Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080240314 | CHANNEL ESTIMATION WITH EFFECTIVE CO-CHANNEL INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION - A method for a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes isolating a set of pilot signals, where the pilot signals are associated with multiple base stations or multiple sectors of a single base station. This includes nulling a subset of the pilot signals to mitigate co-channel interference and to perform channel estimation in accordance with at least one of the pilot signals. | 10-02-2008 |
20080260006 | IMPROVED FREQUENCY OFFSET ESTIMATOR - Determining a frequency offset of a received signal utilizing two or more multipath components of the received signal is provided herein. By way of example, the received signal can be correlated with a synchronization sequence in a time domain or a frequency domain, resulting in separation of the two or more multipath components of the received signal. Analysis of at least one of the multipath components can provide a frequency offset of the received signal. Furthermore, by analyzing the multipath components, estimation of the frequency offset can be improved as compared with single-signal analysis techniques. | 10-23-2008 |
20080273522 | GENERATION AND DETECTION OF SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Techniques for generating a synchronization signal (e.g., a secondary synchronization signal) based on an M-sequence are described. In one design, first and second sequences for a secondary synchronization signal may be generated based on different cyclic shifts of the M-sequence. The cyclic shifts may be determined based on cell ID and/or other information to send in the secondary synchronization signal. An output sequence may be generated based on the first and second sequences, e.g., by combining the first and second sequences and scrambling the combined first and second sequences with at least one scrambling sequence. The secondary synchronization signal may then be generated based on the output sequence, e.g., by mapping samples in the output sequence to subcarriers and generating an OFDM symbol with the mapped samples. Detection for the secondary synchronization signal may be efficiently performed using fast M-sequence transform (FMT). | 11-06-2008 |
20080273582 | SELECTION OF ACQUISITION SEQUENCES FOR OPTIMAL FREQUENCY OFFSET ESTIMATION - Systems and methods are provided to generate a set of synchronization channel sequences that optimize time and frequency acquisition. A set of root indices of Zadoff-Chu sequences in a first domain (e.g., time domain) that optimize a performance metric or merit factor are identified. An optimal index is determined that also optimizes a performance metric in a reciprocal domain (e.g., frequency domain). Optimal indices satisfy a centro-symmetric relationship with respect to a half-value of sequence length: When 1 is an optimal index, N−1 is also an optimal root index. For sequences of length Q | 11-06-2008 |
20080291892 | ASSIGNMENT OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SYNCHRONIZATION CODE SEQUENCES TO CELLS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Techniques for assigning primary synchronization code (PSC) sequences and secondary synchronization code (SSC) sequences to cells in a wireless communication system are described. At least one PSC sequence and multiple SSC sequences may be used for multiple cells in a Node B. In one design, the available SSC sequences in the system may be arranged into groups, with each group including M different SSC sequences. Additional groups of M SSC sequences may be formed with different permutations (e.g., different cyclic shifts) of each group of M SSC sequences. In one design, three SSC sequences SSC(G | 11-27-2008 |
20080291945 | SCRAMBLING METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZATION CHANNELS - Systems and methods are provided that facilitate generation and detection of synchronization channels in a wireless communication system. A one-to-one relationship is established among a set of scrambling codes (SCs) and a set of primary synchronization channel (P-SCH) sequences which are determined by a reusable sector identifier that is determined through detection of the P-SCH channel. The set of scrambling codes are utilized to (i) scramble a secondary synchronization channel sequence which facilitates detection of the S-SCH sequence once the reusable sector identifier is detected, or (ii) compose an unscrambled S-SCH sequence through a sequential or interleaved concatenation of SCs wherein a concatenation indication is received in a mobile terminal. Cyclic shifts and sign-flip operations applied to a base sequence are employed to generate SCs. A lookup table and a library of SCs facilitate scrambling code determination in a mobile terminal that receives associated P-SCH and S-SCH sequences. | 11-27-2008 |
20090046671 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CELL TIMING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Techniques for determining the timing of a cell in a wireless communication system are described. A user equipment (UE) may obtain received samples that include at least one synchronization signal generated based on a cell identity (ID) of a cell. The UE may correlate the received samples with the at least one synchronization signal in the time domain at different time offsets to obtain energies for multiple timing hypotheses. The UE may identify at least one detected peak based on the energies for the multiple timing hypotheses. The UE may then update a set of candidate peaks based on the at least one detected peak and may identify a candidate peak with signal strength exceeding the signal strength of a peak being tracked. The UE may provide the timing of the identified candidate peak as the timing of the cell. | 02-19-2009 |
20090046702 | SECONDARY SYNCHRONIZATION CODEBOOK FOR E-UTRAN - Providing for secondary synchronization encoding utilizing a primary synchronization channel (P-SCH)-related scrambling code is described herein. Scrambled secondary synchronization codes (SSCs) can be assigned to multiple base stations of a radio access network (RAN). By way of example, PSC-based scrambling codes can be created from a plurality of M-sequences generated from a common polynomial expression. Further, an SSC codebook is provided that selects sequence pairs of a sequence matrix for generating SSCs. Selection can be based on transmission characteristics of resulting SSCs, providing reduced interference in planned, semi-planned and/or unplanned mobile deployments. | 02-19-2009 |
20090067378 | BLIND DECODING IN A MOBILE ENVIRONMENT - Providing for modified rate-matching of modulated data to convey mobile network system information is described herein. By way of example, a rate-matching state, such as a data offset, can be introduced into a coded data stream that is modulated to resources of a wireless signal. The state can further be correlated to a state of the network system, such as transmit antenna configuration. Terminals receiving the wireless signal can analyze the signal to identify the rate-matching state and obtain the correlated network system state. Components of the terminal can then be configured according to the particular network system state, resulting in improving access point detection, and in some cases improved channel throughput and reliability. | 03-12-2009 |
20090086713 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING AN UNIQUE INDEX SET FOR PSC SEQUENCE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Systems and methods are provided to generate a set of synchronization channel sequences that optimize time and frequency acquisition. A set of root indices of Zadoff-Chu sequences in a first domain (e.g., time domain) that optimize a performance metric or merit factor are identified. An optimal index is determined that also optimizes a performance metric in a reciprocal domain (e.g., frequency domain). For sequences of length Q | 04-02-2009 |
20090122839 | SCRAMBLING CODES FOR SECONDARY SYNCHRONIZATION CODES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate employing a scrambling code from a set of scrambling codes, which is indexed by primary synchronization codes (PSCs), to scramble or descramble a secondary synchronization code (SSC). The scrambling codes in the set can be designed to optimize peak-to-average power ratios and/or mitigate cross correlation. For example, the scrambling codes can be based on different M-sequences generated from disparate polynomials. In accordance with another example, the scrambling codes can be based on different cyclic shifts of the same M-sequence. According to another example, the scrambling codes can be based upon binary approximations of possible primary synchronization codes utilized in a wireless communication environment. Pursuant to a further example, the scrambling codes can be based on different Golay complementary sequences. | 05-14-2009 |
20090129298 | EFFICIENT SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION SCHEMES FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate efficiently indicating parameter(s) associated with a base station utilizing synchronization signals in a wireless communication environment. For instance, relative locations of a PSC and a SSC in a radio frame can be a function of a parameter. Further, a PSC sequence utilized to generate PSCs can be selected based upon a parameter. Moreover, inclusion or exclusion of PSCs from a radio frame can be a function of a parameter. Additionally or alternatively, pseudo random sequence mappings (e.g., to cell IDs, tone locations) can be a function of a parameter. Example parameters can be whether the base station is part of a TDD or a FDD system, whether the radio frame employs FS | 05-21-2009 |
20090131037 | FAST CELL SEARCH - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate searches for a cell in a wireless communication environment. A mobile device can employ a searcher that can detect timing information respectively associated with PSCs and cells to determine the cell with the highest correlation. The searcher can detect SSCs, which can include detecting associated phase information, to determine the SSC with the highest correlation, CP length, and/or other information to facilitate identifying a desired cell having the strongest signal to establish communication between the mobile device and the desired cell. PSCs respectively associated with cells can have different positions in the symbol sequences, and SSCs can respectively be phase shifted at different angles to facilitate detection and identification of a cell(s), where a PSC can be utilized as a phase reference by the associated SSC. | 05-21-2009 |
20090135803 | REFERENCE SIGNAL GENERATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Techniques for generating reference signals in a wireless communication system are described. A set of Q reference signal sequences may be generated based on G pseudo-random sequences and L scrambling sequences, where Q=G·L, G>1 and L>1. The Q reference signal sequences may be used for Q cell identities (IDs), one reference signal sequence for each cell ID. In one design, a Node B may determine first and second indices based on a cell ID of a cell. The Node B may generate a pseudo-random sequence based on the first index, generate a scrambling sequence based on the second index, and generate a reference signal sequence based on the pseudo-random sequence and the scrambling sequence. The Node B may then generate a reference signal for the cell based on the reference signal sequence, e.g., by generating an OFDM symbol with the reference signal sequence mapped to a set of subcarriers. | 05-28-2009 |
20090201794 | MULTIPLEXING DEVICES OVER SHARED RESOURCES - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate transmitting and receiving signals over I and Q branches of a communication channel to mitigate potential I/Q imbalance. In particular, a device can transmit a signal over the I and Q branches to distribute transmission power substantially evenly for a given channel. The device can demodulate the data with a code or matrix having real and complex modifiers resulting in an I and Q branch signal for transmission. Where the channel has multiple resources, the device can alternate or transmit over the I branch in one resource and the Q branch in another resource for a given signal to distribute power. Also, the device can apply a complex scrambling code to distribute a signal over both the I and Q branches. The device can also use QPSK or higher order modulation to send the signals meant for the same user. | 08-13-2009 |
20090202016 | OPEN-LOOP TRANSMIT DIVERSITY SCHEMES WITH FOUR TRANSMIT ANTENNAS - In a wireless communication system, SFBC-based (Space-Frequency Block-Code) transmission diversity schemes provide enhancement for multiple antennas, such as the illustrative four, in order to achieve better performance than SFBC-FSTD (SFBC-Frequency Switching Transmit Diversity) alone. SFBC-PFSTD (Precoded Frequency Switching Transmit), which is multiplying a precoding matrix to the SFBC-FSTD signals, opens up the possibility of utilizing the pilot tones in synchronization channels (SSC and/or PSC) to enhance the channel estimation performance for antenna | 08-13-2009 |
20090238131 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate improved resource management in a wireless communication system. As described herein, supergroups can be formed from groups of Physical Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Channels (PHICHs) such that respective PHICH supergroups are multiplexed onto respective non-overlapping resource element subsets, thereby improving resource usage efficiency for the extended cyclic prefix case and limited numbers of transmit antennas. In one example described herein, even-indexed PHICH groups are mapped to a selected subset of resource elements in a group while odd-indexed PHICH groups are mapped to the remaining resource elements in the group. This mapping can be performed by modifying orthogonal sequences associated with the PHICH groups and/or by performing resource mapping in different manners for respective PHICH supergroups. Upon receiving a transmission of mapped PHICH information, a receiving entity can leverage knowledge of the mapping to decode transmitted PHICH information using the proper resource subset(s). | 09-24-2009 |
20090247166 | MEASURING NEIGHBORING CELL LOADING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate detecting cell interference and/or loading by analyzing control data transmitted between devices communicating in the cell. Control data resources can be transmitted related to communication received over data channels, and the control data resources can comprise quality indicators related to the data as well as resource identifiers that specify a resource over the data channel related to the data. Multiple control data resources can be transmitted per communication specifying a beginning and ending resource identifier of related data channel resources. If this control data is decodable at a wireless device, the associated resources corresponding to the resource identifiers can be marked as interfered and/or avoided in subsequent communication or resource allocation requests by the wireless device. | 10-01-2009 |
20090257390 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ENABLE UPLINK CONTROL FOR RESTRICTED ASSOCIATION NETWORKS - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate resource management in a wireless communication system. Various techniques described herein can enable a network cell in a wireless communication system (e.g. a macro cell) to mitigate the effects of interference on other surrounding network cells (e.g., femto cells embedded within the coverage of the macro cell). For example, a network cell can allocate control resources that overlap control resources of a nearby cell and assign resources within the region of overlap only to users that will not cause substantial interference to the nearby cell. As another example, a network cell can utilize a control channelization that partially coincides with a control and/or random access channelization of a nearby cell. The network cell can subsequently elect not to use the control resources in the coinciding region in order to enable the nearby cell to control the effects of interference though data scheduling. | 10-15-2009 |
20090257449 | METHODS OF RELIABLY SENDING CONTROL SIGNAL - Downlink PDCCH is communicated in a manner that mitigates a UE from decoding the PDCCH on multiple aggregation levels. Ambiguous payload sizes are identified and modified through zero padding with one or more bits based on the payload size. Aggregation level scrambling sequences can be generated such that a receiving UE can accurately identify the aggregation level on which to decode the PDCCH. Indicator bits that signal the aggregation level to a UE can also be included in the PDCCH. | 10-15-2009 |
20090259909 | PHYSICAL HARQ INDICATOR CHANNEL (PHICH) RESOURCE ASSIGNMENT SIGNALING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate signaling Physical Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) Indicator Channel (PHICH) resource assignments in a wireless communication environment. At least a portion of a current PHICH resource assignment for a current Transmission Time Interval (TTI) and at least a portion of a subsequent PHICH resource assignment for a subsequent TTI can be encoded within a common encoded signal. Further, the common encoded signal can be sent to an access terminal during the current TTI. For instance, the common encoded signal can be transmitted via a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH). Alternatively, the common encoded signal can be sent through dedicated Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling during handover. The access terminal can decode the common encoded signal received from the base station to identify the current PHICH resource assignment (or portion thereof) and the subsequent PHICH resource assignment (or portion thereof). | 10-15-2009 |
20090274109 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK ACK/NACK RESOURCE ALLOCATION - A method is provided to allocate resources for wireless communications. The method includes grouping downlink control channels from multiple subframes and ordering the downlink control channels across downlink subframes having a first control channel element located in a first symbol map and associated with reserved resources for an uplink channel. The method employs a symbol first mapping or a mixed-symbol/subframe first mapping to efficiently allocate the resources. | 11-05-2009 |
20090279500 | METHODS OF SENDING CONTROL INFORMATION FOR USERS SHARING THE SAME RESOURCE - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method for sending control information to multiple user terminals that share the same resources in a Spatial Division Multiple Access (SDMA) wireless system. The control information can be transmitted from an access point over a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) that is common for a plurality of user terminals. The overall PDCCH overhead can thus be reduced due to a smaller number of required PDCCH in the SDMA wireless system. | 11-12-2009 |
20090323957 | SCRAMBLING UNDER AN EXTENDED PHYSICAL-LAYER CELL IDENTITY SPACE - A method for wireless communications is provided. The method includes determining a set of physical layer cell identities and analyzing a current set of scrambling sequences. The method increases the current set of scrambling sequences to account for increases in the physical layer cell identities. | 12-31-2009 |
20100034161 | RNTI-DEPENDENT SCRAMBLING SEQUENCE INITIALIZATION - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate initializing scrambling sequence generation in a wireless communication environment. Scrambling sequence generation can be initialized (e.g., at a start of each subframe, . . . ) at least in part as a function of a type of Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI). Further, the type of RNTI utilized for initialization of scrambling sequence generation can correspond to a transmission type (e.g., whether the transmission is related to system information, paging, random access response, scheduled transmission or contention resolution message of a random access procedure, SPS traffic, regular unicast traffic, . . . ). Moreover, the scrambling sequence can be leveraged to scramble data for transmission over a data channel (e.g., Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), . . . ). Further, a receiving wireless communication apparatus can utilize a descrambling sequence similarly yielded based upon the type of RNTI corresponding to the transmission type. | 02-11-2010 |
20100035611 | REFERENCE SIGNAL DESIGN FOR CELL SEARCH IN AN ORTHOGONAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate efficient cell acquisition in a wireless communication system. In one aspect, a reference signal for use in cell acquisition can be constructed in a bandwidth-agnostic manner such that it contains a common central portion in a predetermined frequency band that is independent of a bandwidth utilized by an associated wireless communication system. The central portion can be constructed as a two-dimensional block in time and frequency that spans a default cell search bandwidth, a predetermined bandwidth specified by synchronization codes or other signals, or another suitable bandwidth. A reference signal can then be constructed form the central portion by tiling or expanding the central portion such that it spans the entire system bandwidth. | 02-11-2010 |
20100062783 | TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF DEDICATED REFERENCE SIGNALS - Providing a coding scheme for wireless communication downlink reference signals is described herein. By way of example, a dedicated reference signal is mapped to resources of a wireless channel as a function of an identifier (ID) of a cell in which the reference signal is transmitted. The function can be similar to mapping functions employed for common reference signals, or can be distinct from such functions. As one example of the latter, a dedicated reference signal mapping function can be shifted in time or frequency with respect to the common reference signal mapping function. By employing a mapping function based on cell ID, noise caused by concurrent transmission of reference signals can be mitigated in a manner readily determined by terminals in a wireless network. | 03-11-2010 |
20100067443 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS WITH FEMTO NODES - Systems and methods for performing a handoff of an access terminal from a macro node to a femto node are disclosed. In one embodiment, the femto node is configured to transmit a predetermined signal for determining signal quality and an identifier that uniquely identifies the femto node to the access terminal. The access terminal is configured to transmit the identifier to the macro node. The femto node is identified as a hand in target based on the transmitted identifier and the macro node is configured to hand in the access terminal to the femto node. | 03-18-2010 |
20100067514 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS WITH FEMTO NODES - Systems and methods for performing a handoff of an access terminal from a macro node to a femto node are disclosed. In one embodiment, the femto node is configured to transmit a predetermined signal for determining signal quality and an identifier that uniquely identifies the femto node to the access terminal. The access terminal is configured to transmit the identifier to the macro node. The femto node is identified as a hand in target based on the transmitted identifier and the macro node is configured to hand in the access terminal to the femto node. | 03-18-2010 |
20100067591 | EFFICIENTLY IDENTIFYING SYSTEM WAVEFORM IN UPLINK TRANSMISSION - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate indicating a type of waveform utilized for uplink transmission in a wireless communication environment. An access terminal can select a type of waveform from a set of possible waveform types. Moreover, a reference signal can be generated based upon the selected type of waveform. For instance, a sequence employed to yield the reference signal can be generated and/or chosen as a function of the selected type of waveform. According to another illustration, a tone location and/or a symbol location of the reference signal can be based upon the selected type of waveform. Further, the reference signal can be sent as part of the uplink transmission to the base station from the access terminal. The base station can detect the selected type of waveform utilized by the access terminal for the uplink transmission based upon parameter(s) recognized from the reference signal. | 03-18-2010 |
20100069066 | NEIGHBORING CELL SEARCH FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Systems and methodologies are described that effectuate or facilitate detecting a cell (serving or neighboring cell) in multichannel wireless communication environments. In accordance with various aspects set forth herein, systems and/or methods are provided that receive signals from multiple cells and identify candidate cells based at least in part on the received signals, compare signal metrics for each of the candidate cells, select signal metrics associated with each of the candidate cells, and compare signal metrics to identify proximate base stations located within a candidate cell. | 03-18-2010 |
20100074244 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLEXING DATA AND REFERENCE SIGNAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Certain aspects of the present disclosure allow reference and data-conveying modulations symbols to be multiplexed in the time domain to form an SC-FDM waveform. | 03-25-2010 |
20100091702 | Cell search based on beacon in a wireless communication system - Techniques for transmitting beacon signals to assist user equipments (UEs) perform cell search and techniques for detecting for beacon signals are described. In an aspect, cells may be assigned beacon patterns defined based on orthogonal grouping of subcarriers. U subcarriers usable for beacon may be arranged into G orthogonal groups, with each group including S subcarriers. different beacon patterns may be defined based on the G groups of S subcarriers. In another aspect, the cells may transmit their beacon signals at configurable transmit power levels, which may be determined based on target beacon detection performance. In yet another aspect, a UE may perform overlapping DFTs in order to capture more received power when symbol timing at the UE is not aligned with symbol timing of cells being detected. In yet another aspect, the UE may perform beacon detection with maximal likelihood decoding. | 04-15-2010 |
20100103906 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CELL SEARCH IN AN ORTHOGONAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Systems and methodologies are described that provide techniques for efficient cell search in a wireless communication system. In one aspect, a frequency reuse pattern can be generated by applying frequency shifts to reference signals transmitted from cells that provide coverage for a NodeB based on cell IDs or cell group IDs for the cells. The frequency shifts applied to reference signals can then be utilized as a basis for multiplexing reference signals from different cells using frequency division multiplexing (FDM) or a combination of FDM and other multiplexing techniques. Other adjustments to reference signals transmitted from respective cells, such as transmit power adjustments, can further be made to improve detection performance. | 04-29-2010 |
20100158176 | CHANNEL ESTIMATION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Techniques for deriving channel estimates with different channel estimation filters are described. In one scheme, a filter selection metric is determined for a signal to be recovered, a channel estimation filter is selected based on the filter selection metric, and a channel estimate is derived with the selected channel estimation filter. In another scheme, a first channel estimate is derived with a first channel estimation filter having a first filter response, a first signal is recovered with the first channel estimate, and interference due to the first signal is estimated and removed. A second channel estimate is derived with a second channel estimation filter having a second filter response that is different from the first filter response. | 06-24-2010 |
20100177653 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPUTING AND REPORTING CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATION (CQI) - Techniques for computing and reporting channel quality indication (CQI) are described. In an aspect, a plurality of CQI computation methods may be supported, and each CQI computation method may indicate how CQI should be computed. One CQI computation method may be selected for use. CQI may then be computed and reported in accordance with the selected CQI computation method. In an exemplary design, a user equipment (UE) may obtain a selected method for computing CQI, which may be chosen based on the UE capability and/or other factors. The selected method may specify (i) CQI computation for a specific codeword among a plurality of codewords or (ii) CQI computation by averaging signal quality across a plurality of layers used for transmission. The UE may compute CQI in accordance with the selected method, send the CQI to a base station, and receive data sent by the base station based on the CQI. | 07-15-2010 |
20100177700 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION MODES BASED ON MULTIPLE SEARCH SPACES - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique for enabling multiple transmission modes based on control information of different formats. | 07-15-2010 |
