Sony Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Sony Mobile Communications Inc.

Convida Wireless, LLC

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

Anders Berggren

Brian Alexander Martin

Lars Nord

Yuxin Wei

Hideji Wakabayashi

Vivek Sharma

Rickard Ljung

Basuki Endah Priyanto

Shinichiro Tsuda

Martin Warwick Beale

Peter C Karlsson

Nafiseh Mazloum

Shin Horng Wong

Svante Alnås

Linh Trang

Jussi Tapani Kahtava

Dimitris Koulakiotis

Yassin Aden Awad

Hiroaki Takano

Matthew William Webb

Na Wei

Yuichi Morioka

Torgny Palenius

Olof Zander

Magnus Persson

Rui Nunes

Erik L Bengtsson

Fredrik Rusek

Kun Zhao

Kåre Agardh

Thomas Bolin

Bo Hakan Larsson

Vanja Plicanic Samuelsson

Peter Ljung

Johan Wadman

Johan Hill

Zuleita Ho

Regina Johannesson

Hakan Palm

Ainkaran Krishnarajah

Svante Alnas

Yuichi Morioko

Wei Na

A method of operating a wireless communication device () comprising a wireless interface () having a capability to use a first identity () and a second identity (), the method comprising: determining a timing offset between a first timing of first paging occasions (-) of a first network (-) associated with the first identity () and a second timing of second paging occasions (-) of a second network (-) associated with the second identity (); and based on the timing offset (-), transmitting at least one request control message () to at least one of the first network (-) or the second network (-), to request a timing coordination of paging from the first network (-) and paging from the second network (-).

Paging of multi-sim wireless communication devices

A method of operating a communications device comprises detecting a plurality of beams of radio signals each being transmitted periodically according to a time divided structure of a wireless access interface provided by a wireless communications network, selecting a first of the plurality of beams of radio signals for detecting a first version of a synchronisation signal transmitted with the first beam of radio signals, selecting a second of the plurality of beams of radio signals for detecting a second version of the synchronisation signal transmitted with the second beam of radio signals, and synchronising with the time divided structure of the wireless access interface from at least one of the first version of the synchronisation signal and the second version of the synchronisation signal.

Communications device and method for synchronising with a wireless access interface

An infrastructure equipment forming part of a wireless communications network for transmitting data to or receiving data from a plurality of communications devices is provided. The infrastructure equipment providing a cell having a coverage area in which the plurality of communications devices are located. The infrastructure equipment comprises circuitry configured to transmit signals to the communications devices via a wireless access interface provided by the wireless communications network, receive signals from the communications devices via the wireless access interface, transmit to the plurality of communications devices an indication of one or more of a plurality of uplink data transmission configurations, receive a first signal comprising a random access preamble and uplink data from one of the communications devices, and transmit a random access response message to the one of the communications devices.

Infrastructure equipment, communications device and methods

A communications device that, when in an inactive state, transmits a first signal comprising a random access preamble and a first portion of data to infrastructure equipment, receives a random access response message from the infrastructure equipment, and transmits a second signal comprising a second portion of the data to the infrastructure equipment.

Communications device which communicates with infrastructure equipment in an inactive state

A method of communicating using a communications device, the method comprises determining a plurality of time periods during which a paging message may be received in a first wireless network, entering a connected mode in a second wireless network, transmitting an assistance information indication in the second wireless network, entering an idle mode in the second wireless network, and while in the idle mode in the second wireless network, receiving in the second wireless network a paging message at a paging time, wherein the assistance information indication is for permitting the second wireless network to determine the paging time for transmitting the paging message such that the communications device is able to receive the paging message at the paging time and is not prevented from receiving a paging message transmitted in the first wireless network during any of the plurality of time periods.

Communications device, infrastructure equipment, core network part and methods

A terminal device and a method of operating a terminal device in a wireless communication network. The method comprises establishing, by the terminal device, a first radio connection with a first network access node for transmission of data via a first bearer and a second radio connection with the first network access node for transmission of data via a second bearer. Based on a difference between quality of service for the data transmission via the first bearer and the second bearer, a third radio connection is established between the terminal device and a second network access node for transmission of the data via the first bearer; and the third radio connection is established between the terminal device and the second network access node, a fourth radio connection is established between the terminal device and the second network access node for transmission of the data via the second bearer.

