Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090116570 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATOR, PRECODING MATRIX INDICATOR AND RANK INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for generating channel quality indicator (CQI), precoding matrix indicator (PMI) and rank information are disclosed. The method and apparatus reduces feedback overhead and defines differential CQI information in an orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) symbol. | 05-07-2009 |
20090168727 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING OR RESELECTING A HOME NODE-B (CLOSED SUBSCRIBER GROUP (CSG) CELL) AMONG CELLS HAVING COLLIDING PHYSICAL LAYER SIGNALS - A method and apparatus for selecting or reselecting a home Node-B (HNB), (i.e., a closed subscriber group (CSG) cell), among cells having colliding physical layer signals are disclosed. Once the identity (ID) of an HNB is determined, measurements needed to support cell selection or reselection are performed. A broadcast channel that broadcasts an HNB ID is detected and synchronized to, and information obtained from the broadcast channel is forwarded to a non-access stratum (NAS). The broadcasted HNB ID is checked against an HNB white-list provided by the NAS to determine whether the HNB is suitable for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The WTRU selects the HNB to camp on, or changes from a cell currently serving the WTRU to the HNB if it is determined to be more suitable than the current serving cell. | 07-02-2009 |
20090168731 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MEASUREMENT GAP, AUTOMATED REPEAT REQUEST, DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION AND DISCONTINUOUS TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A method and apparatus for handling interactions between measurement gap, automated repeat request, discontinuous reception and discontinuous transmission in wireless communications are disclosed. The method and apparatus are for real-time data and non-real time data in both an uplink and a downlink. | 07-02-2009 |
20090175214 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COOPERATIVE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A method and apparatus for cooperation in wireless communications. Cooperation is considered among a number of network elements, including at least one wireless transmit-receive unit, at least one relay station, and at least one base station. | 07-09-2009 |
20090196248 | TRANSPORT FORMAT COMBINATION SELECTION IN A WIRELESS TRANSMIT/RECEIVE UNIT - A method and apparatus for selecting a TFC in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is disclosed. The WTRU estimates a transmit power for each of a plurality of available transport format combinations (TFCs). A TFC is selected for an uplink dedicated channel and a TFC is selected for an enhanced uplink (EU) channel. The TFC for the dedicated channel is selected first and independently of the TFC selection of the EU channel. The TFC for the EU channel is selected within a remaining WTRU transmit power after the TFC selection for the dedicated channel. | 08-06-2009 |
20090202029 | OPTIMIZED PRIMARY SYNCHRONIZATION SEQUENCES FOR DEDICATED MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST/ MULTICAST SERVICE - A method optimizes a selection of primary synchronization channel (P-SCH) sequences from an available set of P-SCH indices for a dedicated Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS). The criteria for selecting P-SCH indices include coprimeness, frequency offset sensitivity, multipath sensitivity, cross-correlation property in the time domain, auto-correlation property in the time domain and computation complexity at the receiver. | 08-13-2009 |
20090232054 | BEHAVIOR FOR WIRELESS TRANSMIT/RECEIVE UNIT AND MAC CONTROL ELEMENTS FOR LTE DRX OPERATIONS - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) stops discontinuous reception (DRX) timers that are running and that are related to uplink and/or downlink transmissions during a DRX time period. The WTRU stops the DRX timers in response to receiving a medium access control (MAC) control element signal from an eNode-B. | 09-17-2009 |
20090232118 | COORDINATED UPLINK TRANSMISSION IN LTE DRX OPERATIONS FOR A WIRELESS TRANSMIT RECEIVE UNIT - A method and apparatus for discontinuous reception (DRX) operation in a wireless transmit receive unit aligns uplink and downlink transmissions with a DRX cycle. The transmission may be a channel quality indicator report, a sounding reference signal, or a silence descriptor among other downlink and uplink transmissions. | 09-17-2009 |
20090239539 | TIMING AND CELL SPECIFIC SYSTEM INFORMATION HANDLING FOR HANDOVER IN EVOLVED UTRA - A method and apparatus for reducing handover time includes a wireless transmit receive unit receiving cell specific information in a downlink signal. The downlink signal is one of a set of signals included in a handover process. | 09-24-2009 |
20090257408 | METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION TIME INTERVAL BUNDLING IN THE UPLINK - A method and apparatus for supporting uplink Transmission Time Interval (TTI) bundling in Long Term Evolution (LTE) is provided. Described are related method and apparatus for signaling, activation/deactivation and wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) behavior. | 10-15-2009 |
20090285180 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING A RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL BY SELECTIVELY USING DEDICATED OR CONTENTION-BASED PREAMBLES DURING HANDOVER - A method and apparatus for accessing a random access channel (RACH) during handover are disclosed. A handover procedure is initiated and a maximum handover interruption timer is activated. A dedicated preamble is transmitted in an attempt to access the RACH on a condition that the dedicated preamble is reserved in a current random access opportunity and the maximum handover interruption timer has not expired. A contention-based preamble is transmitted in an attempt to access the RACH on a condition that a dedicated preamble is not reserved in a current random access opportunity. If the maximum handover interruption timer has expired, a contention-based preamble is transmitted in an attempt to access the RACH. | 11-19-2009 |
20090287976 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENTLY UTILIZING HARQ PROCESSES FOR SEMI-PERSISTENT AND DYNAMIC DATA TRANSMISSIONS - A method and apparatus are disclosed for efficient hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process utilization for semi-persistent and dynamic data transmissions, wherein a reserved HARQ process identification (ID) can be reused. A subset of a plurality of HARQ process IDs is reserved to use for a semi-persistent allocation, and data is transmitted based on the semi-persistent allocation. A dynamic allocation is received via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). At least one of the reserved HARQ process IDs is selectively used for transmitting data based on the dynamic allocation. | 11-19-2009 |
20090318177 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LTE SYSTEM INFORMATION UPDATE IN CONNECTED MODE - A method and apparatus for a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) to receive system information updates. This includes the WTRU aligning a discontinuous reception (DRX) on-duration with a system information update cycle such that the system information update cycle is a multiple of a DRX cycle. | 12-24-2009 |
20090323842 | MAC MULTIPLEXING FOR UPLINK MIMO - A method and apparatus for logical channel prioritization in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU), including the WTRU receiving multiple streams of a multiple input/multiple output (MIMO) signal, a physical layer (PHY) of the WTRU providing an indicator for each of the multiple streams to a medium access control (MAC) layer of the WTRU, and the MAC layer performing logical channel multiplexing based on the indicator for each of the multiple streams. | 12-31-2009 |
20100008348 | UPLINK TTI BUNDLING WITH MEASUREMENT GAPS - A method and apparatus for wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) to transmit a time transmission interval (TTI) bundle. The TTI bundle conflicts with a measurement gap, and the WTRU is configured to construct TTI bundle comprising a plurality of sub-frames, determine at least one of the plurality of sub-frames is in conflict with a measurement gap, determine a first of the plurality of sub-frames not in conflict with the measurement gap, associate the first of the plurality of sub-frames not in conflict with the measurement gap with a first redundancy version (RV), and transmit the first of the plurality of sub-frames in association with the first RV. | 01-14-2010 |
20100014480 | SCHEDULING DATA TRANSMISSION BY MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) LAYER IN A MOBILE NETWORK - A method for determining padding compatibility is disclosed. A determination is made of a number of protocol data units (PDUs) for a logical channel mapped to a transport channel such that, for a logical channel allowing segmentation, calculate n wherein n=service data unit size/transport block size (SDU size/TB size), and on a condition that n is an integer, setting the number of PDUs=n. | 01-21-2010 |
20100023833 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING ENHANCED UPLINK SCHEDULING GRANTS - A method for generating a serving grant at a wireless transmit/receive unit is disclosed. An absolute grant channel signal is decoded to obtain an absolute grant from a serving cell. A relative grant channel signal is decoded to obtain a relative grant from a serving radio link set and a relative grant from a non-serving radio link. A first serving grant candidate is generated based on the absolute grant from the serving cell or the relative grant from the serving radio link set. A second serving grant candidate is generated based on the relative grant from the non-serving radio link. The serving grant is generated based on the first serving grant candidate and the second serving grant candidate. | 01-28-2010 |
20100061329 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING TRAFFIC VOLUME MEASUREMENT INFORMATION TO SUPPORT ENHANCED UPLINK DATA TRANSMISSIONS - A method and apparatus for enhanced uplink (EU) dedicated channel data transmission. On a condition that a scheduling message is not available, wherein the scheduling message is for scheduling scheduled data transmission, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) transmits non-scheduled data up to a threshold amount of data in absence of the scheduling message. On a condition that scheduled data for a logical channel is in an EU data buffer of the WTRU, the WTRU transmits EU scheduling information with EU non-scheduled data transmission in absence of the scheduling message, wherein the scheduling information indicates a total amount of data in the EU data buffer and an amount of EU data buffered for a priority logical channel. The WTRU receives a scheduling message in response to the transmitted EU scheduling information and transmits the scheduled data in response to the scheduling message. | 03-11-2010 |
20100067457 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING THE RELEASE OF A PERSISTENT RESOURCE - A method and apparatus for signaling the release of a persistent resource in long term evolution (LTE) are disclosed. An indication of the release of a downlink (DL) persistent resource is received by a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) from an evolved Node-B (eNB) via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). A positive acknowledgement (ACK) is transmitted by the WTRU which denotes that the indication has been received. The PDCCH or a medium access control (MAC) CE may be used by the eNB to signal the indication. At least one bit may be added to contents of the PDCCH to signal whether the PDCCH is for DL persistent or dynamic resource allocation. The DL persistent resource is then released and an indication that the DL persistent resource has been released is transmitted. | 03-18-2010 |
20100074207 | METHOD FOR SIGNALING MU-MIMO PARAMETERS - Methods for signaling multi-user multiple-input multiple output (MU-MIMO) parameters for Evolved-UTRA (E-UTRA) are disclosed. Example signaling format methods are presented that allow use of distributed virtual resource blocks (DVRB) or support of four wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) but maintaining a predetermined signal format size. A signaling format is also presented that signals transmission precoding matrix indexes used by all co-scheduled WTRUs. | 03-25-2010 |
