Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080207135 | CQI FEEDBACK FOR OFDMA SYSTEMS - Embodiments of a feedback generator and decoder and methods of operating the feedback generator and decoder are presented. In one embodiment, the feedback generator includes a CQI compression module configured to provide a compressed CQI for the user equipment corresponding to at least one sub-band, where a sub-band is composed of at least one resource block. The feedback generator also includes a transmit module coupled to the CQI compression module and configured to transmit the compressed CQI to a serving base station. In one embodiment, the feedback decoder includes a receive module configured to receive a compressed CQI in the base station from user equipment corresponding to at least one sub-band. The feedback decoder also includes a CQI restoration module coupled to the receive module and configured to provide a restored CQI from the compressed CQI for the at least one sub-band. | 08-28-2008 |
20080219370 | USER EQUIPMENT FEEDBACK STRUCTURES FOR MIMO OFDMA - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a feedback encoder, a feedback decoder and methods of operating the same. The feedback encoder, for use with user equipment, includes an encoding module configured to provide a rank indicator that is separately reportable from a related selection of at least one of a channel quality indicator and a preceding matrix indicator for the user equipment. The feedback encoder also includes a transmit module configured to transmit the rank indicator and the related selection. The feedback decoder, for use with a base station, includes a receive module configured to receive a rank indicator that is separately reportable from a related selection of at least one of a channel quality indicator and a preceding matrix indicator for user equipment. The feedback decoder also includes a decoding module configured to decode the rank indicator and the related selection for the base station. | 09-11-2008 |
20080292013 | NESTED PRECODING CODEBOOK STRUCTURES FOR MIMO SYSTEMS - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a transmitter, a receiver and methods of operating a transmitter and a receiver. In one embodiment, the transmitter is for use with N | 11-27-2008 |
20090017769 | EFFICIENT RANK AND PRECODING MATRIX FEEDBACK FOR MIMO SYSTEMS - The present disclosure provides a receiver, a transmitter and methods of operating a receiver or a transmitter. In one embodiment, the receiver includes a receive unit configured to receive transmissions from multiple antennas. The receiver also includes a rank feedback unit configured to feed back a transmission rank selection, wherein the transmission rank selection corresponds to a transmission rank feedback reduction scheme. The receiver further includes a preceding feedback unit configured to feed back a preceding matrix selection, wherein the preceding matrix selection corresponds to a preceding matrix feedback reduction scheme. | 01-15-2009 |
20090046569 | PRECODING MATRIX FEEDBACK PROCESSES, CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS - An electronic device includes a first circuit ( | 02-19-2009 |
20090067391 | Separate Rank and CQI Feedback in Wireless Networks - A transmission of information within a wireless network may include a first and second type of feedback information, wherein the second type of feedback information is derived based on the first type of feedback information. The first type of feedback information is embedded in a configured frame every T1 frames. The second type of feedback is embedded in a configured frame every T2 frames, wherein T1 is greater than or equal to T2. A sequence of frames is transmitted from one node in the network to a second node on an uplink control channel. | 03-12-2009 |
20090109909 | DIFFERENTIAL CQI FOR OFDMA SYSTEMS - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a feedback generator, a feedback decoder and methods of operating a feedback generator and decoder. In one embodiment, the feedback generator is for use in user equipment and includes a CQI profile module configured to provide a differential channel quality indicator, wherein the differential channel quality indicator represents a difference between indices corresponding to allocatable channel quality indicators. The feedback generator also includes a transmit module that transmits the differential channel quality indicator. In one embodiment, the feedback decoder is for use in a base station and includes a receive module configured to receive a differential channel quality indicator. The feedback decoder also includes a CQI selection module configured to provide allocatable channel quality indicators from the differential channel quality indicator based on a differential index, wherein the differential index represents a difference between indices corresponding to the allocatable channel quality indicators. | 04-30-2009 |
