Nokia Technologies Oy

István Zsolt Kovács

Jeroen Wigard

Mads Lauridsen

Daniela Laselva

Karri Markus Ranta-Aho

Oana-Elena Barbu

Rafhael Amorim

Samuli Heikki Turtinen

Klaus Ingemann Pedersen

Tero Henttonen

Ingo Viering

Wolfgang Zirwas

Troels Emil Kolding

Benny Vejlgaard

Jedrzej Stanczak

Johannes Harrebek

Bent Henneberg Rysgaard

Dawid Koziol

Afef Feki

Anna Pantelidou

Jani Matti Johannes Moilanen

Hans Thomas Höhne

Teemu Mikael Veijalainen

Ali Esswie

Roberto Maldonado

Rafhael Medeiros De Amorim

Muhammad Majid Butt

Zhilan Xiong

Dimitri Gold

Karsten Aarrebo Petersen

Raphael Medeiros De Amorim

Sakira Hassan

Melisa López

Muhammad Usman Hadi

In accordance with example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method an apparatus to perform receiving or sending, between a network node of a communication network, and a user equipment information comprising a service request for a dedicated bearer for data exchange of at least one of machine learning or artificial intelligence related data, wherein the data exchange is for training at least one of a machine learning or an artificial intelligence model for a particular use case; communicating the information with the communication network; handling control over at least one of an artificial intelligence or machine learning related data exchange through a machine learning-dedicated bearer, wherein the artificial intelligence or machine learning related data exchange comprises: data collection, model transfer, and life cycle Management for at least one of a machine learning model or machine learning functionality control signalling.

Method of data exchange for maintenance of artificial intelligence or machine learning models in wireless communication

According to an example embodiment, a client 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 may be configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the client device to: detect need for random access, random access, in a non-terrestrial network to a target cell of the non-terrestrial network; identify whether the needed random access is intra-satellite or inter-satellite; in response to the needed random access being intra-satellite, perform a first random access procedure, wherein, in the first random access procedure, the client device transmits a random access preamble and a payload data in a single message; and in response to the needed random access being inter-satellite, perform a second random access procedure wherein, in the second random access procedure, the client device transmits a random access preamble and a payload data in separate messages. A client device, a network node device, methods and computer program products are disclosed.

Random access procedure selection

A method may include sending, by a user equipment, a random access preamble message to a network element. The method may also include receiving an uplink grant in a random access response message in response to the random access preamble message. The method may further include adding an implicit timing advance offset to an uplink time domain resource allocation of the uplink grant to establish synchronization of radio transmissions between the user equipment and the network element. The method may also include transmitting a scheduled transmission message including the implicit timing advance offset to the network element. Further, the implicit timing advance offset may be added to the uplink time domain resource before the scheduled transmission message is transmitted.

Timing advance range extension in random access response

An apparatus, computer program and method is described comprising: obtaining, at a receiver, during a first phase of operation, one or more first downlink positioning reference samples from each of a plurality of communication nodes of a mobile communication system, wherein the receiver operates in a wide-beam or omnidirectional mode during the first phase of operation; determining first response estimates of channels between the receiver and each of said each communication nodes, based on the positioning reference samples obtained for the respective communication node; selecting, for each communication node, a receiver beam for receiving positioning signals from the respective communication node, based, at least in part, on the respective first channel response estimate; and receiving, at the receiver, in a second phase of operation, one or more second downlink positioning reference samples from each of the plurality of communication nodes using the selected receiver beams.

Positioning in mobile communication systems

A method, apparatus and computer program is described comprising: obtaining reference signals received at a plurality of nodes of a communication system from a user device; generating signal signature matrices based on real and imaginary components of the obtained reference signals; and generating a first three-dimensional position estimate for the user device by applying signals based on the generated signal signature matrices to an input of a model.

Position estimation

According to an example embodiment, a client 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 may be configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the client device to: receive a measurement configuration from a first network node device, receive a preconfigured condition for the measurement configuration from the first network node device, and in response to the preconfigured condition for the measurement configuration being fulfilled, use the measurement configuration. A client device, a network node device, methods, and computer programs are disclosed.