20100097937 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS TRANSMIT/RECEIVE UNIT SPECIFIC PILOT SIGNAL TRANSMISSION AND WIRELESS TRANSMIT/RECEIVE UNIT SPECIFIC PILOT SIGNAL POWER BOOSTING - A method and apparatus are described for providing improved channel estimation for wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) that require improved channel estimation (e.g., cell edge WTRUs) by allocating additional resource elements (REs) as pilot signals to improve channel estimation. These additional REs may be allocated to be used with expanded reference signals (ERSs). | 04-22-2010 |
20100098012 | UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHODS FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method and apparatus for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) for Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A) using carrier aggregation is disclosed. Methods for UCI transmission in the uplink control channel, uplink shared channel or uplink data channel are disclosed. The methods include transmitting channel quality indicators (CQI), precoding matrix indicators (PMI), rank indicators (RI), hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK), channel status reports (CQI/PMI/RI), source routing (SR) and sounding reference signals (SRS). In addition, methods for providing flexible configuration in signaling UCI, efficient resource utilization, and support for high volume UCI overhead in LTE-A are disclosed. | 04-22-2010 |
20100098179 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEX-BASED TRANSMISSIONS - A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM)-based transmissions are disclosed. Control information may be transmitted at least one symbol prior to the corresponding data symbols so that a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) has time to determine which parts of the subcarriers need to be received without having to buffer any corresponding data symbols. Control information related to frequency location of the data may be received in the first subframe and control information not related to the frequency location of the data may be received in the second subframe that includes the corresponding data. The offset between the control information and the data may be a fixed value, may be received from the network, or may be included in the control information preceding the corresponding data. | 04-22-2010 |
20100113008 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LTE RADIO LINK FAILURE DETERMINATION IN DRX MODE - A method and apparatus for detecting radio link failure (RLF) in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) includes the WTRU performing a series of radio link measurements during a discontinuous reception (DRX) on-duration, comparing each of the series of radio link measurements to a threshold, and determining that the series of radio link measurements indicates an out-of-synch condition. | 05-06-2010 |
20100113052 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING A DATA LIFESPAN TIMER FOR ENHANCED DEDICATED CHANNEL TRANSMISSIONS - A wireless communication system, which supports enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) data transmissions, includes a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), at least one Node-B and a radio network controller (RNC). The WTRU includes a buffer, a data lifespan timer, a data retransmission counter, a hybrid-automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) process and a controller. The timer establishes a lifespan for at least one data block stored in the buffer. If physical resources have not been allocated for a data block associated with a lifespan timer that is close to expiration, the WTRU sends an urgent channel allocation request. If physical resources have been allocated, the data block is prioritized for transmission with respect to other data blocks. The data block is discarded if the lifespan timer expires or if the WTRU receives feedback information indicating that the data block was successfully received by the Node-B. | 05-06-2010 |
20100115368 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING HYBRID-AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST PROCESSES - A method and apparatus for assigning a hybrid-automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) process in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to support enhanced uplink (EU) data transmission. Configuration parameters for enhanced uplink (EU) operation are received. The configuration parameters include a priority associated with a medium access control for dedicated channel (MAC-d) flow and a maximum number of H-ARQ transmissions associated with the MAC-d flow. Data is selected for transmission over an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) based on a priority of the MAC-d flow, wherein data with the highest priority is selected. On a condition that the selected data is new data that was not previously transmitted, an available H-ARQ process is assigned for supporting transmission of the selected data, and the selected data is transmitted over the E-DCH using the assigned H-ARQ process. On a condition that the selected data was previously transmitted, the selected data is retransmitted over the E-DCH using the same H-ARQ process that was assigned to previously transmit the selected data. A transmission count is incremented in response to transmitting or retransmitting the selected data. A determination is made of whether the transmission count is at least equal to the maximum number of H-ARQ transmissions. The selected data is discarded in response to a determination that the transmission count is at least equal to the maximum number of H-ARQ transmissions. | 05-06-2010 |
20100118720 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING AND PROCESSING COMPONENT CARRIERS - A method and apparatus are described which perform bandwidth aggregation by simultaneously monitoring and processing a number of simultaneous, non-contiguous or contiguous component carriers in the downlink. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) can be configured by an evolved Node-B (eNodeB) to support additional component carriers. A pre-configured additional component carrier may be used. Various methods for activating and deactivating the additional component carrier are also described. | 05-13-2010 |
20100130218 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING AGGREGATION OF MULTIPLE COMPONENT CARRIERS - A method and apparatus for supporting aggregation of multiple component carriers are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in an idle state performs a cell search to detect a downlink anchor carrier and camps on the downlink anchor carrier. The downlink anchor carrier is a component carrier and may be assigned for synchronization and idle mode operations for the WTRU. The WTRU via the downlink anchor carrier receives a broadcast channel for a broadcast message, a paging channel for a paging message, and a control channel for control information necessary while in the idle state. The WTRU receives data via an aggregated carrier having at least two component carriers including a data carrier. The data carrier being a component carrier assigned for data transfer to the WTRU in a connected state. | 05-27-2010 |
20100158147 | UPLINK POWER HEADROOM REPORTING FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method for reporting power headroom is disclosed. Power headroom may be reported across all carriers (wideband), for a specific carrier, or for a carrier group. The formula used to calculate the power headroom depends on whether the carrier (or a carrier in the carrier group) has a valid uplink grant. If the carrier or carrier group does not have a valid uplink grant, the power headroom may be calculated based on a reference grant. The power headroom is calculated by a wireless transmit/receive unit and is reported to an eNodeB. | 06-24-2010 |
20100189039 | DERIVATION OF LTE SYSTEM INFORMATION RETRANSMISSION REDUNDANCY VERSIONS - A method and apparatus for transmitting system information in an e Node B includes a processor configured to map system information to a plurality of subframes, determine that at least one of the plurality of subframes includes non-SI information, and assign a redundancy version to all of the plurality of subframes except the at least one subframe including non-SI information such that the redundancy versions are assigned in a particular pattern and the at least one subframe including non-SI information does not effect the particular pattern. | 07-29-2010 |
20100215011 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SWITCHING A RESOURCE ASSIGNMENT MODE FOR A PLURALITY OF COMPONENT CARRIERS - Techniques for configuring and switching a resource assignment mode for a plurality of component carriers are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) has a capability of supporting multiple resource assignment modes such that a resource assignment mode is configured for a plurality of component carriers that are allocated for the WTRU, and the WTRU attempts to decode a control channel based on the configured resource assignment mode. The resource assignment mode may be configured for the WTRU via higher layer signaling. The resource assignment mode may be specific to the WTRU, or specific to a component carrier or a group of component carriers. The resource assignment mode may be configured separately for a downlink component carrier and an uplink component carrier. The resource assignment mode includes a separate assignment mode with component carrier indication, a separate assignment mode without component carrier indication, or a joint assignment mode. | 08-26-2010 |
20100220684 | HYBRID ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS WTRU AND METHOD - A hybrid orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and method. A WTRU includes a transmitter and a receiver. The receiver processes received data to recover data mapped to the subcarriers using OFDMA. The receiver recovers first input data by separating user data from multi-user spread data and recovers second input data from non-spread data. | 09-02-2010 |
20100222060 | ANCHOR CARRIER RESELECTION AND CELL RESELECTION IN LONG TERM EVOLUTION-ADVANCED - A method and apparatus for performing anchor carrier reselection measurements and ranking in Long Term Evolution-Advanced are disclosed. The measurements are first determined by whether a non-serving anchor carrier has a higher reselection priority than a serving anchor carrier. Other non-serving anchor carrier measurements are started by checking the serving anchor measured results against non-serving anchor carrier measurement thresholds, including the parameter S-IntraCellSearch for measuring and ranking the intra-cell anchor carriers ahead of other non-serving anchor carriers. | 09-02-2010 |
20100227569 | CONTROL CHANNEL SIGNALING AND ACQUISITION FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method and apparatus for handling a control channel for carrier aggregation in wireless communications. The method includes determining which component carrier to listen to, detecting the downlink control channel, processing mapping information related to downlink and uplink transmissions and operating discontinuous reception with respect to carrier aggregation. The method also includes detecting a component carrier, determining the component carrier type and locating the anchor component carrier, if necessary, where the anchor component carrier carries the carrier aggregation information. | 09-09-2010 |
20100234037 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CARRIER ASSIGNMENT, CONFIGURATION AND SWITCHING FOR MULTICARRIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - As part of carrier assignment and configuration for multicarrier wireless communications, a single uplink (UL) primary carrier may provide control information for multiple concurrent downlink (DL) carriers. Optionally, control information for each DL carrier may be transmitted over paired UL carriers. Carrier switching of UL and/or DL carriers, including primary and anchor carriers, may occur during normal operation or during handover, and may occur in only the UL or only the DL direction. A unidirectional handover is performed when only an UL carrier or only a DL carrier is switched as part of a handover. Switching of UL and/or DL carriers may be from one component carrier or a subset of carriers to another component carrier, another subset of carriers, or all carriers in the same direction. | 09-16-2010 |
