Abstract:
A method and system to deliver updated system information to one or more victim User Equipments (UEs) in connected mode within the dominant co-channel interference region in Heterogeneous Network (HetNet) environment is disclosed. The method enables the base station of a victim cell to trigger one or more victim UEs in the region of co-channel interference to apply a new signaling procedure for acquiring a new message block to be delivered by the victim cell. The method provides an error handling procedure for system information acquisition failure by the victim UE in the dominant co-channel interference region of the victim cell in HetNet. The method improves reliability of updated system information delivery and improves probability of system information acquisition in region of dominant co-channel interference.
Abstract:
A method and a system for handling in-device coexistence interference in a user equipment are provided. The method includes detecting in-device coexistence interference between one or more of a plurality of carrier frequencies of Long Term Evolution (LTE) radio technology and at least one frequency of non-LTE radio technologies, determining at least one of the one or more of the plurality of LTE carrier frequencies for which a measurement object is configured, and transmitting interference information associated with the at least one LTE carrier frequency affected by the in-device coexistence interference. The interference information includes a measurement object identifier of the at least one carrier LTE frequency, Direction of Interference (DOI), and time domain multiplexing assistance information. The method further includes receiving a configured method from the network entity which help mitigate the in-device coexistence interference at the user equipment.
Abstract:
A method and system to handle behavior of a carrier aggregation capable User Equipment (UE) that does not support simultaneous reception and transmission in overlapped Downlink (DL)-Uplink (UL) sub frames during inter-band Carrier Aggregation (CA) for cell specific TDD configuration is disclosed. The method specifies whether the UE is allowed or not allowed to monitor the PDCCH sub frames during overlap of DL-UL sub frames by signaling the UE with a resultant TDD configuration that is applicable to component carriers of the PCell and one or more SCells. The method also addresses handling of the DRX timers by defining the active time for common DRX operation by the UE for all component carriers. The method enhances the 3GPP specification to enable UE to better handle reception and transmission during overlap of DL-UL sub frames in cell specific TDD configuration during inter-band CA.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses are provided for monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a wireless communication system. A UE receives a system information block (SIB) from a base station. The UE obtains a first time division duplex (TDD) uplink (UL)/downlink (DL) configuration from the SIB. The UE identifies DL subframes in a radio frame. The UE monitors the PDCCH transmitted from the base station on a DL subframe included in an on duration period of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle. The UE obtains information about a second TDD UL/DL configuration from the monitored PDCCH. The UE applies the second TDD UL/DL configuration to the radio frame. The DL subframe corresponds to a predetermined subframe number in the radio frame. The on duration period represents a period corresponding to a predetermined number of subframes from a subframe where the DRX cycle starts, and the on duration period is repeated periodically.
Abstract:
A method and a system for handling in-device coexistence interference in a user equipment are provided. The method includes detecting in-device coexistence interference between one or more of a plurality of carrier frequencies of Long Term Evolution (LTE) radio technology and at least one frequency of non-LTE radio technologies, determining at least one of the one or more of the plurality of LTE carrier frequencies for which a measurement object is configured, and transmitting interference information associated with the at least one LTE carrier frequency affected by the in-device coexistence interference. The interference information includes a measurement object identifier of the at least one carrier LTE frequency, Direction of Interference (DOI), and time domain multiplexing assistance information. The method further includes receiving a configured method from the network entity which help mitigate the in-device coexistence interference at the user equipment.
Abstract:
A method and system for providing selective protection of data exchanged between user equipment (UE) and network is disclosed. The selective protection is applied to a packet, a bearer or an access point name for secure exchange of data between the UE and the network. The network decides to apply selective protection based on configuration of network, configuration of UE, load in the network, battery power availability of UE, type of application running on UE. Further, the UE can request for selective protection based on the type of application running on UE and the battery level availability of the UE. The selective protection is either enabled or disabled dynamically by the network. Further, various mechanisms for applying selective protection for each bearer, each packet and each Access Point Name (APN) are disclosed. Additionally, the method for identifying a secured and a non secured bearer has also been disclosed.
Abstract:
A method and system for uplink-downlink transmission of message in a network. The method includes transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), to a radio access network (RAN) node, a random access channel (RACH) message including identifier information for identifying a serving gateway in a core network; receiving, by the UE, from the RAN node, a random access (RA) response message including uplink (UL) grant information; and transmitting, by the UE, to the RAN node, a data message including encrypted data in an idle mode. The data message is transmitted from the RAN node to the serving gateway based on the identifier information, and the encrypted data is generated by the UE, and the encrypted data is decrypted by the serving gateway.
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus of handling in-device co-existence interference in a wireless communication environment. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting in-device co-existence interference between a LTE module and an ISM module in user equipment. The method further includes identifying subframes and corresponding HARQ processes in a set of subframes allocated to the LTE module which are affected by the ISM module operation. Additionally, the method includes reserving the remaining subframes and corresponding HARQ processes in the set of subframes for the LTE module operation. Furthermore, the method includes indicating to a base station that the remaining subframes and the corresponding HARQ processes are reserved for the LTE module operation to resolve the in-device co-existence interference. Moreover, the method includes receiving scheduling pattern indicating subframes and corresponding HARQ processes reserved for the LTE operation or derived DRX parameters from the base station based on the indication.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of configuring a set of Radio Access Network (RAN) parameters including Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configurations for user equipment in a wireless networking system. The method includes determining traffic characteristics associated with user equipment based on the number and types of applications running in it. The method further includes steps of modifying and updating the DRX configurations and the RAN parameters for different situations of wireless transmission and reception. The updated DRX configurations and the RAN parameters for communication with the user equipment results in an efficient power consumption management.
Abstract:
A method for reducing consumption of battery power of User Equipment (UE) during inter-frequency cell detection in a Heterogeneous Network (HetNet) is provided. The method includes receiving an indication from a serving cell operating on a first frequency layer about presence of a beacon signal transmission on the first frequency layer from a non-serving cell, an actual data transmission and reception of the non-serving cell occurs on a second frequency layer, determining whether the indication satisfies at least one triggering condition to initiate signal scanning on the first frequency layer for identifying the beacon signal transmission from the non-serving cell, scanning, when the received indication satisfies the triggering condition, the first frequency layer for identifying any beacon signal, decoding the beacon signal from the non-serving cell, and receiving assistance information from the serving cell to facilitate identification of the non-serving cell transmitting the beacon signals on the first frequency layer.