Nokia Technologies Oy

Nokia Corporation

Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Mikko Säily

Elena Virtej

Timo Koskela

Ingo Viering

Ahmad Awada

Tommi Jokela

Athul Prasad

David Navratil

Sathiaseelan Sundaralingam

Jeroen Wigard

Nitin R Mangalvedhe

Andreas Maeder

Istvan Zsolt Kovacs

Diomidis Michalopoulos

Pekka Juhani Korja

Sofonias Hailu

Khairul Hasan

Eric Jones

Esa Tapani Tiirola

Kari Pekka Pajukoski

Lars Dalsgaard

Jorma Johannes Kaikkonen

Tero Henttonen

Harri A Jokinen

Wolfgang Zirwas

Karri Markus Ranta-Aho

Gilles Charbit

Juha Pekka Karjalainen

Jedrzej Stanczak

Sean S Kelley

Ryan Keating

Amaanat Ali

Tao Tao

Risto Wichman

Jari Hulkkonen

Pekka A Ranta

Anna Pantelidou

Yanji Zhang

Kari Juhani Niemelä

David Navrátil

Joerg Schaepperle

Pekka Kyösti

Peter Schneider

Taylan Sahin

Jari Yrjänä Hulkkonen

Jarmo Mäkinen

Benedek Schultz

Eva Perez

Santosh Nath

Michel S Mouna-Kingue

Kuo Hsun Lee

Alexis Dowhuszko

Mehmet Cagri Ilter

Arnesh Vijay

According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus configured to determine a first channel definition describing a first wireless communication channel between the apparatus and a second apparatus, the first wireless communication channel being on a first frequency band, determine a second channel definition describing a second wireless communication channel between the apparatus and the second apparatus, the second wireless communication channel being on a second frequency band which has a lower bound at a higher frequency than an upper bound of the first frequency band, and derive an encryption key at least partly based on the second channel definition, and use the encryption key to encrypt information before it is transmitted to the second apparatus over the first wireless communication channel.

Cryptographic process

Examples of the present disclosure relate to User Equipment positioning. Certain examples provide an apparatus (), for example such as a RAN node () or a Location server (), configured to: determine Position Reference Signal, PRS, configuration information () comprising information for enabling a network element, for example such as a UE () or a RAN node (), of a RAN () to: send a PRS (), wherein the PRS comprises: a first portion () of the PRS configured to be sent in a first time interval (T) over a first frequency range (fr); a second portion () of the PRS configured to be sent in a second time interval (T), different to the first time interval, over a second frequency range (fr), wherein the second frequency range partially overlaps the first frequency range thereby defining an overlapping frequency range (ofr); and wherein a subrange of frequencies (ufr) of the second frequency range is not used to send the second portion of the PRS; and send, the PRS configuration information to the network element of the RAN.

User equipment positioning

Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for beam tracking to reduce latency. A method may include receiving from a network node, a radio resource control reconfiguration message. The method may also include sending a radio resource control reconfiguration complete message in response to the radio resource control reconfiguration message. The method may further include performing radio resource management measurements according to information contained in the radio resource control reconfiguration message. In addition, the method may include preparing a measurement report based on the radio resource management measurements. Further, the method may include sending the measurement report to the network node. The method may also include maintaining a spatial relation with a cell or a carrier that is identified in the measurement report, as indicated in the radio resource control reconfiguration message.

Beam tracking for reduced latency

According to an example embodiment, a method may include determining, by a first base station associated with a first cell based on a synchronization signal block (SSB) configuration indicating one or more resources on which a synchronization signal block (SSB) may be transmitted by a second cell, one or more interference protected resources on which the first cell will reduce interference towards the second cell; and sending, by the first base station associated with the first cell to a second base station associated with the second cell, information identifying the one or more interference protected resources on which the first cell will reduce interference towards the second cell.

Synchronization signaling block compatible interference coordination patterns to reduce interference in wireless networks

Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for configuring and/or transmitting positioning reference signals (PRS) are provided. One method may include providing, to a user equipment, configuration information () for determining reference points for positioning measurements () or for user equipment assistance measurements. The assistance information indicates a grouping of downlink reference signals for measurements and reporting.

Measurements for on-demand positioning reference signal transmission

In accordance with some example embodiments, a method may include transmitting, by a network entity, at least one positioning measurement configuration associated with at least one radio access network notification area to a user equipment. The method may further include receiving, by the network entity, at least one location message. The method may further include transmitting, by the network entity, at least one location message response The at least one location message response comprises at least one last known location of the user equipment transmitted to the location management entity or at least one last location-associated measurement by the user equipment transmitted to the location management entity.

