Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130301571 | SELECTION OF UPLINK CONTROL TRANSMISSION FORMAT PARAMETERS BASED ON CONTENT OF THE UPLINK CONTROL TRANSMISSION - Systems and methods for transmitting uplink control signals in a cellular communications network are disclosed. In one embodiment, a wireless device configured to operate in a cellular communications network includes a radio subsystem and a processing subsystem. The processing subsystem selects a value for at least one parameter for an uplink control channel format based on content to be transmitted in an uplink control channel transmission according to the uplink control channel format. The processing subsystem then transmits, via the radio subsystem, the content in an uplink control channel transmission according to the uplink control channel format and the value for the at least one parameter for the uplink control channel format selected based on the content. | 11-14-2013 |
20140036844 | POWER CONTROL FOR ACK/NACK FORMATS WITH CARRIER AGGREGATION - A system and method for determining a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) power control parameter h(n | 02-06-2014 |
20140050159 | Methods and Arrangements for Transmitting and Receiving Control Information - Some embodiments provide a method for transmitting a downlink control channel in at least one block of resources. The downlink control channel comprises a set of resource element groups. The method may be executed by a transmitting node, e.g., an eNB. The transmitting node first determines whether to transmit the downlink control channel using localized or distributed transmission. Responsive to determining to use localized transmission, the transmitting node performs the transmission such that all resource element groups in the set that are comprised in the same block of resources are mapped to the same antenna port, and the antenna port depends on which subset of resource element groups in the block of resources are used for the downlink control channel. | 02-20-2014 |
20140056244 | A Node and Method for Downlink Communications Scheduling - Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards a base station ( | 02-27-2014 |
20140064159 | Method and Apparatus for Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Signaling - In one aspect, the teachings herein provide a method and apparatus for extending certain HARQ feedback procedures introduced in LTE Rel-10, which were defined for CA configurations involving TDD serving cells of the same UL/DL configuration, to the new, more complex CA configurations introduced in Rel-11, which involve the aggregation of interband TDD serving cells with differing UL/DL configurations. Such reuse enables reliant and efficient HARQ feedback signaling in LTE Rel-11, without substantially increasing the specification or implementation complexity of HARQ feedback signaling in LTE Rel-11, despite the decidedly more complex CA configurations introduced in LTE Rel-11. | 03-06-2014 |
20140071903 | Closed Loop Power Control Commands for SRS - According to one aspect of the teachings herein, a set of rules for transmitting Downlink Control Information (DCI) messages containing Transmit Power Control (TPC) commands is known to a wireless communication network ( | 03-13-2014 |
20140071934 | Aggregation of Resources in Enhanced Control Channels - The set of resource aggregation levels available for forming an enhanced control channel message may vary from one subframe to another, based on the level of puncturing in the transmitted subframes. An example method begins with determining ( | 03-13-2014 |
20140078974 | Power Control for Simultaneous Transmission of ACK/NACK and Channel-State Information in Carrier Aggregation Systems - Channel-state information and hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK information for multiple carriers are simultaneously transmitted using a PUCCH Format 3 structure, where the hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits and CSI bits are separately encoded and interleaved. In an example method, a power control offset parameter is calculated ( | 03-20-2014 |
20140078978 | Method and Communication Node for Mapping an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel, EPDCCH, Message - A method in a communication node for mapping symbols of an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel, EPDCCH, message is provided. The EPDCCH comprises one or more aggregation levels. For each aggregation level, an EPDCCH message is constituted by a set of Control Channel Elements, eCCEs. Each eCCE is mapped to a set of multiple enhanced Resource Element Groups, eREGs, wherein each eREG is a group of Resource Elements, REs, in a Physical Resource Block, PRB, pair. The communication node maps the symbols of the EPDCCH message to the set of REs that constitutes the multiple eREGs that the set of eCCEs correspond to. The order in which the EPDCCH symbols are mapped to the set of REs is dependent on the aggregation level. | 03-20-2014 |
20140078980 | ePDCCH Search Space Design - Techniques for supporting both localized and frequency-distributed control channel messages in the same enhanced control channel region are disclosed. An example method begins with receiving ( | 03-20-2014 |