20090110114 | Open-Loop MIMO Scheme and Signaling Support for Wireless Networks - Transmission with multiple antennas in a wireless network is performed by selecting between adaptive precoding and fixed precoding based on a selection criterion. Transmission using spatial multiplexing with adaptive precoding is performed if the selection criterion is fulfilled. Transmission using spatial multiplexing with fixed preceding is performed if the selection criterion is unfulfilled. | 04-30-2009 |
20090154588 | CHANNEL QUALITY REPORT PROCESSES, CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS - An electronic device includes a first circuit ( | 06-18-2009 |
20090196366 | Transmission of Uplink Control Information with Data in Wireless Networks - Within a wireless network, feedback information from one node to another node is necessary to support various functions. The first node receives an allocation of resources for data transmission. The first node generates cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits for a selected feedback control information type and encodes the selected feedback information and the CRC bits. The encoding of the feedback information and the CRC bits is adaptive based the amount of allocated resources. The encoded feedback information and CRC bits are then transmitted to the other node using a subset of the allocated resources on the physical shared channel that is normally used only for data transmissions. | 08-06-2009 |
20090199055 | Interleaver Design with Unequal Error Protection for Control Information - For transmission of a block of control information within a wireless network, the control information is interleaved to form an ordered set of control bits, wherein more important information bits of the control information are placed into a first portion of the ordered set of control bits, with less important information bits of the control information placed into a second portion of the ordered set of controls bits. The ordered set of control bits is encoded to form an encoded block of data. The encoded block of data is transmitted to a serving base station, wherein bits from the first portion of the ordered set of control bits will statistically have a lower bit error rate (BER) than bits from the second portion of the ordered set of control bits during transmission. | 08-06-2009 |
20090201825 | Partial CQI Feedback in Wireless Networks - Within a wireless network, feedback information from user equipment (UE) to a control node (eNodeB) is necessary to support various functions. A UE receives an allocation from the eNodeB comprising a plurality of periodic transmission instances for a channel quality indicator (CQI) and a schedule comprising a plurality of periodic transmission instances for a rank indicator (RI), wherein the CQI comprises RI and other CQI fields. The UE then transmits an RI without transmitting the other CQI fields in a transmission instance allocated for both RI and other CQI fields. | 08-13-2009 |
20090232087 | User Equipment Multiplexing In Downlink Multiuser, Multiple Input Multiple Output Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access - This invention is a method of downlink, multiuser, multiple input, multiple output communication between a single base station and plural user equipment. Resource buffers are distributed into sub-bands. Each user equipment is assigned to a sub-band with at least one sub-band assigned plural user equipment. The base station transmits user equipment according to assigned sub-bands. A single user equipment may be assigned one sub-band while plural user equipment are assigned to another sub-band. In one embodiment the base station has N transmit antennas. N user equipment is assigned to a first sub-band and less than N user equipment is assigned to a second sub-band. In another embodiment a first second user equipment is assigned a first sub-band and the first and a third user equipment are assigned to a second sub-band. | 09-17-2009 |
20090238256 | CQI FEEDBACK STRUCTURE - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a reporting allocation unit, an indicator interpretation unit and methods of operating a reporting allocation unit and an indicator interpretation unit. In one embodiment, the reporting allocation unit includes an indicator configuration module configured to provide reporting interval and offset values of corresponding rank and channel quality indicators for user equipment. The reporting allocation unit also includes a sending module configured to transmit the reporting interval and offset values to the user equipment. | 09-24-2009 |
