Nokia Technologies Oy

Idac Holdings, Inc.

Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc.

Idag Holdings, Inc.

Ping-Heng Kuo

Dawid Koziol

Chunli Wu

Alain Mourad

Samuli Heikki Turtinen

Ulises Olvera-Hernandez

Benoist Sebire

Daniela Laselva

Diomidis Michalopoulos

Carlos Jesus Bernardos

Charles Turyagyenda

Oana-Elena Barbu

Mohammed El-Hajjar

Guillermo Pocovi

Janet A Stern-Berkowitz

Jarkko Tuomo Koskela

Klaus Ingemann Pedersen

Matthew Baker

Tao Tao

Thomas H Jacobsen

Jaehyun Ahn

Stefano Paris

Kalle Petteri Kela

Satyanarayana Katla

Katla Satyanarayana

Apparatuses and methods for positioning are disclosed. In the arrangement a request for information associated with location of an apparatus is received by the apparatus, the request including an indication of a plurality of sets of radio accesses and information of positioning integrity. The apparatus determines based on the information of positioning integrity whether a position estimate based on a set of radio accesses of the indicated plurality of sets of radio accesses is to be reported in response to the request and responds the request according to the determining.

Positioning a device

According to an aspect, there is provided a terminal device for performing the following. The terminal device maintains, in a memory, configurations of downlink and uplink reference signals. In response to receiving a configuration of a coupling relationship between the downlink and uplink reference signals from an access node, the terminal device stores it to the memory. The terminal device measures, in response to receiving the downlink reference signal from the access node, the downlink reference signal. The terminal device determines whether a radio channel between the terminal device and the access node meets one or more pre-defined criteria. If the one or more pre-defined criteria are not met, the terminal device determines an adjusted transmission mode for the uplink reference signal. If the adjusted transmission mode determines one or more transmission parameters, the terminal device transmits the uplink reference signal to the access node using the adjusted transmission mode.

Coupled downlink and uplink reference signals for efficient multi-RTT positioning

Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media for priority adaptation of a positioning reference signal (PRS). In example embodiments, a first device receives, from a second device, an indication associated with a change of a priority level for transmitting a positioning reference signal. Based on the received indication, the first device changes the priority level for transmitting the positioning reference signal.

Priority adaptation of positioning reference signal

A method comprises when a first data unit is to be transmitted on a plurality of different transmission paths determining, in dependence on at least one condition or indication if a) a copy of the first data unit is to be transmitted on one or more of the plurality of different transmission paths and/or if b) one or more coded data units are to be transmitted on one or more of the plurality of different transmission paths, a coded data unit being provided by coding the first data unit with at least one other preceding data unit. The method further comprises in dependence on said determining, causing the transmitting of one or more copies of the first data unit and/or one or more coded data units on respective ones of the plurality of different transmission paths.

Apparatus, method, and computer program

Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to logical channel prioritization. A method includes obtaining an uplink grant from a network device, the uplink grant indicating uplink resources for transmission to the network device and selecting a logical channel prioritization setting from a plurality of logical channel prioritization settings based on a predetermined policy related to the uplink grant, the logical channel prioritization settings defining different sets of prioritization parameters for uplink data in at least one logical channel and uplink control information in occupying the uplink resources. The method further includes generating, based on the logical channel prioritization setting, a packet data unit including at least one of the uplink control information or at least one part of the uplink data for transmission to the network device using the uplink resources. In this way, adaptive and dynamic prioritization across logical channels can be achieved at the terminal device.

Logical channel prioritization

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of the resource selection for the transmission of a pending data unit. The method comprises in accordance with a determination that a data unit is not successfully transmitted using a resource associated with an original Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request, HARQ, process, determining a set of allowed HARQ processes for transmitting the data unit based on at least one condition; selecting a further resource associated with a target HARQ process from the set of allowed HARQ process and transmitting the data unit using the further resource to the second apparatus. In this way, a scheme for conditional HARQ switching is proposed, such that the pending MAC PDU could be retransmitted rapidly. Meanwhile, the retransmission of the pending MAC PDU may not influence other scheduled traffics.

Resource selection for transmission of pending data unit

Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage medium for selection of a channel access priority. In example embodiments, a subset of data units from a set of data units is selected for multiplexing into a data packet. The selecting is at least in part based on a channel access priority associated with each of the subset of data unit. The subset of data units is multiplexed into the data packet, and then the data packet is transmitted.