20100177810 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION MODES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique for enabling multiple transmission modes based on control information of different formats. | 07-15-2010 |
20100182903 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING OVERLOAD INDICATOR OVER THE AIR - Techniques for transmitting overload indicators over the air to UEs in neighbor cells are described. In one design, an overload indicator may be transmitted as a phase difference between at least one synchronization signal and a reference signal for a cell. In another design, an overload indicator may be transmitted as a phase difference between consecutive transmissions of at least one synchronization signal for a cell. In yet another design, an overload indicator may be transmitted by a cell on resources reserved for transmitting the overload indicator. In yet another design, an overload indicator may be transmitted by a cell on a low reuse channel or a broadcast channel. For all designs, a UE may receive overload indicators from neighbor cells, determine the loading of each neighbor cell based on the overload indicator for that cell, and control its operation based on the loading of the neighbor cells. | 07-22-2010 |
20100182979 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNALS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Techniques for facilitating cell search by user equipments (UEs) in a wireless communication system are described. In an aspect, a primary synchronization code (PSC) sequence may be generated based on a Frank sequence and a constant amplitude sequence that is repeated multiple times. In another aspect, a set of PSC sequences may be generated based on complementary sequences having good aperiodic correlation properties and efficient implementations. In one design, PSC sequences A+B and B+A may be formed based on Golay complementary sequences A and B, there “+” denotes concatenation. In yet another aspect, a set of secondary synchronization code (SSC) sequences may be generated based on a set of base sequences and different modulation symbols of a modulation scheme. Each base sequence may be modulated by each of M possible modulation symbols for the modulation scheme to obtain M different SSC sequences. | 07-22-2010 |
20100238823 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING INCONSISTENT CONTROL INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Techniques for handling inconsistent control information in a wireless communication system are described. In an aspect, inconsistent control information is handled in different manners for the downlink and uplink. In one design, a user equipment (UE) receives a first grant with first control information for a first data transmission and also receives a second grant with second control information for a second data transmission. The UE determines that the second control information is inconsistent with the first control information, e.g., due to the two grants conveying different transport block sizes. The UE determines whether to retain or discard the second grant based on whether the two grants are for data transmissions on the downlink or uplink. In one design, the UE retains the second grant if the two grants are for data transmissions on the downlink and discards the second grant if the two grants are for data transmissions on the uplink. | 09-23-2010 |
20100322177 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION HAVING REDUCED FEEDBACK DELAY - Providing for improved error control signaling in wireless communications is disclosed herein. By way of example, multiple transmissions can be conducted for a HARQ process prior to a scheduled feedback signal on the HARQ process, causing a receiving device to combine the multiple transmissions, rather than treat them as separate transmissions. In this manner, multiple transmissions can be employed to increase overall receive energy, without violating maximum transmit power constraints in a wireless communication. Further, these multiple transmissions can be configured based on prevailing signal strength at the receiving device, or based on processing capabilities of the receiving device, providing flexible protocols that can accommodate advanced as well as legacy UEs in wide range of wireless conditions. | 12-23-2010 |
20100322227 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COORDINATION OF SENDING REFERENCE SIGNALS FROM MULTIPLE CELLS - Methods and apparatus for coordination of sending reference signals in wireless network are disclosed. A network node may select a cell ID based on a measurement of adjacent cells so as to mitigate interference. A network node may communicate information to another network node to control transmitted resources in a protected interval so as to measure channel characteristics. | 12-23-2010 |
20110013560 | BROADCAST SIGNALING L1 OVERLOAD INDICATION - Devices and methods are provided for implementing an over-the-air (OTA) broadcast of an overload indication to reduce interference levels at neighboring node(s). In one embodiment, the method involves receiving the OTA broadcast of the overload indication from a neighboring node. The method further involves performing transmit power control based upon the received overload indication to reduce Interference over Thermal (IoT) noise at the neighboring node (e.g., by adjusting the transmit power spectral density). Such a method may be performed, for example, by an access terminal or a small base node. | 01-20-2011 |
20110014940 | USER EQUIPMENT AND BASE STATION BEHAVIOR IN RESPONSE TO AN OVERLOAD INDICATOR - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate responding to overload indicators in a wireless communication environment. A non-serving base station can send an over-the-air (OTA) overload indicator (OI) and a backhaul OI. A UE can receive the OTA OI from the non-serving base station, generate a report based upon the OTA OI, and send the report to a serving base station. The serving base station can receive the report from the UE, and generate a power control command for the UE based at least in part upon the report. Moreover, the serving base station can generate the power control command for the UE further based upon the backhaul OI received from the non-serving base station. For example, the UE can be configured to ignore the OTA OI. By way of another example, the serving base station can cause the non-serving base station to inhibit sending the backhaul OI. | 01-20-2011 |
20110026420 | LAYER SHIFTING FOR UPLINK MIMO - Wireless communications methods and related apparatuses are provided. The methods include analyzing a report or a channel quality indicator in a multiple-in-multiple-out (MIMO) wireless communications system. In one aspect, the methods include determining whether layer shifting should be employed in view of the report or channel quality indicator. The methods also include enabling or disabling layer shifting in an uplink communication based on the report or the channel quality indicator. | 02-03-2011 |
20110026421 | ADAPTIVE TRANSMISSIONS IN COORDINATED MULTIPLE POINT COMMUNICATIONS - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate adaptively communicating data to wireless devices. An access point can precode a dedicated reference signal (DRS) for transmitting to a wireless device, and the wireless device can receive the precoded DRS. The wireless device can determine the precoder by estimating a channel of the DRS and can provide channel condition feedback to the access point. The access point can create data signals including a single or a burst of data transmissions according to the feedback and can precode the data signals using the same precoder. The wireless device can additionally decode the data signals using the precoder. Moreover, the access point can cycle through precoders according to a patterned, random, pseudo-random, and/or similar sequence. | 02-03-2011 |
20110026473 | DETERMINING CONTROL REGION PARAMETERS FOR MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION POINTS - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate determining control region parameters related to a plurality of carriers and/or coordinated multiple point (CoMP) access points. Wireless devices can receive control region parameters related to the carriers or CoMP access points from a serving access point over control channel resources. Additionally or alternatively, wireless devices can assume all carriers or CoMP access points have substantially the same control region as indicated in a control format indicator channel from the serving access point or based on a configured value. | 02-03-2011 |
20110026622 | HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST OPERATION AND DECODING STATUS SIGNALING FOR UPLINK MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate conveying decoding statuses in a wireless communication environment. A UE can transmit a plurality of codewords as part of an uplink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission to a base station. The base station can receive and attempt to decode the plurality of codewords. Further, decoding statuses for the plurality of codewords can be determined. Moreover, the decoding statuses for the plurality of codewords can be signaled to the UE. For example, the decoding statuses for the plurality of codewords can be conveyed via a single PHICH. According to another example, multiple PHICHs can convey the decoding statuses. Pursuant to a further example, the decoding statuses can be conveyed at least in part via a PDCCH. | 02-03-2011 |
20110026631 | PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL (PUCCH) RESOURCE MAPPING WITH TRANSMIT DIVERSITY - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for control channel resource mapping with transmit diversity. In an aspect, a method for wireless communications is provided with includes transmitting a signal associated with a downlink control channel, where the downlink control channel spans at least one group of resource elements (REs), and the group of REs indicates a first orthogonal resource to be used by a user equipment (UE). The method also includes signaling a second orthogonal resource to be used by the UE. | 02-03-2011 |
20110026645 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR BROADCAST CHANNEL DECODING - Techniques for reliable channel decoding in a wireless network are provided. In one aspect, a wireless device receives system information over a physical broadcast channel of a downlink transmission. The wireless device decodes the physical broadcast channel of a current radio frame using a plurality of hypotheses until the decoding passes a cyclic redundancy check. Thereafter, the wireless device compares system information from the current radio frame with information obtained from a previous radio frame. The information from the previous radio frame may include one or more network parameters which may be stored in a memory of the wireless device. In some aspects, the comparison may be performed over a plurality of radio frames. Based at least in part on a result of the comparing, the wireless device may selectively reject system information from one or more of the radio frames. | 02-03-2011 |
20110026653 | CHANNEL ESTIMATION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Techniques for deriving channel estimates with different channel estimation filters are described. In one scheme, a filter selection metric is determined for a signal to be recovered, a channel estimation filter is selected based on the filter selection metric, and a channel estimate is derived with the selected channel estimation filter. In another scheme, a first channel estimate is derived with a first channel estimation filter having a first filter response, a first signal is recovered with the first channel estimate, and interference due to the first signal is estimated and removed. A second channel estimate is derived with a second channel estimation filter having a second filter response that is different from the first filter response. | 02-03-2011 |
20110038329 | EFFICIENT CONTROL CHANNEL DECODING IN CoMP COMMUNICATIONS - Certain embodiments of the present disclosure propose two efficient designs for a control channel in a Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP) system. The proposed designs enable a user equipment (UE) to transmit acknowledgement (ACK) and negative acknowledgement (NACK) signals to one or more access points (APs) upon receiving transmissions from them. | 02-17-2011 |
20110038330 | ROBUST DECODING OF CoMP TRANSMISSIONS - Techniques for transmitting data and resource signals (RS) are provided. According to certain aspects, an access point may determine RS resource locations related to one or more access points in a CoMP set transmitting a common reference signal (CRS), map data transmissions initially over resources other than those related to the RS resource locations, and map remaining data transmissions over resources related to the RS resource locations. According to certain aspects, a wireless device may receive a signal from access points in a coordinated multiple point (CoMP) communication set comprising a common reference signal (CRS) superimposed over data, determine CRS locations in the signal that correspond to the CRS, and decode data from the signal based at least in part on the determined CRS locations. | 02-17-2011 |
20110039595 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OVERLOAD INDICATION - Devices and methods are provided for transmit power control in a wireless communication environment. In one embodiment, the method may involve measuring an interference amount over at least one of a sub-band and a full bandwidth. The method may involve assigning a level to the measured interference amount, the level comprising one of an overloaded level and an underloaded level. The method may involve encoding the level as an overload indicator, the overload indicator being conditioned on the sub-band such that the overload indicator includes enhanced layer symbols regarding the level of the measured interference amount. The method may involve conveying the overload indicator to at least one mobile device. | 02-17-2011 |
20110044188 | TIMING ADJUSTMENTS IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Methods, systems, apparatus and computer program products are provided to improve synchronization of information units communicated in a wireless communication system. Timing misalignment in the transmission of adjacent information units can produce gaps or overlaps in the transmitted information. In a long-term evolution (LTE) wireless communication system, such gaps and overlaps can be eliminated or reduced by adjusting the lengths of a cyclic prefix portion of one or more transmitted symbols. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the disclosed subject matter. Therefore, it is to be understood that it should not be used to interpret or limit the scope or the meaning of the claims. | 02-24-2011 |
20110044247 | MAXIMUM POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY REPORTING IN RESPONSE TO OVERLOAD INDICATIONS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure propose methods for reporting information such as a maximum power spectral density to a serving access point after receiving overload indicators from one or more neighboring access points. The reported information may be multiplexed with other information (e.g., Channel Quality Indicator (CQI), Precoding Matrix Index (PMI), rank indication (RI) or acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgment (NACK) message for downlink data channel) before transmission to the serving access point. In addition, the information may be transmitted in a medium access control (MAC) packet data unit (PDU). | 02-24-2011 |
20110044296 | UPLINK POWER CONTROL FOR MULTIPLE TRANSMIT ANTENNAS - Techniques for controlling the transmit power of a user equipment (UE) using multiple antennas for uplink transmission are described. In one design, the UE receives at least one transmit power control (TPC) command for the multiple antennas. The UE adjusts the transmit power for each antenna based on the TPC command(s). In one design, the UE receives a single TPC command for all antennas and adjusts the transmit power for each antenna based on this TPC command. All antennas may then have equal transmit power. In another design, the UE receives multiple TPC commands for multiple antenna groups, one TPC command for each antenna group. Each antenna group may include one antenna or more than one antenna. The UE adjusts the transmit power for each antenna group based on the TPC command for that antenna group. All antennas in each antenna group may have equal transmit power. | 02-24-2011 |
20110053603 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING DOWNLINK INFORMATION - Systems and methods facilitating communication of downlink information are provided. In one embodiment, a method can include receiving a signal indicative of a base station enabling or disabling a function, wherein the function is configured to transmit information carried in control channels using selected downlink information; receiving the selected downlink information at one or more locations; and determining a resource allocation of at least one of paging information or system information or unicast data information based, at least, on the selected downlink information. The determining can be performed without decoding control channels corresponding to the selected downlink information in response to receiving a signal indicative of the function being enabled. | 03-03-2011 |
20110064037 | CROSS-SUBFRAME CONTROL CHANNEL DESIGN - Certain aspects of the disclosure relate to performing cross-subframe control channel signaling for wireless communications. A method may be provided for signaling downlink control channel resource allocations and/or physical control format indications in a subframe different from the subframe in which a downlink data transmission may be performed. In one aspect, the method may include transmitting PDCCH and/or PCFICH during a first subframe to allocate resources for a PDSCH during a second subframe and transmitting the PDSCH during the second subframe. | 03-17-2011 |
20110070845 | MULTIPLE CARRIER INDICATION AND DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION INTERACTION - Methods, systems, apparatus and computer program products are provided to facilitate the configuration and allocation of cross-carrier control information associated with transmissions of a wireless communication system. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the disclosed subject matter. Therefore, it is to be understood that it should not be used to interpret or limit the scope or the meaning of the claims. | 03-24-2011 |
20110077038 | SCRAMBLING SEQUENCE INITIALIZATION FOR COORDINATED MULTI-POINT TRANSMISSIONS - Methods, systems, apparatus and computer program products are provided for generating a shared initialization code for physical channel data scrambling in an LTE Advanced coordinated multipoint transmission network. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the disclosed subject matter. Therefore, it is to be understood that it should not be used to interpret or limit the scope or the meaning of the claims. | 03-31-2011 |
20110085460 | REPORTING OF TIMING INFORMATION TO SUPPORT DOWNLINK DATA TRANSMISSION - Techniques for reporting timing information to facilitate data transmission on a downlink are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive signals from a plurality of cells available for data transmission to the UE. Each cell may have a different propagation delay to the UE. The UE may determine timing information based on the received signals and may report the timing information to one or more of the cells. The timing information may include a receive time of each cell at the UE. The UE may receive a data transmission from at least one cell, which can be selected from the plurality of cells, based on the timing information. The at least one cell may provide a coordinated or a non-coordinated data transmission. A coordinated transmission mode may be determined based on the timing information and can include, for example, a joint transmission, a coordinated beamforming, or a coordinated silencing. | 04-14-2011 |
20110090983 | TRANSMISSION STRATEGY IN MBSFN SUBFRAMES - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for adjusting transmission gap between Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) symbols and non-MBFSN symbols within a MBSFN subframe. | 04-21-2011 |
20110092231 | TIME AND FREQUENCY ACQUISITION AND TRACKING FOR OFDMA WIRELESS SYSTEMS - Obtaining a timing reference in wireless communication is facilitated when desiring to communicate with a weak serving base station (such as an evolved NodeB) in the presence of a stronger interfering base station. The user equipment (UE) may track a stronger interfering base station's timing, or the UE may track a timing that is derived by a composite power delay profile (PDP) from multiple base stations. The composite PDP may be constructed by adjusting individual base station PDPs according to a weighting scheme. The timing obtained in such a manner may be used for estimation of the channel of the interfering base station and cancelling interfering signals from the base station. It may also be used to estimate the channel of the serving base station after adding a backoff. The UE may track a stronger interfering base station's frequency, or the UE may track a composite frequency. | 04-21-2011 |
20110103247 | CHANNEL STATUS REPORTING - Methods, systems, apparatus and computer program products are provided to facilitate the transmission of channel status information in wireless systems, such as advanced long-term evolution (LTE-A) systems. Requests for aperiodic channel status reports are generated in systems that use multiple carriers and operate in multiple-in-multiple-out (MIMO) configurations. The request enables a user equipment to configure two transport blocks for the transmission of channel status information only. In some instances, data, in addition to channel status information, is transmitted by the user equipment. | 05-05-2011 |
20110111781 | REFERENCE SIGNALING FOR A HIGH-MOBILITY WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A base station for enabling communication with a high-mobility wireless communication device is described. The base station includes a processor and instructions stored in memory. The base station identifies a high-mobility wireless communication device and sends a reference signal configuration. The base station also allocates an additional specific reference signal and sends the additional specific reference signal to the high-mobility wireless communication device. | 05-12-2011 |
20110116428 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING BLIND DECODING RESULTS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Systems and methodologies are described herein that facilitate processing and pruning of blind decoding results (e.g., associated with grant signaling) within a wireless communication environment. As described herein, blind decoding results associated with grant signaling and/or other suitable signaling can be pruned in various manners, thereby reducing false alarm probabilities associated with such results. For example, techniques are provided herein for constraining respective decoding candidates to possible radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) values, performing validity checking on payload of respective decoding candidates, and selecting a most likely decoding candidate from a previously pruned set of candidates. Further, techniques are described herein for generating filler bits (e.g., padding bits, reserved bits, etc.) in a grant message according to a predefined pattern, thereby enabling checking of such bits to further reduce false alarm rates. | 05-19-2011 |
20110116561 | MONITORING AND CORRECTING TIMING ERRORS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Providing for improved tracking and correction of timing in wireless communications is disclosed herein. By way of example, a first algorithm can be employed to track timing of a wireless signal, based on one dimension of the signal. Additionally, a second algorithm based on a different dimension of the signal can be employed to verify the timing and reduce errors in timing analysis. Various signal dimensions can be employed for the analysis, including cyclic prefix, frequency, channel impulse response, or the like, or a combination thereof. Additionally, different channels of the wireless signal can also be analyzed by the first algorithm and the second algorithm. Furthermore, the second algorithm can be selected to reduce deficiencies identified in the first algorithm, to improve overall timing analysis, reduce undetected timing errors or false errors, and improve timing correction. | 05-19-2011 |
20110129009 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT CHANNEL ESTIMATION - Aspects of the present disclosure describe an efficient channel estimation algorithm for high-speed processing of dedicated reference signals. The channel estimation algorithm may utilize one or more compressed interpolation matrices. The compressed interpolation matrices may be selected based on the Doppler value and signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the channel. | 06-02-2011 |
20110141901 | ROBUST UE RECEIVER - Methods, systems, apparatus and computer program products are provided to improve the reliability of data reception. In one provided embodiment, a communication signal is parsed by a communication device to identify repeat request identifiers. The device determines an inter-arrival time of two instances of the same identifier and processes the communication signal based on a comparison between the inter-arrival time and a predetermined time. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the disclosed subject matter. Therefore, it is to be understood that it should not be used to interpret or limit the scope or the meaning of the claims. | 06-16-2011 |
20110141927 | PRECODING CONTROL CHANNELS IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate precoding signals transmitted over downlink control channels to provide transmit diversity. A dedicated reference signal (DRS) related to a wireless device can additionally be precoded such that the wireless device can determine a precoder or related parameters based at least in part on performing a channel estimate for the precoded DRS signal. The wireless device can utilize the determined precoder or related parameters to decode precoded signals received over downlink control channel resources. Additionally or alternatively, an access point can signal a sequence of precoders to the wireless device. The access point can cycle through the sequence of precoders to precode signals for transmission over downlink control channel resources, and the wireless device can decode the signals based at least in part on similarly cycling through the precoders for received signals. | 06-16-2011 |
20110141971 | MECHANISMS FOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE ACROSS CELLS TO FACILITATE RECEPTION IN A HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which a signal including a signal from a UE is received. System information of a neighboring eNodeB is obtained. The received signal is processed based on the system information in order to enhance the received signal with respect to the signal from the UE. | 06-16-2011 |
20110143672 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR PARALLEL CHANNEL ESTIMATION AND INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION - Certain aspects of the disclosure propose parallel channel estimation and interference cancellation in a wireless communications system. For each common reference signal tone offset, interference cancellation and channel estimation may be performed independently. The proposed channel estimation method may increase performance of a system. | 06-16-2011 |
20110143696 | PUSCH TRANSMIT DELIVERY SCHEME SELECTION - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method for uplink wireless communications. In one aspect, a diversity scheme may be selectively and adaptively applied to an uplink transmission based on a determination of whether the uplink transmission comprises one or more orphan symbols. According to an aspect, the determination is made based on whether a sounding reference signal is received in the uplink subframe and whether the uplink subframe is configured with a normal or extended cyclic prefix. | 06-16-2011 |
20110143762 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PHYSICAL RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL PROCESSING - Systems and methods for processing a physical random access channel are provided. In some embodiments, a method can include: receiving a signal indicative of a strong user and a desired user on a physical random access channel; performing at least one of a single segment frequency domain detection or a multi-segment frequency domain detection on the signal indicative of a strong user and a desired user; generating a residual signal by cancelling out the signal indicative of a strong user; and obtaining a message transmitted by a user equipment by performing at least one of the single segment frequency domain detection or multi-segment frequency domain detection on the residual signal. | 06-16-2011 |
20110149894 | PROTECTION OF BROADCAST SIGNALS IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - Certain aspects of the disclosure provide for the protection of broadcast signals in heterogeneous networks. As described herein, a first set of resources used for downlink transmission in a first cell may overlap with a second set of resources used for broadcast signals in a second cell. The broadcast signals may be protected by allocating a third set of resources for the downlink transmission in the first cell, wherein the third set of resources is based, at least in part, on the overlapping set of resources. | 06-23-2011 |
