In some examples, an apparatus for user equipment comprises means for receiving, from a network node, information comprising a time and frequency location of control resource set, CORESET, resource configuration information, wherein the CORESET resource configuration information comprises an indication of non-contiguous resources of a CORESET of a first radio access technology, wherein the non-contiguous resources of the CORESET of the first radio access technology are interleaved with at least one set of resources of a CORESET of a second radio access technology, and means for composing, on the basis of the CORESET resource configuration information, a set of logically contiguous CORESET resources on the basis of the non-contiguous resources of the CORESET of the first radio access technology.
A user equipment (UE) is provided in which a first UE network function of UE network functions of the UE that determines that the first UE network function has initiated a procedure related to mobility management of the UE with a first core network function of corresponding core network functions of a core network of a communication network. The UE network functions are configured for non-access stratum (NAS) messaging with corresponding core network functions. The UE sends, based on the determining, to each respective other UE network function of the user equipment network functions, an indication indicating that NAS messages are not permitted to be transmitted by the respective other UE network function to a corresponding core network function of the corresponding core network functions that corresponds to the respective other UE network function, wherein each other UE network function is different from the first UE network function.
There is provided a first apparatus configured to perform: receiving, while in idle/inactive state, from a serving network configured to support a target service, information on a readiness per cell or cell group associated with a network node of the serving network to provide the target service for the first apparatus; selecting, based on the information on the readiness per cell or cell group, a cell to request for the target service; establishing a connection with a network node associated with the selected cell.
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for signaling path- loss information to a mobile device. A method includes receiving at least one MAC (Medium Access Control) CE (Control Element), where the at least one MAC CE includes information indicating a purpose of the at least one MAC CE, where the purpose of the at least one MAC CE includes the at least one MAC CE providing: path-loss information, or a TCI (Transmission Configuration Indicator) state activation/deactivation and path-loss information; determining, based on the information, the path-loss information corresponding to at least one TCI State; and determining a transmission power corresponding to the at least one TCI State based on the determined path-loss information.
The document relates to an apparatus comprising: means for receiving, from a base station, a request to receive a user equipment, UE capability information indicating whether the user device supports usage of one or more constellations for transmission or reception of superimposed, SI symbols and means for transmitting, to the base station, the user equipment, UE capability information.
The document relates to an apparatus comprising: means for receiving, from a base station, a configuration of a first set of constellations, wherein the first set of constellations is applied to obtain a second set of constellations; and/or means for obtaining, by a user device, a superimposed pilot, SIP, configuration for transmission or reception of superimposed, SI symbols on a plurality of resource elements, REs, wherein the SIP configuration comprises transmission layer information associated with one or more constellations for transmission or reception of the SI symbols; and means for transmitting, to a base station, the second set of constellations based on the configuration of the first set of constellations and/or the SIP configuration.
The document relates to an apparatus comprising: means for receiving, from a base station, a request requesting a user equipment, UE capability information, wherein the UE capability information indicates whether a user device supports superimposed pilot, SIP, transmission or reception; and means for transmitting, to the base station, the UE capability information
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products that provide for ambient internet of things (A-IoT) power control. An apparatus includes at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: receive a request indicating for the apparatus to initiate a random access procedure with an A-IoT device, provide for transmission of a first control signal, the first control signal is indicative of a first set of power control parameters for transmission of at least one random access message associated with the random access procedure; and provide for transmission of a first carrier wave signal associated with the transmission of the at least one random access message by the A-IoT device, a transmission power level associated with the first carrier wave signal is based at least in part on the first set of power control parameters.
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products that provide for ambient internet of things (A-IoT) power control. An apparatus may include at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: provide for transmission of a first control signal, wherein the first control signal is indicative of a first set of power control parameters for transmission of at least one message by an ambient-internet of things (A-IoT) device; and provide for transmission of a first carrier wave signal for the transmission of the at least one message by the A-IoT device, wherein a first transmission power level associated with the first carrier wave signal is based at least in part on the first set of power control parameters.
Various embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, and computer program products. An example apparatus includes at least one processor; and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform: applying a joint bilateral filter within a video codec coding loop on a chroma component of a pixel, wherein a range difference is derived from a luma component of the pixel as a guide image.
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DEVICES, METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR AUTHENTICATION
Disclosed are devices, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for authentication. An example apparatus for a terminal device may include at least one processor and at least one memory. The at least one memory may store instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, may cause the apparatus at least to: receive from a network device, an authentication request for a re-authentication procedure after a primary authentication, the authentication request comprising a re-authentication indication and a random number; generate an authentication token at least based on a stored key for authentication server function used in the primary authentication and the random number, according to the received re-authentication indication; and transmit to the network device, a re-authentication response comprising the authentication token.
There is provided a a user equipment comprising: means for receiving from a network, information indicative of a format for a time slot associated with a first frequency allocation to provide interleaved full duplex operation, the first frequency allocation comprising a first set of first subcarriers and a second set of second subcarriers, the first and second subcarriers being interleaved, said information indicating one or more of the first set of first subcarriers of the first resource block to be used for transmitting to the network by the user equipment, a respective subcarrier of the second set of second subcarriers of the first frequency allocation being one of unscheduled or scheduled to a user equipment; and means for transmitting signals to the network on one or more of the first set of first subcarriers of the first frequency allocation.
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided. In the context of a method, the method includes receiving, from a first network node, an indication of an inter-radio access technology (RAT) handover from the first network node of a first RAT to a second network node of a second RAT, wherein the first RAT is different from the second RAT, and wherein the indication indicates that multi-RAT spectrum sharing (MRSS) inter-RAT handover is applied. The method further includes performing an access to the second network node via at least one or both of: a random access channel (RACH)-less procedure or maintaining an uplink timing adjustment during the inter-RAT handover procedure, when it is determined that the received indication indicates that the user equipment is to apply the MRSS inter-RAT handover.
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided. In the context of a method, the method includes receiving, from a first network node, an indication of an inter-radio access technology (RAT) handover from the first network node of a first RAT to a second network node of a second RAT, wherein the first RAT is different from the second RAT, and wherein the indication indicates that multi-RAT spectrum sharing (MRSS) inter-RAT handover is applied. The method further includes applying time and/or frequency synchronization values of the first RAT of the first network node to the second network node during the MRSS inter-RAT handover, when it is determined that the received indication indicates that the user equipment is to apply the time and/or frequency synchronization values from the first network node of the first RAT to the second network node of the second RAT.
Example embodiments relate generally to constellations for signal modulation. In an example embodiment, a method performed at a first apparatus comprises obtaining a selection, from a set, of a constellation having a non-zero mean, NZM, and supporting a superimposed pilot, SP and obtaining a modulated direct current, DC, component of the selected NZM constellation. The method may also comprise applying the modulated DC component to the selected NZM constellation to provide an adapted NZM constellation for signal modulation.
