TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND METHODS
    71.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170280330A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-28

    申请号:US15504145

    申请日:2015-08-28

    CPC classification number: H04W16/14 H04W72/0453 H04W72/1215 H04W76/16

    Abstract: A network infrastructure equipment establishes a configuration of radio resources within a second frequency band for use by a terminal device for communications with network infrastructure equipment based on a first radio access technology and communicates an indication of that to the terminal device. The terminal device establishes a configuration of radio resources for use by the terminal device for communications based on a second radio access technology and determines if there is any overlap in radio resources configured for use by two different radio access technologies, and if so communicates an indication of that to the network infrastructure equipment. In response the network infrastructure equipment establishes a replacement configuration of radio resources for communications with the terminal device based on the first radio access technology that avoids the radio resources indicated as subject to overlap, and transmits an indication of the replacement configuration to the terminal device.

    COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20170230957A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-10

    申请号:US15502013

    申请日:2015-09-10

    Abstract: A method of allocating resources for communications in a mobile telecommunication system wherein the mobile telecommunication system includes a wireless interface for a base station to communicate with communications devices and wherein a communications device is operable to transmit signals to another communications device using resources of the wireless interface and in accordance with a device-to-device communication protocol. A first pool of the resources is allocated to device-to-device communications of broadcast type and a second pool of the resources is allocated to a device-to-device communications of unicast type, the second pool of resources being separate from the first pool. The method includes a first communications device transmitting broadcast messages using resources of the first resources pool and a second communications device transmitting unicast messages using resources of the second resources pool.

    TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING MEASUREMENTS OF AN UNLICENSED CARRIER

    公开(公告)号:US20170093508A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-30

    申请号:US15315928

    申请日:2015-07-02

    Abstract: A method of operating a terminal device to perform measurement event evaluation for measurement reporting in respect of a downlink carrier operating in a wireless telecommunications system. The method comprises determining that measurement event evaluation for the downlink carrier should be undertaken beginning at a start time. Measurements of a parameter, such as a reference signal received power, associated with radio channel conditions for frequency resources used by the downlink carrier are obtained during an evaluation period beginning at the start time. The extent to which the downlink carrier is being transmitted during the evaluation period is also established. Whether or not to send a measurement report to network infrastructure equipment is then evaluated by taking account of both the measurements of the parameter during the evaluation period and the extent to which the downlink carrier is being transmitted during the evaluation period. A measurement report is sent by the terminal device to the network infrastructure equipment depending on the outcome of the evaluation.

    MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND METHODS
    74.
    发明申请
    MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND METHODS 审中-公开
    移动通信网络,通信设备和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160338091A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-17

    申请号:US15112120

    申请日:2014-12-16

    Abstract: A communications device is configured to receive data from a wireless access interface transmitted by a mobile communications network. The wireless access interface provides a plurality of communications resource elements within a system bandwidth providing a host frequency range of a host carrier and reserved communications resources for preferable allocation to reduced capability devices, the reserved communications resources forming a virtual carrier. In each of a plurality of time divided units, the wireless access interface provides a shared channel of communications resources and a control channel formed within the communications resources of the system bandwidth of the host frequency range for communicating resource allocation messages to communications devices. The resource allocation messages allocate the communications resources of the shared channel to the communication devices within the system bandwidth and allocate the reserved communications resources to the reduced capability devices. The reserved communications resources include one or more communications resources which are not allocated for transmitting data to the reduced capability devices. A reduced capability device receives a resource allocation message from the control channel, allocating resources within the reserved communications resources of the virtual carrier for receiving data, determines the communications resources of the reserved communications resources which will contain signals representing the data from the communications resources allocated within the reserved communications resources by the received resource allocation message and excluding any of the one or more communications resources which are not allocated for transmitting data and receives the data from the determined communications resources of the reserved communications resources of the virtual carrier.

    Abstract translation: 通信设备被配置为从由移动通信网络发送的无线接入接口接收数据。 无线接入接口在系统带宽内提供多个通信资源元素,提供主机载波的主机频率范围和预留的通信资源,以便优选地分配给减少的能力设备,所述保留的通信资源形成虚拟载波。 在多个时分分割单元中的每一个中,无线接入接口提供通信资源的共享信道和形成在主机频率范围的系统带宽的通信资源内的控制信道,用于向通信设备传送资源分配消息。 资源分配消息将共享信道的通信资源分配给系统带宽内的通信设备,并将保留的通信资源分配给能力降低的设备。 保留的通信资源包括一个或多个未分配用于向减少的能力设备发送数据的通信资源。 降级能力设备从控制信道接收资源分配消息,分配用于接收数据的虚拟载波的预留通信资源内的资源,确定将从分配的通信资源中包含表示数据的信号的预留通信资源的通信资源 通过所接收的资源分配消息在所保留的通信资源内,并且排除未被分配用于发送数据的一个或多个通信资源中的任何一个,并且从确定的虚拟载波的保留通信资源的通信资源接收数据。

    COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE TRANSMISSION OF RANDOM ACCESS MESSAGES
    75.
    发明申请
    COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE TRANSMISSION OF RANDOM ACCESS MESSAGES 有权
    通信装置和用于改进随机接入消息传输的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160219626A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-07-28

    申请号:US14914445

    申请日:2014-09-03

    Abstract: A communications device to transmit data to a mobile communications network includes one or more network elements providing a wireless access interface for communication. The communications device includes a controller controlling a transmitter to transmit a random access message to a first network element via a random access channel of the wireless access interface common to one or more other communications devices, to receive in response an acknowledgement indicating an allocation of communications resources of a shared up-link channel for the communications device to transmit signals to the mobile communications network, or a negative acknowledgment indicating the communications device has not been allocated communications resources of the shared up-link channel. After detecting random access failure conditions by the controller, the controller in combination with the transmitter re-transmits the random access message one or more times, with a variable delay greater than or equal to a delay of a previous re-transmission.

