Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080205351 | Subcarrier Spacing Identification - A cellular communications system that utilizes OFDM in its radio interface is capable of utilizing either a first subcarrier spacing or a second subcarrier spacing. Which of these is presently in use is indicated by generating a first type of synchronization signal in response to the first subcarrier spacing presently being in use, and generating a second type of synchronization signal in response to the second subcarrier spacing presently being in use. Whichever of the first type of synchronization signal and the second type of synchronization signal was generated is transmitted. To distinguish between the first and second types of synchronization signals, a time domain representation of the second type of synchronization signal includes a plurality of instances of the first type of synchronization signal. | 08-28-2008 |
20080214197 | Technique for Radio Resource Management - A radio resource management technique in a cellular telecommunication system is disclosed. The telecommunication system comprises at least one radio network controlling component and one or more base station components operable to implement an uplink scheduling scheme in relation to one or more user terminals. A method embodiment comprises the steps of receiving, by one of the base station components from the at least one radio network controlling component, at least one interference control parameter, of generating one or more scheduling grants taking into account the at least one interference control parameter, and of issuing the one or more scheduling grants to one or more user terminals. | 09-04-2008 |
20080253336 | Multi-Carrier CQI Feedback Method and Apparatus - A radio base station transmits data symbols to a mobile terminal on multiple frequency carriers, e.g., in accordance with the MC-WCDMA or cmda2000 3x air interface protocols. The radio base station instructs the mobile terminal to report channel quality measurements obtained by the terminal for the multiple carriers over the same uplink channel during successive reporting intervals. According to one embodiment, the mobile terminal reports channel quality by receiving data symbols transmitted on a plurality of frequency carriers in a multi-carrier CDMA environment and measuring channel quality for the different frequency carriers. The mobile terminal reports individual ones of the channel quality measurements over the same uplink channel during successive reporting intervals. | 10-16-2008 |
20080261530 | Method and Arrangement for Activity Detection in a Telecommunication System - The present invention relates to a method and arrangement for efficient use of network resources, in particular for continuous connectivity services. The present invention introduces a set of established rules for uplink and/or downlink activity detection such that a Node B and/or a UE is enabled to detect active and inactive transmission periods on links for reception of packet data transmission and can independently arrange for inactivity/activity state transitions without any need of further signalling. Such a set of rules can be communicated to the Node B and the user equipment, e.g., from the radio network controller (RNC), or can consist of a predefined set of fixed rules that is readily implemented in said units. | 10-23-2008 |
20080285491 | Packet-Based Data Processing Technique - A technique is provided for processing data in a packet-based communications environment. A single data packet is encapsulated into a single link layer packet data unit. The link layer unit is encoded to form at least one code block. After the currently available radio resource capacity during a fixed duration transmission interval has been determined, bits within the code block are selected to fit into or otherwise match the radio resource capacity. Thereafter, the selected bits are transmitted via a physical layer. In some variations, unsolicited redundant sets of bits are transmitted thereafter to facilitate successful receipt. | 11-20-2008 |
20080287132 | Method, Computer Program And Base Station For Prediction Based Allocation Of Processing Resources In A Non-Serving Base Station - The present invention relates to a base station and a method in a mobile telecommunication network for allocating and de-allocating uplink base station processing resources to a mobile terminal. The base station are adapted to communicate to a mobile terminal on an uplink channel supporting macro-diversity, and the base station is adapted to be a non-serving base-station without control of the resource allocation to the mobile-terminal. The base station comprises means for predicting a likelihood of successful decoding of a future transmission, and means for allocating or de-allocating processing resources based on said prediction. | 11-20-2008 |
20080287136 | Node B-Control-Proxy - The present invention relates to a first node and a second node in a mobile telecommunication network. The network comprises a first node, a second node and a third node, wherein the first node is connectable to the second node and the second node is connectable to the first node and to the third node and the third node is connectable to the second node. A system function is realized by the execution of a master-process implemented in the first node and a slave-process implemented in the third node, wherein the execution of the master-process realizes a control function associated with the system function. The master-process of the first node is adapted to temporarily delegate the responsibility to realize the control function to a master-proxy-process implemented in the second node and the master-proxy-process implemented in the second node is adapted to take over the responsibility to realize the control function from the master-process of the first node. | 11-20-2008 |
20080318588 | Resource Scheduling in a Cellular System - The invention relates to a method for scheduling resources for uplink transmissions in a radio access network comprising access points which own pre-assigned resources. The invention also relates to an access point ( | 12-25-2008 |
20080318607 | Combined Contention and Scheduling Based Uplink for S3g - A communications system comprises a terminal, and network resources. The terminal is operable to transmit substantially simultaneously a data portion and a data transfer request for that data portion to the network resources. | 12-25-2008 |
20090005127 | Method and Arrangement for Reducing Power Consumption in a Mobile Communication Network - The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for reducing power consumption of a receiver in a mobile communication network comprising a sender transmitting packet data on a downlink channel to one or more receivers over a radio interface. Inactive time instants and listening time instants are defined according to provided rules. The receiver is arranged to listen for information from the sender during the listening time instants and to sleep during the inactive time instants. Thus, less power will be consumed during the inactive time instants. | 01-01-2009 |
20090022133 | EFFICIENT ENCODING OF CONTROL SIGNALING FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS WITH SCHEDULING AND LINK - The invention relates to a method of sending control information from a first node to a second node in a communications system providing a plurality of resource units for the transmission of data. The control information is sent by use of a code book comprising at least one code word identifying control information relating to data transmission over a resource unit. The code book is dynamically updated by means of repeatedly transmitting an updated version of code book information from the first node to the second node. The invention also relates to a first communications node comprising means for transmitting control information to a second node. The means for transmitting control information is adapted to transmitting the control information by use of a code book; and to repeatedly transmitting an updated version of code book information in order to achieve that the code book is dynamic. | 01-22-2009 |
20090041240 | UPLINK SCRAMBLING DURING RANDOM ACCESS - The technology described in this case facilitates random access by a user terminal with a radio base station. A user terminal determines one of a first type of uplink scrambling sequences and generates a random access message using the determined one of the first type of uplink scrambling sequences. The random access message is transmitted to the base station. The user terminal receives from the base station a second, different type of uplink scrambling sequence and uses it for subsequent communication with the radio base station. For example, the first uplink scrambling sequences may be specifically associated with the radio base station's cell area or a random access radio channel associated with the radio base station, but they are not specifically assigned to any user terminal, and the second uplink scrambling sequence may be selected from a second set of uplink scrambling sequences specifically assignable to individual user terminals. | 02-12-2009 |
20090073902 | Subframes in a cellular communications system - The invention discloses a method for a cellular communications system, in which traffic is sent in frames, each frame comprising a first number of subframes, with a second number of said subframes being available for at least either uplink or downlink traffic. At least one of said second number of subframes is made to comprise at least three parts, as follows:
| 03-19-2009 |
20090141700 | TECHNIQUE FOR PERFORMING A RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE OVER A RADIO INTERFACE - The invention relates to a technique for performing a random access procedure over a radio interface, for example between a mobile terminal and a radio base station of a mobile network, A method aspect of the invention comprises the steps of transmitting a synchronization request for synchronization information; receiving synchronization information in response to the synchronization request; and transmitting, based on at least one transmission parameter adjusted in accordance with the synchronization information, a resource request for data transmission resources. | 06-04-2009 |
20090147743 | SCHEDULING IN A CELLULAR SYSTEM - In a cellular system, transmissions are made in subframes which comprise subelements. The method is used for scheduling first and second channels in a subframe, and comprises:
| 06-11-2009 |
20090164862 | Method, Receiver And Transmitter For Improved Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request - The present invention relates to methods and a transmitter and a receiver for a mobile communication system. The basic idea of the present invention is to recursively derive from previous HARQ feedback the number of HARQ transmissions that is required to be able to decode the transmitted data successfully and to only transmit explicit HARQ feedback information if the decoding result differs from the derived result. | 06-25-2009 |
20090196204 | METHODS AND DEVICES RELATING TO DOWNLINK ASSIGNMENTS - The invention relates to a method in a first communication device of receiving control information over a radio channel from a second communication device. The first communication device receives a subframe over the radio channel, and determines whether the subframe is a downlink subframe with downlink assignment intended for the first communication device by reading data in the subframe. That being the case, the first communication device decodes data within the subframe, and determines whether any data packet being sent from the second communication device before the subframe has been missed by analysing an indicator associated to the subframe in the data. The indicator provides knowledge about previous downlink subframes with downlink assignment intended for the first communication device. | 08-06-2009 |
