Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080212561 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING RLC FOR FLEXIBLE RLC PDU SIZE - Enhancements are provided for the radio link control (RLC) protocol in wireless communication systems where variable RLC packet data unit (PDU) size is allowed. When flexible RLC PDU sizes are configured by upper layers, radio network controller (RNC)/Node B flow control, RLC flow control, status reporting and polling mechanisms are configured to use byte count based metrics in order to prevent possible buffer underflows in the Node B and buffer overflows in the RNC. The enhancements proposed herein for the RLC apply to both uplink and downlink communications. | 09-04-2008 |
20080219195 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND PROCESSING A MAC-ehs PROTOCOL DATA UNIT - A method and apparatus for generating and processing a high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) medium access control (MAC-ehs) protocol data unit (PDU) are disclosed. MAC-ehs service data units (SDUs) are multiplexed based on a logical channel identity. Reordering PDUs are generated from the multiplexed MAC-ehs SDUs. A reordering PDU includes at least one MAC-ehs SDU and/or at least one MAC-ehs SDU segment. A MAC-ehs SDU is segmented on a priority class basis if a MAC-ehs SDU does not fit into a reordering PDU. A MAC-ehs PDU is generated including at least one reordering PDU. The MAC-ehs SDUs may be stored in priority queues before generating the reordering PDUs. Alternatively, the reordering PDUs may be generated from the multiplexed MAC-ehs SDUs. Alternatively, the received MAC-ehs SDUs may be buffered in a corresponding buffer for each logical channel before multiplexed based on a logical channel identity, or reordering PDUs are generated. | 09-11-2008 |
20080225744 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH SPEED DOWNLINK PACKET ACCESS LINK ADAPTATION - A method of high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) link adaptation, comprises receiving a channel quality measurement metric over a Measured Results on random access channel (RACH) information element (IE). The link is adapted based upon the received channel quality metric. | 09-18-2008 |
20080225765 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REORDERING DATA IN AN EVOLVED HIGH SPEED PACKET ACCESS SYSTEM - Method and apparatus for receiving high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) transmissions are disclosed. An HS-DSCH medium access control (MAC-ehs) entity receives MAC-ehs protocol data units (PDUs) via a high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) while in one of Cell_FACH, Cell_PCH, and URA_PCH states. The reordering PDUs included in the MAC-ehs PDUs may be sent to a next processing entity without performing reordering of the PDUs. A certain reordering queue may enter a suspend state upon occurrence of a triggering event and MAC-ehs PDUs distributed to the reordering queue in the suspend state may be forwarded to the next processing entity without performing reordering. MAC-ehs reset procedure may be extended for a certain transmission such that the MAC-ehs reset is performed after receiving a MAC-ehs PDU in a target cell. | 09-18-2008 |
20080225766 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONFIGURING MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL COMPONENTS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatus are disclosed to facilitate wireless communications between a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU), legacy base stations and base stations using different operating parameters, such as evolved high speed packet access (HSPA) systems Third Generation Partnership Project ((3GPP) Release 7, Release 8 and beyond). Preferred WTRUs are configured with a medium access control (MAC) sub-layer component having a subcomponent with HARQ buffers, such as a subcomponent configured to provide MAC-es and MAC-e functionality and/or MAC-is and MACi functionality that include hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes, some of which are preferably operable with enhanced dedicated transport channels (E-DCH). The WTRUs are preferably configured such that they reconfigure their MAC subcomponents during soft handover while minimizing induced latency and data losses associated with HARQ processes. In some embodiments, the WTRUs are configured to prevent flushing of HARQ process buffers in soft handover scenarios with a Node B that does not support UL enhancements, e.g. higher order modulation (HOM). In other embodiments, flushing of HARQ processes is used but amelioration of adverse effects is addressed. | 09-18-2008 |
20080227442 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING RECONFIGURATION OF RADIO LINK CONTROL PARAMETERS - A variety of wireless communication methods and apparatus for supporting reconfiguration of radio link control (RLC) parameters are disclosed. A radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message is generated that indicates that an RLC unit in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) or a universal terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) should be reconfigured from supporting flexible size RLC protocol data units (PDUs) to supporting fixed size RLC PDUs. If an information element (IE) “one sided RLC re-establishment” is present in the RRC reconfiguration message, only a receiving side subassembly in the RLC unit is re-established. Otherwise, both the receiving side subassembly and a transmitting side subassembly in the RLC unit are re-established. Flexible size RLC PDUs may be discarded and a message indicating the discarded flexible size RLC PDUs may be transmitted. The flexible size RLC PDUs may be modified such that they correspond to a set of pre-defined sizes. | 09-18-2008 |
20080267061 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING CELL RESELECTIONS AND TRANSITIONS TO AND FROM AN ENHANCED CELL_FACH STATE - A method and apparatus for handling cell reselections and transitions includes executing a cell reselection. A medium access control (MAC)-ehs reset is performed. | 10-30-2008 |
20080267130 | HANDLING CELL RESELECTIONS AND STATE TRANSITIONS FOR HIGH-SPEED DOWNLINK PACKET ACCESS - A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) is configured to operate in an high speed data packet access (HSDPA) mode in a cell and/or state and to clear HSDPA resources when moving out of the cell and/or state. The WTRU is configured to clear HSDPA resources when conditions to perform high speed downlink shared channel reception are not met. | 10-30-2008 |
20080279146 | ESCAPE MECHANISM FOR A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK - A method for performing frequency selection escape in wireless communications is disclosed. The method includes receiving an activation trigger, determining whether the activation trigger has persisted for a predetermined period of time, determining a list of candidate channels; selecting a channel from the candidate list, and evaluating the selected channel against predetermined criteria, the predetermined criteria being related to the activation trigger. If the selected channel meets the predetermined criteria, then an access point (AP) is disassociated from all stations communicating with the AP; and the AP is changed to the selected channel. If the selected channel does not meet the predetermined criteria, then the selected channel is removed from the candidate list; and the selecting of a channel is repeated if there are additional candidate channels. | 11-13-2008 |
20080279157 | Resource allocation in wireless communication systems - A method and system wherein the coverage area of a plurality of base stations may be evaluated with respect to noise rise and power for assignment of system resources is disclosed. Path loss is measured to determine candidate base stations and at least one timeslot is selected from within the candidate base stations for optimization of the uplink and downlink. | 11-13-2008 |
20090003299 | METHOD FOR CLEAR CHANNEL ASSESSMENT OPTIMIZATION IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK - A method and apparatus are directed toward optimizing clear channel assessment (CCA) parameters in a wireless local area network having an access point (AP) and at least one station. An upper bound and a lower bound for an energy detect threshold (EDT) parameter are determined. A value of the EDT parameter is calculated and is bound by the upper bound and the lower bound. The EDT parameter is updated. The method can be performed at each station or at the AP, with the updated CCA parameters being signaled to each station associated with the AP. | 01-01-2009 |
20090034461 | MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT (MIMO) MODE OPTIMIZATION FOR LOW DATA RATES SERVICES - A method and an apparatus are provided for efficient transmission of low-data-rate packet services in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) mode of operations in the presence of high-data-rate packet services. Precoding weight information (PWI) is signaled implicitly to a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU). A precoding weight vector is signaled in a high speed shared control channel less (HS-SCCH-less) transmission using a new HS-SCCH type P. This explicit PWI signaling approach transmits the PWI with minimum power overhead. The data carried in the HS-SCCH type P is encoded to minimize the required transmitted power. A channel type HS-SCCH type 2M is also described. | 02-05-2009 |
20090041002 | Estimation of interference variation caused by the addition or deletion of a connection - A method for determining whether a connection event between a base station and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) should be accepted or rejected, comprises measuring the interference level I | 02-12-2009 |
20090042583 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING ACCESS POINT STARTUP AND INITIAL CHANNEL SELECTION PROCESSES - A startup process of an access point (AP) includes a discovery phase and an announcement phase. During the discovery phase, the AP detects neighboring APs from its own extended service set (ESS), neighboring APs from different ESSs, and external sources of interference. During the announcement phase, the AP transmits its beacon signals at maximum power in order to accelerate recognition by neighboring APs running the discovery phase. An automatic initialization channel selection process of an AP scans channels the AP will use to communicate. Information of each scanned channel is recorded and a best performance channel is determined for use by the AP. | 02-12-2009 |
20090046667 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE RADIO RESOURCE OVERHEAD ASSOCIATED WITH INTERMITTENT TRAFFIC - A method and apparatus for No-TX mode for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and Node B that suspends the transmission of power control updates and associated signaling over dedicated uplink and downlink channels. Triggers and signals between the WTRU and Node B to activate and disable No-TX mode. A radio link is re-established to resume data transmission when No-TX mode is disabled, and data may also be transmitted during defined transmission opportunities while in No-TX mode. | 02-19-2009 |
20090052376 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING PAGING OVER AN HS-DSCH IN CELL_PCH AND URA_PCH STATES - A method and apparatus for paging a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in a CELL_PCH and URA_PCH states are disclosed. A WTRU may send an indication of an enhanced paging channel (PCH) capability of receiving a high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) in CELL_PCH and URA_PCH states, for example, in a CELL UPDATE message, a URA UPDATE message, or a UTRAN MOBILITY INFORMATION CONFIRM message. A drift radio network controller (DRNC) may receive an indication whether the WTRU has an enhanced PCH capability from a serving RNC and page the WTRU based on the indication. An RNC may page the WTRU over both an HS-DSCH and a PCH/secondary common control physical channel (S-CCPCH) if a WTRU capability is not known. The WTRU may monitor both an HS-DSCH and a PCH/S-CCPCH. The WTRU may configure reception over an HS-DSCH based on the capability of the SRNC or configuration from the network. | 02-26-2009 |
20090054073 | METHOD AND SYSTEM WHEREIN TIMESLOTS ALLOCATED FOR COMMON CONTROL CHANNELS MAY BE REUSED FOR USER TRAFFIC - A method and system is disclosed wherein timeslots designated in a wireless communication system as Common Physical Channel (CPCH) timeslots may be reused for user traffic. A CPCH timeslot used in a first cell may be reused by a second cell, assuming the first and second cells transmit control information in different CPCH timeslots, for user traffic. The second cell is permitted to reuse the timeslot in which the first cell is transmitting control information so long as the second cell's reuse of that timeslot does not degrade reception of control information in the first cell. | 02-26-2009 |
20090059892 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCOMMODATING HIGHER ORDER MODULATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A method and apparatus for reconfiguring a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are directed to receiving an active set update message indicating that a mode of operation allowing a certain modulation scheme is enabled or disabled and performing at least one of: performing a MAC reset procedure, updating a set of reference enhanced transport format combination indicators (E-TFCIs) and associated power offsets, determining actions related to E-DPCCH boosting, modifying information related to an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH), and modifying an index that indicates an E-DCH transport block size table. The update message includes at least one modified information element (IE). | 03-05-2009 |
20090086659 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LAYER 2 PROCESSING AND CREATION OF PROTOCOL DATA UNITS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Enhanced MAC-es PDUs are created by concatenating enhanced MAC-es service data units (SDUs) based on higher layer PDUs and segments thereof, where segmentation information is included in the enhanced MAC-es headers. An enhanced MAC-e header is generated for each enhanced MAC-es PDU to describe information about the enhanced MAC-es PDU. An enhanced MAC-e PDU is created by concatenating enhanced MAC-es PDUs and enhanced MAC-e headers. An enhanced MAC-es header may include a Transmit Sequence Number (TSN) field, a Segmentation Description (SD) field, length (L) fields to indicate the length of each enhanced MAC-es SDU and/or logical channel indicator (LCH-ID) fields. An enhanced MAC-e header may include one or more logical channel indicator (LCH-ID) fields for corresponding enhanced MAC-es PDUs or MAC-s SDUs and length (L) fields. Various techniques are disclosed for indicating the end of the enhanced MAC-e header. In another embodiment, methods for signaling over the Iub frame protocol are proposed to support MAC segmentation and flexible RLC PDU sizes. | 04-02-2009 |
20090086671 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TERMINATING TRANSMISSION OF A MESSAGE IN AN ENHANCED RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL - A method and an apparatus is provided for terminating an enhanced random access channel (E-RACH) message in an E-RACH transmission. Triggers for terminating the E-RACH message are provided. The actions upon termination of the E-RACH messages are provided to release enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resources while in cell forward access channel (CELL_FACH) state or transition to cell dedicated channel (CELL_DCH) state. | 04-02-2009 |
20090086698 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING A COLLISION IN COMMON E-DCH TRANSMISSIONS - A method and apparatus for managing a collision in random access channel (RACH) access transmissions are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) transmits WTRU-dependent information to confirm that a detected acquisition indicator (AI) is intended to the WTRU. The WTRU-dependent information may be transmitted separately after detecting the AI, may be transmitted along with a RACH preamble, or may be sent in an E-RACH message. The WTRU-dependent information may be a random number, a sequence or scrambling code randomly selected from a pre-determined set of sequences or scrambling codes. Alternatively, the WTRU-dependent information may be a pre-configured identifier, or information derived from the pre-configured identifier. Alternatively, after detecting an AI, the WTRU may randomly select an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resource from a set of E-DCH resources associated with an RACH resource used for transmission of the RACH preamble and transmit an E-RACH message using the selected E-DCH resource. | 04-02-2009 |
20090086708 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SEGMENTATION OF PACKETS FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION - A method and apparatus for segmenting medium access control (MAC) service data units (SDUs) creates enhanced MAC-es PDUs in the enhanced MAC-e/es sub-layer by concatenating MAC SDUs received from the logical channels. An enhanced transport format combination (E-TFC) selection entity controls the concatenation of MAC SDUs into enhanced MAC-es PDUs. When a MAC SDU is received that is too large to fit into a selected enhanced MAC-es PDU payload, a segmentation entity segments the MAC SDU such that the MAC SDU segment fills the remaining payload available in the selected enhanced MAC-es PDU. The enhanced MAC-es PDU is then assigned a transmission sequence number (TSN) and multiplexed with other enhanced MAC-es PDUs to create a single enhanced MAC-e PDU that is transmitted on the E-DCH in the next transmission time interval (TTI). A HARQ entity stores and, if necessary retransmits the enhanced MAC-e PDU when a transmission error occurs. | 04-02-2009 |
20090086709 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED TRANSPORT FORMAT COMBINATION SELECTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Efficient enhanced transport format combination (E-TFC) selection methods and apparatus support flexible radio link control (RLC) packet data unit (PDU) size and medium access control (MAC) layer segmentation. Methods for filling an enhanced medium access control (MAC-e) packet data unit (PDU) with data from logical channels as part of E-TFC selection are provided. In one embodiment, the E-TFC selection algorithm employs a single request from the MAC layer to the RLC layer to request the number of bits it is allowed to send for a logical channel to create enhanced MAC-e PDUs. In another embodiment, the MAC entity performs multiple requests to the RLC entity. In another embodiment, the MAC entity makes a single request to the RLC entity to create one or more enhanced MAC-e PDUs of a set size. A technique is also provided for maintaining a guaranteed bit rate (GBR) for non-scheduled data flows with variable-length headers. | 04-02-2009 |
20090088175 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ALLOCATE RADIO RESOURCES FOR TRANSMITTING A MESSAGE PART IN AN ENHANCED RACH - A method and apparatus for allocating resources to a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) includes the WTRU transmitting a signature sequence to a Node B, receiving an acknowledge signal from the Node B, and determining a default resource index. The resource index is associated with enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) parameters. | 04-02-2009 |
20090092079 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING UPLINK PROTOCOL CHANGES - A method and apparatus for supporting uplink (UL) protocol changes includes reconfiguring a medium access control (MAC) protocol. A hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process is flushed, and a MAC-e/es reset is performed. | 04-09-2009 |
20090103511 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING A RADIO LINK CONTROL PROTOCOL DATA UNIT SIZE - A method and apparatus are used to create RLC PDUs in advance of the E-TFC selection for the MAC PDU that will include this or these RLC PDU(s). The apparatus may be configured to pre-generate RLC PDUs for transmission in a later TTI. This approach avoids the large peak processing requirement due to the tight delay constraint if any RLC PDU to be included into a MAC PDU had to be created after the determination of the size of this MAC PDU, i.e. after E-TFC selection. The method and apparatus maintain an approximate match between the size of an RLC PDU and the size of the MAC PDU it is included into. Maintaining this approximate match ensures that the RLC PDU error rate due to HARQ residual errors remains low. This approach may be designed as “semi-radio aware” or “radio-aware with delay”. | 04-23-2009 |
20090104905 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING HOME NODE B SERVICES - A method and apparatus for supporting home Node B (HNB) services are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives HNB access restriction information from an HNB and accesses the HNB if an access to the HNB is allowed based on the HNB access restriction information. The HNB access restriction information may be a closed subscriber group identity (CSG ID), a status bit indicating whether an HNB cell is available or not, an identity of WTRUs that are allowed to access the HNB, information indicating whether an access to a cell is barred or not. The WTRU may trigger measurements for cell reselection even though signal strength on a currently connected cell is above a threshold. The measurement may be triggered manually, periodically, under the instruction from the network, or based on a neighbor cell list including information about HNB cells located nearby. | 04-23-2009 |
20090109912 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRE-ALLOCATION OF UPLINK CHANNEL RESOURCES - A method and apparatus for pre-allocating uplink resources in CELL-FACH are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in CELL_FACH or CELL_PCH states may be pre-allocated with an uplink resource when a downlink transmission is transmitted. The WTRU may then use the pre-allocated uplink resource for channel quality information or hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback, or any other purposes. The pre-allocated uplink resource may be enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resource or high speed dedicated physical control channel (HS-DPCCH) resource. | 04-30-2009 |
20090109937 | SELECTING TRANSMISSION PARAMETERS FOR CONTENTION-BASED ACCESS IN WIRELESS SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus are disclosed for selecting a channel for uplink communication includes determining whether a cell supports transmission over an enhanced random access channel (E-RACH) and selecting whether to send uplink communications over the E-RACH or a random access channel. A method for selecting a transmission time interval (TTI) for use on an E-RACH includes evaluating radio conditions measured at a user equipment and selecting a long TTI if radio conditions are bad and selecting a short TTI if radio conditions are good. Alternatively, the TTI can be selected based on an amount of data to be transmitted on the uplink. A user equipment, an integrated circuit, or a Node B can be configured to perform either method. | 04-30-2009 |
