Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising, receiving a plurality of sets of radio resource configurations for communicating data via a first logical channel, determining a configuration of duplication and activating, based on a criterion associated with the configuration of duplication, one set of radio resource configurations from the plurality of sets of radio resource configurations for communication of said data via the first logical channel.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of communications, and provides a network data analytics method, a network data analytics function (NWDAF) network element and a communication system. The NWDAF network element collects network data associated with an area of interest AOI, wherein the network data comprises energy-saving state information of a cell of the area of interest AOI. The network data associated with the area of interest AOI is analyzed by combining the energy-saving state information of the cell of the area of interest AOI, and the analysis result is output. The NWDAF network element can distinguish network data of the cell in the energy-saving state and the non-energy-saving state.

Abstract: Methods and systems for sending and receiving an enhanced downlink control channel are disclosed. The method may include receiving control channel information via an enhanced control channel. The method may also include using the control channel information to receive a shared channel. The method may include detecting the presence of the enhanced control channel in a given subframe. The enhanced control channel may be transmitted over multiple antenna ports. For example, code divisional multiplexing and de-multiplexing and the use of common and UE-specific reference signals may be utilized. New control channel elements may be defined, and enhanced control channel state information (CSI) feedback may be utilized. The presence or absence of legacy control channels may affect the demodulation and or decoding methods. The method may be implemented at a WTRU.

Abstract: Implementations described herein provide systems and methods for data management for a plurality of source devices. In one implementation, a policy profile is obtained for data management in a hierarchical environment associated with the source devices. The policy profile includes an action and a priority level. The policy profile is published downstream in the hierarchical environment, and the policy profile deployed at one or more source devices of the plurality of source devices in the hierarchical environment. Data is communicated from the one or more source devices upstream in the hierarchical environment according to the action and the priority level of the policy profile.

Abstract: A method in a UE for adapting a measurement procedure is provided. The UE obtains information about signal configurations that indicate whether or not a Downlink Reference Signal (DL RS) transmitted in neighbor cells on a first carrier frequency of a first carrier uses a first signal configuration or a second signal configuration. The first signal configuration comprises the DL RS not being transmitted in every subframe of a cell and the second signal configuration comprises the DL RS being transmitted in every subframe of a cell. The UE receives a DL RS in a serving cell of the UE on the first carrier frequency that uses the second signal configuration. The UE adapts the measurement procedure based on the obtained information by adapting a measurement sampling or an instance when the UE shall obtain samples for one or more types of radio measurements.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for sounding reference signal (SRS) resource configuration enhancements. A method generally receiving pre-configuration information for one or more reference signal transmissions, performing, at a first time during an ON duration of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, measurements on one or more reference signals based, at least in part, on the pre-configuration information, determining if, at a second time during the ON duration after the first time, a trigger frame associated with the one or more reference signal transmissions has been received, and transmitting a measurement report corresponding to the measurements if a trigger frame has been received.