20110159914 | Interaction Between Accumulative Power Control And Minimum/Maximum Transmit Power In LTE Systems - Methods and apparatus in a wireless communication system are described for receiving and processing transmit power control commands, where, for example, the response to the transmit power control commands is conditionally decoupled from at least one of a transmit bandwidth parameter, a transport format parameter and a power stepsize limit. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the disclosed subject matter. Therefore, it is to be understood that it should not be used to interpret or limit the scope or the meaning of the claims. | 06-30-2011 |
20110164707 | UTILIZATION OF A KNOWN PORTION OF A PAYLOAD TO DECODE A PAYLOAD HAVING A KNOWN AND AN UNKNOWN PORTION - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which a payload is received, the payload having a known portion and an unknown portion. The payload is decoded through correlation, where correlation includes the generation of a plurality of payload hypothesis based on possible combinations of the unknown portion and using the known portion and the generation of a metric value based on each of the plurality of payload hypothesis. The received payload is selected through a determination of the payload hypothesis having a largest generated metric value. | 07-07-2011 |
20110176619 | RETRANSMISSION GRANT HANDLING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided that may help account for scenarios in which a transport block size (TBS) for a retransmission may be determined based on a first grant, while a number of resource blocks (RBs) assigned for the retransmission may be determined from a second grant. | 07-21-2011 |
20110188393 | REPORTING OF CHANNEL INFORMATION TO SUPPORT COORDINATED MULTI-POINT DATA TRANSMISSION - Techniques for reporting channel information are described. In one aspect, a plurality of channel information reporting modes are available to a user equipment (UE) for reporting channel information for coordinated multi-point (CoMP) data transmission. The UE may determine a first channel information reporting mode to use, determine first channel information related to at least one cell in a CoMP measurement set of the UE, and send the first channel information in accordance with the first channel information reporting mode to one or more cells in the CoMP measurement set. The UE may also determine a second channel information reporting mode to use, determine second channel information related to multiple cells in the CoMP measurement set, and send the second channel information in accordance with the second channel information reporting mode. A plurality of channel feedback configurations may be supported, including a single-stage, a two-stage, and/or a one-shot channel configurations. | 08-04-2011 |
20110188460 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SENDING POWER CONTROL INFORMATION - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate sending a power control command in a wireless communication environment. A base station can send a power control command to a UE through resource elements reserved for at least one Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH). Thus, the power control command can be punctured into a control channel element (CCE) reserved for the at least one PDCCH. Further, the base station can convey an indicator that specifies the resource elements reserved for the at least one PDCCH used for sending the power control command to the UE. Moreover, the base station can use a structure similar to a conventional (e.g., Release 8, . . . ) PHICH structure for sending the power control command using the resource elements reserved for the at least one PDCCH. For example, the power control command can be spread using one or more Walsh codes assigned to the UE. | 08-04-2011 |
20110188462 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING EXPANSION AND BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY PRESERVATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide for signaling to expanded capability UEs that may limit the interruption of legacy UEs. According to certain aspects, a base station (e.g., an eNB) may generate and transmit one or more signals containing information that is recognizable by at least one expanded capability UE and identified as invalid by at least one legacy UE. An expanded capability UE may receive such signaling and identifying supplemental information in the signaling, while a legacy UE may regard the signaling as invalid. | 08-04-2011 |
20110188587 | MIMO RELATED SIGNALING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) related signaling in a wireless communication system. In an aspect, a method for wireless communication is provided which includes receiving a signal associated with a downlink control channel, the signal including information specific to a user equipment (UE); and selecting, based on the information, a UE-specific reference signal (RS) pattern from a plurality of UE-specific RS patterns. | 08-04-2011 |
20110190024 | INTERFERENCE MITIGATION BY PUNCTURING TRANSMISSION OF INTERFERING CELLS - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate controlling interference in a heterogeneous wireless communication environment. A Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) transmission from an interfering base station can be punctured based upon a puncturing pattern as a function of a cell identifier (ID) and a transmit time. Puncturing can be effectuated by applying power control. Thus, a punctured symbol or subframe can have a reduced transmit power or a transmit power set to zero. Further, the puncturing pattern can be defined on a subframe basis or on a symbol basis. | 08-04-2011 |
20110194430 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UNIFIED CHANNEL ESTIMATION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Certain aspects of the disclosure propose a unified channel estimation algorithm that combines two or more channel estimation algorithms in a single piece of hardware or software. The proposed unified channel estimation may dynamically switch, based on one or more metrics, between different modes of operation that utilize different channel estimation algorithms. | 08-11-2011 |
20110195684 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTERFERENCE DECREASE/CANCELLATION ON DOWNLINK ACQUISITION SIGNALS - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for receiving a signal including components from a plurality of cells, estimating a channel from the received signal using one or more channel estimation schemes, removing a component signal using the estimated channel from the received signal to generate a processed signal and detecting a residual signal in the processed signal. | 08-11-2011 |
20110199944 | APERIODIC SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for facilitating an aperiodic transmission of a sounding reference signal (SRS) are disclosed. Transmission resources are allocated to the aperiodic SRS transmission. A portion of a first downlink control message is modified to produce a second downlink control message, where the first downlink control message does not trigger an aperiodic SRS transmission. The second downlink message is transmitted. | 08-18-2011 |
20110205982 | METHOD AND APPARATUS THAT FACILITATES DETECTING SYSTEM INFORMATION BLOCKS IN A HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK - Aspects are disclosed for detecting a system information block (SIB) within a heterogeneous network. In one aspect, a type of scheduling information pertaining to an SIB is selected, and a parameter known to a wireless terminal is associated with the type of scheduling information. The wireless terminal then decodes the SIB by deriving the scheduling information from the known parameters, without having to decode a Physical Downlink Control Channel. | 08-25-2011 |
20110211595 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE AN EARLY DECODING OF SIGNALS IN RELAY BACKHAUL LINKS - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are disclosed that facilitate an early decoding of relay signals. A relay receives a signal within a sub-frame from a network. A first and second reference symbol is detected within the sub-frame such that the first reference symbol is detected before the second reference symbol. The signal is then decode based on the first reference symbol. | 09-01-2011 |
20110216842 | TRANSMISSION OF UE-SPECIFIC REFERENCE SIGNAL FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Techniques for transmitting UE-specific reference signals (UE-RSs) in a wireless network are described. In an aspect, a UE-RS may be transmitted in different manners depending on the number of layers used for data transmission. In one design, a cell may determine subcarriers for a UE-RS based on a frequency shift if data is transmitted on one layer and based on a predetermined set of subcarriers (with no frequency shift) if data is transmitted on multiple layers. In another aspect, a UE-RS may be transmitted on subcarriers determined based on a frequency shift for data transmission on multiple layers. In yet another aspect, a UE-RS may be transmitted from a plurality of cells to a UE for coordinated multi-point (CoMP). In yet another aspect, a UE-RS may be transmitted in a data section of a subframe including only the data section. | 09-08-2011 |
20110222491 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING CONTROL INFORMATION WITH ENHANCED COVERAGE IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Techniques for sending control information in a manner to improve reliability are described. In an aspect, control information may be sent on multiple control channels, which may be independently configured and operated, in order to improve reliability. In one design, a base station may send signaling to instruct at least one UE to receive control information on both a first control channel (e.g., a Physical Downlink control Channel (PDCCH)) and a second control channel (e.g., a Relay PDCCH (R-PDCCH)). The base station may send control information for the at least one UE on the first and second control channels, e.g., in different time and/or frequency regions of a subframe. In another aspect, control information may be sent on a control channel in multiple subframes with bundling to improve reliability. A user equipment (UE) may perform the complementary processing to recover the control information sent by the base station on multiple control channels or with bundling. | 09-15-2011 |
20110228732 | METHODS OF RESOLVING PDCCH CONFUSION IN LTE - In a method of wireless communication, a UE receives a configuration to receive a CIF for a serving cell of a plurality of serving cells. In addition, the UE monitors a PDCCH on a primary cell of the plurality of serving cells. Said primary cell is different than said serving cell. Furthermore, the UE assumes information received in the PDCCH is for said primary cell when the received information has a common payload size and is in a common search space with a first CCE index in the common search space being equal to a first CCE index in a UE specific search space. | 09-22-2011 |
20110228883 | COMBINING DECISION METRICS FOR DECODING BASED ON PAYLOAD DIFFERENCE - Decision metrics used to decode wireless communication payloads are combined for successive frames to improve decoding of the later received frames. A bitwise payload difference between successive frames is encoded in the same manner the payloads are encoded. Decision metrics determined for the earlier received frame are combined with the encoded payload difference to generate adjusted decision metrics. The adjusted decision metrics are combined with decision metrics determined for the later received frame. The combined decision metrics are decoded to generate a payload for the later received frame. If the decoding is not successful the combined decision metrics are carried forward and the process is repeated based on the payload difference between the following frames. | 09-22-2011 |
20110235584 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELIABLE TRANSMISSION OF CONTROL INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Techniques for reliably transmitting and receiving control information in a wireless network are described. A cell may typically send control information on a control channel and associated data (e.g., system information) on a data channel in the same subframe. This subframe may have strong interference from other cells. For cross-subframe signaling, the cell may transmit the control information in a first subframe and the associated data in a second subframe. The first subframe may be a usable subframe for the cell and may have less interference from other cells. A UE may not know the location of the first subframe and may perform window-based decoding. The UE may decode the control channel in at least one subframe within a decoding window covering the first subframe to obtain the control information. The UE may then decode the data channel in the second subframe based on the control information to obtain the data. | 09-29-2011 |
20110235597 | REFERENCE SIGNALS FOR MULTI-USER MIMO COMMUNICATION - Methods and apparatuses are provided that facilitate generating sequences for transmitting reference signals (RS) based at least in part on a cell identifier or other parameters common for a plurality of cells. Where the plurality of cells provide similar joint uplink resources to a device in multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), the device can transmit a signal to the plurality of cells over the joint uplink resources. For RSs transmitted according to a sequence generated based on a cell specific identifier or other parameters, the device can utilize a cell identifier, or other parameters, common to the plurality of cells such that the plurality of cells can all decode the RSs. In this regard as well, the plurality of cells can each receive or generate the common cell identifier or other parameters to properly decode the RSs. | 09-29-2011 |
20110235601 | PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL (PDSCH) PROTECTION - According to certain aspects, resource blocks used for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmissions may be allocated in a manner to manage interference in neighboring cells. According to certain aspects, one or more guard RBs may be utilized when transmitting PDSCH in a first cell an effort to reduce interference by transmissions in a second cell. | 09-29-2011 |
20110237267 | UE-RS SEQUENCE INITIALIZATION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Pseudo-random sequences of a plurality of user equipment specific reference signals (UE-RSs) for use by a plurality of user equipments (UEs) are initialized, the initialization of each pseudo-random sequence associated with each UE-RS being independent of a specific UE identifier and independent of a resource bandwidth assigned to a specific UE. Pseudo-random sequences of the UE-RSs are generated. At least one of the pseudo-random sequences is mapped to a portion of common resources for at least one UE among the plurality of UEs. | 09-29-2011 |
20110243012 | FEEDBACK OF CONTROL INFORMATION FOR MULTIPLE CARRIERS - Techniques for sending control information relating to multiple downlink carriers and data on a single uplink carrier are described. A user equipment (UE) may be scheduled to transmit on a designated uplink carrier. The UE can multiplex control information for multiple downlink carriers with data for transmission on the uplink carrier in a same subframe. Multiplexing may be performed according to a type of the control information and/or an ordering, priority, or association of the downlink carriers. The UE can selectively encode the control information separately for each downlink carrier and/or jointly across downlink carriers. The control information may be mapped to a single layer or multiple layers of a data channel. The UE may send the multiplexed control information and data on the data channel in the subframe while maintaining a single-carrier waveform. | 10-06-2011 |
20110243075 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESS PROCEDURE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An enhanced random access procedure for current and future versions of user equipment communicating with base stations. A random access preamble is transmitted, wherein the random access preamble comprises release version information of a user equipment. A payload portion of a random access response is derived, and a contention resolution message is received. | 10-06-2011 |
20110249643 | CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - According to certain aspects, techniques for periodically reporting channel state information (CSI) on protected and unprotected resources are provided. The protected resources may include resources in which transmissions in a first cell are protected by restricting transmissions in a second cell. | 10-13-2011 |
20110249647 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE TRANSMISSION OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SIGNALS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - In accordance with aspects of the disclosure, a method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for wireless communication. The method, apparatus, and computer program product may be provided for mapping a first signal to one or more resource elements being utilized by a second signal and transmitting the first signal utilizing the resource elements. The method, apparatus, and computer program product may be provided for pre-defining one or more resource blocks in a data region of a frame structure and transmitting an acknowledgement signal in at least one of the pre-defined resource blocks. The method, apparatus, and computer program product may be provided for identifying at least one downlink control channel and transmitting acknowledgment signals in the at least one downlink control channel for a plurality of user equipment. | 10-13-2011 |
20110249767 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REFERENCE SIGNAL SEQUENCE MAPPING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A wireless communication method implemented in a multi-user, multi-input multi-output MU-MIMO system is disclosed which includes forming one or more antenna port sets, wherein an antenna port set comprises two or more antenna ports and allocating transmission resources to a user equipment reference signal UE-RS, the allocating being based at least in part on an antenna port set index. | 10-13-2011 |
20110250913 | RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE ENHANCEMENTS FOR HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide various mechanisms that allow a user equipment to convey information regarding one or more attributes to a base station during a random access (RA) procedure. The attributes may include, for example a capability of the UE (e.g., to support a particular feature or version of a standard) or a condition of the UE (e.g., if it is currently experiencing an interference condition). | 10-13-2011 |
20110250919 | CQI ESTIMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Techniques for estimating and reporting channel quality indicator (CQI) are disclosed. Neighboring base stations may cause strong interference to one another and may be allocated different resources, e.g., different subframes. A UE may observe different levels of interference on different resources. In an aspect, the UE may determine a CQI for resources allocated to a base station and having reduced or no interference from at least one interfering base station. In another aspect, the UE may determine multiple CQI for resources of different types and associated with different interference levels. For example, the UE may determine a first CQI based on at least one first subframe allocated to the base station and having reduced or no interference from the interfering base station(s). The UE may determine a second CQI based on at least one second subframe allocated to the interfering base station(s). | 10-13-2011 |
20110255486 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CROSS-CELL COORDINATION AND SIGNALING - Methods and apparatus for providing cross-cell signaling and/or coordination for interference mitigation in wireless communication networks are described. In one aspect, a UE associated with a serving eNB may receive control signaling from another non-serving eNB in a different cell. The control signaling may be consistent with a characteristic of the serving eNB and associated cell. In another aspect, multiple eNBs may coordinate transmission of DL resources to minimize collisions of control signaling resources. | 10-20-2011 |
20110255489 | HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK PARTITION IN TDD BEYOND RADIO FRAME - Maintaining uplink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) compatibility with extended radio frames includes partitioning subframe groups over an extended radio frame having a length of time greater than a time defined for a single radio frame. User equipment (UE) suspends PUSCH (physical uplink shared channel) retransmission in the extended radio frame, in accordance with hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) timing of a subframe group assigned to the UE. | 10-20-2011 |
20110256861 | RADIO LINK MONITORING (RLM) AND REFERENCE SIGNAL RECEIVED POWER (RSRP) MEASUREMENT FOR HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - A method for communicating in an advanced long term evolution (LTE-A) network using common reference signal (CRS) resources associated with different interference levels due to resource partitioning is disclosed. Signals are received from an eNodeB indicating a subset of CRS resources for radio link monitoring (RLM) and/or reference signal received power (RSRP) measuring. The subset of CRS resources includes the CRS resources expected to have lower interference from the interfering eNodeBs. RLM and/or RSRP measurements are performed based on the indicated subset. | 10-20-2011 |
20110261673 | MODIFIED SPATIAL DIVERSITY SCHEMES FOR COVERAGE ENHANCEMENT - In one aspect, a method to enhance coverage in a heterogeneous wireless network wireless communication is disclosed. The method includes generating a reference signal indicating a plurality of transmit antenna ports and generating modulation symbols. Modulation symbols are assigned to each of the plurality of transmit antenna ports, in accordance with a spatial diversity coding scheme for the plurality of transmit antenna ports. At least one of the modulation symbols assigned to at least one of the plurality of transmit antenna ports is muted prior to transmission in accordance with the spatial diversity coding scheme. The non-muted modulation symbols and the reference signal are transmitted on the other of the plurality of transmit antenna ports. | 10-27-2011 |
20110261768 | SHARING CONTROL CHANNEL RESOURCES - A method for reusing control channel resources in a wireless system includes selecting a subset of control channel resources from a specified set of control channel resources in a search space of the wireless system. The subset is smaller than the set. In addition, the method includes transmitting a first control channel using only the subset of control channel resources. Further, the method includes selecting at least one of the control channel resources not transmitted in the first control channel. Furthermore, the method includes transmitting a different control channel using at least one of the control channel resources specified for but not scheduled in the first control channel. | 10-27-2011 |
20110267937 | INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION - A method to enhance coverage and/or throughput in a heterogeneous wireless network includes detecting interference between a neighboring cell and a serving cell. The method also includes cancelling the interference using an adaptive technique based on whether the interference has colliding Common Reference Signal (CRS) tones. | 11-03-2011 |
20110268007 | COORDINATED MULTI-POINT (CoMP) NETWORK AND PROTOCOL ARCHITECTURE - Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to wireless communication systems, and more particularly to a coordinated multi-point network and protocol architecture. One aspect discloses a method of wireless communication and includes receiving a measurement report from a user equipment (UE). Coordinated multi point (CoMP) control messages are transmitted from a first eNodeB to a second eNodeB at a medium access control (MAC) layer in response to the received measurement report. | 11-03-2011 |
20110268049 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RANDOM ACCESS SIGNALING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for providing random access signaling in a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless communication system are provided. The apparatus and method determine a random access transmission scheme for the MIMO communication system based at least in part on a number of transmit antennas in the system. The random access signals are transmitted in a random access channel using the random access transmission scheme. Power control for the random access channel is performed based at least in part on the random access transmission scheme. | 11-03-2011 |
20110268080 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL AND DATA MULTIPLEXING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A method of wireless communication includes determining a number of symbols for uplink control information (UCI) on each of a plurality of layers, multiplexing symbols for the UCI with data on multiple layers such that the symbols are time aligned across the layers, and sending the multiplexed symbols on the multiple layers on uplink. In some designs, the number of symbols for the UCI may be determined based on a spectral resource parameter. | 11-03-2011 |
20110268101 | TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF PROXIMITY DETECTION SIGNAL FOR PEER DISCOVERY - Techniques for performing peer discovery to enable peer-to-peer (P2P) communication are disclosed. In an aspect, a proximity detection signal used for peer discovery may be generated based on one or more physical channels and/or signals used in a wireless network. In one design, a user equipment (UE) may generate a proximity detection signal occupying at least one resource block based on a SC-FDMA modulation technique. In another design, the UE may generate a proximity detection signal occupying at least one resource block based on an OFDMA modulation technique. The UE may generate SC-FDMA symbols or OFDMA symbols in different manners for different physical channels. In yet another design, the UE may generate a proximity detection signal including a primary synchronization signal and a secondary synchronization signal. For all designs, the UE may transmit the proximity detection signal to indicate its presence and to enable other UEs to detect the UE. | 11-03-2011 |
20110273992 | CARRIER PRECONFIGURATION FOR PDCCH MONITORING IN MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEMS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for carrier preconfiguration for monitoring for transmissions of downlink control information (DCI), for example, conveyed in physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmissions utilizing multiple carriers. The methods and apparatuses described herein may be applied in both frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD) systems. | 11-10-2011 |
20110274022 | MODULATION AND CODING SCHEME ADJUSTMENT FOR UPLINK CHANNEL POWER CONTROL IN ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A method of adjusting the modulation and coding scheme for uplink channel power control in advanced telecommunication networks includes receiving an indication of a power adjustment mode for an uplink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission. The power of the uplink MIMO transmission is adjusted according to the received power adjustment mode. | 11-10-2011 |
20110274060 | SUBFRAME-SPECIFIC SEARCH SPACE DESIGN FOR CROSS-SUBFRAME ASSIGNMENTS - In release 8 of the LTE standard (“Rel-8”), a control channel and its associated data channel for downlink may be found in the same subframe. However, decoding of the control channel may be difficult if there is strong interference from different cells (e.g., due to interference from strong/dominant interfering cells). Communication in a dominant interference scenario may be supported by performing inter-cell interference coordination (ICIC). For example, cells may partition subframes to avoid interference. For some embodiments, allocating resources for a downlink data channel on one subframe may come from a PDCCH on a different subframe, which can be referred to as a cross-subframe assignment. Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide subframe-specific search spaces that may be used when there is at least one cross-subframe assignment in a subframe. | 11-10-2011 |
20110274064 | Power control with cross-subframe assignment - A method includes receiving a cross-subframe assignment in a first subframe, targeting a second subframe in which a transmission power control (TPC) command is to be applied. The method may also include adjusting transmit power in accordance with the TPC command during a third subframe, a predefined number of subframes after the first subframe. Another method includes receiving a cross-subframe assignment in a first subframe. The cross-subframe assignment targets a second subframe in which a first TPC command is to be applied. The method may also include receiving a nominal grant in the first subframe that targets an identified subframe to which a second TPC command is to be applied. The method may also include adjusting the transmit power according to the first TPC command, the second TPC command or a function of the first TPC command and the second TPC command during the second subframe or the identified subframe. | 11-10-2011 |
