Abstract: A control plane network entity for providing a multicast/broadcast service for one or more user equipments in a cellular communication network is provided. The control plane network entity is configured to: receive a session setup request for a multicast/broadcast session for the user equipments, wherein the session setup request comprises one or more identifiers identifying the user equipments and/or one or more spatial regions the user equipments are located in; select one or more access and mobility management function entities of the cellular communication network based on the one or more identifiers for providing the multicast/broadcast session to the user equipments; and send a user plane session setup request to the selected one or more access and mobility management function entities. Moreover, the disclosure relates to a user plane network entity and a radio access network node for anchoring and providing a multicast/broadcast service respectively.

Abstract: The present application relates to a global communication management entity for managing vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication parameters of a plurality of vehicular user equipments of a V2X communication network, the corresponding V2X communication network and vehicular user equipment.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a network entity for a communication network for providing a plurality of communication services to a plurality of mobile communication devices, the network entity comprising: a session manager configured to select a first geographical code from a plurality of geographical codes, wherein each geographical code is associated with a geographical region and wherein the first geographical code is associated with a first geographical region including or close to a current geographical position of at least one of the plurality of mobile communication devices; a encoder configured to encode on a MAC level and/or physical level at least a portion of a message intended for the at least one mobile communication device using the first geographical code; and a communication interface configured to send the message with the portion encoded with the first geographical code to the at least one mobile communication device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sidelink communication device that includes a transceiver and a processor. The transceiver includes a plurality of antennas and is configured to communicate, using one or more of the plurality of antennas, with at least one neighboring sidelink communication device using one or more sidelink radio resources of a plurality of sidelink radio resources allocated by a network entity. The processor is configured to determine a measure of the ability of the sidelink communication device to suppress interference to and/or from at least one other neighboring sidelink communication device using one or more of the plurality of antennas. The transceiver is further configured to transmit, to the network entity, information about the measure for the ability of the sidelink communication device to suppress the interference for allocation of the one or more sidelink radio resources by the network entity.

Abstract: An apparatus, a method, and a computer readable medium are provided. The apparatus is configured to transmit and/or receive control plane signaling related to the control of radio resources of a sidelink communication system to/from a user equipment (UE), wherein the control plane signaling is carried over a user plane, in particular through IP encapsulation, of a second communication system between the apparatus and the UE. Moreover, embodiments of the disclosure relate to a corresponding UE as well as corresponding methods.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the Quality of Service (QoS) framework of mobile and wireless communication networks, particularly the Fifth Generation (5G) QoS framework. In particular, the invention presents a Radio Access Network (RAN) entity and a User Equipment (UE) for enabling RAN awareness of a tolerance of an application to transmission failures of application data, and QoS treatment based on this resilience. The RAN entity is configured to receive information indicating at least one resilience parameter of the application, from a control entity, another RAN entity, and/or a UE. The at least one resilience parameter is based on the tolerance of the application to transmission failures, in particular consecutive transmission failures.

Abstract: Example methods and apparatus for multihop transmission are described. One example method includes receiving a scheduling request by a network device from a User Equipment (UE) for a multihop transmission. The network device sends a first message to one or more UEs in response to the scheduling request, wherein the first message indicates one or more sidelink resources and/or sidelink resource allocation information for the one or more UEs to perform a multihop transmission.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to devices and methods for implementing an application-based quality of service notification scheme, in particular for URLLC services in a 5G communication network. According to a first aspect the disclosure relates to a method for providing a communication service in a communication network, wherein the method comprises: a network application entity providing communication service quality information, in particular a communication service quality measure value, to a network management and/or control entity of the communication network, wherein the communication service quality information is determined based on timing information.

Abstract: A gateway device configured to transform user plane information/packets/signaling related to the control of sidelink communication services and/or resources of a mobile communication network from a remote sidelink control server into control plane signaling and to provide the control plane signaling to a terminal device and/or one or more further network entities of the mobile communication network.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose example user equipment and a base station for communication in a wireless communication network. One example user equipment includes at least one processor performing operations that include: receiving, by the user equipment, configuration information from a base station using a first communication resource. A communication configuration of the user equipment is defined by the configuration information using a second communication resource. The communication configuration is used for communicating with at least one of the base station or a further user equipment. In the base station case, the configuration information includes at least one of a scheduling request (SR) or a priority configuration.