Abstract: A method of operating a signaling radio node in a radio access network is provided. The method includes transmitting control signaling to a feedback radio node. The control signaling includes control information having a bit pattern. The bit pattern has a subpattern with M bits in which the control information pertains to feedback signaling. A number M1 of the M bits of the subpattern is assigned to represent an assignment indication, and a number M2 of the M bits of the subpattern is assigned to represent a resource indication in which M1 and M2 are determined based on a size indication pertaining to the feedback signaling. The disclosure also pertains to related methods and devices.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the invention provide at least a method and apparatus to perform at least determining, by a user equipment of a communication network, information comprising a plurality of frequency ranges of a transmission; receiving, by the user equipment, the plurality of frequency ranges of the transmission distributed over different time slots monitored by the user equipment; and combining, by the user equipment, the received plurality of frequency ranges to derive content of the transmission. Further, to perform at least determining, by a network device of a communication network, information comprising a plurality of frequency ranges of a transmission; and sending, by the network device, to user equipment of the communication network the plurality of frequency ranges of the transmission distributed over different time slots monitored by the user equipment for causing combining at the user equipment to derive content of the transmission.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station (BS), a signaling communication that configures a plurality of redundancy version (RV) index, transmit precoder matrix indicator (TPMI), sounding reference signal (SRS) resource indicator (SRI), and demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port combinations. The UE may transmit, based at least in part on the plurality of RV index, TPMI, SRI, and DMRS port combinations, respective physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) communications to the BS. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless forwarding node may receive, from a control node via a fronthaul control interface, semi-static configuration information indicating one or more parameters for forwarding a remaining minimum system information (RMSI) physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). The wireless node may receive, from a transmitter node, information associated with an RMSI PDCCH that schedules transmission of an RMSI physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) that carries RMSI associated with an access procedure. The wireless node may transmit an RMSI PDCCH to one or more receiver nodes based at least in part on the received information and the semi-static configuration information. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, on a particular control resource set (CORESET), downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). The UE may be configured with multi-DCI based multi-transmission/reception point (TRP) operation. The UE may determine, based at least in part on the UE being configured with multi-DCI based multi-TRP operation, a fixed higher layer index that identifies a CORESET group with which the particular CORESET is associated. The UE may perform an operation, associated with receiving the PDSCH or transmitting the PUSCH, based at least in part on the fixed higher layer index identifying the CORESET group with which the particular CORESET is associated. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A network access node including a transceiver coupled to a sidelink receiver user equipment (UE) (or to a sidelink transmitter UE) is disclosed. The network access node may obtain a network access interface discontinuous reception (DRX) slot offset value (or a sidelink interface DRX slot offset value) corresponding to a shift in a network access interface DRX Active state start time (or a sidelink interface DRX Active state start time) of the receiver UE. The shift may configure an alignment of a sidelink interface DRX Active state start time (or the network access interface DRX Active state start time) with the network access interface DRX Active state start time (or the sidelink interface DRX Active state start time). The network access interface DRX (or sidelink interface DRX) slot offset value may be transmitted to the receiver UE.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a broadcast signal transmission/reception method using multiple antennas and layered-division multiplexing and an apparatus for the same. A broadcast signal transmission apparatus includes a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) Bit-Interleaved Coded Modulation (BICM) unit for dividing enhanced layer data into two enhanced layer signals having different polarizations, a combination unit for generating a multiplexed signal corresponding to a first transmitting antenna by combining a core layer signal corresponding to core layer data with a first enhanced layer signal, and transmission signal generation units for generating a first transmission signal, corresponding to the multiplexed signal and transmitted through the first transmitting antenna, and a second transmission signal, corresponding to a second enhanced layer signal and transmitted through a second transmitting antenna.

Abstract: A system and associated method for clock synchronization includes a visited-control plane network node and a home-control plane network node. The visited-control plane network node transmits to the home-control plane network node first information indicating a time parameter determining method supported by the visited-control plane network node. The home-control plane network node responds with second information indicating a time parameter determining method to be used by the visited-control plane network node.

Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving information about a downlink (DL) transmission transmitted from NRRH>1 RRHs, wherein: NRRH=number of remote radio heads (RRHs), RRH r comprises a group of antenna ports, and r=1, . . . , NRRH; receiving the DL transmission; and decoding the information about the DL transmission; wherein the DL transmission is based on a scheme that is a combination of a precoding scheme and a diversity scheme, wherein the precoding scheme corresponds to applying an intra-RRH precoder component to antenna ports within an RRH, and wherein the diversity scheme corresponds to applying an inter-RRH diversity component to antenna ports across RRHs.

Abstract: Methods for processing and indicating an HARQ mechanism, a terminal and a network side device are provided. The method includes: receiving scheduling information, the scheduling information being used to schedule transmission of a data packet; and determining whether the data packet scheduled by the scheduling information adopts the HARQ mechanism in accordance with the scheduling information.

