Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses relating to wireless communication of a user equipment (UE) are provided including receiving downlink wireless communications from multiple cells in an active set, receiving at least one of scheduling information for one or more downlink transmissions or one or more non-serving resource grants from a first cell in the active set, and receiving one or more serving resource grants for uplink communications from a second cell in the active set. In the wireless network, a second cell can be assigned as an uplink serving cell for uplink communications with the UE that is different from a first cell assigned as a downlink serving cell for downlink communications with the UE, and downlink transmissions can be scheduled from the downlink serving cell to the UE, and/or one or more serving resource grants can be transmitted from the uplink serving cell to the UE.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and devices for facilitating mobility between flexible bandwidth systems and other bandwidth systems are provided. These tools and techniques that provide mobility between different bandwidth systems may facilitate supporting circuit-switched (CS) services, such as CS voice services. Some embodiments provide for determining flexible bandwidth capable devices, such as user equipment. Some embodiments involve core network redirection where a core network may direct the handling of circuit-switched services when a flexible bandwidth system does not support the CS services. Some examples provide for radio access network determined handling of CS services when a flexible bandwidth system may not support the CS services. Some embodiments provide for transitioning to a flexible bandwidth system. Some embodiments provide for transitioning from flexible bandwidth systems to non-flexible bandwidth systems that have no support for some or all CS services, other flexible bandwidth systems, and/or systems that natively support CS voice services.
Abstract:
One or more scheduling grants may be received from a Node B related to a plurality of uplink MIMO streams. A determination may be made as to a primary transport power and a primary transport block size for a primary stream. A secondary transmit power and a secondary transport block size for a secondary stream may also be determined. An enhanced relative grant channel from the Node B, as well as another E-RGC from a non-serving Node B may be received for each of the plurality of uplink MIMO streams.
Abstract:
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for power savings for control channel monitoring for enhanced machine type communications (eMTC). In one aspect, a method is provided which may be performed by a wireless device such as a low cost wireless device, which may be user equipment (UE) or an eMTC UE. The method generally includes determining whether a downlink channel is present in a subframe; and causing the UE to enter a low power mode for a duration based on a determination that the downlink channel is not present in the subframe.
Abstract:
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for power control of uplink transmissions by a user equipment in a way that can reduce interference to neighbor cells. Various aspects of the disclosure decouple the power control for uplink data transmissions from the power control for uplink for a control channel transmissions. For example, one type of power control command may be utilized to control the power the UE utilizes to transmit data channels such as the DPDCH and/or the E-DCH (e.g., the E-DPDCH and the E-DPCCH). Further, another type of power control command may be utilized to control the power the UE utilizes to transmit control channels such as the HS-DPCCH. In this way, the uplink data channels, which can cause substantial interference to neighbor cells, can be power controlled by those neighbor cells to reduce that interference. Moreover, the control channel corresponding to the downlink data transmissions can be controlled by the downlink serving cell, thus ensuring reliable feedback corresponding to those downlink transmissions.
Abstract:
Disclosed are apparatus and method for time division multiplexing of a dedicated channel. In one aspect, the apparatus and method are configured to assign a common spreading code to two or more User Equipments (UEs); encode a downlink (DL) dedicated channel (DCH) with the common spreading code; time-division multiplex a Dedicated Physical Data Channel (DPDCH) data for each of the two or more UEs on the encoded DL DCH; and transmit the multiplexed data on the DL DCH to the UEs.
Abstract:
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for improved traffic management in wireless communications are disclosed. Aspects of the present disclosure provide real-time assessments to a network by leveraging measurement reports from user equipment (UE). In some aspects, the network utilizes channel quality indicator (CQI) information from each of a serving cell and a neighboring cell to identify UE capabilities and expected UE performance prior to either offloading or rerouting traffic to the UE. Accordingly, based on the received CQI information and a greater understanding of the anticipated UE performance, the radio network controller (RNC) may be better equipped to determine whether to offload and/or reroute the traffic scheduled for transmission to the UE via the neighboring cell or the serving cell.
Abstract:
The present disclosure presents aspects for performing continuous packet connectivity (CPC) with dedicated channel (DCH) enhancements at a user equipment (UE). For example, the aspects may include identifying whether DTX is allowed in association with the CPC at the UE during a time period, determining whether DTX is allowed in association with the DCH enhancements at the UE during the time period, and performing DTX at the UE during the time period when both the CPC and the DCH enhancements allow for DTX. As such, CPC with DCH enhancements at a UE may be performed.
Abstract:
The present disclosure presents a method and apparatus for handling primary scrambling codes (PSC) in a wireless network. For example, the disclosure presents a method for detecting, by a user equipment (UE) of a plurality of UEs, a PSC in search windows with different timing offsets, wherein the different timing offsets correspond to a plurality of small cells sharing the PSC in a coverage area of a macro cell, and transmitting, by the UE, a plurality of measurement reports corresponding to the different timing offsets. As such, primary scrambling codes (PSC) are handled in a wireless network.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for determining available downlink bandwidth are described. The described aspects may include estimating an available link capacity of a cell for a user equipment. The described aspects may include estimating an available fraction of cell resources for the user equipment. The described aspects may include estimating available bandwidth of the cell for the user equipment as a function of the estimated available link capacity and the estimated available fraction of cell resources. Available bandwidth may be estimated for a cell in a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) system when the user equipment is in an idle mode and/or a connected mode. Available bandwidth may be estimated for a cell in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system when the user equipment is in an idle mode and/or a connected mode.