be transmitted over allocated resources; and causing information indicating that buffered data is available for transmission and cannot be transmitted over allocated resources to be transmitted over the allocated resources.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided for proactive triggering of handovers in wireless communication networks.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to random access in a communication system. A first device receives a criterion to select a random access type for performing random access to a second device. The first device further determines whether the first device is allocated a contention-free random access resource for a certain random access type, and then performs the random access to the second device based on the determination and conditionally based on the criterion. As such, in the case where contention-free random access resource has been allocated for a certain random access type, the device can conditionally apply the criterion for selection of the random access type and can thus perform random access with improved efficiency.

Abstract: A method includes composing, after a beam failure has been detected by a user equipment on a resource provided by a first serving cell of the user equipment, beam recovery signaling, the beam recovery signaling indicating at least one candidate beam to be used in beam failure recovery and transmitting, to a network entity, the beam recovery signaling on a resource provided by a second serving cell.

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.