Abstract:
A user equipment (UE) is configured to perform a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) in an un-licensed system. The UE includes at least one antenna configured to communicate with a base station. The UE also includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: send and receive data through the at least one antenna, in response to failing to decode a transport block transmitted by a first downlink carrier, transmit a negative acknowledgement message to the base station, and receive a re-transmission of the transport block from a second downlink carrier. The first downlink carrier comprises a unlicensed spectrum carrier and the second downlink carrier is different from the first downlink carrier.
Abstract:
A user equipment (UE) performs a method for supporting discontinuous receive (DRX) in a wireless network. The method includes waking up at a wake up time associated with a beginning of a DRX cycle, the DRX cycle comprising a plurality of subframes. The method also includes determining whether to perform receive beam training before a beginning of a time period for downlink communication. The method further includes receiving data during the time period for downlink communication.
Abstract:
A base station transmits energy related information to a mobile station, wherein the energy related information is related to at least one of an energy harvester module and an energy storage module coupled to the base station. The energy related information includes: an energy level and a maximum storage capacity of the energy storage module; an energy harvest rate and energy consumption rate. The base station and the mobile station perform energy trade off, where when the serving base station has an energy level below a threshold, the mobile station uses certain configuration to send information to the serving base station where the configuration can use more resources, such as RF chains, thereby increasing energy consumption of the mobile station while enabling the base station to conserve energy.
Abstract:
Adaptation of measurement procedures for cell detection and association provide more accurate and frequent reports for use by the network, to enhance cell association. A user equipment receives, within a configured measurement bandwidth, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbols comprising discovery reference signals (DRS). For subframes in which the DRS are transmitted, a discovery reference signal received quality (D-RSRQ) is determined from the DRS within the received symbols as a ratio of discovery reference signal received power (D-RSRP) to carrier discovery received signal strength indicator (D-RSSI), where the D-RSRP is measured in symbols containing DRS resource elements and the D-RSSI is measured in all symbols in subframes containing the DRS. For a UE configured to also measure common reference signals, non-DRS measurements are suspended upon deactivation of a secondary cell, and measurement timing of the DRS during a deactivation period is based on a measurement timing parameter.
Abstract:
A network and user equipment are configured to support machine type communications is provided. The UE includes processing circuitry to process a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) to acquire at least one system information block (SIB). The processing circuitry also processes the at least one SIB to determine a location of a lite SIB (SIB-L). The processing circuitry determines a location of a lite physical downlink control channel (L-PBCCH) from the SIB-L.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus are provided for a base station to transmit and for a User Equipment (UE) to receive repetitions of an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) transmission or of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission. The UE is configured by the base station a set of numbers of repetitions for an EPDCCH transmission or a PDSCH transmission, respectively. The base station transmits an EPDCCH or a PDSCH according to a first number of repetitions from the set of numbers of repetitions. The UE determines a number, from the set of numbers, of repetitions for an EPDCCH reception in order to determine a first subframe for a reception of a PDSCH or a first subframe for a transmission of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).
Abstract:
A base stations (BS) are configured to perform a coordinated transmission to at least one user equipment (UE). The BS includes a plurality of antenna configured to communicate with the UE. The BS also includes processing circuitry coupled to the plurality of antennas and configured to transmit physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) to the at least one user equipment. The UE includes a plurality of antennas configured to communicate with the BS. The UE also includes a processing circuitry coupled to the plurality of antennas and configured to receive PDCCH from the BS. The PDCCH is included in one or more transmit (Tx) beams. A Tx beam is defined by the cell specific reference signal (CRS) transmitted through the Tx beam. A Tx beam is configured to carry a beam identifier, and the PDCCH is configured to include resource allocation information for the user equipment.
Abstract:
A mobile station is configured to scan cells in a wireless network. The mobile station includes at least one antenna configured to transmit and receive wireless signals. The mobile station also includes a processor coupled to the at least one antenna, the processor configured to scan for one or more neighboring base station cells in a same frequency band as a serving base station cell using one or more receive beams. The one or more receive beams used for scanning are different than receive beams used for data communication with the serving base station cell.
Abstract:
Beam-steered millimeter wave signals transmitted in each of n sector slices include a sequence of primary synchronization (PSCH) symbols within predetermined symbol positions in at least one slot of a subframe. The symbols in consecutive symbol positions are each transmitted on a different one of the n slices, with the first symbol repeated on the same slice at the end. The sequence order rotates cyclically in each subframe so that two PSCH symbols are transmitted on one slice in a single subframe every nth subframe. Secondary synchronization (SSCH) and Broadcast Channel (BCH) symbols are transmitted in a predetermined pattern following the sequence of PSCH symbols. By transmitting consecutive PSCH symbols on different slices and repeating the first symbol, the mobile station can detect the best slice and beam by switching receive beams every subframe instead of every slot, relaxing time constraints on AGC adjustment while avoiding the start-at-the-edge problem.