20110274097 | DETECTING AND REPORTING PHYSICAL-LAYER CELL IDENTIFIER COLLISIONS IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Physical-Layer Cell Identifier (PCID) collisions may occur in a wireless network when two neighboring evolved Node Bs (eNBs) having different Global Cell Identifiers (GCID) select identical PCIDs. Evolved Node Bs may uniquely identify themselves by transmitting on a broadcast channel, such as a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH), a pattern of bits corresponding to the eNB's GCID. Individual User Equipments (UEs) may recognize the PCID collision by decoding the PBCH payload to identify different GCID-modulated payloads from two eNBs involved in the PCID collision. Alternatively, UEs may detect PCID collisions in the wireless network by monitoring Primary Synchronization Signals (PSS) and Secondary Synchronization Signals (SSS) on the PBCH for identical signals separated by a relatively large time offset. After detecting a PCID collision, the UEs may attempt by best effort to report the PCID collision, may report to a fallback eNB, or the UEs may use special resources on an uplink channel. | 11-10-2011 |
20110275335 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SRS POWER SCALING IN CARRIER AGGREGATION - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for scaling transmission power. According to certain aspects, a technique for scaling transmission power may include scaling transmission power of one or more uplink channel symbols to be transmitted in a subframe, utilizing a first set of one or more scaling coefficients, scaling transmission power of one or more sounding reference signal (SRS) symbols to be transmitted in the same subframe, utilizing a second set of one or more scaling coefficients, wherein the first set of scaling coefficients is different from the second set of scaling coefficients, and transmitting the scaled one or more uplink channel symbols and the scaled one or more SRS symbols utilizing the scaled transmission power values. | 11-10-2011 |
20110275394 | RESOURCE PARTITIONING INFORMATION FOR ENHANCED INTERFERENCE COORDINATION - Methods and apparatus for partitioning resources for enhanced inter-cell interference coordination (eICIC) are provided. Certain aspects involve broadcasting a message indicating time-domain resource partitioning information (RPI), where a user equipment (UE) may be operating in idle mode. With the RPI, the UE may be able to identify protected resources with reduced/eliminated interference from neighboring cells. The RPI in this broadcasted message may be encoded as a bitmap as an alternative or in addition to enumeration of the U/N/X subframes. Other aspects entail transmitting a dedicated or unicast message indicating the time-domain RPI, where a UE may be operating in connected mode. With the RPI, the UE may be able to determine channel state information (CSI), make radio resource management (RRM) measurements, or perform radio link monitoring (RLM), based on one or more signals from a serving base station during the protected time-domain resources. | 11-10-2011 |
20110275403 | UPLINK POWER CONTROL IN AGGREGATED CARRIER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A user equipment (UE) is configured for carrier aggregation in a wireless communication system. The UE decodes transmit power control commands from at least one downlink control channel for at least one uplink channel, where the at least one uplink channel is to be transmitted in a component carrier of a number of component carriers. The UE compares a commanded transmit power for the at least one uplink channel with a configured maximum transmit power of the component carrier and transmits the at least one uplink channel in the component carrier. | 11-10-2011 |
20110280201 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROL CHANNEL CONFIGURATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - In accordance with aspects of the disclosure, a method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for wireless communication. The method, apparatus, and computer program product, in an implementation, may be configured to provide separate control channels for each of downlink grant information and uplink grant information, encode the control channels with an identifier known only to receiving nodes that are configured to decode the control channels with the identifier, and convey information to the receiving nodes that the identifier is known to the receiving nodes. The method, apparatus, and computer program product, in an implementation, may be configured to determine an aggregation level of a common search space related to common control resources, wherein the aggregation level is less than four, and receive control data from one or more candidates in the common search space that include contiguous control channel elements according to the aggregation level. | 11-17-2011 |
20110280294 | CIR-BASED AND SSC-BASED FTL/TTL/CHANNEL ESTIMATION - Methods and systems are disclosed for channel estimation and frequency tracking in mobile communication systems. Particularly, various ways of using the time domain impulse channel response based on the staggered frequency domain pilot tones are presented that enable rapid frequency error estimation and frequency tracking control. A mathematical model is developed that provides a convenient metric for evaluating tolerable frequency error, as well as modes for switching between CIR-based and SSC-based frequency tracking. | 11-17-2011 |
20110286346 | MEASUREMENT OF RECEIVED POWER AND RECEIVED QUALITY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatuses for wireless communications. According to certain aspects, a set of protected resources, allocated to a base station of a first cell, that are protected by restricting transmissions of a second cell is determined and received power of a first reference signal from the base station in the set of resources is measured. According to certain aspects, a subset of one or more neighbor base stations that have reduced interference in a set of protected resources is determined and received power measurements for the subset of neighbor cells is excluded when calculating receive signal quality measurements for the subframe. | 11-24-2011 |
20110286376 | PER-CELL TIMING AND/OR FREQUENCY ACQUISITION AND THEIR USE ON CHANNEL ESTIMATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which a system timing is estimated, derived from timing of one or more cells, a timing offset is determined for a plurality of cells relative to the estimated system timing, and signals received form the plurality of cells are processed using the timing offsets. In addition, a method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which a carrier frequency is estimated, derived from a frequency of one or more cells, a frequency offset is determined for a plurality of cells relative to the estimated system timing, and signals received form the plurality of cells are processed using the frequency offsets. | 11-24-2011 |
20110286406 | ACKNOWLEDGMENT TRANSMISSIONS UNDER CROSS-SUBFRAME RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN LTE-A - In release 8 of the LTE standard (“Rel-8”), downlink data transmissions of one or more user equipments (UEs) in one subframe may be scheduled by control channels of different subframes. The resources for use in acknowledging whether or not a downlink data transmission was successfully received by a UE may be based on a starting control channel element (CCE) of a corresponding control channel. Two or more control channels of different subframes may have the same starting CCE, which may lead to acknowledgment resource collisions between the one or more UEs. Therefore, certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques to avoid acknowledgment resource collisions between the one or more UEs. | 11-24-2011 |
20110287792 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING A LAYERED CELL SEARCH FOR LONG TERM EVOLUTION SYSTEMS - A method for ranking signals isolates and cancels neighboring cells using layering. Received signals from various cells are grouped into layers, with each layer comprised of received signals which are comparable within a particular metric (such as signal strength). The signals within a particular layer may also be ranked according to a desired metric. At the beginning of a cancellation cycle the UE may perform the layering and ranking. Once the layering and ranking has been performed the UE may continue to use the layering and ranking for later rounds of cancellation, freeing up processing resources that would otherwise be dedicated to repeated ranking of received signals. After a period of time, the cancellation cycle may repeat and the layering and ranking may be performed again. | 11-24-2011 |
20110292875 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PHYSICAL BROADCAST CHANNEL (PBCH) DECODING FOR MULTIPLE CELLS - A method of wireless communication includes generating a list of cells for physical broadcast channel (PBCH) decoding. The method also includes allocating memory for decoding and cancelling a subset of cells from the generated cell list. The method further includes storing information related to subsets of cells from the generated list in the allocated memory during different time periods. The allocated memory is sufficient for attempting, at each time period, decoding of each subset of cells and cancelling of decoded cells in each subset. The method further includes cycling through the generated cell list by processing each subset of the cell list during the different time periods. | 12-01-2011 |
20110305237 | SECONDARY SYNCHRONIZATION CODEBOOK FOR E-UTRAN - Providing for secondary synchronization encoding utilizing a primary synchronization channel (P-SCH)-related scrambling code is described herein. Scrambled secondary synchronization codes (SSCs) can be assigned to multiple base stations of a radio access network (RAN). By way of example, PSC-based scrambling codes can be created from a plurality of M-sequences generated from a common polynomial expression. Further, an SSC codebook is provided that selects sequence pairs of a sequence matrix for generating SSCs. Selection can be based on transmission characteristics of resulting SSCs, providing reduced interference in planned, semi-planned and/or unplanned mobile deployments. | 12-15-2011 |
20110317624 | METHODS OF CONTROL/DATA PARTITION SCHEME IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS FOR LTE-A - When there are different power classes of base stations (BSs), there may be a need to coordinate transmission from the different BSs to reduce interference to a user equipment (UE) on both control channels and data channels. There are different ways of coordination. For some embodiments, time division multiplex (TDM) resource partitioning may be performed across BSs on a subframe level. TDM resource partitioning may avoid control channel interference since resource mapping on time and frequency for control channels may span the whole frequency domain. However, the data rate for the UE may be limited due to the TDM partitioning of subframes. In other words, a limitation may derive from control channel interference coordination. For some embodiments, a UE may transmit and/or receive in subframes other than the ones partitioned for the UE. | 12-29-2011 |
20110317670 | TD-LTE HETNET PARTITION - Downlink (DL) subframes and DL hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) messages may be protected by time division multiplexing (TDM) partitioning. However, TDM partitioning may not be required for uplink (UL) subframes in general. For example, information carried over a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), may be protected by frequency division multiplexing (FDM) partitioning. In fact, one UL subframe may correspond to eNBs of multiple power classes. Since TDM partitioning may be required for DL transmissions, one DL sub frame may not correspond to the eNBs of multiple power classes. For some embodiments, groups of subframes may be allocated to the different power classes. Therefore, subframes allocated to an eNB of a power class may observe reduced or no interference from eNBs of other power classes. | 12-29-2011 |
20110319120 | Interaction Between Maximum Power Reduction and Power Scaling in Wireless Networks - Methods, apparatuses, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for adjusting a power level in connection with transmitting parallel uplink channels. In one aspect, a user equipment determines a power-limited condition in which a total transmit power of a group of power-controlled channels exceeds a maximum level in a transmission subframe. The user equipment may determine, in an iterative fashion, power backoff values by which to establish a configured maximum power level. The parallel uplink channels in the group may be prioritized and different backoff values may be used with channels having different priorities. The user equipment may thereafter adjust a transmit power of the power-controlled channels based on the configured maximum power level. | 12-29-2011 |
20120008555 | TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE PROCESSING IN THE PRESENCE OF INTERFERENCE IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A method for communicating in a wireless network includes receiving a signal intended to be spread over a first subcarrier and a second subcarrier. The method also includes determining the first subcarrier is subject to interference, and in this case decoding the received signal on the second subcarrier without demodulating the signal on the first subcarrier. The signal is intended to be spread in the frequency domain over multiple subcarriers or intended to be coded based on SFBC (space frequency block codes). The first and second subcarriers may be consecutive. Rate matching around the first stream or puncturing of the first stream enables proper decoding of the SFBC stream. Changing the spreading factor enables proper decoding in the case of frequency domain spreading over multiple streams. | 01-12-2012 |
20120033624 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND TRANSMISSION FOR COORDINATED MULTI-POINT TRANSMISSION - Methods, apparatuses and articles of manufacture are disclosed that provide for partial downlink and uplink resource allocations among cooperating cells in a CoMP transmission to a user equipment. The resource allocation can be based on channel conditions and differing capabilities and restrictions of cooperating cells such as in support of heterogeneous network configurations. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the disclosed subject matter. Therefore, it is to be understood that it should not be used to interpret or limit the scope or the meaning of the claims. | 02-09-2012 |
20120033646 | SYSTEM ACCESS FOR HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - A user equipment (UE) begins to access a heterogeneous network by obtaining synchronization parameters from system signals transmitted by a weaker one of a number of neighboring cells. After synchronizing with the network, the UE obtains resource scheduling information for the weaker cell. The resource scheduling information indicates at least one resource used by the weaker cell. The UE may then cancel the stronger cells of the neighboring cell. The resource scheduling information allows the UE to identify broadcasted system blocks for the weaker cell from which it may decode and retrieve control information used to complete access to the network. | 02-09-2012 |
20120039220 | INTERLEAVING FOR RELAY PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL (R-PDCCH) - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for interleaving control information for one or more nodes. For certain aspects, the control information may comprise one or more Relay Physical Downlink Control Channels (R-PDCCHs) for one or more relay nodes. The interleaving may comprise interleaving Common Reference Signal (CRS)-based R-PDCCH, wherein the resource elements (REs) for CRS and/or Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) may be discounted in a physical resource block (PRB). | 02-16-2012 |
20120039279 | ACK/NACK TRANSMISSION FOR MULTI-CARRIER OPERATION - Techniques for acknowledging data transmissions in a multi-carrier wireless communication network are disclosed. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) receives a data transmission on at least one component carrier (CC) in a plurality of configured CCs. The UE determines acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) information for the data transmission and determines an uplink channel for sending the ACK/NACK information. When the ACK/NACK information is sent on a PUCCH, the UE may perform power control based on which CCs in the plurality of configured CCs data is received. When the ACK/NACK information is sent on a PUSCH, the UE may determine a number of resource elements based on its CC configuration. | 02-16-2012 |
20120039280 | ACK/NACK TRANSMISSION FOR MULTI-CARRIER OPERATION WITH DOWNLINK ASSIGNMENT INDEX - Techniques for acknowledging data transmissions in a multi-carrier wireless communication network are disclosed. In one aspect, a UE determines a number of acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) bits for a data transmission on one more component carriers (CCs) based on information obtained from a grant. The grant may be a downlink grant or an uplink grant, and the information obtained may include a number of CCs scheduled for data transmission and/or identifiers of the scheduled CCs. The UE may determine the number of ACK/NACK bits for acknowledging the data transmission based on the number of scheduled CCs and the identifier of each scheduled CC. | 02-16-2012 |
20120044881 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UPLINK TRANSMIT DIVERSITY - Certain aspects of the present disclosure propose methods for supporting uplink transmit diversity in a wireless communication system. The proposed methods may eliminate ambiguity in decoding physical downlink control channel aggregation level and resources that are used by different antennas of a user equipment. In addition, a method is proposed for resource allocation for ACK/NACK repetition. | 02-23-2012 |
20120044928 | DETERMINATION OF NETWORK SYNCHRONIZATION - User equipment (UE) associated with synchronous networks operate in a synchronous mode while UEs associated with asynchronous networks operate in an asynchronous mode. When operating in a synchronous mode, a UE can significantly improve performance of synchronization signal detection, data decoding, and tracking loop management by using the interference cancellation (IC) techniques that are not available in an asynchronous mode of operation. Obtaining synchronization indicators and determining the synchronization status of the current network by UE is disclosed. The determination may be based on the synchronization indicator, whether detected through signal detection, signal measurements, signal analysis, or the like. | 02-23-2012 |
20120046056 | SAMPLE SELECTION FOR SECONDARY SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL (SSS) DETECTION - Methods and apparatus for selecting samples for secondary synchronization signal (SSS) detection are described. Several alternatives are provided for efficient cell identifier detection. In a first alternative, multiple bursts of a signal received from a cell are sampled with non-uniform spacing between sampling intervals to determine a sequence for cell identification. In a second alternative, samples of a first and a second signal received from a stronger cell are cancelled, and a sequence for detecting a weaker cell is determined by reducing effects of the samples of a third signal received from the weaker cell which do not overlap with the primary synchronization signal (PSS) or SSS of the stronger cell. In a third alternative, a sequence for detecting a weaker cell is determined by reducing effects of any sampled bursts that correspond to a high transmission power portion of a signal from a stronger cell. | 02-23-2012 |
20120057480 | UE RECEIVER REFERENCE SIGNAL PROCESSING THAT UTILIZES RESOURCE PARTITIONING INFORMATION - Communication in a dominant interference scenario may be supported by performing inter-cell interference coordination (ICIC). According to certain aspects of ICIC, resource coordination/partitioning may be performed to allocate resources to a serving Node B located near the vicinity of a strong interfering Node B. The interfering Node B may avoid transmitting on the allocated/protected resources, but transmissions from the interfering Node B on resources not allocated to the serving Node B (i.e., unprotected) may cause significant interference on cell-specific reference signal (CRS) tones of the serving Node B. Therefore, if the CRS tones of the unallocated/unprotected resources are used, performance degradation may result to various operations of the serving Node B. Therefore, certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for a UE receiver in utilizing resource partitioning information (RPI) for performing CRS processing in a heterogeneous network (HetNet). | 03-08-2012 |
20120058791 | CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNALS - In a wireless communication system, from available data resource elements (REs) in a subframe, REs are assigned to transmissions of a reference signal, thereby resulting in a plurality of remaining data REs. Furthermore, REs from the plurality of remaining data REs are assigned for data transmission to a wireless device in groups of a predetermined number of REs such that all assigned data REs within a group are within a predetermined number of symbols of each other in time domain and within a second predetermined number of subcarriers of each other in frequency domain, thereby resulting in at least one ungrouped RE. | 03-08-2012 |
20120076017 | APERIODIC CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REQUEST IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A method, computer program product, and apparatus are provided in which a request for a channel state information (CSI) report is received on a component carrier of a plurality of component carriers. The request indicates a set of component carriers of the plurality of component carriers for which to provide the CSI report. In addition, a CSI report including feedback for each of the indicated component carriers in the set of component carriers is transmitted. A method, computer program product, and apparatus are provided in which a request for a CSI report on a component carrier of a plurality of component carriers is transmitted. The request indicates a set of component carriers of the plurality of component carriers for which to receive the CSI report. In addition, a CSI report including feedback for each of the indicated component carriers in the set of component carriers is received. | 03-29-2012 |
20120076213 | INTERFERENCE CANCELATION USING EDGE SIGNALS FOR SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL DETECTION - In 3GPP Release (Rel) 8, a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) may be transmitted in six resource blocks, occupying, for example, the center 62 tones (i.e., subcarriers) of an LTE-A system, wherein the center tone may be skipped. In synchronous networks, cells may transmit their respective PSS and SSS on the same frequency at the same time, wherein strong cells may overshadow the weak ones. However, strong cells may not be the serving cell for a user equipment (UE), particularly in a heterogeneous network. Traditionally, interference cancelation, an enhanced receiver technique, has been used, wherein the UE may first find the strong cells and cancel them out to find the serving cell. However, due to propagation delay and synchronization uncertainty, a timing offset may exist among cells, even in synchronous networks. Therefore, systems and methods are disclosed, providing for improved handling of the timing offset among different cells by applying a time domain cancelation. | 03-29-2012 |
20120082049 | DEVICES FOR DETERMINING A REFERENCE SUBFRAME AND DETERMINING A MODE - A wireless communication device for determining a reference subframe is described. The wireless communication device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that is in electronic communication with the processor. The wireless communication device determines a reporting subframe n. The wireless communication device also determines a reference subframe n−n | 04-05-2012 |
20120087261 | DYNAMIC SWITCHING BETWEEN COMMON REFERENCE SIGNAL INTERFERENCE CANCELATION AND RESOURCE ELEMENT PUNCTURING IN A CO-CHANNEL HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK - Communication in a dominant interference scenario may be supported by performing inter-cell interference coordination (ICIC). Resource coordination/partitioning may be performed to allocate resources to a serving Node B located near the vicinity of a strong interfering Node B. The interfering Node B may avoid transmitting on the allocated/protected resources, possibly except for a common reference signal (CRS). A UE can then communicate with the serving Node B on the protected resources in the presence of the interfering Node B and may observe no interference (possibly except for the CRS) from the interfering Node B. When CRS tones of an interferer may collide with control/data tones of a serving cell, CRS interference cancellation (CRS IC) or puncturing of interfered resource elements (REs) may be appropriate. Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques, where the UE may dynamically switch between CRS IC and RE puncturing based on certain parameters. | 04-12-2012 |
20120088516 | HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK (HETNET) USER EQUIPMENT (UE) RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (RRM) MEASUREMENTS - Methods and apparatus for performing radio resource management (RRM) measurements in a heterogeneous network (HetNet) are provided in an effort to prevent failure of RRM measurement procedures in a dominant interference scenario. Several alternatives are provided for determining particular resources (e.g., subframes) to use for performing the RRM measurements, wherein the particular resources are based on cooperative resource partitioning between cells of the HetNet, wherein the cells may be of different types (e.g., macro, pico, or femto cells). These alternatives include, for example: (1) intra-frequency or intra-RAT (radio access technology) alternatives, which may involve transmitting resource partitioning information (RPI) in or deriving non-serving cell RPI based on the serving cell's RPI, as well as (2) inter-frequency or inter-RAT alternatives, where the RRM measurements may be performed during a measurement gap. | 04-12-2012 |
20120093076 | DIMINISHING THE IMPACT OF TIMING DELAY IN DOWNLINK SIGNALS - When performing interference cancellation on selected information (e.g., synchronization signals, certain broadcast signals, etc.) through cross correlation, symbol periods of signals being combined will generally match up. Slight mismatches will generally produce negligible impact on interference cancellation. However, where the mismatch is severe due to significant timing offsets, serious performance degradation may occur, particularly when timing offsets are sufficiently large as to overlap data portions of a transmission. By selectively puncturing resource elements prior to the selected information and/or after the selected information, the selected information may be protected and allow for interference cancellation even in cases of large timing offsets. | 04-19-2012 |
20120093094 | ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BUNDLING IN A MIMO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of wireless communication comprises receiving a plurality of codewords and transmitting a downlink feedback message by spatially bundling acknowledgments for the received plurality of codewords. In some designs, an accompanying grant message is transmitted with the downlink feedback message. | 04-19-2012 |
20120093095 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING COMMUNICATIONS IN A HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which an apparatus may determine broadcast channel scheduling information for one or more broadcasts of a payload by a broadcast channel associated with a first base station based on one or more broadcast channel interference coordination schemes, wherein reception of the broadcast channel associated with the first base station is interfered at least in part based on one or more transmissions from a second base station, and receive the payload based on the determined broadcast channel scheduling information. | 04-19-2012 |
20120108175 | MULTIPLE SIGNAL TRANSFORMATION IN WIRELESS RECEIVERS - A frontend receiver of a user equipment (UE) is configured with multiple transform operations assigned to separate sets of cells. One set of cells includes the serving cell of the UE and at least one additional cell within a first offset range of the serving cell. Another set or sets of cells include additional interferer cells within another offset range of the serving cell. After tracking the common frequency/timing offsets of each set of cells the assigned transform operation for that set transforms the time domain samples into frequency domain symbols. The individual frequency/timing offsets for each cell within the set are then tracked. | 05-03-2012 |
20120113917 | INTERACTION OF PDSCH RESOURCE MAPPING, CSI-RS, AND MUTING - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques that may help resolve ambiguities between a base station and a user equipment (UE) regarding the use or resource elements (REs) reserved for special purposes, such as PDSCH muting and/or CSI-RS. | 05-10-2012 |