20090122757 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR OPTIMIZING ACCESS POINT CHANNEL SELECTION - A wireless communication method and system for optimizing channel selection for an AP. The channel selection optimization process includes four sub-processes: (1) a measurement process; (2) a candidate channel determining process; (3) a channel selection process; and (4) a channel update process. Candidate channels used for supporting communication performed by the AP are determined. The candidate channels are chosen from an allowable channel set (ACS) if a detected interference of each candidate channel is less than an established maximum allowed interference. | 05-14-2009 |
20090135771 | MANAGEMENT AND SETUP OF ENHANCED MAC-E/ES RESOURCES IN CELL-FACH STATE - A method and apparatus are disclosed to manage the enhanced medium access control-e (MAC-e) and enhanced MAC-es resources and respective variables for the enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) in the enhanced Cell_FACH state. Due to the nature of the E-DCH transmission in the uplink (UL) in the Cell_FACH state and the fact that a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) might set up and release the E-DCH resources more frequently, methods to deal with the TSN numbering are described. | 05-28-2009 |
20090143074 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF UPLINK FEEDBACK INFORMATION IN CONTENTION BASED ACCESS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A method and apparatus for control of uplink feedback information in contention based wireless communications is disclosed. Uplink feedback information such as a channel quality information and hybrid automatic retransmission request (HARQ) acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) information may be transmitted to the universal terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) based on explicit and implicit triggers. Providing more frequent and robust information relating to the channel conditions and HARQ status allows the UTRAN to more efficiently utilize the radio resources for downlink data transmissions. | 06-04-2009 |
20090168717 | WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ADMISSION CONTROL - In a method for controlling channel access in wireless communications, an admitted time value is calculated for each access category in a station. The admitted time value is a maximum amount of medium time the station can use in a time period. A used time value is calculated for each access category in the station. The used time value is an amount of medium time used by the station. A determination is made whether the used time value is less than the admitted time value. If the used time value is less than the admitted time value, a frame with enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) parameters is transmitted. If the used time value is not less than the admitted time value, a frame without the EDCA parameters is transmitted. | 07-02-2009 |
20090168728 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CELL RESELECTION - A method and wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) are disclosed that is configured to perform cell reselection to another cell when the WTRU is in a CELL_FACH state using an Enhanced-Dedicated Channel (E-DCH). The cell reselection is based on internal measurements by the WTRU. Alternatively, the cell reselection can be WTRU based on the WTRU measurements reported to the network. | 07-02-2009 |
20090168750 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RADIO LINK SYNCHRONIZATION AND POWER CONTROL IN CELL_FACH AND IDLE MODE - A method and apparatus for radio link synchronization and power control in CELL_FACH state and idle mode are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) transmits a random access channel (RACH) preamble and receives an acquisition indicator acknowledging the RACH preamble via an acquisition indicator channel (AICH) and an index to an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resource. The WTRU determines a start of an E-DCH frame. An F-DPCH timing offset is defined with respect to one of the RACH access slot and an AICH access slot carrying the acquisition indicator. A relative F-DPCH timing offset may be signaled to the WTRU and the WTRU may determine a start of an E-DCH frame based on the relative F-DPCH timing offset and timing of an AICH access slot including the acquisition indicator. The WTRU may transmit a dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH) power control preamble before starting an E-DCH transmission. | 07-02-2009 |
20090185540 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH-SPEED TRANSMISSION ON RACH - A method and apparatus for signaling in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU). The method includes the WTRU receiving a value of a maximum number of retransmissions and retransmitting data in a plurality of hybrid automatic retransmission request (HARQ) processes limited by the value of a maximum number of retransmission. The WTRU is configured to receive a cell-specific, fixed or absolute grant on a broadcast channel. | 07-23-2009 |
20090186624 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING AN ENHANCED RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL PROCEDURE IN A CELL_FACH STATE - A method and apparatus for performing an enhanced random access procedure in a Cell_FACH state are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) transmits a random access channel (RACH) preamble for random access. If a positive acknowledgement (ACK) is received in response to the RACH preamble, the WTRU enters a contention resolution phase and transmits a message via an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH). If contention resolution fails, the RACH preamble is retransmitted. A contention back-off timer may be used for retransmission. A physical random access channel (PRACH) code may be reselected. The RACH preamble may be retransmitted using a reserved PRACH resource so that E-DCH resource is allocated to the collided WTRUs. Data transmitted during the contention resolution phase may remain in a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) buffer. The MAC-i/is entity may be reset. All data sent during the contention resolution phase may be stored in a temporary buffer. | 07-23-2009 |
20090190526 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING RADIO LINK CONTROL PROTOCOL DATA UNITS - A method and apparatus are used to generate radio link control (RLC) protocol data units (PDUs). A data request for a logical channel is received as part of an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transport format combination (E-TFC) selection procedure in a medium access control (MAC). Upon determining the data field size, an RLC PDU is generated such that it matches the requested data from the E-TFC selection. The size of the RLC PDU generated can be greater than or equal to the minimum configured RLC PDU size (if data is available) and less than or equal to the maximum RLC PDU size. The data is then transmitted in the RLC PDU in a current transmission time interval (TTI). | 07-30-2009 |
20090190527 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DATA RATE OF A CIRCUIT SWITCHED VOICE APPLICATION IN AN EVOLVED WIRELESS SYSTEM - An apparatus and method of transmitting a circuit switched (CS) voice application via an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH), implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The method includes receiving a grant; performing an E-TFC selection procedure based on the grant, wherein a number of bits that may be transmitted over an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) is determined, determining an adaptive multi-rate (AMR) codec bit-rate based on the number of bits that may be transmitted over the E-DCH, generating AMR voice packets based on the determined AMR codec bit rate, and submitting the AMR voice packets to lower layers for transmission over the E-DCH. | 07-30-2009 |
20090196197 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION AND DOWNLINK INTER-FREQUENCY AND INTER-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY MEASUREMENTS IN CELL_FACH STATE - A method and apparatus of performing discontinuous reception (DRX) and downlink inter-frequency and inter-radio access technology (RAT) measurements in CELL_FACH state are disclosed. While in DRX mode, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may perform inter-frequency and inter-RAT measurements in a measurement occasion that fall into a DRX period. The WTRU may perform the measurements while T321 timer is running. The WTRU may take the measurements on first predetermined number of frame in which a DRX frame would coincide after a last reception frame if DRX operation was ongoing. The WTRU may periodically wake up for downlink reception in CELL_FACH state in accordance with a common DRX pattern that is common to all WTRUs in a cell or may wake up from DRX upon reception of the order and receiving a common traffic. | 08-06-2009 |
20090196256 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING CELL RESELECTION FOR WTRU OPERATING IN DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION - A method for discontinuous reception (DRX) implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) during cell reselection including initiating cell reselection; disabling DRX operation, wherein disabling DRX operation enables continuous reception; transmitting a CELL UPDATE message; receiving a CELL UPDATE CONFIRM message; and enabling DRX operation based on the received CELL UPDATE CONFIRM message. | 08-06-2009 |
20090196259 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SERVING HIGH SPEED DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL CELL CHANGE - A method and apparatus for serving high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) cell change are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) sends a measurement report to a radio network controller (RNC) when a signal strength of a target cell approaches a signal strength of a source cell. The RNC adds the target cell in an active set and sends pre-loaded HS-DSCH configuration information for the target cell to the WTRU. The WTRU sends another measurement report when a signal strength of the target cell exceeds that of the source cell. The WTRU monitors a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) on the target cell based on the pre-loaded HS-DSCH configuration information and decodes an HS-SCCH transmission. The WTRU determines whether a MAC-hs/ehs reset is required and if so resets a MAC-hs/ehs entity prior to receiving an HS-DSCH transmission from the target cell. | 08-06-2009 |
20090238124 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMBINED MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL AND RADIO LINK CONTROL PROCESSING - A method and apparatus for combined medium access control (MAC) and radio link control (RLC) processing are disclosed. For uplink processing, a combined MAC/RLC (CMR) entity generates an SDU descriptor and allocates protocol data unit (PDU) descriptor resources. A protocol engine (PE) populates a PDU descriptor for each PDU carrying at least a portion of the SDU and generates a MAC PDU in a physical layer shared memory based on the SDU descriptor and the PDU descriptor. The MAC PDU is generated while moving RLC SDU data from the bulk memory to the physical layer shared memory. For downlink processing, received MAC PDUs are stored in the physical layer shared memory. The PE reads MAC and RLC headers in the MAC PDU and populates an SDU segment descriptor (SD) and corresponding PDU descriptors for each SDU segment. The CMR entity merges SDU SDs that comprise a same RLC SDU. | 09-24-2009 |
20090238144 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF FEEDBACK SIGNALING - A method and apparatus of feedback signaling using a high speed dedicated physical control channel (HS-DPCCH) includes transmitting to a first cell a first uplink feedback signal that includes channel quality information (CQI) associated with the first cell. A second uplink feedback signal that includes CQI information associated with a second cell is transmitted to the second cell. | 09-24-2009 |
20090245203 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING A SERVING HS-DSCH CELL CHANGE - A method and apparatus for performing a serving high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) cell change from a source cell to a target cell are disclosed. A radio network controller (RNC) may pre-load a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) with HS-DSCH configuration for the target cell. The WTRU receives and stores the pre-loaded HS-DSCH configuration. The WTRU may start monitoring a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) on the target cell using the pre-loaded HS-DSCH configuration for the target cell on a condition that a measurement report is triggered by the event | 10-01-2009 |
20090247161 | METHOD OF SUPPORTING CELL RESELECTION IN AN EVOLVED HSPA NETWORK - A method and apparatus of supporting cell reselection in an evolved HSPA network is disclosed. A wireless transmit receive unit that has allocated channel resources, is restricted from cell reselection until a predetermined criteria is met. During this no selection period, the WTRU continues to make and report measurements. | 10-01-2009 |
20090257362 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING RADIO RESOURCES - During a contention-free period, or silent measurement period, of a first wireless communications channel, signals received on a second wireless communications channel are analyzed. The results of the analysis are used to perform advanced radio resource management functions, such as frequency selection, load balancing, or power management. Each of a plurality of wireless channels may be measured in order to perform the advanced radio resource management functions. During the analysis, an energy detect threshold may be lowered to a minimal value. | 10-15-2009 |
20090258666 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING ENHANCED DEDICATED CHANNEL TRANSPORT FORMAT COMBINATION IN CELL_FACH STATE AND IDLE MODE - A method and apparatus for selecting an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transport format combination (E-TFC) in Cell_FACH state and idle mode are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) transmits a random access channel (RACH) preamble and receives an index to an E-DCH resource in response to the RACH preamble. The WTRU may estimate a power headroom based on the maximum WTRU transmit power, power offset value, and the last successfully transmitted RACH preamble transmit power. The WTRU restricts an E-TFC based on the estimated power headroom, and selects an E-TFC based on a set of supported E-TFCs. The WTRU then generates, and transmits, a protocol data unit (PDU) based on the selected E-TFC. | 10-15-2009 |
20090268671 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING ACCESS POINT STARTUP AND INITIAL CHANNEL SELECTION PROCESSES - A startup process of an access point (AP) includes a discovery phase and an announcement phase. During the discovery phase, the AP detects neighboring APs from its own extended service set (ESS), neighboring APs from different ESSs, and external sources of interference. During the announcement phase, the AP transmits its beacon signals at maximum power in order to accelerate recognition by neighboring APs running the discovery phase. An automatic initialization channel selection process of an AP scans channels the AP will use to communicate. Information of each scanned channel is recorded and a best performance channel is determined for use by the AP. | 10-29-2009 |
20090268707 | METHOD TO IMPLEMENT TRANSMISSION TIME INTERVAL BUNDLING - Methods for implementing transmission time interval (TTI) bundling, and a wireless transit/receive unit (WTRU) and a base station configured to process the methods are shown. The method includes the WTRU receiving a TTI control signal and/or configuration message from a network and the WTRU transmitting TTI control signals to the network. The control signals and/or configuration message may be sent via Layer 1, Layer 2, or Layer 3 messages. Signaling may be implemented, for example, using or via an enhanced-absolute grant channel (E-AGCH), a high speed-shared control channel (HS-SCCH), Medium Access Control (MAC) headers, radio resource control messages, a logical channel ID, information elements, and the control signals and/or configuration may include, for example, information related to triggering criteria, activation and de-activation, number of retransmissions, handover related information and configuration information. | 10-29-2009 |
20090270103 | MULTI-CELL WTRUS CONFIGURED TO PERFORM MOBILITY PROCEDURES AND METHODS - Dual-cell or multi-cell Wireless Transmit Receive Units (WTRUS) configured to implement mobility procedures are described. The WTRU configurations implement methods to optimize and allow mobility for the procedures of cell search and cell reselection, measurement reporting and inter-frequency handovers, compressed mode measurements, and soft handovers. | 10-29-2009 |
20090290559 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HARQ AUTONOMOUS RETRANSMISSIONS - A method and an apparatus for performing uplink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission in a burst are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may transmit a transmission burst over at least two consecutive transmission time intervals (TTIs) via a HARQ process configured for transmission burst. An E-DCH dedicated physical control channel (E-DPCCH) power offset may be set to the transmission burst-specific E-DPCCH gain factor value. The WTRU may calculate a power of the E-DPCCH by dividing a conventional E-DPCCH power offset by a total number of TTIs in the transmission burst. The WTRU may transmit the E-DPCCH only during a first TTI of the transmission burst. The supported E-TFCs may be a second set of supported E-TFCs determined only for use with the transmission burst. The WTRU may determine the set of supported E-TFCs and the E-TFC for transmission based on a number of TTIs in the transmission burst. | 11-26-2009 |
20090290598 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING RLC RE-SEGMENTATION - A method and apparatus for radio link control (RLC) re-segmentation are disclosed. An original RLC protocol data unit (PDU) is generated from at least one RLC service data unit (SDU). The RLC PDU size is within a flexible maximum RLC PDU size. The original RLC PDU is stored in a retransmission buffer. If transmission of the original RLC PDU fails and the original RLC PDU size is larger than an updated maximum RLC PDU size, the original RLC PDU is segmented to segmented RLC PDUs. If transmission of one of the segmented RLC PDUs fails, the original RLC PDU may be re-segmented to smaller size RLC PDUs, or the segmented RLC PDU may be sub-segmented. Alternatively, the failed RLC PDU may be processes as an RLC SDU to generate encapsulating RLC PDUs for carrying the RLC PDU. Alternatively, an RLC SDU corresponding to the failed RLC PDU may be re-segmented. | 11-26-2009 |
20090296643 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY RECEIVING ON TWO CARRIERS AND PERFORMING DISCONTINUOUS TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION IN DUAL CELL HIGH SPEED DOWNLINK PACKET ACCESS - A method and an apparatus for simultaneously receiving on two carriers and performing discontinuous transmission (DTX) and discontinuous reception (DRX) in dual cell high speed downlink packet access (DC-HSDPA) are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives a message for activating DRX for at least one of an anchor carrier and a supplementary carrier and applies the same DRX pattern to the anchor carrier and the supplementary carrier upon reception of the message. The message may be received via a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) order. The WTRU may activate or de-activate the supplementary carrier based on the physical layer signal. Upon activation of the supplementary carrier, the WTRU may apply the same DRX pattern on both the anchor carrier and the supplementary carrier. The WTRU may flush a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) buffer associated with the supplementary carrier upon de-activation of the supplementary carrier. | 12-03-2009 |
20090300456 | HARQ PROCESS UTILIZATION IN MULTIPLE CARRIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatus utilize hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmissions and retransmissions that are usable on multiple carriers, i.e. joint HARQ processes. For example, a downlink (DL) shared channel transmission of a joint HARQ process is received on one of the carriers. A first part of an identity of the joint HARQ process is determined by using HARQ process identity data received on a shared control channel. A second part of the joint HARQ process identity is determined using additional information. The joint HARQ process identity is then determined by combining the first part and the second part. A WTRU is provided that is configured to receive the DL shared channel and to make the aforementioned determinations. A variety of other methods and apparatus configurations are disclosed for utilizing joint HARQ processes, in particular in the context of DC-HSDPA. | 12-03-2009 |
20090307554 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING A BUNDLED TRANSMISSION - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may send a bundled transmission of a packet repeatedly over at least two consecutive transmission time intervals (TTIs). The WTRU may not process a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for the packet after sending the bundled transmission. The bundled transmission may be configured per HARQ process. The WTRU may override the bundled transmission and may transmit a HARQ retransmission of another packet in one of the TTIs scheduled for the bundled transmission if a TTI scheduled for the HARQ retransmission of another packet overlaps the TTIs scheduled for the bundled transmission. Alternatively, the WTRU may transmit a non-bundled transmission of a packet and send a bundled HARQ transmission of the packet on a condition that HARQ feedback indicates a failure of delivery of the packet. The WTRU may not process an HARQ feedback in an E-HICH for the packet after sending the bundled transmission. | 12-10-2009 |
20090316639 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING A HAPPY BIT ON AN E-DCH DEDICATED PHYSICAL CONTROL CHANNEL - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) determines (1) whether the WTRU is transmitting as much scheduled data as allowed by a current Serving_Grant, (2) whether the WTRU has enough power to transmit at higher data rate, and (3) based on a same power offset as a currently selected E-DCH transport format combination (E-TFC), whether total E-DCH buffer status (TEBS) would require more than predetermined period to be transmitted with the current Serving_Grant×a ratio of active processes to a total number of processes. If criteria (1)-(3) are met, the WTRU sets the happy bit to “unhappy.” If MAC-i/is is configured, the WTRU evaluates criteria (2) by identifying an E-TFC that has a transport block size at least x bits larger than a transport block size of the currently selected E-TFC, and determining whether the identified E-TFC is supported based on a same power offset as the currently selected E-TFC. | 12-24-2009 |
