Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090034461 | MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT (MIMO) MODE OPTIMIZATION FOR LOW DATA RATES SERVICES - A method and an apparatus are provided for efficient transmission of low-data-rate packet services in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) mode of operations in the presence of high-data-rate packet services. Precoding weight information (PWI) is signaled implicitly to a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU). A precoding weight vector is signaled in a high speed shared control channel less (HS-SCCH-less) transmission using a new HS-SCCH type P. This explicit PWI signaling approach transmits the PWI with minimum power overhead. The data carried in the HS-SCCH type P is encoded to minimize the required transmitted power. A channel type HS-SCCH type 2M is also described. | 02-05-2009 |
20090046667 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE RADIO RESOURCE OVERHEAD ASSOCIATED WITH INTERMITTENT TRAFFIC - A method and apparatus for No-TX mode for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and Node B that suspends the transmission of power control updates and associated signaling over dedicated uplink and downlink channels. Triggers and signals between the WTRU and Node B to activate and disable No-TX mode. A radio link is re-established to resume data transmission when No-TX mode is disabled, and data may also be transmitted during defined transmission opportunities while in No-TX mode. | 02-19-2009 |
20090059892 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCOMMODATING HIGHER ORDER MODULATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A method and apparatus for reconfiguring a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are directed to receiving an active set update message indicating that a mode of operation allowing a certain modulation scheme is enabled or disabled and performing at least one of: performing a MAC reset procedure, updating a set of reference enhanced transport format combination indicators (E-TFCIs) and associated power offsets, determining actions related to E-DPCCH boosting, modifying information related to an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH), and modifying an index that indicates an E-DCH transport block size table. The update message includes at least one modified information element (IE). | 03-05-2009 |
20090086671 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TERMINATING TRANSMISSION OF A MESSAGE IN AN ENHANCED RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL - A method and an apparatus is provided for terminating an enhanced random access channel (E-RACH) message in an E-RACH transmission. Triggers for terminating the E-RACH message are provided. The actions upon termination of the E-RACH messages are provided to release enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resources while in cell forward access channel (CELL_FACH) state or transition to cell dedicated channel (CELL_DCH) state. | 04-02-2009 |
20090086698 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING A COLLISION IN COMMON E-DCH TRANSMISSIONS - A method and apparatus for managing a collision in random access channel (RACH) access transmissions are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) transmits WTRU-dependent information to confirm that a detected acquisition indicator (AI) is intended to the WTRU. The WTRU-dependent information may be transmitted separately after detecting the AI, may be transmitted along with a RACH preamble, or may be sent in an E-RACH message. The WTRU-dependent information may be a random number, a sequence or scrambling code randomly selected from a pre-determined set of sequences or scrambling codes. Alternatively, the WTRU-dependent information may be a pre-configured identifier, or information derived from the pre-configured identifier. Alternatively, after detecting an AI, the WTRU may randomly select an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resource from a set of E-DCH resources associated with an RACH resource used for transmission of the RACH preamble and transmit an E-RACH message using the selected E-DCH resource. | 04-02-2009 |
20090088175 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ALLOCATE RADIO RESOURCES FOR TRANSMITTING A MESSAGE PART IN AN ENHANCED RACH - A method and apparatus for allocating resources to a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) includes the WTRU transmitting a signature sequence to a Node B, receiving an acknowledge signal from the Node B, and determining a default resource index. The resource index is associated with enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) parameters. | 04-02-2009 |
20090104905 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING HOME NODE B SERVICES - A method and apparatus for supporting home Node B (HNB) services are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives HNB access restriction information from an HNB and accesses the HNB if an access to the HNB is allowed based on the HNB access restriction information. The HNB access restriction information may be a closed subscriber group identity (CSG ID), a status bit indicating whether an HNB cell is available or not, an identity of WTRUs that are allowed to access the HNB, information indicating whether an access to a cell is barred or not. The WTRU may trigger measurements for cell reselection even though signal strength on a currently connected cell is above a threshold. The measurement may be triggered manually, periodically, under the instruction from the network, or based on a neighbor cell list including information about HNB cells located nearby. | 04-23-2009 |
20090109937 | SELECTING TRANSMISSION PARAMETERS FOR CONTENTION-BASED ACCESS IN WIRELESS SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus are disclosed for selecting a channel for uplink communication includes determining whether a cell supports transmission over an enhanced random access channel (E-RACH) and selecting whether to send uplink communications over the E-RACH or a random access channel. A method for selecting a transmission time interval (TTI) for use on an E-RACH includes evaluating radio conditions measured at a user equipment and selecting a long TTI if radio conditions are bad and selecting a short TTI if radio conditions are good. Alternatively, the TTI can be selected based on an amount of data to be transmitted on the uplink. A user equipment, an integrated circuit, or a Node B can be configured to perform either method. | 04-30-2009 |
20090135771 | MANAGEMENT AND SETUP OF ENHANCED MAC-E/ES RESOURCES IN CELL-FACH STATE - A method and apparatus are disclosed to manage the enhanced medium access control-e (MAC-e) and enhanced MAC-es resources and respective variables for the enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) in the enhanced Cell_FACH state. Due to the nature of the E-DCH transmission in the uplink (UL) in the Cell_FACH state and the fact that a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) might set up and release the E-DCH resources more frequently, methods to deal with the TSN numbering are described. | 05-28-2009 |