20120115534 | DYNAMIC UPLINK POWER CONTROL - Power adjustment in the user equipment (UE) includes adjusting the transmission power level for each of multiple transport blocks based on the spectral efficiency associated with the transport block. The UE receives a scheduled transport format parameter for each of multiple transport blocks to be transmitted. Based on those scheduled transport format parameters, the UE determines a transmit power level adjustment for each transport block. The UE will adjust the power according to the determined transmit power level adjustment and transmit each transport block using the adjusted power level. | 05-10-2012 |
20120120882 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DOWNLINK CHANNEL RESOURCE ASSIGNMENT - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for determining resources for transmission of acknowledgement messages to a user equipment (UE). The techniques involve receiving a plurality of codewords from the UE via an uplink component carrier, and determining at least first and second index pairs identifying resources of a downlink channel to be used for transmitting acknowledgement messages for the received codewords. The first index pair is determined based on a first set of parameters, and the second index pair is determined based on the first set of parameters and a second set of one or more parameters. At least one of the parameters in the second set is a fixed value. | 05-17-2012 |
20120122446 | FAST CELL SEARCH - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate searches for a cell in a wireless communication environment. A mobile device can employ a searcher that can detect timing information respectively associated with PSCs and cells to determine the cell with the highest correlation. The searcher can detect SSCs, which can include detecting associated phase information, to determine the SSC with the highest correlation, CP length, and/or other information to facilitate identifying a desired cell having the strongest signal to establish communication between the mobile device and the desired cell. PSCs respectively associated with cells can have different positions in the symbol sequences, and SSCs can respectively be phase shifted at different angles to facilitate detection and identification of a cell(s), where a PSC can be utilized as a phase reference by the associated SSC. | 05-17-2012 |
20120127931 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL POWER PRIORITIZATION - A method, apparatus, and computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which a transmission power is prioritized between an access channel and a second channel. Additionally, the access channel and the second channel are transmitted simultaneously. Each of the access channel and the second channel are transmitted at a transmission power determined based on the priority. Further, a method, apparatus, and computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which information is received regarding first resources to use for transmitting an access channel with an acknowledgment and second resources for transmitting the access channel with a negative acknowledgment. Further, the access channel is transmitted on the first or second resources. | 05-24-2012 |
20120155362 | Rate Matching For Data And Control Channels In Wireless Communication Systems - In co-channel heterogeneous networks, subframes may be partitioned between several evolved Node Bs (eNBs) including eNBs of different power classes. Lower power eNBs may have a reduced range due to interference from neighboring higher power eNBs. Rate matching on the UE allows the UE, during communication with a low power eNB, to avoid transmitting on Resource Elements (REs) which experience interference from common resource signals of an interfering base station. | 06-21-2012 |
20120163159 | INTERFERENCE RANDOMIZATION FOR UPLINK SIGNALING - A method for transmitting an acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement is described. Cell-specific symbol-level cyclic shift hopping is applied to data single-carrier frequency division multiplexing symbols of the acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement. A discrete Fourier transform is applied to the data single-carrier frequency division multiplexing symbols. Cell-specific symbol-level phase hopping is applied to the data single-carrier frequency division multiplexing symbols. The data single-carrier frequency division multiplexing symbols are transmitted in a slot. | 06-28-2012 |
20120182946 | RATE MATCHING FOR COORDINATED MULTIPOINT TRANSMISSION SCHEMES - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for determining resource elements REs used for Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP) transmission schemes. The techniques generally include determining, by a User Equipment (UE), a set of data REs used for Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP) operation. The determination is based on a CoMP scheme and data REs available to particular base stations involved in the CoMP operation. The technique further includes processing data received via the CoMP operation on the determined set of data REs. | 07-19-2012 |
20120188950 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BUNDLING RESOURCE BLOCKS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Methods and apparatuses are provided for bundling resource blocks (RB) for varying bandwidth scenarios in wireless communication. Where multiple access points form a coordinated multiple point (COMP) set for a device. the access points may be configured to use a common RB bundling size for precoding transmissions to the device. In another aspect, where a device is allocated a bandwidth and a bandwidth extension, a RB bundling size may be determined for the bandwidth and bandwidth extension, jointly or individually. The RB bundling size may be determined based on the bandwidth or on the bandwidth and the bandwidth extension. | 07-26-2012 |
20120190391 | PHYSICAL LAYER SIGNALING TO USER EQUIPMENT IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of wireless communication includes receiving physical layer signaling from a serving eNodeB in a wireless network. Interference estimation, interference cancellation and/or spatial equalization of user equipment is controlled in accordance with the received signaling. | 07-26-2012 |
20120201152 | INTERFERENCE ESTIMATION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Interference on pilot signals and on data tones can be mismatched. Different types of interference estimates perform differently based on how the mismatch occurs. The resulting interference estimate may thus be inaccurate. Interference estimates based on pilot signals and also on data tones can both be evaluated for reliability. The more reliable of the two can then be selected. If the data tones estimate is selected, the estimate can be calculated from covariance matrices or from traffic-to-pilot ratios. | 08-09-2012 |
20120207043 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING CHANNEL AND INTERFERENCE ESTIMATIONS IN MACRO/RRH SYSTEM - Aspects disclosed herein relate to channel and interference estimations in a multiple transmission point environment including an eNB and RRHs. In the disclosed aspects, one or more transmission points can signal to a UE to measure channel state conditions based on a first and a second resource pattern. The UE may receive the signaling and perform interference estimation based at least in part on the first resource pattern, and channel estimation based at least in part on the second resource pattern. The UE may generate a channel state report based on the interference and channel estimations, and transmit the channel state report to a transmission point. The eNB may employ the received channel state report in scheduling one or more resources for use by the UE, and may select or adjust network traffic on the first and the second resource pattern, to affect the resulting channel and interference estimation. | 08-16-2012 |
20120207105 | COOPERATION AND OPERATION OF MACRO NODE AND REMOTE RADIO HEAD DEPLOYMENTS IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided for separating control transmissions and data transmissions within the coverage area of a plurality of transmission/reception points or points that are geographically displaced, the plurality of points comprising a macro node and a plurality of remote radio heads (RRHs) coupled to the macro node. Separating control transmissions and data transmissions in the macro node/RRH configuration may allow UEs to be associated with one set of transmission points for data transmissions and the same set or a different set of transmission points for common control signaling. Separating control transmissions and data transmissions may also allow for faster reconfiguration of antenna ports used for UE data transmission compared with reconfiguration via a handover process. | 08-16-2012 |
20120208547 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING CHANNEL AND INTERFERENCE ESTIMATIONS IN MACRO/RRH SYSTEM - Aspects disclosed herein relate to channel and interference estimations in a coordinated multi-point (CoMP) environment. In the disclosed aspects, an eNB may be equipped to signal an identifier indicating a plurality of resource patterns, each associated with a resource pattern group, and each including a first resource element pattern for channel estimation and a second resource element pattern for interference estimation. The UE may be equipped to receive the signaling and perform channel estimation based at least in part on the first resource clement pattern, and interference estimation based at least in part on the second resource pattern generate at least one channel state report based on the channel and interference estimations, and transmit at least one channel state report to an eNB. The eNB may determine one or more resources for use by the UE based on the at least one received channel state report. | 08-16-2012 |
20120213173 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THIRD-PARTY ASSISTED PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION - Techniques are provided for third-party assisted peer-to-peer (P2P) communication. For example, there is provided a method, operable by a network entity, that may involve receiving first information from a first mobile entity, the first information comprising a first message for a second mobile entity. The method may involve receiving second information from the second mobile entity, the second information comprising a second message for the first mobile entity. The method may further involve coding third information based at least in part on the first information and the second information, and sending the third information to the first and second mobile entities. The method may also involve transmitting a control signal that includes processing information for decoding the coded third information to extract the first message or the second message. | 08-23-2012 |
20120224499 | CHANNEL ESTIMATION FOR REFERENCE SIGNAL INTERFERENCE CANCELATION - Various aspects disclosed are directed to improvements to channel estimation through more efficient cancelation of neighboring common reference signals (CRS). Cancelation of CRS from other cells allows the user equipment (UE) a better opportunity for accurately detecting the reference signal of the current cell. Alternative aspects have a recursive element that uses previous estimates as the basis for the current channel estimate. The various aspects of the present disclosure generally have two alternative embodiments: (1) initializing the channel estimation for all cells with a previous channel estimate and cancellation of reference signals of non-target cells to accurately update channel estimate of the target cell; and (2) initializing the channel estimate for all cells with a previous channel estimate and cancelation of reference signals of all cells to accurately estimate residual channel estimate of the target cell and update its channel estimate. | 09-06-2012 |
20120243484 | ITERATIVE PILOT TONE CANCELLATION FOR IMPROVED CHANNEL ESTIMATION AND DECODING - Channel estimation is performed in a wireless network through cell/antenna pair ranking and iterative soft cancellation of pilot signals. Cell classification and ordering may be ranked and grouped for purposes of improving performance by dedicating hardware resources to higher priority received signals. A metric may be computed to rank the pairs. One such metric is reference signal (RS) power. Pairs may also be grouped into groups of pairs. Groups may be ordered by time-frequency resource and designated as serving-cell groups or non-serving cell groups. Higher priority pairs may be assigned a higher number of iterations. Higher priority groups may be processed first. Pairs which fall below a certain power threshold may be assigned no iterations. Iterations are distributed among hardware blocks to improve processing efficiency. Iteration numbers and hardware assignments may be modified to reach a desired complexity constraint. | 09-27-2012 |
20120263247 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING REFERENCE SIGNAL TONES FOR DECODING A CHANNEL - Methods and apparatuses are provided that include selecting reference signal (RS) or other tones to utilize in estimating a channel for decoding one or more channels. Where the RS tones are interfered by other base stations, interference cancelation can be performed over the RS tones. Since interference can vary over the tones, interference cancelation can yield RS tones of varying quality. Thus, a quality of each of the RS tones can be determined, and at least a subset of the RS tones can be selected for estimating a channel. Additionally or alternatively, the RS tones can be weighted or otherwise classified for performing channel estimation using the RS tones. | 10-18-2012 |
20120327795 | INTERFERENCE ESTIMATION USING DATA TRAFFIC POWER AND REFERENCE SIGNAL POWER - In a wireless communication system, interference on data tones is estimated by detecting data transmissions from interferers. An overall interference covariance matrix is estimated as a function of scalar traffic to pilot ratio (TPR) estimates, residual interference covariance estimates, and covariance of channel estimates of dominant interferers. The interference estimates are refined as a function of reliability based on a ratio of power received from a serving cell and power received from a dominant interferer. | 12-27-2012 |
20130021926 | FEEDBACK REPORTING BASED ON CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNAL (CSI-RS) GROUPS - In macro/RRH setups, channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) and demodulation reference signals (DM-RS) may be used to decouple control and data transmission. Data transmission (e.g. for LTE Rel 10 and beyond) may be based on CSI-RS and DM-RS, while control may be received from a different set of cells or TxPs via CRS. Certain aspects of the present disclosure introduce a reporting framework, in which configuration of data-serving cells/TxPs may be carried out based on CSI-RS. In certain aspects, a new concept of CSI-RS groups, i.e., a set of CSI-RS ports that a UE considers as one group for precoding matrix indicator (PMI)/channel quality indicator (CQI)/rank indicator (RI) reporting, may be defined. | 01-24-2013 |
20130021954 | ENABLING HALF-DUPLEX OPERATION - Half-duplex (HD) operations enable low cost implementations of LTE terminals. Traditionally, HD operations may be linked to a particular frequency band which may not allow a mix of full-duplex (FD) and HD terminals in the same frequency band. Therefore, certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for enabling coexistence, in a given frequency band, of HD and FD terminals, by introducing frequency bands designated for HD operation and overlapping existing frequency bands designated for FD operation. | 01-24-2013 |
20130028182 | IMPLICITLY LINKING APERIODIC CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION (A-CSI) REPORTS TO CSI-REFERENCE SIGNAL (CSI-RS) RESOURCES - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for implicitly linking aperiodic channel state information (A-CSI) reports to CSI-reference signal (CSI-RS) resources. In an aspect, the UE may be instructed to report on specific CSI-RS resource(s) via explicit signaling in the UE grant. Other aspects disclose techniques for implicit CSI-RS resource selection by the UE that require fewer signaling resources. Instead of explicitly signaling CSI-RS resources to the UE, the UE may implicitly select CSI-RS resource for CSI feedback reporting based on information known to the UE, e.g. a subframe on which a reporting request is received. This may reduce the impact of the additional signaling in the UE grant. | 01-31-2013 |
20130033989 | ENHANCED DOWNLINK RATE ADAPTATION FOR LTE HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK BASE STATIONS - Downlink rate adaptation in wireless communication systems are disclosed in which a UE reports RIs for both interference-free and interference-limited subframes. In general, the RI for the interference-free subframes will be higher than the RI reported for the interference-limited subframes. However, an eNB selects an RI and a transmission rate for interference-limited subframes based on what the UE can sustain instead of based only on the RI reported by the UE. | 02-07-2013 |
20130044697 | NETWORK COORDINATION FOR IMPROVED INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION - Communications by base stations in wireless communication networks may be coordinated in a manner to improve performance by mobile devices experiencing interference from non-serving base stations. In particular, base station communications may be coordinated to improve the performance of interference cancellation by mobile devices. If a user equipment (UE) experiencing interference is capable of interference cancellation, then the base stations may coordinate to increase interference to that user equipment so as to improve that UE's ability to perform interference cancellation. Base stations may also coordinate to reduce interference for a UE, regardless of the UE's ability to perform interference cancellation. Mobile device performance improvements may also be achieved by coordinating scheduling of resources by the non-serving base stations, by using communication formats compatible with interference cancellation, by spatial coordination. | 02-21-2013 |
20130083729 | SRS OPTIMIZATION FOR COORDINATED MULTI-POINT TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for power control and SRS multiplexing for coordinated multi-point (CoMP) transmission and reception in heterogeneous networks (HetNet). Multiple SRS processes are supported with different physical and/or virtual cell ID. Different power control offsets and processes are associated with the different SRS processes. | 04-04-2013 |
20130083780 | ANTENNA TIME OFFSET IN MULTIPLE-INPUT-MULTIPLE-OUTPUT AND COORDINATED MULTIPOINT TRANSMISSIONS - A method for wireless communication is provided which includes receiving first and second signals transmitted from first and second antennas, respectively, determining a time offset between the first and second antennas based on the first and second signals, and reporting information regarding the time offset, including information regarding the time offset as being above or below a predetermined threshold. Another method for wireless communication is provided which includes generating channel state information feedback based on an assumption that the time offset is being compensated at a transmitter side. Yet another method for wireless communication is provided which includes receiving information regarding a time offset between multiple transmit antennas, including information regarding the time offset as being above or below a predetermined threshold, and adapting downlink transmissions to account for the time offset. | 04-04-2013 |
20130095829 | IDLE MODE OPERATION IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - An idle mode UE can RACH to a cell different from the cell paging the UE. The UE can be allocated additional time to respond to all cells in the neighborhood to identify the cell in which to RACH. Interference cancellation can occur at different rates based on whether the UE is in connected mode or idle mode. The time to respond to the page can be a function of a paging cycle. Additionally, a variable bias may promote early handoff to lower power cells and late handoff to high power cells. | 04-18-2013 |
20130107785 | TRACKING LOOP ENHANCEMENTS FOR MITIGATING SIGNAL INTERFERENCE AND ADJUSTING SIGNAL POWER | 05-02-2013 |
20130107805 | Reducing Complexity for Implementing Interference Cancellation Applied to Physical Channels of a Wireless Network | 05-02-2013 |
20130114419 | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR ENHANCED PDCCH - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for managing resources utilized for enhanced physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmissions. | 05-09-2013 |
20130114437 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION BY A USER EQUIPMENT USING BLIND DETECTION - In order to cancel any interference due to the second cell signal (e.g., from a non-serving cell) from a signal received at a UE, without receiving additional control information, the UE blindly estimates parameters associated with decoding the second cell signal. This may include determining a metric based on sets of symbols associated with the cell signals in order to determine parameters for the second cell signal, e.g., the transmission mode, modulation format, and/or spatial scheme of the second cell signal. The parameters for the signal may be determined based on a comparison of the metric with a threshold. When a spatial scheme and a modulation format is unknown, the blind estimation may include determining a plurality of constellations of possible transmitted modulated symbols associated with a potential spatial scheme and modulation format combination. Interference cancellation can be performed using the constellations and a corresponding probability weight. | 05-09-2013 |
20130114438 | REFERENCE SIGNAL DETECTION - Aspects of the disclosure are related to identifying whether an apparatus (e.g., base station, access point, etc.) is transmitting using a CRS based transmission scheme or a UE-RS based transmission scheme. Such detection may be necessary for PDSCH interference cancellation (IC) of a neighboring cell since a UE may not know which transmission scheme is used by the neighboring cell. For instance, the UE may know the transmission scheme of the serving cell, but the UE may not know the transmission scheme of a neighboring non-serving cell. As such, aspects of the disclosure provide for a blind detection algorithm to identify or determine a transmission mode or transmission scheme of a neighboring cell to then apply interference cancellation (IC) to an interfering signal received from the neighboring cell. | 05-09-2013 |
20130114441 | CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION COMPUTATION FOR ENHANCED INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE COORDINATION - A delayed channel estimation is a channel state information (CSI) reference subframe having an index (N | 05-09-2013 |
20130114447 | INCREMENTAL INTERFERENCE CANCELATION CAPABILITY AND SIGNALING - Incremental interference cancelation (IC) capability management and signaling is disclosed. A mobile device selects certain groups of its individual IC capabilities to deactivate in response to various operating conditions it is experiencing. The mobile device reports its currently active IC capability to a serving base station, which uses information to determine whether to modify any existing communication conditions with respect to the reporting mobile device. The base station detects and analyzes the current communication conditions with respect to the reporting mobile device in light of the mobile device's currently active IC capabilities. The base station may modify such conditions through actions such as signaling the mobile device to activate or deactivate certain other groups of IC capabilities. The base station can make other modifications such as changing the communication schedule for the mobile device, modifying the control loop for channel quality indicator (CQI) reporting, and the like. | 05-09-2013 |
20130114449 | HANDLING MISMATCH OF CONTROL SPANS BETWEEN SERVING CELL AND INTERFERING CELLS FOR CONTROL AND DATA CHANNEL INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION - The following is directed to control and data channel interference cancellation between a serving cell and interfering cell. A first symbol of a subframe is processed to determine a control span of a serving cell and a control span of an interfering cell. The interference is then cancelled based on the determined control spans. | 05-09-2013 |
20130114455 | USER EQUIPMENT, BASE STATIONS, AND METHODS ALLOWING FOR HANDLING OF COLLIDING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTS - Collision handling of channel state information (CSI) reports is described for enhanced inter-cell interference coordination (eICIC), coordinated multipoint transmission (CoMP), and/or carrier aggregation (CA). Various aspects include prioritization schemes to resolve collisions between different CSI reporting sets in relation to the same component carrier (CC) used with transmission. Multiple stages of prioritization may identify CSI for a report based on various criteria. Tie breaker criteria may be defined for priority among CSI reports that changes for different subframes. In other aspects, PUSCH is utilized to transmit CSI for prioritized reporting sets in a subframe. In yet other aspects, if parallel PUCCH is supported, colliding CSI may be handled on a per PUCCH basis. Other aspects may allow for prioritizing periodic CSI within each of multiple CCs, and then prioritizing over different CCs to handle an interaction of CSI reports for CA, eICIC and/or CoMP. | 05-09-2013 |
20130114495 | Physical Channel Characteristics for e-PDCCH in LTE - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for processing and transmitting enhanced physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmissions. | 05-09-2013 |
20130114529 | SEARCH SPACE DESIGN FOR E-PDCCH IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - An enhanced physical downlink control channel (e-PDCCH) may provide carrier aggregation (CA) enhancements, help support new carriers which may not be backwards compatible, reduce control channel capacity limitations of coordinated multipoint (CoMP) transmissions, and enhance DL MIMO. In wireless communication networks, such as Long Term Evolution (LTE), user equipments (UEs) may monitor both a common search space and a UE-specific search space in a control region. A search space may comprise a set of channel control element (CCE) locations where a UE may find its PDCCHs. One or more CCEs are used to transmit each PDCCH. Certain aspects provide methods and apparatus for determining a search space comprising a subset of CCEs located on a band edge of available frequency resources, and performing a search of the search space to decode at least one PDCCH. | 05-09-2013 |
20130114565 | STRUCTURE OF ENHANCED PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL (e-PDCCH) IN LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) - Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to wireless communication systems, and more particularly, to defining a structure of and enhanced physical downlink control channel (e-PDCCH). Certain aspects provide methods and apparatus for determining a search space in which a base station (eNodeB) may transmit an enhanced physical downlink control channel (e-PDCCH), wherein the search space comprises one or more fractional portions of frequency-time resources of a physical resource block (PRB) pair, and attempting to decode the e-PDCCH based on the determined search space. | 05-09-2013 |
20130115987 | Hybrid Approach for Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) Interference Cancellation - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a hybrid approach for Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) Interference Cancellation (IC). In certain aspects, if the PDSCH information is known for a serving cell but not be known for interfering cell(s), a hybrid approach that involves using Codeword-level IC (CWIC) for the serving cell and using Symbol-level IC (SLIC) for the interfering cells may be used for better IC performance. The hybrid IC approach may start with a UE attempting to decode the serving cell PDSCH. If the decode is unsuccessful, the UE may perform CWIC for the serving cell followed by SLIC using the results of the CWIC stage. After the SLIC stage, the UE may attempt to decode the serving cell PDSCH again. The UE may perform multiple operations of this method until the serving cell PDSCH is successfully decoded or a maximum number of iterations is reached. | 05-09-2013 |
20130121168 | Blindly Decoding Interfering Cell PDCCH to Acquire Interfering Cell PDSCH Transmission Information - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique for blindly decoding interfering cell Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) to acquire interfering cell Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmission information. A UE may determine, for one or more aggregation levels, sets of CCEs that potentially include the PDCCH, based on available CCEs for each aggregation level and identify a set of decoding candidates based on the determination. Once the decoding candidates are decoded, the UE may perform an error correcting procedure on decoded candidates and prune out unlikely candidates. Likely decoded candidates may be further pruned based on comparison of CRC calculated using information bits only and possible Radio Network Temporary Identifiers (RNTIs). The UE may then interpret content of the PDCCH of the interfering cell based on surviving candidates. The UE may then use the interpreted PDCCH information to determine PDSCH information. | 05-16-2013 |
