Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to reporting beam failure. A terminal device performs beam failure detection on a first number of serving cells configured for the terminal device. The terminal device determines information to at least indicate respective results of the beam failure detection on a second number of serving cells among the first number of serving cells, where the second number is smaller than the first number. The determined information is transmitted by the terminal device to a network device serving the terminal device using a resource allocated for the terminal device. Based on the information, the network device determines an overall result of the beam failure detection performed on the first number of serving cells.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are described that support operational mode configurations for switching between serving cells. A serving cell may configure a plurality of cells to support the operational mode configuration. Each cell of the plurality of cells and an associated user equipment may store the operational mode configurations associated with the plurality of cells to improve additional switching between serving cells. A user equipment may provide intracell or intercell beam management reporting associated with the plurality of cells to assist a determination for switching between serving cells. Timing advance information may be stored to support switching back to a serving cell. A serving cell may cause switching to another serving cell for a user equipment.

Abstract: An method includes determining to perform inter-cell multi-downlink control information (multi-DCI) based multi-transmission reception point (multi-TRP) operation for a user device based on the following: receiving, by the user device from a network node, transmission configuration index (TCI) states for a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETS), wherein the TCI states for the plurality of CORESETs are associated with a plurality of cells having different physical cell identities (PCIs) or associated with a plurality of cell groups; and determining, by the user device, that at least one of the following conditions is present: 1) a multi-DCI based multi-TRP-related high layer parameter has been configured to the user device; 2) a default mode of multi-TRP operation has been configured to the user device; or 3) the user device has received control information indicating physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) TCI state activations corresponding to two different CORESETPoolIndex values; and, performing in

Abstract: There is provided a method, comprising: determining a presence indicator configuration defining how a presence indicator is to be interpreted, wherein, based on the configuration, the presence indicator indicates whether a set of one or more configured reference signal occasions of a cell carries reference signals; obtaining from a base station the presence indicator; obtaining from the base station at least one reference signal configuration, each indicating at least one configured reference signal occasion; and determining, based on the presence indicator and the obtained presence indicator configuration, whether a given reference signal occasion indicated by the at least one reference signal configuration carries a reference signal.

Abstract: Method comprising: ?selecting a subset of one or more beam pairs among a set of beam pairs via which a terminal and a base station are associated, wherein for each of the beam pairs of the subset, a suitability of the respective beam pair is better than a suitability threshold; for each of the beam pairs of the subset: ??determining a respective set of at least two tones; ??performing a respective relative phase measurement based on the respective virtual wavelength to obtain a respective virtual phase difference; and at least one of ??reporting the respective set of at least two tones and the respective virtual phase difference to the base station; and ??estimating a respective distance between the terminal and a transmission reception point of the base station emitting the respective beam pair based on the respective virtual phase difference and the preliminary uncertainty region.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for selecting or prioritizing between a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and synchronization signal block (SSB) reception are provided. One method may include, when outside a SMTC window and when PDSCH resource allocation overlaps with an occupied SSB location, selecting between the PDSCH and SSB reception according to defined rules.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus comprising means for monitoring a physical downlink control channel using a first monitoring pattern, determining, based on a condition, to monitor the physical downlink control channel using a second monitoring pattern, determining occurrence of at least one event related to transmission from the user equipment, determining whether to monitor the physical downlink control channel using the first monitoring pattern or the second monitoring pattern based on the occurrence of the at least one event and monitoring the physical downlink control channel using the first monitoring pattern or the second monitoring pattern based on the determination.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a method for configuring user devices to monitor a downlink control channel includes receiving, by a user device from a base station in a wireless communication system, a signaling message identifying beam information, and determining, by the user device, whether the beam information is associated with at least one adaptive configuration parameter for monitoring a downlink control channel using parameter mapping information, where the parameter mapping information associates adaptive configuration parameters with one or more of a plurality of beam information. The method includes applying the at least one adaptive configuration parameter to configure the user device to monitor a downlink control channel in response to the beam information being determined as associated with the at least one adaptive configuration parameter.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising, detecting a maximum permissible exposure event or that the maximum permissible exposure event is potential, determining at least one beam for a contention-free random access based beam failure recovery procedure, wherein the at least one beam is affected, or will be affected, by the maximum permissible exposure event and transmitting to a wireless network node at least one indication about the at least one beam.