20090207815 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR CO-EXISTING NETWORKS - The present invention relates to methods and arrangements for improving the capabilities of an evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network, in particular for cases when more than one radio access network applying a time-division duplex transmission mode need to co-exist on a same carrier. The invention addresses further problems concerning an efficient allocation of uplink resources and resource allocation in a handover situation. The present invention assigns an attribute in form of a distinguishing value to the time slots used for the uplink and downlink transmission on said carrier such as to avoid scheduling of transmissions via a first radio access network in downlink or uplink time slots assigned to the second radio access network and to avoid scheduling of transmissions via the second radio access network in uplink time slots assigned for transmissions in the first radio access network. | 08-20-2009 |
20090215450 | Technique for Performing a Random Access Procedure Over a Radio Interface - The invention relates to a technique of performing a random access procedure over a radio interface ( | 08-27-2009 |
20090238148 | Arrangement And Method In A Mobile Communication Network - The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for obtaining efficient radio resource allocation in a mobile communication network comprising a communication network entity ( | 09-24-2009 |
20090239590 | Uplink Scheduling in a Cellular System - A method for use in a wireless cellular access system, according to which users in a cell in the system receive one or more transmission power control commands on a control channel, where the transmission power control commands comprise an identifier for the intended user or users, said identifier being either an identifier for a specific user or for a group of users. A user disregards one or more predefined control commands if the identifier of the control command is for a group of users in which said user is included. | 09-24-2009 |
20090258639 | Method, system and device for providing a robust wireless connection - A system and a method for wireless linking in a cellular communication system are disclosed such that a mobile station is maintained in simultaneous communication with at least a first node and a second node for access to the cellular communication system. Information going to and from the first node is not identical to the information going to and from the second node. In one embodiment the second node, or secondary access point is a relay node forwarding received information to and from the first node, or primary access point. In another embodiment the second node is another mobile station performing a direct mobile-to-mobile communication (MS-to-MS). In still an embodiment a first wireless link to the first node is for control information only. In still a further embodiment a second wireless link to the second node is only for communication of information from the mobile station or only for communication of information to the mobile station. | 10-15-2009 |
20090268692 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATING A SIGNAL - A communication unit and a method for communicating at least one signal over a channel of a first channel type and at least one signal over a channel of a second channel type, which is different from the first channel type. The apparatus comprises a timer adapted to schedule a predetermined time period, during which interference due to simultaneous communication of signals over the channel of the first channel type and the channel of the second channel type is anticipated. Also, the apparatus comprises a processing unit adapted to apply, during the predetermined time period, an interference counteracting process for counteracting interference between any signal communicated over the channel of the first channel type and any signal communicated over the channel of the second channel type. The interference counteracting process comprises changing, during the predetermined time period, from a first to a second format for representing information transmitted over the channel of the first channel type, the second format being more robust than the first format. | 10-29-2009 |
20090316659 | Identifying Multi-Component Carrier Cells - Methods and apparatus for generating and determining multi-component carrier cells, without the use of neighbor-cell lists, are described. Methods for generating and informing a communication system terminal about other component carriers belonging to a certain cell identity (ID), and methods and apparatus for a mobile terminal utilizing extended synchronization information for doing multi-component carrier cell search are described. Also, methods for multi-component carrier measurements and methods of reporting such measurements to a network are described. | 12-24-2009 |
20090323596 | Scheduling For Uplink And Downlink Time Of Arrival Positioning - The present invention relates to methods and arrangements for scheduling of positioning channels and traffic in order to recover a sufficiently perfect orthogonality including scheduling tasks for the downlink and uplink direction. A scheduling manager co-ordinates the scheduling and measurement timing of first and second positioning schedulers that, respectively, allocate uplink and downlink radio resources. | 12-31-2009 |
20100008310 | Method and Arrangement in a Telecommunication System - A network informs a user equipment about the number of usable sub-carriers in a frequency spectrum. Based on this, and its knowledge of a generic size of a resource block, the user equipment is able to determine a number of sub-carriers that are to be allocated to one or more fractional resource blocks. Rules, which may be predefined in the standard, or may be signalled to the user equipment, allow the user equipment to determine which of the usable sub-carriers should be allocated to the fractional resource block or blocks. | 01-14-2010 |
20100014423 | Transmission in a Shared Medium Having Different Access Modes - A method of controlling access in a telecommunication network in which a communication medium, such as a set of frequencies, time slots, or codes, is shared among a plurality of mobile units. Transmissions from the mobile units utilize different access modes, such as a direct access mode and a scheduled access mode. Additionally, the transmissions are divided into different communication types, each having an associated priority. A mode access control unit determines for each priority, which access mode to utilize for the associated communication type. Mobile units having data to transmit access the shared communication medium utilizing the access mode determined for the priority of the communication type to which the data belongs. | 01-21-2010 |
20100067418 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN USER EQUIPMENTS IN MULTI-CARRIER RADIO SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement for reducing power consumption in the user equipments in power saving mode in a communication network, comprising a communication network node transmitting information on shared control channels (SCCH) to one or more user equipments. The information is transmitted over either a narrow or a wide bandwidth depending on which mode said one or more user equipments are, either a power saving mode or an active mode. | 03-18-2010 |
20100067459 | HARQ in Spatial Multiplexing MIMO System - Methods and apparatus for signaling scheduling information in a spatial multiplexing wireless communications system ( | 03-18-2010 |
20100069084 | METHOD FOR REDUCING INTRA-CELL INTERFERENCE BETWEEN CELL PHONES PERFORMING RANDOM ACCESS - A method in a network node in control of a cell in a cellular telecommunication network for reducing intra-cell interference between user equipments (UE) residing in said cell and performing random access (RA). The method comprises the steps of arranging groups of preamble sequences where the sequences within each group are orthogonal to each other, assigning one such group to the cell, from which group the UEs performing RA randomly selects a preamble, and assigning one or more additional group(s) of preamble sequences to said cell if the RACH or traffic load exceeds a certain threshold. The invention further relates to a radio network node in a cellular telecommunication system, capable of carrying out said method. | 03-18-2010 |
20100074153 | Method and Apparatus in a Telecommunication System - Method and apparatus in a communication unit ( | 03-25-2010 |
20100077272 | HARDQ SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD FOR LTE - A method and apparatus according to the present invention addresses and/or prevents lost protocol synchronization in HARQ systems caused by ACK/NACK errors. One embodiment detects lost synchronization errors for NDI-based retransmission protocols and restores synchronization by sending an explicit RESET message. In response to the RESET message, the transmitter aborts the transmission of a current PDU and transmits a new PDU and corresponding NDI. Another embodiment prevents protocol synchronization errors by sending scheduling grants on a packet by packet basis. The receiver sends a subsequent explicit scheduling grant to the transmitter based on an error evaluation of a received PDU. The transmitter will not send the next PDU unless it receives the subsequent explicit scheduling grant. | 03-25-2010 |
20100097972 | Detection and Efficient Use of Broadcast-Only Modes of Cellular Communication System Operation - Operation of a network node in a mobile communication system that serves a User Equipment (UE) includes ascertaining whether the network node is operating in a broadcast-only mode. If so, then broadcast channel information is transmitted on a physical multicast/broadcast channel. Otherwise, the broadcast channel information is transmitted on a physical broadcast channel. To inform the UE of where to find the broadcast channel information, the network node transmits an indicator to the UE, wherein the indicator indicates whether the broadcast channel information is conveyed via the physical broadcast channel or the physical multicast/broadcast channel. The indicator can be included within signals that are also used to enable a UE's cell search procedure. | 04-22-2010 |
20100113057 | USING AN UPLINK GRANT AS TRIGGER OF FIRST OR SECOND TYPE OF CQI REPORT - Channel state feedback is provided from a UE to a base station as a first, detailed or a second, less detailed type of channel state feedback information. Initially it is determined whether the UE has received an uplink grant from the base station or not. If the UE has received an uplink grant, a first type of channel state feedback information is transmitted to the base station on the granted resource. If, however, the UE has not received an uplink grant, a second type of channel state feedback information is transmitted to the base station. Different types of channel state feedback information enables a UE and an associated base station to use available resources more efficiently, when requesting for and delivering channel state feedback information. | 05-06-2010 |