20090143074 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF UPLINK FEEDBACK INFORMATION IN CONTENTION BASED ACCESS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A method and apparatus for control of uplink feedback information in contention based wireless communications is disclosed. Uplink feedback information such as a channel quality information and hybrid automatic retransmission request (HARQ) acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) information may be transmitted to the universal terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) based on explicit and implicit triggers. Providing more frequent and robust information relating to the channel conditions and HARQ status allows the UTRAN to more efficiently utilize the radio resources for downlink data transmissions. | 06-04-2009 |
20090168728 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CELL RESELECTION - A method and wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) are disclosed that is configured to perform cell reselection to another cell when the WTRU is in a CELL_FACH state using an Enhanced-Dedicated Channel (E-DCH). The cell reselection is based on internal measurements by the WTRU. Alternatively, the cell reselection can be WTRU based on the WTRU measurements reported to the network. | 07-02-2009 |
20090168750 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RADIO LINK SYNCHRONIZATION AND POWER CONTROL IN CELL_FACH AND IDLE MODE - A method and apparatus for radio link synchronization and power control in CELL_FACH state and idle mode are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) transmits a random access channel (RACH) preamble and receives an acquisition indicator acknowledging the RACH preamble via an acquisition indicator channel (AICH) and an index to an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resource. The WTRU determines a start of an E-DCH frame. An F-DPCH timing offset is defined with respect to one of the RACH access slot and an AICH access slot carrying the acquisition indicator. A relative F-DPCH timing offset may be signaled to the WTRU and the WTRU may determine a start of an E-DCH frame based on the relative F-DPCH timing offset and timing of an AICH access slot including the acquisition indicator. The WTRU may transmit a dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH) power control preamble before starting an E-DCH transmission. | 07-02-2009 |
20090185540 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH-SPEED TRANSMISSION ON RACH - A method and apparatus for signaling in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU). The method includes the WTRU receiving a value of a maximum number of retransmissions and retransmitting data in a plurality of hybrid automatic retransmission request (HARQ) processes limited by the value of a maximum number of retransmission. The WTRU is configured to receive a cell-specific, fixed or absolute grant on a broadcast channel. | 07-23-2009 |
20090186624 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING AN ENHANCED RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL PROCEDURE IN A CELL_FACH STATE - A method and apparatus for performing an enhanced random access procedure in a Cell_FACH state are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) transmits a random access channel (RACH) preamble for random access. If a positive acknowledgement (ACK) is received in response to the RACH preamble, the WTRU enters a contention resolution phase and transmits a message via an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH). If contention resolution fails, the RACH preamble is retransmitted. A contention back-off timer may be used for retransmission. A physical random access channel (PRACH) code may be reselected. The RACH preamble may be retransmitted using a reserved PRACH resource so that E-DCH resource is allocated to the collided WTRUs. Data transmitted during the contention resolution phase may remain in a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) buffer. The MAC-i/is entity may be reset. All data sent during the contention resolution phase may be stored in a temporary buffer. | 07-23-2009 |
20090258666 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING ENHANCED DEDICATED CHANNEL TRANSPORT FORMAT COMBINATION IN CELL_FACH STATE AND IDLE MODE - A method and apparatus for selecting an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transport format combination (E-TFC) in Cell_FACH state and idle mode are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) transmits a random access channel (RACH) preamble and receives an index to an E-DCH resource in response to the RACH preamble. The WTRU may estimate a power headroom based on the maximum WTRU transmit power, power offset value, and the last successfully transmitted RACH preamble transmit power. The WTRU restricts an E-TFC based on the estimated power headroom, and selects an E-TFC based on a set of supported E-TFCs. The WTRU then generates, and transmits, a protocol data unit (PDU) based on the selected E-TFC. | 10-15-2009 |
20090268707 | METHOD TO IMPLEMENT TRANSMISSION TIME INTERVAL BUNDLING - Methods for implementing transmission time interval (TTI) bundling, and a wireless transit/receive unit (WTRU) and a base station configured to process the methods are shown. The method includes the WTRU receiving a TTI control signal and/or configuration message from a network and the WTRU transmitting TTI control signals to the network. The control signals and/or configuration message may be sent via Layer 1, Layer 2, or Layer 3 messages. Signaling may be implemented, for example, using or via an enhanced-absolute grant channel (E-AGCH), a high speed-shared control channel (HS-SCCH), Medium Access Control (MAC) headers, radio resource control messages, a logical channel ID, information elements, and the control signals and/or configuration may include, for example, information related to triggering criteria, activation and de-activation, number of retransmissions, handover related information and configuration information. | 10-29-2009 |
20090270103 | MULTI-CELL WTRUS CONFIGURED TO PERFORM MOBILITY PROCEDURES AND METHODS - Dual-cell or multi-cell Wireless Transmit Receive Units (WTRUS) configured to implement mobility procedures are described. The WTRU configurations implement methods to optimize and allow mobility for the procedures of cell search and cell reselection, measurement reporting and inter-frequency handovers, compressed mode measurements, and soft handovers. | 10-29-2009 |