20100239040 | DATA AND CONTROL MULTIPLEXING FOR UPLINK MIMO WITH CARRIER AGGREGATION AND CLUSTERED-DFT - A method and apparatus for signal processing in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU), including generating a plurality of data bits and a plurality of control bits, mapping the data bits and control bits to one or more codewords, multiplexing the data bits and control bits, dividing the bits into layers, allocating control bits to each layer based on a channel quality of each codeword and a channel quality of each layer, and channel interleaving each layer for output to one or more antennas. | 09-23-2010 |
20100246561 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER CONTROL OF SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL (SRS) TRANSMISSION - Methods and apparatus for sounding reference signal (SRS) power control for a wireless transmitter/receiver unit (WTRU) are disclosed. These methods and apparatus include methods and apparatus for carrier-specific and carrier-common SRS power control in WTRUs that utilize carrier aggregation techniques. These methods and apparatus also include methods and apparatus for SRS power control in WTRUs utilizing both carrier aggregation and time division multiplexing (TDM) techniques. Additionally, these methods and apparatus include methods and apparatus for SRS power control for WTRUs utilizing multiple input multiple output MIMO operation. Methods and apparatus for SRS overhead reduction and power management in a WTRU are also disclosed. | 09-30-2010 |
20100246705 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK POWER CONTROL IN MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT - A method and apparatus for uplink power control in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) includes setting a transmit power level for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission. | 09-30-2010 |
20100254329 | UPLINK GRANT, DOWNLINK ASSIGNMENT AND SEARCH SPACE METHOD AND APPARATUS IN CARRIER AGGREGATION - Methods of mapping, indicating, encoding and transmitting uplink (UL) grants and downlink (DL) assignments for wireless communications for carrier aggregation are disclosed. Methods to encode and transmit DL assignments and UL grants and map and indicate the DL assignments to DL component carriers and UL grants to UL component carriers are described. Methods include specifying the mapping rules for DL component carriers that transmit DL assignment and DL component carriers that receive physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and mapping rules for DL component carriers that transmit UL grants and UL component carriers that transit physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) when using separate coding/separate transmission schemes. | 10-07-2010 |
20100254351 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING A HANDOVER IN AN EVOLVED UNIVERSAL TERRESTRIAL RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - A method and an apparatus for performing a handover in an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) sends a measurement report to a source evolved Node B (eNB), and receives a handover command from the source eNB. The WTRU initiates reception and processing of a primary broadcast channel (P-BCH) at the target cell after receiving the handover command. The WTRU then sends a random access preamble to the target eNB, receives a random access response from the target eNB, and sends a handover complete message to the target eNB. The reception and processing of the P-BCH may be initiated immediately after receiving the handover command or after sending the handover complete message. The WTRU may apply default configuration or source cell configuration in the target cell until a target cell SFN and/or P-BCH information are acquired. | 10-07-2010 |
20100272017 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING ADVANCED LONG TERM EVOLUTION SYSTEM INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for processing advanced long term evolution (LTE-A) system information (SI) are described. When a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is in an idle mode/state, an LTE-A SI broadcast may be received on at least one downlink (DL) anchor carrier, including a physical DL shared channel (PDSCH) having paging message content. At least one SI-change parameter included in the paging message content may be decoded and processed. The SI-change parameter may include a flag used to indicate an SI change on a logical partition, (a primary or a secondary SI broadcast group information change). When the WTRU is in a connected mode/state, an LTE-A SI-CHANGE-radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) transmission may be received during a modification period (MP), and an SI change may be performed during a subsequent MP. At least one SI-change parameter included in the SI-CHANGE-RNTI transmission may be decoded and processed. | 10-28-2010 |
20100273506 | REFERENCE SIGNALS FOR POSITIONING MEASUREMENTS - Methods and apparatus for supporting reference signals for positioning measurements are disclosed. Methods include subframe configuration, subframe structures, measurement opportunities using a set of downlink subframes which are not all consecutive, handling of subframes containing reference signals and system signals such as synchronization signals, paging occasions and Multicast Broadcast Multimedia Service (MBMS), and related control signaling between a long term evolution (LTE) network and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). Moreover, methods to resolve allocation conflicts arising between positioning reference signals and other reference signals are disclosed. | 10-28-2010 |
20100296467 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS IN MULTICARRIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatus for random access in multicarrier wireless communications are disclosed. Methods and apparatus are provided for physical random access channel (PRACH) resource signaling, PRACH resource handling, preamble and PRACH resource selection, random access response (RAR) reception, preamble retransmission, and transmission and reception of subsequent messages. A method for maintaining an allowed multicarrier uplink (UL) random access channel (RACH) configuration set by adding an UL carrier to the allowed RACH configuration set provided that a triggering event occurs and performing a random access (RA) procedure using the allowed RACH configuration set. A method for sending data in multicarrier wireless communications by determining a set of available UL carriers and selecting an UL carrier from the set of available UL carriers. | 11-25-2010 |
20100303011 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPONENT CARRIER AGGREGATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives a downlink subframe having multiple component carriers, each component carrier having control information encoded in a physical data control channel (PDCCH). The WTRU performs a blind decoding of control information in a first PDCCH located within a first component carrier to obtain a location of a second PDCCH located within a second component carrier, where the location of the second PDCCH is relative to a location of the first PDCCH as control channel element offset. The WTRU decodes the second PDCCH at the obtained location. | 12-02-2010 |
20100303039 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING COMPONENT CARRIER-SPECIFIC RECONFIGURATION - Techniques for component carrier-specific reconfiguration are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is capable of transmitting or receiving via multiple component carriers. The WTRU may perform component carrier reconfiguration on a component carrier basis to add, remove or replace a component carrier. Discontinuous reception (DRX) and/or discontinuous transmission (DTX) may be performed on at least one component carrier, wherein DRX and/or DTX patterns on the component carriers may not overlap each other. A random access procedure may be performed at the target cell on one component carrier while other component carriers are inactive. The component carrier-specific reconfiguration or handover of a component carrier or a channel may be implemented in coordinated multiple point transmission (CoMP), wherein a handover of a control channel, not a traffic channel, may be performed. Alternatively, a handover of a traffic channel may be performed. | 12-02-2010 |
20110002281 | DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION - Discontinuous reception (DRX) operations for wireless communications implementing carrier aggregation are disclosed. Physical downlink control channel implementation for carrier aggregation is also disclosed. DRX methods are disclosed including a common DRX protocol that may be applied across all component carriers, an individual/independent DRX protocol that is applied on each component carrier, and hybrid approaches that are applied across affected component carriers. Methods for addressing the effects of loss of synchronization on DRX, impact of scheduling request on DRX, uplink power control during DRX, and DRX operation in measurement gaps are disclosed. | 01-06-2011 |
20110019776 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING PORT INDEX INFORMATION - A method and apparatus are described for obtaining port index information. In one scenario, downlink (DL) control information (DCI) is received that includes new data indicator (NDI). The NDI has a value indicating an antenna port for single-port transmission. In response to receiving the DCI, a single-port transmission associated with the indicated antenna port is received. The NDI may be associated with a disabled codeword and the DCI may include a second NDI. The DCI may be received over a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). The DCI may include a resource block (RB) assignment information field (IF), a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process identity (ID) IF, a transmit power control (TPC) IF and, for each of a plurality of transport blocks, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS), an NDI and a redundancy version (RV). | 01-27-2011 |
20110038271 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UPLINK POWER CONTROL FOR A WIRELESS TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER UNIT UTILIZING MULTIPLE CARRIERS - A method and apparatus for determining uplink power in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU). The WTRU operates in a carrier aggregated system. The WTRU is configured to receive a plurality of uplink power parameters indexed to one of a plurality of uplink carriers and receive a transmit power control command indexed to the one of the plurality of uplink carriers. The WTRU is configured to determine a pathloss of the one of the plurality of uplink carriers and determine a transmit power for the one of the plurality of uplink carriers based on the plurality of power parameters, the transmit power control command, and the pathloss. | 02-17-2011 |
20110039568 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENTION-BASED UPLINK DATA TRANSMISSION - A method and apparatus for a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) to use a contention-based uplink communications channel, applies a rule-based restriction of access to the contention-based uplink channel that attempts to use at least one contention-free uplink channel allocation for uplink transmissions on a condition that at least one contention-free uplink channel allocation has been granted. | 02-17-2011 |
20110059718 | EMERGENCY INFORMATION IN SYSTEM INFORMATION BROADCAST - A method and apparatus for providing an emergency signal to a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU). The WTRU is configured to receive a system information message including an emergency message notification and emergency system information messages, wherein the system information messages are segmented and overlap non-emergency system information messages. The WTRU is further configured to process he emergency information messages. | 03-10-2011 |