Abstract: A wireless communication node comprising an antenna arrangement that is adapted to radiate at least one radiation beam of a first type and at least one radiation beam of a second type. Said at least one radiation beam of the first type has a first type beamwidth (BT1) and said at least one radiation beam of the second type has a second type beamwidth (BT2) that exceeds the first type beamwidth (BT1). Said at least one radiation beam of the first type is arranged for communication with at least a first other node, and where said at least one radiation beam of the second type is arranged for detection of changes in propagation paths for said other node and/or appearances of further other nodes.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and device used in nodes for wireless communications. The node firstly receives K information blocks, K being a positive integer greater than 1, each of the K information blocks comprises a first-type index and at least one second-type index; and then receives a first signaling and a second signaling respectively in a first resource set and a second resource set; and transmits first UCI in a physical layer channel on a first cell, the first cell being capable of bearing a HARQ-ACK associated with the first signaling; the first UCI comprises a HARQ-ACK associated with a second signaling. The present disclosure improves the method and device for design of HARQ-ACK codebook grouping to optimize the system performance.

Abstract: Disclosed are: a method for a terminal, in a wireless communication system comprising the terminal and a base station including a plurality of cells, to report a beam failure of at least one cell among a plurality of cells set to the terminal; and a terminal and a base station supporting same. According to one applicable embodiment, the terminal can report beam failure information to the base station more efficiently, on the basis of a specific CSI trigger state called/directed from the base station and the at least one cell in which beam failure has occurred, and in response, the base station can recognize, with low signaling overhead, the beam failure of the at least one cell.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described to enable one or both of a base station or a user equipment (UE) to identify one or more physical cell identifiers (PCIs) for a scheduled communication, using an association between the one or more PCIs and a control resource set (CORESET), for example, used to transmit a grant scheduling the communication. The base station may identify a mapping between one or more PCIs associated with a communication and may transmit, to the UE, a grant scheduling the communication on a CORESET associated with the one or more PCIs. The UE may identify a mapping between the CORESET and the one or more PCIs associated with the communication based on receiving the grant in the CORESET. The UE and the base station may communicate a message scheduled by the grant using parameters associated with the one or more identified PCIs.

Abstract: A network device functions as an access point in a wireless local area network. The network device includes one or more memories and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to generate a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) that includes a plurality of aggregated media access control protocol data units (A-MPDUs), set a length subfield in a common information field of the trigger frame in a first A-MPDU to a same value as corresponding subfields in common information fields of the trigger frames in each of the other A-MPDUs of the plurality of A-MPDUs, and transmit the PPDU through a wireless medium. Each of the plurality of A-MPDUs includes a trigger frame to schedule an uplink transmission.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to techniques for measuring and/or detecting a signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) of a received signal at a user equipment (UE). The received signal may include a desired signal, co-channel interference, adjacent channel interference, and an in-band blocker. The UE may filter (e.g., remove) the various interferences and in-band blocker. The UE may determine or measure a power (or Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI)) of the desired signal and a power (or RSSI) of the co-channel interference separately because the desired signal and the co-channel interference overlap in frequency. To do so, the UE may determine a total power of the received signal including the desired signal and co-channel interference. The UE may receive the desired signal again while an uplink transmission is deactivated (and thus without the interference). The UE may then calculate the SIR based on the total power and the power of the desired signal.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may transmit, and a user equipment (UE) may receive, downlink control information (DCI) that indicates a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state associated with a common beam for joint downlink and uplink communication, downlink communication only, or uplink communication only. The UE and the base station may communicate on one or more of a downlink or an uplink using the common beam associated with the TCI state indicated in the DCI. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A communication device, such as a user equipment (UE) may receive control signaling indicating a set of configurations including a set of random access channel (RACH) configurations or a set of scheduling request (SR) configurations. At least one RACH configuration of the set of RACH configurations includes a UE-group common RACH configuration or at least one SR configuration of the set of SR configurations includes a UE-group common SR configuration. The UE may select one or more configurations of the set of RACH configurations or the set of SR configurations based on receiving the control signaling and may perform the wireless communications.

