Abstract:
A method, wireless device, and network node for increasing the capacity on a control channel when using Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM) of data and DMRS are disclosed. According to one aspect, a wireless device (WD) is configured to perform intra-symbol frequency division multiplexing of data subcarriers and demodulation reference signal, DMRS, subcarriers. The WD is also configured to apply intra-symbol orthogonal cover codes, OCCs, to the data subcarriers. The WD is further configured to apply intra-symbol cyclic shifts to the DMRS subcarriers.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for performing power control of a physical channel in a communication system are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method in a wireless device of performing power control of a physical channel in a wireless communication system may include determining a transmission power for a transmission on the physical channel according to a power control loop. Further, the loop may specify the transmission power based on at least one parameter. Also, a value of the at least one parameter may be dependent on which of different transmission time interval (TTI) lengths defined as usable on the physical channel is selected for the transmission on the physical channel.
Abstract:
Techniques for improved scheduling request (SR) operation using one or more short transmission time intervals (sTTIs) (908) are presented to ensure both short latency and improved wireless coverage for user equipment (UE) (102). In particular, a method (1000) performed by a UE (102) for managing SR transmissions to a network node (106) is presented. The method can include determining (1002) a value indicative of network coverage conditions, and based on the value indicative of network coverage conditions, determining (1004) a transmission duration (908) for transmitting one or more SRs (118). In addition, the example method can include transmitting (1006) the one or more SRs (118) to the network node (106) using the determined transmission duration (908). Related devices, computer programs, processor/memory combinations, and systems are likewise described.
Abstract:
Certain embodiments relate to a method for use in a wireless device. The method comprises distributing uplink power among parallel transmissions that the wireless device has scheduled during a subframe on two or more uplink physical channels. The parallel transmissions comprise one or more short transmission time interval, sTTI, transmissions, and the UL power is distributed according to at least one prioritization rule. According to one of the prioritization rules, sTTI transmissions comprising control information are prioritized over sTTI transmissions comprising data without any control information. According to another of the prioritization rules, transmissions with shorter transmission time intervals are prioritized over transmissions with longer transmission time intervals.
Abstract:
A method of performing channel estimation for a radio channel between a transmitter and a receiver of a radio access network, RAN comprises the step of performing an initial channel estimation (204) of the radio channel for each of a plurality of frequency ranges 5 (502), based on a radio signal received on the radio channel from the transmitter, the radio signal comprising a signal sequence (510) out of the set of signal sequences (510) in each of the frequency ranges (502), to obtain an initial channel estimate (504) for each frequency range (502), and applying a filter (206) to the initial channel estimates (504) for the frequency ranges (502), a length (508) of the filter (206) in the frequency domain 10 being greater than lengths of the frequency ranges (502), to obtain a filtered channel estimate (506) for all subcarriers (406) in the respective one of the frequency ranges (502).
Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for bit payload distribution. In one embodiment, a method for a wireless device, WD, is disclosed that comprises optionally, receiving a first control signal allocating a plurality of uplink resources; and communicating a second control signal comprising a bit payload distributed over the plurality of uplink resources such that at least a first bit of the bit payload is communicated over a first subset of the plurality of uplink resources, and at least a second bit of the bit payload is communicated over a second subset of the plurality of uplink resources. In another embodiment, a method for a network node is disclosed that comprises optionally, communicating the first control signal; and receiving the second control signal.
Abstract:
A sending node (120; 110) sends information to a receiving node (110; 120). Said nodes are comprised in a wireless communication network (100). Communication between said nodes is associated with a first cell (115). The sending node (120; 110) obtains (601; 701) predefined scrambling for scrambling the information and which predefined scrambling is specific for the first cell (115). The receiving node correspondingly obtains de-scrambling. The sending node (120; 110) sends, to the receiving node (110; 120), the information repeatedly a certain number of times, wherein each time the information is sent it is scrambled differently based on the obtained scrambling. Each time the information is received by the receiving node (110; 120) it is de-scrambled differently based on the obtained de-scrambling.
Abstract:
A method (500) is performed by a wireless device (710). The method comprises transmitting (540) an uplink signal (730). A time offset (820) is employed for the uplink signal. The time offset is based on an estimated filter delay (812, 813, 814, 815) and an estimated distance between the wireless device and a network node (720). The estimated filter delay is associated with one or more filters (712, 714, 722, 724) of the wireless device and/or of the network node. In some embodiments, the time offset is also based on an estimated radio channel delay (816) of a radio channel between the wireless device and the network node relative to the delay of a line of sight, LOS, path between the wireless device and the network node. In some embodiments, the wireless device receives an indication (760) that the wireless device is to determine the time offset.
Abstract:
A transmitting device (12) and a receiving device (10) in a wireless communications network (1). The transmitting device (12) determines (701) additional information to transmit to the receiving device (10). The transmitting device (12) determined (702) an order of different circular shifts of repeated blocks of data as a set of transmission parameters indicating the additional information, each circular shift shifting bits differently. The transmitting device (12) then transmits (703) information to the receiving device (10), which receives the information, using the determined set of transmission parameters, thereby indicating the additional information to the receiving device (10).
Abstract:
In a method of enabling model order selection for joint channel synchronization and noise covariance estimation of at least one received signal in a wireless communication network, generating S0 a spatially and temporally stacked signal model by stacking successive samples of temporally adjacent received signal vectors and corresponding training vectors, computing S1 a noise variance matrix for each hypothesized synchronization position, channel length and stacking order, based on the stacked training symbols: determining S2 a best synchronization position for the received signal, based on the stacked training vectors, by jointly determining the best synchronization position for the received signal and estimating a channel length and a stacking order for said signal model based on the stacked training vectors.