20110142094 | ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING-CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS SYSTEM - An orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)-code division multiple access (CDMA) system is disclosed. The system includes a transmitter and a receiver. At the transmitter, a spreading and subcarrier mapping unit spreads an input data symbol with a complex quadratic sequence code to generate a plurality of chips and maps each chip to one of a plurality of subcarriers. An inverse discrete Fourier transform is performed on the chips mapped to the subcarriers and a cyclic prefix (CP) is inserted to an OFDM frame. A parallel-to-serial converter converts the time-domain data into a serial data stream for transmission. At the receiver, a serial-to-parallel converter converts received data into multiple received data streams and the CP is removed from the received data. A discrete Fourier transform is performed on the received data streams and equalization is performed. A despreader despreads an output of the equalizer to recover the transmitted data. | 06-16-2011 |
20110158197 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT OPERATION OF AN ENHANCED DEDICATED CHANNEL - A method for processing enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) data in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) includes sending two messages. A first message is sent from a physical layer to a medium access control (MAC) layer, and triggers MAC layer processing of E-DCH data. A second message is sent from the MAC layer to the physical layer, and enables the physical layer to compute control parameters for physical layer processing of the E-DCH data before the MAC layer processing of the E-DCH data is completed. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161673 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING SECURITY OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - The present invention is related to a method and apparatus for enhancing security of communications. The apparatus comprises a security processing unit, a data processing unit, a cross-layer watermarking unit, and optionally a smart antenna processor. The security processing unit generates a token/key to be used in watermarking and sends a node security policy to other components. The data processing unit generates user data. The cross-layer watermarking unit includes at least one of Layer-2/3, Layer-1 and Layer-0. Each layer performs a different scheme or degree of watermarking. The cross-layer watermarking unit embeds the token/key into the user data transmission on at least one of the layers selectively in accordance with a security policy. | 06-30-2011 |
20110250850 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AIR INTERFACE INFORMATION FOR RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A method for determining values for use by radio resource management functions is disclosed. Air interface actual values and predictive values are obtained and stored. A timestamp indicating a time when each actual value or predictive value is obtained is generated and stored. The actual values and the predictive values are processed to provide an output value. | 10-13-2011 |
20110252241 | USING WATERMARKING TO REDUCE COMMUNICATION OVERHEAD - A method for reducing overhead when transmitting and receiving an Internet Protocol (IP) packet by a device begins with receiving of the IP packet by the device. In the packet, an IP address of the packet has been removed and replaced with a watermarking signature based on the IP address. The IP address is obtained using the watermarking signature. The IP address is attached to the packet and the packet is forwarded by the device to a destination over a network using the IP address. | 10-13-2011 |
20110280136 | METHOD FOR ENHANCED DEDICATED CHANNEL (E-DCH) TRANSMISSION OVERLAP DETECTION FOR COMPRESSED MODE GAP SLOTS - A method and apparatus for detecting an overlap of an E-DCH transmission or retransmission in TTIs that overlap with an assigned uplink compressed mode gap is disclosed. More specifically, detecting an overlap of an E-DCH transmission or retransmission in TTIs that overlap with an uplink compressed mode gap assigned by a Node B when a WTRU is configured with a 2 ms TTI is disclosed. After detecting the overlap of the E-DCH transmission or retransmission and the uplink compressed mode gap, the E-DCH transmission or retransmission is paused. | 11-17-2011 |
20110317546 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORWARDING NON-CONSECUTIVE DATA BLOCKS IN ENHANCED UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS - A method and apparatus for forwarding non-consecutive data blocks in enhanced uplink (EU) transmissions. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and one or more Node-Bs include one or more automatic repeat request (ARQ)/hybrid-ARQ (H-ARQ) processes for supporting an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH). Data blocks transmitted by the WTRU are re-ordered in a re-ordering entity located in the Node-B(s) or a radio network controller (RNC). Once a missing data block is identified, a data forwarding timer in the Node-B(s) or RNC is initiated and subsequent WTRU transmissions are monitored to determine whether the missing data block has been discarded by the WTRU. Upon recognition of the discard of the missing data block, the non-consecutive data blocks are forwarded to higher layers. | 12-29-2011 |
20110317748 | DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL BASED CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION FEEDBACK IN OFDM-MIMO SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus for using demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) based channel state information (CSI) feedback in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing—multiple-input multiple-output (OFDM-MIMO) systems is disclosed. The wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives one or more resource blocks from a base station, wherein the resource blocks (RBs) include demodulating reference signals (DM-RS) and precoder information. The precoder information is sent unicast or broadcasted over a common control channel. The WTRU estimates an effective channel estimate based on the DM-RS, derives an unprecoded channel based on the effective channel and the precoder information, generates CSI feedback based on the unprecoded channel, and transmits the CSI feedback to the base station. Alternatively, the WTRU estimates an effective channel estimate based on the DM-RS, quantizes the effective channel estimate and transmits the CSI feedback to the base station. | 12-29-2011 |
20120002642 | ENHANCED UPLINK OPERATION IN SOFT HANDOVER - A method and system for an enhanced uplink (EU) operation in a wireless communication system during soft handover. The system comprises a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), at least two Node-Bs, and a radio network controller (RNC). One Node-B may be designated as a primary Node-B, and the primary Node-B may control EU operation during soft handover including uplink scheduling and hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ). Soft buffer corruption is avoided during soft handover by controlling H-ARQ by the primary Node-B. Alternatively, an RNC may control EU operation during soft handover including H-ARQ. In this case, an RNC generates final acknowledge/non-acknowledge (ACK/NACK) decision based on the error check results of the Node-Bs. | 01-05-2012 |
20120008617 | HYBRID ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS WTRU AND METHOD - A hybrid orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and method are disclosed. A WTRU includes a transmitter and a receiver. The receiver processes received data to recover data mapped to the subcarriers using OFDMA. The receiver recovers first input data by separating user data from multi-user spread data and recovers second input data from non-spread data. | 01-12-2012 |
20120106465 | DOWNLINK CONTROL IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - Embodiments contemplate a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) that may operate in a heterogeneous wireless communication network (HetNet). The WTRU may detect the presence of an extended physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH) and may decode a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) upon detecting the E-PDCCH. The WTRU may obtain scheduling information of the E-PDCCH on a physical downlink shared control channel (PDSCH) from the decoded PDCCH. The WTRU may also determine control information for the WTRU from the E-PDCCH using the scheduling information of the E-PDCCH. The HetNet may further include a first eNB and a second eNB and the WTRU may receive the E-PDCCH from the first eNB and another E-PDCCH from the second eNB. The other E-PDCCH may be coordinated with the E-PDCCH such that the interference between the other E-PDCCH and the E-PDCCH from the perspective of the WTRU may be reduced relative to no coordination. | 05-03-2012 |
20120147933 | Long-Term Feedback Transmission And Rank Reporting - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for long-term feedback transmitting and rank reporting. According to an aspect, a method of feedback reporting may be implemented at a WTRU. The method may include determining a long-term precoder and a short-term precoder. The method may also include calculating channel quality index (CQI) based on the long-term precoder and the short-term precoder. Further, the method may include transmitting the CQI to a base station. | 06-14-2012 |
20120149362 | Victim User Equipment Status - Methods are presented wherein a WTRU may determine, based on measurements, that it is a victim of interference from another cell such a closed subscriber group (CSG) cell. In addition, methods are presented for the UE to inform the CSG cell that UE is present and is a victim UE. Methods for informing the CSG cell may include the grant of temporary membership to a victim UE, the use of a connected WTRU as a relay, and/or indicating victim status in a control message. The indication may trigger an interference management procedure. Methods for the WTRU to stop interference management at the CSG cell, methods to allow the use of a training period by the CSG eNB to allow for non-CSG WTRUs to report their presence, and methods to indicate how to perform UE Victim Indication are also presented. | 06-14-2012 |
20120176884 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL RECEPTION IN COOPERATIVE MULTIPOINT TRANSMISSIONS - A method and apparatus may be used to enable reception of a downlink (DL) shared channel in a cooperative multipoint transmission (CoMP). The method and apparatus may determine whether CoMP is applied to a transmission. The method and apparatus may acquire other CoMP related information. The method and apparatus may apply to non-transparent CoMP scenarios. | 07-12-2012 |
20120257591 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF ENHANCED DEDICATED CHANNEL TRANSMISSIONS - A method and apparatus for controlling enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transmissions are disclosed. An enhanced uplink medium access control (MAC-e/es) entity processes a received scheduling grant to calculate a serving grant. The MAC-e/es entity determines whether both a hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) process for scheduled data and scheduled data are available. If an H-ARQ process for scheduled data and scheduled data are available, the MAC-e/es entity determines whether a serving grant exists. The MAC-e/es entity calculates a remaining power based on maximum allowed power and restricts an E-DCH transport format combination (E-TFC) based on the remaining power. The MAC-e/es entity selects an E-TFC using the serving grant and generates a MAC-e protocol data unit. The MAC-e/es entity may process the received scheduled grant is at each transmission time interval or may store the received scheduled grant in a grant list until there is E-DCH data to transmit. | 10-11-2012 |
20120327871 | NON-LEGACY PREAMBLE FOR WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS - Method and apparatus for transmission and reception of a Greenfield preamble are provided. In the method and apparatus, the Greenfield preamble may be a single user (SU) preamble or a multi user (MU) preamble. As an MU preamble, the Greenfield preamble includes a short training field (STF), a first long training field (LTF), a first signal (SIG) field, at least one additional LTF, and a second SIG field. Additionally, the Greenfield preamble may be utilized for efficient transmission and reception of control information to wireless devices, whereby the control information may be indicated using the STF, the first LTF, or the first or second SIG fields. | 12-27-2012 |