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus configured to compile a medium access control, MAC, packet data unit, PDU, the MAC PDU comprising plural sub-packet data units, sub-PDUs, each sub-PDU comprising a subheader which comprises a logical channel identifier, the apparatus being configured to process data sub-PDUs and control sub- PDUs, include in the MAC PDU at least one of a contiguous block of data sub-PDUs or a contiguous block of control sub-PDUs, and include in the MAC PDU a preconfigured logical channel identifier before a predetermined one of the contiguous blocks to indicate that the predetermined one of the contiguous blocks begins, when the MAC PDU comprises the predetermined one of the contiguous blocks.
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In some examples, an apparatus for user equipment comprises means for receiving, from a network node, information comprising a time and frequency location of control resource set, CORESET, resource configuration information, wherein the CORESET resource configuration information comprises an indication of non-contiguous resources of a CORESET of a first radio access technology, wherein the non-contiguous resources of the CORESET of the first radio access technology are interleaved with at least one set of resources of a CORESET of a second radio access technology, and means for composing, on the basis of the CORESET resource configuration information, a set of logically contiguous CORESET resources on the basis of the non-contiguous resources of the CORESET of the first radio access technology.
A user equipment (UE) is provided in which a first UE network function of UE network functions of the UE that determines that the first UE network function has initiated a procedure related to mobility management of the UE with a first core network function of corresponding core network functions of a core network of a communication network. The UE network functions are configured for non-access stratum (NAS) messaging with corresponding core network functions. The UE sends, based on the determining, an indication indicating that transmission of NAS messages to a respective corresponding core network function of the corresponding core network functions that corresponds to the respective other UE network function is to be suspended, wherein each other UE network function is different from the first UE network function.
A user equipment (UE) is provided in which a first UE network function of UE network functions of the UE that determines that a NAS procedure associated with the user equipment has been initiated between the first UE network function and a first core network function of the corresponding core network functions that corresponds to the first UE network function The UE network functions are configured for non-access stratum (NAS) messaging with corresponding core network functions. The UE sends, based on the determining, to each respective other UE network function of the UE network functions, an indication indicating that NAS messages are not allowed between the respective other UE network functions and a corresponding core network function of the corresponding core network functions that corresponds to the respective other UE network function, wherein each other UE network function is different from the first UE network function.
There is provided a first apparatus configured to perform: receiving, while in connected state, from a serving network configured to support a target service, information on a readiness per cell or cell group associated with a network node of the serving network to provide the target service for the first apparatus; transmitting, based on the information on the readiness, to the serving network, a request for the target service
There is provided a method, computer program, and apparatus for causing the apparatus to perform: obtaining, from a network access apparatus, an indication of one or more measurement combinations for an uplink-downlink band combination, each measurement combination comprising identifications of an interference type and harmonic order of the interference type, at least one uplink carrier, and at least one downlink carrier, wherein the one or more measurement combinations comprises a first measurement combination comprising identifications of a first interference type and harmonic order of the first interference type, a first at least one uplink carrier, and a first at least one downlink carrier; and performing at least one measurement of the first interference type and harmonic order of the first interference type when the apparatus is configured to transmit uplink using the first at least one uplink carrier with simultaneous reception on the first at least one downlink carrier.
There is provided a method performed by a user equipment, comprising: obtaining a first data radio bearer, DRB, configuration for communication of a data flow with a network node; determining to switch to second DRB configuration; and transmitting, to the network node, a request for reconfiguring the DRB based on the second DRB configuration.
There is provided method performed by a user equipment, comprising: receiving, from a network node, a first data radio bearer, DRB, configuration and a second DRB configuration for configuring a DRB for communication of a data flow; configuring the DRB based on the first DRB configuration; detecting a condition for switching the first DRB configuration to the second DRB configuration; based on detecting the condition, reconfiguring the DRB based on the second DRB configuration.
There is provided a method performed by a user equipment, the method comprising: receiving, from a network node, in formation for establishing a first data radio bearer, DRB, and a second DRB, wherein the first DRB is associated with a first DRB configuration and the second DRB is associated with a second DRB configuration; determining that the first DRB is to be applied for communication of a data flow with the net work node; detecting a condition for switching from the first DRB to the second DRB; based on detecting the condition, applying the second DRB for the communication of the data flow with the network node.
Example embodiments relate generally to constellations for signal modulation. In an example embodiment, a method performed at a first apparatus comprises determining a configuration for modulation of a direct current, DC, component of a constellation, wherein the configuration comprises one or more parameters for configuring the modulation of a DC component of the constellation, and modulating the DC component of the constellation for a signal based on the configuration. The method may also comprise transmitting the modulated DC component of the constellation to a second apparatus.
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided apparatus configured to receive, from a network device, downlink control information for scheduling a physical downlink shared channel or a physical uplink shared channel, the downlink control information indicating a maximum number of demodulation reference signal, DMRS, symbol positions for the scheduled physical downlink or uplink shared channel, and receive the scheduled physical downlink shared channel or transmit the scheduled physical uplink shared channel based on the indicated maximum number of DMRS symbol positions, wherein the indicated maximum number of DMRS symbol positions is encoded in the downlink control information as a relative value with respect to a reference maximum number of DMRS symbol positions.
In some examples, an apparatus for user equipment comprises means for receiving, from a network node, information comprising a time and frequency location of control resource set, CORESET, resource configuration information, wherein the CORESET resource configuration information comprises an indication of non-contiguous resources of a CORESET of a first radio access technology, wherein the non-contiguous resources of the CORESET of the first radio access technology are interleaved with at least one set of resources of a CORESET of a second radio access technology, and means for composing, on the basis of the CORESET resource configuration information, a set of logically contiguous CORESET resources on the basis of the non-contiguous resources of the CORESET of the first radio access technology.
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for signaling path- loss information. As described herein, a method may include: receiving at least one MAC (Medium Access Control) CE (Control Element) comprising a bitmap, where at least one bit of the bitmap is indicative of whether the at least one MAC CE includes at least one path-loss information field associated with at least one TCI (Transmission Configuration Indicator) State; in response to the at least one bit indicating that the at least one MAC CE comprises the at least one path-loss information field, determining path-loss information from the at least one MAC CE; and determining a transmission power corresponding to the at least one TCI State based, at least in part, on the path-loss information.
