Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090067539 | Wireless Personal Area Network Communication Systems, Apparatus and Methods with Fast Adaptive Beamforming - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for communicating in a wireless personal area network, comprising using adaptive beamforming configured for a low-rate mode for reliable low-rate communications and a high-rate mode for high-rate communications and using a fast algorithm to perform antenna beamforming for the high rate mode, wherein the fast algorithm includes training performed on a block-by-block basis with decision feedback from a receiver (RX) to a transmitter (TX) about the usefulness of further training stages. | 03-12-2009 |
20090073954 | Techniques for Wireless Personal Area Network Communications with Efficient Spatial Reuse - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for communicating in a wireless personal area network (WPAN), comprising using Spatial Division Multiple Access (SDMA) in said WPAN network by exploiting directional antennas. | 03-19-2009 |
20090121936 | Adaptive antenna beamforming - Adaptive antenna beamforming may involve a maximum signal-to-noise ratio beamforming method, a correlation matrix based beamforming method, or a maximum ray beamforming method. The adaptive antenna beamforming may be used in a millimeter-wave wireless personal area network in one embodiment. | 05-14-2009 |
20090124199 | TECHNIQUES FOR WIRELESS PERSONAL AREA NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS WITH EFFICIENT SPATIAL REUSE - An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising at least one transceiver operable in a wireless personal area network (WPAN), wherein said at least one transceiver is equipped with the directional antennas adapted to point substantially vertically towards a horizontal reflecting surface, such as a ceiling, and with an antenna pattern specifically designed to control the interference levels. | 05-14-2009 |
20090175366 | METHOD AND SCHEME FOR SPACE-TIME CODED COCHANNEL INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION - An apparatus, system, and method for space-time cochannel interference cancellation are described. The apparatus may include a time stacking module to stack consecutive subcarrier signals for a period of time equal to several symbols and a space-time subcarrier beamformer module to perform space-time subcarrier beamforming by applying space-time beamformer weights to stacked symbols on one or more subcarriers. The space-time beamformer weights may be calculated based on spatial and time correlation properties of one or more interference signals. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 07-09-2009 |
20090296802 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM EQUALIZATION AND DECODING FOR A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus to perform equalization and decoding for a communication system are described | 12-03-2009 |
20090310656 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND TECHNIQUE USING QR DECOMPOSITION WITH A TRIANGULAR SYSTOLIC ARRAY - An apparatus, system, and method to perform QR decomposition of an input complex matrix are described. The apparatus may include a triangular systolic array to load the input complex matrix and an identity matrix, to perform a unitary complex matrix transformation requiring three rotation angles, and to produce a complex unitary matrix and an upper triangular matrix. The upper triangular matrix may include real diagonal elements. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 12-17-2009 |
20100054175 | Wirless broadband systems with relay stations - In a wireless communications network using relay stations between the network controller and at least some of the subscriber stations, the total network throughput may be increased by using spatial multiplexing between the network controller and some relay stations. In networks with multiple tiers of relay stations, a relay station may dedicate some sub-channels to communicating directly with subscriber stations and dedicate other sub-channels to communicating with other downstream relay stations. | 03-04-2010 |
20100135238 | SYSTEMS FOR COMMUNICATING USING MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BANDS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Communication signals using a first and a second frequency band in a wireless network is described herein. The first frequency band may be associated with a first beamwidth while the second frequency band may be associated with a second beamwidth. A method includes transmitting, in a first frequency band by a coordinating device, an indication of a first time resource and/or first frequency resource for a communication device to identify one or more neighbor communication devices that are capable of communicating over a second frequency band, receiving, in the first frequency band by the coordinating device, link availability information for the second frequency band based at least in part on the one or more neighbor communication devices identified as being capable of communicating over the second frequency band, and transmitting, in the first frequency band, a transmission schedule to indicate to the communication device a second time resource and/or second frequency resource in which the communication device can communicate with at least one of the one or more neighbor communications devices over the second frequency band, the transmission schedule being based at least in part on the received link availability information. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 06-03-2010 |