Abstract: A method by which a terminal transmits a sounding reference signal (SRS) in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present application comprises the steps of: receiving setting information related to transmission of the sounding reference signal (SRS); and transmitting the SRS.

Abstract: A wireless device receives a radio resource control (RRC) release message including: an identifier of a first downlink reference signal (RS) of downlink RSs of a cell; parameters of an uplink resource, corresponding to the first downlink RS, for use in transmission during an RRC inactive state; and a first threshold. In the RRC inactive state, the wireless device transmits a transport block via the uplink resource validated for use in transmission during the RRC inactive state. The uplink resource is validated in response to a reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement value, based on the first downlink RS, not having increased by more than the first threshold when compared to a reference RSRP measurement value.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for transmitting sidelink data by a first user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting sidelink communication between the first UE and a second UE. The method includes identifying configuration information including information associated with discontinuous reception (DRX) for the sidelink communication, and in case that the second UE performs a DRX operation, transmitting the sidelink data to the second UE in a DRX active time, the DRX active time of the second UE being identified based on the configuration information.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present application relate to random access method and device, the method including: sending, by a terminal device, a first message to a network device, where the first message includes a random access preamble and UL message, and the UL message includes a first identifier; determining, by the terminal device, a first target radio network temporary identifier RNTI used for blindly detecting a first physical downlink control channel PDCCH according to the first identifier; blindly detecting, by the terminal device, the first PDCCH according to the first target RNTI; determining, by the terminal device, whether a contention conflict in a random access procedure is resolved according to a blind detection result of the first PDCCH or a first physical downlink shared channel PDSCH scheduled by the first PDCCH.

Abstract: An improved discontinuous reception (DRX) mechanism is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising receiving a request to attach to a cellular network from user equipment (UE). The method then identifies a group identifier associated with the UE and determines a DRX parameter based on the group identifier. Finally, the method transmits the DRX parameter to the UE.

Abstract: A device management system according to one embodiment includes: a notification processing unit configured to obtain a proximity notification that represents a situation in which a portable connection source device is in proximity to a target connection destination device; and a connection determining unit configured to manage a connection between the connection source device and the target connection destination device through a radio communication network in response to the proximity notification.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatuses for controlling a mode of operation of a wireless device. A method in a base station comprises receiving, from a core network node, a first indication of a level of pending signalling or user plane data to be transmitted to the wireless device; and based on the first indication, controlling the mode of operation of the wireless device.

Abstract: A wireless communication device for communicating across a wireless communication channel includes a memory storing instructions and one or more processors coupled to the memory to execute the instructions stored in the memory. The instructions are configured to determine a plurality of channel estimation measurements corresponding to a plurality of PPDUs received from an additional wireless communication device; determine a plurality of position measurements using information about the transmission of the plurality of PPDUs, wherein the position measurement is a position of the additional wireless communication device relative to the wireless communication device; select a subset of the plurality of channel estimation measurements based on the plurality of position measurements; and determine a change in a state of the wireless communication channel based on the selected subset of the plurality of channel estimation measurements.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining channel statistics for clear channel assessments. One method (900) includes determining (902), by an apparatus (102), channel statistics corresponding to a plurality of listen-before-talk channel access types, a plurality of channel access priorities, a plurality of frequency ranges, or some combination thereof. The channel statistics indicate whether clear channel assessments for transmission on a shared resource are successful. The method (900) includes transmitting (904) information corresponding to the channel statistics to a network device.

Abstract: A base station device that allocates wireless resources to a terminal device and performs wireless communication with the terminal device using the allocated wireless resources, the base station device includes, deciding controller that decides, out of a plurality of retransmission patterns, a retransmission pattern for performing retransmission of data to the terminal device, in accordance with a communication state of wireless communication, and a transmitter that performs initial-time transmission processing of transmitting a control signal for wireless resource allocation control, and a data signal for data transmission including data to be transmitted to the terminal device, including retransmission pattern information relating to the retransmission pattern that has been decided, and retransmission processing of retransmitting the data signal including data to be transmitted to the terminal device, in accordance with the retransmission pattern that has been decided.