20140078981 | Method and Apparatus for Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Signaling - In one aspect, the teachings herein provide a system and method for reusing the PUCCH format 3 to address the new HARQ-ACK feedback cases encountered in Rel-11, where different UL/DL configurations are involved in the CA configuration of a UE, such as Rel-11 interband TDD CA with different UL/DL configurations on different bands. The various embodiments illustrated by way of example in this disclosure enable reliable and efficient HARQ-ACK feedback for Rel-11 TDD CA without a substantial increase in specification and implementation complexity. | 03-20-2014 |
20140098785 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR AN EXTENDED BANDWIDTH CARRIER - Apparatuses and methods allow for uplink selection using an extended bandwidth carrier. A user equipment (UE) comprises: a transceiver configured to receive control signaling on an extended bandwidth carrier, the extended bandwidth carrier having a first control region disposed within a legacy bandwidth, and a second control region including additional resource blocks disposed outside of the legacy bandwidth, wherein the transceiver can receive the control signaling in either or both of the first control region and the second control region. | 04-10-2014 |
20140119284 | Resources for Multi-Cell Channel State Information Feedback - User Equipment reports single-cell or multi-cell channel state information to a base station on a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) Format 3 (PF 3) resource. The PF 3 resource selected depends on whether ACK/NACK needs to be reported simultaneously. Different coding and/or scrambling and/or interleaving schemes are used depending on whether ACK/NACK bits are present, as well as the number of ACK/NACK and/or CSI bits. Resource compatibility is maintained independently of the details of coding, interleaving, or scrambling—that is, all formats can be orthogonally multiplexed onto the same time-frequency resources. The format used for CSI only is PF 3c whereas the format used for CSI and ACK/NACK is PF 3b. PUCCH Formats 3b and 3c may be further differentiated depending on whether a CSI from a single or multiple cells are reported, or from which cells (PCell, SCell) an ACK/NACK is reported. | 05-01-2014 |
20140126498 | FLEXIBLE SPECTRUM SUPPORT IN CELLULAR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Systems and methods for flexible spectrum, or bandwidth, support in a cellular communications network are disclosed. In one embodiment, a base station for a cellular communications network is configured to transmit a non-standardized bandwidth carrier and information that identifies a standardized bandwidth and additional information that, together with the information that identifies the standardized bandwidth, defines a non-standardized bandwidth of the non-standardized bandwidth carrier. In one embodiment, the additional information defines a bandwidth adjustment for the standardized bandwidth that defines the non-standardized bandwidth. In one embodiment, the bandwidth adjustment is a symmetric bandwidth restriction. In another embodiment, the bandwidth adjustment is an asymmetric bandwidth restriction. In yet another embodiment, the bandwidth adjustment is a symmetric bandwidth expansion. In yet another embodiment, the bandwidth adjustment is an asymmetric bandwidth expansion. | 05-08-2014 |
20140133369 | Method and Apparatus for Operation with Carrier Aggregation of Time Division Duplex Cells - According to the network-side teachings herein, transmission adaptations taken with respect to a secondary serving cell provide improved operation in the context of serving a half-duplex wireless device having a carrier aggregation configuration involving primary and secondary cells with different Time Division Duplex (TDD) uplink/downlink configurations. Transmission adaptations are taken with respect to a normal downlink subframe in a secondary cell that is time-wise overlapped by a special subframe in the primary cell. Similarly, improved operations are obtained on the device-side according to reception adaptations taken with respect to normal downlink subframes in a secondary cell that are overlapped by special subframes in the primary cell. Non-limiting improvements include better channel estimation and link adaptation, improved scheduling, and revised timings for the transmission and reception of user or control data targeting the device. | 05-15-2014 |
20140141792 | Base Station and Method for Positioning Support - The present invention relates to a base station (BS) and to a method for supporting UE positioning measurements in a wireless communication system. The method comprises transmitting ( | 05-22-2014 |
20140177487 | Override of Multi-TTI Scheduling Messages - The embodiments herein relate to a method in a network node ( | 06-26-2014 |
20140185589 | Radio Base Station and User Equipment and Methods Therein - Embodiments herein include a method in a user equipment (UE) for transmitting uplink control information in time slots of a subframe over a radio channel to a radio base station. The uplink control information is comprised in a block of bits. | 07-03-2014 |