20100220610 | MAC SLOT ALIGNMENT AMONG MULTIPLE WIRELESS STATIONS - A device in a wireless network receives signals and determines media access control (MAC) slot boundaries of the received signals. The MAC slot boundaries are averaged in time, and a local slot boundary is modified in response thereto. The local MAC slot boundary is modified by less than ten percent of a short interframe space until the local MAC slot boundary is within one orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) cyclic prefix duration of the averaged MAC slot boundaries. | 09-02-2010 |
20110018767 | ADAPTIVE ANTENNA BEAMFORMING - Adaptive antenna beamforming may involve a maximum signal-to-noise ratio beamforming method, a correlation matrix based beamforming method, or a maximum ray beamforming method. The adaptive antenna beamforming may be used in a millimeter-wave wireless personal area network in one embodiment. | 01-27-2011 |
20110110338 | LOCATION DETERMINATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a mobile station receives a location beacon transmitted from multiple base stations based on a transmission plan for a predefined downlink location based services zone in the superframes of a signal frame structure. The transmission plan includes spreading transmissions of the location beacon that are unique to respective base stations. The mobile station identifies the base stations based on the respective location beacons and the transmission plan. The mobile station identifies a present location based on the location beacons and the identities of the base stations that from which the location beacons were received. | 05-12-2011 |
20110237192 | TECHNIQUES FOR WIRELESS NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS WITH HIGH-DIRECTIONAL STEERABLE ANTENNAS COMBINING QUASI OMNI-DIRECTIONAL TRANSMISSIONS WITH BEAMFORMING TRAINING - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising communicating in a wireless network using a low-rate quasi omni-directional communications mode implemented as TX-RX space scanning using directional antennas, and a high-rate directional communications mode with beamformed directional antennas, and wherein the quasi low-rate omni-directional communications mode using TX-RX space scanning uses a same frame to simultaneously carry control information and perform beamforming training of the directional antennas. | 09-29-2011 |
20120115419 | TECHNIQUES FOR MMWAVE WPAN COMMUNICATIONS WITH HIGH-DIRECTIONAL STEERABLE ANTENNAS COMBINING OMNI-DIRECTIONAL TRANSMISSIONS WITH BEAMFORMING TRAINING - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for communicating in a millimeter wave (MMWAVE) wireless personal area network (WPAN) system using a reliable low-rate omni-directional communications mode implemented as TX-RX space scanning using directional antennas; and using a high-rate directional communications mode with beamformed directional antennas. | 05-10-2012 |
20120163280 | PHYSICAL LAYER COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL FOR USE IN WIRELESS NETWORKS WITH RELAYS - In some embodiments, a relay station comprises a baseband processor, an RF modulator/demodulator coupled to the baseband processor to modulate/demodulate data for communication within a predetermined frequency range, and a control module to implement a femto transmission-free zone in at least one of a time domain or a frequency domain and in which the relay station does not transmit data. Other embodiments may be described. | 06-28-2012 |
20130114587 | NARROW BANDWIDTH DEVICE IN A BROADBAND NETWORK - Technology for communicating with a narrow bandwidth wireless device in a broadband network is disclosed. One method can include the wireless device retrieving at least one of secondary narrow bandwidth device region (NBDR) configuration information or primary NBDR configuration information from a primary NBDR located in a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) region of a subframe. The primary NBDR and the secondary NBDRs can be subsets of frequency resources within a wide bandwidth subframe. The wireless device can receive data in at least one of the primary NBDR and the secondary NBDR based on the configuration information. The primary NBDR can be located in the central part of a signal bandwidth spectrum including direct current (DC) subcarrier. The secondary NBDR can use frequency resources within the subframe not used by the primary NBDR. | 05-09-2013 |
20130130624 | TECHNIQUES FOR MMWAVE WPAN COMMUNICATIONS WITH HIGH-DIRECTIONAL STEERABLE ANTENNAS COMBINING OMNI-DIRECTIONAL TRANSMISSIONS WITH BEAMFORMING TRAINING - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for communicating in a millimeter wave (MMWAVE) wireless personal area network (WPAN) system using a reliable low-rate omni-directional communications mode implemented as TX-RX space scanning using directional antennas; and using a high-rate directional communications mode with beamformed directional antennas. | 05-23-2013 |
20130194982 | INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT FOR DYNAMIC UPLINK AND DOWNLINK CONFIGURATION - An apparatus and method for managing interference to facilitate allocation of a dynamic uplink and downlink configuration are disclosed herein. Determining whether a first cell causes interference less than a pre-determined threshold level to one or more neighboring cells or whether flexible subframes of radio frames associated with the one or more neighboring cells operate as downlink subframes. In response to the determining condition being met, allocating a first flexible subframe of a first radio frame associated with the first cell to operate as a downlink subframe at normal transmit power level. In response to the determining condition not being met, allocating the first flexible subframe of the first radio frame associated with the first cell as one of a downlink subframe operating in a reduced transmit power level or as an uplink subframe. | 08-01-2013 |
