Motorola Mobility LLC

Google Inc.

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

Motorola Corporation

Google Technology Holdings LLC

Ravikiran Nory

Vijay Nangia

Ajit Nimbalker

Robert T Love

Ravi Kuchibhotla

Hossein Bagheri

Murali Narasimha

Kenneth Anderson Stewart

Hyejung Jung

Sandeep H Krishnamurthy

Ziad Ahmad

Daniel Chen Larsson

Brian Keith Classon

Yakun Sun

Jung-Fu Cheng

Robert Baldemair

Havish Koorapaty

Sina Maleki

Stefan Parkvall

Xiangyang Zhuang

Niklas Wernersson

Raja Sekhar Bachu

Christian Bergljung

Dale Gerard Schwent

Edgar P Fernandes

Andres Reial

Jialing Liu

Gerrit Hiddink

Prateek Basu Mallick

Stephen J Grant

Colin D Frank

Yutao Sui

Joachim Löhr

Armin Werner Klomsdorf

Michael Eoin Buckley

Krishna Kamal Sayana

Ilmiawan Shubhi

David R Wilson

Sorour Falahati

Philippe J Sartori

Claes Tidestav

Niklas Andgart

Anup K Talukdar

Pramod Jacob Mathecken

Mattias Frenne

Andreas Nilsson

Stefan Wager

Sebastian Faxér

Xingqin Lin

Ali Nader

Thomas Michael King

Hong Ren

George Jeffrey Geier

Antonino Orsino

Jean-Aicard Fabien

Xiang Yuan

Petter Ersbo

Zhanxian Wang

Kenneth S Stewart

Krishan Kamal Sayana

Daniel Larsson

Sebastian Faxer

A method and apparatus provide for low latency transmissions. A higher layer configuration message can be received that indicates a set of resource blocks for receiving data packets in at least one symbol of a subframe. An attempt can be made to decode a data packet in a first set of resource elements within the set of resource blocks. The first set of resource elements can be in the at least one symbol of the subframe. An attempt can be made to decode the data packet in at least a second set of resource elements within the set of resource blocks. The second set of resource elements can be in the at least one symbol of the subframe. The second set of resource elements can include at least one resource element that is not in the first set of resource elements. The data packet in one of the first set of resource elements and the second set of resource elements can be successfully decoded. A data payload of the decoded data packet can be delivered to an application layer.

Method and apparatus for low latency transmissions

For transmitting an uplink channel, one apparatus includes a processor and a transceiver that that communicates with a User Equipment ('UE') in a mobile communication network. The processor receives, from the UE, a first uplink channel on a first uplink resource and receiving, from the UE, a second uplink channel on a second uplink resource, where the first uplink resource and the second uplink resource at least partially overlap in time, and where the first uplink channel is for a first transmission and reception point (“TRP”) and the second uplink channel is for a second TRP, wherein the first TRP is different than the second TRP.

Identifying a resource for transmitting a first uplink channel

A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. A network node configured to communicate with a wireless device is provided. The network node includes processing circuitry configured to indicate, in downlink control information, DCI, a first modulation and coding scheme, MCS, associated with first transport block, TB, indicate, in the DCI, a second MCS associated with a second TB where the first MCS is indicated by a first MCS field size and the second MCS is indicated by a second MCS field size less than the first MCS field size, and communicate with the wireless device based on the first MCS and the second MCS.

Modulation and coding scheme (MCS) signalling for multi-carrier scheduling

Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for minimum scheduling offset interpretation. In one embodiment, the network node is configured receive an indication of a first preferred value for a minimum scheduling offset for a first bandwidth part, BWP, having a first subcarrier spacing, SCS, and a second preferred value for a minimum scheduling offset for a second bandwidth part, BWP, having a second subcarrier spacing, SCS; determine a minimum scheduling offset parameter for at least one of the first BWP having the first SCS and the second BWP having the second SCS based at least in part on at least one of the first preferred value and the second preferred value; and configure the wireless device with the determined minimum scheduling offset parameter. In another embodiment, a wireless device is configured to indicate the first and second preferred values.

Configuration of minimum scheduling offsets

Embodiments include methods for a user equipment (UE) to perform different operations based on detection of wake-up signal (WUS) transmissions from a network node in a radio access network (RAN). Such methods include determining whether a WUS transmission, from the network node, is detected during a particular WUS monitoring occasion (WMO). Such methods also include, based on determining that the WUS is detected during the particular WMO, performing one or more first operations during a first time period associated with the particular WMO; and based on determining that the WUS is not detected during the particular WMO, performing one or more second operations during a second time period. Various first and second operations can be performed, with the first and second operations differing in some manner. The first and second time periods can be the same or different. Embodiments also include complementary methods performed by a network node.

Wake-up signal (WUS) controlled actions

A radio resource control message comprising an indication of a random access channel preamble, a reference signal resource, or both can be received. A reference signal can be received on the reference signal resource. A random access channel preamble can be selected based at least in part on the reference signal satisfying a threshold. The selected random access channel preamble can be transmitted during a random access procedure.