The document relates to an apparatus comprising: means for obtaining, by a user device, a configuration of a first set of constellations, wherein the first set of constellations is applied to determine transmission or reception of Superimposed, SI, symbols; and means for transmitting, to a base station, the SI symbols based on the configuration of the first set of constellations; and/or means for receiving, from base station, the SI symbols based on the configuration of the first set of constellations
There is provided a communication device comprising: means for sending, to a network entity, information related to non-contiguous intra-band combinations that are supported by the communication device, wherein the information indicates a first mode and a second mode of the communication device, wherein the communication device is configured to utilise fewer receive chains when receiving component carriers for non-contiguous intra-band carrier aggregation in the second mode compared to the first mode, and means for, based on receiving a configuration of two component carriers for non-contiguous intra-band carrier aggregation, performing measurements across a bandwidth between the two component carriers to determine first measurements, wherein the bandwidth comprises a frequency block with unwanted signals for the communication device. The communication device also comprises means for performing measurements on the two component carriers to determine second measurements, wherein the communication device is operating according to the first mode, and means for, based on the first and second measurements, switching to operate according to the second mode at the communication device. The communication device also comprising means for receiving, from the network entity, indication to activate a further component carrier at the communication device, so that a receive chain that has become available due to the switching to the second mode is utilised for receiving the further component carrier at the communication device.
The document relates to an apparatus comprising: means for receiving, from a base station, a superimposed pilot, SIP, configuration for a transmission or reception of superimposed, SI, symbols on a plurality of resource elements, REs, wherein the SIP configuration comprises one or more of: indication of the REs, pilot sequence of SIP symbols, and/or a power allocation; and means for transmitting, to the base station, the SI symbols based on the SIP configuration; and/or means for receiving, from the base station, the SI symbols based on the SIP configuration
The document relates to an apparatus comprising: means for obtaining, by a user device, a superimposed pilot, SIP, configuration for transmission or reception of superimposed, SI symbols on a plurality of resource elements, REs, wherein the SIP configuration comprises transmission layer information associated with one or more modulation constellations for the transmission or reception of the SI symbols; and means for transmitting, to a base station, the SI symbols based on the SIP configuration and/or means for receiving, from the base station, the SI symbols based on the SIP configuration.
An apparatus configured to: determine a current block; and produce an intra- prediction for the current block using at least one decoder-side intra mode derivation process, where the at least one decoder-side intra mode derivation process comprises determining a histogram based on reconstructed samples in a template region surrounding the current block, where the reconstructed samples used to determine the histogram are determined adaptively.
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A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided. In the context of a method, the method includes receiving, from a first network node, an indication of an inter-radio access technology handover (inter-RAT HO) from the first network node of a first radio access technology to a second network node of a second radio access technology, wherein the first radio access technology is different from the second radio access technology, and wherein the indication indicates that multi-radio access technology spectrum sharing (MRSS) inter-radio access technology handover is applied. The method further includes receiving, from the first network node, a resources configuration that schedules resources to be received from one of: the first network node or the second network node. The method further includes performing the multi-radio access technology spectrum sharing (MRSS) inter-radio access technology handover based on the indication and the scheduled resources (PDSCH).
In a system, apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium, a UL device may be caused to, obtain an emissions report configuration from at least one radio access network (RAN) node, the emissions report configuration including at least one measurement parameter and at least one report triggering condition, determine whether the at least one report triggering condition has been satisfied, perform uplink (UL) transmission to the at least one RAN node based on at least one UL transmission parameter, measure UL emissions of the corresponding UL transmission based on the at least one measurement parameter, and transmit an emissions report to the at least one RAN node based on the measured UL emissions and the at least one UL transmission parameter.
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Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to enhancements on network slicing. A first device generates preference information on service and slice prioritization for a slice-based cell reselection. The first device then transmits the preference information to a second device serving the first device with a slice. In this way, a communications service customer (CSC) defines an intent on the cell reselection priority at a slice level. The intent is provided to a communications service provider (CSP), and then pass to the domain orchestrator and network optimization functions for provisioning network elements associated with the slice-based cell reselection. As such, the cell reselection related to UEs belonging to different slices can be performed at a slice level or at a service level, and thus each of the UEs can latch on to a suitable frequency layer, which reduces unnecessary handovers.
In an inter-frame prediction process for frames of video, a luma block is selected to be coded first for a current coding unit to form a reconstructed luma block of the current coding unit. MV(s) are refined that point from the luma block to a prediction luma block in a reference picture of the video. One of the refined MV(s) is selected to code chroma blocks for the current coding unit. In an inter-frame prediction process for frames of video, chroma blocks are selected to be coded first for a current coding unit to form reconstructed chroma blocks of the current coding unit. MV(s) are refined that point from the reconstructed chroma blocks to prediction chroma blocks in a reference picture of the video. One of the refined MV(s) is selected to code a luma block for the current coding unit.
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AN APPARATUS, A METHOD AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VIDEO CODING AND DECODING
A method comprising receiving an image block unit of a frame, the image block unit being predicted using a cross-component prediction mode and comprising samples in color channels comprising at least one chrominance channel and one luminance channel (900); determining intra prediction direction based on the samples of said luminance channels of the image block unit, samples in a neighborhood of the luminance channel of the block unit and/or samples in the neighborhood of the block unit (902); selecting a low-frequency nonseparable transform index for low-frequency non-separable transform using the determined intra prediction direction (904); and performing the low-frequency non-separable transform using the selected low-frequency non-separable transform index (906).
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According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus configured to receive, from a network device, DCI for scheduling PDSCH or a PUSCH, the DCI indicating a maximum number of demodulation reference signal, DMRS, symbol positions for the scheduled PDSCH or PUSCH, wherein the indicated maximum number of DMRS symbol positions is encoded in the DCI as a relative value with respect to a reference maximum number of DMRS symbol positions, receive the scheduled PDSCH or transmit the scheduled PUSCH based on the indicated maximum number of DMRS symbol positions, and use the maximum number of DMRS symbol positions as indicated for the scheduled PDSCH in transmission of a further PUSCH, or use the maximum number of DMRS symbol positions as indicated for the scheduled PUSCH in reception of a further PDSCH.
An apparatus configured to: determine a plurality of pairwise merge candidates for a current coding unit based on a list of merge candidates sorted according to template cost, wherein multiple pairwise merge candidates are determined for respective merge candidates of the sorted list of merge candidates; and select at least one pairwise merge candidate of the plurality of pairwise merge candidates based, at least partially, on an averaged template cost of the respective pairwise merge candidates of the at least one selected pairwise merge candidate.