20090290559 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HARQ AUTONOMOUS RETRANSMISSIONS - A method and an apparatus for performing uplink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission in a burst are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may transmit a transmission burst over at least two consecutive transmission time intervals (TTIs) via a HARQ process configured for transmission burst. An E-DCH dedicated physical control channel (E-DPCCH) power offset may be set to the transmission burst-specific E-DPCCH gain factor value. The WTRU may calculate a power of the E-DPCCH by dividing a conventional E-DPCCH power offset by a total number of TTIs in the transmission burst. The WTRU may transmit the E-DPCCH only during a first TTI of the transmission burst. The supported E-TFCs may be a second set of supported E-TFCs determined only for use with the transmission burst. The WTRU may determine the set of supported E-TFCs and the E-TFC for transmission based on a number of TTIs in the transmission burst. | 11-26-2009 |
20090296643 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY RECEIVING ON TWO CARRIERS AND PERFORMING DISCONTINUOUS TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION IN DUAL CELL HIGH SPEED DOWNLINK PACKET ACCESS - A method and an apparatus for simultaneously receiving on two carriers and performing discontinuous transmission (DTX) and discontinuous reception (DRX) in dual cell high speed downlink packet access (DC-HSDPA) are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives a message for activating DRX for at least one of an anchor carrier and a supplementary carrier and applies the same DRX pattern to the anchor carrier and the supplementary carrier upon reception of the message. The message may be received via a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) order. The WTRU may activate or de-activate the supplementary carrier based on the physical layer signal. Upon activation of the supplementary carrier, the WTRU may apply the same DRX pattern on both the anchor carrier and the supplementary carrier. The WTRU may flush a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) buffer associated with the supplementary carrier upon de-activation of the supplementary carrier. | 12-03-2009 |
20090300456 | HARQ PROCESS UTILIZATION IN MULTIPLE CARRIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatus utilize hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmissions and retransmissions that are usable on multiple carriers, i.e. joint HARQ processes. For example, a downlink (DL) shared channel transmission of a joint HARQ process is received on one of the carriers. A first part of an identity of the joint HARQ process is determined by using HARQ process identity data received on a shared control channel. A second part of the joint HARQ process identity is determined using additional information. The joint HARQ process identity is then determined by combining the first part and the second part. A WTRU is provided that is configured to receive the DL shared channel and to make the aforementioned determinations. A variety of other methods and apparatus configurations are disclosed for utilizing joint HARQ processes, in particular in the context of DC-HSDPA. | 12-03-2009 |
20090307554 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING A BUNDLED TRANSMISSION - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may send a bundled transmission of a packet repeatedly over at least two consecutive transmission time intervals (TTIs). The WTRU may not process a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for the packet after sending the bundled transmission. The bundled transmission may be configured per HARQ process. The WTRU may override the bundled transmission and may transmit a HARQ retransmission of another packet in one of the TTIs scheduled for the bundled transmission if a TTI scheduled for the HARQ retransmission of another packet overlaps the TTIs scheduled for the bundled transmission. Alternatively, the WTRU may transmit a non-bundled transmission of a packet and send a bundled HARQ transmission of the packet on a condition that HARQ feedback indicates a failure of delivery of the packet. The WTRU may not process an HARQ feedback in an E-HICH for the packet after sending the bundled transmission. | 12-10-2009 |
20100034171 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SERVING HIGH SPEED DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL CELL CHANGE - A method and an apparatus for serving high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) cell change are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives pre-configured serving cell information for a target cell. The WTRU reports a measurement report and starts monitoring a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) on the target cell. The WTRU may receive an HS-SCCH order over the target cell and/or a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message over a source cell indicating a serving HS-DSCH cell change to the target cell. The WTRU may act upon all information elements of the RRC reconfiguration message in case that the RRC reconfiguration message is received prior to the HS-SCCH order, and act upon the pre-configured serving cell information in case that the HS-SCCH order is received prior to the RRC reconfiguration message. | 02-11-2010 |
20100041389 | METHOD FOR DETECTING RADIO LINK FAILURE FOR TRANSMISSION OVER ENHANCED DEDICATED CHANNEL IN A CELL _FACH STATE - A method and apparatus are used for detecting a radio link (RL) failure and a post verification process. A quality of a downlink fractional dedicated physical channel (F-DPCH) is monitored once a transmission on an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) has begun. It is determined whether the quality of the downlink F-DPCH is below a predefined threshold. If the quality is below the predefined threshold, then an occurrence of an RL failure is declared and a transmission over the E-DCH in a cell forward access channel (CELL_FACH) state is terminated. In a case of the post verification failure, E-DCH resources are released. | 02-18-2010 |
20100246516 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING UPLINK TRANSMIT DIVERSITY - A method and apparatus for performing uplink (UL) transmit diversity implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) includes receiving a signal including precoding information. The precoding information is detected and applied to an UL transmission. The UL transmission is transmitted with the applied precoding information. | 09-30-2010 |
20120008510 | Method and Apparatus for Performing Uplink Antenna Transmit Diversity - Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed to provide antenna transmit diversity. A wireless transmit/receiver unit (WTRU) may comprise multiple antennas. A channel condition for each of the antennas may be determined. A probing phase may be used in order to determine the channel conditions. During a period of the probing phase, a probing signal from each antenna may be transmitted during a respective time interval. The WTRU transmit power may or may not be held constant. A Node B may receive each probing signal and determine channel quality information. The Node B may adjust the determined channel quality information if there is a power offset between the signals. The Node B may send the channel quality information to the WTRU. The WTRU may switch an antenna to use for uplink transmission based on the received channel quality information. | 01-12-2012 |