Method and apparatus for random access on a wireless communication network

There is provided a method of operating a wireless device, UE, in a communication network. The method includes transmitting, to the communication network, a first capability indication that indicates that the UE supports a maximum number of MIMO layers for a serving cell configuration on a carrier and the second capability indication that indicates that the UE supports a maximum number of MIMO layers for a bandwidth part, BWP, of the serving cell. The method further includes receiving a configuration that includes a first higher layer parameter associated with the maximum number of MIMO layers for a serving cell and a second higher layer parameter associated with the maximum number of MIMO layers for a specific BWP part of the serving cell, wherein the configuration is based on the first capability indication and the second capability indication. Furthermore, there is provided a UE, a RAN node and a method therefore.

Capability handling related to per-BWP MIMO layer indication

There is provided a method () performed by a wireless device (WD) for communicating with a network node in a wireless communication network. The method comprises configuring () the WD with a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration having an ON-duration configuration and a long/short DRX cycle configuration, the DRX configuration defining a timing and a length of an ON-duration for the WD based on a message from the network node. The method further comprises configuring () the WD with a Power Saving Signal (PSS) configuration based on a message from the network node, wherein the PSS configuration comprises a PSS offset and a PSS range, and where the PSS offset and the PSS range define a starting point and length of a PSS Monitoring Window (MW) within which at least one PSS Monitoring Occasion (MO) occurs. Further, the method comprises monitoring () a signal or channel at one or more PSS MOs within the PSS MW. There is also provided a corresponding wireless device () for communicating with a network node, a method () perform by a network node, and a network node ().

Power saving signal monitoring occasions configuration and capability signaling

Embodiments include methods for a master node (MN) configured to provide a master cell group (MCG) in dual connectivity (DC) with a user equipment (UE) together with a secondary node (SN) configured to provide a secondary cell group (SCG). Such methods include determining one or more restriction parameters to control selection of the UE's SCG configuration by the SN, such that the UE's minimum required processing time, T_SCG, of SN messages scheduling UE uplink (UL) SCG transmissions is smaller than a maximum value derived from the one or more restriction parameters. Such methods include sending, to the SN, at least portion of the determined restriction parameters. Other embodiments include complementary methods for an SN, as well as network nodes configured to perform such methods.

Signaling enhancement for dynamic power sharing in dual connectivity

A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. According to one or more embodiments, a wireless device configured to communicate with a network node is provided. The wireless device includes processing circuitry configured to: receive downlink control information, DCI, from a primary cell, Pcell; determine that at least one bitfield in the DCI indicates a secondary cell Scell, dormancy; and cause the wireless device to transition the Scell from one of to and from a dormant state based on the at least one bitfield, a timing of the transition being based on a numerology of at least one of the Pcell and Scell.

L1 signaling for scell dormancy indication

A user equipment (UE) being configured to receive a downlink (DL) information, determine a spatial association for an uplink (UL) transmission based on the DL information, and determine UL power control (PC) parameters based on the DL information.

Beam indication for uplink power control

A method, system and apparatus for methods for determining minimum scheduling offset application delay are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method in a network node includes determining an application delay based at least in part on a first subcarrier spacing, SCS, associated with a scheduling component carrier bandwidth part, BWP, the application delay being associated with at least one of the first and second minimum scheduling offsets. According to another aspect, a method in a wireless device includes receiving an indication of an application delay from a network node, the application delay being based at least in part on a first subcarrier spacing, SCS, associated with a scheduling component carrier bandwidth part, BWP, and the application delay being associated with at least one of the first and second minimum scheduling offsets.

Methods for determining minimum scheduling offset application delay

Techniques for fast adaptation of PDCCH monitoring by a UE via L1 signaling in order to reduce power consumption by the UE are disclosed. A base station sends first configuration information to a user equipment (UE) via higher layer signaling (e.g. RRC) to configure downlink control channel monitoring by the UE. Thereafter, the base station may send downlink control information to the UE via L1 signaling to adapt the PDCCH monitoring by the 6 UE. The downlink control information may temporarily override or modify the parameters for PDCCH monitoring set by higher layers. The downlink control information may be send in an existing downlink control message or in a new downlink control message.

Control of power saving using layer-1 signaling

A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication includes at least one memory and at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory. The at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to receive downlink control information comprising an indication to monitor a set of physical downlink control channel search spaces of a plurality of sets of physical downlink control channel search spaces; and monitor the set of physical downlink control channel search spaces for at least one physical downlink control channel.

Method of control channel monitoring for reduced latency operation

A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. According to one or more embodiments, a method is performed by a wireless device The method includes: determining an activation or a deactivation of a first serving cell associated with a first physical channel; sending a corresponding Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest, HARQ, acknowledgment, ACK, in a second physical channel, a subcarrier spacing configuration of the first physical channel being different from a subcarrier spacing of the second physical channel; and performing a procedure related to the first serving cell based at least in part on a time offset, k, the time offset, k, being based at least in part on a reference physical channel.

Serving cell activation and deactivation

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