20130121222 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING NETWORK LOADING - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatus, and computer-program products for improving network loading (e.g., by enabling inter-frequency handover and/or traffic offloading between neighboring base stations). In aspects, the proposed methods may include transmitting a beacon signal on a frequency (e.g., carrier frequency) other than the frequency currently used by a base station. The base station may select a cell identity (ID) and transmit one or more beacon signals on the frequency using the selected cell ID. The beacon signal may be used to decide whether or not to perform an inter-frequency handover. | 05-16-2013 |
20130121271 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SIMULTANEOUS UPLINK SIGNAL TRANSMISSIONS IN CARRIER AGGREGATION SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for managing the transmission of multiple signals on one or more uplink (UL) channels using carrier aggregation in LTE-A systems. A UE simultaneously transmits signals such as ACK/NACK and periodic CSI using one or more uplink channels, such as a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and/or a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), by increasing the resources used to transmit at least one of those signals. According to one aspect, a UE simultaneously transmits ACK/NACK signals and periodic CSI signals by multiplexing those signals on the PUSCH. Certain aspects avoid frequently dropped periodic CSI signals and provide mechanisms to ensure that ACK/NACK signals are transmitted. | 05-16-2013 |
20130128759 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPUTING AND REPORTING CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATION (CQI) - Techniques for computing and reporting channel quality indication (CQI) are described. In an aspect, a plurality of CQI computation methods may be supported, and each CQI computation method may indicate how CQI should be computed. One CQI computation method may be selected for use. CQI may then be computed and reported in accordance with the selected CQI computation method. In an exemplary design, a user equipment (UE) may obtain a selected method for computing CQI, which may be chosen based on the UE capability and/or other factors. The selected method may specify (i) CQI computation for a specific codeword among a plurality of codewords or (ii) CQI computation by averaging signal quality across a plurality of layers used for transmission. The UE may compute CQI in accordance with the selected method, send the CQI to a base station, and receive data sent by the base station based on the CQI. | 05-23-2013 |
20130156013 | USER EQUIPMENT REFERENCE SIGNAL-BASED TIMING ESTIMATION - Estimation of timing errors is disclosed that uses user equipment reference signals (UERSs). A UE models each channel in a user equipment reference signal (UERS) as a channel on an adjacent UERS tone multiplied by a phase ramping term. This phase ramping term is determined using an estimator on the modeled channels. The UE then determines the equivalent timing error by mapping the phase ramping terms into the estimated timing errors in the time domain. In coordinated multipoint (CoMP) systems, the UERS-based timing error may be used to identify an aligned common reference signal (CRS) associated with the network entity transmitting the data. With this determination, the UE may estimate a CRS-based timing error and either substitute the CRS-based timing error for the UERS-based timing error or calculate a further average timing error based on both the CRS-based and UERS-based timing errors. | 06-20-2013 |
20130163501 | FLEXIBLE CYCLIC PREFIX MANAGEMENT - Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for managing cyclic prefixes (CPs). The techniques may involve utilizing different CP types for different portions within a same subframe. Various mechanisms may be used to determine which CP types are used for which portions. | 06-27-2013 |
20130163529 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNMENT DEPENDENT DOWNLINK CHANNEL PROCESSING FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS - Aspects of the present disclosure relates generally to communication systems, and more particularly, to apparatus and techniques for handling, within resources of an assigned channel, different availability of interference. Aspects generally include determining different portions of resources for an assigned downlink channel that are subject to at least one of different levels or different types of interference, and selecting different techniques for processing the different portions of the resources, wherein each technique is selected based on the corresponding level or type of interference. In aspects, a fixed pattern or amount of interference for the resources may be selected based on the different levels or the different types of interference and a technique for processing the resources is selected, wherein the technique is selected based on the selected fixed pattern or amount of interference. | 06-27-2013 |
20130163530 | REFERENCE SIGNALS DESIGN FOR TIME TRACKING IN LTE-A - Time tracking in current communication systems may be traditionally based on common reference signals (CRS). However, in certain communication systems, CRS-based time tracking may be impossible to implement due to an absence of CRS in certain subframes or carriers. CRS-based time tracking may also be inappropriate to implement in certain communication systems such as a coordinated multipoint (CoMP) system where control and data may arrive from different cells, and therefore, a UE may assume a wrong cell for CRS-based time tracking. Accordingly, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for wireless communication are provided in which additional UE specific reference signals (UE-RS) and/or channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) are made available to the UE so that the UE may have improved channel estimation and/or time tracking performance. | 06-27-2013 |
20130182799 | DM-RS BASED DECODING USING CSI-RS-BASED TIMING - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method of wireless communication that includes receiving one or more channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources. The method further includes performing timing estimation based on the one or more CSI-RS resources, receiving a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) based transmission, and utilizing the timing estimation to decode the DM-RS based transmission. | 07-18-2013 |
20130188611 | SUBFRAME CONSTRAINTS FOR COORDINATED MULTI-POINT COMMUNICATION - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods, and corresponding apparatus and program products, for wireless communication involving coordinated multipoint (CoMP) operation that involves dynamic switching between multiple transmission points that serve a user equipment (UE). | 07-25-2013 |
20130195084 | PHYSICAL LAYER ISSUES RELATED TO MULTI-TA GROUP SUPPORT - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may determine a number of uplink timing groups configured for a plurality of component carriers, and determine whether to transmit at least one of data or control information on one or more first component carriers of the plurality of component carriers concurrently with sounding reference signals (SRS) on one or more second component carriers of the plurality of component carriers based at least in part on the number of uplink timing groups. When only one uplink timing group is determined, the SRS is transmitted in a symbol on the one or more second component carriers if the data and control information is not transmitted in the symbol. When two uplink timing groups are determined SRS may be transmitted on the second component carriers concurrently with data or control information on the component carriers | 08-01-2013 |
20130229933 | HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK (HETNET) USER EQUIPMENT (UE) RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (RRM) MEASUREMENTS - Methods and apparatus for performing radio resource management (RRM) measurements in a heterogeneous network (HetNet) are provided in an effort to prevent failure of RRM measurement procedures in a dominant interference scenario. Several alternatives are provided for determining particular resources (e.g., subframes) to use for performing the RRM measurements, wherein the particular resources are based on cooperative resource partitioning between cells of the HetNet, wherein the cells may be of different types (e.g., macro, pico, or femto cells). These alternatives include, for example: (1) intra-frequency or intra-RAT (radio access technology) alternatives, which may involve transmitting resource partitioning information (RPI) in or deriving non-serving cell RPI based on the serving cell's RPI, as well as (2) inter-frequency or inter-RAT alternatives, where the RRM measurements may be performed during a measurement gap. | 09-05-2013 |
20130231123 | PER-CELL TIMING AND/OR FREQUENCY ACQUISITION AND THEIR USE ON CHANNEL ESTIMATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which a system timing is estimated, derived from timing of one or more cells, a timing offset is determined for a plurality of cells relative to the estimated system timing, and signals received form the plurality of cells are processed using the timing offsets. In addition, a method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which a carrier frequency is estimated, derived from a frequency of one or more cells, a frequency offset is determined for a plurality of cells relative to the estimated system timing, and signals received form the plurality of cells are processed using the frequency offsets. | 09-05-2013 |
20130235821 | SIGNALING OF VIRTUAL CELL IDENTIFIERS AND FALLBACK OPERATION - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which a cell identifier is selected based on one or more properties associated with received downlink control information (DCI), where the properties may not be exclusively associated with determining a cell identifier. The cell identifier may be selected from a plurality of cell identifiers received through radio resource control signaling. The properties of the DCI may include a type of download control channel, a type of subframe and a type of DCI format used to provide the DCI. | 09-12-2013 |
20130242927 | Measuring Neighboring Cell Loading in Wireless Communications - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate detecting cell interference and/or loading by analyzing control data transmitted between devices communicating in the cell. Control data resources can be transmitted related to communication received over data channels, and the control data resources can comprise quality indicators related to the data as well as resource identifiers that specify a resource over the data channel related to the data. Multiple control data resources can be transmitted per communication specifying a beginning and ending resource identifier of related data channel resources. If this control data is decodable at a wireless device, the associated resources corresponding to the resource identifiers can be marked as interfered and/or avoided in subsequent communication or resource allocation requests by the wireless device. | 09-19-2013 |
20130250793 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING REFERENCE SIGNAL TONES FOR DECODING A CHANNEL - Methods and apparatuses are provided that include selecting reference signal (RS) or other tones to utilize in estimating a channel for decoding one or more channels. Where the RS tones are interfered by other base stations, interference cancelation can be performed over the RS tones. Since interference can vary over the tones, interference cancelation can yield RS tones of varying quality. Thus, a quality of each of the RS tones can be determined, and at least a subset of the RS tones can be selected for estimating a channel. Additionally or alternatively, the RS tones can be weighted or otherwise classified for performing channel estimation using the RS tones. | 09-26-2013 |
20130250818 | Synchronization Channel Design for New Carrier Type - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to synchronization channel design for a new carrier type. In certain aspects, a User Equipment (UE) may first search for legacy locations of PSS (Primary Synchronization Signal) and SSS (Secondary Synchronization Signal), and attach to a cell that transmits the legacy PSS/SSS. Then the UE may be provided with information indicating a search space for PSS and SSS of a new carrier. The UE may then search for the PSS and SSS for the new carrier based on the received information. The relative spacings in time between the PSS and SSS for the first carrier may be different from the relative spacings in time between the PSS and SSS for the second carrier. In alternative aspects, the UE may receive a frequency offset value and determine PSS/SSS locations for the new carrier based on the frequency offset value and spaced center frequencies. | 09-26-2013 |
20130250874 | COMMON SEARCH SPACE FOR EPDCCH IN LTE - A method and apparatus for wireless communication manages virtual cell ID(s) for the common search. A UE determines a first virtual cell ID for a common search space (CSS) enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) and determines a second virtual cell ID for a user equipment search space (UESS) EPDCCH. The UE processes EPDCCH based on the determined first and second virtual cell IDs. | 09-26-2013 |
20130250913 | COOPERATION AND OPERATION OF MACRO NODE AND REMOTE RADIO HEAD DEPLOYMENTS IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided for separating control transmissions and data transmissions within the coverage area of a plurality of transmission/reception points or points that are geographically displaced, the plurality of points comprising a macro node and a plurality of remote radio heads (RRHs) coupled to the macro node. Separating control transmissions and data transmissions in the macro node/RRH configuration may allow UEs to be associated with one set of transmission points for data transmissions and the same set or a different set of transmission points for common control signaling. Separating control transmissions and data transmissions may also allow for faster reconfiguration of antenna ports used for UE data transmission compared with reconfiguration via a handover process. | 09-26-2013 |
20130250927 | Resource Partitioning Information for Enhanced Interference Coordination - Methods and apparatus for partitioning resources for enhanced inter-cell interference coordination (eICIC) are provided. Certain aspects involve broadcasting a message indicating time-domain resource partitioning information (RPI), where a user equipment (UE) may be operating in idle mode. With the RPI, the UE may be able to identify protected resources with reduced/eliminated interference from neighboring cells. The RPI in this broadcasted message may be encoded as a bitmap as an alternative or in addition to enumeration of the U/N/X subframes. Other aspects entail transmitting a dedicated or unicast message indicating the time-domain RPI, where a UE may be operating in connected mode. With the RPI, the UE may be able to determine channel state information (CSI), make radio resource management (RRM) measurements, or perform radio link monitoring (RLM), based on one or more signals from a serving base station during the protected time-domain resources. | 09-26-2013 |
20130259013 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNALS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Techniques for facilitating cell search by user equipments (UEs) in a wireless communication system are described. In an aspect, a primary synchronization code (PSC) sequence may be generated based on a Frank sequence and a constant amplitude sequence that is repeated multiple times. In another aspect, a set of PSC sequences may be generated based on complementary sequences having good aperiodic correlation properties and efficient implementations. In one design, PSC sequences A+B and B+A may be formed based on Golay complementary sequences A and B, there “+” denotes concatenation. In yet another aspect, a set of secondary synchronization code (SSC) sequences may be generated based on a set of base sequences and different modulation symbols of a modulation scheme. Each base sequence may be modulated by each of M possible modulation symbols for the modulation scheme to obtain M different SSC sequences. | 10-03-2013 |
20130286848 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING IN DENSE NETWORK OPERATIONS - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus transitions to a dormant state and transmits a very low duty cycle signal (LDCS) while in the dormant state. The apparatus may transmit an LDCS configuration to a second entity, the second entity being one of an LPN that is not in a dormant state and a macro cell. The apparatus may further monitor for a RACH messages at a predetermined RACH delay after transmitting the LDCS. The apparatus may transition to a DRX/DTX mode. The DRX/DTX mode may be matched to at least one connected UE. | 10-31-2013 |
20130286912 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING IN DENSE NETWORK OPERATIONS - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus identifies a UE relay and transmits a very low duty cycle signal (LDCS) configuration of the UE relay. The apparatus may comprise, e.g., an LPN that is not in a dormant state or a macrocell. The apparatus may receive LDCS information for the UE relay. The apparatus may determine the LDCS configuration and transmit the LDCS configuration to the UE relay. | 10-31-2013 |
20130286928 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING IN DENSE NETWORK OPERATIONS - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus receives an LDCS configuration for a UE relay from a second entity and monitors for an LDCS from the UE relay based on the received LDCS configuration. The second entity may comprise one of an LPN that is not in a dormant state and a Macro cell. The apparatus may receive LDCS configurations for a plurality of LPNs and monitor for a plurality of LPNs based on the received LDCS configurations. When the apparatus determines a need to connect to a LPN, the apparatus may select an LPN among the plurality of LPNs. | 10-31-2013 |
20130286965 | SIGNAL DESIGNS FOR DENSELY DEPLOYED NETWORK - Aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques that may be utilized in networks with relatively dense deployments of nodes, such as remote radio heads (RRHs) and UE relays. | 10-31-2013 |
20130294333 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCED OVERHEAD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Systems and methods are disclosed which implement one or more overhead reduction technique, if channel conditions favorable to implementation of overhead reduction are present. The one or more overhead reduction technique may have one or more restriction corresponding to the channel for which the overhead reduction technique is implemented. The one or more overhead reduction technique implemented may include time-domain bundling, frequency-domain bundling, and pattern adaptation. Pattern adaptation may include pattern code-domain reduction, pattern timing-domain reduction, and pattern frequency-domain reduction. | 11-07-2013 |
20130301564 | INTERACTION OF SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNALS WITH UPLINK CHANNELS FOR COORDINATED MULTI-POINT OPERATIONS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for facilitating interaction of sounding reference signals (SRS) with uplink channels, while supporting coordinated multipoint (CoMP) transmission/reception operations. One method generally includes receiving, from one or more nodes participating in the CoMP operations with a user equipment (UE), signaling indicating at least one of cell-specific SRS configurations or formats for uplink channels, and determining based, at least in part upon the signaling, whether at least one last symbol of a subframe is available for transmitting one or more of the uplink channels from the UE. | 11-14-2013 |
20130301565 | COEXISTENCE BETWEEN LCTS AND NCTS - A method of wireless communication occurs in a frequency band having a first set of resources associated with a first carrier type and a second set of resources associated with a second carrier type. In one configuration, the first carrier type is a NCT (NCT) and the second carrier type is a LCT (LCT). LCT UEs may only receive signals from the second carrier type. However, NCT UEs may receive signals from both the first carrier type and the second carrier type. Therefore, to provide backward compatibility while supporting NCT UEs, an eNodeB may signal support of the first carrier type to a NCT UE while maintaining signaling with LCT UEs. | 11-14-2013 |
20130301566 | COEXISTENCE BETWEEN LEGACY CARRIER TYPES AND NEW CARRIER TYPES - A method of wireless communication occurs in a frequency band having a first set of resources associated with a first carrier type and a second set of resources associated with a second carrier type. In one configuration, the first carrier type is a new carrier type and the second carrier type is a legacy carrier type. Legacy UEs may only receive signals from the second carrier type. However, new UEs may receive signals from both the first carrier type and the second carrier type. Therefore, to provide backward compatibility while supporting new UEs, an eNodeB may signal support of the first carrier type to a new UE while maintaining signaling with legacy UEs. Additionally, the eNodeB may restrict operations of a UE to the first set of resources or second set of resources. | 11-14-2013 |
20130301587 | BLINDLY DECODING INTERFERING CELL PDCCH TO ACQUIRE INTERFERING CELL PDSCH TRANSMISSION INFORMATION - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique for decoding a control channel in an interfering cell. Information obtained from the decoded channel may be used to perform interference cancellation, perform noise estimation, obtain information about operation of one or more base stations, and/or to decode transmissions in a different interfering cell. | 11-14-2013 |
20130329657 | SIGNALING OF VIRTUAL CELL ID - The present disclosure provides techniques for signaling sets of virtual cell IDs available for use in communicating with UEs. Such knowledge may allow a UE to enhance processing its own downlink channels when similar downlink channels for other UEs are multiplexed within the same physical resource block (PRB). | 12-12-2013 |
20130329661 | TRANSPORT BLOCK SIZE DETERMINATION IN NEW CARRIER TYPE IN LTE - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus detects a carrier type for receiving a signal, determines a transport block size (TBS) based on the detected carrier type, and receives the signal according to the determined TBS. The apparatus further detects a carrier type for receiving a signal, determines channel quality information (CQI) based on the detected carrier type, and transmits the CQI. The apparatus also determines a carrier type for transmitting a signal, determines a transport block size (TBS) based on the carrier type, and transmits the signal according to the determined carrier type and TBS. The apparatus further determines a carrier type for transmitting a signal, transmits the signal according to the determined carrier type, and receives channel quality information (CQI) from a user equipment (UE) based on the carrier type. | 12-12-2013 |
20130329662 | REFERENCE SIGNAL POWER IMPACT DETERMINATION IN NEW CARRIER TYPE IN LTE - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The apparatus determines a first bandwidth and a second bandwidth of a cell, wherein a reference signal is present in the second bandwidth and is not present outside the second bandwidth. The apparatus receives a physical channel with at least one resource block in a subframe from the cell, the subframe including one or more symbols. The apparatus determines at least one energy per resource element (EPRE) ratio for the received physical channel based at least in part on the first bandwidth and the second bandwidth. The apparatus processes the physical channel based on the determined EPRE ratio. | 12-12-2013 |
20130336193 | NETWORK INFORMATION FOR ASSISTING USER EQUIPMENT - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a UE that acquires information regarding an interfering non-serving cell and uses the information to improve decoding of serving cell signals. The method includes receiving, from a serving evolved Node B (eNB), information that includes one or more transmission characteristics of at least one non-serving cell and performing at least one of interference cancellation, demodulation, or provides an improved channel quality indicator (CQI) based on the received information. | 12-19-2013 |
20130336249 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR RESOURCE ELEMENT GROUP BASED TRAFFIC TO PILOT RATIO AIDED SIGNAL PROCESSING - A method, a computer program product, and an apparatus are provided. The methods and apparatus for wireless communication include receiving a transmission, the transmission including a plurality of resource element groups (REGs). Aspects of the methods and apparatus include selecting a set of REGs from the plurality of REGs, the set of REGs including at least one REG and determining a traffic to pilot ratio (TPR) for the set of REGs based on the transmission and reference signals in the transmission. Aspects of the methods and apparatus include determining whether the set of REGs includes at least one of control information or data based on the TPR and canceling at least one of control information or data from the set of REGs based on the TPR. | 12-19-2013 |
20140003267 | CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTING FOR PARTIALLY CANCELLED INTERFERENCE | 01-02-2014 |
20140003479 | INTERFERENCE SIGNAL DIVERSITY COMBINING FOR INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION | 01-02-2014 |
20140016488 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR POWER SAVING IN BROADCASTING CARRIER INFORMATION - The described aspects include methods and apparatus for activating a transmitter to communicate in a wireless network. A small cell can determine to activate the transmitter to serve user equipment (UE) in a wireless network. The small cell can then broadcast a portion of a set of broadcast signals in a radio frame and broadcast a remaining portion of the set of broadcast signals along with the portion of the set of broadcast signals in a subsequent radio frame. By refraining from immediately broadcasting all broadcast signals, the small cell can mitigate interference to other small cells. In addition, a UE can determine whether to generate random access channel (RACH) sequences for proximity determination or uplink timing synchronization based on parameters received in a RACH order. Moreover, a small cell with an active transmitter can decode discovery signals from a device to facilitate handover determination. | 01-16-2014 |
20140023001 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS OF DETECTION OF INTERFERING CELL COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL USAGE - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in connection with UE centric interfering cell communication protocol usage detection. In one example, a communications device (e.g., a UE) is equipped to receive one or more signals from each cell of a plurality of cells including a set of interfering cells. The set of interfering cells includes one or more interfering cells. The UE can detect system release version information for at least one cell from the set of interfering cells, and then modify its communication processing with a serving cell based on the detected system release version information. | 01-23-2014 |
20140023002 | ORDERING AND PROCESSING OF INTERFERING CHANNELS FOR REDUCED COMPLEXITY IMPLEMENTATION - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may perform one or more process that enable smart processing of resource elements from interfering base stations in order to improve cell decoding. The method includes prioritizing resource elements in order to reduce complexity of processing of the interfering resource elements. Some resource elements may be excluded from processing if priority is set to a null value or to a sufficiently low value. Resource elements in a subframe received from an interfering transmitter are grouped into one or more target regions and paired with serving and interfering cells. Each pairing is prioritized and processed in an order based on the priorities assigned to the pairings. | 01-23-2014 |
20140029456 | INTERFERENCE ESTIMATION IN THE PRESENCE OF ePDCCH TRANSMISSIONS - A method of wireless communication is presented. The method includes determining, for each resource element group of a resource block pair, whether an interfering control channel is present on the resource block pair. The determination may be based on whether estimated power of the resource element groups varies among two or more resource element groups. The method also includes estimating the interference on the resource block pair based on the determination. | 01-30-2014 |
20140036802 | INTERACTION BETWEEN EPCFICH AND EPDCCH IN LTE - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. In one configuration, the apparatus may be a UE. The apparatus may receive a message (e.g., via an ePCFICH) from an eNB and may process an ePDCCH using the message. The apparatus may receive a message via an ePCFICH indicating resources for ePDCCH, the ePDCCH being a localized ePDCCH and/or a distributed ePDCCH and process the ePDCCH using the message. The apparatus may receive an ePCFICH from an eNB, where the ePCFICH is a function of at least a PCI or a virtual cell identifier. The apparatus may process an ePDCCH using a default set of resources when an ePCFICH is not detected. The apparatus may receive an ePCFICH value and may determine either a starting symbol index for an ePDCCH or one or more ePDCCH resource sets based at least on the ePCFICH value. | 02-06-2014 |