20120015657 | MANAGING POWER CONSUMPTION IN BASE STATIONS AND REMOTE ACCESS POINTS - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in communication with a wireless network that may include a base station (or base node) and a cell that may be in a dormant mode is contemplated. The WTRU may determine that the WTRU may be within a vicinity of the cell and may generate a report that includes one or more measurements related to a location of the WTRU. The WTRU may transmit the report to the network and may receive an indication to perform one or more measurements related to the cell. The one or more measurements related to the cell may be based on a Common Pilot Channel (CPICH), a Synchronization Channel (SCH), and/or a Broadcast Channel (Primary Common Control Physical Channel) (BCH P-CCPCH) that may be transmitted by the cell upon a command from a base node. | 01-19-2012 |
20120177011 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING FOR MULTI-ANTENNA TRANSMISSION WITH PRECODING - A method and apparatus for signaling for multi-antenna transmission with precoding are disclosed. Precoder phase information may be signaled using bit sequences that provide a degree of error tolerance in that precoder phases having large differences are signaled using bit sequences having large Hamming distances. | 07-12-2012 |
20120177089 | SELECTION OF TRANSMISSION PARAMETERS FOR TRANSMIT DIVERSITY TERMINALS - Disclosed herein are system and method embodiments for selection of transmission parameters for transmit diversity terminals. According to an aspect, a method for controlling wireless receive/transmit unit transmission parameters may include configuring a WRTU to transmit dual stream when a first stream is using a predetermined transport format (TF) or subset of the TF. The method may also include applying the configuration to the WRTU. | 07-12-2012 |
20120207045 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLOSED LOOP TRANSMIT DIVERSITY TRANSMISSION INITIAL ACCESS - Uplink precoding in closed loop transmit diversity (CLTD). The methods and apparatus relate to precoder operations during an initial stage using default precoder tap weights, and a second stage wherein precoder weights obtained from a precoder control indicator channel information are used, provided the signal quality of the precoder control indicator channel is sufficiently reliable. The methods and apparatus also relate to procedures for responding to detection of an unreliable pre-coding control information (PCI) carried in a downlink feedback signal. | 08-16-2012 |
20120257568 | Systems And Methods For Uplink Feedback For High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSPDA) - Systems and method for uplink feedback for multipoint transmission of high-speed downlink packet access (MP-HSDPA) that may improve downlink transmission efficiency and cell coverage. For example, Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) and/or Precoding Control Indicator (PCI) that may be calculated to accommodate the needs of coordinated dynamic network scheduling. Additionally, various frame structures may be generated for the uplink feedback that may carry multiple CQI and HARQ-ACK feedbacks from MP-HSDPA. The frame structures may also address asynchronous downlink transmissions between two cells. Moreover, HS-DPCCH power offset settings for both CQI and HARQ-ACK fields that may be modified and/or created to ensure reliable uplink feedback transmission. | 10-11-2012 |
20120275403 | TRANSMISSION OF E-DCH CONTROL CHANNEL IN MIMO OPERATIONS - Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed herein to determine a gain factor. A user equipment (UE) may determine that an S-E-DPCCH and an E-DPCCH are to be transmitted on a primary stream. The UE may calculate an E-DPCCH gain factor using a gain factor calculation and apply the -DPCCH gain factor. The UE may calculate an E-DPCCH gain factor reduction. For example, the E-DPCCH gain factor reduction may compensate for changes from single stream transmission to multiple stream transmission. The UE may apply the E-DPCCH gain factor reduction to the E-DPCCH gain factor. The UE may apply the E-DPCCH gain factor reduction to an S-E-DPCCH gain factor. | 11-01-2012 |
20120287869 | Managing Control Signaling Overhead For Multi-Carrier HSDPA - Systems and methods for managing control signaling overhead for a multi-carrier HSDPA (MC-HSDPA) may be disclosed. In particular, a plurality of downlink carriers may be received and bundled or paired. Configuration information indicative of the bundling may then be generated and transmitted. Additionally, one or more components such as antennas, user equipment (UE), and the like may receive an indication of a configuration or state via a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) order where the indication includes order bits and order types and the configuration may be applied to activate and/or deactivate the components or operations such as uplink closed-loop transmit diversity (CLTD), uplink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO). The order bits and/or order types may also be extended to support the activation/deactivation of additional carriers of MC-HSDPA. | 11-15-2012 |
20120287970 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCOMMODATING HIGHER ORDER MODULATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A method and apparatus for reconfiguring a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are directed to receiving an active set update message indicating that a mode of operation allowing a certain modulation scheme is enabled or disabled and performing at least one of: performing a MAC reset procedure, updating a set of reference enhanced transport format combination indicators (E-TFCIs) and associated power offsets, determining actions related to E-DPCCH boosting, modifying information related to an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH), and modifying an index that indicates an E-DCH transport block size table. The update message includes at least one modified information element (IE). | 11-15-2012 |