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There is provided a communication device comprising: means for, based on receiving a configuration of two component carriers for non-contiguous intra-band carrier aggregation, performing measurements across a bandwidth between the two component carriers to determine first measurements, and means for performing measurements on the two component carriers to determine second measurements. The communication device comprises means for, based on the first and second measurements, switching from operating according to a first mode to a second mode, and means for activating a further component carrier, so that a receive chain that has become available due to the switching to the second mode is utilized for receiving the further component carrier. The communication device comprises means for, based on third measurements, switching to operate according to the first mode, such that the receive chain is no longer available, and means for sending an indication that the further component carrier has been de-activated.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to methods, devices, apparatuses and computer readable storage medium for Radio Link Control (RLC) indication. A method comprises generating, at a first apparatus, by a medium access control (MAC) entity of the first apparatus, a MAC protocol data unit (PDU), including at least one indication associated with segmentation status of a radio link control (RLC) service data unit (SDU) consisted in a RLC PDU in the MAC PDU; and transmitting the MAC PDU to the second apparatus.
Apparatuses and methods for capability reporting are presented. The solution comprises connecting (500) to a first network node for communication with the first network node; informing (502) the first network node of resources of the apparatus reserved for a predetermined task; performing (504) a configuration procedure for communicating additionally with at least second network node and transmitting (506) to at least one of the network nodes information indicating at least one network node specific share of resources reserved for the predetermined task.
There is provided a first apparatus, configured to use simul- taneously, for a target service: a first connection provided by a first serving network, wherein the first connection has a full quality support for requirements of the target service; and at least one second connection having an insufficient quality support for the requirements of the target service. The first serving network provides quality enhancing service, wherein the quality enhancing service is characterized by a restricted use of the first connection for the target service.
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There is provided a user equipment comprising: means for determining which one of a plurality of different configuration options are to be used, wherein each of the plurality of different configuration options is for one or more synchronization signals and an associated physical broadcast channel, at least one configuration option being associated with a first sequence length for the one or more synchronization signals and a first bandwidth, and at least one configuration option being associated with a second, different sequence length for the one or more synchronization signals and a second different bandwidth; means for detecting the respective one or more synchronization signals in dependence on the determined configuration option; and means for detecting and decoding the associated physical broadcast channel associated with the determined configuration option.
A method comprising: determining a block of samples to be predicted; determining a classification mode for the block of samples; determining a location of a sample within the block of samples; determining one or more sets of reference samples based on the classification mode and the location of the sample; wherein at least one set of reference samples includes a first set of samples on a first row of samples immediately above the block with a first set of horizontal coordinates and the set of reference samples includes a second set of samples on a second row of samples above the block with a second set of horizontal coordinates, where the first set of horizontal coordinates and the second set of horizontal coordinates differ from each other; or at least one set of reference samples includes a first set of samples on a first column of samples immediately left of the block with a first set of vertical coordinates and the set of reference samples includes a second set of samples on a second column of samples left of the block with a second set of vertical coordinates, where the first set of vertical coordinates and the second set of vertical coordinates differ from each other; determining a set of prediction parameters based on the classification mode and the location of the sample; and determining a predicted value for a sample at the determined location using the set of reference samples and the set of prediction parameters.
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AN APPARATUS, A METHOD AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VIDEO CODING AND DECODING
A method comprising: determining a block of samples to be predicted; determining a first set of reference samples for the block; determining a first predicted sample location within the block; determining a second set of reference samples using said first predicted sample location as a classification information for said reference samples; determining a predicted value for a first sample based on at least the first set of reference samples and the second set of reference samples; determining a second predicted sample location within the block; determining a third set of reference samples using said second predicted sample location as a classification information for said reference samples; and determining a predicted value for a second sample based on at least the first set of reference samples and the third set of reference samples
H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
H04N 19/11 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of spatial predictive coding modes
H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to inter-Radio Access Technology (RAT) network slice switching. A method comprises transmitting, to a core network node in charge of mobility and management functions for the apparatus associated with a first RAT, an indication that an inter-RAT slice switching between the first RAT and a second RAT is supported by the user equipment (UE); and receiving, from the core network node, network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI) at least indicating at least one slice supported by the first RAT and one or more further slices supported by the second RAT.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to inter-Radio Access Technology (RAT) network slice switching. The method comprises: in response to receiving a handover request associated with a handover procedure of a UE from a second radio access network (RAN) associated with a second RAT to a first RAN associated with a first RAT, identifying by an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), a core network node in charge of mobility and management functions associated with the first RAT supporting the at least one slice for an inter-RAT slice switching corresponding to one or more slices supported by the second RAT; and indicating, to the identified core network node to handover the user equipment (UE).
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to inter-Radio Access Technology (RAT) network slice switching. A method comprises: receiving, at an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) during a handover procedure of a user equipment (UE), from a radio access network (RAN) associated with a first RAT to a second RAN associated with a second RAT via a core network node in charge of mobility and management functions associated with the first RAT, a request of UE context creation at least indicating an identifier of a UE protocol data unit (PDU) session associated with the first RAT and one or more further slices supported by the second RAT; and transmitting a handover request to the second RAN at least based on the request of UE context creation.
A user equipment comprising: means for detecting one or more synchronisation signals on a synchronisation raster point of a first synchronisation raster and when a synchronisation signal is not detected, searching for one or more synchronisation signals on another synchronisation raster point of the first synchronisation raster, the first synchronisation raster being associated with a first synchronisation signal and physical broadcast channel configuration having a relatively narrow bandwidth compared to a second synchronisation signal and physical broadcast channel configuration which is associated with a second different synchronization raster, one or more synchronisation signals of the first synchronisation signal and physical broadcast channel configuration being associated with a first sequence length and one or more synchronisation signals of the second synchronisation signal and physical broadcast channel configuration being associated with a second different sequence length; means for detecting one or more master information blocks of a first physical broadcast channel associated with the one or more synchronisation signals, when the one or more synchronisation signals are detected; and means for performing an initial access of a cell associated with the first physical broadcast channel.
An apparatus includes at least one processor; and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: determine a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) based on a spectral efficiency and a number of at least one transmission layer selected for a transmission of downlink data; and transmit, to a user equipment, the downlink data with the number of at least one transmission layer using the determined MCS.
H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
H04B 7/04 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas
An apparatus including at least one processor; and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform: obtaining, by the apparatus, configuration information for sending effective pathloss information from the apparatus, where the effective pathloss information comprises pathloss information determined by the apparatus, where the configuration information comprises an indication for the apparatus to use at least one of: a medium access control-control element on a physical uplink shared channel, or an uplink control information on the physical uplink shared channel or on a physical uplink control channel.
The disclosure relates to an apparatus comprising: means for transmitting, to a base station, capability information indicating a capability to support pilotless transmissions or a capability to support pilot-based transmissions; means for receiving, from the base station, configuration information based on the capability information; and means for transmitting, to the base station, pilotless transmissions or pilot-based transmissions based on the configuration information.
An apparatus includes at least one processor; and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: determine a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) based on a spectral efficiency and a number of at least one transmission layer selected for a transmission of downlink data; and transmit, to a user equipment, the downlink data with the number of at least one transmission layer using the determined MCS.
