QUASI CO-LOCATED ANTENNA PORTS FOR CHANNEL ESTIMATION

    公开(公告)号:US20190150126A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-16

    申请号:US16242582

    申请日:2019-01-08

    IPC分类号: H04W72/04 H04L5/00 H04L25/02

    摘要: Systems and methods are disclosed for estimating one or more channel properties of a downlink from a cellular communications network based on quasi co-located antenna ports with respect to the one or more channel properties. In one embodiment, a user equipment receives a downlink subframe including a downlink control channel from the cellular communications network. The user equipment estimates one or more large-scale channel properties for an antenna port of interest in the downlink control channel based on a subset of reference signals that correspond to antenna ports in the cellular communications network that are quasi co-located with the antenna port of interest with respect to the one or more large-scale channel properties. As a result of using the quasi co-located antenna ports, estimation of the one or more large-scale channel properties is substantially improved.

    Quasi co-located antenna ports for channel estimation

    公开(公告)号:US10178661B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-08

    申请号:US15683110

    申请日:2017-08-22

    摘要: Systems and methods are disclosed for estimating one or more channel properties of a downlink from a cellular communications network based on quasi co-located antenna ports with respect to the one or more channel properties. In one embodiment, a wireless device receives a downlink subframe including a downlink control channel from the cellular communications network. The wireless device estimates one or more large-scale channel properties for an antenna port of interest in the downlink control channel based on a subset of reference signals that correspond to antenna ports in the cellular communications network that are quasi co-located with the antenna port of interest with respect to the one or more large-scale channel properties. As a result of using the quasi co-located antenna ports, estimation of the one or more large-scale channel properties is substantially improved.

    System information distribution in multi-operator scenarios

    公开(公告)号:US10098055B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-09

    申请号:US14411129

    申请日:2014-10-02

    IPC分类号: H04W48/12 H04W74/08

    摘要: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for distributing access information in a multi-operator scenario. In a multi-operator network (100), network nodes (130, 140, 150) are configured to transmit one or more system signatures and one or more access information tables. A terminal device (200) can use a received system signature to retrieve a set of system information from an access information table. The retrieved system information is used by the terminal device (200) to initiate a random access procedure to gain access to an operator network.

    Random access procedures for machine-type communications

    公开(公告)号:US09924542B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-20

    申请号:US14670507

    申请日:2015-03-27

    IPC分类号: H04W74/08

    CPC分类号: H04W74/0833

    摘要: Systems and methods relating to transmission and reception of a Random Access Response (RAR) message to a wireless device (e.g., a User Equipment (UE)) in a manner that is particularly well-suited for, but not limited to, reduced bandwidth devices, such as Machine Type Communication (MTC) devices, are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a wireless device to perform random access to a cellular communications network comprises transmitting a random access preamble on a physical random access channel and determining, from a random access preamble index of the random access preamble, one of a random access response resource and a channel to monitor for a transmission of an indication of the random access response resource. The method further comprises receiving a random access response on the random access response resource.

    Network-controlled network selection procedure

    公开(公告)号:US09832715B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-28

    申请号:US14758879

    申请日:2013-06-24

    IPC分类号: H04W4/00 H04W48/18 H04W48/16

    CPC分类号: H04W48/18 H04W4/70 H04W48/16

    摘要: A radio network node (12) communicates with user equipments, UEs, (10) over a radio interface and estimates one or more quality factors, associated with each of a first and second network, that depend on a load or an expected UE behavior or an uplink channel quality for one or both of first and second networks. The node (12) determines one or more network selection parameters based on the estimated one or more quality factors, and communicates the one or more network selection parameters to at least one UE (10) for enabling the UE to select one of the first and second networks for subsequent access by the at least one UE. The UE receives from the radio network node one or more network selection parameters. The UE uses the one or more network selection parameters to select one of first and second radio networks and then accesses the selected radio network.