20130003788 | COMMUNICATING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION (CSI) OF MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION POINTS - Embodiments contemplate methods and systems for determining and communicating channel state information (CSI) for one or more transmission points (or CSI reference signal resources). Embodiments further contemplate determining transmission states may include applying at least one transmission state parameter to channel state information (CSI). Embodiments also contemplate reporting CSI based on the transmission state and/or at least one transmission state parameter applied thereto. | 01-03-2013 |
20130028231 | UPLINK POWER HEADROOM REPORTING FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method for reporting power headroom is disclosed. Power headroom may be reported across all carriers (wideband), for a specific carrier, or for a carrier group. The formula used to calculate the power headroom depends on whether the carrier (or a carrier in the carrier group) has a valid uplink grant. If the carrier or carrier group does not have a valid uplink grant, the power headroom may be calculated based on a reference grant. The power headroom is calculated by a wireless transmit/receive unit and is reported to an eNodeB. | 01-31-2013 |
20130039284 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN ENHANCED CONTROL CHANNEL - Methods and systems for sending and receiving an enhanced downlink control channel are disclosed. The method may include receiving control channel information via an enhanced control channel. The method may also include using the control channel information to receive a shared channel. The method may include detecting the presence of the enhanced control channel in a given subframe. The enhanced control channel may be transmitted over multiple antenna ports. For example, code divisional multiplexing and de-multiplexing and the use of common and UE-specific reference signals may be utilized. New control channel elements may be defined, and enhanced control channel state information (CSI) feedback may be utilized. The presence or absence of legacy control channels may affect the demodulation and or decoding methods. The method may be implemented at a WTRU. | 02-14-2013 |
20130058287 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING THE RELEASE OF A PERSISTENT RESOURCE - A method and apparatus for signaling the release of a persistent resource in long term evolution (LTE) are disclosed. An indication of the release of a downlink (DL) persistent resource is received by a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) from an evolved Node-B (eNB) via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). A positive acknowledgement (ACK) is transmitted by the WTRU which denotes that the indication has been received. The PDCCH or a medium access control (MAC) CE may be used by the eNB to signal the indication. At least one bit may be added to contents of the PDCCH to signal whether the PDCCH is for DL persistent or dynamic resource allocation. The DL persistent resource is then released and an indication that the DL persistent resource has been released is transmitted. | 03-07-2013 |
20130064224 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING A HANDOVER IN AN EVOLVED UNIVERSAL TERRESTRIAL RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - A method and an apparatus for performing a handover in an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) sends a measurement report to a source evolved Node B (eNB), and receives a handover command from the source eNB. The WTRU initiates reception and processing of a primary broadcast channel (P-BCH) at the target cell after receiving the handover command. The WTRU then sends a random access preamble to the target eNB, receives a random access response from the target eNB, and sends a handover complete message to the target eNB. The reception and processing of the P-BCH may be initiated immediately after receiving the handover command or after sending the handover complete message. The WTRU may apply default configuration or source cell configuration in the target cell until a target cell SFN and/or P-BCH information are acquired. | 03-14-2013 |
20130077585 | UPLINK GRANT, DOWNLINK ASSIGNMENT AND SEARCH SPACE METHOD AND APPARATUS IN CARRIER AGGREGATION - Methods of mapping, indicating, encoding and transmitting uplink (UL) grants and downlink (DL) assignments for wireless communications for carrier aggregation are disclosed. Methods to encode and transmit DL assignments and UL grants and map and indicate the DL assignments to DL component carriers and UL grants to UL component carriers are described. Methods include specifying the mapping rules for DL component carriers that transmit DL assignment and DL component carriers that receive physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and mapping rules for DL component carriers that transmit UL grants and UL component carriers that transit physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) when using separate coding/separate transmission schemes. | 03-28-2013 |
20130095818 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LTE RADIO LINK FAILURE DETERMINIATION IN DRX MODE - A method and apparatus for detecting radio link failure (RLF) in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) includes the WTRU performing a series of radio link measurements during a discontinuous reception (DRX) on-duration, comparing each of the series of radio link measurements to a threshold, and determining that the series of radio link measurements indicates an out-of-synch condition. | 04-18-2013 |
20130100905 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL SIGNALING FOR MIMO TRANSMISSION - A method and apparatus for processing multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives downlink control information including WTRU-specific MIMO and transport format information and MIMO information for all other WTRUs assigned to the same resource. The WTRU processes received MIMO data based on the downlink control information. The downlink control information may also include transport format information for all other WTRUs assigned to the same RB. The downlink control information may be transmitted via WTRU-specific control signaling. All WTRUs' MIMO and/or transport format information may be transmitted via resource-specific common control signaling. The downlink control signaling format may include at least one of a number of streams for the WTRU, a number of active WTRUs assigned to the same resource, a spatial channel identity for the WTRU, a MIMO mode, a precoding matrix index and a precoding vector index. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100995 | HYBRID ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS WTRU AND METHOD - A hybrid orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and method are disclosed. A WTRU includes a transmitter and a receiver. The receiver processes received data to recover data mapped to the subcarriers using OFDMA. The receiver recovers first input data by separating user data from multi-user spread data and recovers second input data from non-spread data. | 04-25-2013 |
20130107837 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MINIMIZING REDUNDANT ENHANCED UPLINK ALLOCATION REQUESTS AND FAULT-ISOLATING ENHANCED UPLINK TRANSMISSION FAILURES | 05-02-2013 |
20130107847 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING RADIO ACCESS BEARERS FOR ENHANCED UPLINK SERVICES | 05-02-2013 |
20130121288 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENTLY UTILIZING HARQ PROCESSES FOR SEMI-PERSISTENT AND DYNAMIC DATA TRANSMISSIONS - A method and apparatus are disclosed for efficient hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process utilization for semi-persistent and dynamic data transmissions, wherein a reserved HARQ process identification (ID) can be reused. A subset of a plurality of HARQ process IDs is reserved to use for a semi-persistent allocation, and data is transmitted based on the semi-persistent allocation. A dynamic allocation is received via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). At least one of the reserved HARQ process IDs is selectively used for transmitting data based on the dynamic allocation. | 05-16-2013 |
20130176897 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCELERATED LINK SETUP - A methods and apparatus may be used for accelerated link setup. A method may include a station (STA) acquiring information about an access point of an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 network in advance through a previously connected IEEE 802.11 interface and/or an interface other than the IEEE 802.11 network. The STA may use the acquired information during a link setup procedure between the STA and the access point. The information may include a suggestion for a specific procedure to complete the link setup procedure between the STA and the access point. | 07-11-2013 |
20130195039 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPONENT CARRIER AGGREGATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives a downlink subframe having multiple component carriers, each component carrier having control information encoded in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). The WTRU performs a blind decoding of control information in a first PDCCH located within a first component carrier to obtain a location of a second PDCCH located within a second component carrier, where the location of the second PDCCH is relative to a location of the first PDCCH as control channel element offset. The WTRU decodes the second PDCCH at the obtained location. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195055 | SENDING AND REDUCING UPLINK FEEDBACK SIGNALING FOR WIRELESS TRANSMISSION OF DATA - A wireless transmit/receive unit includes at least one processor that receives a high speed physical downlink shared channel, and in response, transmits at least one random access channel preamble followed by ACK/NACK and channel quality indicator (CQI) information. The at least one random access channel preamble is selected from a set of random access preambles reserved for the ACK/NACK and CQI information. | 08-01-2013 |
20130201841 | UPLINK FEEDBACK FOR MULTI-SITE SCHEDULING - Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for a user equipment (UE) to provide feedback in a multi-site scheduling system (e.g., a system where multiple entities may schedule and/or send data to the UE). For example, the UE may receive a first data from a first network entity and a second data from a second network entity. A network entity may include entities that transmit data and/or control information to the UE, e.g., an eNodeB (eNB). The UE may generate feedback relating to received data, such as ACK/NACK information or channel state information (CSI). The UE may send a first feedback relating to the first data in a first subframe and a second feedback relating to the second data in a second subframe. | 08-08-2013 |
20130208604 | Interference Measurement In Wireless Networks - Embodiments contemplate methods, systems, and apparatuses for interference measurement in a wireless communication network, including wireless communication networks the employ MIMO in uplink and/or downlink communication. Embodiments contemplate identifying one or more interference measurement resource elements that may be received from one or more transmission points. Embodiments also contemplate performing interference measurement estimation based at least in part on the identified one or more interference measurement resource elements. Channel state information (CSI) perhaps in the form of reports may be generated based at least in part on the one or more interference measurement estimation. Embodiments also contemplate that the CSI report may be transmitted to one or more nodes. In some embodiments, the one or more interference measurement resource elements may be received as part of a set of resource elements. | 08-15-2013 |
