The disclosed subject matter relates to facilitating uplink communication waveform selection in wireless communication systems, and more particularly Fifth Generation (5G) wireless communication systems. In one or more embodiments, a system is provided comprising a processor and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations. These operations can comprise facilitating establishing a wireless communication link between a first device and a second network device of a wireless communication network, and determining a waveform filtering protocol for application by the first device in association with performance of uplink data transmissions from the first device to the second network device.

There are provided measures for cell clustering based configuration of flexible time division duplex communication, such as e.g. in layered heterogeneous network deployments. Such measures may exemplarily comprise measures for specifying a desired uplink-downlink configuration for time division duplex communication in a subject cell of a cellular communication system, obtaining at least one desired uplink-downlink configuration for time division duplex communication in at least one neighboring cell of the cellular communication system, wherein the at least one neighboring cell and the subject cell belong to the same cell cluster, and defining an uplink-downlink configuration for time division duplex communication in at least the subject cell of the cell cluster out of a set of predefined uplink-downlink configurations with flexible subframe patterns for flexible time division duplex communication on the basis of the specified desired uplink-downlink configuration for the subject cell and the obtained at least one desired uplink-downlink configuration for the at least one neighboring cell.

A method of coordinating positioning signaling includes: sending, from a user equipment (UE), a request wirelessly for positioning service; receiving, at the UE, an indication of UE positioning signal times for sending UE positioning signals; and sending, from the UE, the UE positioning signals at the UE positioning signal times.

According to one aspect, a method includes selecting at least one of a common bandwidth scheme and a common power scheme. If the selected at least one scheme includes a common bandwidth scheme, a common bandwidth to be used by the wireless device for transmission of two data channels in two successive short transmission time intervals, sTTIs, that share a common demodulation reference signal, DMRS, is determined. An indication of the common bandwidth to the wireless device to enable the wireless device to set the bandwidth of the two data channels to a common bandwidth value is sent. If the selected at least one scheme includes a common power scheme, then a common power control command to control an output power to be set by the wireless device for two data channels in two successive sTTI, that share a common DMRS is determined.

A system and method for providing media access control for networked nodes over a plurality of channels. Each channel is divided into a number of time slots per frame of data organized in a channel allocation schedule. The number of time slots is selected for each channel and is greater than or equal to one per second. Each time slot has a slot transfer rate equal to or less than the maximum channel transfer rate. A server receives a request for channel resources that includes a bandwidth requirement. At least one time slot in a channel corresponding to the bandwidth requirement over a frame time is identified and sent to the requesting node.

A method in a wireless device for performing an access procedure comprises: receiving an indication from a network node, the indication comprising an allocation of a plurality of Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) resources for PRACH preamble transmission, wherein the plurality of PRACH resources comprises one of a first combination and a second combination of time resources, frequency resources and sequences, wherein the first combination comprises a plurality of time resources, one or more frequency resources and a first plurality of sequences and the second combination comprises one or more time resources, a plurality of frequency resources and a second plurality of sequences; and selecting a PRACH resource among the plurality of PRACH resources. A wireless device for performing this method is also disclosed.

Systems, methods, and processing nodes for minimizing interference caused by high-powered wireless devices to other wireless devices in the network by determining an increase in a number of high-powered wireless devices attached to a serving access node causing a corresponding increase in a potential interference to standard-powered wireless devices attached to the serving access node. In response to determining this increase, the methods include activating a coordinated transmission mode for one or more standard-powered wireless devices.

A method of a UE is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, first information of a first timer of a bandwidth part inactivity associated with a bandwidth part of a primary cell (PCell) and second information of a second timer of a bandwidth part inactivity associated with a bandwidth part of a secondary cell (SCell), identifying that a random access procedure is initiated on the PCell or the S cell, stopping the first timer, if running, in response to identifying that the random access procedure is initiated on the Pcell, and stopping the first timer and the second timer, if running, in response to identifying that the random access procedure is initiated on the SCell. The method relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT).

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method of a UE is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, first information of a timer associated with bandwidth part (BWP) inactivity; receiving, from the base station, physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on an active BWP associated with a serving cell; identifying whether there is ongoing random access procedure associated with the serving cell; and starting or re-starting the timer in response to identifying that there is no ongoing random access procedure associated with the serving cell.

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method of a UE is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for bandwidth part (BWP) switching of a serving cell; identifying whether there is ongoing random access procedure associated with the serving cell; and performing BWP switching based on the PDCCH in response to identifying that there is no ongoing random access procedure.