    Abstract translation: 向移动通信网络发送数据的通信设备包括提供用于通信的无线接入接口的一个或多个网络元件。 通信设备包括控制器,控制器通过一个或多个其他通信设备公用的无线接入接口的随机接入信道向第一网络单元发送随机接入消息,以响应于接收到指示通信分配的确认 用于通信设备向移动通信网络发送信号的共享上行链路信道的资源,或者指示通信设备的否定确认尚未分配共享上行链路信道的通信资源。 在通过控制器检测到随机接入故障条件之后,与发射机组合的控制器重新发送随机接入消息一次或多次,具有大于或等于先前重传的延迟的可变延迟。

    TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND METHODS
    76.
    发明申请
    TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND METHODS 有权
    电信设备和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160157232A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-06-02

    申请号:US14906442

    申请日:2014-05-19

    Abstract: A wireless telecommunications system in which downlink communications are made using a radio interface that spans a system frequency bandwidth (host carrier) and supports at least some communications from a base station to least some terminal devices within a plurality of restricted frequency bands (virtual carriers) which are narrower than and within the system frequency bandwidth. A terminal device conveys an indication of its identity, e.g. an IMSI, to the base station during an initial connection procedure as the terminal device seeks to access the radio interface. The terminal device and the base station both determine a selected restricted frequency band from among the plurality of restricted frequency bands based on the identity of the terminal device in the same way. Thus the terminal device and the base station select the same restricted frequency band and can accordingly configure their respective transceivers to allow for downlink communications between them within the selected restricted frequency band.

    Abstract translation: 一种无线电信系统,其中使用跨越系统频率带宽(主机载波)的无线电接口进行下行链路通信,并且支持从基站到多个受限频带(虚拟载波)内的至少一些终端设备的至少一些通信, 它们比系统频率带宽窄。 终端设备传达其身份的指示,例如, IMSI,在终端设备试图访问无线电接口时,在初始连接过程期间到基站。 终端装置和基站都以相同的方式基于终端装置的身份从多个受限频带中确定选定的受限频带。 因此,终端设备和基站选择相同的受限频带,并且可以相应地配置它们各自的收发器以允许它们之间在所选择的受限频带内的下行链路通信。

    TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20210195504A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US17176148

    申请日:2021-02-15

    Abstract: A wireless telecommunications system comprises a base station and a terminal device. The system supports a virtual carrier mode of operation in which downlink communications are made by the base station using a radio interface that spans a system frequency bandwidth while the terminal device is configured to receive at least some communications from the base station within a restricted subset of transmission resources selected from within the system frequency bandwidth. The wireless telecommunications system supports terminal devices in both a radio resource control connected mode and a radio resource control idle mode. When there is to be a change in system information the base station transmits to the terminal device an indication that updated system information is to be broadcast by the base station and this indication is received by the terminal device while in the connected mode. Before seeking to acquire the updated system information, the terminal device transitions from the connected mode to the idle mode. The terminal device then seeks to acquire updated system information while in the idle mode. The base station restricts the transmission of user-plane data to the terminal device until the terminal device re-enters connected mode. Transitioning to idle mode to acquire system information can help to address issues associated with managing the communication of both system information and user-plane data using the restricted subset of transmission resources.

    COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT, WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20210112473A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-15

    申请号:US16608195

    申请日:2018-03-09

    Abstract: A method of performing cell reselection by a wireless communications device comprises measuring a signal strength of radio signals received from a serving cell, determining whether the signal strength of the signals received from the serving cell is lower than a first predetermined signal strength threshold, if the signal strength is lower than the first predetermined signal strength threshold measuring a signal strength of a neighbor cell operating on the same frequency as the serving cell to generate signal strength measurements at a first rate, and in accordance with the signal strength measurements of the neighbor cell generated at the first rate determining whether to reselect to the neighbor cell.

    COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SELECTING A WIRELESS ACCESS INTERFACE

    公开(公告)号:US20210099949A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-01

    申请号:US16988718

    申请日:2020-08-10

    Abstract: A communications device transmits data to a mobile communications network or receives data from a mobile communications network. The mobile communications network includes plural infrastructure equipment each providing a wireless access interface for the communications device. The wireless access interfaces may have a different frequency but operate in accordance with the same standard or may use different radio access technologies. The communications device selects one of the wireless access interface by generating a signal reception metric for each of the wireless access interfaces provided by the one or more neighbouring infrastructure equipment and each if the wireless access interfaces provided by the selected infrastructure equipment, and selects or reselects one of the wireless access interfaces provided by the one or more neighbouring infrastructure equipment or one of the wireless access interfaces provided by the selected infrastructure equipment in accordance with predetermined criteria based on the generated signal reception metrics.

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