20130223311 | COORDINATED UPLINK TRANSMISSION IN LTE DRX OPERATIONS FOR A WIRELESS TRANSMIT RECEIVE UNIT - A method and apparatus for discontinuous reception (DRX) operation in a wireless transmit receive unit aligns uplink and downlink transmissions with a DRX cycle. The transmission may be a channel quality indicator report, a sounding reference signal, or a silence descriptor among other downlink and uplink transmissions. | 08-29-2013 |
20130229996 | MULTI-USER PARALLEL CHANNEL ACCESS IN WLAN SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus may provide multi-user parallel channel access (MU-PCA) and/or single-user parallel channel access (SU-PCA) using transmit and/or receive with symmetrical bandwidth, in the downlink (DL), uplink (UL), or combined DL and UL. SU-PCA and MU-PCA may support unequal modulation and coding schemes (MCS) and unequal transmit power. Medium access control (MAC) layer, Physical layer (PHY), and mixed and PHY layer methods and procedures may support UL, DL and combined UL and DL SU-PCA and MU-PCA using transmit and/or receive with symmetrical bandwidth. MU-PCA and/or SU-PCA may also be supported by MAC and PHY layer designs and procedures for downlink, uplink and combined uplink and downlink using transmit/receive with asymmetrical bandwidth. | 09-05-2013 |
20130230035 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BEACON INFORMATION PROVISIONING, TRANSMISSIONS AND PROTOCOL ENHANCEMENTS - A method for beacon information provisioning, transmissions and protocol enhancements includes defining multiple level beacons based on the attributes of beacon information fields/elements. A short beacon may be used in addition to a primary beacon in space-time block code (STBC) modes, non-STBC modes and in multiple bandwidth modes. The short beacons may also be used for Fast Initial Link Setup (FILS) and to extend system coverage range. Beacon transmissions may use adaptive modulation and coding set/scheme (MCS). | 09-05-2013 |
20130230036 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PRE-ASSOCIATION DISCOVERY IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - Wireless transmit and receive units (WTRUs) and methods for pre-association discovery (PAD) are disclosed. The methods may include obtaining an IP address to communicate with a wireless local area network (WLAN) before associating with the WLAN for the purpose of performing PAD. The methods may include communicating with a remote information server (IS) by sending messages to the WLAN using an L2 address and receiving responses from the IS through the WLAN. The methods may include receiving a message including a source IP address from an unassociated WTRU and restricting the use of the source IP address by the unassociated WTRU. The methods may include receiving a PAD request from a WTRU and relaying messages between the WTRU and a remote IS for PAD information exchange. The WTRU may not have an IP address for use with the WLAN and the WTRU may not be associated with the WLAN. | 09-05-2013 |
20130235720 | SUPPORTING A LARGE NUMBER OF DEVICES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A method for receiving a backoff value at a wireless station is presented. A traffic indication map is received at the station, wherein a backoff number is implicitly assigned to the station based on a position of the station within the traffic indication map. The backoff value is determined by multiplying the backoff number by a predetermined time value. | 09-12-2013 |
20130235773 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER SAVINGS IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK - A method and apparatus for power savings in a wireless local area network (WLAN) are disclosed. A station (STA) may receive parameters that associate the STA to a specific group of STAs and perform a channel access during a period that is allowed for the group of STAs based on the parameters. The STA may receive information regarding an access slot that is allowed for the group of STAs and access a channel during the access slot. The STA may receive a schedule for wake up from a doze state and goes in and out of the doze state based on the schedule. A highest channel access priority may be provided to a sensor or meter type of STA. The STA may indicate to an access point (AP) that the STA will not listen to a traffic indication map (TIM) or a delivery TIM (DTIM) in a beacon. | 09-12-2013 |
20130250892 | TRANSPORT FORMAT COMBINATION SELECTION IN A WIRELESS TRANSMIT/RECEIVE UNIT - A method and apparatus for selecting a TFC in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is disclosed. The WTRU estimates a transmit power for each of a plurality of available transport format combinations (TFCs). A TFC is selected for an uplink dedicated channel and a TFC is selected for an enhanced uplink (EU) channel. The TFC for the dedicated channel is selected first and independently of the TFC selection of the EU channel. The TFC for the EU channel is selected within a remaining WTRU transmit power after the TFC selection for the dedicated channel. | 09-26-2013 |
20130259002 | SUPPORTING ENHANCED UPLINK DURING SOFT HANDOVER - An enhanced uplink user equipment is in soft handover. A radio network controller selects a primary Node-B out of a plurality of Node-Bs supporting the soft handover. The radio network controller receiving successfully received enhanced uplink data packets from the plurality of Node-Bs. The radio network controller reordered the successfully received enhanced uplink data packets for in-sequence deliver. The primary Node-B sends specified scheduling information to the user equipment that the other Node-Bs does not transmit. At least the primary Node-B transmits acknowledgements and negative acknowledgements to the user equipment. | 10-03-2013 |
20130265923 | BEHAVIOR FOR WIRELESS TRANSMIT/RECEIVE UNIT AND MAC CONTROL ELEMENTS FOR LTE DRX OPERATIONS - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) stops discontinuous reception (DRX) timers that are running and that are related to uplink and/or downlink transmissions during a DRX time period. The WTRU stops the DRX timers in response to receiving a medium access control (MAC) control element signal from an eNode-B. | 10-10-2013 |
20130286959 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING COORDINATED ORTHOGONAL BLOCK-BASED RESOURCE ALLOCATION (COBRA) OPERATIONS - A method and apparatus may be configured to support coordinated orthogonal block-based resource allocation (COBRA) operations. An access point (AP) may be configured to indicate to a plurality of stations (STA)s that it may support COBRA. Each WTRU may be configured to indicate to the AP that it can support COBRA as well. The AP may be configured to transmit a COBRA controller information element (IE) comprising a plurality of fields to each of the WTRUs. Each WTRU may be configured to transmit a COBRA controllee IE comprising a plurality of fields. STA grouping management, group maintenance, channel access, beamforming, sounding and frequency and synchronization procedures are also described. | 10-31-2013 |
20130286988 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING BETWEEN TRANSMISSION OF SHORT-VERSION AND FULL-VERSION UPLINK SCHEDULING REQUESTS - In a wireless communication system including a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a Node-B, an uplink (UL) scheduling request is transmitted by the WTRU to the Node-B when the WTRU has buffered (user) data to transmit to the Node-B, but needs to have a scheduling grant for UL data transmission. The WTRU determines whether to transmit to the Node-B a short buffer status information message or a full buffer status information message, based on conditions, whereby the buffer status messages are transmitted with either a short-version UL scheduling request or a full-version UL scheduling request. | 10-31-2013 |
20130294354 | ENHANCED ACTIVE SCANNING IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS - A method for active scanning in a wireless network may include two transmitters. In such a method, the following steps may take place: detecting a first probe request having a scanning target originating from a first transmitter; desiring to send a probe request to the scanning target from a second transmitter; and canceling the second probe request on a condition that the second transmitter detects the first probe request. | 11-07-2013 |
20130294431 | EFFICIENT MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) HEADER - A medium access control (MAC) frame having a short MAC header with at least two address fields and an indicator field that indicates it is a short MAC header is provided. The indicator field may indicate a presence of a third or fourth address field in the short MAC header. The indication may be a one, two, or any number of bits indicator. | 11-07-2013 |
20130301551 | MULTI-USER MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT COMMUNICATIONS IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS AND WIRELESS TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE UNITS - WTRUs, access points (APs) and methods thereon are disclosed. A method on a WTRU may include receiving a message from an AP that comprises a beamformee capability element; sending a second message to the AP that comprises a beamformer capability element; and receiving, from the AP, a third message in response to the second message that indicates a group to which the WTRU is assigned. The group may be based on the beamformer capability element and the group may indicate UL transmission information to be used by the WTRU. A method on an AP may include determining a group for multiple WTRUs based on a received beamformer capability element. A method on a WTRU may include sending to an AP a message with a low overhead preamble for UL MU-MIMO. The low overhead preamble may include LTFs that enable the AP to distinguish the WTRU from other WTRUs. | 11-14-2013 |
20130301579 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING BUFFERED ENHANCED UPLINK DATA FROM A MOBILE STATION TO A NODE-B - A method and apparatus for transferring buffered enhanced uplink (EU) data is disclosed. The WTRU transmits an EU data transmission request message. The WTRU determines, based on the EU data scheduling message, whether granted resources allow for the amount of EU data stored in the buffer to be transmitted and transmits a portion of the EU data stored in the buffer along with an indication indicating whether the granted resources allow the amount of EU data stored in the buffer to be transmitted. | 11-14-2013 |
20130322386 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING AN UPLINK RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL IN A SINGLE CARRIER FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for accessing a contention-based uplink random access channel (RACH) in a single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) system are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) randomly selects a RACH subchannel and a signature among a plurality of available RACH subchannels and signatures. The WTRU transmits a preamble using the selected signature via the selected RACH subchannel at a predetermined or computed transmission power. A base station monitors the RACH to detect the preamble and sends an acquisition indicator (AI) to the WTRU when a signature is detected on the RACH. When receiving a positive acknowledgement, the WTRU sends a message part to the base station. If receiving a negative acknowledgement or no response, the WTRU retransmits the preamble. | 12-05-2013 |
20130343287 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT OPERATION OF AN ENHANCED DEDICATED CHANNEL - A method for processing enhanced dedicated channel data in a wireless transmit/receive unit is described. An interrupt message is received at a medium access control (MAC) layer. The interrupt message is processed by the MAC layer, including at least one of: performing grant processing, on a condition that a grant is included in the interrupt message; obtaining buffer occupancy information; performing transport format combination recovery and elimination; generating a rate request; or multiplexing multiple protocol data units (PDUs) into a single MAC-e PDU. | 12-26-2013 |
20140004871 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AIR INTERFACE INFORMATION FOR RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS | 01-02-2014 |