20090262695 | RANK AND PMI IN DOWNLOAD CONTROL SIGNALING FOR UPLINK SINGLE-USER MIMO (UL SU-MIMO) - A method of operating a user equipment device includes extracting at least one rank indicator (RI) from an uplink grant, and adapting a transmission rank in response to said RI. At least two transmit antennas are configured to transmit according to said transmission rank. | 10-22-2009 |
20090262856 | HIGH DATA RATE UPLINK TRANSMISSION - A user equipment device has a control information decoder configured to receive and decode an uplink scheduling grant. A transmit module is configured to receive a rank indicator (RI) extracted by the decoder and adapt a transmission rank in response to the RI. At least two transmit antennas are configured to transmit according to the RI. | 10-22-2009 |
20090268831 | BACKWARD COMPATIBLE BANDWIDTH EXTENSION - A transmitter includes a bandwidth configuration unit configured to provide an increased system bandwidth corresponding to a bandwidth extension over multiple component carriers. Additionally, the transmitter also includes a transmit unit configured to employ the bandwidth extension. | 10-29-2009 |
20090285122 | UPLINK CONTROL FOR TIME-DIVISION DUPLEX WITH ASYMMETRIC ASSIGNMENT - A link configuration unit includes a hybrid bundling module configured to provide a hybrid ACK/NAK bundling structure for an uplink ACK/NAK entity from user equipment, wherein the hybrid ACK/NAK bundling structure corresponds to an uplink-downlink configuration of subframe assignments. Additionally, the link configuration unit also includes a sending module configured to transmit the hybrid ACK/NAK bundling structure to the user equipment. | 11-19-2009 |
20100002790 | Higher Order Multiple Input, Multiple Output Extension - A method of multiple input multiple output downlink communications including mapping complex-valued modulation symbols onto one or more transmission layers by mapping complex-valued modulation symbols onto the layers and preceding the complex-valued modulation block of vectors and generating a block of vectors mapped onto at least four antenna ports. A first embodiment employs a maximum of two layers per codeword. A second embodiment employs no more than two codewords. | 01-07-2010 |
20100027456 | NETWORK MIMO REPORTING, CONTROL SIGNALING AND TRANSMISSION - A coordinated multipoint transmitter is for use with a network MIMO super-cell and includes a coordination unit configured to provide joint link processing to coordinate a multipoint transmission corresponding to a set of transmission points. Additionally, the coordinated multipoint transmitter also includes a transmission unit configured to transmit the multipoint transmission using the set of transmission points. Additionally, a coordinated transmission receiver is for use with a network MIMO super-cell and includes a reception unit configured to receive a multipoint transmission corresponding to a set of transmission points. The coordinated transmission receiver also includes a processing unit configured to process the multipoint transmission from the set of transmission points. | 02-04-2010 |
20100034312 | Reference Signal Resource Allocation for Single User MIMO - Transmission with multiple antennas in a wireless network is performed by transmitting a plurality of reference sequences (RS) from a UE. A first RS s1[k] is produced using a first cyclic shift and a base sequence s0[k], wherein k={1, 2 . . . K} is an element index. A second RS s2[k] is produced using a second cyclic shift and s0[k]. A first symbol sequence x1[k] is produced using at least s1[k] and s2[k], for at least one k. A second symbol sequence x2[k] is produced using at least s1[k] and s2[k], for at least one k. x1[k] is transmitted using a first transmit antenna and x2[k] is transmitted using a second transmit antenna. | 02-11-2010 |
20100041390 | Configuration of Rank Indicator Reporting Instances - A method for setting a periodicity and an offset in rank indicator (RI) reporting in a user equipment in a wireless communication system receives a radio resource control (RRC) signal from a base station, decodes a RI periodicity and offset configuration index, sets the periodicity and offset in accordance with said decoded periodicity and offset configuration index and reports a RI according to the set periodicity and offset. The periodicity is an integer and reporting a RI reports with equal the product of the periodicity and a period of reporting of the channel quality indicator (CQI) and the preceding matrix indicator (PMI). | 02-18-2010 |