20100014434 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING FEEDBACK FOR A DOWNLINK SHARED SERVICE AND ESTIMATING A NUMBER OF WIRELESS TRANSMIT/RECEIVE UNITS - A method and an apparatus for sending a signal on a contentious feedback channel for a downlink shared service and for estimating a number of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) are disclosed. When a transmission criterion associated with a physical random access feedback channel (P-RAFCH) is satisfied, a physical resource is randomly selected among a plurality of physical resources assigned for the P-RAFCH and a pre-configured signal is sent using the selected physical resource. A Node-B receives the pre-configured signal from a plurality of WTRUs and calculates a number of the WTRUs based on a number of used physical resources. The transmission criterion is at least one of successful reception of a data packet on a downlink physical channel, successful reception of a data block on a data service, reception of a signaling command, occurrence of a measurement event, and failure to receive a transmission after a specified number of times. | 01-21-2010 |
20100019971 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING MOBILE UNITS BASED ON ANGLE MEASUREMENTS - A method and system for positioning mobile units using angle measurements taken by neighboring mobile units is disclosed. A selected mobile unit and mobile units in the vicinity of the selected mobile unit are selectively instructed to measure and report information related to the position of the selected mobile unit. The reported information is used to compute a position of the selected mobile unit. | 01-28-2010 |
20100034113 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING A BUFFER STATUS - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) reports a buffer status as part of scheduling information for enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transmissions. For reporting the buffer status, the WTRU calculates a total amount of data available across all logical channels for which reporting is requested by a radio resource control (RRC) entity. The total amount of data includes an amount of data that is available for transmission and retransmission at a radio link control (RLC) entity and an amount of data that is available for transmission in a medium access control for enhanced dedicated channel (MAC-i/is) segmentation entity in case that a MAC-i/is entity is configured. The WTRU sends scheduling information including a total E-DCH buffer status (TEBS) field that is set based on the total amount of data. | 02-11-2010 |
20100034171 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SERVING HIGH SPEED DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL CELL CHANGE - A method and an apparatus for serving high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) cell change are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives pre-configured serving cell information for a target cell. The WTRU reports a measurement report and starts monitoring a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) on the target cell. The WTRU may receive an HS-SCCH order over the target cell and/or a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message over a source cell indicating a serving HS-DSCH cell change to the target cell. The WTRU may act upon all information elements of the RRC reconfiguration message in case that the RRC reconfiguration message is received prior to the HS-SCCH order, and act upon the pre-configured serving cell information in case that the HS-SCCH order is received prior to the RRC reconfiguration message. | 02-11-2010 |
20100040039 | METHOD AND SYSTEM WHEREIN TIMESLOTS ALLOCATED FOR COMMON CONTROL CHANNELS MAY BE REUSED FOR USER TRAFFIC - A method and system is disclosed wherein timeslots designated in a wireless communication system as Common Physical Channel (CPCH) timeslots may be reused for user traffic. A CPCH timeslot used in a first cell may be reused by a second cell, assuming the first and second cells transmit control information in different CPCH timeslots, for user traffic. The second cell is permitted to reuse the timeslot in which the first cell is transmitting control information so long as the second cell's reuse of that timeslot does not degrade reception of control information in the first cell. | 02-18-2010 |
20100041389 | METHOD FOR DETECTING RADIO LINK FAILURE FOR TRANSMISSION OVER ENHANCED DEDICATED CHANNEL IN A CELL _FACH STATE - A method and apparatus are used for detecting a radio link (RL) failure and a post verification process. A quality of a downlink fractional dedicated physical channel (F-DPCH) is monitored once a transmission on an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) has begun. It is determined whether the quality of the downlink F-DPCH is below a predefined threshold. If the quality is below the predefined threshold, then an occurrence of an RL failure is declared and a transmission over the E-DCH in a cell forward access channel (CELL_FACH) state is terminated. In a case of the post verification failure, E-DCH resources are released. | 02-18-2010 |
20100067473 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLEAR CHANNEL ASSESSMENT OPTIMIZATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A method and apparatus are directed toward optimizing clear channel assessment (CCA) parameters in wireless communications. A CCA parameter request is received from an optimizing station. A current CCA parameter is read and transmitted to the optimizing station. A notification is received from the optimizing station of an optimized CCA parameter to be used by the optimizing station. | 03-18-2010 |
20100074203 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF COMMON CONTROL CHANNEL TRANSMISSION OVER COMMON ENHANCED DEDICATED CHANNEL RESOURCES IN CELL_FACH STATE - A method and apparatus provide for the control of wireless communication signals over an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resource while operating in the CELL_FACH state with an allocated E-DCH radio network temporary identifier (E-RNTI). A determination is made that a periodic cell update timer is expired. In response to the periodic cell update timer expiring, a determination is made whether the WTRU has an allocated E-DCH resource. If the WTRU has an allocated E-DCH resource, the periodic cell update timer is re-started without performing a periodic cell update. | 03-25-2010 |
20100110988 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING MULTIPLE CARRIERS IN HIGH SPEED PACKET ACCESS COMMUNICATIONS - A method and an apparatus for utilizing multiple carriers are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) capable of receiving on a single downlink carrier at a time may tune the receiver to one downlink carrier and switch the downlink carrier in accordance with a configured pattern. The WTRU may switch the carrier from an anchor carrier to a non-anchor carrier at a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) sub-frame boundary, and switches back at an end of a subsequent high speed physical downlink shared channel (HS-PDSCH) subframe. The WTRU may switch the carrier at an HS-PDSCH sub-frame boundary. A WTRU capable of receiving on multiple downlink carriers simultaneously may tune the receiver to an anchor carrier and a supplementary carrier, and switch the supplementary carrier to another carrier based on a carrier switching order. The carrier switching order may be received via an HS-SCCH or via layer 2 signaling. | 05-06-2010 |
20100111023 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTROL INFORMATION FOR MULTI-CARRIER UPLINK TRANSMISSION - A method and an apparatus for providing control information for multi-carrier uplink transmission are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may set a happy bit for enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transmissions on each uplink carrier considering aggregated transmission capability over all uplink carriers. The happy bit is set to “unhappy” if the WTRU is transmitting as much scheduled data as allowed by a current serving grant, the WTRU has enough power available to transmit at a higher rate, and total E-DCH buffer status (TEBS) requires more than a pre-configured period to be transmitted with a current effective data rate aggregated over all uplink carriers. The WTRU may send scheduling information including power headroom measured on the anchor uplink carrier and/or power headroom measured on the supplementary uplink carrier. For power headroom measurements, the WTRU may initiate a short-lived dedicated physical control channel loop on the supplementary carrier. | 05-06-2010 |
20100113004 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS TRANSMISSIONS USING MULTIPLE UPLINK CARRIERS - A method and an apparatus for wireless transmission using multiple uplink carriers are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may transmit via a primary uplink carrier data, pilot and control channels for uplink transmissions on both uplink carriers, and transmit a data channel and a pilot channel via a secondary uplink carrier. Alternatively, the WTRU may transmit via a primary uplink carrier data, pilot, and control channels for uplink transmission on the primary uplink carrier, and transmit via a secondary uplink carrier data, pilot, and control channels for uplink transmissions on the secondary uplink carrier. Each uplink carrier may be associated with at least one specific downlink carrier such that the WTRU applies control information received on a downlink carrier to uplink transmissions on an uplink carrier associated with the downlink carrier on which the WTRU receives the control information. | 05-06-2010 |
20100113008 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LTE RADIO LINK FAILURE DETERMINATION IN DRX MODE - A method and apparatus for detecting radio link failure (RLF) in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) includes the WTRU performing a series of radio link measurements during a discontinuous reception (DRX) on-duration, comparing each of the series of radio link measurements to a threshold, and determining that the series of radio link measurements indicates an out-of-synch condition. | 05-06-2010 |
20100118720 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING AND PROCESSING COMPONENT CARRIERS - A method and apparatus are described which perform bandwidth aggregation by simultaneously monitoring and processing a number of simultaneous, non-contiguous or contiguous component carriers in the downlink. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) can be configured by an evolved Node-B (eNodeB) to support additional component carriers. A pre-configured additional component carrier may be used. Various methods for activating and deactivating the additional component carrier are also described. | 05-13-2010 |
20100120452 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING SYSTEM INFORMATION CHANGE - A method and apparatus for handling system information change. When the system information changes, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may be running a procedure. Depending on the nature of the system information, the WTRU may not need to interrupt the procedure to update the system information. | 05-13-2010 |
20100130137 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE CARRIER UTILIZATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatus for multiple carrier utilization in wireless communications are disclosed. These methods include multiple carrier activation/deactivation, multiple carrier discontinuous transmission (DTX) and discontinuous reception (DRX) activation/deactivation and operations, and multiple carrier acknowledgment/negative acknowledgement feedback. The methods include provisions for joint multiple carrier activation and deactivation and joint DTX and DRX activation and deactivation of multiple carriers. | 05-27-2010 |
20100130219 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING A PLURALITY OF UPLINK CARRIERS AND A PLURALITY OF DOWNLINK CARRIERS - A method and apparatus for utilizing a plurality of uplink carriers and downlink carriers are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) activates a primary uplink carrier and a primary downlink carrier and activates or deactivates a secondary uplink carrier based on a signal from a network or upon detection of a pre-configured condition. The WTRU may deactivate the secondary uplink carrier based on inactivity of the E-DCH transmission, a buffer status, a channel condition, or power constraints. When the secondary uplink carrier is activated, dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH) transmission may be initiated predetermined time periods prior to initiating E-DCH transmissions. The initial DPCCH transmission power may be set based on a DPCCH transmission power on the primary uplink carrier or to a value signaled by a network. A default grant value may be used for initial E-DCH transmission upon activation of the secondary uplink carrier. | 05-27-2010 |
20100157895 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS USING MULTIPLE UPLINK CARRIERS - A method and an apparatus for uplink transmission using multiple uplink carriers are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) selects a dedicated channel medium access control (MAC-d) flow with highest priority data to be transmitted and performs uplink carrier selection and enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transport format combination (E-TFC) restriction and selection to select a carrier among a plurality of carriers and select an E-TFC based on a maximum supported payload, a remaining scheduled grant payload of the selected carrier and a remaining non-scheduled grant payload. The WTRU then generates a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) for E-DCH transmission via the selected carrier based on the selected E-TFC. | 06-24-2010 |
20100172428 | FAST CONTROL CHANNEL FEEDBACK FOR MULTIPLE DOWNLINK CARRIER OPERATIONS - A method and apparatus for fast control channel feedback for multiple downlink carrier operations are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives signals over a plurality of downlink carriers, generates feedback for each of the plurality of downlink carriers based on the received signals, and transmits via a plurality of antennas, the feedback for at least one of the plurality of downlink carriers over a first physical channel and feedback for another of the plurality of downlink carriers over a second physical channel. | 07-08-2010 |
20100195507 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING PHYSICAL DEDICATED CHANNEL ESTABLISHMENT AND MONITORING PROCEDURES - A method and apparatus are described for performing a dual-carrier operation. A first timer is initiated for an anchor carrier and a second timer is initiated for a supplementary carrier. A physical channel failure may be declared on a condition that either of the timers expire before a predefined number of in-synch indication received from a layer 1 (L1) entity is counted. Uplink transmission and enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) operations may be stopped on a supplementary carrier associated with the physical channel failure, but may be continued on an anchor carrier that has a physical channel established. If the physical channel failure is associated with the anchor carrier, uplink transmission and E-DCH transmission operations are stopped on all carriers. | 08-05-2010 |
20100202409 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODS AND COMPONENTS THAT IMPLEMENT HANDOFF IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS - This invention relates to wireless local area networks, and particularly to the IEEE 802.11 family of standards. It consists of a method and apparatus that can be implemented in access points (APs) and subscriber wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), in order to allow an AP to initiate re-association of a WTRU to itself or a different AP. The invention improves the robustness of the network by enabling more efficient load balancing, congestion control, and roaming, without compromising the user experience. | 08-12-2010 |
20100215011 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SWITCHING A RESOURCE ASSIGNMENT MODE FOR A PLURALITY OF COMPONENT CARRIERS - Techniques for configuring and switching a resource assignment mode for a plurality of component carriers are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) has a capability of supporting multiple resource assignment modes such that a resource assignment mode is configured for a plurality of component carriers that are allocated for the WTRU, and the WTRU attempts to decode a control channel based on the configured resource assignment mode. The resource assignment mode may be configured for the WTRU via higher layer signaling. The resource assignment mode may be specific to the WTRU, or specific to a component carrier or a group of component carriers. The resource assignment mode may be configured separately for a downlink component carrier and an uplink component carrier. The resource assignment mode includes a separate assignment mode with component carrier indication, a separate assignment mode without component carrier indication, or a joint assignment mode. | 08-26-2010 |
20100220623 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXTENDING COVERAGE FOR UL TRANSMISSION OVER E-DCH IN IDLE MODE AND CELL_FACH STATE - A method and apparatus for transmitting an uplink (UL) transmission over an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) includes determining whether to activate transmission time interval (TTI) bundling based upon a condition. An indication of the use of TTI bundling based upon the determination is transmitted. The UL transmission is transmitted. | 09-02-2010 |
20100222059 | OPTIMIZED SERVING DUAL CELL CHANGE - A method and apparatus for implementing serving cell change in a multi-cell wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) are disclosed. Serving cell information is received and stored by the WTRU to preconfigure a primary and secondary serving cell of an added cell to an active set. At least one of the preconfigured primary and secondary serving cells are monitored for a handover indication. Serving cell change is to the primary and secondary serving cells us performed using the preconfigured serving cell information upon receipt of a handover indication. | 09-02-2010 |
20100232382 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING AND RESELECTING AN UPLINK PRIMARY CARRIER - A method and apparatus are described for using an uplink (UL) primary carrier for long term evolution-advanced (LTE-A) to support hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback, a channel quality indicator (CQI), a scheduling request (SR), power headroom, and at least one buffer status report in the context of asymmetrical deployment and symmetrical deployment. | 09-16-2010 |
20100246516 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING UPLINK TRANSMIT DIVERSITY - A method and apparatus for performing uplink (UL) transmit diversity implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) includes receiving a signal including precoding information. The precoding information is detected and applied to an UL transmission. The UL transmission is transmitted with the applied precoding information. | 09-30-2010 |
20100265918 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AVOIDING INTERFERENCE FROM CLOSED SUBSCRIBER GROUP CELLS - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for avoiding interference from transmissions coming from a home Node B, a home evolved Node B (HeNB) or closed subscriber group (CSG) cells when a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) is moving through a dense deployment of CSG cells. | 10-21-2010 |
20100272017 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING ADVANCED LONG TERM EVOLUTION SYSTEM INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for processing advanced long term evolution (LTE-A) system information (SI) are described. When a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is in an idle mode/state, an LTE-A SI broadcast may be received on at least one downlink (DL) anchor carrier, including a physical DL shared channel (PDSCH) having paging message content. At least one SI-change parameter included in the paging message content may be decoded and processed. The SI-change parameter may include a flag used to indicate an SI change on a logical partition, (a primary or a secondary SI broadcast group information change). When the WTRU is in a connected mode/state, an LTE-A SI-CHANGE-radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) transmission may be received during a modification period (MP), and an SI change may be performed during a subsequent MP. At least one SI-change parameter included in the SI-CHANGE-RNTI transmission may be decoded and processed. | 10-28-2010 |
20100272078 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A RADIO LINK CONTROL PROTOCOL DATA UNIT FOR MULTI-CARRIER OPERATION - Techniques and apparatus for efficiently determining the radio link control (RLC) protocol data unit (PDU) size and flexible RLC PDU creation for multi carrier operation are disclosed. An example wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) calculates a maximum amount of data allowed to be transmitted for a current transmission time interval (TTI) for each of a plurality of carriers, and selects an RLC PDU data field size such that each RLC PDU to be multiplexed to a medium access control (MAC) PDU matches a minimum of the maximum amount of data calculated for the carriers. The maximum amount of data may, for example, be calculated based on an applicable current grant for each carrier for the current TTI. The RLC PDU may be generated for the later TTI on a condition that an amount of data in outstanding pre-generated RLC PDUs for a particular logical channel is less than or equal to 4N times the minimum of the maximum amount of data allowed to be transmitted by the applicable current grant for the carriers for the current TTI, where N is a number of activated carriers. The maximum amount of data may be calculated based on a remaining power on each carrier. | 10-28-2010 |
20100296467 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS IN MULTICARRIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatus for random access in multicarrier wireless communications are disclosed. Methods and apparatus are provided for physical random access channel (PRACH) resource signaling, PRACH resource handling, preamble and PRACH resource selection, random access response (RAR) reception, preamble retransmission, and transmission and reception of subsequent messages. A method for maintaining an allowed multicarrier uplink (UL) random access channel (RACH) configuration set by adding an UL carrier to the allowed RACH configuration set provided that a triggering event occurs and performing a random access (RA) procedure using the allowed RACH configuration set. A method for sending data in multicarrier wireless communications by determining a set of available UL carriers and selecting an UL carrier from the set of available UL carriers. | 11-25-2010 |
