摘要:
Wireless telecommunications methods, a computer program product and network nodes are disclosed. The wireless telecommunication network base station method comprises repeating transmission of a physical broadcast channel within a radio frame of a downlink physical resource. By repeating the transmission of the physical broadcast channel, the coverage is increased to the desired amount.
摘要:
The application relates to transmitting control information to low complexity user equipment having a limited bandwidth receiver. A method performed at a network node of transmitting control information to low complexity user equipment is disclosed. The control information is transmitted within a predetermined limited frequency bandwidth that the low complexity user equipment is configured to receive. The method comprises: transmitting within the limited bandwidth, user specific control information during first predetermined time periods and non-user specific control information during second predetermined time periods, wherein the first and second time periods do not overlap; and transmitting within the limited bandwidth in response to a network connection request from the low complexity user equipment further control information, the further control information being transmitted during further predetermined time periods, the further predetermined time periods overlapping with at least one of the first and second time periods; wherein the further control information is transmitted in a different non-overlapping frequency range to the user specific and non-user specific control information.
摘要:
A method and network node operable to perform a method of controlling a carrier configuration of a network node in a multi-carrier wireless telecommunication network. The multi-carrier wireless telecommunications network comprises a plurality of network nodes operable to simultaneously transmit and receive signals on more than one radio frequency carrier within a sector of the telecommunications network. The method comprises the steps of: monitoring an indication data traffic received over a predetermined time period on each carrier to determine whether the data traffic received over the time period meets a predetermined set of conditions, transmitting a request to deactivate each carrier determined to meet the conditions; monitoring for receipt of a positive response to the request and implementing deactivation for each carrier for which a positive response is received.
摘要:
A method of controlling communication between a first network node and a second network node in a multi-carrier wireless communications system, network nodes and a computer program product are disclosed. The method of controlling communication between a first network node and a second network node in a multicarrier wireless communications system in which a predetermined set of a plurality of carriers are utilised to support communication between the first network node and the second network node, the predetermined set of the plurality of carriers comprising a primary carrier and at least one secondary carrier, comprises the steps of: determining an occurrence of an event requiring a change in the primary carrier; indicating to a third network node that a physical layer instruction is to be transmitted between said first network node and the second network node; and transmitting a physical layer instruction between the first network node and the second network node, the physical layer instruction encoding reselection information to cause the second network node to select a different carrier from the plurality of carriers as a new primary carrier. By sending the instruction using the layer one or physical layer, the speed at which the instruction can be transmitted between the network nodes is vastly increased, which enables fast switching to occur, thereby preventing a loss of communications between the network nodes. By indicating to a third network node that a physical layer instruction is to be transmitted between the first network node and the second network node, maintenance of synchronisation is simplified and unpredictable metwork behaviour is minimised.
摘要:
Aspects and embodiments described provide wireless telecommunications network node cell selection bias methods, network nodes and computer program products operable to perform those methods. In particular, there is provided: a wireless communication network user equipment cell selection bias method comprising: determining, for a cell in the wireless communication network, an indication of cell selection bias associated with a user equipment antenna configuration; assessing antenna configuration being implemented by the user equipment; and applying a cell selection bias in dependence upon the implemented antenna configuration. Also provided is a wireless communication network control node cell selection bias method comprising: determining, for a cell in the wireless communication network, an indication of cell selection bias associated with a user equipment antenna configuration; and communicating the indication of cell selection bias to user equipment operating in the wireless communication network. Aspects and embodiments allow the biasing value used in relation to a low power node or other network node to support a cell range expansion region determined in relation to user equipment antenna mode capability.
摘要:
A method for managing access of a category of devices to an access node of a wireless communications network, comprising, at a device of the said category, receiving a parameter indicating of the size of a group of random access preambles which said category of device is constrained to use, and determining whether access to the node is permitted for the device on the basis of the indicated size of the group.
摘要:
A method, computer program, network control node, user equipment and base station are disclosed which allow a wireless communication network to support different types of user equipment which have particular signalling requirements. In particular, low complexity devices that require signals having low transport block sizes and those that require a coverage enhanced mode where messages are repeated are supported. Information regarding their particular capabilities are transmitted to and stored in the network control node which then transmits this information as paging information with any paging request.
摘要:
A method of providing user equipment with assistance information in a heterogeneous wireless telecommunications network, a computer program product and network control node operable to perform that method. The method comprises: determining user equipment assistance information capability; selecting appropriate assistance information for user equipment based on the determined capability; and communicating the assistance information to the user equipment. It will be appreciated that aspects and embodiments may allow a network to provide specific assistance information relating to low power node proximity, rather than a network providing all information irrespective of user equipment capability. By providing only relevant information, overall signalling within a network may be reduced.