20130242812 | SUPPORT FOR ASYNCHRONOUS ADAPTATION TO UPLINK AND DOWNLINK TRAFFIC DEMANDS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Technology is discussed to allow transmission points within a Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) to adapt to Up Link (UL) and Down Link (DL) traffic demands independently. To mitigate potential interference arising from transmission points scheduled for conflicting UL and DL transmissions, measurements between transmission points can be made to indicate a level of coupling. Based on the various levels of coupling between transmission points, clusters can be formed. Where a high level of coupling is present, transmission points can be included in a common cluster. Where a low level of coupling is present, they can be isolated. Transmission points within the same cluster are scheduled with a common pattern of UL and DL transmissions to avoid interference. Transmission points in different clusters can have different patterns of UL and DL transmission to independently adapt to the relative demands for UL and DL transmissions experienced within these different clusters. | 09-19-2013 |
20130242889 | PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL (PUSCH) TRANSMISSION TIME INTERVAL (TTI) BUNDLING - Technology for organizing physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions is disclosed. One method can include a node generating transmission time interval (TTI) bundling configuration information with instructions to bundle PUSCH transmissions for a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process in at least 20 TTIs in an approximately 50 subframe time interval in at least one PUSCH TTI bundle. The node can transmit the TTI bundling configuration information to a wireless device to enable the wireless device to transmit a PUSCH signal in the at least one PUSCH TTI bundle within an approximately 50 subframe time interval. | 09-19-2013 |
20130272170 | ADAPTIVE UL-DL TDD CONFIGURATIONS IN A HETEROGNEOUS NETWORK - Technology for adapting uplink-downlink (UL-DL) time-division duplexing (TDD) subframe configurations in a heterogeneous network (HetNet) is disclosed. One method can include a reference enhanced Node B (eNB) determining a preferred adaptive UL-DL configuration. The eNB can receive node configuration information for at least one neighboring node. The eNB can reconfigure an adaptive UL-DL configuration for at least one of the reference eNB and the at least one neighboring node based on the node configuration information and sounding reference signal (SRS) subframe scheduling of the reference eNB and the at least one neighboring eNB. | 10-17-2013 |
20130288608 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO ENABLE DEVICE-TO-DEVICE (D2D) COMMUNICATION IN CELLULAR NETWORKS - An apparatus and method of allowing user equipment to transmit information directly with other user equipment, using a device-to-device mode is disclosed herein. A device-to-device blank subregion is defined where device-to-device information can be transmitted without interference from other user equipment. The device-to-device blank subregion may be set up such that it is only used in an exclusive mode if a device-to-device cluster is considered highly interfering. A device may join a device-to-device network through the use of a beacon transmission interval, a control transmission interval, and a data transmission interval. | 10-31-2013 |
20130301423 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS OF TIME-DIVISION-DUPLEX (TDD) UPLINK-DOWNLINK (UL-DL) INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of Time-Division Duplexing (TDD) Uplink-Downlink (UL-DL) interference management. Some embodiments include transmitting a message including a channel quality parameter and a Time-Division-Duplex (TDD) configuration update to at least one other base station of a cellular cell, deciding if the cellular cell is to be operated in a cluster based on the channel quality parameter value, and coordinating an adjustment of uplink-downlink configuration according to a traffic condition. | 11-14-2013 |
20130301489 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS OF TIME-DIVISION-DUPLEX (TDD) UPLINK-DOWNLINK (UL-DL) CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of Time-Division Duplexing (TDD) Uplink-Downlink (UL-DL) configuration management. For example, a node may communicate a message including a cell identifier identifying a first cell controlled by the node, and a TDD configuration update to update at least one other node, which controls at least one second cell, with a TDD UL-DL configuration allocated by the node for communication within the first cell. | 11-14-2013 |
20130322235 | ADAPTIVE UL-DL CONFIGURATIONS IN A TDD HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK - Technology for traffic offloading to generate a low interference flexible subframe (FlexSF) of an adaptive uplink-downlink (UL-DL) time-division duplexing (TDD) subframe configuration in a heterogeneous network (HetNet) is disclosed. One method can include an evolved Node B (eNB) monitoring a traffic loading metric for a specified traffic loading condition. The eNB can offload traffic scheduled for a packet of a macro user equipment (UE) from a macro cell to a FlexSF of a UL-DL subframe configuration of a small cell when the specified traffic loading condition exists. The eNB can be a macro eNB of the macro cell or a small eNB of the small cell. | 12-05-2013 |
20140023155 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION ORTHOGONAL-FREQUENCY-DIVISION-MULTIPLEXING SIGNAL - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of communicating a wireless orthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexing (OFDM) signal. For example, a wireless communication device may communicate a wireless communication OFDM signal including a plurality of data subcarriers carrying data, at least one pilot subcarrier carrying a reference, predefined, value, and a plurality of zero subcarriers, carrying a zero value, surrounding the pilot subcarrier and separating between the pilot subcarrier and the data subcarriers. | 01-23-2014 |