20100297955 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF RESOLVING PCI CONFUSION FOR PROVIDING INBOUND MOBILITY TO CLOSED SUBSCRIBER GROUP - Method and apparatus for providing inbound mobility to closed subscriber group (CSG) and hybrid cells are described. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) reads the cell global identity (CGI) of a neighbor cell and reports it to a network of CSG cells. The network maps the CSG cell's physical cell identity (PCI) to the CSG CGI and, if required, requests the WTRU to read the CGI at handover. | 11-25-2010 |
20100297979 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING EMERGENCY CALLS - A method and apparatus are described for processing emergency calls by simplifying call setup procedures and minimizing call setup delay. In one scenario, a system information (SI) broadcast may include emergency services support information that conveys various emergency call network support levels and setup procedures. The SI broadcast is decoded to retrieve system parameters used to process an emergency call. The SI broadcast may include a bitmap or at least one information element (IE), that indicates the various emergency call network support levels. In another scenario, an extended service request message indicating circuit switched fallback (CSFB) for an emergency call is transmitted to a packet switched (PS) radio access technology (RAT) network during a PS session. An inter-system change is performed from the PS RAT network to a circuit switched (CS) RAT without a PS handover, and a CS emergency call is initiated via the CS RAT network. | 11-25-2010 |
20100303039 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING COMPONENT CARRIER-SPECIFIC RECONFIGURATION - Techniques for component carrier-specific reconfiguration are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is capable of transmitting or receiving via multiple component carriers. The WTRU may perform component carrier reconfiguration on a component carrier basis to add, remove or replace a component carrier. Discontinuous reception (DRX) and/or discontinuous transmission (DTX) may be performed on at least one component carrier, wherein DRX and/or DTX patterns on the component carriers may not overlap each other. A random access procedure may be performed at the target cell on one component carrier while other component carriers are inactive. The component carrier-specific reconfiguration or handover of a component carrier or a channel may be implemented in coordinated multiple point transmission (CoMP), wherein a handover of a control channel, not a traffic channel, may be performed. Alternatively, a handover of a traffic channel may be performed. | 12-02-2010 |
20100322173 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING IN A DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION MODE EMPLOYING CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method and apparatus are described for operating a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode employing carrier aggregation. In one scenario, a physical downlink (DL) shared channel (PDSCH) is received on a DL component carrier (CC) of a particular serving cell during a cell-specific active time, whereby the DL CC is associated with an uplink (UL) CC. Then, a physical DL control channel (PDCCH) is monitored for DL assignments for the particular serving cell, and UL grants for the UL CC, during the cell-specific active time. In another scenario, a first subset of CCs is configured for PDCCH reception, and a second subset of the CCs is not configured for PDCCH reception. DRX is applied to at least one CC in the second subset based on a PDCCH active time of at least one of the CCs in the first subset. | 12-23-2010 |
20100323633 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND MEASURING FOR HOME NODE-BS - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to detect and perform measurements with respect to Home Node-Bs (HNB) and Home evolved Node-Bs (H(e)NB) (collectively “HNB”). The methods may include generating and transmitting a request for a measurement configuration that may include gap allocations to detect and measure a primary scrambling code or a physical cell identity of a target HNB for at least one frequency or radio access technology (RAT). The request may be in response to the WTRU entering a HNB cell for which the WTRU has stored fingerprint information and whose closed subscriber group ID is in the WTRU's whitelist. The network may configure the WTRU to measure the requested frequency or RAT in response to the proximity report/request. Methods are described for releasing the measurement configuration. | 12-23-2010 |
20110002250 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING BATTERY CONSUMPTION IN A WTRU UPON ETWS NOTIFICATION - A method and apparatus for broadcasting and receiving an emergency indication during an emergency information broadcast. An eNB is configured to broadcast, and a wireless transmit receive unit is configured to receive, a paging signal including a first emergency indication, a set of system information blocks including emergency information and the paging signal without the first emergency indication while broadcasting the system information blocks including the emergency information. The eNB determines a time period for including the first emergency indication in the paging signal has expired. | 01-06-2011 |
20110002281 | DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION - Discontinuous reception (DRX) operations for wireless communications implementing carrier aggregation are disclosed. Physical downlink control channel implementation for carrier aggregation is also disclosed. DRX methods are disclosed including a common DRX protocol that may be applied across all component carriers, an individual/independent DRX protocol that is applied on each component carrier, and hybrid approaches that are applied across affected component carriers. Methods for addressing the effects of loss of synchronization on DRX, impact of scheduling request on DRX, uplink power control during DRX, and DRX operation in measurement gaps are disclosed. | 01-06-2011 |
20110021154 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING FOR A RADIO LINK FAILURE - Methods and apparatus are described for monitoring for a radio link failure in a long term evolution-advanced (LTE-A) system operated with carrier aggregation. The methods include criteria for determining radio link failure, recovery events, and the actions that a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may take upon the occurrence of such events. | 01-27-2011 |
20110032877 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING AMD RE-SEGMENTATION - A method and apparatus for acknowledge mode data (AMD) re-segmentation are disclosed. An AMD protocol data unit (PDU) is generated from at least one RLC SDU. The AMD PDU size is within a flexible maximum AMD PDU size. The original AMD PDU is stored in a retransmission buffer, and transmitted. If transmission of the original AMD PDU fails and the original AMD PDU size is larger than an updated maximum AMD PDU size, the original AMD PDU is segmented to segmented AMD PDUs. If transmission of one of the segmented AMD PDUs fails, the original AMD PDU may be re-segmented to smaller size AMD PDUs. | 02-10-2011 |
20110039568 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENTION-BASED UPLINK DATA TRANSMISSION - A method and apparatus for a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) to use a contention-based uplink communications channel, applies a rule-based restriction of access to the contention-based uplink channel that attempts to use at least one contention-free uplink channel allocation for uplink transmissions on a condition that at least one contention-free uplink channel allocation has been granted. | 02-17-2011 |
20110134774 | COMPONENT CARRIER ACTIVATION/DEACTIVATION IN MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatus for addressing wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) behavior in response to configuration, configuration parameters and access issues related to the activation/deactivation process when the WTRU may be configured with multiple serving cells or carrier aggregation. | 06-09-2011 |
20110149787 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING A CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATION VIA A SHARED CHANNEL - A method and apparatus for generating measurement report and transmitting the measurement report via a random access channel in a CELL_FACH state are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in CELL_PCH or URA_PCH state may transition to CELL_FACH state. The measurement report may be transmitted in response to receiving a dedicated high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) using a HS-DSCH radio network temporary identity (H-RNTI). The measurement report may be transmitted periodically and may include a channel quality indicator (CQI). The H-RNTI may be a dedicated H-RNTI. The measurement report may be transmitted when the WTRU has data to transmit, during cell reselection, or during cell update. | 06-23-2011 |
20110170481 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CSG PRIORITIES IN IDLE AND CONNECTED MODES - A method comprising detecting closed subscriber group (CSG) proximity based on an autonomous search function; signaling a proximity indication to a network, wherein the proximity indication includes at least one priority of at least one allowed neighbor CSG cell. A method comprising, performing measurements on neighboring CSG cells; and generating a measurement report including measurements of at least one neighboring CSG cell; and transmitting a message including a measurement report and a CSG priority for at least one CSG cell. | 07-14-2011 |
20110205981 | MULTIPLEXING UPLINK L1/L2 CONTROL AND DATA - Methods and systems for transmitting scheduling requests in an LTE Advanced system are disclosed. Scheduling requests may be superimposed on HARQ ACK/NACK by multiplying the HARQ ACK/NACK by a value. Alternatively, scheduling requests may be channel-coded and multiplexed with other uplink control information. Scheduling requests can also be superimposed on reference signals by multiplying a reference signal by a value or by modulating a reference signal with a cyclic shift. Scheduling requests may also be jointly coded with HARQ ACK/NACK prior to transmission. Alternatively, ACK/NACK responses may be transmitted on assigned ACK/NACK PUCCH resources for a negative scheduling request transmission and on assigned scheduling request PUCCH resources for a positive scheduling request. Various collision handling mechanisms are also disclosed. | 08-25-2011 |
20110227792 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING MOBILE UNITS BASED ON ANGLE MEASUREMENTS - A method and system for positioning mobile units using angle measurements taken by neighboring mobile units is disclosed. A selected mobile unit and mobile units in the vicinity of the selected mobile unit are selectively instructed to measure and report information related to the position of the selected mobile unit. The reported information is used to compute a position of the selected mobile unit. | 09-22-2011 |
20110243066 | Uplink Control Data Transmission - Methods and systems for transmitting uplink control information and feedback are disclosed for carrier aggregation systems. A user equipment device may be configured to transmit uplink control information and other feedback for several downlink component carriers using one or more uplink component carriers. The user equipment device may be configured to transmit such data using a physical uplink control channel rather than a physical uplink shared channel. The user equipment device may be configured to determine the uplink control information and feedback data that is to be transmitted, the physical uplink control channel resources to be used to transmit the uplink control information and feedback data, and how the uplink control information and feedback data may be transmitted over the physical uplink control channel. | 10-06-2011 |
20110274040 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING UPLINK RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL TRANSMISSION - Method and apparatus are disclosed for optimizing Random Access Channel (RACH) transmissions from wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) for multiple transmissions. A WTRU may initiate uplink transmission for a random access procedure using a configured time resource such that the uplink resources may be time shared by a plurality of WTRUs. The transmission time may be calculated on an absolute or relative basis. A backoff time may be applied before starting the uplink transmission. The backoff time may be WTRU-specific, WTRU group-specific, specified per access class and may be determined based on a priority basis. A scaling factor may be applied to the backoff time. A contention free allocation method may be used to determine the appropriate resource. The data may be transmitted with and without a preamble. The WTRUs may include machine type communication devices and may be grouped in accordance with a number of factors or characteristics. | 11-10-2011 |
20110292848 | METHOD AND SYSTEM WHEREIN TIMESLOTS ALLOCATED FOR COMMON CONTROL CHANNELS MAY BE REUSED FOR USER TRAFFIC - A network apparatus for use in a wireless time division duplex (TDD) code division multiple access communication system includes a processor configured to allocate a time slot in a frame for a plurality of cells for transmission of data over a forward access channel (FACH). Each of the plurality of cells is allocated a different time slot in the frame for transmission of the data over the FACH. | 12-01-2011 |
20110292854 | RETUNING GAPS AND SCHEDULING GAPS IN DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION - A method for scheduling a time when a retuning gap occurs by a wireless transmit/receive unit includes detecting a retuning triggering event; determining a period of time when a retuning gap occurs, on a condition that the triggering event is detected; and performing radio frequency front end retuning during the retuning gap. | 12-01-2011 |
20110305139 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AND MANAGING CONGESTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A method and apparatus may be used for network management via MAC measurements. The measurements may include WTRU uplink traffic loading measurement, and an AP service loading measurement. The measurements may be applicable to at least to layers | 12-15-2011 |
20120003943 | PERFORMING MEASUREMENTS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS USING MULTIPLE CARRIERS - Methods and systems to configure and/or reconfigure measurement configuration in wireless communications with one or more cells are disclosed. Measurement configuration reporting may be reconfigured based on events associated with the one or more serving cells and/or one or more serving component carriers, among others. Measurement configuration and measurement configuration reporting may also be reconfigured based on events associated with one or more serving component carriers. | 01-05-2012 |
20120008600 | MAINTAINING TIME ALIGNMENT WITH MULTIPLE UPLINK CARRIERS - Maintaining time alignment with multiple carriers is contemplated. A group of uplink carriers (UL CC sets) that operate with a single Timing Advance (TA) may be determined, and a TA value may be applied to a specific UL CC set. A wireless transmit/receive unit's (WTRU) capability of using multiple TAs may define a group index of a few bits for each UL CC set. A TA Command received in a Random Access Response message may be used to apply the TA value to each UL carrier of the UL CC set. The WTRU may determine which UL CC set the TA value applies to based on which DL carrier the command was transmitted from. The WTRU may determine which UL CC set the TA value applies to based on the Group Index being explicitly provided in the command. The WTRU may release multi-CC configurations upon Time Alignment Timer (TAT) expiry. | 01-12-2012 |
20120014353 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODS AND COMPONENTS THAT IMPLEMENT HANDOFF IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS - This invention relates to wireless local area networks, and particularly to the IEEE 802.11 family of standards. It consists of a method and apparatus that can be implemented in access points (APs) and subscriber wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), in order to allow an AP to initiate re-association of a WTRU to itself or a different AP. The invention improves the robustness of the network by enabling more efficient load balancing, congestion control, and roaming, without compromising the user experience. | 01-19-2012 |
20120026913 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING FEEDBACK FOR A DOWNLINK SHARED SERVICE AND ESTIMATING A NUMBER OF WIRELESS TRANSMIT/RECEIVE UNITS - A method and an apparatus for sending a signal on a contentious feedback channel for a downlink shared service and for estimating a number of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) are disclosed. When a transmission criterion associated with a physical random access feedback channel (P-RAFCH) is satisfied, a physical resource is randomly selected among a plurality of physical resources assigned for the P-RAFCH and a pre-configured signal is sent using the selected physical resource. A Node-B receives the pre-configured signal from a plurality of WTRUs and calculates a number of the WTRUs based on a number of used physical resources. The transmission criterion is at least one of successful reception of a data packet on a downlink physical channel, successful reception of a data block on a data service, reception of a signaling command, occurrence of a measurement event, and failure to receive a transmission after a specified number of times. | 02-02-2012 |
20120040700 | GROUP PAGING FOR MACHINE-TYPE COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatus are provided for performing group-based machine-to-machine (M2M) communication. Machine-type communication (MTC) wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) may operate in M2M groups. A group of MTC WTRUs may be paged collectively as a group. An MTC WTRU may store an individual international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) associated with the MTC WTRU, and a group-based IMSI associated with the MTC group that the MTC WTRU belongs to. The MTC WTRU may use one or both IMSIs to receive paging messages. When the MTC WTRU receives a paging message, the MTC WTRU may compare a recipient IMSI contained in the paging message to the individual IMSI and the group-based IMSI. If the recipient IMSI matches the individual IMSI and the group-based IMSI, the MTC WTRU may proceed to process the paging message. | 02-16-2012 |
20120057530 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING TRANSMISSIONS IN VARIOUS STATES VIA A HIGH SPEED DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL - A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving via a high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) is disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives the HS-DSCH while operating in a cell forward access channel (Cell-FACH) state, a cell paging channel (Cell-PCH) state, or URA paging channel (URA-PCH) state. | 03-08-2012 |
20120064903 | Home Nodeb (HNB) Mobility In A Cell Forward Access Channel (Cell_Fach)State - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for managing home nodeB (HNB) mobility in forward access channel (Cell_FACH) states. According to an aspect, a method may be implemented at a Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit (WTRU). The method may include determining whether to communicate an indication to a network node for extended measurement occasion. Further, the method may include communicating the indication to the network node in response to determining to communicate the indication. | 03-15-2012 |
20120076049 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN STATIONS WITHIN A BASIC SERVICE SET - A method and system for performing peer-to-peer wireless communication between stations (STAs) within a basic service set (BSS) while maintaining connectivity with an access point (AP) in the BSS are disclosed. A source STA, an AP and a destination STA negotiate a direct link setup (DLS) channel for performing peer-to-peer communication between the source STA and the destination STA. The DLS channel may be different from a BSS channel used for communication between the AP and each of the STAs. The source STA and the destination STA then perform peer-to-peer communication on the negotiated DLS channel. | 03-29-2012 |
20120113831 | Determination of Carriers and Multiplexing for Uplink Control Information Transmission - Embodiments contemplate methods and devices that may select uplink (UL) transmission resources for transmitting uplink control information (UCI). A determination may be made that UCI should be transmitted. A physical channel resource for transmission of the UCI may be selected and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WRTU) may transmit the UCI over a physical uplink channel capable of supporting multiple component carriers using the selected physical channel resource. The selection of the physical channel resource may include at least one of: selecting a pre-determined UL component carrier (CC) for uplink transmission on a physical uplink control shared channel (PUSCH) upon a PUSCH resource being available in a subframe, or, selecting a pre-determined UL CC for uplink transmission on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) capable of UCI transmission in the subframe upon a PUSCH resource not being available in the subframe. | 05-10-2012 |
20120113843 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR APPLYING ALMOST BLANK SUBFRAME (ABS) PATTERNS - Methods, apparatus, and systems using almost blank subframes patterns are disclosed. Different ABS patterns and triggers are described for enabling a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to obtain ABS patterns. One representative method of scheduling operations by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may include the WTRU receiving information indicating the ABS pattern with a plurality of ABS intervals of an interfering cell; determining timing associated with the ABS intervals of the interfering cell in accordance with the indicated ABS pattern; and scheduling a measurement opportunity, a transmission opportunity or a reception opportunity during the ABS intervals of the interfering cell. | 05-10-2012 |
20120122408 | Method And Apparatus For Mapping Of Absolute Power Grant Values in Wireless Communications - A method and apparatus for adjusting power grants in wireless communications. Multiple power grant tables are stored and one or more tables are designated during communication. | 05-17-2012 |