20120300733 | HARQ PROCESS UTILIZATION IN MULTIPLE CARRIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatus utilize hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmissions and retransmissions that are usable on multiple carriers, i.e. joint HARQ processes. For example, a downlink (DL) shared channel transmission of a joint HARQ process is received on one of the carriers. A first part of an identity of the joint HARQ process is determined by using HARQ process identity data received on a shared control channel. A second part of the joint HARQ process identity is determined using additional information. The joint HARQ process identity is then determined by combining the first part and the second part. A WTRU is provided that is configured to receive the DL shared channel and to make the aforementioned determinations. A variety of other methods and apparatus configurations are disclosed for utilizing joint HARQ processes, in particular in the context of DC-HSDPA. | 11-29-2012 |
20130003665 | Method And Apparatus For Selecting Enhanced Dedicated Channel Transport Format Combination In Cell_Fach State And Idle Mode - A method and apparatus for selecting an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transport format combination (E-TFC) in Cell_FACH state and idle mode are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) transmits a random access channel (RACH) preamble and receives an index to an E-DCH resource in response to the RACH preamble. The WTRU may estimate a power headroom based on the maximum WTRU transmit power, power offset value, and the last successfully transmitted RACH preamble transmit power. The WTRU restricts an E-TFC based on the estimated power headroom, and selects an E-TFC based on a set of supported E-TFCs. The WTRU then generates, and transmits, a protocol data unit (PDU) based on the selected E-TFC. | 01-03-2013 |
20130028123 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING MULTIPLE CARRIERS IN HIGH SPEED PACKET ACCESS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICAL FIELD - A method and an apparatus for utilizing multiple carriers are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) capable of receiving on a single downlink carrier at a time may tune the receiver to one downlink carrier and switch the downlink carrier in accordance with a configured pattern. The WTRU may switch the carrier from an anchor carrier to a non-anchor carrier at a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) sub-frame boundary, and switches back at an end of a subsequent high speed physical downlink shared channel (HS-PDSCH) subframe. The WTRU may switch the carrier at an HS-PDSCH sub-frame boundary. A WTRU capable of receiving on multiple downlink carriers simultaneously may tune the receiver to an anchor carrier and a supplementary carrier, and switch the supplementary carrier to another carrier based on a carrier switching order. The carrier switching order may be received via an HS-SCCH or via layer 2 signaling. | 01-31-2013 |
20130058241 | Method And Apparatus For Cell Reselection - A method and wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) are disclosed that is configured to perform cell reselection to another cell when the WTRU is in a CELL_FACH state using an Enhanced-Dedicated Channel (E-DCH). The cell reselection is based on internal measurements by the WTRU. Alternatively, the cell reselection can be WTRU based on the WTRU measurements reported to the network. | 03-07-2013 |
20130072208 | Method And Apparatus For Wireless Transmissions Using Multiple Uplink Carriers Technical Field - A method and an apparatus for wireless transmission using multiple uplink carriers are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may transmit via a primary uplink carrier data, pilot and control channels for uplink transmissions on both uplink carriers, and transmit a data channel and a pilot channel via a secondary uplink carrier. Alternatively, the WTRU may transmit via a primary uplink carrier data, pilot, and control channels for uplink transmission on the primary uplink carrier, and transmit via a secondary uplink carrier data, pilot, and control channels for uplink transmissions on the secondary uplink carrier. Each uplink carrier may be associated with at least one specific downlink carrier such that the WTRU applies control information received on a downlink carrier to uplink transmissions on an uplink carrier associated with the downlink carrier on which the WTRU receives the control information. | 03-21-2013 |
20130077520 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH-SPEED TRANSMISSION ON RACH - A method and apparatus for signaling in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU). The method includes the WTRU receiving a value of a maximum number of retransmissions and retransmitting data in a plurality of hybrid automatic retransmission request (HARQ) processes limited by the value of a maximum number of retransmission. The WTRU is configured to receive a cell-specific, fixed or absolute grant on a broadcast channel. | 03-28-2013 |
20130155984 | Method And An Apparatus For Providing Control Information For Multi-Carrier Uplink Transmission - A method and an apparatus for providing control information for multi-carrier uplink transmission are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may set a happy bit for enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transmissions on each uplink carrier considering aggregated transmission capability over all uplink carriers. The happy bit is set to “unhappy” if the WTRU is transmitting as much scheduled data as allowed by a current serving grant, the WTRU has enough power available to transmit at a higher rate, and total E-DCH buffer status (TEBS) requires more than a pre-configured period to be transmitted with a current effective data rate aggregated over all uplink carriers. The WTRU may send scheduling information including power headroom measured on the anchor uplink carrier and/or power headroom measured on the supplementary uplink carrier. For power headroom measurements, the WTRU may initiate a short-lived dedicated physical control channel loop on the supplementary carrier. | 06-20-2013 |
20130163550 | Method And Apparatus For Multiple Carrier Utlization In Wireless Communications - Methods and apparatus for multiple carrier utilization in wireless communications are disclosed. These methods include multiple carrier activation/deactivation, multiple carrier discontinuous transmission (DTX) and discontinuous reception (DRX) activation/deactivation and operations, and multiple carrier acknowledgment/negative acknowledgement feedback. The methods include provisions for joint multiple carrier activation and deactivation and joint DTX and DRX activation and deactivation of multiple carriers. | 06-27-2013 |
20130170457 | HARQ PROCESS UTILIZATION IN MULTIPLE CARRIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatus utilize hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmissions and retransmissions that are usable on multiple carriers, i.e. joint HARQ processes. For example, a downlink (DL) shared channel transmission of a joint HARQ process is received on one of the carriers. A first part of an identity of the joint HARQ process is determined by using HARQ process identity data received on a shared control channel. A second part of the joint HARQ process identity is determined using additional information. The joint HARQ process identity is then determined by combining the first part and the second part. A WTRU is provided that is configured to receive the DL shared channel and to make the aforementioned determinations. A variety of other methods and apparatus configurations are disclosed for utilizing joint HARQ processes, in particular in the context of DC-HSDPA. | 07-04-2013 |