H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
H04B 7/04 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas
An apparatus including at least one processor; and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform: obtaining, by the apparatus, configuration information, where the configuration information is configured to enable, at least partially, the apparatus to send effective pathloss information; and sending, based at least partially upon the obtained configuration information, the effective pathloss information from the apparatus, where the effective pathloss information comprises pathloss information calculated by the apparatus.
H04W 52/24 - TPC being performed according to specific parameters using SIR [Signal to Interference Ratio] or other wireless path parameters
H04W 52/14 - Separate analysis of uplink or downlink
H04W 52/36 - Transmission power control [TPC] using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets
An apparatus includes at least one processor; and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: determine a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) based on a spectral efficiency and a number of at least one transmission layer selected for a transmission of downlink data; and transmit, to a user equipment, the downlink data with the number of at least one transmission layer using the determined MCS.
H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
H04B 7/04 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas
The disclosure relates to an apparatus comprising: means for transmitting, to a base station, capability information indicating a capability to support pilotless transmissions; means for receiving, from the base station, first configuration information indicating a mask of resource elements for pilot-based transmissions or an index to a mask of resource elements for pilot- based transmissions; means for receiving, from the base station, second configuration information indicating whether some or all resource elements mapped to pilot symbols or to be muted within the mask of resource elements for pilot-based transmissions are to be muted, to be mapped to data symbols or to be mapped to data symbols acting as virtual pilot symbols in a mask of resource elements for transmissions; and means for transmitting, to the base station, transmissions based on the first configuration information and the second configuration.
A method comprising: determining a block of samples to be predicted; determining a first set of reference samples for the block, wherein the reference samples are derived from a first row of samples immediately above the block and a first column of samples immediate left of the block; means for determining a second row of samples above the first row of samples and a second column of samples left of the first column of samples; means for determining a second set of reference samples, wherein the reference samples are derived from the second row of samples and the second column of samples; wherein the number of samples in the second set of reference samples is smaller than the number of samples in the first set of reference samples; and means for determining a predicted value for a sample within the block using the first set of reference samples and the second set of reference samples
H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
H04N 19/11 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of spatial predictive coding modes
H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
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METHOD, APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
The disclosure relates a method comprising: determining that buffered data is available for transmission and cannot be transmitted over allocated resources; and causing information indicating that buffered data is available for transmission and cannot be transmitted over allocated resources to be transmitted over the allocated resources.
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to report triggering. The terminal device determines that a report is to be triggered when uplink data arrives in an empty buffer in the terminal device for at least one logic channel. The terminal device triggers the report after receiving an uplink grant from a network device. In this way. an efficient mechanism to trigger a report for every data burst may be defined. Such report triggering mechanism facilitates the network device to take the right scheduling decisions even for services with high variability of the bit rate.
There is provided an apparatus, method, and computer program for causing a user equipment to perform: receiving, when the user equipment is located in a first domain, from a first network function located in the first domain, assistance information identifying a user plane server providing location services for the user equipment over a user plane of another domain; and establishing, after handover of the user equipment from the first domain to the another domain is performed, a data connection with the user plane server for providing location services for the user equipment over the user plane of the another domain, based on the assistance information.
An apparatus may be configured to: select a coding unit of an image; select a first area within a coded area of the image, wherein the first area comprises, at least, a first part and a second part, wherein the first part is at least partially different from the second part; perform in-loop filtering of, at least, the first part of the first area; perform intra prediction for the selected coding unit based, at least partially, on the first area, comprising the in-loop filtered first part; and output an intra-prediction block for the selected coding unit based on the performed intra prediction.
H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
H04N 19/167 - Position within a video image, e.g. region of interest [ROI]
H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
H04N 19/82 - Details of filtering operations specially adapted for video compression, e.g. for pixel interpolation involving filtering within a prediction loop
There is inter alia disclosed an apparatus for spatial audio encoding configured to: determine, for two or more audio signals, a first spatial audio direction parameter and a second spatial audio direction parameter for providing spatial audio reproduction: transform the second spatial audio direction parameter to have an opposite spatial audio direction; determine a difference between the transformed second spatial audio direction parameter and the quantized first spatial audio direction parameter; and quantise the difference.
G10L 19/008 - Multichannel audio signal coding or decoding using interchannel correlation to reduce redundancy, e.g. joint-stereo, intensity-coding or matrixing
G10L 19/032 - Quantisation or dequantisation of spectral components
H04S 3/00 - Systems employing more than two channels, e.g. quadraphonic
H04S 7/00 - Indicating arrangementsControl arrangements, e.g. balance control
Apparatuses and methods are provided for enabling a communication device in a cell of a network access the cell based on system information received from the network. The system information is stored in at least one memory of the communication device for use in access to a cell when network provided system information is unavailable in the cell. When it is determined that network provided system information is unavailable in the cell, a validity timer is started for the system information stored in the at least one memory. Operations for access to the cell are performed based on the stored system information until expiry of the validity timer. After expiry of the validity timer system information for the cell is requested from the network and/or reselection to another cell is initiated.
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to MLDs, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media for request and report of MLD level statistic and delay information. An MLD determines at least one of statistic information associated with the MLD or delay information associated with the MLD. In response to receiving a request for the at least one of the statistic information or the delay information from a second MLD, the MLD transmits the at least one of the statistic information or the delay information to the second MLD.
Disclosed is a method comprising receiving a first configuration for cell reselection, the first configuration indicating one or more first measurement configuration parameters to be applied in an idle state or in an inactive state; receiving a second configuration for cell reselection, the second configuration indicating one or more second measurement configuration parameters and one or more cell reselection conditions to be applied based on determining a need to transition from the idle state or from the inactive state to a connected state; performing one or more measurements according to at least one of: the one or more first measurement configuration parameters, or the one or more second measurement configuration parameters; and determining whether the one or more cell reselection conditions indicated in the second configuration are fulfilled for performing a cell reselection procedure prior to transitioning from the idle state or from the inactive state to the connected state.
An apparatus (10, 110) comprising: means for transmitting, to a second apparatus (120), first information (701) indicative of a capability of the apparatus to adapt at least one of: a design of a frequency-domain spectral shaping, FDSS, filter (702) for FDSS-based orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, OFDM, transmission, or a spectral extension parameter (703) for use in FDSS-based OFDM with spectral extension transmission; means for receiving, from the second apparatus based at least in part on the transmitted first information, second information (704), wherein the second information comprises information for configuring the apparatus to operate in an operational mode (706) in which training data for training a machine learning, ML, based FDSS filter is generated; means for operating in the operational mode, wherein the operation in the operational mode is based at least in part in on the second information, and wherein operating in the operational mode comprises: transmitting, using at least a first configuration of the FDSS filter design (709) or a first spectral extension parameter (710), at least a first FDSS-based OFDM transmission (708) to the second apparatus; receiving, from the second apparatus, third information (712), wherein the third information is based at least in part on the at least first FDSS- based OFDM transmission received at the second apparatus; and generating training data based at least in part on: the at least a first configuration of the FDSS filter design or the first spectral extension parameter; and the third information.
