Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to allow an uplink resource request to be transmitted to the access point even in an instance in which the mobile terminal is receiving a continuous downlink transmission and repeated ACK/NACK transmissions are enabled. In this regard, a method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to prioritize a preamble transmission for a random access procedure relative to the repeated ACK/NACK transmissions. The method, apparatus and computer program also prioritize at least one message of the random access procedure.
Abstract:
The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software related product (e.g., a computer readable memory) for implementing enhanced and flexible radio aperiodic measurements, e.g., on an unlicensed band in LTE wireless systems and providing effective and timely reporting. A UE may receive from a wireless network an aperiodic measurement request to measure a special measurement object (e.g., a neighbor cell) specified in the aperiodic measurement request, e.g., in an unlicensed band. In response to the aperiodic measurement request, the UE may perform the measurement of the special management object until a further instruction from the wireless network or for a determined period of time. Inter-frequency measurements may be performed during the measurement gap determined from the aperiodic measurement request.
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided according to some example embodiments to enable the exchange of inter cell messages among neighboring access points. In this regard, a method is provided that includes receiving a request for transmission of an inter cell (IC) message that is to be transmitted to a neighboring access point. The request for transmission further comprises scheduling information from the access point. The method further includes receiving an indication of scheduling priority from the neighboring access point. The method further includes receiving an uplink (UL) grant for the neighboring access point in response to a scheduling request (SR) transmitted to the neighboring access point. The method further includes causing the IC message to be (SR) transmitted to the neighboring transmitted to the neighboring access point.
Abstract:
Uplink and downlink traffic for a plurality of user equipments UEs in a cell is differentially weighted according to traffic type, and that weighted traffic total is used to select one uplink-downlink configuration for a radio frame from among A>1 possible uplink-downlink configurations. The weighting may use a priority factor or traffic class identifier that corresponds to the traffic type. In one embodiment the configuration selection is autonomous, and may be made to maximize throughput in the cell or to minimize a number of subframes that overlap with neighbor cells. In another embodiment there is a cooperation; one access node selects multiple candidate configurations which its neighbor cells score for their own acceptability and return the score tables to the original access node, who makes the final selection using the neighbors' score tables. Specific examples are in the context of the E-UTRAN/LTE system.
Abstract:
There are provided measures for interference control in time division duplex communication. Such measures may exemplarily comprise setting up a predefined uplink-downlink configuration of a frame structure for time division duplex communication, said frame structure comprising a predefined number of downlink subframes, deriving measurement groups from the frame structure according to a measurement configuration, said measurement configuration defining a set of all downlink subframes of the frame structure or at least two subsets of the downlink subframes of the frame structure, each of said measurement groups comprising a set of subframes out of the downlink subframes of the frame structure, and performing an interference measurement for the downlink subframes of at least one of the measurement groups.
Abstract:
A method is provided for configuration of a special subframe pattern configuration. The method may include determining a configuration of a primary special subframe pattern configuration. The first special subframe configuration may have a corresponding secondary special subframe pattern configuration for multiplexing with the primary special subframe pattern configuration. The method may further include, responsive to a downlink assignment following the configuration of the primary special subframe pattern configuration, using the secondary special subframe pattern configuration instead of the primary special subframe pattern configuration. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for indicating the configuration of a subframe of a backhaul between a relay node and a base station. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include generating an indication of a configuration of a subframe of at least one of an uplink and a downlink of a backhaul and sending the indication to a relay node to configure transmission at the relay node. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.