Method and apparatus for handoff of multiple bearers with differing quality of service levels in a wireless communication system

The present disclosure pertains to a user equipment for a mobile telecommunications system includes circuitry including a receiver and a transmitter and which is configured to communicate with a new radio base station and a LTE base station. The circuitry is further configured to indicate a co-existence indication to the new radio base station or to the LTE base station; and receive a power control instruction for controlling power output of the transmitter.

Base station and user equipment

A method of communicating data between a radio network infrastructure and a terminal device in a wireless telecommunications network. The method comprises establishing at a radio network infrastructure element there is data available for communication between the radio network infrastructure and the terminal device and transmitting a paging message for the terminal device from the radio network infrastructure element. The paging message comprises an indication of an identifier for the terminal device and an indication of a network allocated resource for use in subsequently communicating the data between the radio network infrastructure element and the terminal device. In response to receiving the paging message the terminal device transmits to the radio network infrastructure element a paging response indicating the terminal device received the paging message, after which the data is communicated between the radio network infrastructure element and the terminal device using the network allocated resource.

Telecommunications apparatus and methods for paging of a mobile device

A method of operating a terminal device () includes configuring a data connection () on a wireless link () between the terminal device () and a network () based on a first control signal (-) native to a first layer () of a transmission protocol stack () associated with the wireless link (). The method also includes participating in a data communication via the data connection (). The method also includes receiving a second control signal () native to a second layer () of the transmission protocol stack (), the second layer () being arranged lower in hierarchy of the transmission protocol stack () than the first layer (). The method also includes in response to receiving the second control signal (): activating a discontinuous reception () for the data communication.

Early activation of discontinuous reception

The present disclosure provides a new radio base station for a mobile telecommunications system. The new radio base station has a circuitry configured to communicate with at least one user equipment and at least one LTE base station and to establish a new radio cell. The circuitry is further configured to transmit a time division duplexing configuration of the new radio cell to the LTE base station for identifying, based on the received time division duplexing configuration, a coexistence and intermodulation influence on an LTE receiver of the at least one user equipment.

Base station and user equipment for time division duplexing configuration deconfliction

A method of transmitting data in a telecommunications system comprising a terminal transmitting a first random access request message to the base station in accordance with the first random access procedure for transmitting the data to the base station, the first random access request message comprising at least part of the data and a first preamble; and upon determination that the use of the first random access procedure has been unsuccessful, the terminal transmitting a second random access request message to the base station in accordance with the second random access procedure for transmitting the data to the base station, the second random access request message comprising a second preamble.

Telecommunications apparatus using a first random access procedure and a second random access procedure

A method of operating a UE includes receiving a configuration of multiple bandwidth parts. Each bandwidth part of the multiple bandwidth parts is associated with a respective access node of multiple access nodes. The method also includes receiving positioning signals on each bandwidth part of the multiple bandwidth part from the respectively associate access node of the multiple access nodes. Said receiving is in accordance with the configuration. The method also includes participating in positioning of the UW based on said receiving of the positioning signals.

Bandwidth parts for positioning signals

A method of operating a communications device to perform cell reselection in a wireless communications network, the method comprising establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection, suspending the RRC connection, transmitting a first message in a first cell, the message comprising a request that the RRC connection be resumed, before the RRC connection is resumed in the first cell, selecting as a serving cell a second cell different from the first cell, and transmitting a second message in the second cell, the second message comprising a request that the RRC connection be resumed.

Communications device, infrastructure equipment and methods

An infrastructure equipment that transmits a radio network identifier to a communications device for identifying the communications device when allocating communications resources of the wireless access interface for transmitting downlink data to the communications device. After the communications device has entered an inactive connected state, the infrastructure equipment transmits control signals including the radio network identifier for allocating communications resources of the wireless access interface for the communications device to receive downlink data, determine whether the communications device is still within a radio coverage area of the infrastructure equipment, and if the communications device has left the coverage area, transmit an indication to the one or more other infrastructure equipment via the inter-connecting interface to trigger a process for transmitting downlink data to the communications device from the one or more other infrastructure equipment.

Infrastructure equipment for determining whether a communications device is within a radio coverage area

For uplink-based positioning, a transmission of an uplink reference signal via a transmit beam at a user equipment (UE) () is coordinated with a respective receive beams at one or more receivers (). A positioning computation node () sends configuration information to the UE () and to the one or more receivers (). The configuration information enables the receivers () to configure receive beams () to receive the uplink reference signal transmission from the UE (). The receivers () perform various measurements of the uplink reference signal and report the measurements as well as beam information to the positioning computation node (), which generates a position estimate.

Methods and devices for coordinated uplink-based positioning

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