20120127958 | HANDLING CELL RESELECTIONS AND STATE TRANSITIONS FOR HIGH-SPEED DOWNLINK PACKET ACCESS - A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) is configured to operate in an high speed data packet access (HSDPA) mode in a cell and/or state and to clear HSDPA resources when moving out of the cell and/or state. The WTRU is configured to clear HSDPA resources when conditions to perform high speed downlink shared channel reception are not met. | 05-24-2012 |
20120127959 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING CELL RESELECTIONS AND TRANSITIONS TO AND FROM AN ENHANCED CELL_FACH STATE - A method and apparatus for handling cell reselections and transitions includes executing a cell reselection. A medium access control (MAC)-ehs reset is performed. | 05-24-2012 |
20120140715 | Method And Apparatus For Assigning Radio Resources And Controlling Transmission Parameters On A Random Access Channel - A method and apparatus for assigning radio resources and controlling parameters for transmission over a random access channel in wireless communications by enhancing a random access channel is disclosed. | 06-07-2012 |
20120140743 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING MULTI-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method of managing carrier aggregation for a multi-radio access technology (RAT) wireless transmitter/receiver unit (WTRU) is disclosed. The method may include: receiving, by the WRTU over a primary channel associated with a RAT of a first type, provisioning information for provisioning a supplementary channel associated with a RAT of a second type; establishing the supplementary channel associated with the RAT of the second type based on the received provisioning information; and wirelessly exchanging, by the WRTU, first data associated with a communication over the primary channel via the RAT of the first type, while wireless exchanging second data associated with the communication over the supplementary channel via the RAT of the second type. | 06-07-2012 |
20120147771 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING A BUFFER STATUS - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) reports a buffer status as part of scheduling information for enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transmissions. For reporting the buffer status, the WTRU calculates a total amount of data available across all logical channels for which reporting is requested by a radio resource control (RRC) entity. The total amount of data includes an amount of data that is available for transmission and retransmission at a radio link control (RLC) entity and an amount of data that is available for transmission in a medium access control for enhanced dedicated channel (MAC-i/is) segmentation entity in case that a MAC-i/is entity is configured. The WTRU sends scheduling information including a total E-DCH buffer status (TEBS) field that is set based on the total amount of data. | 06-14-2012 |
20120147835 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING RECONFIGURATION OF RADIO LINK CONTROL PARAMETERS - A variety of wireless communication methods and apparatus for supporting reconfiguration of radio link control (RLC) parameters are disclosed. A radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message is generated that indicates that an RLC unit in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) or a universal terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) should be reconfigured from supporting flexible size RLC protocol data units (PDUs) to supporting fixed size RLC PDUs. If an information element (IE) “one sided RLC re-establishment” is present in the RRC reconfiguration message, only a receiving side subassembly in the RLC unit is re-established. Otherwise, both the receiving side subassembly and a transmitting side subassembly in the RLC unit are re-established. Flexible size RLC PDUs may be discarded and a message indicating the discarded flexible size RLC PDUs may be transmitted. The flexible size RLC PDUs may be modified such that they correspond to a set of pre-defined sizes. | 06-14-2012 |
20120147855 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING A SERVING HS-DSCH CELL CHANGE - A method and apparatus for performing a serving high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) cell change from a source cell to a target cell are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may be pre-configured with HS-DSCH configuration for the target cell. The WTRU may start monitoring a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) on the target cell using the pre-loaded HS-DSCH configuration for the target cell on a condition that a measurement report is triggered by the event 1D. The WTRU may initiate a timer when the WTRU starts monitoring the HS-SCCH on the target cell. | 06-14-2012 |
20120155439 | NEIGHBOR SCANNING IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS - An access point includes a transmitter configured to transmit signals, a receiver configured to receive signals, and a timing information device. The timing information device is configured to receive a timing information request from a station associated to the access point, receive timing information for a beacon signal sent by a second access point, and report the timing information to the station, The timing information includes a time difference relative to a known reference time for transmission of the beacon signal and the time difference is an offset in timing units. | 06-21-2012 |
20120176884 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL RECEPTION IN COOPERATIVE MULTIPOINT TRANSMISSIONS - A method and apparatus may be used to enable reception of a downlink (DL) shared channel in a cooperative multipoint transmission (CoMP). The method and apparatus may determine whether CoMP is applied to a transmission. The method and apparatus may acquire other CoMP related information. The method and apparatus may apply to non-transparent CoMP scenarios. | 07-12-2012 |
20120176971 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SEGMENTATION OF PACKETS FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION - A method and apparatus for segmenting medium access control (MAC) service data units (SDUs) creates enhanced MAC-es PDUs in the enhanced MAC-e/es sub-layer by concatenating MAC SDUs received from the logical channels. An enhanced transport format combination (E-TFC) selection entity controls the concatenation of MAC SDUs into enhanced MAC-es PDUs. When a MAC SDU is received that is too large to fit into a selected enhanced MAC-es PDU payload, a segmentation entity segments the MAC SDU such that the MAC SDU segment fills the remaining payload available in the selected enhanced MAC-es PDU. The enhanced MAC-es PDU is then assigned a transmission sequence number (TSN) and multiplexed with other enhanced MAC-es PDUs to create a single enhanced MAC-e PDU that is transmitted on the E-DCH in the next transmission time interval (TTI). A HARQ entity stores and, if necessary retransmits the enhanced MAC-e PDU when a transmission error occurs. | 07-12-2012 |
20120188965 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING WTRU STATE TRANSITIONS IN HSPA - A method and apparatus for performing state transition of a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) which supports enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) in the CELL_FACH state is disclosed. Uplink data is transmitted via an E-DCH after a state transition to the CELL_FACH state. | 07-26-2012 |
20120201166 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATORS (CQIs) - A method and apparatus for sending and receiving channel quality indicators (CQIs) is disclosed. A CQI may be sent or received periodically. A CQI may also be sent or received upon request by a network. | 08-09-2012 |
20120224548 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DATA RATE OF A CIRCUIT SWITCHED VOICE APPLICATION IN AN EVOLVED WIRELESS SYSTEM - An apparatus and method of transmitting a circuit switched (CS) voice application via an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH), implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The method includes receiving a grant; performing an E-TFC selection procedure based on the grant, wherein a number of bits that may be transmitted over an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) is determined, determining an adaptive multi-rate (AMR) codec bit-rate based on the number of bits that may be transmitted over the E-DCH, generating AMR voice packets based on the determined AMR codec bit rate, and submitting the AMR voice packets to lower layers for transmission over the E-DCH. | 09-06-2012 |
20120230268 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION FOR MULTI-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY OPERATION - A method and apparatus for sending uplink control information (UCI) by a multi-mode wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) capable of operating on multiple component carriers of a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs) for multi-RAT operation are disclosed. The multi-mode WTRU may generate UCI pertaining to a first RAT and send at least part of the UCI via a feedback channel on a component carrier of a second RAT. The first RAT may be Long Term Evolution (LTE) and the second RAT may be High Speed Packet Access (HSPA), or vice versa. The UCI of the RATs may be multiplexed onto a carrier of any one of the RATs. The UCI bits for a pair of, or multiple, serving cells may be jointly encoded. | 09-13-2012 |
20120231832 | ESTIMATION OF INTERFERENCE VARIATION CAUSED BY THE ADDITION OR DELETION OF A CONNECTION - A method for determining whether a connection event between a base station and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) should be accepted or rejected, comprises measuring the interference level I | 09-13-2012 |
20120236749 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS CHANNEL COORDINATION FOR A WIRELESS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A method and system for autonomous channel coordination for a wireless distribution system (WDS) are disclosed. A wireless communication system includes a plurality of access points (APs) and the APs communicate each other via a WDS. A coordinated channel group (CCG) of a plurality of member APs is established. The member APs of the CCG camp on a WDS channel used for the WDS among the member APs of the CCG. One AP among the member APs of the CCG is designated as a master AP. The master AP coordinates with other member APs of the CCG for selecting and configuring the WDS channel for the CCG and addition and deletion of member APs. By allowing APs to define a CCG, changes of the WDS channel are performed autonomously while maintaining connectivity. | 09-20-2012 |
20120236826 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESELECTING AN ACCESS POINT - A method for use in an access point includes receiving a request for a reselection message from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The reselection message is generated in response to the request and includes: at least one first identifier of one or more candidate basic service sets (BSSs) that may be considered for reselection; a preference indicator associated with each candidate BSS, to indicate the BSS selection preference; an expiration time indicator associated with each candidate BSS, to indicate a time period that the BSS may be considered for reselection; an indication of a measurement to be taken on a BSS and used in a target BSS reselection determination; and a margin by which the measurement must exceed a corresponding value for a currently selected BSS. The reselection message is transmitted to the WTRU. A reselection response message is received from the WTRU, indicating the target BSS reselection determination. | 09-20-2012 |
20120250578 | MULTI-CELL OPERATION IN NON-CELL_DCH STATES - A method and wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for establishing multi-cell operation in a non-fully connected state are disclosed. The method may include the WTRU accessing a primary cell. The method may include the WTRU determining at least one potential secondary cell. The method may include the WTRU initiating access to the at least one potential secondary cell while simultaneously accessing the primary cell in a non-fully connected state. The non-fully connected state may correspond to the WTRU accessing the primary cell without dedicated radio resources being allocated to the WTRU. | 10-04-2012 |
20120263145 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SMALL CELL DISCOVERY IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - A method for acquiring and applying offload area information for offloading a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to a small cell in a different frequency layer is disclosed. The WTRU may enter a region or a macro cell and receive offload area information of the region in which a small cell in the vicinity of the macro cell is located. The offload information may be received in a system information block (SIB), dedicated signaling, or any other radio signal. The WTRU may perform measurements to determine the location of the WTRU and to determine whether it has entered any offload areas. Upon a determination that the offload area information is no longer valid, the WTRU may delete the offload area information. | 10-18-2012 |
20120281563 | WTRU Measurements Handling to Mitigate In-Device Interference - A method for performing measurements in a device with at least two radio access technologies (RATs) is disclosed. The method may include establishing a first measurement schedule on a first RAT, and establishing a first transmission schedule for a second RAT. The method may further include changing at least one of the first measurement schedule or the first transmission schedule to prevent measurements of the first measurement schedule from occurring contemporaneously with transmissions of the first transmission schedule. Transmissions from the second RAT may interfere with measurements on the first RAT. The method may include transitioning from the first measurement mode to a second measurement mode based determining the second RAT is operating on potentially interfering frequency. | 11-08-2012 |
20120281571 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING A HAPPY BIT ON AN E-DCH DEDICATED PHYSICAL CONTROL CHANNEL - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) determines (1) whether the WTRU is transmitting as much scheduled data as allowed by a current Serving_Grant, (2) whether the WTRU has enough power to transmit at higher data rate, and (3) based on a same power offset as a currently selected E-DCH transport format combination (E-TFC), whether total E-DCH buffer status (TEBS) would require more than predetermined period to be transmitted with the current Serving_Grant.times.a ratio of active processes to a total number of processes. If criteria (1)-(3) are met, the WTRU sets the happy bit to “unhappy.” If MAC-i/is is configured, the WTRU evaluates criteria (2) by identifying an E-TFC that has a transport block size at least x bits larger than a transport block size of the currently selected E-TFC, and determining whether the identified E-TFC is supported based on a same power offset as the currently selected E-TFC. | 11-08-2012 |
20120287970 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCOMMODATING HIGHER ORDER MODULATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A method and apparatus for reconfiguring a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are directed to receiving an active set update message indicating that a mode of operation allowing a certain modulation scheme is enabled or disabled and performing at least one of: performing a MAC reset procedure, updating a set of reference enhanced transport format combination indicators (E-TFCIs) and associated power offsets, determining actions related to E-DPCCH boosting, modifying information related to an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH), and modifying an index that indicates an E-DCH transport block size table. The update message includes at least one modified information element (IE). | 11-15-2012 |
20120300715 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING UPLINK TIMING ALIGNMENT ON A SECONDARY CELL - A method for uplink timing alignment in a wireless transmit/receive unit. The method includes receiving control signaling from an evolved Node B, receiving a message for Random Access Channel on a secondary cell, and completing the RACH upon receipt of the message, wherein the message includes a medium access control (MAC) control element with at least an 11-bit time advance command. | 11-29-2012 |
20120300733 | HARQ PROCESS UTILIZATION IN MULTIPLE CARRIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatus utilize hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmissions and retransmissions that are usable on multiple carriers, i.e. joint HARQ processes. For example, a downlink (DL) shared channel transmission of a joint HARQ process is received on one of the carriers. A first part of an identity of the joint HARQ process is determined by using HARQ process identity data received on a shared control channel. A second part of the joint HARQ process identity is determined using additional information. The joint HARQ process identity is then determined by combining the first part and the second part. A WTRU is provided that is configured to receive the DL shared channel and to make the aforementioned determinations. A variety of other methods and apparatus configurations are disclosed for utilizing joint HARQ processes, in particular in the context of DC-HSDPA. | 11-29-2012 |
20120307723 | Method and Apparatus For Generating Radio Link Control Protocol Data Units - A method and apparatus are used to generate radio link control (RLC) protocol data units (PDUs). A data request for a logical channel is received as part of an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transport format combination (E-TFC) selection procedure in a medium access control (MAC). Upon determining the data field size, an RLC PDU is generated such that it matches the requested data from the E-TFC selection. The size of the RLC PDU generated can be greater than or equal to the minimum configured RLC PDU size (if data is available) and less than or equal to the maximum RLC PDU size. The data is then transmitted in the RLC PDU in a current transmission time interval (TTI). | 12-06-2012 |
20130003665 | Method And Apparatus For Selecting Enhanced Dedicated Channel Transport Format Combination In Cell_Fach State And Idle Mode - A method and apparatus for selecting an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transport format combination (E-TFC) in Cell_FACH state and idle mode are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) transmits a random access channel (RACH) preamble and receives an index to an E-DCH resource in response to the RACH preamble. The WTRU may estimate a power headroom based on the maximum WTRU transmit power, power offset value, and the last successfully transmitted RACH preamble transmit power. The WTRU restricts an E-TFC based on the estimated power headroom, and selects an E-TFC based on a set of supported E-TFCs. The WTRU then generates, and transmits, a protocol data unit (PDU) based on the selected E-TFC. | 01-03-2013 |
20130003788 | COMMUNICATING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION (CSI) OF MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION POINTS - Embodiments contemplate methods and systems for determining and communicating channel state information (CSI) for one or more transmission points (or CSI reference signal resources). Embodiments further contemplate determining transmission states may include applying at least one transmission state parameter to channel state information (CSI). Embodiments also contemplate reporting CSI based on the transmission state and/or at least one transmission state parameter applied thereto. | 01-03-2013 |
20130028123 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING MULTIPLE CARRIERS IN HIGH SPEED PACKET ACCESS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICAL FIELD - A method and an apparatus for utilizing multiple carriers are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) capable of receiving on a single downlink carrier at a time may tune the receiver to one downlink carrier and switch the downlink carrier in accordance with a configured pattern. The WTRU may switch the carrier from an anchor carrier to a non-anchor carrier at a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) sub-frame boundary, and switches back at an end of a subsequent high speed physical downlink shared channel (HS-PDSCH) subframe. The WTRU may switch the carrier at an HS-PDSCH sub-frame boundary. A WTRU capable of receiving on multiple downlink carriers simultaneously may tune the receiver to an anchor carrier and a supplementary carrier, and switch the supplementary carrier to another carrier based on a carrier switching order. The carrier switching order may be received via an HS-SCCH or via layer 2 signaling. | 01-31-2013 |
20130028234 | Method And Apparatus For Cell Update While In An Enhanced Cell_Fach State - A method and apparatus for cell update while in a Cell_FACH state are disclosed. After selecting a target cell, system information is read from the target cell including high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) common system information. A radio network temporary identity (RNTI) received in a source cell is cleared and a variable HS_DSCH_RECEPTION is set to TRUE. An HS-DSCH medium access control (MAC-hs) entity is configured based on the HS-DSCH common system information. High speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) transmission is then received in the target cell. A CELL UPDATE message is sent to notify of a cell change. The HSDPA transmission may be received using a common H-RNTI broadcast in the system information, a reserved H-RNTI as requested in a CELL UPDATE message, or a temporary identity which is a subset of a U-RNTI. The MAC-hs entity may be reset. | 01-31-2013 |
20130039284 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN ENHANCED CONTROL CHANNEL - Methods and systems for sending and receiving an enhanced downlink control channel are disclosed. The method may include receiving control channel information via an enhanced control channel. The method may also include using the control channel information to receive a shared channel. The method may include detecting the presence of the enhanced control channel in a given subframe. The enhanced control channel may be transmitted over multiple antenna ports. For example, code divisional multiplexing and de-multiplexing and the use of common and UE-specific reference signals may be utilized. New control channel elements may be defined, and enhanced control channel state information (CSI) feedback may be utilized. The presence or absence of legacy control channels may affect the demodulation and or decoding methods. The method may be implemented at a WTRU. | 02-14-2013 |
