Abstract:
There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment (10) in a radio access network, the user equipment (10) being configured with a first transmission resource pertaining to transmission of a first type of control information. The user equipment is further configured with a second transmission resource pertaining to transmission of a second type of control information. The first transmission resource and the second transmission resource partially overlap. The method comprises transmitting control information of the first type and/or the second type depending on the partial overlap of the first transmission resource and the second transmission resource. The disclosure also pertains to related methods and devices.
Abstract:
Grant-free UL transmissions based on non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) may be considered as applicable various use cases including massive connectivity for machine type communication (MTC) and low overhead UL transmission schemes that minimize device power consumption for transmission of small data packets. Described herein are methods, apparatus, and mechanisms are described for MA resource configuration and MA resource selection in the context of grant-free UL transmission. Also described herein are methods and apparatus that incorporate retransmission and HARQ schemes for grant-free UL NOMA transmissions.
Abstract:
Technology for reducing packet transmissions is disclosed. A master evolved node B (MeNB) configured for dual connectivity can receive one or more acknowledgements (ACKs) from a user equipment (UE) indicating packets that were successfully received at the UE from a secondary evolved node B (SeNB). The MeNB can receive, from the SeNB, packet delivery information for the SeNB. The MeNB can receive an indication from the SeNB of an air-interface connection loss between the SeNB and the UE. The MeNB can identify remaining packets that were not sent from the SeNB to the UE based, in part, on the ACKs received from the UE and the packet delivery information received from the SeNB, wherein the remaining packets are not sent to the UE due to the connection loss between the SeNB and the UE. The MeNB can send the remaining packets from the MeNB to the UE.
Abstract:
Systems, methods, and device for adjusting an operation time of a radio link failure timer are disclosed herein. User equipment (UE) may be configured to communicatively couple to an evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN). The UE use different radio link failure timer parameters depending on the speed of the UE. The radio link failure timer may run for a longer time for rapidly moving UEs and run for a shorter time for slowly moving UEs. In an embodiment, the UE may scale the radio link failure timer by a scaling factor. In another embodiment, the UE may include multiple radio link failure timers for different speeds. The radio link failure timer parameters for each speed may be specified by the E-UTRAN in a one-to-one communication. The E-UTRAN may determine which parameters to use for each UE based on characteristics of the UE.
Abstract:
A communication apparatus is connected to a transmission channel for transmitting data to another communication apparatus. The communication apparatus includes: a communication frame generator which generates a communication frame for storing the data; and a controller which controls to insert a pilot symbol into the communication frame based on a state of the transmission channel.
Abstract:
A method for transmitting an ACK/NACK signal and a method for establishing the signal transmission are disclosed. A system for the method determines whether the ACK/NACK signal is repeatedly transmitted or not according to channel environments of a user, and transmits the ACK/NACK signal according to the determined result within a single TTI. Areas unused for transmitting the ACK/NACK signal are allocated for data, resulting in an increased reception reliability of the ACK/NACK signal.
Abstract:
Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate dynamically de-assigning resources and communication channels for transmitting messages indicative of resource de-assigning. Systems and method for generating and interpreting de-assignment messages are also provided.
Abstract:
A reverse data rate controlling method in a mobile communication system for transmission of packet data is provided. In an embodiment of the present invention, an RRL (Reverse Rate Limit) message includes an ignore RAB (Reverse Activity Bit) field to ensure a predetermined data rate for a particular access terminal (AT). In another embodiment of the present invention, an access probability is set for each data rate in the RRL message. Upon receipt of an RAB, an AT compares a random number with the access probability for its data rate and increases or decreases the data rate according to the comparison result.
Abstract:
Control signalling for systems employing link adaptation and incremental redundancy is described. A link adaptation/incremental redundancy message can be transmitted from a receiving entity to a transmitting entity to inform the transmitting entity of the receiving entity's incremental redundancy status or preference. Another message, which indicates whether resegmentation should be performed for retransmitted blocks can also be transmitted from a receiving entity to a transmitting entity. Both of these messages can be used by the transmitting entity to determine an appropriate modulation/coding scheme for subsequent transmissions of both original data blocks and retransmitted data blocks. The messages can be used together or independently in either link (uplink or downlink) between a base station and a mobile station in a radiocommunication system.