Adaptive listen-before-talk mode selection

A user equipment comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory storing instruction that, when executed on the at least one processor cause the user equipment to perform:
• obtaining one or more configurations for at least one of a listen-before-talk on-mode and a listen-before-talk off-mode, wherein each configuration includes at least one functionality specific to an associated listen-before-talk mode;
• examining which of the one or more configurations is associated with an indicated listen-before-talk mode;
• selecting the configuration associated with the indicated listen-before-talk mode;
• and
• activating or deactivating the at least one functionality defined by the selected configuration in the operation of the user equipment,
• wherein the functionalities include one or more of the following:
• slot format determination;
• physical downlink control channel monitoring behavior;
• user equipment discontinuous reception (DRX) and power saving features;
• interference measurements and reporting;
• channel state information measurements and reporting,
• wherein the activating or deactivating one or more of the functionalities comprises determining, based on the determined listen-before-talk mode, one or more of the following:
• in slot format determination, whether the UE follows a semi-static Time Division Duplexing (TDD) configuration, or dynamic slot format adaptation based on an indication of Group Common-Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH);
• in physical downlink control channel monitoring, whether a physical downlink control channel search space group switching is disabled or enabled;
• in DRX, whether the UE operates according to an OnDuration timer or according to a reduced OnDuration timer;
• in interference measurements and reporting, whether averaging of interference measurements across multiple time instances is allowed or not;
• in channel state measurements and reporting, whether averaging of channel state information measurements across multiple time instances is allowed or not.