An apparatus (10, 110) comprising: means for transmitting, to a second apparatus (120), first information (1301) indicative of a capability of the apparatus to adapt at least one of: a design of a frequency-domain spectral shaping, FDSS, filter (1302) for FDSS-based orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, OFDM transmission, or a spectral extension parameter (1303) for use in FDSS-based OFDM with spectral extension transmission; means for receiving, from the second apparatus based at least in part on the transmitted first information, second information (1305), wherein the second information comprises information for configuring the apparatus to operate in an operational mode (1306) in which a performance of the FDSS filter design is monitored; means for operating in the operational mode, wherein the operation in the operational mode is based at least in part in on the second information, and wherein operating in the operational mode comprises: transmitting, using at least a first configuration of the FDSS filter design (1309) or a first spectral extension parameter (13010), at least a first FDSS-based OFDM transmission (1308) to the second apparatus; receiving, from the second apparatus, third information (1312), wherein the third information is based at least in part on the at least first FDSS-based OFDM transmission received at the second apparatus; and monitoring the performance of the FDSS filter design based at least part on the third information.
An apparatus (10, 110) comprising: means for transmitting, to a second apparatus (120), first information (1501) indicative of a capability of the apparatus to adapt at least one of: a design of a frequency-domain spectral shaping, FDSS, filter (1502) for FDSS-based orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, OFDM transmission, or a spectral extension parameter (1503) for use in FDSS-based OFDM with spectral extension transmission; means for receiving, from the second apparatus based at least in part on the transmitted first information, second information (1505), wherein the second information comprises information for configuring the apparatus to operate in an operational mode (1506) for monitoring a performance of an FDSS filter design of the second apparatus; means for operating in the operational mode, wherein the operation in the operational mode is based at least in part in on the second information, and wherein operating in the operational mode comprises: transmitting, using at least a first configuration of the FDSS filter design (1509) or a first spectral extension parameter (1510), at least a first FDSS-based OFDM transmission (1508) to the second apparatus.
Embodiments relate to an apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the apparatus at least to perform receiving signals, from a network node, within a first frequency range in a first mode The first frequency range contains at least one frequency block for containing signals transmitted by the network node and at least one frequency block not containing signals transmitted by the network node. The apparatus is further caused to perform receiving signals, from the network node, within a second frequency range in a second mode. The second frequency range is contained within the first frequency range and excludes the at least one frequency block. The apparatus is further caused to perform obtaining an indication that the apparatus is to change from the first mode to the second mode and adjusting the apparatus from the first mode to the second mode in response to obtaining the indication that the apparatus is to change from the first mode to the second mode.
An apparatus comprising means for: determining, from a group of user equipments, at least one user equipment to perform Digital Post Distortion, DPoD, processing of non-linear received signals at each of the at least one user equip- ment; sending, to the at least one user equipment, a medium access control message comprising an indication to perform the DPoD processing
An apparatus comprising means for: determining, from a group of user equipments, at least one user equipment to perform Digital Post Distortion, DPoD, processing of non-linear received signals at each of the at least one user equipment; sending, to the at least one user equipment, a radio resource configuration message comprising an indication to perform the DPoD processing.
There is provided a communication device comprising means for providing, to a network entity, an indication of a warning of a potential radio link failure or handover failure to occur, and means for receiving, from the network entity, a configuration for contention-free random access for re-establishment, wherein the configuration indicates resources for contention-free random access associated with at least one neighbour cell. The communication device further comprising means for performing a re-establishment with the at least one neighbour cell according to the configuration.
The embodiments relate to method and technical equipment, wherein the method comprises processing a video frame; determining a target area in the video frame; determining a reference area for the target area in the video frame; determining a filter; computing a filter output over the reference area and/or over the target area to obtain weighting coefficients for samples in the corresponding area; computing a sample-level distortion between samples in the reference area and samples in the target area for obtaining a distortion value for each sample location; and for each sample location, multiplying the distortion value by a corresponding weighting coefficient to obtain final distortion.
H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
H04N 19/14 - Coding unit complexity, e.g. amount of activity or edge presence estimation
H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
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A METHOD, AN APPARATUS AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CODING AND DECODING OF VIDEO MATERIAL
The embodiments relate to method and technical equipment, wherein the method comprises processing a video frame; determining a target template in the frame; determining a reference template for the target template in the video frame; determining a filter; computing a filter output over the reference template and/or over the target template to obtain weighting coefficients for samples in the corresponding template; computing a sample-level distortion between samples in the reference template and samples in the target template for obtaining a distortion value for each sample; for each sample in the target template, multiplying the distortion value by a corresponding weighting coefficient to obtain a weighted distortion; and using the weighted distortion as the final distortion between the reference template and target template.
H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
H04N 19/14 - Coding unit complexity, e.g. amount of activity or edge presence estimation
H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a device, method, apparatus and computer readable storage medium for switching tracks in media In example embodiments, a first device comprises: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the first device to: in response to receipt of a subscribe message from a second device that is indicative of switching subscription from a current track to a new track, detect, in the subscribe message, an identification that the current track and the new track are alternate tracks of a media content; identify a track that is associated with the identification to be the new track; and provide a seamless switching of the media content for the second device from the current track to the identified new track.
H04L 65/61 - Network streaming of media packets for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio
H04L 65/612 - Network streaming of media packets for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio for unicast
H04L 65/613 - Network streaming of media packets for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio for the control of the source by the destination
H04N 21/2343 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements
H04N 21/845 - Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments
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APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR A POSE ERROR AWARE SPLIT-RENDERING
There is provided an apparatus comprising a split rendering client that is configured for obtaining a predicted pose of a virtual camera at a first time and a time information indicative of a time at which a video frame is expected to be displayed on a display, providing rendering metadata to a split rendering server. The rendering metadata comprises the predicted pose and the time information. The split rendering client is further configured for receiving, from the split rendering server, a plurality of rendered and encoded frames and a render pose associated with each respective rendered and encoded frame of the plurality of rendered and encoded frames, obtaining a second predicted pose at a second time different than the first time, decoding at least two rendered and encoded frames of the plurality of the rendered and encoded frames to generate at least two decoded frames, based on the render pose associated with each respective decoded frame and the second predicted pose, selecting a primary decoded frame and one or more secondary decoded frames from the at least two decoded frames, composing a video frame to be displayed based on the primary decoded frame and at least one or more secondary decoded frames and causing the video frame that is composed to be displayed.
