公开(公告)号：US11234220B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-25

申请号：US15286304

申请日：2016-10-05

Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY

Inventor： Mieszko Chmiel ,  Grzegorz Ciolkowski ,  Lukasz Rygiel

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04L5/00

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from carrier aggregation. For example, carrier aggregation may benefit from improved resource allocation. A method, in certain embodiments, includes allocate resources in a subframe so as to avoid at least one of a first resource or a last resource in the subframe. The subframe does not comprise a sounding reference signal. The method also includes sending a message comprising the resource allocation of the subframe to a user equipment.

公开(公告)号：US20200304261A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-24

申请号：US16895042

申请日：2020-06-08

Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Inventor： Mieszko Chmiel ,  Przemyslaw J. Czerepinski ,  Kaj T. Jansen

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04J11/00 ,  H04L27/26 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes: inserting an indication of a cyclic prefix length into a transmission; and sending the transmission. In another exemplary embodiment, a method includes: receiving a transmission; and processing the received transmission to obtain an indication of a cyclic prefix length.

公开(公告)号：US10484887B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-19

申请号：US15326617

申请日：2014-07-18

Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Inventor： Mieszko Chmiel ,  Martin Kollar ,  Yizhi Yao

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: A method comprising monitoring whether or not an allocation of uplink communication resources on a primary cell of a communication network is successful for a communication element to be scheduled on a downlink channel of at least one secondary cell of the communication network, and incrementing at least one counter according to the monitoring result.

公开(公告)号：US20170150511A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-25

申请号：US15426107

申请日：2017-02-07

Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Inventor： Mieszko Chmiel ,  Hans Kroener ,  Robert Buranyi

IPC: H04W72/12

CPC classification number: H04W72/1205 ,  H04W72/12

Abstract: In a first aspect, requests for carrier aggregation scheduling for a user equipment are received (S41) from a first cell used for carrier aggregation for the user equipment in a cellular communications network and n second cells of the cellular communications network, used for the carrier aggregation. The requests include a first scheduling decision of the first cell and n second scheduling decisions of the n second cells. It is checked (S42) whether or not the requests exceed limits of the user equipment, and the n second scheduling decisions are modified (S43) according to predefined rules such that the requests do not exceed the limits of the user equipment. In a second aspect, limits of the user equipment are increased by a margin (S51), the increased limits are split onto active cells of the first and n second cells according to a predefined rule (S52), and the margin is controlled (S54) dependent on whether the increased and split limits are exceeded or not by the requests (S53). If they are exceeded, the n second scheduling decisions may be modified according to the first aspect (S43).

公开(公告)号：US20160242164A1

公开(公告)日：2016-08-18

申请号：US15140759

申请日：2016-04-28

Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Inventor： Mieszko Chmiel ,  Timo E. ROMAN

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W28/22

CPC classification number: H04W72/048 ,  H04L5/001 ,  H04L5/0023 ,  H04L5/0048 ,  H04L5/0053 ,  H04L5/0091 ,  H04L5/1446 ,  H04W8/22 ,  H04W28/22 ,  H04W72/042

Abstract: In one aspect thereof the exemplary embodiments of this invention provide a method that includes, prior to confirmation that a network access node has correctly acquired capabilities of a user equipment, operating a user equipment with the network access node in accordance with a first rate matching mode and, only after confirmation to the user equipment that the network access node has correctly acquired capabilities of the user equipment, changing the rate matching mode to a second rate matching mode. In an embodiment the first rate matching mode comprises puncturing a downlink shared channel transmission with a set of resource elements, which may be at least one of reference symbols and muted resource elements, and the second rate matching mode comprises rate matching the downlink shared channel around those resource elements that are members of the set of resource elements. Also described are apparatus and computer readable storage medium storing program code that operate in accordance with the method.

公开(公告)号：US10098124B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-09

申请号：US15140759

申请日：2016-04-28

Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Inventor： Mieszko Chmiel ,  Timo E. Roman

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L5/14 ,  H04W28/22 ,  H04W8/22

Abstract: In one aspect thereof the exemplary embodiments of this invention provide a method that includes, prior to confirmation that a network access node has correctly acquired capabilities of a user equipment, operating a user equipment with the network access node in accordance with a first rate matching mode and, only after confirmation to the user equipment that the network access node has correctly acquired capabilities of the user equipment, changing the rate matching mode to a second rate matching mode. In an embodiment the first rate matching mode comprises puncturing a downlink shared channel transmission with a set of resource elements, which may be at least one of reference symbols and muted resource elements, and the second rate matching mode comprises rate matching the downlink shared channel around those resource elements that are members of the set of resource elements. Also described are apparatus and computer readable storage medium storing program code that operate in accordance with the method.

公开(公告)号：US10051637B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-14

申请号：US15228547

申请日：2016-08-04

Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Inventor： Mieszko Chmiel ,  Simon Goedecke ,  Carolin Huppert

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04L5/00

Abstract: The present invention addresses a method, apparatus and computer program product for managing control channel usage in Carrier Aggregation, which implement defining a time reuse factor for a Physical Uplink Control Channel resource on a Primary Cell for enabling time multiplexing the subframes of the resource, and assigning a Physical Uplink Control Channel resource element to a requesting User Equipment by using colliding resources in different subframes, wherein the time reuse factor is variably set based on at least one of the number of requesting User Equipments and the individual traffic needs of the requesting User Equipment.

公开(公告)号：US09820293B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-14

申请号：US15426107

申请日：2017-02-07

Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Inventor： Mieszko Chmiel ,  Hans Kroener ,  Robert Buranyi

IPC: H04W72/12

CPC classification number: H04W72/1205 ,  H04W72/12

Abstract: In a first aspect, requests for carrier aggregation scheduling for a user equipment are received (S41) from a first cell used for carrier aggregation for the user equipment in a cellular communications network and n second cells of the cellular communications network, used for the carrier aggregation. The requests include a first scheduling decision of the first cell and n second scheduling decisions of the n second cells. It is checked (S42) whether or not the requests exceed limits of the user equipment, and the n second scheduling decisions are modified (S43) according to predefined rules such that the requests do not exceed the limits of the user equipment. In a second aspect, limits of the user equipment are increased by a margin (S51), the increased limits are split onto active cells of the first and n second cells according to a predefined rule (S52), and the margin is controlled (S54) dependent on whether the increased and split limits are exceeded or not by the requests (S53). If they are exceeded, the n second scheduling decisions may be modified according to the first aspect (S43).

公开(公告)号：US11381362B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-05

申请号：US16895042

申请日：2020-06-08

Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Inventor： Mieszko Chmiel ,  Przemyslaw J. Czerepinski ,  Kaj T. Jansen

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04J11/00 ,  H04L27/26 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W84/04

Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes: inserting an indication of a cyclic prefix length into a transmission; and sending the transmission. In another exemplary embodiment, a method includes: receiving a transmission; and processing the received transmission to obtain an indication of a cyclic prefix length.

公开(公告)号：US10715291B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-14

申请号：US16398852

申请日：2019-04-30

Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Inventor： Mieszko Chmiel ,  Przemyslaw J. Czerepinski ,  Kaj T. Jansen

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04L27/26 ,  H04J11/00 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W84/04

Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes: inserting an indication of a cyclic prefix length into a transmission; and sending the transmission. In another exemplary embodiment, a method includes: receiving a transmission; and processing the received transmission to obtain an indication of a cyclic prefix length.