Abstract: An apparatus including at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform: receiving a combined information, where the combined information includes first information regarding inter-cell beam management and second information regarding lower layer mobility; using the second information to initiate a handover of the apparatus from a first cell to a second cell; and using the first information to provide communication of the apparatus with another cell at least partially during the handover to the second cell, where the another cell includes the first cell or a third cell.

Abstract: There is provided a method, apparatus, and computer program for causing a centralized unit of a radio access network to perform: signalling, to a distributed unit of the radio access network, a layer 1 measurement reporting configuration to be executed by a user equipment as part of a lower layer mobility procedure and at least one activation condition for autonomous execution of the layer 1 reporting configuration.

Abstract: An apparatus including at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: determine that a conditional handover condition is met; and based upon the determining that the conditional handover condition is met and based, at least partially, on a priority information, select a conditional handover configuration from at least one conditional handover configuration to perform a conditional handover.

Abstract: An apparatus may be configured to: receive two or more filtering configurations, wherein a first configuration is associated with at least one first target cell associated with a first distributed unit, wherein a second configuration is associated with at least one second target cell associated with at least one second distributed unit, wherein the first distributed unit is different from the at least one second distributed unit; select a configuration of the two or more configurations for at least one target cell based, at least partially, on a determination of whether a serving cell and the at least one target cell are controlled with a same distributed unit, wherein the serving cell is controlled with the first distributed unit; and perform filtering of a plurality of layer one measurements associated with the at least one target cell using the selected configuration.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for configuration and transmission of a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS). A method may include forwarding, to a network element, synchronization signal block measurements of a target cell along with synchronization signal block indices. The method may also include requesting the network element to provide a channel state information reference signal configuration for a channel state information reference signal index whose source reference signal corresponds to at least one of the synchronization signal block indices. The method may further include receiving the channel state information reference signal configuration from the network element. In addition, the method may include transmitting the channel state information reference signal configuration to a user equipment.

Abstract: An apparatus includes at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: establish a connection with a source cell; determine a first timing advance that indicates a propagation delay of uplink transmission to the source cell; determine a second timing advance that indicates a propagation delay of uplink transmission to a target cell; determine whether to initiate a handover procedure to the target cell, based at least on the first timing advance; and synchronize to the target cell during the handover procedure.

Abstract: There is provided a method, apparatus, and computer program for causing a centralized unit of a second access point to perform: signalling, to a first distributed unit of a first access point configured to provide a serving cell to a user equipment, a plurality of power control parameters associated with a target cell and a reconfiguration instruction for configuring the user equipment to report uplink measurements with an indication of whether a maximum permissible exposure event has occurred.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, a method and a computer program product. In accordance with an embodiment the method includes measuring signals of one or more beams of a cell of a wireless communication network for handover; obtaining information of an identity of the one or more beams from the measured signals; storing the measurement results and the identity of the one or more beams; and sending the measurement results and the identity of the one or more beams to the wireless communication network when at least one predetermined condition is fulfilled.

Abstract: An apparatus including: at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: associate communication beams into at least two different groups, where at least one of the groups has at least two of the communication beams; based upon beam-group specific key performance indicators, where the beam-group specific key performance indicators have been based upon the association of the communication beams into the at least two different groups, use the beam-group specific key performance indicators to determine at least one beam-group specific mobility parameter for at least one of the groups of communication beams; and transmit the at least one beam-group specific mobility parameters to a base station.

Abstract: The mobile device includes at least one memory storing computer program code and at least one processor configured to execute the computer program code and cause the mobile device to perform, initiating a time-to-trigger procedure for evaluating a measurement event condition with respect to a serving cell and/or a neighboring cell of a mobile network; storing information related to a beam, which is or was used by the mobile device at the time of initiating the time-to-trigger procedure; and providing the stored beam related information to the mobile network.

Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a user equipment has a processor and a memory including computer program code, where the memory and the computer program code are configured, with the processor, to cause the user equipment to receive from a network node at least one beam-specific mobility parameter associated with at least one respective candidate beam in a serving cell; to switch in the serving cell to a new beam among the at least one candidate beam; and to select a beam-specific mobility parameter associated with the new beam. In another aspect of the present disclosure, a network node has a processor and a memory including computer program code, where the memory and the computer program code are configured, with the processor, to cause the network node to preconfigure at least one beam-specific mobility parameter associated with at least one respective candidate beam in a serving cell; and to send the at least one beam-specific mobility parameter to a user equipment.

Abstract: A method may include detecting, by the user device, a cell identity of a neighbor cell, determining, by the user device, whether either a first measurement by the user device of a signal from the neighbor cell after the detecting or a measurement by the user device of a signal from the neighbor cell within a threshold period of time after the detecting, at least fulfills an entry condition of a measurement reporting event for the neighbor cell, transmitting, by the user device, a measurement report based on the second time-to-trigger value if either the first measurement of a signal from the neighbor cell after the detecting or a measurement of a signal from the neighbor cell within a threshold period of time after the detecting fulfills the entry condition of the measurement reporting event, otherwise, transmitting, by the user device, a measurement report based on the first time-to-trigger value.

Abstract: An apparatus including: at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: associate communication beams into at least two different groups, where at least one of the groups has at least two of the communication beams; based upon beam-group specific key performance indicators, where the beam-group specific key performance indicators have been based upon the association of the communication beams into the at least two different groups, use the beam-group specific key performance indicators to determine at least one beam-group specific mobility parameter for at least one of the groups of communication beams; and transmit the at least one beam-group specific mobility parameters to a base station.