20100046412 | REFERENCE SIGNAL STRUCTURES FOR MORE THAN FOUR ANTENNAS - A transmitter, for use with a cellular communication network, includes a reference signal generation unit configured to provide a reference signal corresponding to a reference signal structure for more than four transmit antennas. The transmitter also includes a system information signal generation unit configured to provide a system information signal corresponding to the reference signal structure for the more than four transmit antennas. The transmitter additionally includes a transmit unit configured to transmit the reference signal and the system information signal. | 02-25-2010 |
20100056079 | RETRANSMISSION BETWEEN DCI FORMAT 1A AND FORMAT 2/2A - A transmitter is for use with a cellular communication network and includes a downlink control information (DCI) configuration unit that designates a DCI format for a downlink transmission selected from a first DCI format intended for a single transport block contiguous resource block transmission and a second DCI format intended for a dual transport block transmission available for spatial multiplexing. The transmitter also includes a retransmission coordination unit configured to facilitate a retransmission for the downlink transmission of a transport block corresponding to the first DCI format using the second DCI format or one of the dual transport blocks corresponding to the second DCI format using the first DCI format, based on a retransmission rule. | 03-04-2010 |
20100061360 | DEDICATED REFERENCE SIGNAL STRUCTURES FOR SPATIAL MULTIPLEXING BEAMFORMING - A transmitter is for use with a cellular communication network and includes a beamforming generation unit configured to generate a downlink beamforming transmission corresponding to multiple-layer spatial multiplexing and based on a dedicated reference signal pattern. Additionally, the transmitter also includes a transmit unit configured to transmit the downlink beamforming transmission. A receiver is for use with a cellular communication network and includes a receive unit configured to receive a downlink beamforming transmission, and a beamforming processing unit configured to process the downlink beamforming transmission corresponding to multiple-layer spatial multiplexing and based on a dedicated reference signal pattern. | 03-11-2010 |
20100067604 | NETWORK MULTIPLE ANTENNA TRANSMISSION EMPLOYING AN X2 INTERFACE - A coordinated multipoint transmitter is for use with a multiple antenna super-cell and includes primary and secondary base stations jointly connected via an X2 interface link, wherein the primary base station provides a transmission directive corresponding to an X2 interface protocol over the X2 interface link to the secondary base station for a joint transmission from the primary and secondary base stations. | 03-18-2010 |
20100074131 | POWER OFFSET FOR CQI REPORTING - In one embodiment, the transmitter is for use with a cellular communication network and includes an offset determination unit configured to select a shift parameter for a channel quality indication, wherein the shift parameter corresponds to an adjustment in an energy per resource element ratio for reporting the channel quality indication. The transmitter also includes a sending unit configured to signal the shift parameter. In another embodiment, a receiver is for use with a cellular communication network and includes a reception unit that receives a transmission. The receiver also includes an offset interpretation unit configured to interpret a shift parameter for a channel quality indication from the transmission, wherein the shift parameter corresponds to an adjustment in an energy per resource element ratio for reporting the channel quality indication. | 03-25-2010 |
20100074183 | MODE SWITCHING FOR A DOWNLINK COORDINATED MULTIPOINT COMMUNICATION - A mode-switching network transmitter is for use with a network MIMO super cell and includes a super cell control unit configured to orchestrate a transmission from the network MIMO super cell, wherein the transmission is supplied from a portion of super cell transmission points. The mode-switching network transmitter also includes a transmission unit configured to provide the transmission. Additionally, a transmission mode-switching receiver is for use with user equipment in a network MIMO super cell and includes a reception unit configured to receive a transmission for the user equipment within the network MIMO super cell. The transmission mode-switching receiver also includes a processing unit configured to process the transmission, wherein the transmission is supplied from a portion of super cell transmission points. | 03-25-2010 |
