Methods and apparatus in a wireless communication system for transmitting and receiving user data on a non-legacy carrier

    公开(公告)号:US10448396B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-15

    申请号:US14386520

    申请日:2013-03-19

    IPC分类号: H04W72/04 H04L5/00

    摘要: A base station (20A) is configured to transmit user data to a wireless device (16A) upon a first carrier (22). The base station (20A) identifies, from a set of transmission resources that is nominally allocated for transmission of user data upon the first carrier (22), a subset of transmission resources that is also nominally allocated for transmission of a reference or control signal either by the base station (20A) upon a second carrier (24) or by a neighboring base station (20B) upon the first carrier (22). The base station (20A) selectively transmits user data to the wireless device (16A) upon the first carrier (22) exclusive of this identified subset of transmission resources. The device (16A) in some embodiments obtains information indicating that the base station (20A) is selectively transmitting user data upon the first carrier (22) exclusive of the subset in this way. Based on this information, the device (16A) recovers user data received upon the first carrier (22) exclusive of the subset of transmission resources.

    Synchronization sequences and carrier type detection

    公开(公告)号:US09755880B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-05

    申请号:US14273640

    申请日:2014-05-09

    IPC分类号: H04J3/06 H04L27/26

    CPC分类号: H04L27/2659 H04L27/261

    摘要: Systems and methods relating to detecting one or more characteristics (e.g., a carrier type or a carrier mode) of a carrier signal transmitted by a radio access node of a cellular communications network are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of operation of a wireless device includes receiving a carrier signal transmitted by a radio access node and detecting, in the carrier signal, a first physical signal that primarily supports synchronization and cell identification and a second physical signal that supports a functionality other than synchronization and cell identification. A time-domain spacing between the first and second physical signals is a function of a characteristic of the carrier signal. The method further includes determining a characteristic of the carrier signal based on a time-domain spacing between the first and second physical signals detected in the carrier signal.