摘要:
Systems and techniques for managing the use of industrial-scientific-medical bands for cellular network communication. An apparatus comprises a processing system and a memory storing a set of program instructions. The processing system is configured to cause the apparatus to receive channel information from a UE reporting the control of an industrial-scientific-medical (ISM) band channel by the UE and cause the apparatus to schedule a communication session with the UE over the channel, with the channel being configured and activated as an ISM secondary component carrier (SCC). The apparatus may further request one or more user equipments (UEs) to report their wireless fidelity (WiFi) capability and request user equipments having WiFi capability to compete for the wireless medium and report occupation of the wireless medium in the form of a request to send command, to which the apparatus responds with a clear to send command.
摘要:
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.
摘要:
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate the determination of the timing advances of each of a plurality of component carriers by triggering the determination of the timing advances in response to certain pre-defined events that are indicative of a need for the timing advance to be determined. A method may include determining that a pre-defined event has occurred and triggering a determination of a timing advance for a second component carrier relative to a timing advance of a first component carrier based upon occurrence of the predefined event. In this regard, both the component carriers are concurrently allocated to a mobile terminal. The method may also utilize the timing advance to synchronize communications on the second component carrier between the mobile terminal and a network. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product may also be provided.
摘要:
A method for providing uplink feedback optimization may include determining a set of candidate uplink subframes and corresponding component carriers to transmit uplink feedback, and determining a selected uplink subframe and corresponding component carrier from among the set of candidate uplink subframes based on a feedback delay associated with the set of candidate uplink subframes. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.
摘要:
A method for providing uplink feedback optimization may include determining a set of candidate uplink subframes and corresponding component carriers to transmit uplink feedback, and determining a selected uplink subframe and corresponding component carrier from among the set of candidate uplink subframes based on a feedback delay associated with the set of candidate uplink subframes. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.
摘要:
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises scheduling at a wireless network node one or more resources for an uplink backhaul link of a relay node; and applying a mapping scheme to map at least one buffer content to at least one transport block, wherein the mapping scheme comprises determining a transport block index indicator to identify a mapping between the buffer content and the transport block; inserting the transport block index indicator into a resource grant; and transmitting the resource grant to the relay node on a downlink control channel.
摘要:
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for enabling efficient allocation of discovery resources for device to device communications. An example method may comprise establishing a cellular network connection to an access point. The method may further comprise establishing a local area network connection to a user equipment. Additionally, the method may comprise either receiving offloaded data for the user equipment from the access point via the cellular network connection and relaying the offloaded data to the user equipment via the local area network connection, or receiving offloaded data for the access point from the user equipment via the local area network connection and relaying the offloaded data to the access point via the cellular network connection. Similar and related example methods, example apparatuses, and example computer program products are also provided.
摘要:
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for enabling efficient allocation of discovery resources for device to device communications. An example method may comprise establishing a cellular network connection to an access point. The method may further comprise establishing a local area network connection to a user equipment. Additionally, the method may comprise either receiving offloaded data for the user equipment from the access point via the cellular network connection and relaying the offloaded data to the user equipment via the local area network connection, or receiving offloaded data for the access point from the user equipment via the local area network connection and relaying the offloaded data to the access point via the cellular network connection. Similar and related example methods, example apparatuses, and example computer program products are also provided.
摘要:
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate the determination of the timing advances of each of a plurality of component carriers by triggering the determination of the timing advances in response to certain pre-defined events that are indicative of a need for the timing advance to be determined. A method may include determining that a pre-defined event has occurred and triggering a determination of a timing advance for a second component carrier relative to a timing advance of a first component carrier based upon occurrence of the predefined event. In this regard, both the component carriers are concurrently allocated to a mobile terminal. The method may also utilize the timing advance to synchronize communications on the second component carrier between the mobile terminal and a network. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product may also be provided.
摘要:
Various methods for managing interference handling overhead are provided. One example method includes generating interference overload indication information and causing the interference overload information to be transmitted on a broadcast channel for relay nodes, wherein the transmission via the broadcast channel indicates that the interference overload indication information is for a donor cell. Similar and related example methods and example apparatuses are also provided. Additional example methods and apparatuses are also provided.