20140192686 | Methods and Apparatus for Multiple Connectivity in a TDD System - A wireless communication system ( | 07-10-2014 |
20140204911 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIGNALING CONTROL INFORMATION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method of wirelessly transmitting control information includes generating control information comprising a plurality of control bits and encoding the control bits using a block code that outputs an encoded bit sequence comprising encoded bits b(0), b(1), . . . , b(19). The control bits are encoded using the block code by generating a linear combination of a plurality of basis sequences. The method also includes dividing the encoded bits into a first group and a second group. The first group includes the encoded bits {b(0), b(1), b(5), b(6), b(8), b(11), b(12), b(14), b(17), b(19)} and the second group includes the encoded bits {b(2), b(3), b(4), b(7), b(9), b(10), b(13), b(15), b(16), b(18)}. Additionally, the method includes transmitting the first group of encoded bits on a first set of carriers and transmitting the second group of encoded bits on a second set of carriers. The second set of carriers have different frequencies from the first set of carriers. | 07-24-2014 |
20140211750 | Paging Procedures Using an Enhanced Control Channel - Methods are disclosed for supporting transmission of broadcast messages using multiple types of control channels. An example method begins with receiving ( | 07-31-2014 |
20140247775 | Initializing Reference Signal Generation in Wireless Networks - A transmitting node uses different reference signal sequences for different types of enhanced control channels. An example method begins with generating ( | 09-04-2014 |
20140293880 | TRANSMIT DIVERSITY FOR PRE-CODED RADIO CONTROL SIGNALS - Sequences of pre-coded radio control signals are rearranged to enhance diversity transmission. In one example, a sequence of uplink control bits is segmented to form a plurality of groups. The bits of each of the plurality of groups are error correction encoded and encoded into symbols. The symbols are mapped to different ports for diversity transmission through a plurality of ports. | 10-02-2014 |
20140301283 | Aggregation of Resources in Enhanced Control Channels - Time-frequency resources in a single PRB pair are used for both frequency-localized transmissions as well as distributed transmissions. A first control message is transmitted ( | 10-09-2014 |
20140301287 | Method and Apparatus for Control Channel Resource Allocations in Constrained and Unconstrained Subframes in a Wireless Communication Network - Among other advantageous aspects, the teachings herein provide network-side and device-side apparatuses and methods that preserve normal Resource Element (RE) aggregation levels for the transmission of Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channels (EPDCCHs) in “constrained” subframes, where “constrained” refers to any subframe having fewer REs available for EPDCCH usage within a base set of PRB pairs than are available in a “non-constrained” or “normal” subframe. Non-limiting examples of “constrained” subframes include special subframes in Time Division Duplex, TDD, operation, which comprise a downlink portion that is abbreviated to accommodate an included uplink portion, along with a guard portion between them. Multimedia Broadcast Single Frequency Network, MBSFN, subframes represent another example of a constrained subframe, where only the first two OFDM symbols within the subframe are available for EPDCCH transmissions. | 10-09-2014 |
20140301353 | Broadcast of Information for New Carrier Type - Base station and UE and methods therein for broadcast in a wireless communication network. The method in the base station comprises determining ( | 10-09-2014 |
20140314023 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A method for processing downlink control information in a mobile terminal capable of receiving multiple component carriers. The mobile terminal receives on a component carrier, downlink control information that includes a bit field allocated for a transmit power control (TPC) command. If the bit field comprises one or more bits that are not used for the TPC command, the mobile terminal interprets the meaning of the bits not used for the TPC command based on an ACK/NACK feedback mode with which the mobile terminal is configured. | 10-23-2014 |
20140321259 | Methods and Apparatus in a Wireless Communication System - The present invention relates to methods and apparatus in a RBS and a UE for reference signal (RS) measurements in an OFDM system, that enable having a configurable RS transmission bandwidth which is smaller than the system bandwidth. This allows for better interference coordination of RS, which in turn improves the UE RS measurements used for different services such as positioning. The RBS retrieves the RS transmission bandwidth, determines a RS measurement bandwidth based on this RS transmission bandwidth, and transmits the determined bandwidth to the UE. The UE receives the RS measurement bandwidth and measures the RS in a bandwidth determined based on the received measurement bandwidth and the UE capability. | 10-30-2014 |