20140270015 | INTER-CARRIER INTERFERENCE PHASE NOISE COMPENSATION BASED ON PHASE NOISE SPECTRUM APPROXIMATION - An approach is provided to compensate for inter-carrier interference caused by phase noise in a transmitted or received signal. The approach involves causing an estimation of one or more phase noise spectrum taps that cause inter-carrier interference in a received signal. The approach also involves causing an approximation of an instantaneous phase noise spectrum by a low order finite impulse response filter based on the estimated one or more phase noise spectrum taps. The approach additionally involves determining a de-convolution filter having two or more filter coefficients for one or more orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing symbols associated with the received signal. The approach further involves causing the de-convolution filter to be matched to the approximated instantaneous phase noise spectrum. The approach also involves causing the inter-carrier interference caused by phase noise to be compensated for based on a de-convolution procedure that applies the de-convolution filter to the one or more orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing symbols. | 09-18-2014 |
20140286302 | COVERAGE BOOSTING TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR LTE TECHNOLOGY - Embodiments for boosting coverage of wireless signals are generally described herein. A wireless communication device for boosting coverage of wireless signals may include a processor arranged to configure resource blocks for a sub-frame for transmitting data in a communication session, wherein the sub-frame includes at least one slot formed by a matrix of sub-carriers in the frequency domain and symbols in the time domain and a transceiver, coupled to the processor, the transceiver being arranged to establish communication with entities in a network, the transceiver being further arranged to, under direction of the processor, map modulated symbols to at least a partial resource block to form a coverage boosting resource unit, the coverage boosting resource unit spreading at least one data bit over at least the partial resource block. | 09-25-2014 |
20140295858 | USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED CHANNEL ACCESS FOR D2D COMMUNICATIONS - Embodiments of a system and method for distributed channel access for device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless network are generally described herein. User equipment (UE) may transmit a connection identifier (CID) code at a beginning of a contention window to request channel access for a D2D transmission to a receiving device. Links for D2D transmissions from a transmitting device to a receiving device are identified by a CID that is mapped to a CID code. The UE may receive a bandwidth grant from the receiving device during the contention window, along with bandwidth grants for other CIDs, in an order based on a priority level of the CID. The UE may transmit data after reception of the bandwidth grants in time-frequency resources indicated in an associated one of the bandwidth grants. In some embodiments, spatial-reuse and variable resource size allocation are supported. | 10-02-2014 |
20150043448 | SIGNALING FOR PROXIMITY SERVICES AND D2D DISCOVERY IN AN LTE NETWORK - Embodiments of an enhanced node B (eNB), user equipment (UE) and methods of signaling for proximity services and device-to-device (D2D) discovery in an LTE network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the eNB may transmit signaling to indicate D2D discovery zone configuration to proximity service (ProSe) enabled UEs. The signaling may indicate time and frequency resources and a periodicity of a discovery zone and may indicate operational parameters for the discovery zone. The resources of the D2D discovery zone may be allocated for D2D discovery signal transmission by the ProSe-enabled UEs. | 02-12-2015 |
20150045016 | USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR PACKET BASED DEVICE-TO-DEVICE (D2D) DISCOVERY IN AN LTE NETWORK - Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE) and methods for packet based device-to-device (D2D) discovery in an LTE network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, UE may be enabled for proximity services and may be configured to receive signaling from an enhanced node B (eNB) indicating resources allocated for D2D discovery. The UE may configure a discovery packet in accordance with a predetermined configuration to have at least a discovery payload and a cyclic-redundancy check (CRC). The discovery payload may include discovery-related content. The UE may be configured to transmit the discovery packet on at least some of the indicated resources for receipt by a receiving UE. In some embodiments, a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) may be selected to indicate a payload size and/or MCS of the discovery packet's payload. | 02-12-2015 |
20150055524 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS OF TIME-DIVISION-DUPLEX (TDD) UPLINK-DOWNLINK (UL-DL) CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of Time-Division Duplexing (TDD) Uplink-Downlink (UL-DL) configuration management. For example, a node may communicate a message including a cell identifier identifying a first cell controlled by the node, and a TDD configuration update to update at least one other node, which controls at least one second cell, with a TDD UL-DL configuration allocated by the node for communication within the first cell. | 02-26-2015 |