Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of channel access procedure based on the channel access priority class (CAPC). The method comprises receiving scheduling information from a second device, the scheduling information at least indicating resources allocated for a transmission from the first device to the second device, a channel access type for the transmission and an expected access priority for the transmission. The method further comprises comparing the expected access priority with an access priority of data in a buffer of the first device and determining use of the resources based on the comparison. In this way, the Channel Occupancy Time (COT) sharing can be used only for the data with higher or equal priority to avoid unintended usage of the grant on unlicensed band and coexistence fairness among nodes with different types of traffic to be transmitted may be achieved.

Abstract: According to an example embodiment, a method may include determining, by a wireless node in a cell, a silent resource pattern for each of a plurality of signal waveform types including at least a single carrier waveform type and a multicarrier waveform type, wherein each silent resource pattern identifies one or more resource elements that are indicated as unused by at least one node of the cell for the signal waveform type; determining, by the wireless node, whether a signal waveform type, of the plurality of signal waveform types, for channel sensing is known by the wireless node; performing, by the wireless node if a signal waveform type for channel sensing is known by the wireless node, channel sensing based on a silent resource pattern for a known signal waveform type for channel sensing of the plurality of signal waveform types; and otherwise, performing, by the wireless node if the signal wave form type for channel sensing is not known by the wireless node, channel sensing based on a silent resource pa

Abstract: In accordance with example embodiments of the invention as disclosed herein there is a method and apparatus to perform at least identifying, by a network node, a need to perform an uplink transmission within a channel occupancy time of radio channel, wherein the network node is scheduled for performing an uplink transmission, and wherein the identifying comprises identifying an energy level of a gap of channel occupancy time of radio when indicated in downlink control information; based on the identifying, setting a duration of a transmission in the channel occupancy time of radio channel; and performing the uplink transmission based on the set duration of the transmission.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of retransmission mechanism for configured grant uplink transmission. The method comprising transmitting, to a second device, a transport block while starting a configured grant retransmission timer for autonomous retransmission of the transport block; in response to receiving, from the second device, a feedback indicating unsuccessful reception of the transport block, adjusting expiry time of the configured grant retransmission timer without starting the autonomous retransmission of the transport block; determining whether scheduling information for retransmission of the transport block is received before the adjusted configured grant retransmission timer expires; and in response to determining that the scheduling information is received, retransmitting the transport block while stopping the configured grant retransmission timer.

Abstract: According to a first embodiment, a method may include initiating, by a user equipment, a first countdown timer associated with a first initial value and a first timer-interval, and a second countdown timer associated with a second initial value and a second timer-interval. The method may further include determining, by the user equipment, whether at least one first indication is detected during the first timer-interval. The method may further include adjusting, by the user equipment, at least one of the first countdown timer or the second countdown timer based on the determining.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to apparatuses, methods and computer readable storage media for contention window size (CWS) adjustment feedback. The first device comprises at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program codes; the at least one memory and the computer program codes are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the device at least to receive at least one transport block from a second device on a predetermined bandwidth part for a transmission from the second device to the first device, the at least one transport block transmitted in a set of subbands of the predetermined bandwidth part; generate a feedback based on a set of reception states of the at least one transport block in the set of subbands; and transmit the feedback to the second device so that the second device adjusts a contention window size (CWS) for a further transmission from the second device to the first device.

Abstract: A method may include receiving, by a user equipment from a network entity, a first downlink (DL) control signal activating semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) of a first set of downlink data transmissions, the downlink control signal indicating an applicable hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback timing for the first set of downlink data transmissions and receiving one or more of the first set of downlink data transmissions. The user equipment may determine that an applicable HARQ feedback timing for a second set of downlink data transmission previously received with an inapplicable HARQ feedback timing has not been provided. In response to the determination, the user equipment may determine a HARQ feedback timing for the one or more of the first set of downlink data transmissions based a second DL control signal indicating an applicable HARQ feedback timing received after reception of the one or more of the first set of downlink data transmissions.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to store a bandwidth part arrangement of the bandwidth part into plural physical resource blocks which are grouped into bundles forming a bundle grid, wherein the bandwidth part includes at least one guard band, to determine at least one of the bundles as partially overlapping with the at least one guard band, each partially overlapping bundle including overlapping and non-overlapping physical resource blocks, and to at least one of: 1) re-assign at least one of the non-overlapping physical resource blocks to a non-overlapping bundle immediately preceding or immediately following, in the bundle grid, the partially overlapping bundle, 2) re-align a first physical resource block of the non-overlapping bundle immediately following the partially overlapped bundle to coincide with a guard band end, and 3) re-align a last physical resource block of the non-overlapping bundle immediately preceding the partially overlapped bundle to coincide with a guard band start.