20140010223 | FAST INITIAL LINK SETUP DISCOVERY FRAMES - A method for use in a wireless station includes receiving a fast initial link setup discovery (FD) frame from an access point (AP) between instances of a full beacon frame and determining whether to associate with the AP based on the received FD frame. The FD frame includes FD frame contents and a FD frame control field. The FD frame control field includes a service set identifier (SSID) length field, corresponding to a length of a variable length SSID field in the FD frame contents; and any one or more of: a capability presence indicator, an access network options presence indicator, a security presence indicator, an AP configuration change count presence indicator, or an AP next target beacon transmission time presence indicator. Each of the presence indicators is used to indicate whether a corresponding field is present in the FD frame contents. | 01-09-2014 |
20140016506 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING AND PROCESSING COMPONENT CARRIERS - A method and apparatus are described which perform bandwidth aggregation by simultaneously monitoring and processing a number of simultaneous, non-contiguous or contiguous component carriers in the downlink. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) can be configured by an evolved Node-B (eNodeB) to support additional component carriers. A pre-configured additional component carrier may be used. Various methods for activating and deactivating the additional component carrier are also described. | 01-16-2014 |
20140036655 | MIMO BEAMFORMING-BASED SINGLE CARRIER FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS SYSTEM - A multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) beamforming-based single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) system is disclosed. At the transmitter, a fast Fourier transform (FFT) is performed on transmission data to generate frequency domain data. The frequency domain transmit data is mapped to assigned subcarriers. An inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) is performed on the transmit data mapped to the assigned subcarriers to generate time domain transmit data. The time domain transmit data is transmitted via antennas. At a receiver, an FFT is performed on the received data to generate frequency domain received data. Subcarrier demapping is performed to extract data mapped on the assigned subcarriers. A channel estimator generates a channel matrix which is decomposed into U, D and V | 02-06-2014 |
20140044078 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AND UTILIZING A NON-CONTENTION BASED CHANNEL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In a wireless communication system comprising at least one evolved Node-B (eNB) and a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), a non-contention based (NCB) channel is established, maintained, and utilized. The NCB channel is allocated for use by one or more WTRUs in the system for utilization in a variety of functions, and the allocation is communicated to the WTRUs. The wireless communication system analyzes the allocation of the NCB channel as required, and the NCB channel is reallocated as required. | 02-13-2014 |
20140050171 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY ENABLING RECEPTION OF DOWNLINK SIGNALING CHANNELS - In a wireless communication system including a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and at least one Node-B, a method and apparatus is used to selectively enable reception of at least one downlink (DL) enhanced uplink (EU) signaling channel established between the WTRU and the Node-B(s). During the operation of an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH), the WTRU monitors at least one DL EU signaling channel established between the WTRU and the Node-B(s) only when it is necessary, based on the WTRU's knowledge of at least one established standard procedure. The WTRU coordinates and consolidates DL signaling channel reception requirements of a plurality of channel allocation and/or data transmission procedures carried out by the WTRU in accordance with the established standard procedure. The WTRU determines whether to enable reception of at least one specific DL signaling channel based on the consolidated DL signaling channel reception requirements. | 02-20-2014 |
20140071873 | METHOD, WIRELESS TRANSMIT/RECEIVE UNIT (WTRU) AND BASE STATION FOR TRANSFERRING SMALL PACKETS - A method, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a base station for transferring small packets are described. The WTRU generates a packet that has one or more of a medium access control (MAC) or a physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) header, the one or more of the MAC or the PLCP header including a field. On a condition that the WTRU has data buffered for transmission, the WTRU includes in the field information that indicates a time or a transmission opportunity (TXOP) needed to transmit at least one packet of data that the WTRU has buffered for transmission. The WTRU transmits the packet to another WTRU in the wireless network. The WTRU receives another packet from the other WTRU with a granted TXO) based on the time needed to transmit the at least one packet of the data that the WTRU has buffered for transmission. | 03-13-2014 |
20140071946 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CARRIER ASSIGNMENT, CONFIGURATION AND SWITCHING FOR MULTICARRIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - As part of carrier assignment and configuration for multicarrier wireless communications, a single uplink (UL) primary carrier may provide control information for multiple concurrent downlink (DL) carriers. Optionally, control information for each DL carrier may be transmitted over paired UL carriers. Carrier switching of UL and/or DL carriers, including primary and anchor carriers, may occur during normal operation or during handover, and may occur in only the UL or only the DL direction. A unidirectional handover is performed when only an UL carrier or only a DL carrier is switched as part of a handover. Switching of UL and/or DL carriers may be from one component carrier or a subset of carriers to another component carrier, another subset of carriers, or all carriers in the same direction. | 03-13-2014 |
20140079035 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF ENHANCED DEDICATED CHANNEL TRANSMISSIONS - A method and apparatus for controlling enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transmissions are disclosed. A plurality of primary absolute grants are received, wherein the plurality of primary absolute grants are associated with a TTI. At least one relative grant is received for E-DCH transmission, wherein the at least one relative grant is associated with the TTI. At least one serving grant for E-DCH transmission is determined. A H-ARQ process is identified for use for the TTI. It is determined whether the identified H-ARQ process is available for scheduled data and whether scheduled data is allowed to be transmitted in the TTI based at least on the identified H-ARQ process. On a condition that the identified H-ARQ process is available for scheduled data and scheduled data is allowed to be transmitted in the TTI, scheduled data is allocated for transmission in the TTI. | 03-20-2014 |
20140079039 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING HYBRID-AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST PROCESSES - A method and apparatus for transmitting enhanced uplink (EU) data is disclosed. Configuration parameters for EU operation are received, including a priority associated with each MAC-d flow and a maximum number of H-ARQ transmissions associated with each MAC-d flow. A H-ARQ process to use for transmission for a next TTI is identified. On a condition that the identified H-ARQ process is available for new data for the next TTI, data is selected for transmission over the EU channel based on MAC-d flow priority, a transmission status is set to indicate a new transmission, and the selected data is transmitted in accordance with the identified H-ARQ process. On a condition that the identified H-ARQ process is not available for new data for the next TTI, the transmission status is set to indicate a retransmission, and data associated with the identified H-ARQ process is retransmitted. | 03-20-2014 |
20140098768 | UPLINK RADIO ACCESS NETWORK WITH UPLINK SCHEDULING - A radio access network comprises a serving radio network controller (S-RNC). The S-RNC receives successfully received medium access control (MAC) packet data units (PDUs), discards duplicates of MAC PDUs, reorders the non-discarded MAC PDUs based on serial numbers of the MAC PDUs and delivers the MAC PDUs to a radio link control protocol layer. A controlling radio network controller (C-RNC) provides information to Node-Bs under its control for use in scheduling uplink transmissions. A plurality of Node-Bs schedule uplink transmissions in response to the information provided by its C-RNC, transmit scheduling information to user equipments of its cells, receive MAC PDUs from user equipments of its cells using hybrid automatic repeat request and forward the successfully received MAC PDUs to an associated S-RNC. | 04-10-2014 |
20140119270 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HOME NODE-B DETECTION AND MEASUREMENTS THEREOF - A method and apparatus for selecting or reselecting a home Node-B (HNB), (i.e., a closed subscriber group (CSG) cell), among cells having colliding physical layer signals are disclosed. Once the identity (ID) of an HNB is determined, measurements needed to support cell selection or reselection are performed. A broadcast channel that broadcasts an HNB ID is detected and synchronized to, and information obtained from the broadcast channel is forwarded to a non-access stratum (NAS). The broadcasted HNB ID is checked against an HNB white-list provided by the NAS to determine whether the HNB is suitable for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The WTRU selects the HNB to camp on, or changes from a cell currently serving the WTRU to the HNB if it is determined to be more suitable than the current serving cell. | 05-01-2014 |
20140146777 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER CONTROL OF SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL (SRS) TRANSMISSION - Methods and apparatus for sounding reference signal (SRS) power control for a wireless transmitter/receiver unit (WTRU) are disclosed. These methods and apparatus include methods and apparatus for carrier-specific and carrier-common SRS power control in WTRUs that utilize carrier aggregation techniques. These methods and apparatus also include methods and apparatus for SRS power control in WTRUs utilizing both carrier aggregation and time division multiplexing (TDM) techniques. Additionally, these methods and apparatus include methods and apparatus for SRS power control for WTRUs utilizing multiple input multiple output MIMO operation. Methods and apparatus for SRS overhead reduction and power management in a WTRU are also disclosed. | 05-29-2014 |
20140146790 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING A RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL BY SELECTIVELY USING DEDICATED OR CONTENTION-BASED PREAMBLES DURING HANDOVER - A method and apparatus for accessing a random access channel (RACH) during handover are disclosed. A handover procedure is initiated and a maximum handover interruption timer is activated. A dedicated preamble is transmitted in an attempt to access the RACH on a condition that the dedicated preamble is reserved in a current random access opportunity and the maximum handover interruption timer has not expired. A contention-based preamble is transmitted in an attempt to access the RACH on a condition that a dedicated preamble is not reserved in a current random access opportunity. If the maximum handover interruption timer has expired, a contention-based preamble is transmitted in an attempt to access the RACH. | 05-29-2014 |
20140161039 | SCHEDULING DATA TRANSMISSION BY MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) LAYER IN A MOBILE NETWORK - A method for determining padding compatibility is disclosed. A determination is made of a number of protocol data units (PDUs) for a logical channel mapped to a transport channel such that, for a logical channel allowing segmentation, calculate n wherein n=service data unit size/transport block size (SDU size/TB size), and on a condition that n is an integer, setting the number of PDUs=n. | 06-12-2014 |