UE location tracking in an inactive state

Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for a multi-stage positioning reference signal (PRS) mechanism for downlink angle of departure (DL-AoD) positioning.

Multi-stage positioning reference signal (PRS) mechanism for downlink angle of departure (DL-AoD) positioning

An example method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium are provided for early data transmission (EDT) random access (RA) procedure for dual connectivity or carrier aggregation. In an example implementation, the method may include receiving configuration information from a network node, initiating an early data transmission (EDT) random access (RA) procedure with one or more cells indicated in the configuration information, determining a secondary cell of the one or more cells as a preferred secondary cell, and transmitting data to the preferred secondary cell.

Early data transmission for dual connectivity or carrier aggregation

An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to: receive a message from at least one user equipment requesting to join a multicasting/broadcasting group; receive data for multicasting/broadcasting from a data network; generate multicasting/broadcasting session information for the data; route the data based on the multicasting/broadcasting session to at least one access point, wherein the access point wirelessly communicates the data to user equipment based on the multicasting/broadcasting session information.

Method, system and apparatus for multicast session management in 5G communication network

A method includes determining, by a source base station, based on at least one of a measurement report received from a terminal device and a mobility trajectory of the terminal device, a prepared cell list that includes a set of cells where the terminal device is capable of handover. The method includes sending at least one required context for the handover to the set of cells in the prepared cell list. The method also includes receiving acknowledgement from the set of cells. The method further includes sending a handover complete message, which contains the prepared cell list, to the terminal device. The prepared cell list provides a capability for the terminal device to make a number of handovers when the terminal device is within a coverage area of the set of cells.

Context preparation for consecutive conditional handovers

An apparatus in a network function comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to: determine that a protocol data unit session for a user equipment is to be updated to add or modify multicast information; and provide multicast context information associated with said user equipment which causes said user equipment to receive multicast data associated with said multicast context information.

An embodiment may comprise: transmitting, by a user device in a low activity state a type of the low activity state being according to an anchor access node, a random access message to a network node providing a target cell of a cell reselection. The method may also comprise, in response to receiving a random access response for the random access message from the network node providing the target cell, transmitting, to the network node providing the target cell, a radio connection reactivation request, the reactivation request comprising an indication of an anchor access node of the user device. The method may also comprise, in response to the radio connection reactivation request, receiving a radio connection reactivation message indicating a radio connection reactivation to the anchor access node as a logical link associated with a radio link provided by the target cell of the cell reselection or receiving an inactivation message.

Supporting mobility during low activity state

Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for deploying an unmanned vehicle base station (BS) are provided. One method may include receiving an indication from at least one device of its capability to switch to a temporary cell of an unmanned vehicle base station (BS), and determining, based on knowledge of locations on a planned path of the unmanned vehicle base station (BS), which of the at least one device is located within coverage of one of the locations on the planned path. The method may then include configuring discontinuous reception cycles or Power-Saving Mode (PSM) of the at least one device so that the at least one device is awake when the unmanned vehicle base station (BS) establishes the temporary cell.

Methods and apparatuses for deploying a moving base station for internet of things (IoT) applications

A method, apparatus and computer program product receive an application flow comprising a source flow and a supplementary flow from a core network. The method, apparatus and computer program product receive a flow payload indication from the core network. The method, apparatus and computer program product determine whether the application flow is to be transmitted via a unicast transmission or a multicast transmission. The method, apparatus and computer program product determine whether the supplementary flow is droppable based on the flow payload indication and whether the application flow is to be transmitted via a unicast transmission or a multicast transmission. The method, apparatus and computer program product cause only the source flow to be transmitted in a circumstance where the supplementary flow is droppable.

Method and apparatus for efficient delivery of source and forward error correction streams in systems supporting mixed unicast multicast transmission

An apparatus suitable for at least to: receive, from a serving access node, a random access update precondition and a configuration with regard to a conditional handover, wherein the configuration indicates at least one handover candidate cell; carry out measurements according to the configuration, and if the random access update precondition is fulfilled, transmit a message to the serving access node, the message comprising information obtained by the measurements and indicating at least one beam of at least one handover candidate cell and/or at least one handover candidate cell that caused the random access update precondition being fulfilled for obtaining a random access resource configuration for carrying out the conditional handover.

Conditional handover

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