Abstract: The invention relates to a control plane network entity for providing a multicast/broadcast service to one or more user equipments in a cellular communication network using one or more user plane functions of a plurality of selectable user plane functions. The network entity is configured to: receive a request for a multicast/broadcast service for the one or more user equipments, wherein the request comprises one or more identifiers identifying the one or more user equipments) and/or one or more spatial regions the one or more user equipments are located in; select one or more user plane functions of the plurality of selectable user plane functions on the basis of the one or more identifiers for providing the multicast/broadcast service to the one or more user equipments; and provide the one or more selected user plane functions with information about the multicast/broadcast service.

Abstract: A control plane network entity for providing a multicast/broadcast service for one or more user equipments in a cellular communication network is provided. The control plane network entity is configured to: receive a session setup request for a multicast/broadcast session for the user equipments, wherein the session setup request comprises one or more identifiers identifying the user equipments and/or one or more spatial regions the user equipments are located in; select one or more access and mobility management function entities of the cellular communication network based on the one or more identifiers for providing the multicast/broadcast session to the user equipments; and send a user plane session setup request to the selected one or more access and mobility management function entities. Moreover, the disclosure relates to a user plane network entity and a radio access network node for anchoring and providing a multicast/broadcast service respectively.

Abstract: This application provides a sidelink communication device, a network management entity, and methods for sidelink resource pool selection. The sidelink communication device selects a radio resource pool from a plurality of radio resource pools on the basis of a physical motion parameter of the sidelink communication device. The sidelink communication device also communicates with another sidelink communication device using one or more radio resources of the selected radio resource pool. The network management entity generates radio resource pool configuration information. The radio resource pool configuration information comprises a correspondence of one or more possible physical motion parameters to one or more radio resource pools or a correspondence of one or more flow identities to one or more radio resource pools. The network management entity also transmits the radio resource pool configuration information to one or more sidelink communication devices.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sidelink communication device which comprises: a transceiver comprising a plurality of antennas and configured to communicate using one or more of the plurality of antennas with at least one neighboring sidelink communication device using one or more sidelink radio resources of a plurality of sidelink radio resources allocated by a network entity; and a processor configured to determine a measure for the ability of the sidelink communication device to suppress interference to and/or from at least one other neighboring sidelink communication device using one or more of the plurality of antennas; wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit to the network entity information about the measure for the ability of the sidelink communication device to suppress interference to and/or from the at least one other neighboring sidelink communication device, for allocation of the one or more sidelink radio resources by the network entity.

Abstract: The present application relates to a global communication management entity for managing vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication parameters of a plurality of vehicular user equipments of a V2X communication network, the corresponding V2X communication network and vehicular user equipment.

Abstract: A gateway device configured to transform user plane information/packets/signaling related to the control of sidelink communication services and/or resources of a mobile communication network from a remote sidelink control server into control plane signaling and to provide the control plane signaling to a terminal device and/or one or more further network entities of the mobile communication network.

Abstract: A wireless communication device comprises: a transceiver being configured to measure a plurality of interference powers associated with a plurality of radio resources; and a processor being configured to determine, on the basis of the plurality of interference powers, conflicting radio resources of the wireless communication device. The transceiver is further configured to transmit data identifying the conflicting radio resources of the wireless communication device to at least one other wireless communication device and to receive data identifying conflicting radio resources of the at least one other wireless communication device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a network entity (110), in particular a cloud server (110), comprising a processor (110a) being configured to control radio resources, in particular sidelink radio resources, on behalf of one or more, in particular two, mobile networks (PLMNs) (120, 130). Moreover, the invention relates to a base station (BS) (123, 133) of a PLMN (120, 130), comprising a processor (133a) configured to process control plane information related to control of radio resources, in particular sidelink radio resources, and a communication interface (133b) configured to transmit and/or receive to/from the network entity (110) said control plane information.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus configured to transmit and/or receive control plane signaling related to the control of radio resources of a sidelink communication system to/from a user equipment, UE, wherein the control plane signaling is carried over a user plane, in particular through IP encapsulation, of a second communication system between the apparatus and the UE. Moreover, the disclosure relates to a corresponding UE as well as corresponding methods.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to wireless communication devices for communication in a wireless communication network supporting a plurality of sidelink radio resources. One example wireless communication device comprises at least one processor configured to determine an interference-related parameter Hj(s) associated with at least one of the plurality of sidelink radio resources (s), and at least one of compute a first map (Sj) mapping an identity-related parameter (IDi) of the at least one neighboring wireless communication device to Pij or compute a second map (Cj) mapping at least one sidelink radio resource (s) to Ij(s) or Hj(s). A transceiver in the example wireless communication device is configured to transmit at least one of Sj or Cj to at least one of a network entity or at least one neighboring wireless communication device.