20130058241 | Method And Apparatus For Cell Reselection - A method and wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) are disclosed that is configured to perform cell reselection to another cell when the WTRU is in a CELL_FACH state using an Enhanced-Dedicated Channel (E-DCH). The cell reselection is based on internal measurements by the WTRU. Alternatively, the cell reselection can be WTRU based on the WTRU measurements reported to the network. | 03-07-2013 |
20130072208 | Method And Apparatus For Wireless Transmissions Using Multiple Uplink Carriers Technical Field - A method and an apparatus for wireless transmission using multiple uplink carriers are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may transmit via a primary uplink carrier data, pilot and control channels for uplink transmissions on both uplink carriers, and transmit a data channel and a pilot channel via a secondary uplink carrier. Alternatively, the WTRU may transmit via a primary uplink carrier data, pilot, and control channels for uplink transmission on the primary uplink carrier, and transmit via a secondary uplink carrier data, pilot, and control channels for uplink transmissions on the secondary uplink carrier. Each uplink carrier may be associated with at least one specific downlink carrier such that the WTRU applies control information received on a downlink carrier to uplink transmissions on an uplink carrier associated with the downlink carrier on which the WTRU receives the control information. | 03-21-2013 |
20130077520 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH-SPEED TRANSMISSION ON RACH - A method and apparatus for signaling in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU). The method includes the WTRU receiving a value of a maximum number of retransmissions and retransmitting data in a plurality of hybrid automatic retransmission request (HARQ) processes limited by the value of a maximum number of retransmission. The WTRU is configured to receive a cell-specific, fixed or absolute grant on a broadcast channel. | 03-28-2013 |
20130094483 | Method And Apparatus For Handling Uplink Transmissions Using Multiple Uplink Carriers - A method and an apparatus for uplink transmission using multiple uplink carriers are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) selects a dedicated channel medium access control (MAC-d) flow with highest priority data to be transmitted and performs uplink carrier selection and enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transport format combination (E-TFC) restriction and selection to select a carrier among a plurality of carriers and select an E-TFC based on a maximum supported payload, a remaining scheduled grant payload of the selected carrier and a remaining non-scheduled grant payload. The WTRU then generates a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) for E-DCH transmission via the selected carrier based on the selected E-TFC. | 04-18-2013 |
20130095818 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LTE RADIO LINK FAILURE DETERMINIATION IN DRX MODE - A method and apparatus for detecting radio link failure (RLF) in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) includes the WTRU performing a series of radio link measurements during a discontinuous reception (DRX) on-duration, comparing each of the series of radio link measurements to a threshold, and determining that the series of radio link measurements indicates an out-of-synch condition. | 04-18-2013 |
20130100964 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING AN ENHANCED MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PACKET DATA UNIT FOR ENHANCED TRANSPORT FORMAT COMBINATION SELECTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Efficient enhanced transport format combination (E-TFC) selection methods and apparatus support flexible radio link control (RLC) packet data unit (PDU) size and medium access control (MAC) layer segmentation. Methods for filling an enhanced medium access control (MAC-e) packet data unit (PDU) with data from logical channels as part of E-TFC selection are provided. In one embodiment, the E-TFC selection algorithm employs a single request from the MAC layer to the RLC layer to request the number of bits it is allowed to send for a logical channel to create enhanced MAC-e PDUs. In another embodiment, the MAC entity performs multiple requests to the RLC entity. In another embodiment, the MAC entity makes a single request to the RLC entity to create one or more enhanced MAC-e PDUs of a set size. A technique is also provided for maintaining a guaranteed bit rate (GBR) for non-scheduled data flows with variable-length headers. | 04-25-2013 |
20130114446 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR MINIMIZATION OF DRIVE TESTS (MDT) BASED ON QOS VERIFICATIONS - A method of managing one or more test measurements associated with a communication system using a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by the WTRU, a measurement configuration including at least a trigger indicating a condition or event for initiation of the one or more test measurements; determining, by the WTRU, whether the trigger has been satisfied, as a determination result; initiating the one or more test measurements in accordance with the determination result; and measuring, by the WTRU, the one or more test measurements. | 05-09-2013 |
20130121242 | LAYER 2 PROCESSING AND CREATION OF PROTOCOL DATA UNITS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Enhanced MAC-es PDUs are created by concatenating enhanced MAC-es service data units (SDUs) based on higher layer PDUs and segments thereof, where segmentation information is included in the enhanced MAC-es headers. An enhanced MAC-e header is generated for each enhanced MAC-es PDU to describe information about the enhanced MAC-es PDU. An enhanced MAC-e PDU is created by concatenating enhanced MAC-es PDUs and enhanced MAC-e headers. An enhanced MAC-es header may include a Transmit Sequence Number (TSN) field, a Segmentation Description (SD) field, length (L) fields to indicate the length of each enhanced MAC-es SDU and/or logical channel indicator (LCH-ID) fields. An enhanced MAC-e header may include one or more logical channel indicator (LCH-ID) fields for corresponding enhanced MAC-es PDUs or MAC-s SDUs and length (L) fields. | 05-16-2013 |
20130142068 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS CHANNEL COORDINATION FOR A WIRELESS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A method and system for autonomous channel coordination for a wireless distribution system (WDS) are disclosed. A wireless communication system includes a plurality of access points (APs) and the APs communicate each other via a WDS. A coordinated channel group (CCG) of a plurality of member APs is established. The member APs of the CCG camp on a WDS channel used for the WDS among the member APs of the CCG. One AP among the member APs of the CCG is designated as a master AP. The master AP coordinates with other member APs of the CCG for selecting and configuring the WDS channel for the CCG and addition and deletion of member APs. By allowing APs to define a CCG, changes of the WDS channel are performed autonomously while maintaining connectivity. | 06-06-2013 |
20130148530 | Method And Apparatus For Performing Discontinuous Reception And Downlink Inter-Frequency And Inter-Radio Access Technology Measurements In Cell_Fach State - A method and apparatus of performing discontinuous reception (DRX) and downlink inter-frequency and inter-radio access technology (RAT) measurements in CELL_FACH state are disclosed. While in DRX mode, a wireless transmit/receive unite (WTRU) may perform inter-frequency and inter-RAT measurements in a measurement occasion that fall into a DRX period. The WTRU may take the measurements on first predetermined number of frame in which a DRX frame would coincide after a last reception frame if DRX operation was ongoing. The WTRU may periodically wake up for downlink reception in CELL_FACH state in accordance with common DRX pattern that is common to all WTRUs in a cell or may wake up from DRX upon reception of the order and receiving a common traffic. | 06-13-2013 |
20130150062 | SENDING UPLINK DATA WITHOUT SYNCHRONIZATION - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) sending a first data signal via an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) is provided. The WTRU may reconfigure physical channel parameters based on a reconfiguration message. The WTRU may subsequently send a second data signal without performing a synchronization procedure. | 06-13-2013 |
20130155984 | Method And An Apparatus For Providing Control Information For Multi-Carrier Uplink Transmission - A method and an apparatus for providing control information for multi-carrier uplink transmission are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may set a happy bit for enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transmissions on each uplink carrier considering aggregated transmission capability over all uplink carriers. The happy bit is set to “unhappy” if the WTRU is transmitting as much scheduled data as allowed by a current serving grant, the WTRU has enough power available to transmit at a higher rate, and total E-DCH buffer status (TEBS) requires more than a pre-configured period to be transmitted with a current effective data rate aggregated over all uplink carriers. The WTRU may send scheduling information including power headroom measured on the anchor uplink carrier and/or power headroom measured on the supplementary uplink carrier. For power headroom measurements, the WTRU may initiate a short-lived dedicated physical control channel loop on the supplementary carrier. | 06-20-2013 |
20130163550 | Method And Apparatus For Multiple Carrier Utlization In Wireless Communications - Methods and apparatus for multiple carrier utilization in wireless communications are disclosed. These methods include multiple carrier activation/deactivation, multiple carrier discontinuous transmission (DTX) and discontinuous reception (DRX) activation/deactivation and operations, and multiple carrier acknowledgment/negative acknowledgement feedback. The methods include provisions for joint multiple carrier activation and deactivation and joint DTX and DRX activation and deactivation of multiple carriers. | 06-27-2013 |
20130163564 | Method And Apparatus For Serving High Speed Downlink Shared Channel Cell Change - A method and apparatus for serving high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) cell change are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) sends a measurement report to a radio network controller (RNC) when a signal strength of a target cell approaches a signal strength of a source cell. The RNC adds the target cell in an active set and sends pre-loaded HS-DSCH configuration information for the target cell to the WTRU. The WTRU sends another measurement report when a signal strength of the target cell exceeds that of the source cell. The WTRU monitors a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) on the target cell based on the pre-loaded HS-DSCH configuration information and decodes an HS-SCCH transmission. The WTRU determines whether a MAC-hs/ehs reset is required and if so resets a MAC-hs/ehs entity prior to receiving an HS-DSCH transmission from the target cell. | 06-27-2013 |
20130170444 | Channel Selection For Uplink Access - Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to transmit uplink information. The WTRU may have information such as data or control information to transmit to a network. The (WTRU) may request a common enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resource from the network. The WTRU may receive an indication from the network to fallback using a random access channel, e.g. a Release 99 Random Access Channel (R99 RACH), a Release 99 Physical Random Access Channel (R99 PRACH), etc. The indication may be received via an acquisition indicator (E-AI). The indication may be a value of the E-AI. The WTRU may determine whether a condition is met. The WTRU may transmit the uplink information over the R99 PRACH if the condition is met. | 07-04-2013 |
20130170457 | HARQ PROCESS UTILIZATION IN MULTIPLE CARRIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatus utilize hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmissions and retransmissions that are usable on multiple carriers, i.e. joint HARQ processes. For example, a downlink (DL) shared channel transmission of a joint HARQ process is received on one of the carriers. A first part of an identity of the joint HARQ process is determined by using HARQ process identity data received on a shared control channel. A second part of the joint HARQ process identity is determined using additional information. The joint HARQ process identity is then determined by combining the first part and the second part. A WTRU is provided that is configured to receive the DL shared channel and to make the aforementioned determinations. A variety of other methods and apparatus configurations are disclosed for utilizing joint HARQ processes, in particular in the context of DC-HSDPA. | 07-04-2013 |
20130194931 | SYSTEMS AND/OR METHODS FOR PROVIDING EPDCCH IN A MULTIPLE CARRIER BASED AND/OR QUASI-COLLATED NETWORK - ePDCCH may be provided. For example, a WTRU may receive a configuration for monitoring an ePDCCH resource. Based on the configuration, the WTRU may be configured to monitor and may monitor the ePDCCH resource on a particular subframe. Additionally, a WTRU may derive an aggregation level for a subframe associated with an aggregation level number N | 08-01-2013 |
20130194950 | SYSTEMS AND/OR METHODS FOR MANAGING OR IMPROVING INTERFERENCE BETWEEN CELLS - Systems and methods for managing and/or improving interference in cells may be provided. For example, in embodiments, a partial-band Almost Blank Subframe (PB-ABS) subframe and/or a spatial Almost Blank Subframe (SABS) may be provided and/or used for coordinating communication with in networks with smaller and larger cells (e.g. pico or macro cells). For example, a PB-ABS may provide a dimension (e.g. frequency) that may be used to define a region and/or particular resources (e.g. resource blocks) reserved for pico cell operations or transmissions and a region or other resources (e.g. not those reserved for pico cell operations) available for macro cell operations or transmissions. Additionally, based on beam parameters (e.g. associated with cell partitioning), SABS may offer an additional dimension (e.g. spatial) that may be used to prevent transmission in a particular spatial direction. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195055 | SENDING AND REDUCING UPLINK FEEDBACK SIGNALING FOR WIRELESS TRANSMISSION OF DATA - A wireless transmit/receive unit includes at least one processor that receives a high speed physical downlink shared channel, and in response, transmits at least one random access channel preamble followed by ACK/NACK and channel quality indicator (CQI) information. The at least one random access channel preamble is selected from a set of random access preambles reserved for the ACK/NACK and CQI information. | 08-01-2013 |
20130201841 | UPLINK FEEDBACK FOR MULTI-SITE SCHEDULING - Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for a user equipment (UE) to provide feedback in a multi-site scheduling system (e.g., a system where multiple entities may schedule and/or send data to the UE). For example, the UE may receive a first data from a first network entity and a second data from a second network entity. A network entity may include entities that transmit data and/or control information to the UE, e.g., an eNodeB (eNB). The UE may generate feedback relating to received data, such as ACK/NACK information or channel state information (CSI). The UE may send a first feedback relating to the first data in a first subframe and a second feedback relating to the second data in a second subframe. | 08-08-2013 |
20130208604 | Interference Measurement In Wireless Networks - Embodiments contemplate methods, systems, and apparatuses for interference measurement in a wireless communication network, including wireless communication networks the employ MIMO in uplink and/or downlink communication. Embodiments contemplate identifying one or more interference measurement resource elements that may be received from one or more transmission points. Embodiments also contemplate performing interference measurement estimation based at least in part on the identified one or more interference measurement resource elements. Channel state information (CSI) perhaps in the form of reports may be generated based at least in part on the one or more interference measurement estimation. Embodiments also contemplate that the CSI report may be transmitted to one or more nodes. In some embodiments, the one or more interference measurement resource elements may be received as part of a set of resource elements. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208635 | METHOD AND SYSTEM WHEREIN TIMESLOTS ALLOCATED FOR COMMON CONTROL CHANNELS MAY BE REUSED FOR USER TRAFFIC - A network apparatus for use in a wireless time division duplex (TDD) code division multiple access communication system includes a processor configured to allocate a time slot in a frame for a plurality of cells for transmission of data over a forward access channel (FACH). Each of the plurality of cells is allocated a different time slot in the frame for transmission of the data over the FACH. | 08-15-2013 |
20130210422 | SYSTEMS AND/OR METHODS FOR PROVIDING MOBILITY ROBUSTNESS IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK AND SMALL CELL DEPLOYMENTS - Systems and methods for providing mobility robustness in a heterogeneous network may be provided. For example, information such as a physical cell identity (PCI) may be received from a network and/or an occurrence of an event or trigger may be detected. Based on the information or the occurrence of the event or trigger, a determination may be made as to whether a robustness situation may be configured to occur and/or whether to initiate a mobility robustness action. When a robustness situation may be configured to occur and/or a mobility robustness action may be configured to be initiated, the mobility robustness action may then be performed. | 08-15-2013 |
20130235830 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE RADIO RESOURCE OVERHEAD ASSOCIATED WITH INTERMITTENT TRAFFIC - A method and apparatus for requesting and releasing resources for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and/or Node B. The WTRU may transmit a channel acquisition request to the Node B and receive a resource allocation from the Node B. The resource allocation may include a common resource. The WTRU may release the common resource. The release may be based on one or more conditions. The channel acquisition request or the resource allocation may include information related to one or more channels or resources. | 09-12-2013 |
20130242871 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VERSATILE MAC MULTIPLEXING IN EVOLVED HSPA - Methods and apparatus for versatile medium access control (MAC) multiplexing in evolved HSPA are disclosed. More particularly, methods for downlink optimization of the enhanced high speed MAC (MAC-ehs) entity and uplink optimization of the MAC-i/is entity are disclosed. Apparatuses for using the optimized downlink and uplink MAC entities are also disclosed. | 09-19-2013 |
20130242944 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF FEEDBACK SIGNALING - A method and apparatus of feedback signaling using a high speed dedicated physical control channel (HS-DPCCH) includes transmitting to a first cell a first uplink feedback signal that includes channel quality information (CQI) associated with the first cell A second uplink feedback signal that includes CQI information associated with a second cell is transmitted to the second cell. | 09-19-2013 |
20130250898 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING PEET-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN STATIONS WITHIN A BASIC SERVICE SET - A method and system for performing peer-to-peer wireless communication between stations (STAs) within a basic service set (BSS) while maintaining connectivity with an access point (AP) in the BSS are disclosed. A source STA, an AP and a destination STA negotiate a direct link setup (DLS) channel for performing peer-to-peer communication between the source STA and the destination STA. The DLS channel may be different from a BSS channel used for communication between the AP and each of the STAs. The source STA and the destination STA then perform peer-to-peer communication on the negotiated DLS channel. | 09-26-2013 |
20130279490 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING RLC FOR FLEXIBLE RLC PDU SIZE - Enhancements are provided for the radio link control (RLC) protocol in wireless communication systems where variable RLC packet data unit (PDU) size is allowed. When flexible RLC PDU sizes are configured by upper layers, radio network controller (RNC)/Node B flow control, RLC flow control, status reporting and polling mechanisms are configured to use byte count based metrics in order to prevent possible buffer underflows in the Node B and buffer overflows in the RNC. The enhancements proposed herein for the RLC apply to both uplink and downlink communications. | 10-24-2013 |
20130315172 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING FEEDBACK FOR A DOWNLINK SHARED SERVICE TRANSMITTED TO A PLURALITY OF WIRELESS TRANSMIT/RECEIVE UNITS - A wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) receives a downlink transmission from a Node-B and decodes the downlink transmission. If the decoding is not successful, the WTRU sends a pre-defined burst signifying a negative acknowledgement (NACK) to the Node-B via a contention-based shared feedback channel. The pre-defined burst may be sent only once without requiring an acknowledgement. The Node-B calibrates a downlink transmit power so that the downlink transmission is transmitted to the WTRUs with a high likelihood. The Node-B may send a downlink transmission including multiple data streams processed using different modulation and coding schemes so that a WTRU having a high signal quality decodes all data streams while a WTRU having a low signal quality decodes less than all data streams. The Node-B sends a channel quality indicator (CQI) threshold so that each WTRU determines a data stream to report feedback based on the CQI threshold and a measured CQI. | 11-28-2013 |
20130315221 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING ANTENNA CAPABILITY INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for exchanging antenna capability information between a transmitting station (STA) and a receiving STA in a wireless communication system may include an antenna capability information element (IE) that includes information regarding the capability of the transmitting STA. The antenna capability IE may be transmitted from the transmitting STA to the receiving STA prior to data transmission between the transmitting STA and the receiving STA. When used in a wireless local area network, the antenna capability IE may be transmitted as part of a management frame, control frame, or data frame. | 11-28-2013 |
