Abstract:
Described is an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with an Evolved Node-B (eNB) on a wireless network. The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry, a second circuitry, and a third circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to process a configuration transmission carrying a half-tone shifting indicator. The second circuitry may be operable to select one or more subcarrier frequencies for Uplink (UL) transmission based on the half-tone shifting indicator. The third circuitry may be operable to generate a UL transmission for the one or more subcarrier frequencies. The half-tone shifting indicator may have a first value indicating application of a half-subcarrier offset, and a second value indicating no application of the half-subcarrier offset.
Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for new radio (NR) networks may support channel state information - reference signal (CSI-RS) transmission from a Next Generation NodeB (gNB) to user equipment (UE) and channel state information (CSI) reporting from the UE to the gNB. With the signals for activation/deactivation of CSI-RS transmission and corresponding activation/deactivation of CSI reporting independently signaled from the gNB and with the UE expecting reception of such signals in pairs, errors may arise when one signal of the pair is received by the UE and the other signal of the pair not received by the UE. In various embodiments, behaviour of the UE can be adjusted to address such errors. Additional apparatus and methods are disclosed.
Abstract:
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, an apparatus of a user equipment (UE), comprises one or more radio-frequency (RF) transceivers to receive beam related information from a serving evolved Node B (eNB) in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) of the serving eNB for beam reference signal (BRS) measurements to be performed on a neighbor eNB, and to receive one or more BRS transmissions in a PDCCH, PBCH, or PDSCH of the neighbor eNB on a selected set of beams of the neighbor eNB according to the beam related information. One or more baseband processors to perform the BRS measurements on the received BRS transmissions and to generate a mobility measurement report for the neighbor eNB based on the BRS measurements. The one or more RF transceivers are to transmit the mobility measurement report for the neighbor eNB to the serving eNB in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).
Abstract:
Techniques related to physical uplink control channel procedures are described. Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment, an Uplink Control Information (UCI) payload size is determined based at least in part on configuration information and Downlink Control Information (DCI). A Fifth Generation (5G) Physical Uplink Control Channel (xPUCCH) format is then determined based at least in part on the determined UCI payload size. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
Abstract:
An apparatus, method, system and machine-readable medium. The apparatus may be an apparatus of a New Radio (NR) gNodeB or of a NR User Equipment (UE), and may include a memory and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry for the apparatus of the gNodeB is to: configure a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWPs) associated with respective numerologies; determine a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) including downlink control information (DCI), the DCI including information on scheduled resources including BWP index for a data transmission to or from a User Equipment (UE), the data transmission to occupy one of the plurality of BWPs or multiple ones of the plurality of BWPs; encode the PDCCH for transmission; and process the data transmission based on the DCI. The apparatus of the NR UE is to: process a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) from a NR gNodeB, the PDCCH including downlink control information (DCI) indicating scheduled resources for a data transmission to or from the UE, the data transmission to occupy one or multiple ones of a plurality of BWPs configured by the gNodeB; and process the data transmission based on the DCI.
Abstract:
Described is an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE). The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry, a second circuitry, and a third circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to process a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) within a bandwidth at a start of a slot. The second circuitry may be operable to allocate a Guard Period (GP) within the bandwidth and subsequent to the PDCCH. The third circuitry may be operable to generate a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) within the bandwidth and in one or more Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols at the end of the slot. The third circuitry may also be operable to generate a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) within the bandwidth and in one or more OFDM symbols extending between the GP and the PUCCH, the PUSCH being time-division multiplexed with the PUCCH.
Abstract:
Methods and architectures for establishing an uplink control channel in a fifth generation (5G) or new radio (NR) wireless network includes a next generation NodeB (gNB) selecting a resource in code, time and/or frequency domains for user equipment (UE) to transmit uplink control information (UCI) spanning multiple slots of a time resource in the uplink channel from the UE to the gNB. The UE uses the selected code, time, frequency resource to transmit for NR physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) over multiple slots.
Abstract:
Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), Evolved Node-B (eNB) and methods for communication are generally described herein. The UE may receive downlink control information (DCI) that indicates an allocation for a new radio (NR) physical uplink shared channel (NR PUSCH) transmission, by the UE, in a channel of multiple physical resource blocks (PRBs) in a slot that comprises: a predetermined data region, and a predetermined control region reserved for NR physical uplink control channel (NR PUCCH) transmissions. The DCI may be configurable to indicate whether the allocation includes one or more of the PRBs in the control region. The allocation may include one or more of the PRBs in one or more symbol periods in the data region and may be configurable to include one or more of the PRBs in one or more symbol periods in the control region.
Abstract:
Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are described to encode a first scheduling request (SR) for a first resource for transmission on a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource dedicated for the first resource. A periodicity of transmission of a SR for the first resource has a first periodicity. The first SR comprising a first quality of service (QoS) attribute. A second SR is encoded for a second resource for transmission on a second PUCCH resource dedicated for the second resource. A periodicity of transmission of a SR for the second resource has a second periodicity. The second SR comprising a second QoS attribute. A first uplink grant is decoded. The first link uplink grant includes a first allocated uplink resource based upon the first QoS attribute. A second uplink grant is decoded. The second link uplink grant includes a second allocated uplink resource based upon the second QoS attribute.
Abstract:
An apparatus is configured to be employed within one or more user equipment (UE) devices. The apparatus comprises baseband circuitry, which includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to determine a transmission time interval (TTI) for a physical (PHY) layer based on communication characteristics, the PHY layer comprising physical channels. The one or more processors are also configured to generate a mapping for one or more transport blocks of a transport channel based on the determined TTI and map the one or more transport blocks to the PHY layer based on the generated mapping.