Abstract: Fallback aspects associated with the power ramping procedure are addressed. More specifically, a set of control mechanisms allows for a gNB to adjust thresholds for controlling the UE transfer from a 2-step RACH procedure to a 4-step RACH procedure while still maintaining a proper setting for transmit power during this transition. The mechanism will allow for a UE to have a smooth transition to the 4-step procedure instead of having to start the power ramping from scratch when transferring to the fall-back routine.

Abstract: A communication apparatus capable of communicating with a master base station and a secondary base station, after it is decided, in a case where a radio resource control (RRC) state of the apparatus is Inactive state, where the apparatus is disconnected in a physical layer and is connected in a logical layer, to cause the RRC state to transit from the Inactive state to Connected state, where the apparatus is connected in the physical layer and the logical layer, executes processing for connecting with the master base station and the secondary base station, and in a case where the processing for connecting with the master base station or the secondary base station fails, causes the RRC state to transit to Idle state, where the apparatus is connected in neither the physical layer nor the logical layer.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a repeater may receive configuration information associated with configuring involvement of the repeater in an access procedure. The repeater may generate a signal associated with the access procedure based at least in part on the configuration information. The repeater may transmit the signal to a wireless communication device based at least in part on the configuration information and other information associated with the access procedure. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques that may allow a base station and user equipment (UE) to be in agreement on spatial quasi co-location (QCL) assumptions for transmission in certain scenarios. The techniques may be used, for example, to determine QCL assumptions for downlink transmissions sent in an initial control resource set (CORESET) on an initial downlink bandwidth part (BWP) where dedicated signaling of such assumptions may be lacking. In some cases, the techniques may involve a UE determining a beam to use for monitoring for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission on the initial CORESET in the initial downlink BWP that lacks dedicated signaling of QCL information and monitoring for the PDCCH on the initial CORESET in the initial BWP using the determined beam. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: Provided are a method and a device for multi-carrier data transmission. The method includes: performing, by a first UE, data transmission between UEs via a first carrier; determining, based on a status of a second UE, a second carrier for performing multi-carrier data transmission; and performing data transmission between UEs via the first carrier and the second carrier. The device includes: a second carrier determination module, configured to determine, based on a status of a second UE, a second carrier for performing multi-carrier data transmission in response to data transmission being performed with the second UE via a first carrier; and a transmission module configured to perform data transmission between UEs via the first carrier and the second carrier.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first wireless node may receive, at a mobile termination unit of the first wireless node, an indication of transmission of a first paging message to a second wireless node by a third wireless node. The indication may be received from a distributed unit of the third wireless node. A distributed unit of the first wireless node may transmit, based on receive the indication of transmission of the first paging message, a second paging message to the second wireless node. Receiving the indication of the first paging message may include receiving, by the mobile termination unit of the first wireless node, the first paging message that is transmitted to the second wireless node.

Abstract: A wireless communication system serves user functions to a wireless user device. The wireless communication system serves selects the user functions for the wireless user device. The wireless communication system selects User Plane Functions (UPFs) to serve the selected user functions. The wireless communication system selects data routes between the selected UPFs. At least one of the selected UPFs receives user data for the wireless user device. At least some of the selected UPFs route the user data among the selected UPFs based on the selected data routes. The selected UPFs serve the selected user functions to the user data for the wireless user device. At least one of the selected UPFs transfers at least some of user data to one or more external data systems. The user functions may comprise deep packet inspection, network border security, low-latency data transfer, high-throughput data transfer, data cryptography, and/or another data service.

