摘要:
Teachings herein schedule a data transmission in a variable bandwidth wireless communication system based on the power efficiency of a mobile node. One or more processing circuits, of the mobile node or a network node, determine the value of a control setting that defines a power efficiency configuration of the mobile node. In one embodiment, for example, the power efficiency configuration indicates the mobile node is configured to operate at the maximum power efficiency attainable without the data rate of the data transmission falling below a minimum data rate required by a quality of service. Regardless, the one or more processing circuits select from different possible bandwidths of the data transmission a bandwidth that supports a given data rate and that, according to a power efficiency model that models power efficiency of the mobile node for the different possible bandwidths, yields a power efficiency comporting with the power efficiency configuration.
摘要:
A method for managing radio access comprises sending of a radio access technology (RAT) resource aggregation request from a first radio access network (RAN) to a second RAN concerning communication with a user equipment connected to a source RAN, and returning a response to the first RAN. The source RAN is the first or second RAN. The first and second RANs use different radio access technologies. Radio resources of a base station in a target RAN, the RAN to which the user equipment is not connected, are reserved. A report of the reserved radio resources is sent to the source RAN. A RAT resource aggregation command is transmitted to the user equipment. The RAT resource aggregation command comprises that a RAT resource aggregation shall be used and the reserved radio resources. The base stations have at least partly overlapping coverage areas.
摘要:
The present invention provides methods to support scheduling of transmissions from a pico base station or micro base station to a mobile terminal operating in a link imbalance zone where interference from macro base station is present. A method is provided to enable the mobile terminal to detect when it is in a link imbalance zone, and for triggering scheduling restrictions when the mobile terminal is in the link imbalance zone.
摘要:
Methods and apparatus for generating and determining multi-component carrier cells, without the use of neighbor-cell lists, are described. Methods for generating and informing a communication system terminal about other component carriers belonging to a certain cell identity (ID), and methods and apparatus for a mobile terminal utilizing extended synchronization information for doing multi-component carrier cell search are described. Also, methods for multi-component carrier measurements and methods of reporting such measurements to a network are described.
摘要:
Mechanism to receive control signals transmitted from a base station (210, 510, 910) to the user equipment (220, 520, 920) in a manner that minimizes power consumption on the user equipment (220, 520, 920) while still maintaining some acceptable level of performance is described. The user equipment (220, 520, 920) periodically measures the signal quality of component carriers used by the base station (210, 510, 910) and requests control signaling (anchor) carrier reselection. Either a single component carrier can be chosen if the single carrier has sufficient quality or multiple component carriers can be selected when the quality of the single quality is low. The anchor carrier reselection may also be triggered to manage the system as a whole. For fast moving user equipments (220, 520, 920), anchor carrier hopping pattern can be provided to increase robustness and reduce reselection signaling overhead.
摘要:
The teachings herein provide a number of advantages, including but not limited to improving soft-cell operation in service scenarios involving legacy devices that do not directly support carrier aggregation—i.e., devices that can transmit or receive in only one frequency band at a time. By imposing a Time Division Duplex (TDD) arrangement across two carriers operating in different frequency bands, scheduled transmissions involving the legacy device are mutually exclusive as between the two carriers. Advantageously, the TDD arrangement is imposed across first and second carriers used in the macro- and low-power layers of a soft-cell, thus imposing TDD-based coordination of scheduled transmissions between those carriers irrespective of whether the individual carriers are configured as Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) or TDD carriers, or a mix thereof.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method in a user equipment 4 for determination of timing of a Hybrid Automatic Repeat re-Request, HARQ, response. The user equipment 4 operates in a communication network 1 comprising a primary radio access technology system 2 and a secondary radio access technology system 3. The user equipment 4 receives on at least one downlink carrier on the first radio access technology system 2 and on at least one downlink carrier on the second radio access technology system 3. The method comprises determining a downlink timing related to the secondary radio access technology system 3; determining a virtual uplink timing for HARQ response on the secondary radio access technology system 3 based on the downlink timing; determining an uplink timing related to the primary radio access technology system 2; and determining, based on the virtual uplink timing and the uplink timing for the primary radio access technology system 2, an uplink time instance for transmission of the HARQ response on an uplink carrier of the primary radio access technology system 2, wherein the HARQ response relates to data received on the downlink carrier on the secondary radio access technology system 3. The invention also relates to user equipment, radio base stations and methods therein.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method, a radio base station (40) and a mobile terminal (50) for allocating resources in a telecommunications network, where communications between the radio base station (40) and the mobile terminal (50) take place over a plurality of carriers. The method comprises transmitting and receiving a resource allocation message comprising one or more bits. Each of the bits corresponds to a number of resource blocks, where the number is determined from the ratio of the aggregate bandwidth of the plurality of carriers divided by the bandwidth of the carrier over which the resource allocation message is sent.
摘要:
An extended cell search procedure enables more inclusive measurement reports by mobile terminals operating in a heterogeneous network. The mobile terminal may be configured to conduct an extended cell search to enable better detection of signals transmitted from weaker cells. For mobile terminal with extended cell search capabilities, the network sends an extended cell search message to the mobile terminal when there is a need for an extended cell search. In response to the extended cell search message, the mobile terminal uses an extended cell search procedure rather than the normal cell search procedure (as specified in Rel-8 of the LTE standard) when performing cell searches.
摘要:
Methods and apparatus for generating and determining multi-component carrier cells, without the use of neighbor-cell lists, are described. Methods for generating and informing a communication system terminal about other component carriers belonging to a certain cell identity (ID), and methods and apparatus for a mobile terminal utilizing extended synchronization information for doing multi-component carrier cell search are described. Also, methods for multi-component carrier measurements and methods of reporting such measurements to a network are described.