20140169208 | DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL BASED CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION FEEDBACK IN OFDM-MIMO SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus for using demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) based channel state information (CSI) feedback in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing-multiple-input multiple-output (OFDM-MIMO) systems is disclosed. The wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives one or more resource blocks from a base station, wherein the resource blocks (RBs) include demodulating reference signals (DM-RS) and precoder information. The precoder information is sent unicast or broadcasted over a common control channel. The WTRU estimates an effective channel estimate based on the DM-RS, derives an unprecoded channel based on the effective channel and the precoder information, generates CSI feedback based on the unprecoded channel, and transmits the CSI feedback to the base station. Alternatively, the WTRU estimates an effective channel estimate based on the DM-RS, quantizes the effective channel estimate and transmits the CSI feedback to the base station. | 06-19-2014 |
20140179328 | CONTROL CHANNEL SIGNALING AND ACQUISITION FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method and apparatus for handling a control channel for carrier aggregation in wireless communications. The method includes determining which component carrier to listen to, detecting the downlink control channel, processing mapping information related to downlink and uplink transmissions and operating discontinuous reception with respect to carrier aggregation. The method also includes detecting a component carrier, determining the component carrier type and locating the anchor component carrier, if necessary, where the anchor component carrier carries the carrier aggregation information. | 06-26-2014 |
20140185654 | ORTHOGONAL FREEQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING-CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS SYSTEM - An orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)-code division multiple access (CDMA) system is disclosed. The system includes a transmitter and a receiver. At the transmitter, a spreading and subcarrier mapping unit spreads an input data symbol with a complex quadratic sequence code to generate a plurality of chips and maps each chip to one of a plurality of subcarriers. An inverse discrete Fourier transform is performed on the chips mapped to the subcarriers and a cyclic prefix (CP) is inserted to an OFDM frame. A parallel-to-serial converter converts the time-domain data into a serial data stream for transmission. At the receiver, a serial-to-parallel converter converts received data into multiple received data streams and the CP is removed from the received data. A discrete Fourier transform is performed on the received data streams and equalization is performed. A despreader despreads an output of the equalizer to recover the transmitted data. | 07-03-2014 |
20140204899 | HYBRID ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS WTRU AND METHOD - A hybrid orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and method are disclosed. A WTRU includes a transmitter and a receiver. The receiver processes received data to recover data mapped to the subcarriers using OFDMA. The receiver recovers first input data by separating user data from multi-user spread data and recovers second input data from non-spread data. | 07-24-2014 |
20140206358 | TIMING AND CELL SPECIFIC SYSTEM INFORMATION HANDLING FOR HANDOVER IN EVOLVED UTRA - A method and apparatus for reducing handover time includes a wireless transmit receive unit receiving cell specific information in a downlink signal. The downlink signal is one of a set of signals included in a handover process. | 07-24-2014 |
20140233512 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING THE RELEASE OF A PERSISTENT RESOURCE - A method and apparatus for signaling the release of a persistent resource in long term evolution (LTE) are disclosed. An indication of the release of a downlink (DL) persistent resource is received by a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) from an evolved Node-B (eNB) via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). A positive acknowledgement (ACK) is transmitted by the WTRU which denotes that the indication has been received. The PDCCH or a medium access control (MAC) CE may be used by the eNB to signal the indication. At least one bit may be added to contents of the PDCCH to signal whether the PDCCH is for DL persistent or dynamic resource allocation. The DL persistent resource is then released and an indication that the DL persistent resource has been released is transmitted. | 08-21-2014 |
20140273872 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LTE RADIO LINK FAILURE DETERMINIATION IN DRX MODE - A method and apparatus for detecting radio link failure (RLF) in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) includes the WTRU performing a series of radio link measurements during a discontinuous reception (DRX) on-duration, comparing each of the series of radio link measurements to a threshold, and determining that the series of radio link measurements indicates an out-of-synch condition. | 09-18-2014 |
20140293915 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS IN MULTICARRIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatus for random access in multicarrier wireless communications are disclosed. Methods and apparatus are provided for physical random access channel (PRACH) resource signaling, PRACH resource handling, preamble and PRACH resource selection, random access response (RAR) reception, preamble retransmission, and transmission and reception of subsequent messages. A method for maintaining an allowed multicarrier uplink (UL) random access channel (RACH) configuration set by adding an UL carrier to the allowed RACH configuration set provided that a triggering event occurs and performing a random access (RA) procedure using the allowed RACH configuration set. A method for sending data in multicarrier wireless communications by determining a set of available UL carriers and selecting an UL carrier from the set of available UL carriers. | 10-02-2014 |
20140293933 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING TRAFFIC VOLUME MEASUREMENT INFORMATION TO SUPPORT UPLINK DATA TRANSMISSIONS - A method and apparatus for uplink transmission is disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) transmits a message to a Node-B, wherein the message is selected from at least a first type, a second type, and a third type. The first type of message indicates that the WTRU has uplink buffered data to transmit and the WTRU requires uplink resources for transmission of uplink data. The second type of message includes a plurality of indications, wherein each indication indicates an amount of uplink buffered data associated with at least one logical channel, wherein each logical channel is associated with a priority. The third type of message indicates an amount of uplink buffered data and has less information than the second type of message. | 10-02-2014 |
20140321307 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FEEBACK OVERHEAD REDUCTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A method and apparatus for reducing feedback transmission overhead in wireless communications. Averaging, compression, or both are used to reduce a number of bits needed for transmission of channel quality information. | 10-30-2014 |
20140321391 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENTION-BASED UPLINK DATA TRANSMISSION - A method and apparatus for a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) to use a contention-based uplink communications channel, applies a rule-based restriction of access to the contention-based uplink channel that attempts to use at least one contention-free uplink channel allocation for uplink transmissions on a condition that at least one contention-free uplink channel allocation has been granted. | 10-30-2014 |
20140328291 | MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL LAYER ARCHITECTURE FOR SUPPORTING ENHANCED UPLINK - A method and apparatus for processing data is disclosed. A request for uplink resources is transmitted. An uplink scheduling grant is received in response to the request for uplink resources. Data from at least one medium access control for dedicated channel (MAC-d) flow is multiplexed into a medium access control for enhanced uplink (MAC-e) protocol data unit (PDU). A transport format combination (TFC) is selected for transmission of the MAC-e PDU, at least based on the uplink scheduling grant, a maximum allowed transmit power, and logical channel priority. A MAC-e PDU is transmitted over an enhanced uplink channel using a hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) process. | 11-06-2014 |
20140341067 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING DATA BIT RATES TO MAINTAIN THE QUALITY OF RADIO LINKS - A wireless communication method and system for controlling the current data bit rate of a radio link (RL) to maintain the quality of the RL. The system includes a core network (CN), a radio network controller (RNC) and at least one wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The RL is established between the RNC and the WTRU. The RNC establishes a guaranteed data bit rate, a maximum data bit rate and a current data bit rate associated with the RL. When the RNC senses an event which indicates that the quality of the RL has substantially deteriorated, the RNC reduces the value of the current data bit rate. Then, in a recovery process, if a similar event does not occur during an established waiting period, the RNC restores the current data bit rate back to the maximum data bit rate. | 11-20-2014 |
20140362759 | MULTI-CELL COORDINATION FOR MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST MULTICAST SERVICES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention is related to a method and system for multi-cell coordination for multimedia broadcast multicast services (MBMS) in a wireless communication system. An MBMS multi-cell coordination unit is provided to coordinate a plurality of evolved Node-Bs (eNodeBs) for transmission of MBMS data synchronously in multiple cells of the same single frequency network (SFN). The MBMS multi-cell coordination unit may be located in an access gateway or in an eNodeB. An MBMS multi-cell scheduling scheme may be preconfigured for the eNodeBs for synchronization. Alternatively, the eNodeBs may be synchronized dynamically. | 12-11-2014 |
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20150044994 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VARIABLE SECURITY LEVEL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system and method for providing variable security levels in a wireless communication network. The present invention optimizes the often conflicting demands of highly secure wireless communications and high speed wireless communications. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, various security sensors are scanned to determine the likely presence of an intruder within a predetermined trust zone. If an intruder is likely present, the security level is changed to the highest setting, and consequently a lower data rate, while the intruder is identified. If the identified intruder is in fact a trusted node, the security level is returned to a lower setting. If the identified intruder is not a trusted node, the security level is maintained at an elevated state while the intruder is within the trust zone. | 02-12-2015 |
20150063252 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL RECEPTION IN COOPERATIVE MULTIPOINT TRANSMISSIONS - A method and apparatus may be used to enable reception of a downlink (DL) shared channel in a cooperative multipoint transmission (CoMP). The method and apparatus may determine whether CoMP is applied to a transmission. The method and apparatus may acquire other CoMP related information. The method and apparatus may apply to non-transparent CoMP scenarios. | 03-05-2015 |
20150085741 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COOPERATIVE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A method and apparatus for cooperation in wireless communications. Cooperation is considered among a number of network elements, including at least one wireless transmit-receive unit, at least one relay station, and at least one base station. | 03-26-2015 |