20140036806 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COORDINATED MULTIPOINT (CoMP) COMMUNICATIONS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP) communications. Certain aspects relate to methods and apparatus for determining resource mapping and/or rate matching for CoMP operations. | 02-06-2014 |
20140036812 | COMMUNICATING WITH AN ENHANCED NEW CARRIER TYPE - A method of wireless communication is presented for an enhanced new carrier type cell. The method includes transmitting downlink common signals and channels at a low duty cycle while in a dormant state. The method also includes transmitting downlink common signals and channels at a high duty cycle while in an active state. | 02-06-2014 |
20140036838 | METHOD AND APPARATUS THAT FACILITATES DETECTING SYSTEM INFORMATION BLOCKS IN A HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK - Aspects are disclosed for detecting a system information block (SIB) within a heterogeneous network. In one aspect, a type of scheduling information pertaining to an SIB is selected, and a parameter known to a wireless terminal is associated with the type of scheduling information. The wireless terminal then decodes the SIB by deriving the scheduling information from the known parameters, without having to decode a Physical Downlink Control Channel. | 02-06-2014 |
20140043988 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RADIO LINK MONITORING IN NEW CARRIER TYPE (NCT) IN A LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) SYSTEM - Certain aspects provide methods and apparatus for performing radio link monitoring (RLM) based on channel state information reference signals (CSI-RSs). Such RLM may be performed for certain carriers, such as New Carrier Type (NCT) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, for example, in which reference signals conventionally used for RLM (e.g., common reference signals (CRSs) in LTE Rel-8/9/10) are not available in every subframe. Radio link failure (RLF) may be declared based on the RLM. One example method generally includes determining at least one of a first set of CSI-RS resources for use in channel estimation to perform RLM measurements or a second set of CSI-RS resources for use in interference estimation to perform the RLM measurements and performing the RLM measurements based on the one or more determined sets of CSI-RS resources. Certain aspects provide methods and apparatus for performing radio resource management (RRM) based on CSI-RSs. | 02-13-2014 |
20140044097 | MOBILITY OPERATION IN LTE - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. In an aspect, the apparatus establishes a first and/or second communication link with at least a first cell. The first communication link may be for receiving transmissions and the second communication link may be for sending transmissions. The apparatus performs a handover of one of the first and second communication links to at least a second cell. The apparatus determines a value of a parameter after the handover is performed based on a value of the parameter prior to the handover. In another aspect, the apparatus establishes a first and/or second communication link with at least a first cell. The first communication link may be for receiving transmissions and the second communication link may be for sending transmissions. In such aspect, a virtual cell ID is reconfigured for one of the first and second communication links. | 02-13-2014 |
20140071960 | SECONDARY SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL (SSS) POST-PROCESSING TO ELIMINATE SHORT CODE COLLISION INDUCED FALSE CELLS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for improving detection and processing of secondary synchronization signals (SSS). | 03-13-2014 |
20140098751 | REFERENCE SIGNALS FOR AN ENHANCED PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL - A method of wireless communication includes generating a first reference signal (e.g., DM-RS) based on a first scrambling identifier. The method also includes generating a second reference signal (e.g., DM-RS) based on a second scrambling identifier. The second scrambling identifier is different from the first scrambling identifier. The method further includes transmitting the first reference signal for a control channel (e.g., EPDCCH) and transmitting the second reference signal for a data channel (e.g., PDSCH). | 04-10-2014 |
20140098754 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN LTE - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for improved resource management in LTE. Methods and apparatus are provided for receiving, by a user equipment (UE), signaling providing an indication of a set of one or more subframes in which a set of resources are non-usable for one or more functions performed by the UE, or determining of the set by the UE, and excluding the non-usable resources when performing the one or more functions. Methods and apparatus are provided for identifying, by a base station (BS), a set of one or more subframes in which a set of resources might not be suitable for one or more functions performed by a user equipment (UE) and transmitting signaling, to the UE, providing an indication the set of resources are non-usable in the one or more subframes for the one or more functions performed by the UE. | 04-10-2014 |
20140098773 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION BY A USER EQUIPMENT USING BLIND DETECTION - In order to cancel any interference due to the second signal (e.g., from a non-serving cell) from a signal received at a UE, without receiving additional control information, the UE blindly estimates parameters associated with decoding the second signal. This may include determining a metric based on sets of symbols associated with the signals in order to determine parameters for the second signal, e.g., the transmission mode, modulation format, and/or spatial scheme of the second signal. The parameters for the signal may be determined based on a comparison of the metric with a threshold. When a spatial scheme and a modulation format is unknown, the blind estimation may include determining a plurality of constellations of possible transmitted modulated symbols associated with a potential spatial scheme and modulation format combination. Interference cancellation can be performed using the constellations and a corresponding probability weight. | 04-10-2014 |
20140112262 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING RESOURCE USAGE IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS USING INTERFERENCE CANCELATION - Systems, method and devices utilized in wireless communication may include creating, scheduling and/or using a transmission having at least one quasi-ABS which includes at least one macro set corresponding to a designated sector of a plurality of sectors in a macro node. Such subframes may be formed and partitioned to provide for a partition which may be used by a range expansion resource, such as a pico node or user entity. | 04-24-2014 |
20140119320 | RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE ENHANCEMENTS FOR HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide various mechanisms that allow a user equipment to convey information regarding one or more attributes to a base station during a random access (RA) procedure. The attributes may include, for example a capability of the UE (e.g., to support a particular feature or version of a standard) or a condition of the UE (e.g., if it is currently experiencing an interference condition). | 05-01-2014 |
20140120893 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED NEW CARRIER TYPE IN WIRELSS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Systems and methods providing an enhanced new carrier type (eNCT) operable to adapt cells of a wireless communication network for opportunistic behavior that adapts to the geo-temporal traffic distribution are disclosed. Embodiments of eNCT operation provide for transmission of downlink common channels by cells employing eNCT techniques only when needed. Base stations implementing eNCT techniques herein may transition between two or more operational states, such as an active state wherein full base station functionality is performed and a dormant state wherein limited base station functionality is performed, based upon geo-temporal traffic distribution within the network. Thus, when a base station is not actively serving a user equipment (UE), the downlink transmission by the base station, and resulting interference, may be reduced or even eliminated. | 05-01-2014 |
20140126484 | PROCESSING OVERLAPPING EPDCCH RESOURCE SETS - A method of wireless communication is presented. The method includes determining whether decoding candidates for enhanced control channel resource sets overlap. The method further includes determining uplink resources based on a predefined rule when the decoding candidates overlap. | 05-08-2014 |
20140126485 | MANAGING CROSS-CARRIER SCHEDULING IN CARRIER AGGREGATION WITH EPDCCH IN LTE - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided for cross-carrier scheduling when both PDCCH and EPDCCH are employed in a network that supports carrier aggregation. The apparatus receives a first component carrier and a second component carrier, where the first component carrier includes a first control channel, a second control channel, and carrier indication information. The first control channel corresponds to the first component carrier. The second control channel and the carrier indication information correspond to the second component carrier. The second control channel is one of at least a first type (e.g., PDCCH) or second type (e.g., EPDCCH) of control channel and the carrier indication information identifies the second component carrier for both the first and second types of control channels. The apparatus then processes the first and second control channels. | 05-08-2014 |
20140126490 | EPDCCH RESOURCE AND QUASI-CO-LOCATION MANAGEMENT IN LTE - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. In an aspect, the apparatus may receive a set of configurations for an EPDCCH that are tied to a set of configurations received for a PDSCH. The apparatus may then receive and process the EPDCCH based on at least one configuration from the set of configurations for the EPDCCH. In another aspect, the apparatus may determine at least a first and second resource set configured for a control channel and may determine a common set of aggregation levels for the first and second resource sets. The apparatus may further determine first rate-matching parameters for the first resource set and second rate-matching parameters for the second resource set, and may process the control channel using the common set of aggregation levels and the first and second rate-matching parameters. | 05-08-2014 |
20140135001 | Fast Cell Search - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate searches for a cell in a wireless communication environment. A mobile device can employ a searcher that can detect timing information respectively associated with PSCs and cells to determine the cell with the highest correlation. The searcher can detect SSCs, which can include detecting associated phase information, to determine the SSC with the highest correlation, CP length, and/or other information to facilitate identifying a desired cell having the strongest signal to establish communication between the mobile device and the desired cell. PSCs respectively associated with cells can have different positions in the symbol sequences, and SSCs can respectively be phase shifted at different angles to facilitate detection and identification of a cell(s), where a PSC can be utilized as a phase reference by the associated SSC. | 05-15-2014 |
20140161043 | SAMPLE SELECTION FOR SECONDARY SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL (SSS) DETECTION - Methods and apparatus for selecting samples for secondary synchronization signal (SSS) detection are described. Several alternatives are provided for efficient cell identifier detection. In a first alternative, multiple bursts of a signal received from a cell are sampled with non-uniform spacing between sampling intervals to determine a sequence for cell identification. In a second alternative, samples of a first and a second signal received from a stronger cell are cancelled, and a sequence for detecting a weaker cell is determined by reducing effects of the samples of a third signal received from the weaker cell which do not overlap with the primary synchronization signal (PSS) or SSS of the stronger cell. In a third alternative, a sequence for detecting a weaker cell is determined by reducing effects of any sampled bursts that correspond to a high transmission power portion of a signal from a stronger cell. | 06-12-2014 |
20140161044 | SAMPLE SELECTION FOR SECONDARY SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL (SSS) DETECTION - Methods and apparatus for selecting samples for secondary synchronization signal (SSS) detection are described. Several alternatives are provided for efficient cell identifier detection. In a first alternative, multiple bursts of a signal received from a cell are sampled with non-uniform spacing between sampling intervals to determine a sequence for cell identification. In a second alternative, samples of a first and a second signal received from a stronger cell are cancelled, and a sequence for detecting a weaker cell is determined by reducing effects of the samples of a third signal received from the weaker cell which do not overlap with the primary synchronization signal (PSS) or SSS of the stronger cell. In a third alternative, a sequence for detecting a weaker cell is determined by reducing effects of any sampled bursts that correspond to a high transmission power portion of a signal from a stronger cell. | 06-12-2014 |
20140192732 | IDENTIFYING MODULATION AND CODING SCHEMES AND CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATORS - Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communications. The use of at least two channel quality indicator (CQI) tables is supported. One of the at least two CQI table is identified. The identified CQI table is used to generate a CQI value for a wireless channel. In addition, the use of at least two modulation and coding scheme (MCS) tables is supported. A transmission is received via a wireless channel. One of the at least two MCS tables is identified to use for the received transmission. Further, a transport block size (TBS) table is identified that is mapped from the identified MCS table. The identified TBS table is used to determine a size of the received transmission. | 07-10-2014 |
20140198749 | TRANSMISSION AND PROCESSING OF HIGHER ORDER MODULATION - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE identifies properties associated with reference signals of a received payload. The properties associated with reference signals of the received payload may include a reference signal structure and/or a traffic to pilot ratio. The UE determines a payload structure based on the identified properties. Subsequently, the UE decodes the received payload based on the determined payload structure. The UE may receive mapping information indicating a mapping between possible properties associated with reference signals and possible payload structures. The UE may determine the payload structure further based on the received mapping information. The UE may receive the mapping information through a broadcast or RRC signaling. | 07-17-2014 |
20140204851 | ENHANCED PHYSICAL BROADCAST CHANNEL FOR NEW CARRIER TYPE IN LONG TERM EVOLUTION - Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for enhanced physical broadcast channel (PBCH) for new carrier type (NCT) in long term evolution (LTE). According to certain aspects, a method for wireless communications by a base station (BS) is provided. The method generally includes generating an enhanced physical broadcast channel (EPBCH) using a frequency division multiplexed (FDM) structure, wherein the EPBCH spans substantially a subframe duration and transmitting the EPBCH. | 07-24-2014 |
20140204857 | MANAGING INTERFERENCE IN A NETWORK - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. In one configuration, the apparatus may be a UE. The UE determines an MCS that would facilitate interference suppression of an interfering first cell transmission from a first cell when decoding a second cell transmission from a second cell at the UE. The interfering first cell transmission is a transmission unintended for the UE. The second cell transmission is a transmission intended for the UE. The UE transmits information indicating the determined MCS for the first cell. The UE receives a transmission including the second cell transmission from the second cell and the interfering first cell transmission from the first cell. The UE demodulates and/or decodes the second cell transmission from the received transmission based on the determined MCS. | 07-24-2014 |
20140211701 | COMMON REFERENCE SIGNAL PHASE DISCONTINUITY AND SEQUENCE INITIALIZATION - Methods, systems, and devices are described for supporting common reference signaling in wireless communications systems. Some configurations introduce a phase discontinuity between common reference signal (CRS) transmissions on different subframes. This may address issues that may arise when a reduced CRS periodicity is utilized. Indicators may also be transmitted from base stations to user equipment (UEs) to indicate whether phase continuity may be assumed or not. Some configurations may support CRS sequence initialization. These tools and techniques may utilize an extended CRS sequence periodicity, which may increase the number of CRS sequences transmitted by a cell. | 07-31-2014 |
20140233530 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING DORMANT CELLS - A method, a computer program product, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE receives an information block from a first base station while camped on a second base station. In an aspect, the information block includes an indication of a random access configuration for performing at least a part of a random access procedure. The UE determines to reselect to the first base station from the second base station. The UE performs at least a part of a random access procedure with the first base station based on the indicated random access configuration to reselect from a second base station to the first base station. | 08-21-2014 |
20140235243 | ACTIVATION PROCEDURE FOR DORMANT CELLS - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE receives synchronization signals and an information block from a first base station. The information block includes information indicating whether the first base station is in a dormant state or an active state. The UE detects the first base station based on the received synchronization signals and on the information indicating whether the first base station is in the dormant state or the active state. The UE may receive, from a second base station, an indication of resources for detecting the first base station. The synchronization signals and the information block may be received in the indicated resources. The UE may move to the first base station from a second base station in a handoff from the second base station to the first base station. | 08-21-2014 |
20140254509 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-SUBFRAME SCHEDULING - Methods, systems, and devices are described for scheduling transmissions for multiple subframes in a single scheduling operation. Scheduling information is provided in a multi-subframe scheduling information transmission for a set of subframes. Differences in characteristics for subframes under the multi-subframe information are determined, and one or more properties for communication during the one or more subframes may be adjusted based on subframe characteristics. Such multi-subframe scheduling may allow for reduced overhead for scheduling uplink or downlink transmissions. | 09-11-2014 |
20140269246 | INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION - A method to enhance coverage and/or throughput in a heterogeneous wireless network includes detecting interference between a neighboring cell and a serving cell. The method also includes cancelling the interference using an adaptive technique based on whether the interference has colliding Common Reference Signal (CRS) tones or whether the interference has colliding Dedicated Reference Signal (DRS) tones. | 09-18-2014 |
20140293971 | EMPLOYING NEIGHBORING CELL ASSISTANCE INFORMATION FOR INTERFERENCE MITIGATION - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for employing a neighboring cell's assistance information for interference mitigation (e.g., by conveying the information to a user equipment). A base station (BS) may determine assistance information for a neighboring cell and convey it to a user equipment (UE). A UE may receive assistance information for a neighboring cell and use that information for performing interference cancellation or suppression on received signals. The UE may receive the assistance information from a serving cell or a non-serving cell. The assistance information may be valid for a particular transmission instance, for a known period of time, or until updated by a BS. | 10-02-2014 |
20140301251 | INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION/SUPPRESSION IN TDD WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - A wireless user equipment (UE) may receive a downlink transmission from a base station in a first subframe of a first subframe configuration, and determine that a neighboring base station is operating according to a second subframe configuration. The UE may modify interference operations for the downlink transmission in the first subframe based on the determination to account for the neighboring base station operating according to the different subframe configuration. Modifying interference operations may include, for example, skipping interference operations, applying different interference operations to a subframe or a portion of a subframe, or a combination thereof. Modifying interference operations may be based on one or more characteristics of the neighboring base station communications. | 10-09-2014 |
20140301268 | NETWORK ASSISTED INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION/SUPPRESSION FOR MULTIPLE SERVICES - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for network assisted interference cancellation (IC) and interference suppression (IS) for multiple services. According to aspects a user equipment (UE) may determine information regarding system parameters for one or more types of communications services used to transmit potentially interfering signals in one or more neighbor cells, wherein a type of the information determined depends on the type of communications service. The UE may perform interference management using the determined information to cancel or suppress interference caused by the potentially interfering signals. | 10-09-2014 |
20140301271 | CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNAL (CSI-RS) HANDLING FOR NETWORK ASSISTED INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION - A method of wireless communication includes transmitting channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) configuration information to a user equipment (UE). The CSI-RS configuration information is transmitted so that the UE may mitigate interference caused by interfering CSI-RSs. The CSI-RS configuration may be a CSI-RS configuration of a neighbor cell. | 10-09-2014 |
20140301272 | COMMON REFERENCE SIGNAL INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION TRIGGERING IN HOMOGENEOUS NETWORKS - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus determines whether one or more criteria for triggering interference cancellation in a homogeneous network are satisfied. The apparatus transmits a signal to a UE to control triggering the interference cancellation at the UE if the one or more criteria are satisfied. | 10-09-2014 |
20140301292 | TPR MANAGEMENT FOR EPDCCH IN LTE - For an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH), unlimited traffic-to-pilot ratio (TPR) variations across resource elements of a physical resource block (PRB) pair is problematic because of the detrimental affect the variations will have on the ability of a user equipment (UE) to perform inter-cell/intra-cell interference suppression (IS) and/or interference cancellation (IC) on EPDCCH of an interfering cell. A TPR limitation is placed on EPDCCH to facilitate IS/IC without causing practical limitations on EPDCCH management by an eNB. Accordingly, a method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus identifies a plurality of resource elements of at least one PRB pair for transmitting one or more control channels, divides the plurality of identified resource elements into one or more groups, and restricts a plurality of resource elements in a respective group to a TPR. | 10-09-2014 |
20140301297 | ADAPTIVE ANTENNA MANAGEMENT IN LTE - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for adaptive antenna management in LTE. Devices and networks capable of transmitting and receiving signals using a variable number of transmitting or receiving antennas using LTE radio access technology are described. | 10-09-2014 |
20140301298 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION RESTRICTION AND EFFICIENT SIGNALING - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for transmission restriction and efficient signaling. A base station (BS) may determine information regarding a restricted set of system parameters used for transmission from at least one of the serving BS or one or more potentially interfering BSs and signal the information to a user equipment (UE). According to certain aspects, a UE may receive the signaling of information regarding the restricted set of system parameters used for transmission from at least one of the serving BS or the one or more potentially interfering BSs and use the information to cancel interference by transmissions from the one or more potentially interfering BSs or serving BS. | 10-09-2014 |
20140301309 | LOW COMPLEXITY BLIND DETECTION OF TRANSMISSION PARAMETERS OF INTERFERERS - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus reduces inference in a received signal. The apparatus receives a signal including transmissions from a plurality of cells. The apparatus determines transmission parameter hypotheses associated with the plurality of cells. Each transmission parameter hypothesis from the transmission parameter hypotheses includes a set of transmission parameters associated with all the cells from the plurality cells. The apparatus selects at least one transmission parameter hypothesis based on a first metric applied to each hypothesis. The apparatus refines transmission parameters associated with at least one cell from the plurality of cells. The refining includes improving an accuracy of the transmission parameters associated with the at least one cell based on a second metric associated with each cell individually. | 10-09-2014 |
20140302863 | VIRTUAL CELL MANAGEMENT FOR INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION AND INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION IN LTE - In some aspects, a method for performing wireless communication includes configuring a set of virtual cells for user equipments (UEs). One or more virtual cells of the set is associated with at least one set of parameters. The method also includes transmitting information, to the UEs, regarding the set of the virtual cells, and operating, for a same virtual cell, according to a same set of parameters for some or all of the UEs. In other aspects, a method for performing wireless communications includes receiving, from a node, information regarding, for a UE, a set of virtual cells associated with a set of parameters. The method also includes communicating with the node. The communication is based on a virtual cell and its associated set of parameters. | 10-09-2014 |
20140307569 | ADAPTIVE DATA INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION - Real-time selection of interference cancellation schemes based on transmission parameters and amount of resource overlap between the desired payload and the interfering payload. Codeword level interference cancellation may be performed where the signal quality of the interfering signal indicates that the interfering payload will be decoded correctly. When performed, codeword level interference cancellation may be monitored to determine if decoding the interfering payload is converging. Other interference cancellation schemes may be selected based on the signal quality of the interfering signal or non-converging decode of the interfering payload. The number of iterations for iterative decoding in codeword level interference cancellation may be dynamically selected. The decoder output (e.g., soft bits) may be used to perform interference cancellations before the decoder is fully converged. Iterative decoding may be performed in multiple passes and soft decision output form one pass may be used to initialize the decoder for a subsequent pass. | 10-16-2014 |
20140307703 | PRECODER RESOURCE BUNDLING INFORMATION FOR INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION IN LTE - Methods, systems, and devices are described for interference cancellation/interference suppression (IC/IS) of neighbor cell transmissions. A UE may receive a downlink transmission from a base station and also receive interfering signals from one or more neighboring base stations. The UE may be configured to perform IC/IS operations on the interfering signals. In order to enhance IC/IS operations, the UE may evaluate whether resource bundling is used for the interfering signals. The UE may modify IC/IS operations for one or more subframes responsive to the evaluation. Modifying IC/IS operations may include, for example, using information related to the bundling at the neighboring base station(s) to cancel the interfering signals from the base station(s). | 10-16-2014 |