20100118706 | Information on Reference Signal Structure for Neighboring Cell Measurements - The present invention relates to cellular radio communication and in particular to providing information on neighbour cells to enable terminals to perform neighbour cell measurements. In the prior art the terminal attempts to make neighbour cell measurements in a reference signal structure that is the same in the neighbour cell as in the cell the terminal camps in. The present invention is based on the insight that the reference signal structure may differ between neighbouring cell for example in the situation of an MBSFN area that is restricted to a region of all cells of a radio network, or in the situation of TDD mode being applied there may be different regions with different allocation of sub-frames for transmission in the uplink and downlink directions. The present invention solves the problem by broadcast information in a cell indicative of the reference signal structure in neighbour cells. | 05-13-2010 |
20100135173 | Method for Implicit Conveying of Uplink Feedback Information - Method and apparatus for conveying feedback reports from a data receiving party ( | 06-03-2010 |
20100136989 | Method and Radio Base Station for Effective Spectrum Utilization - The present invention relates to radio communication in a cellular network and in particular to the sharing of a frequency spectrum with another network. The object is to enable robust communication in the shared band. The solution is to allocate a third band for communication in a cell. A L1/L2 control channel may be transmitted in the third band only, whereas data can be transmitted in the shared band. The L1/L2 control channel support the data communication in the shared band. The invention relates to a method and a radio base station. | 06-03-2010 |
20100195584 | Data Packet Transmission Scheduling in a Mobile Communication System - A communication device has a first transceiver that operates in a first communication system in the presence of a second transceiver that operates in a second communication system that is unrelated to the first communication system. A scheduler of packets for transmission by the first transceiver uses information about when the second communication system will be transmitting a signal that will interfere with reception by the first transceiver, and schedules data for which re-transmission is not essential in those time slots in which an implicit NACK is expected due to the second transceiver's operation. | 08-05-2010 |
20100199141 | Data Block Size Management in a Communication System UtilizingHybrid Automatic Repeat Requests with Soft Combining - A first transceiver that supports hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (hybrid ARQ) functionality is operated. Initially, it is operated to transmit data blocks having a nominal maximum data block size, M | 08-05-2010 |
20100232379 | Interference Randomization of Control Channel Elements - A method and a radio base station for interleaving control channel data to be transmitted in a telecommunications system are described. The method comprises grouping the control channel elements CCE | 09-16-2010 |
20100234043 | Collective Positioning in Mobile Communication Systems - Methods and devices for managing a cellular communication system ( | 09-16-2010 |
20100260036 | CONTROL CHANNEL FORMULATION IN OFDM SYSTEMS - Control channel information is formulated for transmission in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems. In an example embodiment, a method entails formulating control channel information for a transmitting device operating in an OFDM system in which a control channel spans n OFDM symbols, with n being an integer. The method includes acts of allocating, creating, and mapping. Control channel data is allocated to at least one set of resource element groups. At least one order for the set of resource element groups is created in accordance with one or more permutation mechanisms that involve at least one interleaving sequence having a low cross-correlation property. The set of resource element groups is mapped to resource elements of the n OFDM symbols of the control channel responsive to the order that is created using the permutation mechanism(s). The permutation mechanisms may include interleaving sequence(s) and/or cyclic shift(s). | 10-14-2010 |
20100278082 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and a radio base station for generating and assigning a different DL/UL transmission pattern to each terminal of a set of mobile terminals, which mutually unique patterns allow each terminal to receive downlink system information thereon. | 11-04-2010 |
20100285809 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN A MULTI-CARRIER TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - The embodiments of the present invention relate to apparatuses and methods for resource management in a multi-carrier system wherein a plurality of component carriers (CCs) is defined per cell. According to a method in an apparatus corresponding to a radio base station, a message is assembled comprising information on the structure of the cell served by the radio base station; the information including one or more CCs used in the cell that is/are available for a user equipment for performing initial access in the cell. The method also comprises, transmitting the assembled message to the user equipment and indicating to the user equipment to what resources to use for random access in the cell. The exemplary embodiments of the present invention also relates to a method in the user equipment, to a radio base station and to a user equipment. | 11-11-2010 |
20100285830 | Uplink Power Control for Power Limited Terminals - Transmit power control methods and apparatus are disclosed. In several embodiments, a mobile terminal ( | 11-11-2010 |
20100315963 | Measurement of Cell-Specific Reference Symbols in the Presence of MBMS Single Frequency Network Transmissions - A network unit of an own cell is operated in a radio communication system utilizing a radio interface that includes a radio frame made up of a number of sub-frames. The own cell serves one or more user equipments. Operation includes obtaining information about a scheduling of MBSFN data transmissions in one or more neighboring cells. The information thereby obtained is used to generate an information signal that, for a given sub-frame, enables the one or more user equipments to determine whether neighboring cell measurements can be performed using a unicast group of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple access (OFDM) symbols. The information signal is transmitted to the one or more user equipments, which can then use the information to determine how to locate cell-specific reference symbols when doing measurements of neighboring cells. | 12-16-2010 |
20110003609 | Power Efficient Data Transmission - Teachings herein schedule a data transmission in a variable bandwidth wireless communication system based on the power efficiency of a mobile node. One or more processing circuits, of the mobile node or a network node, determine the value of a control setting that defines a power efficiency configuration of the mobile node. In one embodiment, for example, the power efficiency configuration indicates the mobile node is configured to operate at the maximum power efficiency attainable without the data rate of the data transmission falling below a minimum data rate required by a quality of service. Regardless, the one or more processing circuits select from different possible bandwidths of the data transmission a bandwidth that supports a given data rate and that, according to a power efficiency model that models power efficiency of the mobile node for the different possible bandwidths, yields a power efficiency comporting with the power efficiency configuration. | 01-06-2011 |
20110032895 | Method and Apparatus for Transmitting CSI on the PUSCH in an LTE System - The present invention relates to allowing configuring CSI reporting (step S- | 02-10-2011 |
20110059767 | METHOD AND APPARATUS IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - According to the present invention, a receiving node of a telecommunications network ( | 03-10-2011 |
20110065468 | LOCALIZED AND DISTRIBUTED TRANSMISSION - The available transmission resources on a downlink-shared channel are divided into resource blocks, each resource block comprising a predetermined number of sub-carriers during a predetermined time period. The resource blocks are subdivided into localized resource blocks and distributed resource blocks. A user requiring sufficient resources can be allocated a plurality of said localized resource blocks. A user who would require only a small number of said localized resource blocks can instead be allocated subunits of a plurality of said distributed resource blocks. | 03-17-2011 |
20110081932 | PUCCH Resource Allocation for Carrier Aggregation in LTE-Advanced - The invention is a method and apparatus for signaling uplink control information in a mobile communication network using carrier aggregation. The signaling mechanism allows the transmission, on a single uplink component carrier, of control information associated with a downlink transmission on multiple aggregated downlink component carriers. Semi-statically reserved resources for the transmission of control information on the uplink component carrier may be dynamically shared by user terminals that are assigned multiple downlink component carriers for downlink transmissions. Implicit or explicit resource indication can be used in combination with dynamic resource indication. | 04-07-2011 |
20110086644 | Method and Apparatus for Configuring Sounding Signals in a Wireless Communication Network - The teachings presented herein propose a separation between the configuration of a sounding signal, and the initialization of the sounding signal. In other words, in at least one example embodiment proposed herein, a base station or other controlling entity separates the selection of sounding signal parameters (sounding signal configuration) and the signaling of that configuration information to a mobile terminal from the Ordering” or other initiation of sounding signal transmission. Thus, a mobile station may be sent sounding signal configuration information and subsequently be commanded (implicitly or explicitly) to begin sounding signal transmissions according to the previously provided configuration information. | 04-14-2011 |
20110092242 | Signalling Resource Allocation in a Telecommunications Newtork - The present invention provides a method, a radio base station ( | 04-21-2011 |
20110103338 | Method and Devices for Providing Enhanced Signaling - Methods and devices for introducing enhanced signals into a wireless environment. The enhanced signals provide for functionality that is not specified in a communication standard corresponding to a standard of a legacy terminal. The enhanced signals can be utilized by a non-legacy terminal. The legacy terminal is incapable of processing the enhanced signals and is unable to detect the presence of the enhanced signals. | 05-05-2011 |
20110128925 | DRX FUNCTIONALITY IN MULTI-CARRIER WIRELESS NETWORKS - Mechanisms to provide independent DRX (discontinuous reception) functionalities for individual carriers of a multi-carrier wireless network ( | 06-02-2011 |
20110136496 | DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF RADIO RESOURCES - Radio resources are allocated to communication between a mobile station and a base station. The available set of radio resources may comprise radio resources primarily assigned to a neighboring cell if the 5 mobile station experience an instantaneous low level of co-channel interference from such neighboring cells. The existence of interference is preferably deduced from signal quality measurements of pilot signals. The allocation may concern uplink and/or downlink communication. Devices for performing the measurements are located in the mobile station, while devices for performing the evaluation, selection and actual allocation can be placed in different parts of the communications system-in the mobile station, in a base station or in a core network node, or as a distributed means. | 06-09-2011 |