20100091678 | DOWNLINK RANK INDICATION AND UPLINK RANK REPORTING FOR DEDICATED BEAMFORMING - A network transmitter and receiver are for use with a network MIMO super cell. The network transmitter includes a rank control unit configured to provide a rank indication for a dedicated beamforming transmission from the network MIMO super cell, wherein the rank indication corresponds to spatial multiplexing of multiple data streams for the dedicated beamforming transmission. The network transmitter also includes a transmission unit configured to signal the rank indication. The network receiver includes a reception unit configured to receive a dedicated beamforming transmission within the network MIMO super cell. The network receiver also includes a rank processing unit configured to process a rank indication for the dedicated beamforming transmission corresponding to spatial multiplexing of multiple data streams for the dedicated beamforming transmission. | 04-15-2010 |
20100189038 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR MAPPING DATA SYMBOLS AND REFERENCE SIGNALS FOR COORDINATED MULTI-POINT SYSTEMS - A method of mapping data in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes forming a first frame ( | 07-29-2010 |
20100214937 | Rank Indicator Offset for Periodic CQI Reporting with Periodicity of One - This invention prevents a periodically reported Rank Indicator from interfering with a similarly periodically reported wideband and subband channel quality indicator. Such interference is disadvantageous because it may eliminate wideband channel quality indicator reporting or eliminate each first bandwidth part of subband channel quality indicator reporting. Proper selection of the rank indicator reporting periodicity and offset relative to the wideband and subband channel quality indicator reporting periodicity prevents this interference. | 08-26-2010 |
20100215109 | Layer Mapping for Up Link Single User Multiple Input Multiple Output Wireless Telephony - This invention is a method and an apparatus to up link transmission of data from a user equipment to a base station for single user multiple input, multiple output. This invention includes receiving at least one codeword, permuting the received codewords, precoding the permuted codewords and transmitting the predecoded codewords on plural antennas. The codewords may be permuted by layer permutation or by codeword permutation. | 08-26-2010 |
20100215110 | PRECODING CODEBOOK DESIGN FOR SINGLE USER MIMO - A transmitter is for use with multiple transmit antennas and includes a precoder unit configured to precode data for a transmission using a precoding matrix selected from a codebook, wherein the codebook corresponds to the following three transmission properties for an uplink transmission: 1) all precoding elements from the precoding matrix have a same magnitude, 2) each precoding element from the precoding matrix is taken from a set of finite values and 3) there is only one non-zero element in any row of the precoding matrix. The transmitter also includes a transmit unit configured to transmit the precoded data. | 08-26-2010 |
20100285792 | Coordinated Multi-Point Transmission in a Cellular Network - Coordinated multi-point (CoMP) transmissions in a cellular network is performed using multi-broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) subframes. During CoMP transmission, demodulation reference signals (DRS) are placed in the one portion the MDSFN subframe, while cell-specific reference signals (CRS) are placed in a separate portion of the MDSFN subframe. Therefore, no CRS-DRS collision will occur during CoMP transmission. | 11-11-2010 |
20100303034 | Dual-Layer Beam Forming in Cellular Networks - Single user and multiuser MIMO transmission in a cellular network may be performed by selecting by a base station (eNB) to transmit either one or two transmission layers. When one transmission layer is selected, a first transmission layer is precoded with a first precoder. A first demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence or a second DMRS sequence is selected by the eNB and precoded using the first precoder. The first transmission layer is transmitted with the selected precoded DMRS from the eNB to a user equipment (UE), and an indicator is transmitted to the UE to indicate which DMRS sequence is selected and transmitted. | 12-02-2010 |
20100322176 | Multiple CQI Feedback for Cellular Networks - Single user and multiuser MIMO transmission in a cellular network may be performed by a base station (eNB) transmitting either one or two transmission layers. A user equipment (UE) receives a reference symbol from the base station. The UE processes the reference symbol with one or more of a plurality of precoding matrices to form a plurality of channel quality indices (CQI). The UE provides feedback to the eNB comprising one or more feedback CQI selected from the plurality of CQI and one or more precoding matrix indicators (PMI) identifying the one or more precoding matrices used to form each of the one or more feedback CQIs, wherein at least two PMI are included in the feedback. | 12-23-2010 |