20130195008 | Providing Feedback For Multiple Downlink Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) Streams - A wireless-transmit-and-receiving unit (WTRU) supports receiving information via a plurality of multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) streams by providing a low-rank feedback report to a base station. The WTRU selects a preferred HS-PDSCH transmission rank, from a subset of ranks that the WTRU supports. The subset includes ranks that are lower than the maximum HS-PDSCH transmission rank supported by the WTRU. For example, for a WTRU that supports rank-4 reception, the subset may include rank-1 and rank-2. The WTRU generates the low-rank feedback report based on the preferred rank, and transmits the report to the base station. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195044 | Method For Transmission Of An E-DCH Control Channel In MIMO Operations - Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to determine rank, offset, or inter-stream interference control information, for example, which may be associated with uplink MIMO operations. A method to control a WTRU may include receiving a special E-RNTI that is associated with a channel. The channel may be associated with a rank indication. The channel may be an E-AGCH-like channel. The channel may have a similar encoding structure as an E-AGCH. The channel may be an E-ROCH. The channel may be received, and it may be determined that the channel is associated with the special E-RNTI. At least one of a rank or an offset may be determined, and the WTRU may be configured with the determined rank or offset. An inter-stream interference (ISI) offset may be received, for example, via RRC signaling, and may be applied to an uplink transmission of a primary stream. | 08-01-2013 |
20130235829 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PROVIDING FAST CONTROL CHANNEL FEEDBACK FOR MULTIPLE DOWNLINK CARRIER OPERATIONS - A method and apparatus for fast control channel feedback for multiple downlink carrier operations are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives signals over a plurality of downlink carriers, generates feedback for each of the plurality of downlink carriers based on the received signals, and transmits via a plurality of antennas, the feedback for at least one of the plurality of downlink carriers over a first physical channel and feedback for another of the plurality of downlink carriers over a second physical channel. | 09-12-2013 |
20130235830 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE RADIO RESOURCE OVERHEAD ASSOCIATED WITH INTERMITTENT TRAFFIC - A method and apparatus for requesting and releasing resources for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and/or Node B. The WTRU may transmit a channel acquisition request to the Node B and receive a resource allocation from the Node B. The resource allocation may include a common resource. The WTRU may release the common resource. The release may be based on one or more conditions. The channel acquisition request or the resource allocation may include information related to one or more channels or resources. | 09-12-2013 |
20130322276 | DEVICE-TO-DEVICE (D2D) LINK ADAPTATION - Channel quality may be measured in a device-to-device (D2D) communication network. The D2D communication network may include one or more D2D wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), wherein the D2D WTRUs may communicate using a D2D bandwidth. A D2D WTRU may receive a channel measurement resource configuration corresponding to a channel measurement resource. The D2D WTRU may further receive an RS on the channel measurement resource. The D2D WTRU may measure one or more channel state parameters from the channel measurement resource for a part of bandwidth overlapping with a D2D communication bandwidth, when the RS bandwidth is greater than the D2D communication bandwidth. The D2D WTRU may report the channel state parameters to a controlling entity. The controlling entity may configure a D2D frequency allocation between a transmitting device and a receiving device. The D2D frequency allocation may be based on the time averaged measurement. | 12-05-2013 |
20130322374 | INTERFERENCE CONTROL FOR HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - A wireless communication network may include multiple cells for communicating with a WTRU. One cell may be a macrocell, while another may be a small cell, such as a picocell or a femtocell. Interference control may be performed for controlling communications performed by multiple cells. Inter-cell interference in the downlink and/or uplink may be addressed by time domain resource partitioning. A control channel may be precoded separate from other uplink channels in beamforming. Multiple blank subframes may be included in communications to reduce interference with other communications on the network. Control channel power may be controlled based on WTRU measurements. Transmission power on the control channel may be adjusted based on a difference between a serving cell measurement and a non-serving cell measurement taken at the WTRU. | 12-05-2013 |
20140016572 | Method And Apparatus For Performing An Enhanced Random Access Channel Procedure In A Cell_Fach State - A method and apparatus for performing an enhanced random access procedure in a Cell_FACH state are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) transmits a random access channel (RACH) preamble for random access. If a positive acknowledgement (ACK) is received in response to the RACH preamble, the WTRU enters a contention resolution phase and transmits a message via an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH). If contention resolution fails, the RACH preamble is retransmitted. A contention back-off timer may be used for retransmission. A physical random access channel (PRACH) code may be reselected. The RACH preamble may be retransmitted using a reserved PRACH resource so that E-DCH resource is allocated to the collided WTRUs. Data transmitted during the contention resolution phase may remain in a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) buffer. The MAC-i/is entity may be reset. All data sent during the contention resolution phase may be stored in a temporary buffer. | 01-16-2014 |
