Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method for use in a wireless transmitter of a wireless communication network comprises encoding information bits using a purity check matrix (PCM) and transmitting the encoded information bits to a wireless receiver. The parity check matrix (PCM) is optimized according to two or more approximate cycle extrinsic message degree (ACE) constraints. In some embodiments, a first portion of the PCM is optimized according to a first ACE constraint and a second portion of the PCM is optimized according to a second ACE constraint.

Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure are directed to a method performed by a wireless communication device. The method includes receiving, from a network node, information that configures the wireless communication device for a Configured Grant (CG) based Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission with PUSCH repetitions towards two or more transmissions/reception points (TRPs). The method includes performing the CG based PUSCH transmission with PUSCH repetitions towards the multiple TRPs in accordance with the received information.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method is performed by a wireless device capable of operating in a wireless network where physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions vary by slot. The method comprises: obtaining a starting symbol S of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), wherein S is relative to a reference symbol related to a PDCCH monitoring occasion where the PDSCH is scheduled; deriving a Type-1 hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK) codebook based on the starting symbol S; and transmitting to a network node one or more HARQ-ACKs based on the HARQ-ACK codebook.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method implemented by a network node in a communication network comprises: triggering one or more aperiodic channel state information (A-CSI) reports from a user equipment (UE) through downlink control information (DCI); and providing to the UE information about a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource for transmitting the triggered one or more A-CSI reports.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing feedback are provided. In some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device includes: determining a set of occasions for candidate PDSCH receptions taking into account the number of sub-slots in an uplink slot; determining a set of occasions for Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS) PDSCH releases taking into account the number of sub-slots; the number of sub-slots is used to scale the number of downlink slots within an uplink slot when determining a set of occasions for candidate PDSCH receptions; and the number of sub-slots is used to scale the number of downlink slots within an uplink slot when determining a set of occasions for SPS PDSCH releases. Some embodiments allow for a full support of Type-1 HARQ-ACK codebook for subslot-based HARQ-ACK. Some embodiments are simple to implement into the specification and preserve the existing behavior for the slot-based Type-1 HARQ-ACK codebook determination.

Abstract: A method (300) performed by a UE. The method includes the UE receiving a message transmitted by a network node, the message comprising RTT based measurement information and at least one measurement reporting configuration. The UE also performs at least one of: i) transmitting to the network node a first time difference report in accordance with the measurement reporting configuration, wherein the first time difference report transmitted by the UE comprises a first time difference measurement result, or ii) receiving a second time difference report transmitted by the network node, wherein the second time difference report transmitted by the network node comprises a second time difference measurement result.

Abstract: The application relates to the adaptation of the length of the cyclic redundancy check (CRC) code in the context of 3GPP NR. In 3GPP NR, the length of the uplink and downlink control information (UCI, DCI) significantly varies. Therefore, it is necessary to select a CRC code of appropriate size or length. Accordingly, a method (200) for use in a wireless transmitter comprises: determining an amount of data to transmit (212); determining a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) polynomial length based on the amount of data to transmit (214); encoding the data using a CRC of the determined polynomial length (216); and transmitting the encoded data (216). The data to transmit may not only comprise control channel data but also user data and may be encoded with a Polar code or a low-density parity check (LDPC) code.

Abstract: Systems and methods for priority handling for Aperiodic-Channel State Information (A-CSI) on Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) are provided. In some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device includes: determining a first priority level of a first Uplink Control Information (UCI) (A-CSI on PUCCH triggered by a downlink related DCI); determining a second priority level of a second UCI; and/or performing a priority level handling action based on a comparison of the first priority level and the second priority level. In some embodiments, performing the priority level handling action includes: multiplexing the UCIs and transmitting them together; transmitting the first UCI and the second UCI separately; and dropping one of the UCIs and transmitting the other. In this way, proper priority levels can be determined for A-CSI on PUCCH when it collides with other types of UCI.

Abstract: Systems and methods for Channel State Information (CSI) enhancements are provided. In some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device for reporting channel conditions includes one or more of: receiving a Channel State Information-Interference Measurement (CSI-IM) pattern; and reporting channel conditions based on the CSI-IM pattern. In some embodiments, the CSI-IM pattern spans multiple Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols on a single subcarrier in a slot. In this way, these CSI-IM patterns might allow better interference measurement by capturing interference in all OFDM symbols in a slot and thus more accurate interference estimation and CSI feedback. The enhanced aperiodic CSI might allow interference variations over time to be measured and reported so that proper margins can be applied by the base station in downlink scheduling to ensure reliable data delivery while maintaining high spectrum efficiency.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method implemented by a network node in a communication network for obtaining channel state information (CSI) comprises generating a downlink control information (DCI) to trigger an aperiodic CSI (A-CSI) reporting via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and transmitting the DCI to a terminal device to initiate A-CSI reporting on the PUCCH.

Abstract: There is provided a method for operating a network node. The method of operating a network node includes configuring a UE with a PUCCH group including a plurality of cells, and configuring the UE to dynamically change a cell on which HARQ-ACK feedback for a cell of the PUCCH group is transmitted. A network node, a method for a user equipment and a user equipment is also provided.

Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a method by a transmitter is provided for adaptively generating precoder bits for a Polar code. The method includes acquiring at least one configuration parameter upon which a total number of precoder bits depends. The at least one configuration parameter comprising at least one of an information block length K,a code block length N, and/or a code rate R=K/N. The total number of precoder bits is determined, and the precoder bits for a code block are generated according to the determined total number of precoder bits. The precoder bits are placed within the code block.

Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in idle mode, for determining common search space (CSS) for NB-IoT paging is disclosed. The method comprises determining a set of periodic subframes as a Paging Occasion (PO) subframe pattern. The method further comprises monitoring a starting subframe of paging CSS for a Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI). The starting subframe of paging CSS is determined as follows: a first subframe (SF0) defined by the Paging Occasion subframe pattern, is used when SF0 is determined to be a valid downlink subframe. A next valid downlink subframe after SF0 is used when SF0 is determined to be an invalid downlink subframe.

Abstract: A UE for handling communication in a wireless communication network, wherein PUCCH overlaps one or more PUSCH, on one or multiple carriers with at least one symbol. The UE is configured to multiplex one or more UCI to a radio network node, with a PUSCH or with resources of a configured grant, CG, based on whether or not a condition has been fulfilled. The condition relates to: a priority of a CG transmission relative a dynamic PUSCH transmission; a priority of a CG transmission relative other CG transmissions; allowance to carry any UCI in CG resources; presence of media access control, MAC, protocol data unit, PDU, for uplink, UL, transmission; if UCI is scheduled for transmission at a time as PUSCH, the UCI is multiplexed onto the PUSCH; CG size; failure rate of PDCCH; and/or whether dynamically scheduled uplink grant and CG are present.

Abstract: A method (500) performed by a UE. The method includes the UE receiving a configuration message that comprises positioning reference signal (PRS) resource configuration information defining a PRS resource configuration. The method also includes the UE receiving a trigger message transmitted by a base station, the trigger message comprising information for identifying the PRS resource configuration. The method also includes, after receiving the trigger message, the UE receiving a PRS transmitted by the base station according to the PRS resource configuration, wherein The PRS is a semi-persistently or an a-periodically transmitted DL reference signal.

Abstract: A wireless communication device (412) replicates, at a Radio Link Control (RLC) layer of a protocol stack of the wireless communication device (412), an original packet associated to a particular service to provide one or more replicate packets. Each of the one or more replicate packets is a replication of the original packet. For each packet from among a set of packets consisting of the original packet and at least one of the one or more replicate packets, the wireless communication device (412) generates a transport block that comprises the packet and transmits the transport block to one or more base stations or transmission/reception points, TRPs, via a physical layer of the protocol stack of the wireless communication device (412).

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless communication device comprises receiving a configuration of a first spatial relation or a first Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state and a second spatial relation or a second TCI state for an uplink channel and transmitting the uplink channel a number of times in a first set of resources according to the first spatial relation/TCI state and in a second set of resources according to the second spatial relation/TCI state. The method further comprises receiving a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) carrying a Media Access Control (MAC) control element (CE), transmitting a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) associated with the PDSCH in the uplink channel, and applying the MAC CE command according to a timing that is based on a slot or sub-slot over which a last transmission repetition of the uplink channel is transmitted.

Abstract: A method performed by a wireless device for determining a start symbol of a plurality of PDSCH transmission occasions using a relative reference symbol includes: receiving an indication that includes indications: that enable/disable the use of the relative reference symbol; the offset between the last symbol of a first PDSCH and the first symbol of a second PDSCH; that there are multiple PDSCH transmission occasions; and that a symbol of the first transmission occasion and length corresponding to all transmission occasions; and determining the symbol at which each of the plurality of PDSCH transmission occasions end which will be used to determine the start symbol of the next PDSCH transmission occasion. In this way, the wireless device behavior is defined on how many PDSCH repetitions the wireless device can receive when the use of the new relative reference for the starting symbol of the first PDSCH repetition is enabled.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for Physical Uplink Control Channel enhancement. In one embodiment, a method performed by a user equipment in the wireless communication network that includes multiple Transmission and Receiving Points (TRPs), each associated with a spatial relation or a Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state, includes receiving, from a base station, a configuration of a first and second spatial relations or a configuration of a first and second TCI states for an uplink channel resource, and an indication of N transmission repetitions of the uplink channel. Also, the method includes transmitting the uplink channel in N consecutive sub-slots, and applying the first spatial relation or the first TCI state to the uplink channel transmission repetitions in a first subset of the sub-slots and applying the second spatial relation or the second TCI state to the uplink channel transmission repetitions in a second subset of the sub-slots.

Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure are directed to a method performed by a wireless communication device for providing Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) feedback. The method includes dropping a first transmission that was to comprise a HARQ-Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook that comprises HARQ-ACK feedback information for one or more first Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmissions. The method includes transmitting a second transmission in which at least a portion of the dropped HARQ-ACK codebook is combined with other HARQ-ACK feedback information for one or more second PDSCH transmissions.