20110141985 | Method and Arrangement for Reconfiguring Mapping of Carrier Indicator Field to Component Carrier - A method and an arrangement in a radio network node for reconfiguring mappings from Carrier Indicator Field-values to component carriers are provided. Each CIF-value is mapped to a respective component carrier comprising a respective shared data channel. Each respective shared data channel corresponds to at least one downlink control channel carrying said each CIF-value. The radio network node reconfigures mappings from CIF-values to component carriers, while at least one mapping of CIF-value to component carrier is maintained. The component carrier of said at least one mapping from CIF-value to component carrier comprises said at least one downlink control channel and a shared data channel corresponding to said at least one downlink control channel. The radio network node sends at least one of the reconfigured mappings from CIF-values to component carriers to the user equipment. | 06-16-2011 |
20110142009 | ANCHOR CARRIER SELECTION IN MULTI-CARRIER WIRELESS NETWORK - Mechanism to receive control signals transmitted from a base station ( | 06-16-2011 |
20110149813 | FLEXIBLE SUBFRAMES - The technology disclosed provides the ability for a subframe to be configured as a “flexible” subframe. As a result, at least three different types of subframes in a TDD system may be configured: a downlink (“DL”) subframe, an uplink (“UL”) subframe, and a “flexible” subframe. While the DL and UL subframes are preconfigured for each frame instance, the flexible subframes are dynamically allocated to be an uplink subframe in one instance of a frame and a downlink subframe in another instance of the frame. | 06-23-2011 |
20110170471 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Method and apparatus for avoiding or reducing interference between transmissions from a donor eNB to a relay node and down link transmissions from the relay node to at least one mobile terminal, where the transmissions take place in overlapping frequency bands. In the method, at least one interruption is created in a transmission from the relay node to the mobile terminal(s), and during the created interruption, a transmission from the donor eNB is received. This may result in an improved reception of the transmission from the eNB in the relay node. | 07-14-2011 |
20110171966 | Technique for Transmitting on Multiple Frequency Resources in a Telecommunication System - The present disclosure relates to a technique for transmitting modulation symbols on multiple frequency resources. A method aspect of this technique includes applying a Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) coding per set of modulation symbols of two or more sets of modulation symbols, wherein a first set of modulation symbols from the two or more sets of modulation symbols is transmitted on a set of frequency resources handled by the same power amplifier. Then, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) modulation is applied to the sets of DFT coded modulation symbols to output a first set of OFDM symbols for transmission on the set of frequency resources, and output another set of OFDM symbols for transmission on at least one additional frequency resource distinct from the set of frequency resources. Power amplification is then applied per set of frequency resources at the power amplifier. | 07-14-2011 |
20110176461 | DETERMINING CONFIGURATION OF SUBFRAMES IN A RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - The technology disclosed provides the ability for a subframe to be configured as a “flexible” subframe. As a result, at least three different types of subframes in a TDD system may be configured: a downlink (“DL”) subframe, an uplink (“UL”) subframe, and a “flexible” subframe. The use of flexible subframes is determined based on a primary TDD configuration, and in a preferred example, on the existing primary TDD configuration in the network. If there is secondary TDD configuration, flexible subframes may be determined based on both the primary and secondary configurations, e.g., using specific rules. Also, the HARQ feedback timing for downlink (DL) transmissions may be determined based on the secondary TDD configuration. Preferred examples ensure that uplink (UL) feedback does not collide with a flexible subframe used for DL transmission. The technology preferably is compatible with legacy UEs. | 07-21-2011 |
20110176480 | Channel Sounding Using Multiple Sounding Configurations - More than one set of sounding signal configuration parameters are determined for the same mobile terminal. The mobile terminal uses the sets of configuration parameters to generate different sounding reference signals which can be used for different purposes such as estimating timing and channel quality. In one embodiment, a method of configuring uplink sounding transmissions by mobile terminals in a wireless communication network is characterized by determining different sets of configuration parameters for sounding signal transmissions for a given mobile terminal ( | 07-21-2011 |
20110211551 | Method and Arrangement in a Radio-Access Network - The invention relates to a method and arrangement for transmitting and receiving control information in a radio-access network. A network node transmits first control information in a first part and second control information in a second part of a time-frequency region that is transmitted after a control region in a subframe. The second part is located later in the subframe than the first part. The second control information may be less time-critical than the first control information. An intermediate node receives and decodes the first control information at the end of the first part. When the first control information indicates that the subframe comprises data payload to the intermediate node, the intermediate node receives and decodes the data payload. The intermediate node receives second control information at the end of the second part. | 09-01-2011 |
20110235684 | Multicarrier Communication System Employing Explicit Frequency Hopping - Variable bandwidth assignment and frequency hopping are employed to make efficient use of radio resources. Variable bandwidth assignment is achieved by dynamically allocating different numbers of subcarriers to different mobile terminals depending on their instantaneous channel conditions. The frequency hopping patterns are determined “on-the-fly” based on the current bandwidth assignments. The bandwidth assignments and frequency hopping patterns are signaled to the mobile terminals in a scheduling grant. | 09-29-2011 |
20110244850 | Cell Searching System and Method - For wireless networks that transmit synchronization signals allowing user equipment to synchronize to cells within the network and transmit reference signals allowing user equipment to determine cell identities, a method and apparatus taught herein advantageously link the synchronization signal sequences to the reference signal sequences according to a defined mapping. The linking simplifies the cell search process by allowing user equipment to determine cell identities based on mapping detected synchronization signal sequences to the corresponding reference signal or to the corresponding subset of reference signals in embodiments where there are more reference signal sequences than synchronization signal sequences. In at least one embodiment, the network is a 3G LTE network and at least the Primary Synchronization Signal (P-SyS) sequences are linked to the Downlink (DL) reference symbol sequences according to a defined mapping, thereby allowing to user equipment to determine cell identities from detected P-SyS sequences. | 10-06-2011 |
20110261858 | Radio Base Station and User Equipment and Methods Therein - Embodiments herein include a method in a user equipment (UE) for transmitting uplink control information in time slots of a subframe over a radio channel to a radio base station. The uplink control information is comprised in a block of bits. | 10-27-2011 |
20110269474 | Methods and nodes in a radio communication system - The present invention generally relates to radio communication systems, relay nodes, controller nodes, user equipment (user terminals), software and methods for said systems and nodes. In one embodiment, a method for operating a control node for a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises the steps: creating a data frame comprising an early part and a later part, wherein the early part comprises first control data for controlling a receiving node; checking whether second control data are to be put into the later part; scheduling payload data for the receiving node into the later part if second control data are not to be put into the later part; and transmitting the date frame to the receiving node. | 11-03-2011 |
20110274015 | TDD Time Slot Splitting - The invention discloses a method for a cellular communications system, in which traffic is sent in frames, each frame comprising a first number of subframes, with a second number of said subframes being available for at least either uplink or downlink traffic. At least one of said second number of subframes is made to comprise at least three parts, as follows:
| 11-10-2011 |
20110292887 | Method and Arrangements in a Communication System - Methods and arrangements in a network node and mobile terminal, respectively, in a wireless communication system supporting aggregation of component carriers. The method in a network node involves, when resources on at least two downlink component carriers are being assigned to a mobile terminal at the same time, allocating ( | 12-01-2011 |
20110305193 | Signaling Mechanism for Inter-RAT Carrier Aggregation - A signaling mechanism informs a Radio Network Controller of the radio access technology associated with data packets forwarded to the Radio Network Controller from base stations supporting multiple radio access technologies. With this information, the Radio Network Controller can associate received data with the corresponding radio access technologies, and thus manage differing physical layer procedures, such as outer-loop power control, for the radio access technologies. In an example method, first and second data units transmitted by a mobile station over first and second radio access technologies, respectively, are forwarded from one or more base stations to a network control node for further processing. A control message associated with at least some of the data units is also sent to the network control node, the control message indicating the radio access technology over which the associated data units were transmitted. | 12-15-2011 |
20110305220 | Methods and Devices for Managing Radio Access in a Communication System - A method for managing radio access comprises sending of a radio access technology (RAT) resource aggregation request from a first radio access network (RAN) to a second RAN concerning communication with a user equipment connected to a source RAN, and returning a response to the first RAN. The source RAN is the first or second RAN. The first and second RANs use different radio access technologies. Radio resources of a base station in a target RAN, the RAN to which the user equipment is not connected, are reserved. A report of the reserved radio resources is sent to the source RAN. A RAT resource aggregation command is transmitted to the user equipment. The RAT resource aggregation command comprises that a RAT resource aggregation shall be used and the reserved radio resources. The base stations have at least partly overlapping coverage areas. | 12-15-2011 |
