Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for listen-before-talk (LBT) in multi-carrier transmission. The method includes dividing a plurality of carriers into at least one carrier group. The method also includes determining a corresponding LBT priority class for each of the at least one carrier group based on a service type of a data block to be transmitted on each of the plurality of carriers, each LBT priority class corresponding to a different parameter set for performing the LBT. The method further includes performing, based on the parameter set corresponding to the determined LBT priority class, the LBT on a carrier included in each of the at least one carrier group to determine whether each of the plurality of carriers is available for transmission of the data block.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for uplink frame transmission. The method comprises: reserving a specific time-domain resource immediately preceding an OFDM symbol for transmission of a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS); and performing a Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) check with the reserved time-domain resource. The method may further comprise: reserving a further specific time-domain resource immediately preceding an OFDM symbol for transmission of PUSCH data; and performing a CCA check with the further reserved time-domain resource. The embodiments of the present disclosure further disclose a corresponding apparatus for uplink frame transmission. The embodiments of the present disclosure propose a solution of SRS transmission and PUSCH transmission in a Licensed Assisted Access (LAA), which enhances reliability and effectiveness of SRS transmission and PUSCH transmission.
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a method of supporting multiple Qo S in a Listen-Before-Talk operation. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method comprises: configuring m Listen-Before-Talk priority classes, which are defined by m different parameter sets respectively; determining Listen-Before-Talk priority classes for respective traffic in a transmission burst; and selecting one of the determined Listen-Before-Talk priority classes as a Listen-Before-Talk priority class for access. Through the present disclosure, the coexistence between LTE LAA and WiFi can be realized in respect of the Qo S priority, and the scheduling flexibility of LAA is still retained.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of triggering a LBT random backoff mechanism in LTE LAA, the method comprising: evaluating a current channel to obtain a first parameter characterizing a congestion state of the current channel; comparing the first parameter with a first threshold to obtain a first comparison result; and adapting a contention window size based on the first comparison result. The method further comprises comparing the first parameter with a second threshold to obtain a second comparison result; and adapting the contention window size based on the second comparison result. The first parameter is a packet error rate metric or a collision metric. The method inventively uses the comparison between a first parameter characterizing a congestion state of the current channel and a predefined threshold to increase or decrease the contention window size correspondingly, such that not only the fairness problem with other Systems, a WiFi System, for example, is guaranteed, the usage efficiency of the communication resource and the performance of the whole wireless communication System will be also enhanced.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for occupying an unlicensed band channel, thereby avoiding misjudgment of an occupied unlicensed band state. A method for occupying an unlicensed band channel includes: a user equipment receiving a power increase rate of a reference signal transmission unit of an unlicensed band channel determined by a secondary cell (Scell) base station; the user equipment receiving, in the unlicensed band channel, a sub-frame of reference signal transmission unit level power distribution sent by the Scell base station; the user equipment decoding the power increase rate; and the user equipment using the power increase rate to process the sub-frame.
Abstract:
The prior art does not prescribe how to divide a control plane among network elements in a D2D communication under cellular architecture. To fill the technological gap, the present invention provides a method of performing the D2D communication and a corresponding control method, wherein a protocol signaling and protocol stack function of a media access (MAC) layer are implemented in a UE performing the D2D communication, and a control function is implemented by a master UE without introducing the base station, thereby reducing complexity of the base station and avoiding delay caused by the control of the base station; and wherein a protocol signaling and protocol stack function of a radio resource management (RRC) layer are implemented in the base station and the UE, and the control function is implemented by the base station and the base station performs mobility management.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method of autonomous uplink signal transmission and a corresponding terminal device and network device. For example, at a side of a terminal device in a communication network, an indication of a resource configuration is received from a network device for transmitting an autonomous uplink signal to the network device, and a sub-frame is determined based on the received indication of the resource configuration for transmitting the autonomous uplink signal. Then, the terminal device transmits the autonomous uplink signal to the network device in the determined sub-frame. The corresponding method implemented at the network device as well as the terminal device and network device capable of implementing the above methods are also disclosed.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a method and device for signal processing in a communication system. The present disclosure uses orthogonal and quasi-orthogonal spreading sequences and spatial channels to discriminate data of a terminal device. Since the spreading sequences utilized by data of the same terminal device are orthogonal, interference from the user itself is eliminated. As spreading sequences utilized by different terminal devices are quasi-orthogonal, interference between users is inhibited through spatial channels. Compared with other non-orthogonal multi-user access scheme, the present disclosure increase the supported overloading factor by combining the orthogonal spreading sequences and spatial channels.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus of obtaining feedback of HARQ acknowledgment information. The method comprises allocating to UE an uplink control channel resource for report of HARQ acknowledgment information related to downlink data transmission on an unlicensed carrier. The method also comprises obtaining feedback of the HARQ acknowledgment information from the UE within a predefined deferral window. The predefined deferral window specifies a minimum delay and a maximum delay for report of the HARQ acknowledgment information. The embodiments of the present disclosure may increase the reliability and reduce the latency of HARQ acknowledgment information feedback. In addition, the embodiments of the present disclosure may not only be for LAA scenarios, but also may be extended to standalone LAA access scenarios on unlicensed carriers.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for transmitting uplink grant, the method comprising: transmitting the uplink grant by selecting a downlink subframe from a plurality of candidate downlink subframes each of the plurality of downlink subframes enabling scheduling of at least one user equipment to start transmitting burst data in a uplink subframe.