Abstract:
It is provided a method, comprising generating a first set of one or more check bits based on one or more information bits of a first segment of an information block of K information bits; constructing a code block comprising the K information bits of the information block and the first set of check bits; performing polar encoding of the code block, wherein the first set of check bits are generated without taking into account any of the one or more information bits of a second segment of the information block;; each of the information bits of the first segment is different from each of the information bits of the second segment;; each of the information bits of the first segment is distributed in the code block on less reliable bit positions for the polar encoding than each of the information bits of the second segment.
Abstract:
A method for encoding a sequence of control information bits, the method comprising: generating a first sequence of bits comprising a sequence of predetermined bits for an encoder and a sequence of control information bits; generating a sequence of error detection and/or error correction bits based on the sequence of predetermined bits for the encoder and the sequence of control information bits; and encoding a redistributed sequence comprising the sequence of predetermined bits for the encoder, the sequence of control information bits and the sequence of error detection and/or error correction bits.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method that performs the steps of calculating, by an entity, one or more assistance bits, and allocating, by the entity, the one or more assistance bits. The one or more assistance bits comprise one or more primary parts and one or more secondary parts, wherein the one or more primary parts and the one or more secondary parts are used for error correction and/or error detection.
Abstract:
A method comprising: determining a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) generator sequence defining a one to one mapping between a sequence of control information values and cyclic redundancy check (CRC) sequence values; and determining a combined sequence, the combined sequence formed by distributing the cyclic redundancy check (CRC) value sequence within the sequence of control information values, wherein the distributing the cyclic redundancy check (CRC) value sequence within the sequence of control information values is based on a selected part of the cyclic redundancy check (CRC) generator sequence.
Abstract:
It is provided a method, comprising generating J addon bits if K information bits are sequentially inputted into a generating means comprising J registers; retrieving J * addon bits from the J registers after at least one of the K information bits had been inputted into the generating means and before the K information bits are inputted into the generating means; constructing a codeblock comprising each of the K information bits, the J addon bits, and the J * addon bits, wherein each of the K information bits, the J addon bits, and the J * addon bits is at a respective predetermined position of the codeblock; polar encoding the codeblock.
Abstract:
A method is provided for determining delay between random access channel and downlink control channel in random access procedures. The method comprises receiving from a base station, by a user equipment, information related to one or more delay(s) between a random access channel and one or more repetition period(s) of a downlink control channel for the user equipment; sending to the base station, by the user equipment, the random access channel transmitted in a repetitive form; receiving, by the user equipment, the one or more repetition period(s) of the downlink control channel, wherein each of the one or more repetition period(s) of the downlink control channel is transmitted according to a corresponding one of the delay(s); and determining, by the user equipment, the one or more delay(s) based at least on the information related to the delay(s).
Abstract:
A method is provided for a UE to determine the start time of the downlink control channel for M2M communication in LTE systems. The method comprises a UE receiving a parameter set to determine the start time of the (E)PDCCH from the eNB; calculating the start time based on the received parameter set from the eNB; combining/decoding the repetitive (E)PDCCHs; and sending the feedback information to confirm/reject the reception of the (E)PDCCH.
Abstract:
An example method provides a method of determining access times and channels for a wireless communication device. One embodiment includes selecting, at a wireless communication device, one of a plurality of time intervals in a periodically repeating access cycle for transmission of an access signal based on an identification number identifying the wireless communication device, negotiating a preamble assignment for the selected one of the plurality of time intervals, and transmitting the access signal over an access channel in the selected one of the plurality of time intervals using a preamble corresponding to the preamble assignment.
Abstract:
A method is provided for communications in a cellular network (1) comprising a plurality of mobile stations (MS1 to MS3) adapted for performing wireless communications with at least one base station (BS1, BS2) using a first transmission technology, the method comprising: forming a cooperating cluster (C) comprising two or more of the mobile stations (MS1, MS2), and performing short-range communications between the mobile stations (MS1, MS2) of the cooperating cluster (C) using a second transmission technology being different from the first transmission technology for improving, for at least one mobile station (MS1, MS2) of the cluster (C), the performance of the wireless communications with the base station (BS), preferably by using MIMO techniques for at least one of interference suppression and cancellation, in particular by using at least one of transmit pre-coding for uplink transmissions and receive antenna weighting for downlink reception. A mobile station (MS1, MS2) for forming a cooperating cluster (C), a cooperating cluster (C) comprising at least one such mobile station (MS1, MS2), and a cellular network (1 ) are also provided.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses for use in a low cost machine type communication user equipment, wherein the low cost machine type communication user equipment communicates with a legacy base station, are provided. The method comprises adjusting at least one parameter relating to scheduling such that the legacy base station is to schedule the low cost machine type communication user equipment with a transmission block size less than a predefined size. The method also comprises reporting the adjusted at least one parameter to the legacy base station. With the methods and apparatuses of the present disclosure, it is possible for the low cost machine type communication use equipment to operate in the coverage area of the legacy base station.