Abstract:
Opportunistic networking systems can utilize one or multiple bands/channels that are shared with other radio access technologies (RATs) (such as wireless local area networks (WLAN, such as Wi-Fi) and mmWave). An unconventional carrier type (UCT) can be defined to support opportunistic networking in licensed and/or unlicensed spectrum. For example, a primary base station can determine a secondary base station activated for use with user equipment (UE). The primary base station can schedule data to be sent to the UE via the secondary base station. The secondary base station can provide discovery information, reserve a wireless channel, transmit the data and/or release the channel (implicitly, explicitly, or by reservation).
Abstract:
Flexible Transmission Time Interval (TTI) bundling sizes may be used to provide efficient use of the radio spectrum in LTE-TDD communications. Different uplink/downlink frame configurations may be associated with different TTI bundling sizes. In one implementation, each of the frames may include uplink data that is transmitted via TTI bundles of a particular length in which the total number of uplink subframes corresponding to each of the packets is equal to a multiple of the particular length of the TTI bundles. Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS) may be used to transmit control information relating to transmission of the frames.
Abstract:
Technology for a user equipment (UE) using a self-contained time division duplex (TDD) subframe to communicate with an eNodeB within a wireless communication network is disclosed. The UE can determine, at the UE, an advanced physical uplink control channel (xPUCCH) resource index to designate one or more physical resources for transmission of the xPUCCH, wherein the one or more physical resources are multiplexed using at least one or more of frequency division multiplexing (FDM), code division multiplexing (CDM), or combination thereof. The UE can signal a transceiver of the UE to transmit to the eNodeB up link control information (UCI) using the one or more physical resources designated by the xPUCCH resource index.
Abstract:
Technology for an eNodeB to communicate with a user equipment (UE) using an extended control channel within a wireless communication network is disclosed. The eNodeB multiplexes DM-RSs for different antenna ports on an OFDM symbol and transmits the OFDM symbol using an extended PDCCH (xPDCCH).
Abstract:
A hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process enables a retransmission to be sent on a carrier (or medium, set of frequencies, band, etc.) different from the carrier on which the previous transmissions (initial transmission and/or retransmissions) were sent. An enhanced HARQ process can improve system performance by aiding user throughput, system throughput, and delay performance by making retransmissions possible even when the unlicensed band is not available (e.g., when occupied by other RATs or the same RAT deployed by another operator). For example, a transmitter sends a subpacket in an unlicensed band. The receiver feeds back a NACK to the transmitter due to the packet decoding failure. If the medium is not idle, the transmitter sends the retransmission in another band or another channel that can be either a licensed band/channel or another unlicensed band/channel. The retransmission can be sent in multiple licensed and/or unlicensed bands/channels at the same time.