20130322276 | DEVICE-TO-DEVICE (D2D) LINK ADAPTATION - Channel quality may be measured in a device-to-device (D2D) communication network. The D2D communication network may include one or more D2D wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), wherein the D2D WTRUs may communicate using a D2D bandwidth. A D2D WTRU may receive a channel measurement resource configuration corresponding to a channel measurement resource. The D2D WTRU may further receive an RS on the channel measurement resource. The D2D WTRU may measure one or more channel state parameters from the channel measurement resource for a part of bandwidth overlapping with a D2D communication bandwidth, when the RS bandwidth is greater than the D2D communication bandwidth. The D2D WTRU may report the channel state parameters to a controlling entity. The controlling entity may configure a D2D frequency allocation between a transmitting device and a receiving device. The D2D frequency allocation may be based on the time averaged measurement. | 12-05-2013 |
20130322277 | MEASUREMENTS AND INTERFERENCE AVOIDANCE FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE LINKS - Disclosed herein are measurement and interference avoidance for direct device-to-device (D2D) links. A method may be implemented by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The method may include determining a sounding reference signal (SRS) to detect high interference and facilitate measurements on a link with another WTRU. The method may also include using the SRS on a direct link with another WTRU. | 12-05-2013 |
20130322374 | INTERFERENCE CONTROL FOR HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - A wireless communication network may include multiple cells for communicating with a WTRU. One cell may be a macrocell, while another may be a small cell, such as a picocell or a femtocell. Interference control may be performed for controlling communications performed by multiple cells. Inter-cell interference in the downlink and/or uplink may be addressed by time domain resource partitioning. A control channel may be precoded separate from other uplink channels in beamforming. Multiple blank subframes may be included in communications to reduce interference with other communications on the network. Control channel power may be controlled based on WTRU measurements. Transmission power on the control channel may be adjusted based on a difference between a serving cell measurement and a non-serving cell measurement taken at the WTRU. | 12-05-2013 |
20130322376 | COMMUNICATING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION (CSI) OF MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION POINTS - Embodiments contemplate methods and systems for determining and communicating channel state information (CSI) for one or more transmission points (or CSI reference signal resources). Embodiments further contemplate determining transmission states may include applying at least one CSI process for channel state information (CSI) reporting. Embodiments also contemplate aperiodic and/or periodic reporting of one or more report types (e.g., rank indicator (RI)) of CSI, perhaps based on one or more reporting modes that may be configured for each of the one or more CSI process. | 12-05-2013 |
20130322384 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING A HAPPY BIT ON AN E-DCH DEDICATED PHYSICAL CONTROL CHANNEL - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) determines (1) whether the WTRU is transmitting as much scheduled data as allowed by a current Serving_Grant, (2) whether the WTRU has enough power to transmit at higher data rate, and (3) based on a same power offset as a currently selected E-DCH transport format combination (E-TFC), whether total E-DCH buffer status (TEBS) would require more than predetermined period to be transmitted with the current Serving_Grant.times.a ratio of active processes to a total number of processes. If criteria (1)-(3) are met, the WTRU sets the happy bit to “unhappy.” If MAC-i/is is configured, the WTRU evaluates criteria (2) by identifying an E-TFC that has a transport block size at least x bits larger than a transport block size of the currently selected E-TFC, and determining whether the identified E-TFC is supported based on a same power offset as the currently selected E-TFC. | 12-05-2013 |
20130322406 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING CELL RESELECTION FOR WTRU OPERATING IN DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION - A method for discontinuous reception (DRX) implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) during cell reselection including initiating cell reselection; disabling DRX operation, wherein disabling DRX operation enables continuous reception; transmitting a CELL UPDATE message; receiving a CELL UPDATE CONFIRM message; and enabling DRX operation based on the received CELL UPDATE CONFIRM message. | 12-05-2013 |
20130322413 | METHODS TO ENABLE SCHEDULING AND CONTROL OF DIRECT LINK COMMUNICATION IN CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus for enabling scheduling and control of direct link communication in a cellular communication system may be disclosed. A method for use in a first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may include transmitting a request for device-to-device (D2D) communication resources to an enhanced Node B (eNB). The first WTRU may receive an allocation of resources for multiple transmission time intervals (TTI) to be used for D2D communications from the eNB. The first WTRU may schedule D2D communications with a second WTRU to be performed during the allocated resources. The first WTRU may perform D2D communications with the second WTRU using half duplex communications during the allocated resources. | 12-05-2013 |
20130324182 | DEVICE-TO-DEVICE (D2D) CROSS LINK POWER CONTROL - Device-to-device (D2D) cross link power control systems and methods may be disclosed. For example, a device such as a UE or WTRU may determine whether it may have simultaneous transmissions where at least one of the transmissions may include a cross link transmission. The device may further determine whether a total transmit power of the simultaneous transmissions may exceed a maximum transmit power of the device. If the device may have simultaneous transmissions and such transmissions may exceed the maximum transmit power, the device may reallocate power based on a priority or priority setting. The device may further determine a maximum cross link power, a maximum device power, and a cross link transmit power level such that the device may further control the power for transmissions based thereon. | 12-05-2013 |
20130328727 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING MOBILE UNITS BASED ON ANGLE MEASUREMENTS - A method and system for positioning mobile units using angle measurements taken by neighboring mobile units is disclosed. A selected mobile unit and mobile units in the vicinity of the selected mobile unit are selectively instructed to measure and report information related to the position of the selected mobile unit. The reported information is used to compute a position of the selected mobile unit. | 12-12-2013 |
20140016506 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING AND PROCESSING COMPONENT CARRIERS - A method and apparatus are described which perform bandwidth aggregation by simultaneously monitoring and processing a number of simultaneous, non-contiguous or contiguous component carriers in the downlink. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) can be configured by an evolved Node-B (eNodeB) to support additional component carriers. A pre-configured additional component carrier may be used. Various methods for activating and deactivating the additional component carrier are also described. | 01-16-2014 |
20140016572 | Method And Apparatus For Performing An Enhanced Random Access Channel Procedure In A Cell_Fach State - A method and apparatus for performing an enhanced random access procedure in a Cell_FACH state are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) transmits a random access channel (RACH) preamble for random access. If a positive acknowledgement (ACK) is received in response to the RACH preamble, the WTRU enters a contention resolution phase and transmits a message via an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH). If contention resolution fails, the RACH preamble is retransmitted. A contention back-off timer may be used for retransmission. A physical random access channel (PRACH) code may be reselected. The RACH preamble may be retransmitted using a reserved PRACH resource so that E-DCH resource is allocated to the collided WTRUs. Data transmitted during the contention resolution phase may remain in a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) buffer. The MAC-i/is entity may be reset. All data sent during the contention resolution phase may be stored in a temporary buffer. | 01-16-2014 |
20140036808 | CONTROL OF UPLINK TRANSMISSION - A dedicated grant may be shared by a group of WTRUs for performing uplink communications. A WTRU in a group may use the dedicated grant when it receives a group identifier and/or a WTRU identifier that are associated with the WTRU. The uplink communications from each WTRU transmitting in a group may be time-aligned. WTRUs may be allowed to transmit on the uplink channel using the dedicated grant for a designated time period. The WTRU may perform uplink control using MCS configurations controlled by the network. The WTRU may receive an indication of the MCS parameters or an MCS adjustment that may be applied to uplink communications. Uplink communications may be performed using an active non-scheduled transmission mode of operation or an inactive non-scheduled transmission mode of operation. Uplink load balancing may be performed by the network during dynamic frequency handover to manage the data packets being transmitted. | 02-06-2014 |
20140044102 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING A SERVING CELL CHANGE - A method and apparatus for performing a serving high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) cell change from a source cell to a target cell are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may be pre-configured with HS-DSCH configuration for the target cell. The WTRU may start monitoring a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) on the target cell using the pre-loaded HS-DSCH configuration for the target cell on a condition that a measurement report is triggered by the event 1D. The WTRU may initiate a timer when the WTRU starts monitoring the HS-SCCH on the target cell. | 02-13-2014 |
20140056220 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING DEVICE-TO-DEVICE DISCOVERY - Methods and apparatus for performing device-to-device (D2D) discovery are described. A service discovery process may include a discoverable device (e.g., a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU)) sending a discovery request, over a wireless connection, for a radio resource for the purpose of performing a transmission for radio frequency (RF) proximity detection for a given service. The WTRU may receive a discovery response including a configuration for RF proximity detection from a network, which configuration may be associated to the service. The configuration for RF proximity may be received by dedicated signaling, (e.g., physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH)), in particular for a discoverable WTRU. The configuration for RF proximity may be received on a broadcast channel, (e.g., a discovery shared channel (DISCH)), in particular for a monitoring WTRU, and may include one or more service identities, each associated with an RF proximity detection configuration, or a validity information and a measurement configuration. | 02-27-2014 |
20140056243 | OPERATING WITH MULTIPLE SCHEDULERS IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM - Systems and methods are disclosed for a WTRU to operate using multiple schedulers. The WTRU may exchange data with the network over more than one data path, such that each data path may use a radio interface connected to a different network node and each node may be associated with an independent scheduler. For example, a WTRU may establish a RRC connection between the WTRU and a network. The RRC connection may establish a first radio interface between the WTRU and a first serving site of the network and a second radio interface between the WTRU and a second serving site of the network. The RRC connection may be established between the WTRU and the MeNB and a control function may be established between the WTRU and the SCeNB. The WTRU may receive data from the network over the first radio interface or the second radio interface. | 02-27-2014 |
20140056278 | PHYSICAL LAYER OPERATION FOR MULTI-LAYER OPERATION IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM - Methods and systems are disclosed for providing physical layer resources to a plurality of medium access control (MAC) instances that are associated with different serving sites that are independently scheduled. For example, a WTRU may utilize a first physical layer configuration for transmitting to a first serving site associated with a first MAC instance. The WTRU may utilize a second physical layer configuration for transmitting to a second serving site associated with a second MAC instance. The WTRU may prevent conflicts between transmission requests from the first MAC instance and transmission requests from the second MAC instance. For example, preventing the conflicts may include utilizing one or more of time segregation or frequency segregation for transmissions associated with the first MAC instance and transmissions associated with the second MAC instance. | 02-27-2014 |
20140078892 | Method For Detecting Radio Link Failure For Transmission Over Enhanced Dedicated Channel In A CELL_FACH State - A method and apparatus are used for detecting a radio link (RL) failure and a post verification process. A quality of a downlink fractional dedicated physical channel (F-DPCH) is monitored once a transmission on an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) has begun. It is determined whether the quality of the downlink F-DPCH is below a predefined threshold. If the quality is below the predefined threshold, then an occurrence of an RL failure is declared and a transmission over the E-DCH in a cell forward access channel (CELL_FACH) state is terminated. In a case of the post verification failure, E-DCH resources are released. | 03-20-2014 |
20140086047 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RADIO LINK SYNCHRONIZATION AND POWER CONTROL IN CELL_FACH AND IDLE MODE - A method and apparatus for radio link synchronization and power control in CELL_FACH state and idle mode are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) transmits a random access channel (RACH) preamble and receives an acquisition indicator acknowledging the RACH preamble via an acquisition indicator channel (AICH) and an index to an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resource. The WTRU determines a start of an E-DCH frame. An F-DPCH timing offset is defined with respect to one of the RACH access slot and an AICH access slot carrying the acquisition indicator. A relative F-DPCH timing offset may be signaled to the WTRU and the WTRU may determine a start of an E-DCH frame based on the relative F-DPCH timing offset and timing of an AICH access slot including the acquisition indicator. The WTRU may transmit a dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH) power control preamble before starting an E-DCH transmission. | 03-27-2014 |
20140092849 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCOMMODATING HIGHER ORDER MODULATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A method and apparatus for reconfiguring a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are directed to receiving an active set update message indicating that a mode of operation allowing a certain modulation scheme is enabled or disabled and performing at least one of: performing a MAC reset procedure, updating a set of reference enhanced transport format combination indicators (E-TFCIs) and associated power offsets, determining actions related to E-DPCCH boosting, modifying information related to an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH), and modifying an index that indicates an E-DCH transport block size table. The update message includes at least one modified information element (IE). | 04-03-2014 |
20140099948 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND MEASURING FOR HOME NODE-BS - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to detect and perform measurements with respect to Home Node-Bs (HNB) and Home evolved Node-Bs (H(e)NB) (collectively “HNB”). The methods may include generating and transmitting a request for a measurement configuration that may include gap allocations to detect and measure a primary scrambling code or a physical cell identity of a target HNB for at least one frequency or radio access technology (RAT). The request may be in response to the WTRU entering a HNB cell for which the WTRU has stored fingerprint information and whose closed subscriber group ID is in the WTRU's whitelist. The network may configure the WTRU to measure the requested frequency or RAT in response to the proximity report/request. Methods are described for releasing the measurement configuration. | 04-10-2014 |
20140146773 | SYNCHRONIZATION PROCEDURE IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A synchronization procedure in a wireless network is disclosed. A network device receives, from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in a CELL_FACH state, data via an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH). The WTRU may transition to a CELL_DCH state from the CELL_FACH state. The WTRU may transition to the CELL_DCH state without subsequently performing a synchronization procedure A. | 05-29-2014 |
20140153529 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY ALLOCATING HARQ PROCESSES IN THE UPLINK - Methods and apparatus for dynamically allocating HARQ processes are described. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) includes a receive unit configured to receive signaling and a transmit unit. The transmit unit is configured to transmit uplink data sequentially using a first integer number of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes during normal HARQ operation and transmit uplink data using a second integer number of HARQ processes that is less than the first number of HARQ processes in response to receiving the signaling. | 06-05-2014 |
20140161076 | METHOD AND APPARTUS FOR SUPPORTING PAGING OVER AN HS-DSCH IN CELL_PCH AND URA_PCH STATES - A method and apparatus for paging a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in a CELL_PCH and URA_PCH states are disclosed. A WTRU may send an indication of an enhanced paging channel (PCH) capability of receiving a high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) in CELL_PCH and URA_PCH states, for example, in a CELL UPDATE message, a URA UPDATE message, or a UTRAN MOBILITY INFORMATION CONFIRM message. A drift radio network controller (DRNC) may receive an indication whether the WTRU has an enhanced PCH capability from a serving RNC and page the WTRU based on the indication. An RNC may page the WTRU over both an HS-DSCH and a PCH/secondary common control physical channel (S-CCPCH) if a WTRU capability is not known. The WTRU may monitor both an HS-DSCH and a PCH/S-CCPCH. The WTRU may configure reception over an HS-DSCH based on the capability of the SRNC or configuration from the network. | 06-12-2014 |
20140169206 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING ENHANCED DEDICATED CHANNEL TRANSPORT FORMAT COMBINATION IN CELL_FACH STATE AND IDLE MODE - A method and apparatus for selecting an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transport format combination (E-TFC) in Cell_FACH state and idle mode are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) transmits a random access channel (RACH) preamble and receives an index to an E-DCH resource in response to the RACH preamble. The WTRU may estimate a power headroom based on the maximum WTRU transmit power, power offset value, and the last successfully transmitted RACH preamble transmit power. The WTRU restricts an E-TFC based on the estimated power headroom, and selects an E-TFC based on a set of supported E-TFCs. The WTRU then generates, and transmits, a protocol data unit (PDU) based on the selected E-TFC. | 06-19-2014 |
20140169304 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATORS (CQIs) - A method and apparatus for sending and receiving channel quality indicators (CQIs) is disclosed. A CQI may be periodically sent or received. A CQI may also be sent or received upon request by a network. | 06-19-2014 |
20140177565 | FAST UPLINK RESPONSE TO DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL TRANSMISSION WITHOUT A DEDICATED UPLINK CHANNEL - A method and apparatus for uplink transmission over a non-contentious shared feedback channel are disclosed, wherein the parameters of the uplink transmission are determined by the parameters of a downlink transmission. A new uplink channel, called a physical shared uplink feedback channel (PSUFCH) is used for uplink transmission such as feedback information in response to a downlink transmission on a fast shared data channel. The content of the feedback information may be general, e.g. an ACK/NACK or a channel quality indicator (CQI). The PSUFCH is transmitted using power ramping that terminates upon reception of a downlink ACK (DLACK) from a Node-B. No ambiguity resolution is required due to the non-contentious and deterministic mapping of the uplink channel resources. | 06-26-2014 |
20140177593 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A HANDOVER BETWEEN UTRA R6 CELLS AND R7 CELLS - A method and apparatus for controlling an optimization of handover procedures between universal terrestrial radio access (UTRA) release 6 (R6) cells and UTRA release 7 (R7) cells are disclosed. When a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is moving between an R6 cell and an R7 cell, or between R7 cells, a handover is initiated from a source Node-B to a target Node-B. In the R7 cell, the enhanced medium access control (MAC) functionality including flexible radio link control (RLC) protocol data unit (PDU) size and high speed MAC (MAC-hs) segmentation and multiplexing of different priority queues are supported. After the handover, a MAC layer and/or an RLC layer are reconfigured or reset based on functionality supported by the target Node-B. | 06-26-2014 |
20140177595 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING CELL RESELECTIONS AND TRANSITIONS TO AND FROM AN ENHANCED CELL_FACH STATE - A method and apparatus for handling cell reselections and transitions includes executing a cell reselection. A medium access control (MAC)-ehs reset is performed. | 06-26-2014 |
20140185566 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAPPING OF ABSOLUTE POWER GRANT VALUES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A method and apparatus for adjusting power grants in wireless communications. Multiple power grant tables are stored and one or more tables are designated during communication. | 07-03-2014 |
