Abstract:
A method to improve the design of new radio physical downlink control channel (NR-PDCCH) transmission and to reduce the false alarm rate of NR-PDCCH blind decoding is proposed. The downlink control information (DCI) bits are carried by NR-PDCCH to be transmitted to UEs after CRC attachment, channel encoding, interleaving, and modulation. The proposed NR-PDCCH design is separated into two parts. In a first part, a UE-ID or RNTI is used to derive a CRC mask or a scrambling sequence for CRC attachment of the DCI bits. In a second part, a UE-specific ID is used to derive an interleaver before or after channel encoding of the DCI bits. If the interleaver is placed before channel encoding, it takes the form of a bit interleaver. If the interleaver is placed after channel encoding, it takes the form of a bit interleaver or a channel interleaver.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for performing channel coding type control are provided, where the method may include: obtaining a code block size to be used during channel encoding (or decoding) for a Transport Format (TF); comparing the code block size with at least one predetermined threshold to generate at least one comparison result; selecting a specific channel coding type from a plurality of channel coding types according to the at least one comparison result; and utilizing the specific channel coding type during channel encoding (or decoding) for the TF. It is an advantage that the method can utilize code-block-size-dependent channel coding types during channel encoding (or decoding), so the channel coding gain can be increased, and therefore the goal of improving the system capacity and reducing the power consumption can be achieved.
Abstract:
Examples pertaining to network energy saving in spatial and power domains in mobile communications are described. A user equipment (UE) receives a report configuration from a network node having a plurality of antenna ports and transmits a measurement report based on the report configuration. The report configuration comprises information regarding at least one adaptation pattern associated with a measurement resource configuration and indicating at least one of a target number of the antenna ports and a power offset value configured by the network node.
Abstract:
Apparatus and methods are provided for TxRU carrier switch. In one embodiment, the UE is configured with an anchor carrier in an anchor cell and one or more secondary carriers. In one embodiment, the TxRU carrier switch is configured as supplementary uplink (SUL)-based carrier switch with supplementary carriers or configured as a CA-based carrier switch with supplementary cells. In one embodiment, the one or more secondary carriers are supplementary carriers of the anchor cell, and wherein the anchor carrier is TDD carrier or frequency division duplex (FDD) carrier, and wherein the supplementary carrier is configured as a TDD carrier, a FDD carrier, a supplementary uplink carrier (SUL), or a supplementary downlink carrier (SDL). In another embodiment, the one or more secondary carriers are supplementary cells different from the anchor cell, and wherein the supplementary cells are configured with MAC control element (CE).
Abstract:
Various solutions for low-power wake-up signal (LP-WUS) monitoring with respect to user equipment and network node in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may receive a configuration from a network node. The apparatus may comprise a main radio (MR) and a lower-power wake-up radio (LP-WUR). The apparatus may determine whether to activate or deactivate a low-power wake-up signal (LP-WUS) monitoring by the LP-WUR according to at least one pre-configured condition in the configuration. The apparatus may receive an LP-WUS from the network node via the LP-WUR in an event that the LP-WUS monitoring is activated.
Abstract:
Various solutions for cell reselection for network energy saving with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may receive a network energy saving assistant information (NESAI) from a network node. The NESAI may comprise a cell barred field or a cell reservation field for network energy saving (NWES) configured to differentiate between non-NES user equipments (UEs) and NES-capable UEs. The apparatus may perform a cell reselection for a network energy saving (NES) cell based on the NESAI.
Abstract:
Examples pertaining to connected-mode power saving with a low-power (LP) wake-up signal (WUS) for a dual-radio system in mobile communications are described. In one example, an apparatus may monitor, via a secondary radio of the apparatus, whether an LP WUS is received from a network node in a case that the apparatus is operating in a connected mode. The apparatus may determine whether to wake up a main radio of the apparatus for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in the connected mode based on the monitoring of the LP WUS.
Abstract:
Examples pertaining to re-transmission cyclic redundancy check (CRC) for polar coding incremental-redundancy hybrid automatic repeat request (IR-HARQ) are described. An apparatus (e.g., UE) encodes a plurality of information bits using a polar code to generate a polar code block (CB). The apparatus performs one or more transmissions of the polar CB using hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) by performing an initial transmission of the polar CB and performing a re-transmission of the polar CB with a re-transmission cyclic redundancy check (ReTX CRC).
Abstract:
A method for Downlink Control Information (DCI)-based Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) monitoring adaptation is proposed. A User Equipment (UE) performs a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) operation. The UE detects a UE-specific DCI format during the DRX operation, wherein the UE-specific DCI format includes a bit field that indicates an adaptation on PDCCH monitoring. The UE adjusts a PDCCH monitoring periodicity in a DRX active time of the DRX operation according to the bit field.
Abstract:
Examples pertaining to re-transmission cyclic redundancy check (CRC) for polar coding incremental-redundancy hybrid automatic repeat request (IR-HARQ) are described. An apparatus (e.g., UE) encodes a plurality of information bits using a polar code to generate a polar code block (CB). The apparatus performs one or more transmissions of the polar CB using hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) by performing an initial transmission of the polar CB and performing a re-transmission of the polar CB with a re-transmission cyclic redundancy check (ReTX CRC).