Adaptation of measurement configuration for non-terrestrial networks

Devices, methods and computer programs for timing advance variation compensation in wireless communications are disclosed Timing advance variation for a client device communicating with a network node device at least partially via an air/space born vehicle communication connection is determined based on measurements on uplink signaling from the client device. A timing advance compensation function curve from a set of predetermined timing advance compensation function curves is selected, such that the selected timing advance compensation function curve corresponds with the determined timing advance variation. An indication of the selected timing advance compensation function curve is signaled to the client device.

Timing advance compensation

There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus comprising means for determining which of at least two lower layer radio units co-located at a first location, each lower layer radio unit associated with a higher layer radio unit, has a best path to the associated higher layer radio unit and causing the transmit power of the determined one of the at least two lower layer radio units received at a user equipment to be higher relative to the transmit power of any of the other of the at least two lower layer radio units received at the user equipment.

Apparatus, method and computer program for UE cell selection control in non-terrestrial networks

There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus comprising means for receiving from a network, at a user equipment, Doppler shift information associated with at least one cell of the network as a function of time for at least one area and using the Doppler shift information at the user equipment to compensate for the Doppler shift in communication with the network when the user equipment is in the at least one area.

Apparatus for doppler shift compensation, corresponding method and computer program

An example method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium are provided for exploration procedures for network optimization. In one example implementation, the method may include generating, by a first network element, exploration data, the exploration data being generated by the first network element for evaluating performance at a second network element; transmitting, by the first network element, the exploration data to the second network element; and receiving, by the first network element, exploration data feedback from the second network element, the exploration data feedback received from the second network element based on processing of the exploration data by the second network element. In another example implementation, the method may include receiving, by a second network element, exploration data from a first network element; generating, by the second network element, exploration data feedback, the exploration data feedback generated in response to and based on the exploration data received from the first network element; and transmitting, by the second network element, the exploration data feedback to the first network element.

Exploration data for network optimization

An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: receiving antenna panel switching rate configuration parameters; determining an antenna panel switching rate at a user device of a communication system, wherein the antenna panel switching rate is based on a number of antenna panel switching events within a moving averaging window, wherein the window has a size defined by said configuration parameters; and providing a panel switching rate report to a network node of the communication system, wherein the panel switching rate report includes the determined antenna panel switching rate.

Antenna panel switching in telecommunication systems

An apparatus for use by a communication network control element or function configured to conduct a communication control for a communication with at least one communication element or function in a communication network, the apparatus comprising at least one processing circuitry, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processing circuitry, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processing circuitry, cause the apparatus at least: to calculate a reception time window in a random access procedure for a communication element or function in at least one communication area controlled by the communication network control element or function, to provide setting information related to a random access procedure to a communication element or function in the at least one communication area, the setting information including an indication of the calculated reception time window and an indication related to a determination of a receiving pattern of the communication element or function in the reception time window, wherein the receiving pattern indicates communication resources being listened by the communication element or function during the reception time window for receiving a response to the random access related signaling, to receive and process a random access related signaling from the communication element or function, to determine, on the basis of a transmission frame in which the random access related signaling is sent by the communication element or function and the calculated reception time window, the receiving pattern of the communication element or function in the reception time window, to transmit, to the communication element or function, the response to the random access related signaling on the basis of the determined receiving pattern so that the response is received in a communication resource listened by the communication element or function.

Control mechanism for random access procedure

It is provided a method, comprising measuring, during a period, a first time of arrival (TOA) of a first signal from a first satellite, a second TOA of a second signal from a second satellite, and a third TOA of a third signal from a third satellite; reporting, after the period has elapsed, the first TOA along with the first cell identifier and a first parameter enabling to derive a transmit time of the first signal, the second TOA along with the second cell identifier and a second parameter enabling to derive a transmit time of the second signal, and the third TOA along with the third cell identifier and a third parameter enabling to derive a transmit time of the third signal, wherein the first TOA is measured within a set first interval in the period; the second TOA is measured within a set second interval in the period; the second interval does not overlap the first interval.

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Aalborg, Denmark

István Zsolt Kovács