Performing mission critical communications at a user equipment (UE)

    公开(公告)号:US10721772B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-21

    申请号:US15748157

    申请日:2015-12-16

    Abstract: Technology for a user equipment (UE) operable to perform mission critical communications with an eNodeB is disclosed. The UE can transmit a physical random access channel (PRACH) signal to the eNodeB that indicates a mission critical communication to be performed between the UE and the eNodeB. The PRACH signal can be transmitted in accordance with a first transmission time interval (TTI). The UE can receive a random access response (RAR) message from the eNodeB that includes a timing advance (TA) and a resource allocation for the mission critical communication. The RAR message can be transmitted from the eNodeB using a second TTI. The UE can perform the mission critical communication with the eNodeB in an uplink using the TA and the resource allocation indicated in the RAR message. The mission critical communication can be performed using a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and in accordance with the second TTI.

    LOW OVERHEAD SYSTEM INFORMATION ACQUISITION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

    公开(公告)号:US20180288683A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-04

    申请号:US15571332

    申请日:2015-12-24

    Abstract: A method for low overhead system information acquisition (LOSIA) is disclosed. The LOSIA method includes several techniques for transmitting common channels in a next generation Radio Access Technology (xRAT). Instead of transmitting system information in a periodic, static, cell-specific, wideband manner, the transmission is triggered by user equipment in an “on demand” manner. The LOSIA method allows the network to control the overhead, bandwidth, and periodicity, as well as other characteristics. The LOSIA method employs several different techniques to trigger the information upon which the network can act, for example, by transmitting different payloads depending on the received trigger.

    TRANSMIT BEAMFORMING
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180212659A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-26

    申请号:US15747000

    申请日:2015-12-11

    Abstract: In one example, a user equipment capable to establish a communication connection with a network entity, the user equipment comprising processing circuitry to receive, from a network entity, a primary synchronization signal (xPSS) and a beamforming reference signal (xBRS) transmitted using beamforming sweeping, identify at least one suitable transmission beamforming pattern from the network entity, transmit, to the network entity, an identifier associated with the at least one suitable beamforming pattern for a downlink signal, transmit, to the network entity, an uplink transmission of the physical random access channel (PRACH) transmitted using beamforming sweeping, receive, from the user equipment, a signal comprising an identifier associated with the at least one suitable beamforming pattern in the uplink transmission, and use the at least one suitable beamforming pattern in subsequent communication with the network equipment. Other examples are also disclosed and claimed.

    Transmit beamforming
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10484062B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-19

    申请号:US15747000

    申请日:2015-12-11

    Abstract: In one example, a user equipment capable to establish a communication connection with a network entity, the user equipment comprising processing circuitry to receive, from a network entity, a primary synchronization signal (xPSS) and a beamforming reference signal (xBRS) transmitted using beamforming sweeping, identify at least one suitable transmission beamforming pattern from the network entity, transmit, to the network entity, an identifier associated with the at least one suitable beamforming pattern for a downlink signal, transmit, to the network entity, an uplink transmission of the physical random access channel (PRACH) transmitted using beamforming sweeping, receive, from the user equipment, a signal comprising an identifier associated with the at least one suitable beamforming pattern in the uplink transmission, and use the at least one suitable beamforming pattern in subsequent communication with the network equipment. Other examples are also disclosed and claimed.

    Inter-beam mobility control in MIMO communication systems

    公开(公告)号:US10333608B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-25

    申请号:US15747027

    申请日:2015-12-22

    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods to implement inter-beam mobility control in MIMO communication systems are described. In one example, apparatus of an evolved Node B (eNB) comprises circuitry to configure a periodic transmit (TX) beamforming process for a user equipment (UE), wherein a plurality of different TX beams are used in a plurality of different beamforming reference signals (BRS), receive, from the UE, a selected TX beam index which identifies a selected TX beam, and schedule subsequent transmissions to the UE on the selected TX beam. Other examples are also disclosed and claimed.

    BEAM ACQUISITION WITH RECEIVING BEAMFORMING
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190334606A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-31

    申请号:US16408450

    申请日:2019-05-09

    Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, an apparatus of a user equipment (UE) comprising circuitry to receive a Beamforming Reference Signal (BRS) transmission from an evolved NodeB (eNB) via one or more transmission beams, divide the one or more transmission beams into one or more transmission beam sets, wherein a transmission beam set comprises a number of consecutive orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, scan consecutive receiving beams for corresponding transmission beam sets to obtain channel measurements to select a transmission beam and a receiving beam based at least in part on the channel measurements, and receive transmissions from the eNB using the selected transmission beam and the selected receiving beam.

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