Abstract: A wireless communication system includes one or more base stations, and one or more user devices, UEs. When running a certain application, the UE is to communicate over a session, like a PDU session, the session having associated therewith a current Quality of Service, QoS, profile, the current QoS profile selected form a plurality of different QoS profiles associated with the session. In case of a certain event, the wireless communication system is to replace the current QoS profile for the session by a new QoS profile for the session, the new QoS profile selected from a subset or all of the plurality of different QoS profiles associated with the session and/or one or more QoS profiles not yet associated with the session.

Abstract: A user device, UE, for a wireless communication system is described. The UE is to signal to the wireless communication system information enabling a network entity of the wireless communication system to decide how to handle one or more incoming operation requests for the UE.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a novel form of communication within a cellular wireless communication network. One aspect of the invention concerns a User Equipment for a cellular network, wherein the UE inter alia includes a first interface for UE-to-Basestation communication configured to communicate with a base station of the cellular network and a second interface for UE-to-UE communication configured to communicate with one or more other UEs of a UE-Group to which the UE belongs. According to the invention the UE is configured to receive via its first interface configuration data for configuring its second interface, and to coordinate, via the second interface, a communication within the UE Group.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises an antenna array comprising a plurality of antennas. The apparatus comprises a communication interface for receiving a control signal. The apparatus is configured to form a first radio frequency beam in accordance with a predetermined test case independent from the control signal using the antenna array. The apparatus is configured to form a second radio frequency beam that is different from the predetermined test case responsive to instructions contained in the control signal.

Abstract: A user device for a wireless communication system is served by a base station and uses one or more frequency bands for a communication with one or more entities in the wireless communication system. The frequency bands include CORESETs, each including one or more search spaces carrying control information for the UE. The UE groups some or all of the CORESETs into respective CORESET groups, or some or all of the search spaces into respective search space groups. A CORESET group includes some or all CORESETs within a certain time window, and a search space group includes some or all search spaces within the certain time window. The grouping is responsive to one or more group IDs the UE is configured with, each group ID pointing to or indicating a CORESET group or a search space group, and/or determining CORESETs or search spaces to be within the same time window.

Abstract: A transceiver for a wireless communication system for serving a plurality of user equipments is provided. A coverage area of the transceiver includes one zone or a plurality of zones, each zone having mapped thereto a resource pool. The transceiver is configured to signal to less than all user equipments assigned to a certain zone to return to the transceiver a zone occupancy report for the certain zone. The zone occupancy report indicates an occupancy status of the resource pool mapped to the certain zone.

Abstract: A user device, UE, for one or more wireless communication systems, includes one or more transceiver chains. The UE shares at least one transceiver chain with at least two connections to the one or more wireless communication systems. The UE is connected to one or more network entities, like a gNB or another UE, with the connections, and perform one or more operations on the connections at respective operation occasions. When the UE transmits or receives on a current one of the connections, it does not to transmit or receive on the other connections.

Abstract: Examples refer to communication networks between user equipments, UEs, with other devices, such as a base station, BS. Examples refer to communication methods, e.g., for uplink, UL. A joint-resource pool (JRP) is defined.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an antenna and a transceiver. The transceiver transmits a first signal via the antenna, the first signal including a unique identification of the apparatus and a request for receive information about the first signal at a receiver. The transceiver receives from the receiver a second signal via the antenna, the second signal including first information about a direction of arrival (DoA) of the first signal at the receiver and second information indicative of a location of the receiver.

Abstract: According to embodiments (main aspect), a wireless communication system includes one or more base stations and a plurality of user equipment UEs. The plurality of user equipment is configured for a sidelink communication (e.g., a sidelink transmission), wherein a sidelink communication includes one or more sidelink frames each having a control region and a data region wherein the control region includes a first control region and a second control region, wherein the first control region including basic information regarding a sidelink transmission of a packet, the second control region including information regarding data transmission resource location or data transmission resource locations of the packet.

Abstract: A concept for handovers in cellular networks, a concept for improved handling of tracking/paging areas for, for instance, user entities in inactive modes and a concept for enabling intelligent route selection in cellular networks are presented.

Abstract: A user device, UE, for a wireless communication system according to an embodiment is provided. A backoff rule is stored within a storage of a base station and within a storage of the user device. Or, the user device is to transmit the backoff rule to the base station. Or, the user device is to receive the backoff rule from the base station. The user device is to determine a random backoff counter depending on the backoff rule. Moreover, the user device is to decrement the random backoff counter if a transmission channel is not occupied for a certain duration. Furthermore, the user device is to transmit a data packet via the transmission channel, if the random backoff counter reaches a predefined value.