Abstract: One disclosure of the present specification provides a method by which an AMF node of a first network performs communication on the basis of a plurality of SIMs. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a registration request message from a terminal through a base station of the first network; receiving, from an SMF node of the first network, a first message including information requesting the activation of a PDU session of the terminal; receiving a second message that includes caller's ID information related to downlink data; and transmitting, to the terminal, a paging message or a non-access stratum (NAS) notification message including the caller's ID information through the base station of the first network.

Abstract: A wireless device receives one or more first radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising configuration parameters indicating: a first sensing window of a first sensing procedure; and a second sensing window of a second sensing procedure. The wireless device selects, based on the first sensing window, a first candidate resource set for one or more sidelink transmissions. The wireless device selects, based on the second sensing window and for the one or more sidelink transmissions, a second candidate resource set from the first selected candidate resource set. The wireless device transmit the one or more sidelink transmissions via one or more resources of the second candidate resource set.

Abstract: A handover control method according to a first aspect is a method for performing conditional handover of user equipment from a source cell to which the user equipment is connected to a target cell. The handover control method includes receiving, by the user equipment, from the source cell, a handover command for the conditional handover, detecting, by the user equipment, connection failure after receiving the handover command, and transmitting, by the user equipment, to a cell to which the user equipment is connected, a report message including information regarding the connection failure in the conditional handover.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for downlink assignments for downlink control channels. One method includes, in response to an assignment group comprising a first assignment: determining a first data channel allocation comprising resources allocated to a first data channel; determining a first DMRS symbol location associated with the first data channel based on the first assignment, a first set of OFDM symbols, and a second set of OFDM symbols; and decoding the first data channel. The method includes, in response to the assignment group comprising a second assignment: determining a second data channel allocation comprising resources allocated to a second data channel; determining a second DMRS symbol location associated with the second data channel based on the second assignment, the first set of OFDM symbols, and the second set of OFDM; and decoding the second data channel.

Abstract: A network function configured for operation in a mobile telecommunications network is provided. The network function is configured to obtain from a User Equipment (UE), a Protocol Data Unit, PDU, session request for establishment of a redundant PDU session and to determine said redundant PDU session to be established based on at least one network condition. The network function is configured to provide the UE the outcome of the determination if said redundant PDU session is to be established. Hereby a network function that can consider Network conditions to determine (initiate/reject) the redundant user plane feature for the URLLC services can be provided. By allowing the network to determine establishment of redundant user plane resource exhaustion can be avoided in that the UE is no longer controlling the establishment of a redundant user plane.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for sidelink resource selection with AD usage awareness. A UE may receive, from one or more ANs, one or more resource usage schedules associated with one or more ADs in communication with the one or more ANs. The UE may combine the one or more resource usage schedules associated with the one or more ADs into a combined resource usage schedule. The usages may be associated with the combined resource usage schedule, which may be indicative of excluded resources for a transmission of the UE. The UE may transmit, based on the combined resource usage schedule, the transmission of the UE on a resource other than the excluded resources.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for reconstruction of a protocol data unit (PDU) for fast and reliable retransmission of a service data unit (SDU) after maximum retransmission is provided. Upon determining that a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) retransmission of a first PDU including a specific SDU is unsuccessful, a wireless device constructs a second PDU including the first SDU which is prioritized to be included in the second PDU.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information processing method, an information processing device, a terminal and a computer readable storage medium. The method includes: receiving first indication information sent by a second terminal, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate that the second terminal is able to schedule a sidelink resource; a number of the second terminal is greater than or equal to 1.

Abstract: When a user equipment (UE) is configured with a primary cell (PCell) and one or more secondary cells (SCell), scheduling of uplink (UL) and/or downlink (DL) resources for the UE may be received from the primary cell. However, in some circumstances, the primary cell may be unable to provide such scheduling related information. In such circumstances, one or more secondary cells may be enabled to provide scheduling related information to the UE such that cells other than the primary cell may function as scheduling cells. Information regarding dormancy states of the cells (primary and/or secondary) may also be provided by the scheduling cells.