A reverse time synchronization may be performed between a sending device and a receiving device. Then a Time Error (TE) between the sending device and the receiving device may be determined based on the reverse time synchronization. A gate time on the receiving device may be scheduled based on the determined TE.

A method performed by a Network Node (NN) for handling Device to Device (D2D) operation between a first D2D User Equipment (UE) and a second D2D UE in a radio communications network is provided. The NN obtains data related to propagation delay in one or more cells served by the NN. The propagation delay is related to any one or more out of: the first D2D UE, the second D2D UE, other D2D UEs, and cellular UEs. The NN then determines whether or not to configure a number of Guard Period (GP) symbols within a switching time resource, as Sidelink (SL) radio resources for the D2D operation. The determining is based on one or more criteria applied to the obtained data related to the propagation delay.

Apparatuses and methods for monitoring network timing are disclosed. A method comprises storing (300) information on a reference propagation delay between the apparatus and one or more radio access nodes, controlling (302) reception of a reference signal from one or more radio access nodes, the reference signal comprising information on the transmission time instant of the signal, determining (304) the reception time instant of the reference signal, determining (306) the propagation delay of the reference signal based on the time difference of the reception time instant and the transmission time instant, and determining (308) correctness of time references of the apparatus and the one or more radio access nodes based on the determined and stored propagation delays.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may transmit a downlink message to a user equipment (UE). The base station may allocate a receive time window associated with receiving an uplink message from the UE responsive to the downlink message, wherein the receive time window is allocated based at least in part on a maximum propagation round trip time (RTT) associated with UEs within a coverage area of the base station and a frame size of the uplink message. The base station may monitor the receive time window for the uplink message from the UE. The base station may receive the uplink message from the UE during the receive time window.

A session management apparatus including: a reception unit configured to receive, from a user plane apparatus, time comparison information between a TSN time of a TSN time domain and a 5G time, and identification information of the TSN time domain; and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to a base station apparatus, TSN assistance information determined based on the time comparison information and identification information of a TSN stream for each of one or more TSN streams that belong to the TSN time domain.

A method for time synchronization determination and related products are provided. The method includes the following. A terminal device receives a handover command from a first device, where the first device is a device currently accessed by the terminal device, and the handover command indicates that the terminal device hands over from the first device to a second device. The terminal device obtains and determines time synchronization information of the second device.

This disclosure provides methods, devices, and systems for minimizing ranging errors resulting from clock drift and/or frequency offsets between wireless communication devices such as a responder device and an initiator device. In various implementations, the responder device receives a request for a ranging operation from the initiator device. The responder device determines whether its temperature exceeds a threshold. When the responder device's temperature exceeds the threshold, the responder device determines a time period after which the responder device's temperature is expected to decrease below the threshold. The responder device transmits a response frame indicating the responder device's temperature and the determined time period. In some instances, the determination that the responder device's temperature exceeds the threshold indicates that ranging errors resulting from clock drift and/or frequency offsets between the responder device and the initiator device are greater than an amount.

A method, network node and core network node are provided. According to one aspect, a network node configured to communicate with a wireless device via an access network is provided. The network node includes processing circuitry configured to receive at least one parameter from a core network node where the at least one parameter indicates a level of synchronization accuracy that is required for a time sensitive network, TSN, clock in a TSN, and implement one of a plurality of methods in the access network for distributing access network clock information to the wireless device and for determining downlink propagation delay information based on the level of synchronization accuracy for the TSN clock where each method is associated with a different level of synchronization accuracy for the access network clock.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which UEs may communicate with satellites or base stations, or both in a non-terrestrial network. Due to large distances between transmitting devices and receiving devices in a non-terrestrial network, the UE may account for propagation delay and frequency shift of communications with a satellite based on location information of the satellite. The UE may receive first satellite location information from a base station or a satellite, via a broadcast message. The UE may receive second satellite location information from the wireless network node via a unicast message, where both the first satellite location information and the second satellite location information relate to a same satellite. The UE may transmit an uplink communication via the satellite based on at least one of the first satellite location information or the second satellite location information.

A method for wireless communication includes validating a PUR configuration in a NTN based on location-related information associated with a satellite. For example, a UE may determine, based on location-related information of a satellite in a non-terrestrial network, whether a preconfigured uplink resource (PUR) configuration is valid. The UE may also transmit, to a base station (BS) via the satellite in response to determining that the PUR configuration is valid, a communication signal in a PUR. For example, the UE may determine, based on the location-related information associated with the satellite, if the parameter satisfies the threshold, and transmit UL data in a PUR occasion based on the determined parameter satisfying the threshold.