20140036808 | CONTROL OF UPLINK TRANSMISSION - A dedicated grant may be shared by a group of WTRUs for performing uplink communications. A WTRU in a group may use the dedicated grant when it receives a group identifier and/or a WTRU identifier that are associated with the WTRU. The uplink communications from each WTRU transmitting in a group may be time-aligned. WTRUs may be allowed to transmit on the uplink channel using the dedicated grant for a designated time period. The WTRU may perform uplink control using MCS configurations controlled by the network. The WTRU may receive an indication of the MCS parameters or an MCS adjustment that may be applied to uplink communications. Uplink communications may be performed using an active non-scheduled transmission mode of operation or an inactive non-scheduled transmission mode of operation. Uplink load balancing may be performed by the network during dynamic frequency handover to manage the data packets being transmitted. | 02-06-2014 |
20140056220 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING DEVICE-TO-DEVICE DISCOVERY - Methods and apparatus for performing device-to-device (D2D) discovery are described. A service discovery process may include a discoverable device (e.g., a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU)) sending a discovery request, over a wireless connection, for a radio resource for the purpose of performing a transmission for radio frequency (RF) proximity detection for a given service. The WTRU may receive a discovery response including a configuration for RF proximity detection from a network, which configuration may be associated to the service. The configuration for RF proximity may be received by dedicated signaling, (e.g., physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH)), in particular for a discoverable WTRU. The configuration for RF proximity may be received on a broadcast channel, (e.g., a discovery shared channel (DISCH)), in particular for a monitoring WTRU, and may include one or more service identities, each associated with an RF proximity detection configuration, or a validity information and a measurement configuration. | 02-27-2014 |
20140078892 | Method For Detecting Radio Link Failure For Transmission Over Enhanced Dedicated Channel In A CELL_FACH State - A method and apparatus are used for detecting a radio link (RL) failure and a post verification process. A quality of a downlink fractional dedicated physical channel (F-DPCH) is monitored once a transmission on an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) has begun. It is determined whether the quality of the downlink F-DPCH is below a predefined threshold. If the quality is below the predefined threshold, then an occurrence of an RL failure is declared and a transmission over the E-DCH in a cell forward access channel (CELL_FACH) state is terminated. In a case of the post verification failure, E-DCH resources are released. | 03-20-2014 |
20140086047 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RADIO LINK SYNCHRONIZATION AND POWER CONTROL IN CELL_FACH AND IDLE MODE - A method and apparatus for radio link synchronization and power control in CELL_FACH state and idle mode are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) transmits a random access channel (RACH) preamble and receives an acquisition indicator acknowledging the RACH preamble via an acquisition indicator channel (AICH) and an index to an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resource. The WTRU determines a start of an E-DCH frame. An F-DPCH timing offset is defined with respect to one of the RACH access slot and an AICH access slot carrying the acquisition indicator. A relative F-DPCH timing offset may be signaled to the WTRU and the WTRU may determine a start of an E-DCH frame based on the relative F-DPCH timing offset and timing of an AICH access slot including the acquisition indicator. The WTRU may transmit a dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH) power control preamble before starting an E-DCH transmission. | 03-27-2014 |
20140092849 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCOMMODATING HIGHER ORDER MODULATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A method and apparatus for reconfiguring a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are directed to receiving an active set update message indicating that a mode of operation allowing a certain modulation scheme is enabled or disabled and performing at least one of: performing a MAC reset procedure, updating a set of reference enhanced transport format combination indicators (E-TFCIs) and associated power offsets, determining actions related to E-DPCCH boosting, modifying information related to an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH), and modifying an index that indicates an E-DCH transport block size table. The update message includes at least one modified information element (IE). | 04-03-2014 |
20140140433 | Power Control For Closed Loop Transmit Diversity And Mimo In Uplink - A method for dynamically controlling the transmit power of transmission streams transmitted via multiple antennas is disclosed. A transmit power level for multiple streams is determined based on a first reference channel. The difference of signal to interface ratios (SIRs) between two reference channels may represent a power offset. The power offset may be used to determine gain factors used to transmit data channels on the secondary stream with reference to the gain factor of the first reference channel. The power offset may be used to determine other parameters, such a serving grant or transport block sizes of channels carried on the secondary stream. The power offset may allow transmission parameters of channels on the secondary stream to be determined based on the transmit power level of the primary stream and a gain factor for a reference channel transmitted via the primary stream. | 05-22-2014 |
20140146773 | SYNCHRONIZATION PROCEDURE IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A synchronization procedure in a wireless network is disclosed. A network device receives, from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in a CELL_FACH state, data via an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH). The WTRU may transition to a CELL_DCH state from the CELL_FACH state. The WTRU may transition to the CELL_DCH state without subsequently performing a synchronization procedure A. | 05-29-2014 |
20140169206 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING ENHANCED DEDICATED CHANNEL TRANSPORT FORMAT COMBINATION IN CELL_FACH STATE AND IDLE MODE - A method and apparatus for selecting an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transport format combination (E-TFC) in Cell_FACH state and idle mode are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) transmits a random access channel (RACH) preamble and receives an index to an E-DCH resource in response to the RACH preamble. The WTRU may estimate a power headroom based on the maximum WTRU transmit power, power offset value, and the last successfully transmitted RACH preamble transmit power. The WTRU restricts an E-TFC based on the estimated power headroom, and selects an E-TFC based on a set of supported E-TFCs. The WTRU then generates, and transmits, a protocol data unit (PDU) based on the selected E-TFC. | 06-19-2014 |