Abstract: In accordance with example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform receiving, by a network device, information comprising a multiple transmission time interval uplink grant with cyclic redundancy check bits scrambled by a radio network temporary identifier; determining, by the network device of a communication network, a subset of data transmissions of a previous burst of data transmissions to be retransmitted by the network device; and performing by the network device retransmission of the subset of data transmissions using scheduled resources of the uplink grant.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for indicating network node fixed frame period (FFP) or UE FFP. A UE may transmit an uplink (UL) signal at a start of a UE FFP. A network node may respond by allocating UL resource(s) for subsequent UE transmission(s). The network node may implicitly signal, in Downlink Control Information (DCI), whether a UL transmission is to be transmitted based on assuming a UE FFP or a network node FFP for the UL transmission. The UE may make this assumption based on a cyclic prefix (CP) extension indication in DCI. For example, for certain CP extensions, the UE may determine to transmit the UL transmission according to the UE FFP. Otherwise, the UE may determine to transmit the UL transmission according to a network node FFP.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from efficient communications. For example, low latency long term evolution (LTE) systems may benefit from a short physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) arrangement. A method may include operating a user equipment to follow a shortened transmission time interval. The shortened transmission time interval can be an integer number, L, of symbols in length. The method can also include sending a demodulation reference signal in at least a first symbol of the L symbols of the shortened transmission time interval.

Abstract: In accordance with example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform receiving, by a network device, information comprising a multiple transmission time interval uplink grant with cyclic redundancy check bits scrambled by a radio network temporary identifier; determining, by the network device of a communication network, a subset of data transmissions of a previous burst of data transmissions to be retransmitted by the network device; and performing by the network device retransmission of the subset of data transmissions using scheduled resources of the uplink grant.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for user equipment (UE) power saving utilizing resource block (RB)-sets are provided.

Abstract: A technique may include controlling downlink transmission of an uplink grant for one or more uplink data transmissions by a communication device. The uplink grant identifies one combination from a set of predetermined combinations of one or more transmission time intervals and one or more uplink reference signal transmissions, including at least one combination of two or more transmission time intervals and one or more uplink reference signal transmissions. The technique may also include using the one or more uplink reference signal transmissions of the identified combination to assist the recovery of data from the one or more uplink radio data transmissions by the communication device in the one or more transmission time intervals of the identified combination.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for determining channel access for uplink transmissions. An example method (200) may include determining (210) a duration of a gap between an uplink transmission of a first apparatus and a downlink transmission of a second apparatus before the uplink transmission and in a channel occupancy time of the second apparatus in a case where the uplink transmission falls within the channel occupancy time, and determining (220) at least one of a channel access type and a cyclic prefix extension for the uplink transmission according to the duration of the gap. Related apparatuses and computer readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a solution for performing an operation related to a listen-before-talk (LBT) process for a transmission. In an aspect, an apparatus determines a duration of a gap between an end point of a first transmission to be transmitted by a further apparatus and a start point of a cyclic prefix extension prior to a second transmission to be transmitted by the apparatus. The apparatus performs an operation related to an LBT process for the second transmission based on comparisons between the duration of the gap and a plurality of threshold durations associated with a plurality of types of LBT processes. Example embodiments of the present disclosure can increase or even maximize the likelihood of the success of LBT processes.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of the adjustment of the Timing Advance (TA). The method comprises determining a channel occupancy time structure for accessing a radio channel between the first device and a second device, the channel occupancy time structure indicating a set of time-domain resources for accessing the radio channel; and setting a timing advance for a transmission from the first device to the second device based on the channel occupancy time structure. In this way, a dynamic adjustment of TA is allowed at the UE, which ensures that a desire duration of the gaps of the channel occupancy at different transmission scenarios.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a method includes transmitting, by a network entity, at least one downlink control signal to a user equipment. The downlink control signal comprises a current slot format indicator and a further indicator. The current slot format indicator indicates at least one slot format combination. The further indicator comprises one or more of: at least one offset, at least one applicability indication, at least one next slot format indicator, and at least one indication of at least one channel occupancy time ending.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprising: determining, by a user equipment of a communication network, information received from a communication network comprising a physical uplink control channel resource set indication and an indication of subcarrier spacing used for a physical uplink control channel; based on the information, determining at least one of a size or allocation of at least one physical uplink control channel resource associated with the physical uplink control channel resource set; and transmitting control information associated with the physical uplink control channel to the communication network using at least the determined at least one of size or allocation of the at least one physical uplink control channel resource.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of channel access procedure based on the channel access priority class (CAPC). The method comprises receiving scheduling information from a second device, the scheduling information at least indicating resources allocated for a transmission from the first device to the second device, a channel access type for the transmission and an expected access priority for the transmission. The method further comprises comparing the expected access priority with an access priority of data in a buffer of the first device and determining use of the resources based on the comparison. In this way, the Channel Occupancy Time (COT) sharing can be used only for the data with higher or equal priority to avoid unintended usage of the grant on unlicensed band and coexistence fairness among nodes with different types of traffic to be transmitted may be achieved.