20110032839 | Multiple Rank CQI Feedback for Cellular Networks - Single user and multiuser MIMO transmission in a cellular network may be performed by a base station (eNB) transmitting either one, two, or more transmission layers. A user equipment (UE) receives a reference symbol from the base station. The UE processes the reference symbol with one or more of a plurality of precoding matrices to form a plurality of channel quality indices (CQI). The UE provides feedback to the eNB comprising one or more feedback CQI selected from the plurality of CQI and one or more precoding matrix indicators (PMI) identifying the one or more precoding matrices used to form each of the one or more feedback CQIs for two or more ranks. | 02-10-2011 |
20110142147 | MULTI-RANK PRECODING MATRIX INDICATOR (PMI) FEEDBACK IN A MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) SYSTEM - In at least some embodiments, a system includes a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) base station and a plurality of MIMO user equipment (UE) devices in communication with the MIMO base station. The MIMO base station is configured to switch between a single-user (SU)-MIMO mode and a multiple-user (MU)-MIMO mode during communications with the plurality of MIMO UE devices based on multi-rank precoding matrix indicator (PMI) feedback received from at least one of the MIMO UE devices. | 06-16-2011 |
20110243009 | Physical Downlink Shared Channel Muting on Cell-Specific Reference Symbols Locations for of Non-Serving Cells - The primary serving base station transmits PDSCH with zero energy on the inter-cell CRS resource element location. This is called mute PDSCH. Within the first Physical Resource Block (PRB | 10-06-2011 |
20110243079 | Transmission Modes and Signaling for Uplink MIMO Support or Single TB Dual-Layer Transmission in LTE Uplink - This invention is a method of wireless telephony. A bases station configures a user equipment for single-antenna port or multi-antenna port operation via Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling including a 5-bit MCS-RV and 1-bit NDI for the second codeword (CW1) are needed for the DCI format 4. | 10-06-2011 |
20110305161 | CSI Reporting on PUSCH for Carrier Aggregation - Carrier aggregation allows concurrent transmission on multiple component carriers (CC) to increase the data rate. A user equipment (UE) device in a cellular network provides periodic or aperiodic channel state information of the DL channel to a base station (eNB) for each of the aggregated CCs. The UE receives two or more reference signals corresponding to two or more aggregated CCs from an eNB. The UE computes a plurality of channel state information (CSI) reports for each of two or more aggregated CCs derived from the two or more reference signals. The UE receives a positive CSI request from the eNB for a CSI report and transmits CSI feedback to the eNB comprising one or more CSI reports selected from the plurality of CSI reports. | 12-15-2011 |
20120063321 | CFI Signaling for Heterogeneous Networks with Multiple Component Carriers in LTE-Advanced - This invention mitigates interference in wireless telephony in heterogeneous networks having a macro base station and a low power base station. This invention attempts to avoid cross carrier scheduling on an anchor carrier and a non-anchor carrier. If cross carrier scheduling is unavoidable, then this invention attempts: (1) semi-statically signalling a CFI value on a cross-scheduled component carrier; (2) semi-statically signalling a channel quality information (CSI) value on a cross-scheduled component carrier setting a Physical Hybrid ARQ Indicator CHannel (PHICH) value to be maximum; or (3) semi-statically signalling a channel quality information (CSI) value on a cross-scheduled component carrier using Physical Control Format Indicator CHannel (PCFICH) power boosting on cross-scheduled component carriers (CC). | 03-15-2012 |
20120201154 | CSI Measurement, Reporting and Collision-Handling - This invention sets conditions for user equipment responses to channel state indicator request in channel station information that may conflict. | 08-09-2012 |
20120218937 | User Equipment Feedback In Support of Multiple Input Multiple Output Operations - A method of feedback in wireless telephony includes a hybrid of implicit and explicit feedback. The implicit and explicit feedback are transmitted in distinct subframes. These distinct set of subframes may have the same periodicity but differing offsets. The distinct set of subframes may have periodicities related by an integral factor. Either set of subframes may include aperiodic subframes. | 08-30-2012 |
