Sony Group Corporation

Sony Corporation

Sony Mobile Communications Inc.

Convida Wireless, LLC

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ)

Sony Mobile Communications Ab

Sony Europe Limited

Sony Europe B.v.

Anders Berggren

Brian Alexander Martin

Lars Nord

Yuxin Wei

Hideji Wakabayashi

Vivek Sharma

Rickard Ljung

Basuki Endah Priyanto

Shinichiro Tsuda

Nafiseh Mazloum

Martin Warwick Beale

Peter C Karlsson

Shin Horng Wong

Svante Alnås

Linh Trang

Jussi Tapani Kahtava

Dimitris Koulakiotis

Torgny Palenius

Yassin Aden Awad

Hiroaki Takano

Matthew William Webb

Na Wei

Yuichi Morioka

Olof Zander

Magnus Persson

Rui Nunes

Erik L Bengtsson

Fredrik Rusek

Kåre Agardh

Kun Zhao

Håkan Palm

Thomas Bolin

Bo Hakan Larsson

Vanja Plicanic Samuelsson

Peter Ljung

Johan Wadman

Johan Hill

Anders Mellqvist

Zuleita Ho

Regina Johannesson

Ainkaran Krishnarajah

Wei Na

Yuichi Morioko

A communications device, and method, is configured with at least one of an indication of first communications resources of the wireless access interface which can be allocated on request to the communications device by a mobile communications network for transmitting signals to one or more other communications devices in accordance with the first mode of operation or an indication of second communications resources of the wireless access interface, which can be used by the communications device for transmitting signals to one or more other communications devices in accordance with a second mode of operation using a device to device communications protocol.

Communications device and methods

A method of operating a wireless communication device () includes, while operating in a disconnected mode () with respect to a communications network (--), receiving a paging message () from the communications network (--), the paging message being indicative of an incoming call. The method also includes, upon detecting at least one busy event, transmitting a response message () associated with the paging message () to the communications network (--), the response message () being indicative of the wireless communication device () being temporarily busy.

Extended buffering of data-transfer control information

Disclosed is a method is disclosed, performed by a wireless device, for resource reservation of a contention-based sidelink transmission. The method comprises obtaining information defining a transmission resource pool and a resource reservation pool comprising one or more resource reservation blocks associated with respective transmission resources in the transmission resource pool. The one or more resource reservation blocks comprise a plurality of occasions. The method comprises transmitting a resource reservation signal using a first occasion of a resource reservation block associated with a transmission resource selected by the wireless device for sidelink transmission. The method comprises monitoring one or more other occasions of the resource reservation block for resource reservation signals transmitted by other wireless devices aiming at reserving the same transmission resource. The one or more other occasions are different from the first occasion. The method comprises controlling, based on the monitoring, the sidelink transmission using the transmission resource.

Methods for resource reservation of a contention-based sidelink transmission and related wireless devices

Methods () of operating a wireless communication device () and of operating an access node () of a communication network () during a two-step random access procedure are provided. The methods () comprise communicating (), from the access node () to the wireless communication device (), a message comprising a configuration defining at least one of multiple different types of scheduling usable for resource allocation of an uplink shared channel () of the communication network (). An uplink message () of the two-step random access procedure includes a connection request for establishing a data connection between the wireless communication device () and the communication network (), and is communicated () on the uplink shared channel () in accordance with the configuration.

Uplink shared channel assignment in two-step random access procedure

According to an aspect, a method is provided of operating a wireless communication device (UE) to provide positioning related data for determining a position estimate of the UE, the UE being connected to a communications network via a radio link, the method comprising: monitoring for a control channel associated with a positioning occasion in which the UE monitors for at least one positioning reference signal, wherein the control channel comprises an allocation configuration of resources for transmitting the positioning related data. According to further aspects, a method of operating a wireless communication device, a wireless communication device and an access node are provided.

Control channel for positioning related data

Disclosed is a method performed by a wireless transmitter device, for contention-based sidelink transmission. The method comprises obtaining information defining a transmission resource pool and a resource reservation pool comprising one or more reservation resources associated with respective transmission resources in the transmission resource pool. The method comprises monitoring a reservation resource associated with a transmission resource selected by the wireless transmitter device for sidelink transmission, for a resource reservation signal transmitted by one or more other wireless transmitter devices attempting to reserve the same transmission resource. The method comprises: upon determining based on the monitoring that the transmission resource is available, transmitting, after the monitoring, to a wireless device, using the reservation resource, a resource reservation signal indicating that the wireless transmitter device intends to use the transmission resource. The timing of the transmission of the resource reservation signal is randomly selected by the wireless transmitter device.

Methods for contention-based sidelink transmission and reception and related wireless devices

A method for operating a first base station for configuration of a notification area, wherein first base station includes a first central unit, CU, and one or more first distributed units, DU, controlled by the first CU, the method including: receiving first information identifying a notification area update from a second base station including a second CU and one or more second DUs controlled by the second CU, wherein said first information is based on a message identifying a notification area update procedure obtained in one of said second DUs from a user equipment, UE, being configured with a first notification area including the first base station; establishing a connection between said first CU and said one second DU; and configuring the UE with second information identifying an addition of said one second DU to said first notification area.

Notification area management in a wireless network

The present disclosure provides a method performed in a wireless device, for enabling communication of additional data in connection with a pre-allocated uplink data transmission. The method comprising communicating between the wireless device and a radio network node, using one or more resources associated with the pre-allocated uplink data transmission, a data indicator indicating that the additional data is to be communicated. The method comprises communicating the additional data, between the wireless device and the radio network node, based on the communicated data indicator.

Methods for enabling communication of additional data, related wireless devices and radio network nodes

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

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Lund, Sweden

Anders Berggren