20110306340 | Cell Search and Measurement in Heterogeneous Networks - An extended cell search procedure enables more inclusive measurement reports by mobile terminals operating in a heterogeneous network. The mobile terminal may be configured to conduct an extended cell search to enable better detection of signals transmitted from weaker cells. For mobile terminal with extended cell search capabilities, the network sends an extended cell search message to the mobile terminal when there is a need for an extended cell search. In response to the extended cell search message, the mobile terminal uses an extended cell search procedure rather than the normal cell search procedure (as specified in Rel-8 of the LTE standard) when performing cell searches. | 12-15-2011 |
20110310878 | Synchronization in Heterogeneous Networks - In a mobile communication network comprising a pico base station and macro base station with overlapping coverage areas, the pico base station transmits a supplemental synchronization signal to enable synchronization when the mobile terminal is operating within a link imbalance zone. The supplemental synchronization signal is transmitted using different time, frequency, and/or code resources from the primary and/or secondary synchronization signals to differentiate and separate the supplemental synchronization signals. | 12-22-2011 |
20110312319 | Downlink Scheduling in Heterogeneous Networks - The present invention provides methods to support scheduling of transmissions from a pico base station or micro base station to a mobile terminal operating in a link imbalance zone where interference from macro base station is present. A method is provided to enable the mobile terminal to detect when it is in a link imbalance zone, and for triggering scheduling restrictions when the mobile terminal is in the link imbalance zone. | 12-22-2011 |
20120004009 | Managing Energy Consumption of Base Stations - A base station includes an emulation controller ( | 01-05-2012 |
20120014306 | Methods and Arrangements in a Telecommunication System - The present invention relates to methods and arrangements in a multi-carrier system. It also assumes independent DRX (Discontinuous reception) functionality on respective component carriers and the possibility for one carrier, e.g. the anchor carrier to initiate a change of DRX state for another component carrier. The basic concept of the present invention is to introduce a new “dormant” state in the DRX logic, whereby the dormant state can be used for non-anchor carrier components. The dormant DRX state implies that a carrier of a UE having this state is not required to monitor system signaling. In embodiments of the present invention this new state is introduced for a particular component carrier (e.g. non-anchor component carrier) for a UE operating in a multi-carrier system, and how to perform the transitions to and from the dormant DRX state implicitly, e.g. based on configured timer(s) for the component carrier or explicit signaling in a different (e.g. anchor) component carriers. | 01-19-2012 |
20120014328 | HARQ in Spatial Multiplexing MIMO System - A method and apparatus for signaling scheduling information in a spatial multiplexing wireless communications system, as well as corresponding methods and apparatus for processing such signaling information, are disclosed. Signaling scheduling information includes scheduling first and second transport blocks for simultaneous transmission during a first transmission interval on first and second data substreams, respectively, and assigning a single re-transmission process identifier for the first transmission interval and transmitting first scheduling information for the first transmission interval. The first scheduling information includes the re-transmission process identifier and first disambiguation data. Additionally, at least one of the first and second transport blocks is scheduled for re-transmission during a second transmission interval. Second scheduling information for the second transmission interval is also transmitted; the second scheduling information including the re-transmission process identifier and second disambiguation data. | 01-19-2012 |
20120020315 | Methods and devices relating to downlink assignments - The invention relates to a method in a first communication device of receiving control information over a radio channel from a second communication device. The first communication device receives a subframe over the radio channel, and determines whether the subframe is a downlink subframe with downlink assignment intended for the first communication device by reading data in the subframe. That being the case, the first communication device decodes data within the subframe, and determines whether any data packet being sent from the second communication device before the subframe has been missed by analysing an indicator associated to the subframe in the data. The indicator provides knowledge about previous downlink subframes with downlink assignment intended for the first communication device. | 01-26-2012 |
20120028628 | Switching between Open and Closed Loop Multi-Stream Transmission - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for multi-stream wireless communication between a transmitter node and a receiver node. The method comprises applying an open-loop multi-stream transmission technique during an initial part of a transmission burst. In another step of the method, detailed channel state information is received ( | 02-02-2012 |
20120039330 | METHODS PROVIDING SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION AND RELATED NETWORKS AND DEVICES - A method of providing signal synchronization for a radio access network may include transmitting a first carrier including synchronization signals on a first frequency from the radio access network. Information relating the first carrier on the first frequency with a second carrier on a second frequency may be transmitted from the radio access network, with this information being intended to be used in synchronization by a wireless terminal upon addition of the second carrier. More particularly, the first and second frequencies may be different. A command to add the second carrier as a downlink for transmissions may be transmitted to the wireless terminal. Related network nodes and wireless terminals are also discussed. | 02-16-2012 |
20120044818 | Adaptation of Receiver Settings in a Heterogeneous Network - Techniques are described for adapting receiver settings used by a mobile terminal operating in a heterogeneous network comprising macro cells and pico cells with overlapping coverage areas. A first set of subframes is allocated to the pico cells for downlink transmissions to a mobile terminal in a link imbalance zone. The mobile terminal acquires information about the subframe allocation and uses the subframe allocation information to select the signals used for adapting receiver settings used when operating in the link imbalance zone. | 02-23-2012 |
20120046032 | Arrangement and Method for Identifying PUCCH Format 3 Resources - The disclosure relates to a user equipment for a wireless communications system, and to a related method for identifying a resource to use for a transmission of control information on a physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, format 3. The method comprises receiving ( | 02-23-2012 |
20120082152 | Methods Providing Aided Signal Synchronization and Related Network Nodes and Devices - Methods may be providing for signal synchronization at a wireless terminal communicating with a radio access network. For example, a command may be received from the radio access network, and the command may be to add a first carrier on a first frequency as a link for communications from the radio access network to the wireless terminal. Responsive to receiving the command to add the first carrier, the first carrier may be synchronized and/or configured using signals of a second carrier on a second frequency different than the first frequency. Related wireless terminals, network nodes, and network node methods are also discussed. | 04-05-2012 |
20120094661 | Controlling Energy Consumption of a Wireless Network Node - An arrangement for controlling energy consumption of a network node associated with a cell includes a terminal activity monitor ( | 04-19-2012 |
20120099453 | Uplink Link Adaption at the User Equipment - Method and arrangement in a user equipment for link adaptation of signals sent from the user equipment to a base station. The base station and the user equipment are comprised within a wireless communication system. The method comprises receiving information from the base station, comprising an indication of resource blocks available for transmission of signals from the user equipment to the base station, obtaining at least one of a user equipment related parameter or a link related parameter, and selecting a subset of the indicated available resource blocks received from the base station, based on at least one of the measured user equipment related parameter or the measured link related parameter, to be used for sending signals to the base station. Also, a method and arrangement in a base station for assisting a user equipment in performing link adaptation of signals is presented. | 04-26-2012 |
20120120855 | Method and Apparatus in a Telecommunication System - Method and apparatus in a communication unit employing a wireless TDD or half duplex FDD transmission arrangement when communicating with a data sending party, for scheduling feedback reports for data blocks in received receive (RX) sub-frames, in transmit (TX) sub-frames available for transmission. An obtaining unit in the communication unit receives allocation parameters for the connection where the number of required feedback reports is greater than the number of allowed feedback reports. A scheduling unit in the communication unit then schedules feedback reports in available TX sub-frames according to a predetermined spreading rule also known by the data sending party, dictating that the feedback reports are spread out or distributed evenly over the available TX sub-frames. In this way, the number of feedback reports in a TX sub-frame can be reduced. | 05-17-2012 |
20120120899 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR HANDLING UNRELIABLE SCHEDULING GRANTS IN A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - The present invention relates to methods and arrangements for handling unreliable scheduling grants in a WCDMA-communication system. A user equipment detects that a received scheduling grant is unreliable and adjust its serving grant based on that information. The user equipment is also able to report continuously received unreliable grants as an event to the network, allowing the network to adapt its operation to reduce the unreliable grants. | 05-17-2012 |
20120122455 | Method and Arrangement in a Radio Communications System for Dynamic Carrier Mode Switching - A method in a radio network node for dynamic carrier mode switching is provided. The radio network node is comprised in a radio communications system. The radio network node is configured to operate in a legacy mode and is further configured to operate in a non legacy mode. At least one carrier is operated so that it switches ( | 05-17-2012 |
20120134284 | Methods and Nodes in a Wireless Communication Network - First network node | 05-31-2012 |
20120155407 | Scheduling Data Transmissions Between a Mobile Terminal and a Base Station in a Wireless Communications Network Using Component Carriers - A method of scheduling wireless data transmissions between a mobile terminal ( | 06-21-2012 |
20120165029 | Method and Arrangement in a Telecommunication System - A method and an arrangement ( | 06-28-2012 |