20140314007 | PDSCH TRANSMISSION SCHEMES WITH COMPACT DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION (DCI) FORMAT IN NEW CARRIER TYPE (NCT) IN LTE - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission schemes with compact downlink control information (DCI) format in new carrier type (NCT) in long term evolution (LTE). | 10-23-2014 |
20140334399 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK SYNCHRONIZATION - Certain aspects relate to techniques and apparatus for network synchronization by network listening. Aspects include transmitting a synchronization signal for a base station (BS) to use for acquiring synchronization with the network. Aspects include listening for a synchronization signal from a BS to use for acquiring network synchronization. In aspects, a method for wireless communications by a BS is provided. The method generally includes acquiring synchronization with a network based on a first synchronization signal transmitted from a primary BS or a secondary BS, determining a synchronization stratum for the BS based on whether the BS acquired synchronization with the network from the primary BS or from the secondary BS, and transmitting a second synchronization signal for one or more other BS s to use for acquiring synchronization with the network, wherein the transmitting is based, at least in part on the determined synchronization stratum. | 11-13-2014 |
20140334402 | COORDINATED MULTIPOINT (CoMP) AND NETWORK ASSISTED INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION/CANCELLATION - A method of wireless communications identifies a first virtual cell identity. The method also includes determining one or more virtual cells based on the identified first virtual cell identity. The method further includes processing one channel based on the determination. | 11-13-2014 |
20140334434 | REFERENCE SIGNAL DETECTION - Aspects of the disclosure are related to identifying whether an apparatus (e.g., base station, access point, etc.) is transmitting using a CRS based transmission scheme or a UE-RS based transmission scheme. Such detection may be necessary for PDSCH interference cancellation (IC) of a neighboring cell since a UE may not know which transmission scheme is used by the neighboring cell. For instance, the UE may know the transmission scheme of the serving cell, but the UE may not know the transmission scheme of a neighboring non-serving cell. As such, aspects of the disclosure provide for a blind detection algorithm to identify or determine a transmission mode or transmission scheme of a neighboring cell to then apply interference cancellation (IC) to an interfering signal received from the neighboring cell. | 11-13-2014 |
20140341018 | TECHNIQUES FOR SELECTING SUBFRAME TYPE OR FOR INTERLEAVING SIGNALS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS OVER UNLICENSED SPECTRUM - Methods and apparatuses are described in which an unlicensed spectrum is used for Long Term Evolution (LTE) communications. A first method includes comparing past transmission activity on an unlicensed spectrum to an activity threshold, transmitting a first subframe type in the unlicensed spectrum during a next active transmission when the past transmission activity is greater than the activity threshold, and transmitting a second subframe type in the unlicensed spectrum during a next active transmission when the past transmission activity is lesser than the activity threshold, the second subframe type comprising a more robust subframe type than the first subframe type. A second method includes generating one or both of PUCCH signals and PUSCH signals based on interleaved signals that increase nominal bandwidth occupancy in an unlicensed spectrum, and transmitting the generated signals in the unlicensed spectrum. A third method includes receiving the PUCCH signals and the PUSCH signals. | 11-20-2014 |
20140341024 | CONCURRENT WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS OVER LICENSED AND UNLICENSED SPECTRUM - Methods and apparatuses are described for wireless communications. A first method includes transmitting a first Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) communications signal to a wireless node in a licensed spectrum, and transmitting, concurrently with the transmission of the first OFDMA communications signal, a second OFDMA communications signal to the wireless node in an unlicensed spectrum. A second method includes receiving a first Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) communications signal from a wireless node in a licensed spectrum, and receiving, concurrently with the reception of the first OFDMA communications signal, a second OFDMA communication signal from the wireless node in an unlicensed spectrum. A third method includes generating a periodic gating interval for a cellular downlink in an unlicensed spectrum, and synchronizing at least one boundary of the periodic gating interval with at least one boundary of a periodic frame structure associated with a primary component carrier of the cellular downlink. | 11-20-2014 |
20140341035 | BEACON TRANSMISSION OVER UNLICENSED SPECTRUM - Methods and apparatuses are described in which an unlicensed spectrum is used for Long Term Evolution (LTE) communications. A first method includes broadcasting beacon signals in an unlicensed spectrum at predetermined times from an evolved Node B (eNB). A second method includes receiving beacon signals broadcast in an unlicensed spectrum at predetermined times from an eNB. The beacon signals may include downlink signals identifying the eNB and at least one associated attribute of the eNB. | 11-20-2014 |
20140341050 | CHANNEL ESTIMATE UNDER NON-UNIFORM REFERENCE SIGNAL PATTERN - Reference signals may not uniformly span over time and/or frequency on a resource unit. For example, reference signals may non-uniformly occupy symbols of a subframe. Alternatively, reference signals normally transmitted over certain tones of a subframe may have to be punctured to avoid collisions with a PSS and/or SSS transmitted over the same tones. Consequently, a UE may only be able to use a subset of reference signal tones for performing channel estimation. Accordingly, a method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided for improving channel estimation under a non-uniform signal pattern. The apparatus indicates to a UE to utilize a subset of reference signals to derive a channel estimate for demodulating data in a specific subframe, and transmits a plurality of subframes, the plurality of subframes including the reference signals and the specific subframe, the specific subframe including a PSS and/or SSS. | 11-20-2014 |
20140341053 | WIRELESS FEEDBACK COMMUNICATIONS OVER UNLICENSED SPECTRUM - Methods and apparatuses are described in which an unlicensed spectrum is used for Long Term Evolution (LTE) communications. A first method includes receiving feedback information from a user equipment (UE) via a primary component carrier (PCC) uplink in a licensed spectrum. A second method includes transmitting feedback information from a UE to an evolved Node B (eNB) via a PCC uplink in a licensed spectrum. The feedback information may address signals transmitted to the UE via a downlink in an unlicensed spectrum | 11-20-2014 |
20140341135 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE SCHEME FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS OVER UNLICENSED SPECTRUM - Methods and apparatuses are described in which an unlicensed spectrum is used for Long Term Evolution (LTE) communications. A first method includes performing clear channel assessment (CCA) to determine availability of an unlicensed spectrum, transmitting a request-to-send (RTS) signal to a set of user equipments (UEs) using the unlicensed spectrum when a determination is made that the unlicensed spectrum is available, and receiving, in the unlicensed spectrum, a common clear-to-send (CTS) signal and an individual CTS signal from one or more of the UEs in response to the RTS signal. A second method includes transmitting an RTS signal in an unlicensed spectrum or a V-RTS signal in a licensed spectrum, addressed to a set of UEs, and transmitting a CTS-to-self signal in the unlicensed spectrum along with the transmission of the V-RTS signal. | 11-20-2014 |
20140341207 | LISTEN-BEFORE-TALK RESERVATION SCHEME FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS OVER UNLICENSED SPECTRUM - Methods and apparatuses are described in which an unlicensed spectrum is used for Long Term Evolution (LTE) communications. A first method includes synchronizing clear channel assessment (CCA) slots across a plurality of base stations to determine availability of an unlicensed spectrum for transmissions in a next transmission interval. A second method includes performing a CCA during one of a plurality of CCA slots synchronized across a plurality of evolved Node Bs (eNBs) to determine availability of unlicensed spectrum for transmissions in a next transmission interval. | 11-20-2014 |
20140342745 | GATING SCHEME FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION OVER UNLICENSED SPECTRUM - Methods and apparatuses are described in which an unlicensed spectrum is used for Long Term Evolution (LTE) communications. One method includes performing a clear channel assessment (CCA) for an unlicensed spectrum in a current gating interval to determine whether the unlicensed spectrum is available for a transmission in a next transmission interval, and gating OFF the transmission in the unlicensed spectrum for the next transmission interval when the determination is that the unlicensed spectrum is unavailable. | 11-20-2014 |
20140348019 | CQI Estimation in a Wireless Communication Network - Techniques for estimating and reporting channel quality indicator (CQI) are disclosed. Neighboring base stations may cause strong interference to one another and may be allocated different resources, e.g., different subframes. A UE may observe different levels of interference on different resources. In an aspect, the UE may determine a CQI for resources allocated to a base station and having reduced or no interference from at least one interfering base station. In another aspect, the UE may determine multiple CQI for resources of different types and associated with different interference levels. For example, the UE may determine a first CQI based on at least one first subframe allocated to the base station and having reduced or no interference from the interfering base station(s). The UE may determine a second CQI based on at least one second subframe allocated to the interfering base station(s). | 11-27-2014 |
20140362780 | LTE/LTE-A UPLINK CARRIER AGGREGATION USING UNLICENSED SPECTRUM - Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for wireless communications. In one method, an uplink grant may be received over a licensed spectrum. A clear channel assessment (CCA) may be performed in response to the uplink grant to determine availability of an unlicensed spectrum. The CCA may be performed prior to a transmission associated with the uplink grant. In another method, scheduling information may be received over a licensed spectrum. An uplink grant may be transmitted over the licensed spectrum. The uplink grant may be based at least in part on the scheduling information. The uplink grant may be configured to trigger a CCA to determine availability of an unlicensed spectrum prior to a transmission associated with the uplink grant. | 12-11-2014 |
20140364117 | REFERENCE SIGNAL DESIGN FOR CELL SEARCH IN AN ORTHOGONAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate efficient cell acquisition in a wireless communication system. In one aspect, a reference signal for use in cell acquisition can be constructed in a bandwidth-agnostic manner such that it contains a common central portion in a predetermined frequency band that is independent of a bandwidth utilized by an associated wireless communication system. The central portion can be constructed as a two-dimensional block in time and frequency that spans a default cell search bandwidth, a predetermined bandwidth specified by synchronization codes or other signals, or another suitable bandwidth. A reference signal can then be constructed form the central portion by tiling or expanding the central portion such that it spans the entire system bandwidth. | 12-11-2014 |
20150023315 | LTE CHANNEL ACCESS OVER UNLICENSED BANDS - Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communications. In one method, a clear channel assessment (CCA) may be performed at a base station to determine availability of an unlicensed spectrum. A first waveform may be transmitted to a set of user equipments (UEs) over the unlicensed spectrum when available. The first waveform may indicate a first time period and a second time period during which the base station has channel access over the unlicensed spectrum. A second waveform may be received from one or more UEs responsive to the first waveform. Each second waveform may be received over the unlicensed spectrum during the first time period and may indicate that the respective UE has channel access over the unlicensed spectrum to receive data from the base station during the second time period. | 01-22-2015 |
20150029877 | DISCOVERY SIGNALS FOR LTE - Aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques that may be utilized in networks with relatively dense deployments of small cells and/or various other types of cells, each of which may or may not support a dormancy cell operation. | 01-29-2015 |
20150031382 | PAGING A USER EQUIPMENT OVER UNLICENSED SPECTRUM - Methods and apparatus for paging comprise receiving data destined for a UE. The methods and apparatus further comprise determining a short identity for the UE relative to a longer global user equipment identity and identifying a MIB transmission based on a short identity. Moreover, the methods and apparatus comprise activating a bit within a slot of the MIB transmission to indicate that the user equipment listen for a page in order to receive the data and broadcasting the MIB. In other aspects, methods and apparatus for receiving a page comprise entering an idle state while camped on a cell. The methods and apparatus further comprise waking up from the idle state to monitor a slot of a MIB for a paging indication. Moreover, the methods and apparatus comprise recognizing the paging indication in the monitored slot of the MIB, determining a paging window based on correlation information in a SIB and waking up to listen for a page during the paging window. | 01-29-2015 |
20150043523 | TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF COMMON CHANNEL IN AN UNLICENSED OR SHARED SPECTRUM - Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for wireless communications, in which transmission of common information to two or more receivers over unlicensed spectrum may be provided. The common information may be transmitted over a number (e.g., a set) of different carrier frequencies of the unlicensed spectrum. A staggering pattern may be employed to transmit all or a part of the common information across each of the carrier frequencies in the set of carrier frequencies. The detection of the information on one of the carrier frequencies may provide information that may be used to derive the staggering pattern. The duration of the common information transmission on each of the carrier frequencies may be selected such that a clear channel assessment (CCA) to determine availability of the unlicensed spectrum is not required. | 02-12-2015 |
20150043687 | INTRA-FREQUENCY AND INTER-RAT RECEIVER - Techniques are described for wireless communications. In one example, multiple signals including at least a wireless local area network (WLAN) signal and a cellular signal may be received over a bandwidth of an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band. Digital samples of the signals may be stored in a buffer. At least a portion of the WLAN signal may be reconstructed from the stored digital samples and removed from the stored digital samples before the contents of the buffer are converted to the frequency domain for demodulation and decoding of the cellular signal by a cellular receiver. In another example, multiple signals may be received over a bandwidth of an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, and it may be determined whether to apply codeword-level interference cancelation (CWIC) or symbol-level interference cancelation (SLIC) to remove an interference signal in the multiple signals. | 02-12-2015 |
20150049683 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF IMPROVING IDENTIFICATION OF REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSIONS - Methods and apparatuses are described for improving identification of reference signal transmissions at a user equipment (UE). One or more restrictions related to reference signal transmissions in one or more interfering signals can be identified. One or more reference signal transmissions received in the one or more interfering signals can then be detected based at least in part on the one or more restrictions. The one or more reference signal transmissions received in the one or more interfering signals can be processed to improve communications with a serving base station. | 02-19-2015 |
20150049708 | HARQ DESIGN FOR LTE IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM UTILIZING INDIVIDUAL ACK/NACK - Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for wireless communications. In one method, a sequence number corresponding to a data frame and one or more data subframes of the data frame may be transmitted over an unlicensed spectrum to a user equipment (UE), and hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for the one or more data subframes may be received over the unlicensed spectrum, from the UE, when the sequence number corresponding to the data frame is received by the UE in a specified order. In another method, a sequence number corresponding to a data frame and HARQ feedback may be transmitted over an unlicensed spectrum to a UE, and one or more data subframes may be received over the unlicensed spectrum, from the UE, in response to the HARQ feedback when the sequence number corresponding to the data frame is received by the UE in a specified order. | 02-19-2015 |
20150049709 | GROUP ACK/NACK FOR LTE IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM - Methods, systems, devices, and apparatuses are described for wireless communications. In one method, a set of one or more data subframes of a data frame may be transmitted over an unlicensed spectrum, to a user equipment (UE), during a transmission period. A group hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback message for a plurality of data subframes including at least one of the data subframes in the set of one or more data subframes may then be received over the unlicensed spectrum, from the UE, during the transmission period. In another method, a set of one or more data subframes of a data frame may be received over an unlicensed spectrum during a transmission period. A group HARQ feedback message for a plurality of data subframes including at least one of the data subframes in the set of one or more data subframes may then be transmitted over the unlicensed spectrum during the transmission period. | 02-19-2015 |
20150049712 | Uplink Procedures For LTE/LTE-A Communication Systems With Unlicensed Spectrum - Long term evolution (LTE)/LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) deployments with unlicensed spectrum leverage more efficient LTE communication aspects over unlicensed spectrum, such as over WIFI radio access technology. In order to accommodate such communications, various uplink procedures may be modified in order to handle communications between licensed and unlicensed spectrum with LTE/LTE-A deployments with unlicensed spectrum. | 02-19-2015 |
20150049715 | SUBFRAME STAGGERING ACROSS COMPONENT CARRIERS IN AN UNLICENSED OR SHARED SPECTRUM - Methods, systems, and devices are described for clear channel assessments (CCAs) on multiple component carriers transmitted using an unlicensed spectrum. A set of component carriers may be identified for transmission of communications signals on the unlicensed spectrum, and a CCA one component carrier of the set may be staggered to occur at a different time than a CCA for a different component carrier of the setoff component carriers. The staggering of CCAs may allow for CCA to be performed at different times for different component carriers, thus increasing opportunities to gain channel access in the unlicensed spectrum. | 02-19-2015 |
20150049741 | Downlink Procedures For LTE/LTE-A Communication Systems With Unlicensed Spectrum - Long term evolution (LTE)/LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) deployments with unlicensed spectrum leverage more efficient LTE communication aspects over unlicensed spectrum, such as over WIFI radio access technology. In order to accommodate such communications, various downlink procedures may be modified in order to handle communications between licensed and unlicensed spectrum with LTE/LTE-A deployments with unlicensed spectrum. | 02-19-2015 |
20150055586 | RESTRICTIONS ON CONTROL CHANNEL SCHEDULING - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for improving blind-decoding and interference suppression associated with interference from non-serving cells in a wireless network, specifically, performing interference suppression on the non-serving cell control channel. Various aspect employ network-assisted blind-decoding of non-serving cell signals at UEs through the coordination, communication, and use of communication restriction conditions. Network aspects may restrict certain communications between eNBs and served UEs, and communicate the restrictions to non-served UE. The non-served UEs can then leverage the restrictions for more efficient blind-decoding of interfering eNB signals and interference cancellation of interfering eNB signals. | 02-26-2015 |
20150055588 | CSI AND ACK REPORTING ENHANCEMENTS IN LTE/LTE-A WITH UNLICENSED SPECTRUM - Channel state information (CSI) and acknowledgement (ACK) reporting enhancements in Long Term Evolution (LTE)/LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) enabling communications over an unlicensed spectrum are disclosed. For example, ACK/NAK may include unlicensed spectrum interference information, such as WIFI interference. Additionally, in anticipation of a future downlink transmission, UEs may report WiFI interference to base stations absent a current downlink transmission. Also, CSI-RS and/or IMR resources may be staggered across subframes and/or within slots of subframes. Further, CSI reporting may include separate reports for CSI-RS resources that experience unlicensed spectrum interference and interference free CSI-RS resources. Still further, CSI reports may include a request to the base station to switch the current channel or band. Finally, inter-RAT ACK and CSI reporting may be provided on a second unlicensed spectrum band, such as a WIFI band, for a first unlicensed spectrum band, such as an LTE/LTE-A unlicensed band. | 02-26-2015 |
20150055589 | COMMON HARQ PROCESSES - A sharing of common hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process space by multiple unlicensed spectrum component carriers is described. Because communication access is not guaranteed over the unlicensed spectrum, a set of component carriers in the unlicensed spectrum is assigned to share a common HARQ process space, such that uplink or downlink data will be transmitted over any one or more of the set of component carriers that clear a clear channel assessment (CCA) check. The receiver then provides a HARQ process response over the same HARQ process space using the grouped component carriers that share that common HARQ process space. Thus, any one or more of the set of component carriers sharing the common HARQ process space may both carry the transmitted data and carry the HARQ process response to the attempted data transmission. | 02-26-2015 |
20150056931 | DETECTION OF BURSTY WIFI INTERFERENCE IN LTE/LTE-A COMMUNICATIONS IN AN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM - Methods, systems, and devices are described for detection of one or more interfering signals in a particular frequency spectrum. Signal characteristics may be identified for a signal of interest in the spectrum, such as a signal that is desired to be received at a wireless communications device. Based at least in part on the characteristics, one or more interference detection opportunities may be identified, during which interfering signals in the spectrum may be detected. Interference detection opportunities may include, for example, periods when the signal of interest may be absent from the particular frequency spectrum. Transmissions in the frequency spectrum may be monitored during the interference detection opportunity to determine the presence of one or more interfering signals. | 02-26-2015 |
20150063253 | METHODS FOR NEIGHBOR CSI-RS DETECTION - Methods, systems, and devices are described for identifying channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) from a non-serving cell in a wireless communications network. A subset of virtual cell identity (VCID) candidates may be identified, and one or more CSI-RS locations for one or more CSI-RS in a received signal from a non-serving cell may be determined The CSI-RS locations may be determined based on periodicity properties of CSI-RS transmissions of the subset of VCID candidates. The one or more determined locations in the received signal may be used to identify the one or more CSI-RS in the received signal through searching the locations for all available VCIDs in a set of VCIDs. | 03-05-2015 |
20150067435 | RESOURCE MAPPING TO HANDLE BURSTY INTERFERENCE - Resource mapping and coding schemes to handle bursty interference are disclosed that provide for spreading the modulated symbols for one or more transmission code words over more symbols in the time-frequency transmission stream. Certain aspects allow for the modulated symbols to be based on bits from more than one code word. Other aspects also provide for re-mapping code word transmission sequences for re-transmissions based on the number of re-transmissions requested by the receiver. Additional aspects provide for layered coding that uses a lower fixed-size constellation to encode/decode transmissions in a layered manner in order to achieve a larger-size constellation encoding. The layered encoding process allows the transmitter and receiver to use different coding rates for each coding layer. The layered encoding process also allows interference from neighboring cells to be canceled without knowledge of the actual constellation used to code the interfering neighboring signal. | 03-05-2015 |
20150071220 | TRANSMITTER MANAGEMENT UNDER TRANSMITTER UNCERTAINTY - Management of transmitters is disclosed for conditions of transmission uncertainty that arises in operating over non-guaranteed transmission carriers that are required to perform listen-before-talk (LBT) processes and guaranteed transmission carriers that are LBT-exempt. Due to the hardware and software constraints, techniques are described to pre-prepare data and control transmissions or provide the transmitters additional time to prepare for such data and control transmissions based on the results of clear channel assessment (CCA) checks of the non-guaranteed transmission carriers. | 03-12-2015 |
20150085793 | SEQUENCE MAPPING FOR LTE/LTE-A WITH UNLICENSED SPECTRUM - Sequence mapping for reference signal is disclosed in which the reference signal sequence at the fixed set of resource blocks around a predetermined common frequency is generated to be independent from the system bandwidth. The reference signal sequence may be generated around the predetermined common frequency or may be configured based on a cell identifier. Either such solution provides a system bandwidth independent means for a user equipment (UE) to detect the reference signal sequence for decoding a bandwidth information bearing signal received from the communicating base station. | 03-26-2015 |
20150085794 | UPLINK RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND TRANSPORT BLOCK SIZE DETERMINATION OVER UNLICENSED SPECTRUM - Methods and apparatus for determining a transport block size include identifying data to be transmitted on an uplink, wherein the data is associated with a number of resource blocks. The methods and apparatus further include receiving at least one indicated coefficient via a downlink control information. Additionally, the methods and apparatus include determining at least one coefficient based on the at least one indicated coefficient and calculating a transport block size column index based on the number of resource blocks and the at least one coefficient. Moreover, the methods and apparatus include determining the transport block size based at least in part on the transport block size column index. The methods and apparatus may transmit the data on the uplink based at least in part on the transport block size. | 03-26-2015 |
20150085797 | LTE-U UPLINK WAVEFORM AND VARIABLE MULTI-SUBFRAME SCHEDULING - Uplink waveforms for operating long term evolution (LTE) in an unlicensed band (i.e., long term evolution-unlicensed (LTE-U) communication) are disclosed. Carrier aggregation (CA) and standalone (SA) are disclosed. LTE on the licensed channel may provide both control and data, LTE on the unlicensed channel may provide data. Managing variable transmission time interval (TTI) continuous transmission is disclosed for transmission over multiple subframes of an unlicensed carrier in LTE-U. Listen-before-talk (LBT) requirements of unlicensed carriers provide for additional channel occupancy constraints when scheduling resources for multiple UEs for variable TTI continuous uplink transmissions over multiple subframes. A joint control channel is disclosed that provides control information for all of the potentially available subframes to be scheduled for the uplink transmissions. In addition to management of the variable TTI continuous transmissions, adjustments to uplink signal parameters are also disclosed that address the constraints due to the LBT requirements of unlicensed carriers. | 03-26-2015 |