Abstract: This document discloses a solution for controlling measurements of a terminal device. According to an aspect, a method comprises: determining, on the basis of measurement data measured from a radio link, a distance between an access node and a terminal device and angular motion of the terminal device with respect to the access node; making a decision about a length of a time interval between consecutive radio measurements of the terminal device on the basis of the distance and the angular motion; and communicating the decision over the radio link.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment, there is disclosed a method comprising: receiving, by a user equipment in a wireless network, beam information from a serving cell and each neighboring cell; assessing a beam quality of the serving cell and each neighboring cell from the information; determining a subset of the serving cell and neighboring cells comprising the serving cell and each neighboring cell with a beam quality within a first offset of the serving cell and each neighboring cell with a highest quality beam; ranking each cell of the subset in descending order from highest to lowest quality.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments provide systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for a handover of a coordinated multi-point connection. For example, certain embodiment may transfer a first coordinated multi-point connection (e.g., a further enhanced multiple input multiple output (FeMIMO) connection) to a second coordinated multi-point connection where the network may instruct the UE to not perform at least one random access procedure. The first coordinated multi-point connection may be controlled by a first cell (the serving cell) where the UE is ready to receive from and transmit to a first set of cells that comprises the serving cell and one or more non-serving cells. After handover, the second coordinated multi-point connection may be controlled by a previous non-serving cell, and the UE may be ready to receive from and transmit to a second set of cells that comprises the previous non-serving cell.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method comprising receiving a message at a user equipment (UE) from a base station (BS) the message including a constraint threshold, receiving a message at the UE from the BS the message including a fallback beam reporting mode, performing by the UE downlink (DL) reference signal (RS) measurements, determining by the UE a difference between DL RS measurements, and in response to determining the difference between DL RS measurements is not less than the constraint threshold switch to the fallback beam reporting mode.

Abstract: A method can include transmitting, by a user equipment to a base station, coherence information indicating, based on precoding to be performed in association with transmission, whether multiple transmission signals to be transmitted via multiple transmission ports will be coherent with each other, receiving, from the base station, a transmission indication message, the transmission indication message assigning uplink transmission resources and coherence information to the multiple transmission ports, and transmitting, to the base station via the assigned uplink transmission resources, the multiple transmission signals via the multiple transmission ports.

Abstract: A method is provided including configuring by a first network node (20-S) a timer for a UE (10) which is started when an inactivity criteria is met, upon expiry of the timer, allowing cell reselection for the UE (10) based on a frequency criteria between a first frequency and at least a second frequency; and forwarding the UE context by the first network node (20-S) controlling the first frequency to at least a second network node (20-T) controlling the at least second frequency.

Abstract: A method including configuring a first radio beam pair and at least a second radio beam pair to a communication connection, wherein the first radio beam pair includes a first transmission radio beam having a first transmission direction and the second radio beam pair including a second transmission radio beam having a second transmission direction different from the first transmission direction; triggering channel contention to transmit at least one message from the apparatus and performing radio channel sensing for both the first transmission radio beam and the second transmission radio beam during the channel contention; acquiring a transmission opportunity in response to detecting that a radio channel is available for at least one of the first transmission radio beam and the second transmission radio beam; and causing transmission of the at least one message during the transmission opportunity.

Abstract: Devices, methods and computer programs for compensation of residual time-frequency error(s) in communications between a network node device and a client device are disclosed. A network node device determines an auxiliary reference signal indication comprising presence information and location information of an auxiliary reference signal in a physical downlink channel transmission. The network node device transmits to the client device the auxiliary reference signal associated with a physical downlink channel in accordance with the determined auxiliary reference signal indication. The client device uses the received auxiliary reference signal for the compensation of the residual time-frequency error(s) in the communications.

Abstract: A method may include determining, by a user device, an identifier to be used in a random access procedure to indicate a request for a positioning reference signal; selecting, by the user device, a downlink reference signal among a plurality of downlink reference signals received from a network node; controlling sending, by the user device to the network node, as part of a random access procedure, a random access preamble via a random access resource associated with the selected downlink reference signal, and the determined identifier; controlling receiving, by the user device from the network node, the requested positioning reference signal; and carrying out a positioning procedure using the requested positioning reference signal.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for configuring Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) resources of neighboring cells for inter-cell mobility are provided. One method may include providing, by a network node, at least one reporting configuration to one or more user equipment. The reporting configuration is based on at least one of channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) or synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) blocks. The method may also include receiving at least one measurement report comprising measurement results when and as specified by the at least one reporting configuration.

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.