20140204915 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLOSED LOOP TRANSMIT DIVERSITY TRANSMISSION INITIAL ACCESS - Uplink precoding in closed loop transmit diversity (CLTD). The methods and apparatus relate to precoder operations during an initial stage using default precoder tap weights, and a second stage wherein precoder weights obtained from a precoder control indicator channel information are used, provided the signal quality of the precoder control indicator channel is sufficiently reliable. The methods and apparatus also relate to procedures for responding to detection of an unreliable pre-coding control information (PCI) carried in a downlink feedback signal. | 07-24-2014 |
20140211721 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER SCALING FOR MULTI-CARRIER WIRELESS TERMINALS - Methods and apparatus for power scaling for multi-carrier wireless terminals are disclosed. Methods and mechanisms are provided for power scaling when a multi-carrier WTRU reaches its maximum output power. | 07-31-2014 |
20140211722 | HARQ PROCESS UTILIZATION IN MULTIPLE CARRIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatus utilize hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmissions and retransmissions that are usable on multiple carriers, i.e. joint HARQ processes. For example, a downlink (DL) shared channel transmission of a joint HARQ process is received on one of the carriers. A first part of an identity of the joint HARQ process is determined by using HARQ process identity data received on a shared control channel. A second part of the joint HARQ process identity is determined using additional information. The joint HARQ process identity is then determined by combining the first part and the second part. A WTRU is provided that is configured to receive the DL shared channel and to make the aforementioned determinations. A variety of other methods and apparatus configurations are disclosed for utilizing joint HARQ processes, in particular in the context of DC-HSDPA. | 07-31-2014 |
20140307678 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING MULTIPLE CARRIERS IN HIGH SPEED PACKET ACCESS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICAL FIELD - A method and an apparatus for utilizing multiple carriers are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) capable of receiving on a single downlink carrier at a time may tune the receiver to one downlink carrier and switch the downlink carrier in accordance with a configured pattern. The WTRU may switch the carrier from an anchor carrier to a non-anchor carrier at a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) sub-frame boundary, and switches back at an end of a subsequent high speed physical downlink shared channel (HS-PDSCH) subframe. The WTRU may switch the carrier at an HS-PDSCH sub-frame boundary. A WTRU capable of receiving on multiple downlink carriers simultaneously may tune the receiver to an anchor carrier and a supplementary carrier, and switch the supplementary carrier to another carrier based on a carrier switching order. The carrier switching order may be received via an HS-SCCH or via layer | 10-16-2014 |
20140307683 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TERMINATING TRANSMISSION OF A MESSAGE IN AN ENHANCED RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL - A method and an apparatus is provided for terminating an enhanced random access channel (E-RACH) message in an E-RACH transmission. Triggers for terminating the E-RACH message are provided. The actions upon termination of the E-RACH messages are provided to release enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resources while in cell forward access channel (CELL_FACH) state or transition to cell dedicated channel (CELL_DCH) state. | 10-16-2014 |
20140314021 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TERMINATING TRANSMISSION OF A MESSAGE IN AN ENHANCED RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL - A method and an apparatus is provided for terminating an enhanced random access channel (E-RACH) message in an E-RACH transmission. Triggers for terminating the E-RACH message are provided. The actions upon termination of the E-RACH messages are provided to release enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resources while in cell forward access channel (CELL_FACH) state or transition to cell dedicated channel (CELL_DCH) state. | 10-23-2014 |
20140341153 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING UPLINK TRANSMIT DIVERSITY - A method and apparatus for performing uplink (UL) transmit diversity implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) includes receiving a signal including precoding information. The precoding information is detected and applied to an UL transmission. The UL transmission is transmitted with the applied precoding information. | 11-20-2014 |
20150023177 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION AND/OR DISCONTINUOUS TRANSMISSION FOR A MULTI-CARRIER/MULTI-CELL OPERATION - Method and apparatus for multi-carrier/multi-cell discontinuous reception (DRX)/discontinuous transmission (DTX) operations and activation/deactivation of DRX/DTX are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may configure at least one state variable for controlling DRX, DTX or both on a group of cells. The WTRU may receive an order for DRX or DTX activation or deactivation. The WTRU may determine a setting for the state variable based on the order. The WTRU may activate or deactivate DRX or DTX based on the setting for the state variable. The group of cells may include all cells within the same frequency band, all cells in a particular frequency or group of frequencies, and all secondary cells associated with a primary cell. The primary cell may be an uplink (UL) or downlink (DL) primary cell. The secondary cells may be UL or DL secondary cells. The WTRU may apply common, group-specific or cell-specific DRX monitoring. | 01-22-2015 |
20150049743 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPLINK FEEDBACK FOR HIGH-SPEED DOWNLINK PACKET ACCESS (HSPDA) - Systems and method for uplink feedback for multipoint transmission of high-speed downlink packet access (MP-HSDPA) that may improve downlink transmission efficiency and cell coverage. For example, Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) and/or Precoding Control Indicator (PCI) that may be calculated to accommodate the needs of coordinated dynamic network scheduling. Additionally, various frame structures may be generated for the uplink feedback that may carry multiple CQI and HARQ-ACK feedbacks from MP-HSDPA. The frame structures may also address asynchronous downlink transmissions between two cells. Moreover, HS-DPCCH power offset settings for both CQI and HARQ-ACK fields that may be modified and/or created to ensure reliable uplink feedback transmission. | 02-19-2015 |