A method and apparatus provides for establishing a communication connection between the network entity and the user equipment, while the user equipment has established and is maintaining an alternative communication connection with another network entity associated with a second one of the multiple networks. Flow management information is received from a shared common control element of the user equipment, which manages parallel user equipment activity including a flow of information between the user equipment and each of the multiple networks via the respective communication connections. The user equipment is communicated with in a manner which is consistent with the flow management information received from the shared common control element. The shared common control element includes one or more away patterns, that are each shared with a respective one of the first one and the second one of the multiple networks, where each of the one or more away patterns define periods of time during which the corresponding one of the first one and the second one of the multiple networks should avoid scheduling communications with the user equipment.

Various communication systems may benefit from appropriate configuration of reception states. For example, certain wireless communication systems, such as new radio, may benefit from control monitoring upon receipt of a discontinuous reception trigger. A method can including receiving, by a user equipment, configuration of a search space set of a downlink control resource set with a first monitoring periodicity. The method can also include receiving a trigger or the user equipment becoming active after a period without physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring. The method can further include, after the receiving of the trigger or the becoming active, modifying a monitoring periodicity of the search space set to a second monitoring periodicity.

Various communication systems may benefit from appropriate configuration of reception states. For example, certain wireless communication systems, such as new radio, may benefit from control monitoring upon receipt of a discontinuous reception trigger. A method can including receiving, by a user equipment, configuration of a search space set of a downlink control resource set with a first monitoring periodicity. The method can also include receiving a trigger or the user equipment becoming active after a period without physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring. The method can further include, after the receiving of the trigger or the becoming active, modifying a monitoring periodicity of the search space set to a second monitoring periodicity.

A method performed by a user equipment, UE, for handling communication in a wireless communication network, providing dual connectivity, DC, communication through a master node using a master cell group, MCG, over a first radio interface between the UE and the master node and through a secondary node using a secondary cell group, SCG, over a second radio interface between the UE and the secondary node. The UE detects a failure associated with the SCG and suspends actions associated with the SCG. The UE further performs a reconfiguration of the SCG in case the UE has received a MCG radio resource control, RRC, message comprising SCG configuration, wherein performing the reconfiguration of SCG comprises applying the reconfiguration; and resuming or not resuming the actions associated with the suspended SCG.

A method performed by a user equipment, UE, for handling communication in a wireless communication network, providing dual connectivity, DC, communication through a master node using a master cell group, MCG, over a first radio interface between the UE and the master node and through a secondary node using a secondary cell group, SCG, over a second radio interface between the UE and the secondary node. The UE detects a failure associated with the SCG and suspends actions associated with the SCG. The UE further performs a reconfiguration of the SCG in case the UE has received a MCG radio resource control, RRC, message comprising SCG configuration, wherein performing the reconfiguration of SCG comprises applying the reconfiguration; and resuming or not resuming the actions associated with the suspended SCG.

The present invention is designated to appropriately control inter-slot frequency hopping of an uplink channel/signal. A user terminal of the present invention includes a transmitting section that transmits an uplink control channel over a plurality of slots and a control section that controls frequency hopping of the uplink control channel between the plurality of slots.

The present invention is designated to appropriately control inter-slot frequency hopping of an uplink channel/signal. A user terminal of the present invention includes a transmitting section that transmits an uplink control channel over a plurality of slots and a control section that controls frequency hopping of the uplink control channel between the plurality of slots.

Systems and methods for performing carrier aggregation in wireless communications are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method performed by a first node is disclosed. The method comprises: obtaining configuration information related to data transmission between the first node and at least one second node, wherein the configuration information comprises one or more rules related to carrier aggregation for the data transmission, wherein the one or more rules comprise information related to a reliability level associated with the data transmission; and transmitting the data to the at least one second node on a plurality of carriers based on the configuration information.

Systems and methods for performing carrier aggregation in wireless communications are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method performed by a first node is disclosed. The method comprises: obtaining configuration information related to data transmission between the first node and at least one second node, wherein the configuration information comprises one or more rules related to carrier aggregation for the data transmission, wherein the one or more rules comprise information related to a reliability level associated with the data transmission; and transmitting the data to the at least one second node on a plurality of carriers based on the configuration information.

Method and apparatus for high-resolution channel state information (CSI) reporting in advanced wireless communication systems. A method of operating a user equipment (UE) includes selecting, from a full basis set comprising N bases for a plurality of v layers, an intermediate basis set comprising N′ bases that are common among the plurality of v layers and selecting, from the selected intermediate basis set, a basis subset comprising M.sub.l bases for each layer l of the plurality of v layers. The method further includes transmitting, to a base station (BS), indices of the N′ bases included in the selected intermediate basis set and indices of the M.sub.l bases included in the selected basis subsets. N, N′, and M.sub.l are positive integers; N′<N; M.sub.l<N′; l∈{0, 1 . . . , v−1}; and v is a rank value.