Abstract: A user equipment for communication over a cellular network is configured for simultaneously communicating with one or more cells of first and second nodes of the cellular network, and to methods for operating such user equipments for communication over a cellular network. Furthermore, a user equipment for communication over a cellular network includes a plurality of base stations which are connected over a xhaul network of the cellular network to a core network of the cellular network, wherein the user equipment is configured for communicating with one of the base stations of the cellular network, which is used as a serving base station, or for communicating with more of the base stations of the cellular network simultaneously, which respectively are used as serving base stations, and to methods for operating such user equipments for communication over a cellular network.

Abstract: A first transceiver for a wireless communication system according to an embodiment is to determine information on an occupancy of a transmission channel. Moreover, the first transceiver is to transmit the information on the occupancy of the transmission channel to a second transceiver. Furthermore, the first transceiver is to determine the information on the occupancy of the transmission channel and to transmit the information on the occupancy of the transmission channel to the second transceiver without having received from the second transceiver a ready-to-transmit message with which the second transceiver would inform the first transceiver that the second transceiver intends to transmit user data to the first transceiver.

Abstract: A transceiver for a wireless communication system, the wireless communication system including a plurality of user devices, UEs, to communicate with each other using a sidelink, SL, is described. For a transmission of a packet, like a data packet, using the sidelink, the transceiver is configured to determine one or more transmission requirements for the transmission of the data packet using the sidelink. Responsive to the one or more determined transmission requirements, the transceiver is configured to send one or more control messages, the one or more control messages including one or more of: A common control message including parameters for a HARQ-based transmission using the sidelink and for a blind or HARQ-free transmission using the sidelink, A control message including parameters for a blind or HARQ-free transmission using the sidelink.

Abstract: Embodiments provide an apparatus, wherein the apparatus includes a plurality of Hybrid ARQ, HARQ, entities, each of the plurality of HARQ entities configured to operate a HARQ process associated with one of a plurality of HARQ behaviors, the plurality of HARQ behaviors being different, and/or a Hybrid ARQ, HARQ, entity configured to operate a plurality of HARQ processes, each HARQ processes associated with one of a plurality of HARQ behaviors, the plurality of HARQ behaviors being different, wherein the apparatus is configured to receive a control information from a transceiver in a wireless communication system, the control information transmitted over a radio channel of the wireless communication system, the control information including a Hybrid ARQ, HARQ, identifier identifying one HARQ behavior out of the plurality of HARQ behaviors or one HARQ process out of the plurality of HARQ processes, the one HARQ process associated with a HARQ behavior.

Abstract: A user device, UE, for a wireless communication system is described. The wireless communication system includes a plurality of user devices, UEs. The UE is to communicate with one or more further UEs using a sidelink, SL. One or more location information elements describe a location or position of a UE, wherein the location information element includes a first part and a second part, wherein, for locations or positions within a certain area, the first part of the location information element is one of a set of fixed first parts and the second part of the location information element varies dependent on the actual or exact location or position of the UE. When being in the certain area, the UE is to receive from the further UE, e.g.

Abstract: Various embodiments to enable Spectrum Access System (SAS) controlled interference management are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a memory to store network configuration data and a processing device coupled to the memory. The processing device to generate a protection band based on interference measurements. The protection band is allocated to at least one of the infrastructure node of a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network infrastructure. In this regard, the interference measurements are related to transmissions of data between infrastructure nodes of the LTE network infrastructure. Thereupon, a time slot is determined for the at least one of the infrastructure node based on the protection band. The time slot indicates an allocated time frame to access data in the LTE network infrastructure using a radio frequency in accordance with the protection band.

Abstract: Resource management such as network radio resource management in wireless networks, is described in connection with different aspects.

Abstract: A receiver includes an antenna, a transceiver coupled to the antenna, a decoder and a processor. The transceiver receives from a transmitter of a wireless communication network a data block. The data block includes encoded data transmitted on a plurality of resources allocated to the receiver. The decoder decodes the encoded data and determines for the allocated resources whether decoding of the encoded data was successful or failed. The processor evaluates whether one or more of the resources for which the decoding failed are included in a report, the report indicating for one or more of the allocated resources that encoded data transmitted on the one or more allocated resources is not decodable or is likely to be not decodable, and causes the transceiver to send a retransmission request to the transmitter responsive to the evaluation.