20120176995 | UPLINK SCRAMBLING DURING RANDOM ACCESS - The technology described in this case facilitates random access by a user terminal with a radio base station. A user terminal determines one of a first type of uplink scrambling sequences and generates a random access message using the determined one of the first type of uplink scrambling sequences. The random access message is transmitted to the base station. The user terminal receives from the base station a second, different type of uplink scrambling sequence and uses it for subsequent communication with the radio base station. For example, the first uplink scrambling sequences may be specifically associated with the radio base station's cell area or a random access radio channel associated with the radio base station, but they are not specifically assigned to any user terminal, and the second uplink scrambling sequence may be selected from a second set of uplink scrambling sequences specifically assignable to individual user terminals. | 07-12-2012 |
20120195245 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for reducing power consumption of a receiver in a mobile communication network comprising a sender transmitting packet data on a downlink channel to one or more receivers over a radio interface. Inactive time instants and listening time instants are defined according to provided rules. The receiver is arranged to listen for information from the sender during the listening time instants and to sleep during the inactive time instants. Thus, less power will be consumed during the inactive time instants. | 08-02-2012 |
20120198299 | OPTIMAL ERROR PROTECTION CODING FOR MIMO ACK/NACK/PRE/POST INFORMATION - Error protection based on a nonlinear code set may be used in a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) radio communications system. A decoder decodes received MIMO data streams and generates an automatic repeat request (ARQ) message for data units received for the MIMO data streams for each transmission time interval. An encoder codes the ARQ message using a code word from a nonlinear code set. At the data transmitter, which transmits one or more data units in transmission time intervals from two or more MIMO data streams, the ARQ message associated with the transmitted data units is decoded using a code word from the nonlinear code set. | 08-02-2012 |
20120201163 | Efficient Use of Reference Signal Symbol Resources in a Hierarchical Heterogeneous Cell Deployment - Techniques for collecting channel-state-information, CSI, feedback in a wireless network that comprises a plurality of geographically separated transmission points ( | 08-09-2012 |
20120201164 | Distribution Of Cell-Common Downlink Signals In A Hierarchical Heterogeneous Cell Deployment - A high-power point ( | 08-09-2012 |
20120270594 | Synchronization of PICO-Nodes in a Heterogeneous Cellular Network Deployment - A high-power point ( | 10-25-2012 |
20120276937 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK WITH INTERCELL INTERFERENCE COORDINATION - Methods and arrangements in a telecommunication network for intercell interference coordination. The telecommunication network comprises a first base station, acting as serving base station for a mobile station, and a second base station. The method comprises determining that transmission interference to the mobile station is to be limited. The method also comprises triggering the mobile station to send a signal on a radio resource, which signal is to be received by the second base station, enabling the second base station to select a transmission parameter that limits interference for the mobile station. | 11-01-2012 |
20120309405 | INDEPENDENT CONFIGURATION IDENTITIES IN A HETEROGENEOUS CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Systems and methods are disclosed for using multiple configuration groups having corresponding configuration identity (CID) parameters to configure a transmission channel and a reception channel for a user equipment device in a cellular communication network. In one embodiment, a user equipment device in a cellular communication network obtains CID values for CID parameters for a number of configuration groups. Each of the configuration groups includes one or more transmission channel or reception channel parameters. For each of the configuration groups, the user equipment device configures the parameters in the configuration group based on the CID value obtained for the CID parameter for the configuration group. In this manner, the transmission channel and the reception channel for the user equipment device are configured based on multiple CID values rather than a single physical layer cell identifier for a cell in which the user equipment device is located. | 12-06-2012 |
20120315948 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling Energy Consumption in a Multi-Antenna Base Station - The present invention relates generally to a method for use in a radio base station of a wireless communications network and to an energy control apparatus ( | 12-13-2012 |
20130003664 | Scheduling of a User Equipment in a Radio Communication System - A radio base station ( | 01-03-2013 |
20130005269 | Method and Apparatus for Reducing Co-Channel Interference - A method for providing co-channel interference information by a network node includes receiving information for at least one user equipment (UE) connected to an adjacent network node, determining a co-channel interference list for user equipment (UE) connected to the network node wherein the co-channel interference list is based on the received information and transmitting the co-channel interference list to a UE connected to the network node. | 01-03-2013 |
20130010660 | Method for Implicit Conveying of Uplink Feedback Information - Method and apparatus for conveying feedback reports from a data receiving party ( | 01-10-2013 |
20130012202 | DISCONTINUOUS TRANSMISSION SCHEME - A base station transmits signals on a frequency (f | 01-10-2013 |
20130028109 | Point-Dependent Resource Symbol Configuration in a Wireless Cell - A high-power point and one or more low-power points transmit signals associated with the same cell-identifier in a heterogeneous cell deployment. Coverage areas corresponding to the low-power points fall at least partly within the coverage area for the high-power point, so that mobile stations within range of a low-power point are also within range of the high-power point. Channel-state-information reference symbols, CSI-RS, are transmitted using different CSI-RS resources on different transmission points within the cell, while configuration of CSI-RS measurement resources is conducted on a UE-specific basis. The choice of measurement resources to be used is determined by the network, based on the properties of the channels from the transmission points to the UE. As the UE moves around within the cell, the network tracks the channel properties and reconfigures the CSI-RS resources measured by the UE, to correspond to the resource of the closest transmission point or points. | 01-31-2013 |
20130040675 | CLOSED LOOP POWER CONTROL IN A HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK BY SELECTING AMONG SETS OF ACCUMULATIVE POWER STEP VALUES - A method is provided in a wireless device for controlling output transmission power from the wireless device. A set is selected among a plurality of sets of power step values, which reside in a memory of the wireless device, responsive to criteria defined in the wireless device. A power control command is received from a radio network node. One of the power step values of the selected set is selected responsive to the power control command. The output transmission power from the wireless device is controlled responsive to the selected power step value. Related methods in radio network nodes and apparatuses are disclosed. | 02-14-2013 |
20130077578 | SIGNALING OF OTHER-CELL SIGNAL'S CONFIGURATION INFORMATION TO FACILITATE INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION AT A MOBILE TERMINAL - In MU-MIMO scenarios, a target mobile terminal can be exposed to data streams intended for other mobile terminals. If the target mobile terminal is capable of interference cancellation, then a serving base station can provide the target mobile terminal with interference information so that the target mobile terminal can efficiently cancel interferences due to these interfering data streams. The interference information includes one or more configuration information, each of which characterizes a related interfering data stream. The serving base station provides the interference information over one or more radio resources that are exclusive allocated to the target mobile terminal or are allocated for common listening. The serving base station exchanges configuration information with neighboring base stations over inter-BS links. The inter-BS links use resources that are different from the radio resources used between the base stations and the mobile terminals. | 03-28-2013 |
20130094389 | Information on Reference Signal Structure for Neighbouring Cell Measurements - The present invention relates to cellular radio communication and in particular to providing information on neighbour cells to enable terminals to perform neighbour cell measurements. In the prior art the terminal attempts to make neighbour cell measurements in a reference signal structure that is the same in the neighbour cell as in the cell the terminal camps in. The present invention is based on the insight that the reference signal structure may differ between neighbouring cell for example in the situation of an MBSFN area that is restricted to a region of all cells of a radio network, or in the situation of TDD mode being applied there may be different regions with different allocation of sub-frames for transmission in the uplink and downlink directions. The present invention solves the problem by broadcast information in a cell indicative of the reference signal structure in neighbour cells. | 04-18-2013 |
20130100844 | RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR A HIGH-SPEED SHARED CHANNEL - Radio resources like spreading codes and transmission power are optimally allocated to various different types of radio channels supported in the cell including a specialized channel like a high-speed shared channel. One or more measurements made at the base station are provided to the radio resource manager. Such measurements include other-channel power, high speed shared channel code usage, high speed shared channel transport format usage, average active load on the high speed shared channel, empty buffer, excess power, and similar parameters that relate to a high speed shared channel. One or more of these reported measurements may then be used to access, allocate, and/or regulate resources associated with the base station's cell. | 04-25-2013 |
20130121267 | Network Node, User Equipment and Methods Therein for Transmitting and Receiving Control Information - A method in a network node for transmitting control information to a user equipment in a telecommunications system is provided. The control information is scheduled in time intervals of a downlink shared data channel, wherein the control information is allocated resource elements in resource blocks of a time-frequency Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM, grid in the time intervals in which the control information is scheduled. The network node determines for a time interval, a set of user equipments for which control information is scheduled in the time interval. Also, it selects for a user equipment comprised in the determined set of user equipments, at least one group of user equipments amongst one or more groups of user equipments to which the user equipment is assigned. It also prepares a group signal corresponding to the selected one group of user equipments by allocating resource elements in the resource blocks of the time interval to the group signal. Furthermore, the network node transmits the prepared group signal in the allocated resource element in the time interval to the user equipment such that the user equipment is enabled to determine whether the control information that is allocated resource elements in the time interval is intended for the user equipment or not. | 05-16-2013 |
