Abstract:
The exemplary embodiments of this invention provide, in one aspect thereof, a method that includes operating a first wireless communications device in a role as a cluster head in a device-to-device communication mode cluster; and autonomously transferring the role of the cluster head to a second wireless communications device in the device-to-device communication mode cluster. In this method only a wireless communications device that is operating in the role of the cluster head has authority to transmit new data to another wireless communications device in the device-to-device communication mode cluster. The exemplary embodiments of this invention also provide, in another aspect thereof, a method that includes operating a first wireless communications device in a role as a cluster head in a device-to-device communication mode cluster; and transmitting a scheduling grant from the wireless communications device that is operating in the role of the cluster head to another wireless communications device in the device-to-device communication mode cluster, In this method the scheduling grant authorizes the another wireless communications device to perform, during a subframe specified by first information in the scheduling grant, a retransmission of data that was received by the another wireless communications device during a subframe specified by second information in the scheduling grant. Also disclosed are corresponding apparatus and computer readable memories storing computer program instructions to implement the methods.
Abstract:
Methods, apparatus and computer program products are provided for defining the HARQ functionality for primary and secondary cells having different TDD UL/DL subframe configurations so as to reduce or eliminate instances in which the feedback is blocked and the UL grant is missed. For example, a method is provided that includes providing for communications via a primary cell and at least one secondary cell in a time division duplex (TDD) network that supports carrier aggregation in accordance with different TDD uplink (UL)/downlink (DL) subframe configurations. In this example, the method also defines at least one of: (i) UL or DL hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) timing, (ii) a maximum number of DL HARQ processes, (iii) a number of UL HARQ processes or (iv) an UL HARQ process mapping to be the same for each of the primary and secondary cells having different TDD UL/DL subframe configurations.
Abstract translation:提供了方法,装置和计算机程序产品,用于定义具有不同的TDD UL / DL子帧配置的主要和次要小区的HARQ功能,以便减少或消除反馈被阻止的情况,并且丢弃UL授权。 例如,提供了一种方法,其包括经由主小区和在根据不同的TDD上行链路(UL)/下行链路(DL))子帧支持载波聚合的时分双工(TDD)网络中的至少一个辅助小区进行通信 配置 在该示例中,该方法还定义了以下至少一个:(i)UL或DL混合自动重传请求(HARQ)定时,(ii)DL HARQ过程的最大数目,(iii)多个UL HARQ过程或( iv)针对具有不同的TDD UL / DL子帧配置的主小区和次小区中的每一个,UL HARQ过程映射为相同。
Abstract:
A method for determining whether to perform handover of a UE apparatus to a candidate cell and carrier frequency of a TD-CDMA telecommunications network (such as a TD-SCDMA network) based separately on coverage and capacity, using one decision metric for coverage (e.g. based on received signal code power for the candidate cell and carrier frequency) and a different decision metric for capacity (e.g. based on a quantity proportional to the received signal code power for the candidate cell and carrier frequency and inversely proportional to a measure of total interference in the candidate cell on the carrier frequency. Corresponding equipment and a computer program product are also provided. In deciding whether handover is needed based on capacity, a threshold for received signal code power may be used in addition to the metric for capacity.
Abstract:
A method for determining whether to perform handover of a UE apparatus to a candidate cell and carrier frequency of a TD-CDMA telecommunications network (such as a TD-SCDMA network) based separately on coverage and capacity, using one decision metric for coverage (e.g. based on received signal code power for the candidate cell and carrier frequency) and a different decision metric for capacity (e.g. based on a quantity proportional to the received signal code power for the candidate cell and carrier frequency and inversely proportional to a measure of total interference in the candidate cell on the carrier frequency. Corresponding equipment and a computer program product are also provided. In deciding whether handover is needed based on capacity, a threshold for received signal code power may be used in addition to the metric for capacity.
Abstract:
A method includes composing downlink control information having a format configured to support a presence of a plurality of transport blocks in a single subframe, where the downlink control information comprises, for the plurality of transport blocks, a common resource allocation and modulation/coding scheme field and a single cyclic redundancy check field. The method further includes transmitting the composed downlink control information to a relay node over a wireless link that comprises a backhaul link from the relay node.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method, a computer-readable memory medium and apparatus to create a combined priority list that comprises both uplink users and downlink users ordered by priority for use in scheduling user transmissions based on their respective priority locations in the combined priority list. In an exemplary embodiment a first set of users are retransmission users, a second set of users are delay sensitive users, and a third set of users are other users that are neither retransmission users or delay sensitive users. The set of retransmission users has a higher priority than the set of delay sensitive users, which in turn has a higher priority than the set of other users.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for measuring one or more characteristics of patterned features on a specimen are provided. One system includes an optical subsystem configured to acquire measurements of light scattered from the patterned features on the specimen at multiple angles of incidence, multiple azimuthal angles, and multiple wavelengths simultaneously. The system also includes a processor configured to determine the one or more characteristics of the patterned features from the measurements. One method includes acquiring measurements of light scattered from the patterned features on the specimen at multiple angles of incidence, multiple azimuthal angles, and multiple wavelengths simultaneously. The method also includes determining the one or more characteristics of the patterned features from the measurements.
Abstract:
Two phase modulators or polarizing elements are employed to modulate the polarization of an interrogating radiation beam before and after the beam has been modified by a sample to be measured. Radiation so modulated and modified by the sample is detected and up to 25 harmonics may be derived from the detected signal. The up to 25 harmonics may be used to derive ellipsometric and system parameters, such as parameters related to the angles of fixed polarizing elements, circular deattenuation, depolarization of the polarizing elements and retardances of phase modulators. A portion of the radiation may be diverted for detecting sample tilt or a change in sample height. A cylindrical objective may be used for focusing the beam onto the sample to illuminate a circular spot on the sample. The above-described self-calibrating ellipsometer may be combined with another optical measurement instrument such as a polarimeter, a spectroreflectometer or another ellipsometer to improve the accuracy of measurement and/or to provide calibration standards for the optical measurement instrument. The self-calibrating ellipsometer as well as the combined system may be used for measuring sample characteristics such as film thickness and depolarization of radiation caused by the sample.
Abstract:
Thickness of a film in a sample may be detected by directing pump laser pulses to the surface of a sample to generate an acoustic pulse in a sample. The acoustic pulse propagates downwards until it reaches an interface between the bottom of the film and a substrate and is reflected back to the top surface of the film as a first echo. A reflection of the first echo propagates downwards and is again reflected back towards the surface as a second echo. Interferometry is used to measure the lapse of time between the first and second echos from which the thickness of the film may be determined.
Abstract:
A device configured to communicate on a first and at least one second band, the first band being reserved for communication using a specific communication standard, the second band being accessible for communication using different communication standards. The device is configured to request communication resources in the second band from a second device using a first type of request to obtain access to the resources in competition with other requests of the first type issued from other devices; allocate the resources in the second band for communication upon receipt of a resource allocation confirmation from the second device; and communicate using at least a part of the allocated resources in the second band conformant to the specific communication standard applied for communication on the first band.