Gradual Timing Adjustments for Air-to-Ground UE

A user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a transceiver configured to communicate with a network;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to:
• determine a maximum autonomous time adjustment step (Tq) for a UE gradual transmission timing adjustment;
• determine a minimum aggregate adjustment rate (Tp) for the UE gradual transmission timing adjustment;
• and
• adjust a UE transmission timing based on at least the Tq and Tp such that the UE transmission timing does not exceed a predefined UE transmission timing error.