Abstract:
Methods, systems, apparatus and computer program products are provided to facilitate the configuration and allocation of control information associated with transmissions of a wireless communication system. In systems that utilize multiple component carriers, cross-carrier signaling may be used to carry the control information associated with one component carrier on a different component carrier. By allowing control information messages to share their allocated search spaces, the number of decoding attempts needed to obtain control information can be kept within desirable limits while improving scheduling and resource allocation flexibility. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the disclosed subject matter. Therefore, it is to be understood that it should not be used to interpret or limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.
Abstract:
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate dynamic selection of a random access channel configuration. Typically, a single random access channel configuration is utilized throughout a cell; however, the configuration employed, while appropriate for some mobile devices within the cell, can introduce unnecessary overhead for other mobile devices. A mobile device can measure a characteristic of a radio link between the mobile device and a base station. The measurement can be compared to a set of thresholds provided by the base station. Based upon the comparison, a random access channel configuration can be selected from a set of formats. The selected configuration can be utilized to initiate random access procedures.
Abstract:
Certain aspects of the disclosure relate to providing detailed control channel design for a dynamic selection scheme between normal subframes and special subframes. In one aspect, a method may be provided for generating a subframe that comprises a data region and at least one control region interpretable by a first group of one or more legacy User Equipments (UEs) as a first type and by a second group of non-legacy UEs as a second type, wherein the second group of UEs supports a plurality of features that are a superset of a plurality of features supported by the first group and transmitting the subframe to the first group and the second group of UEs.
Abstract:
Techniques for handling inconsistent control information in a wireless communication system are described. In an aspect, inconsistent control information is handled in different manners for the downlink and uplink. In one design, a user equipment (UE) receives a first grant with first control information for a first data transmission and also receives a second grant with second control information for a second data transmission. The UE determines that the second control information is inconsistent with the first control information, e.g., due to the two grants conveying different transport block sizes. The UE determines whether to retain or discard the second grant based on whether the two grants are for data transmissions on the downlink or uplink. In one design, the UE retains the second grant if the two grants are for data transmissions on the downlink and discards the second grant if the two grants are for data transmissions on the uplink.
Abstract:
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique for enabling multiple transmission modes based on control information of different formats.
Abstract:
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique for enabling multiple transmission modes based on control information of different formats.
Abstract:
Techniques for computing and reporting channel quality indication (CQI) are described. In an aspect, a plurality of CQI computation methods may be supported, and each CQI computation method may indicate how CQI should be computed. One CQI computation method may be selected for use. CQI may then be computed and reported in accordance with the selected CQI computation method. In an exemplary design, a user equipment (UE) may obtain a selected method for computing CQI, which may be chosen based on the UE capability and/or other factors. The selected method may specify (i) CQI computation for a specific codeword among a plurality of codewords or (ii) CQI computation by averaging signal quality across a plurality of layers used for transmission. The UE may compute CQI in accordance with the selected method, send the CQI to a base station, and receive data sent by the base station based on the CQI.
Abstract:
Techniques for transmitting data with transmit diversity for single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) are described. In one design, a transmitter (e.g., a UE) may form a first symbol vector including first and second modulation symbol sequences. The transmitter may also form a second symbol vector including third and fourth modulation symbol sequences, which may be generated based on the second and first modulation symbol sequences, respectively. Each symbol vector may further include a cyclic prefix and possibly a cyclic postfix for each modulation symbol sequence. The transmitter may generate a first SC-FDMA symbol based on the first symbol vector and a second SC-FDMA symbol based on the second symbol vector. The transmitter may transmit the first and second SC-FDMA symbols from two transmit antennas in a single SC-FDMA symbol period to achieve transmit diversity.
Abstract:
Admission control is performed on a forward link shared packet data channel based on the measured delay per unit of data transmitted on the channel or the data throughput on the channel. In another embodiment, statistical analyses of channel quality metrics received at a base station are compared to the data rate used to serve mobile stations on the packet data channel to perform admission control. In any case, admission control may be performed for a new call setup request, hard handoff or virtual handoff. Admission control may be performed independently for a plurality of Quality of Service (QoS) flow categories, such as real time, best effort, rate sensitive, or QoS categories defined by cost. Users may be allocated among QoS flow categories as necessary to maintain performance.
Abstract:
Noise is measured at one or more base stations in a mobile communication system during periodic silence periods. A periodic silence period is defined for at least one carrier that is independent of reverse link channel frame boundaries. The radio base stations transmits silence parameters defining the periodic silence period to mobile stations, which stop transmitting during the periodic silence periods. A time reference is provided to the mobile stations to synchronize the silence periods for all mobile stations.