A method includes receiving by a user device from a network node, information for selecting a random access class for the device, wherein each random access class is associated with one or more random access parameters, selecting the random access class based on the information, and transmitting uplink data to the network node, based on the one or more random access parameters associated with the selected random access class.
Techniques for protection scheme configuration in a communication network are disclosed. For example, a home communication network of given user equipment sends protection scheme configuration data to the given user equipment using a user equipment parameter update procedure, or a steering of roaming procedure in a visited communication network scenario.
A network element of a wireless communication network is communicatively coupled to a user equipment and identifies a list of one or more features provided by the wireless communication network. Each feature on the list is related to at least one of a service capability of the UE and a service request of the user equipment. The network element determines a priority order among the one or more features related to cell reselection and assigns cell reselection priorities for the user equipment according to the priority order, for example by indicating cell reselection priorities or a priority order of features and corresponding cell reselection mechanisms to the user equipment. The user equipment performs cell reselection by applying a cell reselection mechanism and cell reselection priority in accordance with the indication of the network element.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media for power allocation. The method comprises: in accordance with a determination that a total transmission power of a plurality of uplink transmissions comprising a first set of simultaneous transmissions exceeds a threshold of transmission power, allocating, at a terminal device, power to the plurality of uplink transmissions based on a priority order related to the first set of simultaneous transmissions, wherein the first set of simultaneous transmissions is on a cell and comprises at least a first transmission and a second transmission overlapping at least partly in time domain; and transmitting, to a network device, at least a part of the plurality of uplink transmissions. In this way, the performance of UL transmission operation can be improved.
Various embodiments provide an apparatus, a method, and a computer program product. An example 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: identify one or more patch boundaries; identify one or more vertices that form the one or more patch boundaries; add signaling information for the one or more vertices that form the one more patch boundaries; and encode at least one of the one or more patch boundaries, one or more vertices that form the one or more patch boundaries, or the signaling information in or along a bitstream.
H04N 19/597 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding
H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
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APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR ADAPTIVE FDSS FILTERING
An apparatus (10, 110) comprising: means for transmitting, to a second apparatus (120), first information (1901) indicative of a capability of the apparatus to adapt at least one of: a frequency-domain spectral shaping (1902), FDSS, filter for FDSS-based orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, OFDM, transmission, or a spectral extension parameter (1903) for use in FDSS-based OFDM with spectral extension transmission; means for receiving, from the second apparatus based at least in part on the transmitted first information, second information (1904), wherein the second information comprises information for configuring the apparatus to adapt at least one of the FDSS filter (1905) or the spectral extension parameter (1906); means for determining an adaptation to apply to at least one of the FDSS filter or the spectral extension parameter, wherein the determination is based at least in part on the received second information, and wherein the adaptation comprises adapting at least one of: at least one of a plurality of filter coefficients (1909) of the FDSS filter, at least one of one or more filter parameters (1910), or the spectral extension parameter (1903, 1911); and means for transmitting, to the second apparatus, at least one FDSS-based OFDM transmission (1914), wherein the transmitting uses at least one of: the FDSS filter with the determined adaptation applied thereto, or the spectral extension parameter with the determined adaptation applied thereto.
The disclosure relates to an apparatus comprising: an antenna configured to receive an activation signal; an amplifier configured to amplify the activation signal; an oscillation detector configured to detect oscillations; a first switch configured to connect directly or indirectly the amplifier to the antenna or connect directly or indirectly the amplifier to the oscillation detector; and means for controlling the first switch to connect directly or indirectly the amplifier to the oscillation detector or to connect directly or indirectly the amplifier to the antenna; means for determining whether oscillations are detected by the oscillation detector; and means for controlling the amplifier based on whether oscillations are detected by the oscillation detector.
H04B 1/00 - Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission
H03F 1/02 - Modifications of amplifiers to raise the efficiency, e.g. gliding Class A stages, use of an auxiliary oscillation
NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS INVESTMENT (CHINA) CO., LTD. (China)
Inventor
Kiragi, Basavaraj
Awan, Daniyal Amir
Kaasalainen, Janne Veikko
Laselva, Daniela
Helmers, Hakon
Zhang, Yan Ji
Abstract
Disclosed is an improved cell switch-off procedure. In the procedure, an indication indicating that the first cell is to be switched off is received in the first cell on which the apparatus is currently served. Upon receiving the indication, a cell change procedure comprising switching from the first cell to a second cell is performed. Upon failure of the cell change procedure from the first cell that is being switched off, it is determined, whether access to the first cell is allowed, and if allowed, the first cell is accessed and a failure indication indicating a failure of the cell change procedure from the first cell that is being switched off is transmitted in the first cell.
A method performed by a user equipment is provided. The method includes storing one or more profiles that include radio resource control parameters for a greater number of candidate component carriers than can be aggregated by the user equipment. The method includes receiving an indication from the radio access network to attach at least one of the profile(s) to one or more of the candidate component carriers for carrier aggregation. The method includes attaching the at least one profile to the candidate component carrier(s) based on the indication, and thereby activating the candidate component carrier(s) as one or more secondary component carriers for the carrier aggregation. And the method includes communicating user-plane data with the radio access network by the carrier aggregation over at least one primary component carrier and the one or more secondary component carriers.
A method and apparatus are disclosed for enabling and implementing flexible signaling radio bearer (SRB) termination. As described herein, an SRB termination may be relocated to and/or from a centralized unit (CU) of a base station and a distributed unit (DU) of the base station. The relocation may be enabled and/or implemented based on one or more trigger conditions.
Disclosed is a method comprising receiving a configuration for cell reselection, the configuration indicating one or more measurement configuration parameters and one or more cell reselection conditions to be applied based on determining a need to transition from an idle state or from an inactive state to a connected state; performing one or more measurements of the first cell and one or more second cells according to the one or more measurement configuration parameters, wherein the one or more measurements are performed regardless of any previous measurements associated with at least one of a received signal power or a received signal quality measured on the first cell; and determining whether the one or more cell reselection conditions indicated in the configuration are fulfilled for performing a cell reselection procedure prior to transitioning from the idle state or from the inactive state to the connected state.
An apparatus (10, 110) comprising: means for transmitting, to a second apparatus (120), first information (501) indicative of a capability of the apparatus to adapt at least one of: a design of a frequency-domain spectral shaping, FDSS, filter (502) for FDSS-based orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, OFDM, transmission, or a spectral extension parameter (503) for use in FDSS-based OFDM with spectral extension transmission; means for receiving, from the second apparatus based at least in part on the transmitted first information, second information (504), wherein the second information comprises information for configuring the apparatus to adapt at least one of the FDSS filter design (505) or the spectral extension parameter (503); means for adapting at least one of: the FDSS filter design, or the spectral extension parameter, wherein the adapting is based at least in part on the received second information; and means for transmitting, to the second apparatus, at least one FDSS- based OFDM transmission (509), wherein the transmitting uses at least one of: the adapted FDSS filter design, or the adapted spectral extension parameter.