20130128828 | Compromise Resource Allocation Field Size When Aggregating Component Carriers of Differing Size - Methods and arrangements for resource allocation in a telecommunication system in which aggregation of component carriers is applied. The size of the resource allocation field is determined based on the transmission bandwidth of a selection of component carriers. The selection of component carriers comprises the component carrier on which the resource allocation message is monitored and the component carriers which are cross-scheduled from said component carrier. The resource allocation message comprising the resource allocation field with the determined size is transmitted to the user equipment over a particular component carrier of the selection of component carriers. Furthermore, with only one size of the resource allocation field a smaller number of code word sizes needs to be monitored by the UE. This leads to a smaller number of blind decodings performed in the UE. The present invention enables a more tailored approach when determining the size of the resource allocation field to avoid too high overhead but also a too coarse resource allocation. | 05-23-2013 |
20130156190 | Method and Device for Truncating Location Information - The embodiments herein relate to a method in a first device ( | 06-20-2013 |
20130176959 | Signalling Resource Allocation in a Telecommunications Network - The present invention provides a method, a radio base station and a mobile terminal for allocating resources in a telecommunications network, where communications between the radio base station and the mobile terminal take place over a plurality of carriers. The method comprises transmitting and receiving a resource allocation message comprising one or more bits. Each of the bits corresponds to a number of resource blocks, where the number is determined from the ratio of the aggregate bandwidth of the plurality of carriers divided by the bandwidth of the carrier over which the resource allocation message is sent. | 07-11-2013 |
20130223379 | Interference Randomization of Control Channel Elements - A method and a radio base station for interleaving control channel data to be transmitted in a telecommunications system are described. The method comprises grouping the control channel elements CCE | 08-29-2013 |
20130229962 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement of efficiently utilizing radio resources in a communication network, comprising a communication network node transmitting information on shared control channels (SCCH) to one or more user equipments. The information is transmitted over either a narrow or a wide bandwidth depending on which mode said one or more user equipments are, either a power saving mode or an active mode. | 09-05-2013 |
20130230015 | Control Channel Configuration in a Wireless Communications System - The present invention is directed to methods in a wireless communication network for allocating resource elements of a transmission resource to a control channel. The invention also relates to different nodes of a wireless communication network. The transmission resource comprises a first number of resource blocks each comprising one or a plurality of subsets of resource elements. One method in a control node comprises the steps: obtaining a bitmap for configuration of the transmission resource, wherein the bitmap is adapted to identify at least one subset of resource elements within the transmission resource (S | 09-05-2013 |
20130258938 | Methods and Nodes for Setting Values of System Parameters Used in a Wireless Communication System - Method in a user equipment ( | 10-03-2013 |
20130266001 | PROTOCOL SYNCHRONIZATION FOR HARQ BACKGROUND - A method and apparatus according to the present invention addresses and/or prevents lost protocol synchronization in HARQ systems caused by ACK/NACK errors. One embodiment detects lost synchronization errors for NDI-based retransmission protocols and restores synchronization by sending an explicit RESET message. In response to the RESET message, the transmitter aborts the transmission of a current PDU and transmits a new PDU and corresponding NDI. Another embodiment prevents protocol synchronization errors by sending scheduling grants on a packet by packet basis. The receiver sends a subsequent explicit scheduling grant to the transmitter based on an error evaluation of a received PDU. The transmitter will not send the next PDU unless it receives the subsequent explicit scheduling grant. | 10-10-2013 |
20130301620 | HARQ in Spatial Multiplexing MIMO System - A method and apparatus for signaling scheduling information in a spatial multiplexing wireless communications system, as well as corresponding methods and apparatus for processing such signaling information, are disclosed. Signaling scheduling information includes scheduling first and second transport blocks for simultaneous transmission during a first transmission interval on first and second data substreams, respectively, and assigning a single re-transmission process identifier for the first transmission interval and transmitting first scheduling information for the first transmission interval. The first scheduling information includes the re-transmission process identifier and first disambiguation data. Additionally, at least one of the first and second transport blocks is scheduled for re-transmission during a second transmission interval. Second scheduling information for the second transmission interval is also transmitted; the second scheduling information including the re-transmission process identifier and second disambiguation data. | 11-14-2013 |
20130308487 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR HANDLING UNRELIABLE SCHEDULING GRANTS IN A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - The present invention relates to methods and arrangements for handling unreliable scheduling grants in a WCDMA-communication system. A user equipment detects that a received scheduling grant is unreliable and adjust its serving grant based on that information. The user equipment is also able to report continuously received unreliable grants as an event to the network, allowing the network to adapt its operation to reduce the unreliable grants. | 11-21-2013 |
20130308615 | TECHNIQUE FOR PERFORMING A RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE OVER A RADIO INTERFACE - The invention relates to a technique for performing a random access procedure over a radio interface, for example between a mobile terminal and a radio base station of a mobile network. A method aspect of the invention comprises the steps of transmitting a synchronization request for synchronization information; receiving synchronization information in response to the synchronization request; and transmitting, based on at least one transmission parameter adjusted in accordance with the synchronization information, a resource request for data transmission resources. | 11-21-2013 |
20130310059 | Soft Cell Inter-Layer Interference Handling - In a heterogeneous cell deployment a mobile terminal may need to receive control data transmissions from a macro node at the same time as a pico node is transmitting user data for the mobile terminal, using the same frequency or set of frequencies. This can result in a problematic interference situation. According to several embodiments of the present invention, at least one of two general approaches is used to mitigate the interference situation described above. In a first approach, the pico node's transmission power is reduced in some time intervals, thereby reducing the interference to a level where reception from the macro node is possible. In a second approach, which may be combined with the first approach in some cases, the data transmitted from the macro node is provided by the pico node, either alone or in combination with the macro node. | 11-21-2013 |
20130336421 | Technique for Transmitting on Multiple Frequency Resources in a Telecommunication System - The present disclosure relates to a technique for transmitting modulation symbols on multiple frequency resources. A method aspect of this technique includes applying a Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) coding per set of modulation symbols of two or more sets of modulation symbols, wherein a first set of modulation symbols from the two or more sets of modulation symbols is transmitted on a set of frequency resources handled by the same power amplifier. Then, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) modulation is applied to the sets of DFT coded modulation symbols to output a first set of OFDM symbols for transmission on the set of frequency resources, and output another set of OFDM symbols for transmission on at least one additional frequency resource distinct from the set of frequency resources. Power amplification is then applied per set of frequency resources at the power amplifier. | 12-19-2013 |
20130343357 | Determining Timing of Feedback Information in Wireless Network Realised in Different Technologies - The invention relates to a method in a user equipment | 12-26-2013 |
20140022966 | FLEXIBLE SUBFRAMES - The technology disclosed provides the ability for a subframe to be configured as a “flexible” subframe. As a result, at least three different types of subframes in a TDD system may be configured: a downlink (“DL”) subframe, an uplink (“UL”) subframe, and a “flexible” subframe. While the DL and UL subframes are preconfigured for each frame instance, the flexible subframes are dynamically allocated to be an uplink subframe in one instance of a frame and a downlink subframe in another instance of the frame. | 01-23-2014 |
20140064186 | A Radio Network Controller, A Serving Base Station, A User Equipment and Methods Therein - A radio network controller, RNC, | 03-06-2014 |
20140064250 | Methods And Apparatuses For Resource management In A Multi-Carrier Telecommunications System - The embodiments of the present invention relate to apparatuses and methods for resource management in a multi-carrier system wherein a plurality of component carriers (CCs) is defined per cell. According to a method in an apparatus corresponding to a radio base station, a message is assembled comprising information on the structure of the cell served by the radio base station; the information including one or more CCs used in the cell that is/are available for a user equipment for performing initial access in the cell. The method also comprises, transmitting the assembled message to the user equipment and indicating to the user equipment to what resources to use for random access in the cell. The exemplary embodiments of the present invention also relates to a method in the user equipment, to a radio base station and to a user equipment. | 03-06-2014 |
20140079031 | Methods and Nodes for Soft Cell Uplink Prioritization - The invention relates to a method in a wireless device for mapping a logical channel to one of a first and a second link. The first link is maintained to a first radio network node and the second link is maintained to a second radio network node. The method comprises obtaining ( | 03-20-2014 |
