Abstract: A system and method for providing time domain allocations in a communication system. In an embodiment, an apparatus operable in a communication system and including processing circuitry is configured to receive an indication of a time domain allocation in downlink control information associated with a radio network temporary identifier (“RNTI”) identifying the apparatus, and employ the time domain allocation associated with the RNTI for transmissions associated with the apparatus. In another embodiment, an apparatus operable in a communication system and including processing circuitry is configured to associate a time domain allocation with a RNTI identifying a user equipment, and provide an indication of the time domain allocation in downlink control information to allow the user equipment to employ the time domain allocation associated with the RNTI for transmissions associated therewith.

Abstract: A method in a network node for managing random-access procedures with a plurality of wireless devices. The method comprising transmitting an indication of a modulation format to one or more of the plurality of wireless devices to configure the modulation format for a random access message 3 transmission from the one or more wireless devices.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment in a radio access network. The method includes transmitting acknowledgement signaling based on a feedback configuration, the feedback configuration being selected from a set of configured acknowledgement configurations. The disclosure also pertains to related methods and devices.

Abstract: Embodiments herein include a method in a user equipment (UE) for transmitting uplink control information in time slots of a subframe over a radio channel to a radio base station. The uplink control information is comprised in a block of bits. The UE maps the block of bits to a sequence of complex valued modulation symbols. The UE block spreads the sequence across Discrete Fourier Transform Spread-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (DFTS-OFDM) symbols. This is performed by applying a spreading sequence to the sequence of complex valued modulation symbols, to achieve a block spread sequence of complex valued modulation symbols. The UE further transforms the block-spread sequence, per DFTS-OFDM symbol. This is performed by applying a matrix that depends on a DFTS-OFDM symbol index and/or slot index to the block-spread sequence. The UE also transmits the block spread sequence, as transformed, over the radio channel to the radio base station.

Abstract: A modulation technique, such as for example either Pi/2 BPSK or QPSK, is selected for transmission, based on a characteristic of the data to be transmitted, or the physical channel over which it is to be transmitted. The data characteristic may be the coding rate, or characteristics indirectly related to the coding rate, such as the number of coded bits or number of uncoded bits (payload size). The physical channel characteristic may for example be the physical channel bandwidth, the physical channel length, a number of physical channel modulation symbols, a number of the physical channel resource elements used for the data to be transmitted, or a number of the physical channel modulation symbols carrying the data to be transmitted.

Abstract: A method of scheduling wireless data transmissions between a mobile terminal (701) and a base station using multiple component carrier signals is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: receiving in the mobile terminal information from the base station indicating available component carriers; detecting in the mobile terminal at least one dynamic parameter indicative of the mobile terminal's current ability to handle component carriers having non-contiguous bandwidths; determining in the mobile terminal in dependence of the at least one dynamic parameter which of the available component carriers to utilize; and transmitting from the mobile terminal to the base station information indicating the component carriers determined to utilize.

Abstract: A method for operating a wireless communication network, wherein a first member of the network transmits a scheduling message to a secondary member of the network and the secondary member receives the scheduling message. The secondary member schedules sounding signal transmissions and/or a corresponding schedule based on the scheduling message, wherein the scheduling message and/or the sounding signal schedule refers to a schedule for sounding signals based on a status of beam forming performed in the network and/or wherein the sounding signal schedule and/or the schedule message refers to a compact schedule of sounding signals.

Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a user equipment, UE, is operable for multiple sub-carrier spacing values. The UE comprises memory operable to store instructions and processing circuitry operable to execute the instructions, whereby the UE is operable to determine one of a plurality of time-domain resource allocation tables based on first information received from a network node. The first information comprises a Radio Network Temporary Identifier, RNTI. The UE is operable to determine a time-domain resource allocated to the UE for transmission or reception of a wireless signal based on the determined one of the plurality of time-domain resource allocation tables and second information received from the network node. The second information comprises a time-domain resource allocation field value received in downlink control information, DCI. The UE is further operable to transmit or receive the wireless signal using the determined time-domain resource.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a communication device in a wireless communication network. The method includes communicating utilising first data signaling based on a signaling characteristic of a received first control information message scheduling the first data signaling. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a communication device in a wireless communication network. The method includes communicating utilising data signaling based on a code block size and/or code block length, the code block size and/or code block length being based on at least a first indication associated to a received control information message. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment in a radio access network, the user equipment being configured with a set of bandwidth parts, the user equipment being operable for communicating utilising an activated bandwidth part of the set of bandwidth part.

Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a method by a wireless device is provided for performing logical channel prioritization (LCP) by a wireless device. The method includes selecting a set of logical channels based on one or more logical channel restrictions. The method further includes determining at least one logical channel of the set of logical channels to serve.

Abstract: A network node, such as a base station, identifies radio resources within an overall bandwidth using a first resource referencing scheme, while a wireless communication device identifies radio resources within an allocated portion of the overall bandwidth using a second resource referencing scheme. Advantageously, the device correctly identifies given radio resources pointed to by a resource identifier expressed according to the first resource referencing scheme, by translating the resource identifier into the second resource referencing scheme according to mapping information that relates the two schemes. Correspondingly, the network node enables the wireless communication device to perform such translations by providing the mapping information either implicitly or explicitly.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a terminal for a Radio Access Network, the terminal being adapted for transmission based on a first frequency division multiple access (FDMA) technology and for transmission based on a second frequency division multiple access technology. The terminal is adapted for transmitting reference signaling having a comb structure for transmission based on either the first FDMA technology or the second FDMA technology. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.

Abstract: A method, network node and wireless device for waveform selection are provided. A method includes selecting a waveform based on one of a modulation and coding scheme, MCS, a resource allocation, and transport block size, TBS, and transmitting using the selected waveform.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment in a radio access network. The method includes transmitting feedback signaling utilizing a feedback resource range, the feedback resource range being determined based on a received feedback size indication and a received scheduling assignment indication. The feedback resource range being a part of a signaling resource range configured to the user equipment for transmission.

Abstract: The present disclosure introduces methods and apparatus for configuring or preconfiguring random access procedures when there are multiple configurable numerologies for one carrier. In some embodiments, the random access numerology of the wireless device is configured using the system information block. In other embodiments, the random access numerology used by the wireless device is determined implicitly based on the detection of one or more synchronization signals.

Abstract: Limited uplink bandwidth radio network devices are supported on wide bandwidth uplink carriers by configuring and controlling the use of multiple control regions within the uplink carrier bandwidth. In some embodiments, the total bandwidth of the uplink carrier is divided into a plurality of sub-band portions, wherein each sub-band portion includes at least one control region nominally dedicated to the transmission of uplink control signaling. Radio network devices are configured with a specified portion of the uplink carrier bandwidth for use for uplink transmission, which includes at least one control region. Radio network devices may be provisioned or provided with information regarding control regions reserved for control signaling by other radio network devices. The radio network devices may be dynamically configured to allow or suppress uplink data signaling in specified control regions, or portions thereof.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment in a radio access network. The method includes transmitting acknowledgement signaling according to a HARQ codebook at a second HARQ transmitting occasion, the HARQ codebook indicating first acknowledgement information, the first acknowledgement information pertaining to first data signaling scheduled to be received by the user equipment before a first HARQ transmitting occasion that occurred earlier in time than the second HARQ transmitting occasion. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for multicast communication. The method which may be performed by a terminal device comprises receiving a multicast traffic and/or a unicast traffic from a network node. The method further comprises transmitting feedback for the multicast traffic and/or the unicast traffic to the network node, according to a feedback codebook. The feedback codebook is based at least in part on a first feedback codebook type for the multicast traffic and/or a second feedback codebook type for the unicast traffic. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, hybrid automatic repeat request feedback may be implemented efficiently and flexibly for different traffics such as multicast and unicast traffics.