20140185583 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING RECONFIGURATION OF RADIO LINK CONTROL PARAMETERS - A variety of wireless communication methods and apparatus for supporting reconfiguration of radio link control (RLC) parameters are disclosed. A radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message is generated that indicates that an RLC unit in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) or a universal terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) should be reconfigured from supporting flexible size RLC protocol data units (PDUs) to supporting fixed size RLC PDUs. If an information element (IE) “one sided RLC re-establishment” is present in the RRC reconfiguration message, only a receiving side subassembly in the RLC unit is re-established. Otherwise, both the receiving side subassembly and a transmitting side subassembly in the RLC unit are re-established. Flexible size RLC PDUs may be discarded and a message indicating the discarded flexible size RLC PDUs may be transmitted. The flexible size RLC PDUs may be modified such that they correspond to a set of pre-defined sizes. | 07-03-2014 |
20140198806 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND PROCESSING MAC-ehs PROTOCOL DATA UNITS - A network device and wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) using an enhanced high speed medium access control (MAC-ehs) are disclosed. A network device may provide a MAC-ehs reordering protocol data unit (PDU) with a segment of a service data unit (SDU). A MAC-ehs PDU is generated including the MAC-ehs reordering PDU. The MAC-ehs PDU is sent via a high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH). The WTRU disassembles MAC-ehs PDUs to provide reordering PDUs that each may include a segment of a MAC-ehs SDU. The WTRU may reassemble a MAC-ehs SDU with the segment of the MAC-ehs SDU from at least one of the reordering PDUs. | 07-17-2014 |
20140204882 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING RADIO RESOURCES AND CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION PARAMETERS ON A RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL - A method and apparatus for assigning radio resources and controlling parameters for transmission over a random access channel in wireless communications by enhancing a random access channel is disclosed. | 07-24-2014 |
20140204933 | NEIGHBOR SCANNING IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS - An access point includes a transmitter configured to transmit signals, a receiver configured to receive signals, and a timing information device. The timing information device is configured to receive a timing information request from a station associated to the access point, receive timing information for a beacon signal sent by a second access point, and report the timing information to the station. The timing information includes a time difference relative to a known reference time for transmission of the beacon signal and the time difference is an offset in timing units. | 07-24-2014 |
20140211722 | HARQ PROCESS UTILIZATION IN MULTIPLE CARRIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatus utilize hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmissions and retransmissions that are usable on multiple carriers, i.e. joint HARQ processes. For example, a downlink (DL) shared channel transmission of a joint HARQ process is received on one of the carriers. A first part of an identity of the joint HARQ process is determined by using HARQ process identity data received on a shared control channel. A second part of the joint HARQ process identity is determined using additional information. The joint HARQ process identity is then determined by combining the first part and the second part. A WTRU is provided that is configured to receive the DL shared channel and to make the aforementioned determinations. A variety of other methods and apparatus configurations are disclosed for utilizing joint HARQ processes, in particular in the context of DC-HSDPA. | 07-31-2014 |
20140219127 | PERFORMING MEASUREMENTS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS USING MULTIPLE CARRIERS - Methods and systems to configure and/or reconfigure measurement configuration in wireless communications with one or more cells are disclosed. Measurement configuration reporting may be reconfigured based on events associated with the one or more serving cells and/or one or more serving component carriers, among others. Measurement configuration and measurement configuration reporting may also be reconfigured based on events associated with one or more serving component carriers. | 08-07-2014 |
20140233396 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING FOR A RADIO LINK FAILURE - Methods and apparatus are described for monitoring for a radio link failure in a long term evolution-advanced (LTE-A) system operated with carrier aggregation. The methods include criteria for determining radio link failure, recovery events, and the actions that a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may take upon the occurrence of such events. | 08-21-2014 |
20140254501 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING SYSTEM INFORMATION CHANGE - A method and apparatus for handling system information change. When the system information changes, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may be running a procedure. Depending on the nature of the system information, the WTRU may not need to interrupt the procedure to update the system information. | 09-11-2014 |
20140273872 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LTE RADIO LINK FAILURE DETERMINIATION IN DRX MODE - A method and apparatus for detecting radio link failure (RLF) in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) includes the WTRU performing a series of radio link measurements during a discontinuous reception (DRX) on-duration, comparing each of the series of radio link measurements to a threshold, and determining that the series of radio link measurements indicates an out-of-synch condition. | 09-18-2014 |
20140286231 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REORDERING DATA IN AN EVOLVED HIGH SPEED PACKET ACCESS SYSTEM - Method and apparatus for receiving high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) transmissions are disclosed. An HS-DSCH medium access control (MAC-ehs) entity receives MAC-ehs protocol data units (PDUs) via a high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) while in one of Cell_FACH, Cell_PCH, and URA_PCH states. The reordering PDUs included in the MAC-ehs PDUs may be sent to a next processing entity without performing reordering of the PDUs. A certain reordering queue may enter a suspend state upon occurrence of a triggering event and MAC-ehs PDUs distributed to the reordering queue in the suspend state may be forwarded to the next processing entity without performing reordering. MAC-ehs reset procedure may be extended for a certain transmission such that the MAC-ehs reset is performed after receiving a MAC-ehs PDU in a target cell. | 09-25-2014 |
20140293812 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A RADIO LINK CONTROL PROTOCOL DATA UNIT FOR MULTI-CARRIER OPERATION - Techniques and apparatus for efficiently determining the radio link control (RLC) protocol data unit (PDU) size and flexible RLC PDU creation for multi carrier operation are disclosed. An example wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) calculates a maximum amount of data allowed to be transmitted for a current transmission time interval (TTI) for each of a plurality of carriers, and selects an RLC PDU data field size such that each RLC PDU to be multiplexed to a medium access control (MAC) PDU matches a minimum of the maximum amount of data calculated for the carriers. The maximum amount of data may, for example, be calculated based on an applicable current grant for each carrier for the current TTI. The RLC PDU may be generated for the later TTI on a condition that an amount of data in outstanding pre-generated RLC PDUs for a particular logical channel is less than or equal to 4N times the minimum of the maximum amount of data allowed to be transmitted by the applicable current grant for the carriers for the current TTI, where N is a number of activated carriers. The maximum amount of data may be calculated based on a remaining power on each carrier. | 10-02-2014 |
20140293915 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS IN MULTICARRIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatus for random access in multicarrier wireless communications are disclosed. Methods and apparatus are provided for physical random access channel (PRACH) resource signaling, PRACH resource handling, preamble and PRACH resource selection, random access response (RAR) reception, preamble retransmission, and transmission and reception of subsequent messages. A method for maintaining an allowed multicarrier uplink (UL) random access channel (RACH) configuration set by adding an UL carrier to the allowed RACH configuration set provided that a triggering event occurs and performing a random access (RA) procedure using the allowed RACH configuration set. A method for sending data in multicarrier wireless communications by determining a set of available UL carriers and selecting an UL carrier from the set of available UL carriers. | 10-02-2014 |
20140295862 | CHANNEL SELECTION FOR UPLINK ACCESS - Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to transmit uplink information. The WTRU may have information such as data or control information to transmit to a network. The (WTRU) may request a common enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resource from the network. The WTRU may receive an indication from the network to fallback using a random access channel, e.g. a Release 99 Random Access Channel (R99 RACH), a Release 99 Physical Random Access Channel (R99 PRACH), etc. The indication may be received via an acquisition indicator (E-AI). The indication may be a value of the E-AI. The WTRU may determine whether a condition is met. The WTRU may transmit the uplink information over the R99 PRACH if the condition is met. | 10-02-2014 |
20140307678 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING MULTIPLE CARRIERS IN HIGH SPEED PACKET ACCESS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICAL FIELD - A method and an apparatus for utilizing multiple carriers are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) capable of receiving on a single downlink carrier at a time may tune the receiver to one downlink carrier and switch the downlink carrier in accordance with a configured pattern. The WTRU may switch the carrier from an anchor carrier to a non-anchor carrier at a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) sub-frame boundary, and switches back at an end of a subsequent high speed physical downlink shared channel (HS-PDSCH) subframe. The WTRU may switch the carrier at an HS-PDSCH sub-frame boundary. A WTRU capable of receiving on multiple downlink carriers simultaneously may tune the receiver to an anchor carrier and a supplementary carrier, and switch the supplementary carrier to another carrier based on a carrier switching order. The carrier switching order may be received via an HS-SCCH or via layer | 10-16-2014 |
20140307683 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TERMINATING TRANSMISSION OF A MESSAGE IN AN ENHANCED RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL - A method and an apparatus is provided for terminating an enhanced random access channel (E-RACH) message in an E-RACH transmission. Triggers for terminating the E-RACH message are provided. The actions upon termination of the E-RACH messages are provided to release enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resources while in cell forward access channel (CELL_FACH) state or transition to cell dedicated channel (CELL_DCH) state. | 10-16-2014 |
20140314021 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TERMINATING TRANSMISSION OF A MESSAGE IN AN ENHANCED RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL - A method and an apparatus is provided for terminating an enhanced random access channel (E-RACH) message in an E-RACH transmission. Triggers for terminating the E-RACH message are provided. The actions upon termination of the E-RACH messages are provided to release enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resources while in cell forward access channel (CELL_FACH) state or transition to cell dedicated channel (CELL_DCH) state. | 10-23-2014 |
20140314027 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING A BUFFER STATUS - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) reports a buffer status as part of scheduling information for enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transmissions. For reporting the buffer status, the WTRU calculates a total amount of data available across all logical channels for which reporting is requested by a radio resource control (RRC) entity. The total amount of data includes an amount of data that is available for transmission and retransmission at a radio link control (RLC) entity and an amount of data that is available for transmission in a medium access control for enhanced dedicated channel (MAC-i/is) segmentation entity in case that a MAC-i/is entity is configured. The WTRU sends scheduling information including a total E-DCH buffer status (TEBS) field that is set based on the total amount of data. | 10-23-2014 |
20140314028 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATOR FEEDBACK PERIOD TO INCREASE UPLINK CAPACITY - A method and apparatus for adjusting a channel quality indicator (CQI) feedback period to increase uplink capacity in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The uplink capacity is increased by reducing the uplink interference caused by CQI transmissions. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) monitors a status of downlink transmissions to the WTRU and sets the CQI feedback period based on the status of the downlink transmissions to the WTRU. A base station monitors uplink and downlink transmission needs. The base station determines the CQI feedback period of at least one WTRU based on the uplink and downlink transmission needs and sends a command to the WTRU to change the CQI feedback period of the WTRU. | 10-23-2014 |
20140321391 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENTION-BASED UPLINK DATA TRANSMISSION - A method and apparatus for a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) to use a contention-based uplink communications channel, applies a rule-based restriction of access to the contention-based uplink channel that attempts to use at least one contention-free uplink channel allocation for uplink transmissions on a condition that at least one contention-free uplink channel allocation has been granted. | 10-30-2014 |
20140321406 | MULTIPOINT TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Embodiments contemplate wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) transmissions of different types of uplink channels and/or signals in a system deployment where multiple destination points may exist. Some embodiments contemplate that a WTRU may select the destination point of a transmission on a dynamic basis. In one or more systems where destination point selection from among multiple potential destination points may be possible for a WTRU transmission, some embodiments contemplate the determination of the handling of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) retransmissions and for different power headroom reporting mechanisms. Embodiments also contemplate the reduction and/or inhibition of WTRU transmissions to destination points to which the WTRU may have lost connectivity. | 10-30-2014 |
20140334384 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SEGMENTATION OF PACKETS FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION - A method and apparatus for segmenting medium access control (MAC) service data units (SDUs) creates enhanced MAC-es PDUs in the enhanced MAC-e/es sub-layer by concatenating MAC SDUs received from the logical channels. An enhanced transport format combination (E-TFC) selection entity controls the concatenation of MAC SDUs into enhanced MAC-es PDUs. When a MAC SDU is received that is too large to fit into a selected enhanced MAC-es PDU payload, a segmentation entity segments the MAC SDU such that the MAC SDU segment fills the remaining payload available in the selected enhanced MAC-es PDU. The enhanced MAC-es PDU is then assigned a transmission sequence number (TSN) and multiplexed with other enhanced MAC-es PDUs to create a single enhanced MAC-e PDU that is transmitted on the E-DCH in the next transmission time interval (TTI). A HARQ entity stores and, if necessary retransmits the enhanced MAC-e PDU when a transmission error occurs. | 11-13-2014 |
20140341153 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING UPLINK TRANSMIT DIVERSITY - A method and apparatus for performing uplink (UL) transmit diversity implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) includes receiving a signal including precoding information. The precoding information is detected and applied to an UL transmission. The UL transmission is transmitted with the applied precoding information. | 11-20-2014 |
20140341164 | TRANSMITTING SCHEDULING INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Triggering, in response to non-transmission of scheduling information on an uplink data channel, transmission on a uplink control channel of information is disclosed. The information may include an indication that an uplink grant is needed to send the scheduling information. The scheduling information may include buffer status information. | 11-20-2014 |
20140349644 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CSG PRIORITIES IN IDLE AND CONNECTED MODES - A method comprising detecting closed subscriber group (CSG) proximity based on an autonomous search function; signaling a proximity indication to a network, wherein the proximity indication includes at least one priority of at least one allowed neighbor CSG cell. A method comprising, performing measurements on neighboring CSG cells; and generating a measurement report including measurements of at least one neighboring CSG cell; and transmitting a message including a measurement report and a CSG priority for at least one CSG cell. | 11-27-2014 |
20140362832 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED UPLINK COVERAGE - Systems and method are specified to improve the reception of UL transmission, for example in power or coverage limited situations. A WTRU may modify procedures to increase the available signal energy for reception at an eNB and/or to make more efficient use of the available signal energy at the receiver for processing UL transmissions. Example methods for increasing UL link coverage may include modifying HARQ timing (e.g., shorter HARQ), using longer TTIs, use of dedicated PUSCH allocations, use of new PUSCH modulations, enhanced reference signal design, UL macro diversity reception for PUSCH, utilizing protocol reduction techniques, ensuring in-order packet delivery, and/or utilizing a configuration for coverage limited/power limited modes of operation. The proposed methods may be applied individually or in any combination. | 12-11-2014 |
20150023285 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING AND RESELECTING AN UPLINK PRIMARY CARRIER - A method and apparatus are described for using an uplink (UL) primary carrier for long term evolution-advanced (LTE-A) to support hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback, a channel quality indicator (CQI), a scheduling request (SR), power headroom, and at least one buffer status report in the context of asymmetrical deployment and symmetrical deployment. | 01-22-2015 |
20150029990 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION FOR MULTI-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY OPERATION - A method and apparatus for sending uplink control information (UCI) by a multi-mode wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) capable of operating on multiple component carriers of a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs) for multi-RAT operation are disclosed. The multi-mode WTRU may generate first UCI pertaining to a first RAT and second UCI pertaining to a second RAT. The WTRU may then send at least part of the first UCI and least part of the second UCI via a feedback channel on a component carrier of a second RAT. The first RAT may be Long Term Evolution (LTE) and the second RAT may be LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), or vice versa. Each RAT may operate on a different frequency. The UCI of the RATs may be multiplexed onto a carrier of any one of the RATs. The UCI bits for a pair of, or multiple, serving cells may be jointly encoded. | 01-29-2015 |
20150036661 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODS AND COMPONENTS THAT IMPLEMENT HANDOFF IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS - This invention relates to wireless local area networks, and particularly to the IEEE 802.11 family of standards. It consists of a method and apparatus that can be implemented in access points (APs) and subscriber wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), in order to allow an AP to initiate re-association of a WTRU to itself or a different AP. The invention improves the robustness of the network by enabling more efficient load balancing, congestion control, and roaming, without compromising the user experience. | 02-05-2015 |
20150049628 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH SPEED DOWNLINK PACKET ACCESS LINK ADAPTATION - A method of high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) link adaptation, comprises receiving a channel quality measurement metric over a Measured Results on random access channel (RACH) information element (IE). The link is adapted based upon the received channel quality metric. | 02-19-2015 |
20150063252 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL RECEPTION IN COOPERATIVE MULTIPOINT TRANSMISSIONS - A method and apparatus may be used to enable reception of a downlink (DL) shared channel in a cooperative multipoint transmission (CoMP). The method and apparatus may determine whether CoMP is applied to a transmission. The method and apparatus may acquire other CoMP related information. The method and apparatus may apply to non-transparent CoMP scenarios. | 03-05-2015 |
20150071265 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING A RADIO LINK CONTROL PROTOCOL DATA UNIT SIZE - A method and apparatus are used to create RLC PDUs in advance of the E-TFC selection for the MAC PDU that will include this or these RLC PDU(s). The apparatus may be configured to pre-generate RLC PDUs for transmission in a later TTI. This approach avoids the large peak processing requirement due to the tight delay constraint if any RLC PDU to be included into a MAC PDU had to be created after the determination of the size of this MAC PDU, i.e. after E-TFC selection. The method and apparatus maintain an approximate match between the size of an RLC PDU and the size of the MAC PDU it is included into. Maintaining this approximate match ensures that the RLC PDU error rate due to HARQ residual errors remains low. This approach may be designed as “semi-radio aware” or “radio-aware with delay”. | 03-12-2015 |