20140321395 | System and Method for Signaling Control Information in a Mobile Communication Network - A method of operating a wireless communication terminal includes receiving one or more downlink control messages that each contain scheduling information scheduling the wireless terminal to receive a downlink transmission on either a primary carrier or a secondary carrier. The method also includes determining, for each of the downlink control messages, whether that message includes scheduling information for the primary carrier or for a secondary carrier. Additionally, the method includes selecting a format for an uplink control message based on whether any of the downlink control messages includes scheduling information for a secondary carrier, generating an uplink control message based on the selected format, and transmitting the uplink control message to the base station. | 10-30-2014 |
20140334478 | SYNCHRONIZATION SEQUENCES AND CARRIER TYPE DETECTION - Systems and methods relating to detecting one or more characteristics (e.g., a carrier type or a carrier mode) of a carrier signal transmitted by a radio access node of a cellular communications network are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of operation of a wireless device includes receiving a carrier signal transmitted by a radio access node and detecting, in the carrier signal, a first physical signal that primarily supports synchronization and cell identification and a second physical signal that supports a functionality other than synchronization and cell identification. A time-domain spacing between the first and second physical signals is a function of a characteristic of the carrier signal. The method further includes determining a characteristic of the carrier signal based on a time-domain spacing between the first and second physical signals detected in the carrier signal. | 11-13-2014 |
20140355551 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method in a terminal for providing an ACK/NAK message to a base station is provided. The terminal counts the number of assigned downlink subframes detected from the base station resulting in k. The terminal then establishes whether each of a number of transport blocks comprised in the counted k downlink subframes is correctly received or not. In the case when each one of the transport blocks, comprised in the k downlink subframes is estimated as correctly received the terminal provides to the base station an encoded ACK message for the k subframes, which comprises k, the number of subframes. | 12-04-2014 |
20140355552 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method in a terminal for providing an ACK/NAK message to a base station is provided. The terminal counts the number of assigned downlink subframes detected from the base station resulting in k. The terminal then establishes whether each of a number of transport blocks comprised in the counted k downlink subframes is correctly received or not. In the case when each one of the transport blocks, comprised in the k downlink subframes is estimated as correctly received the terminal provides to the base station an encoded ACK message for the k subframes, which comprises k, the number of subframes. | 12-04-2014 |
20140355553 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method in a terminal for providing an ACK/NAK message to a base station is provided. The terminal counts the number of assigned downlink subframes detected from the base station resulting in k. The terminal then establishes whether each of a number of transport blocks comprised in the counted k downlink subframes is correctly received or not. In the case when each one of the transport blocks, comprised in the k downlink subframes is estimated as correctly received the terminal provides to the base station an encoded ACK message for the k subframes, which comprises k, the number of subframes. | 12-04-2014 |
20150009927 | USER EQUIPMENT, NETWORK NODE AND METHODS THEREIN FOR DETERMINING A TRANSPORT BLOCK SIZE IN DOWNLINK TRANSMISSIONS IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A method in a user equipment ( | 01-08-2015 |
20150071201 | Methods and Apparatus in a Wireless Communication System for Transmitting and Receiving User Data On a Non-Legacy Carrier - A base station ( | 03-12-2015 |
20150071236 | User Equipment, Network Node and Methods Therein - A network node for demodulating uplink transmissions from a user equipment in a multiple cell communications network can be configured to receive uplink transmissions from the user equipment over a plurality of aggregated cells. The network node transmits, to the user equipment, determined timing advance information for uplink of one or more aggregated cells out of the plurality of aggregated cells. The network node receives, from the user equipment, an uplink transmission of at least one aggregated cell out of the plurality of aggregated cells. The network node then demodulates the received uplink transmission using weighted soft values in periods in the received uplink transmission. The periods are based on the transmitted timing advance information. | 03-12-2015 |