20140086188 | Methods and Devices for Transmission of Control Data to a User Equipment - A method for transmission of control data to a user equipment in a mobile telecommunication system, wherein the method comprises sending control data to the user equipment in a data transmission, and performing, by the user equipment, a blind decoding of transmission elements within the data transmission in order to detect the control data in a data region in the data transmission. | 03-27-2014 |
20140086203 | Methods and Arrangements for Transmitting and Receiving Sub-Frame Specific Power Offset Information - In one embodiment, a method in a network node is provided. The network node is configured to use a first power level for transmitting data in subframes of a first type, and to use a second power level for transmitting data in subframes of a second type. The method comprises signaling ( | 03-27-2014 |
20140099950 | METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION - The exemplary embodiments relate to a method for use in a user equipment (UE), and a cellular infrastructure, for achieving synchronization between UEs for a peer-to-peer or device-to-device (D2D) communication. The method comprising: receiving at a UE a synchronization message from a cell or a RAT or a source of the cellular infrastructure; assembling a message including a list comprising information on the source or cell or RAT, sending the assembled message to a another UE and initiate synchronization between involved UEs based on the information in the assembled message. | 04-10-2014 |
20140099989 | Uplink Power Control for Power Limited Terminals - Transmit power control methods and apparatus are disclosed. In several embodiments, a mobile terminal is configured to effectively ignore “UP” transmit power control commands in the event that the mobile terminal is operating in a power-limited state. In an exemplary method for controlling transmit power at a mobile terminal, a plurality of transmit power control commands are received. An accumulated power control value is adjusted in response to each transmit power control command that directs a negative adjustment in transmit power. However, the accumulated power control value is adjusted in response to a transmit power control command that directs a positive adjustment in transmit power only if the mobile terminal is not in a power-limited state. Transmit power settings for each transmission are calculated based on the accumulated power control value and the one or more radio link parameters. | 04-10-2014 |
20140105124 | Method and Arrangement in a Telecommunication System - There is provided a method of operating a communication system, the communication system comprising a user equipment and a receiver, the method in the system comprising generating a random access transmission in a user equipment and transmitting the random access transmission to the receiver in the communication system, the random access transmission including a preamble; receiving the random access transmission from the user equipment at the receiver; processing the random access transmission in the frequency domain to detect the preamble. In preferred embodiments of the invention, the preamble has a cyclic prefix, or is preceded by a plurality of zero-valued symbols. | 04-17-2014 |
20140112252 | Search Area Based Control Channel Monitoring - According to an embodiment of the invention, a method of operating a control node for communication with at least one receiving node is provided. The communication is structured in frames comprising several subframes ( | 04-24-2014 |
20140113677 | USER EQUIPMENT AND A METHOD THEREIN FOR TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL OF UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS - A UE and a method therein for transmission power control of uplink transmissions are provided. The method comprises receiving, through signalling a configuration indicating at least one reference signal, RS, and a reference transmission power level for each indicated RS. The method further comprises measuring received power of the indicated at least one RS, and for each measured received power, determining a pathloss, PL, based on the measured received power and the reference transmission power level for each measured received power. The method further comprises determining an uplink transmission power based on at least one determined PL. | 04-24-2014 |
20140126528 | SCHEDULING IN A CELLULAR SYSTEM - In a cellular system ( | 05-08-2014 |
20140140262 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN A RADIO-ACCESS NETWORK - The invention relates to a method and arrangement for transmitting and receiving control information in a radio-access network. A network node transmits first control information in a first part and second control information in a second part of a time-frequency region that is transmitted after a control region in a subframe. The second part is located later in the subframe than the first part. The second control information may be less time-critical than the first control information. An intermediate node receives and decodes the first control information at the end of the first part. When the first control information indicates that the subframe comprises data payload to the intermediate node, the intermediate node receives and decodes the data payload. The intermediate node receives second control information at the end of the second part. | 05-22-2014 |
20140153499 | SIGNALING DATA CHANNEL'S CONFIGURATION INFORMATION TO FACILITATE INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION - In MU-MIMO scenarios, a target terminal can be exposed to data streams intended for other terminals. If the target terminal is capable of interference cancellation, then a network node, such as a base station or RNC, can provide the target terminal with interference information so that the target terminal can efficiently cancel interferences due to these interfering data streams. The interference information may include one or more interfering configuration, each of which characterizes a related interfering data stream. The interference information can also include the identity of the other terminal that is the intended recipient of the interfering stream. The network node may determine whether the target terminal can benefit from the interference information. If so, the network node can provide the interference information to the target terminal. | 06-05-2014 |
20140161013 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for reducing power consumption of a receiver in a mobile communication network comprising a sender transmitting packet data on a downlink channel to one or more receivers over a radio interface. Inactive time instants and listening time instants are defined according to provided rules. The receiver is arranged to listen for information from the sender during the listening time instants and to sleep during the inactive time instants. Thus, less power will be consumed during the inactive time instants. | 06-12-2014 |
20140177576 | ANCHOR CARRIER SELECTION IN MULTI-CARRIER WIRELESS NETWORK - Mechanism to receive control signals transmitted from a base station to the user equipment in a manner that minimizes power consumption on the user equipment while still maintaining some acceptable level of performance is described. The user equipment periodically measures the signal quality of component carriers used by the base station and requests control signaling (anchor) carrier reselection. Either a single component carrier can be chosen if the single carrier has sufficient quality or multiple component carriers can be selected when the quality of the single quality is low. The anchor carrier reselection may also be triggered to manage the system as a whole. For fast moving user equipments, anchor carrier hopping pattern can be provided to increase robustness and reduce reselection signaling overhead. | 06-26-2014 |
20140185589 | Radio Base Station and User Equipment and Methods Therein - Embodiments herein include a method in a user equipment (UE) for transmitting uplink control information in time slots of a subframe over a radio channel to a radio base station. The uplink control information is comprised in a block of bits. | 07-03-2014 |
20140192664 | Methods and Devices for Reporting a Downlink Channel Quality - The invention relates to a method ( | 07-10-2014 |
20140219257 | UPLINK SCRAMBLING DURING RANDOM ACCESS - The technology described in this case facilitates random access by a user terminal with a radio base station. A user terminal determines one of a first type of uplink scrambling sequences and generates a random access message using the determined one of the first type of uplink scrambling sequences. The random access message is transmitted to the base station. The user terminal receives from the base station a second, different type of uplink scrambling sequence and uses it for subsequent communication with the radio base station. For example, the first uplink scrambling sequences may be specifically associated with the radio base station's cell area or a random access radio channel associated with the radio base station, but they are not specifically assigned to any user terminal, and the second uplink scrambling sequence may be selected from a second set of uplink scrambling sequences specifically assignable to individual user terminals. | 08-07-2014 |
20140233539 | Soft Cell Inter-Layer Interference Handling - In a heterogeneous cell deployment a mobile terminal may need to receive control data transmissions from a macro node at the same time as a pico node is transmitting user data for the mobile terminal, using the same frequency or set of frequencies. This can result in a problematic interference situation. According to several embodiments of the present invention, at least one of two general approaches is used to mitigate the interference situation described above. In a first approach, the pico node's transmission power is reduced in some time intervals, thereby reducing the interference to a level where reception from the macro node is possible. In a second approach, which may be combined with the first approach in some cases, the data transmitted from the macro node is provided by the pico node, either alone or in combination with the macro node. | 08-21-2014 |
20140293817 | MULTI-CARRIER CQI FEEDBACK METHOD AND APPARATUS - A radio base station transmits data symbols to a mobile terminal on multiple frequency carriers, e.g., in accordance with the MC-WCDMA or cmda2000 3x air interface protocols. The radio base station instructs the mobile terminal to report channel quality measurements obtained by the terminal for the multiple carriers over the same uplink channel during successive reporting intervals. According to one embodiment, the mobile terminal reports channel quality by receiving data symbols transmitted on a plurality of frequency carriers in a multi-carrier CDMA environment and measuring channel quality for the different frequency carriers. The mobile terminal reports individual ones of the channel quality measurements over the same uplink channel during successive reporting intervals. | 10-02-2014 |
20140307642 | Method and Wireless Device for Managing Resources for D2D Communication - A method and a wireless device ( | 10-16-2014 |
20140307713 | Method and Apparatus for Reducing Co-Channel Interference - A method for providing co-channel interference information by a network node includes receiving information for at least one user equipment (UE) connected to an adjacent network node, determining a co-channel interference list for user equipment (UE) connected to the network node wherein the co-channel interference list is based on the received information and transmitting the co-channel interference list to a UE connected to the network node. | 10-16-2014 |
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