Selection of channel access priority

A method comprises determining in a medium access control MAC apparatus that data from a different logical channel is to be transmitted onto a shared channel. The method comprises causing an indication to be provided to a physical PHY apparatus that the data from the different logical channel is to be transmitted on the shared channel before packet data units associated with that different logical channel are provided to the physical apparatus.

Method, apparatus, computer program product and computer program

Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are described for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), comprising a memory, and a processor to execute instructions from the memory, wherein the processor is configured to access a non-3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Access Network (AN), establish a link with a Non-3GPP Interworking Function (N3IWF) via the non-3GPP AN, request information from the N3IWF about network slicing capabilities of a 3GPP Radio Access Network (RAN), receive information from the N3IWF about network slicing capabilities of the 3GPP RAN, and determine whether to register with the 3GPP RAN based upon the network slicing capabilities of the 3GPP RAN. Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are described for sending information about network slicing capabilities of a 3GPP RAN to a N3IWF, establishing a link between a WTRU operating on a non-3GPP AN and the N3IWF via the non-3GPP AN, and sending information from the N3IWF to the WTRU about network slicing capabilities of the 3GPP RAN.

Terminal requesting network slice capabilities from non-3GPP access network

There is provided a solution for performing packet duplication in a wireless network. According to an aspect, a method comprises: receiving, by a terminal device from a first access node, a first message comprising at least one information element indicating activation of at least one transmission leg of a first subset of transmission legs, hosted by the first access node, to deliver a duplicate of a data packet between the terminal device and the first access node, receiving, by the terminal device from a second access node, a second message comprising at least one information element indicating activation of at least one transmission leg of a second subset of transmission legs, hosted by the second access node, to deliver a duplicate of a data packet between the terminal device and the second access node, transmitting, by the terminal device, to the first access node at least one duplicate of the data packet over the at least one transmission leg indicated in the first message, and transmitting to the second access node at least one duplicate of the data packet over the at least one transmission leg indicated in the second message.

Controlling duplicate transmissions in multi-connectivity mode

An apparatus comprising circuitry for performing: receiving a configuration message from a base station, wherein the configuration message includes instructions to use at least one first path for uplink transmission of a first group of data packets, and to use at least one configured grant in at least one second path for uplink transmission of duplicate packets of the first group of data packets; and in response to determining that at least one event has occurred, modifying at least one condition of the at least one configured grant for the uplink transmission of the duplicated packets.

Apparatus, method and computer program for communication using configured grants

According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising, receiving a plurality of sets of radio resource configurations for communicating data via a first logical channel, determining a configuration of duplication and activating, based on a criterion associated with the configuration of duplication, one set of radio resource configurations from the plurality of sets of radio resource configurations for communication of said data via the first logical channel.

Resource allocation for transmission of duplicates of data in wireless communication networks

Techniques of ensuring that the survival time requirement is fulfilled include applying, by the UE (transmitter), a plurality of different logical channel (LCH) mapping restrictions to the packets on the same data radio bearer (DRB). In some implementations, the LCH mapping restrictions to be applied depend on the SN of the PDCP PDU to be processed. For example, the first LCH mapping restriction may be limited to radio resource with lower reliability (e.g., with the first LCH mapping restriction, the data from this LCH can only be mapped to a CG configuration without repetition and/or high MCS), while the second LCH mapping restriction may be limited to radio resources with extremely high reliability (e.g., with the first LCH mapping restriction, the data from this LCH can only be mapped to a CG configuration with repetitions and/or low MCS).

Packet-dependent logical channel restriction

A user equipment may receive a configuration message comprising at least one of: a configured grant configuration, or a semi-persistent scheduling configuration, wherein configuration may be associated with a cross-division duplexing slot format, wherein the cross-division duplexing slot format may comprise at least one of: a cross-division duplexing time slot for concurrent transmission in a plurality of communication directions, or a cross-division duplexing time slot for transmission in one communication direction; receive an information indicating at least one resource of the configuration; determine whether the at least one resource is valid, based on a comparison between a corresponding cross-division duplexing slot format of the at least one resource and the cross-division duplexing slot format associated with the configuration; and perform communication with the network device on the at least one resource based, at least partially, on a determination that the at least one resource is valid.

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Ping-Heng Kuo