Abstract:
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for managing resources for cooperative uplink transmission. A base station may determine different groups for a plurality of user equipments (UEs) participating in cooperative uplink transmission, and transmit mode configurations indicating whether or not UEs in each group are configured to transmit data as a data source or to relay data received from another UE configured to transmit data as a data source. A UE may participate, with one or more other UEs, in cooperative uplink transmission to the base station, wherein each UE belongs to a group. The UE may determine, for a transmission time interval (TTI), at least one operation to perform for the cooperative uplink transmission based, at least in part, on a group number of a group to which the UE belongs and an index of the TTI.
Abstract:
To enable coexistence in unlicensed bands or other shared spectrum, operators that deploy cellular coverage in unlicensed bands can broadcast and receive over-the-air (OTA) signaling messages that carry coexistence information such that the operators can adjust one or more parameters used to provide the cellular coverage in the unlicensed bands and thereby enable inter-operator coexistence. For example, the operators may coordinate the particular OTA signaling configuration used to carry the coexistence information and thereby enable each operator to learn information that the other operator(s) are using and thereby reduce interference on time, frequency, and/or spatial resources that may be shared among the operators providing the cellular coverage in the unlicensed bands. Furthermore, a user equipment (UE) that receives and decodes the OTA signaling messages exchanged among the operators may adjust one or more measurement parameters and/or operating parameters according to the coexistence information carried in the OTA signaling messages.
Abstract:
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be an intermediate gateway. The intermediate gateway may receive a first Internet protocol (IP) packet of a first data flow for transmission to a device, determine a first quality of a cellular communication link established with the device and a second quality of at least one local area communication link established with the device, attach a header to the first IP packet when the second quality is closer to a quality requirement of the first IP packet than the first quality, the header being used to tunnel the first IP packet to the device via the at least one local area communication link, and transmit the first IP packet to the device via the at least one local area communication link based on at least the first and second qualities.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for adaptively using subframes for radar detection in unlicensed spectrum are disclosed. The systems and methods include scheduling a first set of subframes in a frame duration for traffic based at least in part on a first configuration for communications in an unlicensed frequency band. Further, the systems and methods include scheduling, based at least in part on the first configuration, a second set of subframes in the frame duration for detection of a primary user of the unlicensed frequency band. Moreover, the systems and methods include adjusting a number of subframes in the first and second set of subframes based on a second configuration for communications, wherein the second configuration for communications is identified based on a type of primary user being detected.
Abstract:
Techniques for managing operation on a communication medium shared between Radio Access Technologies (RATs) are disclosed. The management may comprise, for example, monitoring the medium for first RAT signaling in accordance with a first RAT; determining a utilization metric associated with utilization of the medium by the first RAT signaling; cycling operation in accordance with a second RAT between activated periods and deactivated periods of communication over the medium in accordance with a Time Division Multiple Access (TDM) communication pattern based on the utilization metric; and periodically disabling the cycling to provide an AOS period of activated communication over the medium for operation in accordance with the second RAT, with the AOS period being longer than an individual activated period of the TDM communication pattern. The management may also comprise, for example, techniques for enabling/disabling monitoring by an access terminal in accordance with the TDM communication pattern.
Abstract:
The disclosure is related to selecting an operating channel for a cellular network to reduce interference to a wireless local area network (WLAN) operated by a small cell comprising a WLAN access point and a cellular network modem. The small cell performs a channel scan of available channels, determines whether or not there is a clean channel to be the operating channel for the cellular network based on the channel scan, wherein a clean channel comprises a channel that interferes with the WLAN less than a WLAN interference threshold, and selects the clean channel as the operating channel for the cellular network based on the clean channel being available or turns off the cellular network based on no clean channel being available.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for measurement reporting in unlicensed spectrum are disclosed. A user device may perform one or more signaling measurements in an unlicensed frequency band in accordance with a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) and send feedback information relating to the signaling measurements to a small cell base station, with the feedback information being sent in accordance with a second RAT. A message may be sent to the user device in accordance with the second RAT that configures the user device to perform the one or more signaling measurements in the unlicensed frequency band.
Abstract:
Techniques for managing operation over a communication medium shared between Radio Access Technologies (RATs) are disclosed. In one example, one or more parameters of a Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) communication pattern may be set to define activated periods and deactivated periods for communication over the medium. A first interlace may be selected among a plurality of interlaces for communication over the medium, the first interlace being reserved for a first operator. During the first interlace, transmission over the medium may be cycled in accordance with the TDM communication pattern, and deactivated during a second interlace among the plurality of interlaces that is reserved for a second operator.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for managing communication in an unlicensed band of frequencies to supplement communication in a licensed band of frequencies in unlicensed spectrum are disclosed. The management may comprise, for example, monitoring utilization of resources currently available to a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) via at least one of a Primary Cell (PCell) operating in the licensed band, a set of one or more Secondary Cells (SCells) operating in the unlicensed band, or a combination thereof. Based on the utilization, a first SCell among the set of SCells may be configured or de-configured with respect to operation in the unlicensed band.
Abstract:
Device antennas may be allocated such that a non-LTE module (e.g., GSM module or 1x module) shares the same antenna with an LTE DRx module. This may lead to degradation of a non-LTE voice service when the LTE DRx module performs LTE transmit antenna selection causing the non-LTE module to be switched to a different antenna during reception/transmission of voice slots, resulting in a loss of slots. Accordingly, a method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for controlling antenna switching are provided. The apparatus facilitates a first radio module to use a first antenna for performing a first operation, detects that a second radio module will attempt to use the first antenna during transmit antenna selection for performing a second operation, and determines whether to switch use of the first antenna from the first radio module to the second radio module based on a type of the first operation.