20120218948 | Downlink 8 Tx Codebook Sub-Sampling for CSI Feedback - This invention is codebook sub-sampling of the reporting of RI, CQI, W | 08-30-2012 |
20120219042 | Transmission Modes and Signaling for Uplink MIMO Support or Single TB Dual-Layer Transmission in LTE Uplink - This invention is a method of mapping data in a wireless communication system. The method includes forming a first frame having plural positions at a first transmitter. The first frame has a first plurality of reference signals. A second frame having plural positions corresponding to the plural positions of the first frame is formed at a second transmitter remote from the first transmitter. The second frame has a second plurality of reference signals. A plurality of data signals is inserted into the first frame at positions that are not occupied by either the first or second plurality of reference signals. The plurality of data signals is inserted into the second frame at positions that are not occupied by either the first or second plurality of reference signals. The first and second frames are transmitted to a remote receiver. | 08-30-2012 |
20120220286 | Periodic Channel Quality Indicator on Physical Uplink Control Channel for Carrier Aggregation - This application considers the need for enhancements to the baseline CSI reporting mechanisms including maximum payload size, CQI/PMI reporting configurations and CSI transmission in the event of collision between CSI reports from different CCs. | 08-30-2012 |
20120243500 | Multi-Cell Channel State Information-Reference Symbol Patterns for Long Term Evolution Extended Cyclic Prefix and Code Division Multiplexing-Time Multiplexing - This invention is a method of wireless communication using candidate multi-cell CSI-RS time-frequency patterns in the invention. This invention avoids collision with antenna ports 0, 1, 2 and 3 used for transmitting cell-specific reference signals and port 5 used for transmitting demodulation reference signals. This invention satisfies the nested property requirement. This invention avoids collision with DM-RS signal for extended cyclic prefix transmission as long as DMRS Rank is less than or equal to 2. For ranks greater than 2, this invention produces patterns that may collide with Rel. 10 DM-RS for extended CP. The invention includes alternative patterns obtained by relabeling and/or reshuffling the CSI-RS antenna port numbers while preserving identical time-frequency resources assigned to CSI-RS in the time-frequency grid. | 09-27-2012 |
20120264441 | Multi-Cell Signaling of Channel State Information-Reference Signal and Physical Downlink Shared Channel Muting - This invention includes signaling schemes for communicating the PDSCH muting configuration from the eNodeB to its UEs so that they can measure inter-cell CSI if configured. The base station transmits to each served user equipment a number signal indicating a number of allowed muting configurations, parameters for each allowed muting configuration and an enable/disable signal. Each served user equipment mutes or does not mute a physical downlink shared channel according to one of the allowed muting configurations and the state of a corresponding bit of the enable/disable signal. | 10-18-2012 |
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20130201921 | Carrier Indication In a Bandwidth Aggregated Wireless Communications Systems - In this invention wireless communication of data between a user equipment and a base station including bandwidth aggregation of a plurality of component carriers, includes a first unit transmitting on a first component carrier a grant control signal the other unit specifying a second component carrier different to transmit the typically via a carrier indication field of 3 bits. The carrier indication field can be a one-to-one mapping to each possible second component carrier of a component carrier offset from an anchor carrier, which could be the first component carrier. | 08-08-2013 |
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20140036859 | Methods to Increase Sounding Capacity for LTE-Advanced Systems - This invention is a method of wireless communication between a base station and at least one user equipment. The base station signals a user equipment to produce a burst of a number of sounding reference signals having a predetermined burst duration. The user equipment sounds wireless channel to the base station via a burst of sounding reference signals having the predetermined burst duration. The base station schedules transmission of user equipment in time and frequency domain according to a CQI estimated from the received sounding reference signals. | 02-06-2014 |
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