An apparatus (10, 100) comprising: means for transmitting, to a second apparatus (120), first information (1101) indicative of a capability of the apparatus to adapt at least one of: a design of a first frequency-domain spectral shaping, FDSS, filter (1102) for FDSS-based orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, OFDM, transmission, wherein the first FDSS filter design is matched with a design of a second FDSS filter of the second apparatus, and wherein at least one of the first or second FDSS filter designs has trainable operational parameters; or a spectral extension parameter (1103) for use in FDSS-based OFDM with spectral extension transmission; means for receiving, from the second apparatus based at least in part on the transmitted first information, second information (1104), wherein the second information comprises information for configuring the apparatus to operate in an operational mode (1106) for training the operational parameters of at least one of the first or second FDSS filter designs; and means for operating in the operational mode, wherein the operation in the operational mode is based at least in part in on the second information, and wherein operating in the operational mode comprises: transmitting, using at least a first configuration of the first FDSS filter design (1109) or a first spectral extension parameter (1110), at least a first FDSS-based OFDM transmission (1108) to the second apparatus; receiving, from the second apparatus, third information (1112), for use in training the operational parameters of the first FDSS filter design, wherein the third information is based at least in part on the first FDSS-based OFDM transmission received at the second apparatus via the second FDSS filter design; and training the operational parameters of the first FDSS filter design based at least in part on: the first FDSS-based OFDM transmission, and the third information.
An apparatus (10, 110) comprising: means for transmitting, to a second apparatus (120), first information (901) indicative of a capability of the apparatus to adapt at least one of: a design of a frequency-domain spectral shaping, FDSS, filter (902) for FDSS-based orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, OFDM, transmission, or a spectral extension parameter (903) for use in FDSS-based OFDM with spectral extension transmission; means for receiving, from the second apparatus based at least in part on the transmitted first information, second information (904), wherein the second information comprises information for configuring the apparatus to operate in an operational mode (906) for generating training data for training a machine learning, ML, based FDSS filter; and means for operating in the operational mode, wherein the operation in the operational mode is based at least in part in on the second information, and wherein operating in the operational mode comprises: transmitting, using at least a first configuration of the FDSS filter design (909) or a first spectral extension parameter (910), at least a first FDSS-based OFDM transmission (908) to the second apparatus.
Embodiments relate to an apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform receiving signals, from a network node, within a first frequency range in a first mode The first frequency range contains at least two non-contiguous frequency blocks for containing signals transmitted by the network node separated by at least one frequency block not containing signals transmitted by the network node. The apparatus is further caused to perform receiving signals, from the network node, within a second frequency range in a second mode. The second frequency range is contained within the first frequency range. The second frequency range comprises a contiguous frequency block of the at least two non-contiguous frequency blocks and excludes the at least one frequency block not containing signals transmitted by the network node. The apparatus is further caused to perform obtaining an indication that the apparatus is to change from the first mode to the second mode and adjusting the apparatus from the first mode to the second mode in response to obtaining the indication that the apparatus is to change from the first mode to the second mode.
Embodiments relate to an apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform receiving signals, from a network node, within a first frequency range in a first mode The first frequency range contains a carrier bandwidth for signals transmitted by the network node and at least one frequency block not containing signals transmitted by the network node. The apparatus is further caused to perform receiving signals, from the network node, within a second frequency range in a second mode. The second frequency range is contained within the first frequency range and excludes the at least one frequency block not containing signals transmitted by the network node. The apparatus is further caused to perform obtaining an indication that the apparatus is to change from the first mode to the second mode and adjusting the apparatus from the first mode to the second mode in response to obtaining the indication that the apparatus is to change from the first mode to the second mode.
There is provided a communication device comprising: means for receiving, from a network entity, a configuration for contention-free random access for re-establishment, wherein the configuration indicates resources for contention-free random access associated with at least one neighbour cell, and means for performing a re-establishment with the at least one neighbour cell according to the configuration.
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for link adaptation for learned constellations. A method may include transmitting, by the user equipment, to a network node, at least one constellation. The method may also include receiving, at the user equipment, from the network node, a modulation and coding scheme point determined based at least in part on the at least one constellation. The method may further include encoding and modulating an uplink transmission based on the modulation and coding scheme point.
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for link adaptation for learned constellations. A method may include transmitting, by a user equipment, to the network node, at least one user equipment specific constellation. The method may also include receiving, at the user equipment, from a network node, a description of a link adaptation function.
There is provided an apparatus comprising a split rendering client configured for performing a negotiation with a split rendering server of at least one template for a split rendering session, where each respective template of the at least one template comprises a plurality of render poses, and for each respective render pose, positioning information of a virtual camera, orientation information of the virtual camera, and a field of view information of the virtual camera. The split rendering client is also configured for obtaining a predicted pose of a virtual camera at a first time and a time information indicative of a time at which a video frame is expected to be displayed on a display, and providing rendering metadata to the split rendering server, wherein the rendering metadata comprises the predicted pose and the time information. The split render client is also configured for receiving, from the split rendering server, based on the negotiated at least one template, a plurality of rendered and encoded frames and a render pose associated with each respective rendered and encoded frame of the plurality of rendered and encoded frames.
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Disclosed is a method comprising an apparatus instructing a set of ambient radiation powered devices to suspend transmissions other than harvested energy reporting during a training period. Upon at least a predefined number of the ambient radiation powered devices in the set agreeing to transmit harvested energy reporting during the training period with a predefined reporting periodicity configured by the apparatus, the apparatus is caused to receive the harvested energy reporting from at least one ambient radiation powered device in the set, with the predefined reporting periodicity configured by the apparatus.
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In some examples, a method, performed in a target master node of a radio network, for preparing handover of user equipment, UE, in dual connectivity, DC, where the handover is between respective primary cells, PCells, of a source master node and a target master node, and respective primary secondary cells, PSCells, of a source secondary node and a target secondary node, comprises receiving, from the source master node, a conditional handover, CHO, request message comprising a unique identifier for the UE defined between the source master node and the target secondary node, and an identifier for the target secondary node, transmitting the unique identifier for the UE to the target secondary node as part of an secondary node addition request for CHO with DC preparation; and receiving, from the target secondary node. first and second delta secondary cell group, SCG, configurations, each one of the first and second delta SCG configurations generated whereby to accommodate different CPC execution states.
