Frequency error estimation during split repetitive uplink message transmission

    公开(公告)号:US10708875B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-07

    申请号:US16085062

    申请日:2016-04-01

    摘要: A half-duplex radio device (100) generates a repetitive transmission of an uplink message to a base station (150) of the cellular network. The radio device (100) splits the repetitive transmission of the uplink message into a sequence of multiple transmit periods and configures at least one measurement gap between the transmit periods. In the transmit periods, the radio device (100) sends the repetitive transmission to the base station. In the at least one measurement gap configured between the transmit periods, the radio device (100) temporarily switches to receiving at least one downlink signal from the base station (150). Based on the received at least one downlink signal, the radio device (100) estimates a frequency error of a reference frequency source of the radio device (100).

    Method for a cellular multiple-input and multiple-output system

    公开(公告)号:US10938603B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-02

    申请号:US16340576

    申请日:2016-10-10

    摘要: A system is disclosed that includes a base station having a plurality of antennas a control unit which analyses pilot signals received from the terminal device at the plurality of antennas to obtain information about a wireless channel property of the wireless channel between the terminal device and the plurality of antennas. According to a method, a plurality of pilot signals is transmitted from the terminal device to the base station, and information about the wireless channel property of the wireless channel between the terminal device and the plurality of antennas of the base station is determined based on a predefined number of last recently transmitted pilot signals of the plurality of pilot signals from the terminal device. Based on the information about the wireless channel property, at least one parameter of the plurality of antennas is configured by the base station.

    Method for providing band scanning prioritization, and a mobile communications device incorporating the method

    公开(公告)号:US11115909B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-07

    申请号:US16080329

    申请日:2017-03-03

    摘要: The disclosure relates to a method for providing band scanning prioritization in a mobile communications device, the mobile communications device (100) being associated with a user, the method (200) comprising: retrieving (202), in a communication entity (106) information pertaining to present time and intended location of the user at a specific time from an application entity (104), determining (204), in the communication entity (106), a probable location of the mobile communications device (100) taking into account the information pertaining to present time and intended location of the user at a specific time, and performing in the modem entity (102) and/or the communication entity (106) (208) a band scanning prioritization taking into account the probable location of the mobile communications device (100). The disclosure also relates to a mobile communications device (100).

    Base station and operating method thereof

    公开(公告)号:US10581494B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-03

    申请号:US15651000

    申请日:2017-07-17

    摘要: A base station, e.g., for massive MIMO, has channel receivers, each connected to a respective antenna among a plurality of antennas to receive an RF transmission signal generated by a communication device (CD). Each channel receiver has a channel front-end module, which has a first bandwidth and converts the RF transmission signal into one or more first analog baseband signals. The channel receivers are collectively operable to define a spatial beam focus at the CD, based on channel state information of the CD. The base station has pilot signal receivers, each connected to a respective antenna among the plurality of antennas to receive an RF pilot signal generated by the CD or another CD. Each pilot signal receiver has a pilot signal front-end module, which has a second bandwidth that is smaller than the first bandwidth and converts the RF pilot signal into one or more second analog baseband signals.