INDICATION OF TDD UPLINK AND DOWNLINK CONFIGURATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20180220407A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-02

    申请号:US15747270

    申请日:2015-12-23

    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for communicating in a cellular communications network, including provision of a user equipment comprising processing circuitry to: receive from a first cell a control signal comprising a physical Time Division Duplex Uplink-Downlink configuration indicator channel (PTCICH); decode from the PTCICH a Time Division Duplex Uplink-Downlink (TDD UL-DL) configuration; and communicate with the first cell having applied the TDD UL-DL configuration in respect of subframes associated with the first cell, wherein: the PTCICH spans less than or equal to 32 Resource Elements. Also user equipment comprising processing circuitry to: receive a control signal from a first cell; decode the control signal received from the first cell thereby to determine a second cell TDD UL-DL configuration; and communicate with the second cell having applied the second cell TDD UL-DL configuration in respect of subframes associated with the second cell.

    DOWNLINK HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST FEEDBACK FOR NARROWBAND INTERNET OF THINGS DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20180367278A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-20

    申请号:US16060916

    申请日:2016-09-28

    Abstract: Techniques for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback by narrowband Internet-of-Things (NB-IoT) devices are provided. NB-IoT user equipment (UE) can transmit HARQ feedback in response to a narrowband physical downlink shared channel (NPDSCH) received over a downlink (DL). NB-IoT UEs can transmit the responsive HARQ feedback over a narrowband physical uplink shared channel (NPUSCH) or a narrowband physical uplink control channel (NPUCCH). Options for defining the physical structures of the NPUCCH and NPUSCH and user multiplexing on the uplink (UL) are provided. Determination of an UL resource allocation by determining resources in time, frequency, and the code domain for the HARQ feedback transmissions are also provided. Higher level signaling and/or indications provided in downlink control information (DCI) can be used to determine the time, frequency, or code domain resources.

    SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL DESIGN FOR NARROWBAND INTERNET OF THINGS COMMUNICATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20180295007A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-11

    申请号:US15766772

    申请日:2016-06-29

    Abstract: A synchronization signal design is described for narrowband Internet of Things Communications. The synchronization signals facilitate time and frequency synchronization between an eNB and UEs. In one example, operations include generating an NB-Iot Secondary Synchronization Signal (N-SSS) using a Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence, scrambling the ZC sequence using a scrambling sequence, and transmitting the resulting scrambled NB-Iot Secondary Synchronization Signal (N-SSS) by the eNB in a periodic manner, wherein, the eNB has a cell identifier and the cell is identified by a combination of the root of the ZC sequence and the scrambling sequence.

    LOW LATENCY CONTENTION BASED SCHEDULING REQUEST

    公开(公告)号:US20180152950A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-31

    申请号:US15575320

    申请日:2015-12-24

    Abstract: Technology for decreasing latency for contention based scheduling request (SR) transmission is disclosed. A user equipment (UE) can process, for transmission to an enhanced node B (eNB), a DeModulation Reference Signal (DM-RS) that is randomly selected from a set of configured DM-RS sequences or configured by the eNB. The UE can select an SR transmission resource as a function of a DM-RS sequence index or cell identification (ID) based on a predefined mapping rule. The UE can process, for transmission to the eNB, a SR message having a buffer status report (BSR) and UE identification (UE-ID) information on the selected SR transmission resource.

    RESOURCE ALLOCATION TECHNIQUES FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE (D2D) DISCOVERY

    公开(公告)号:US20170230816A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-10

    申请号:US15502180

    申请日:2015-06-26

    CPC classification number: H04W8/005 H04W72/042 H04W88/02 H04W92/10

    Abstract: Resource allocation techniques for device-to-device (D2D) discovery are described. In one embodiment, for example, user equipment (UE) may comprise at least one radio frequency (RF) transceiver to receive device-to-device (D2D) configuration information comprising a D2D discovery period index value for a first D2D discovery period and logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to determine a D2D discovery period index value for a second D2D discovery period based on the D2D discovery period index value for the first D2D discovery period and determine a set of D2D discovery resource allocation parameters for the second D2D discovery period based on a set of D2D discovery resource allocation parameters for the first D2D discovery period and the D2D discovery period index value for the second D2D discovery period. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

    ENHANCED CELL SEARCH AND SYSTEM INFORMATION ACQUISITION

    公开(公告)号:US20200169363A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-28

    申请号:US16496363

    申请日:2018-03-20

    Abstract: Embodiments of efeMTC synchronization signals for enhanced cell search and enhanced system information acquisition are described. In some embodiments, an apparatus of a base station (BS) is configured to generate a length-x sequence for an efeMTC synchronization signal, the length-x sequence configured for repetition in frequency domain within 6 physical resource blocks (PRB). In some embodiments, to generate the length-x sequence, the BS may be configured to select any one index of the set of root indices {1, 2, . . . , 63}, excluding the root indices 25, 29 and 34, to correspond to a different physical-layer cell identity (PCID). In some embodiments, the BS may be configured to encode RRC signaling to include a System Information Block (SIB) comprising configuration information for transmission of the efeMTC synchronization signal, and transmit the length-x sequence as the efeMTC synchronization signal in frequency resources according to the SIB.

    MECHANISMS FOR HANDLING UPLINK GRANTS INDICATING DIFFERENT PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL STARTING POSITIONS IN A SAME SUBFRAME

    公开(公告)号:US20190394792A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-26

    申请号:US16480196

    申请日:2018-03-28

    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media are provided for handling uplink grants indicating different physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) starting positions in a same subframe of enhanced Licensed Assisted Access (eLAA) systems. In embodiments, a user equipment (UE) may receive Downlink Control Information (DCI). The DCI may indicate at least two uplink grants for one or more LAA secondary cell. Each of the at least two uplink grants may indicate different starting positions for PUSCH transmissions within a same subframe. The UE may align the different starting positions such that the UE is to transmit uplink transmissions according to the at least two uplink grants while the UE is in a transmission mode. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

    UCI FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180205525A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-19

    申请号:US15741911

    申请日:2015-12-23

    Abstract: Embodiments relates to a user equipment for wireless communication; the user equipment comprising logic to: allocate a first resource for transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); process received signalling comprising an indication of an Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) resource mapping mode on the PUSCH; and determine resource elements for transmitting ACK/NACK information based, at least in part, on the first resource block for transmitting the PUSCH and the received ACK/NACK resource mapping mode on the PUSCH; and transmit the ACK/NACK information on the determined resource elements.

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