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20080219235 | System and Method for Frequency Division Multiple Access Communications - A method and system for wireless frequency division multiple access communications in the uplink and/or downlink directions, having an improved pilot insertion scheme for single carrier based communications is provided. A first time duration for transmission of a data payload block ( | 09-11-2008 |
20080247479 | Pilot Scheme For A Mimo Communication System - The present invention employs a pilot scheme for frequency division multiple access (FDM) communication systems, such as single carrier FDM communication systems. A given transmit time interval will include numerous traffic symbols and two or more short pilot symbols, which are spaced apart from one another by at least one traffic symbol and will have a Fourier transform length that is less than the Fourier transform length of any given traffic symbol. Multiple transmitters will generate pilot information and modulate the pilot information onto sub-carriers of the short pilot symbols in an orthogonal manner. Each transmitter may use different sub-carriers within the time and frequency domain, which is encompassed by the short pilot symbols within the transmit time interval. Alternatively, each transmitter may uniquely encode the pilot information using a unique code division multiplexed code and modulate the encoded pilot information onto common sub-carriers of the short pilot symbols. | 10-09-2008 |
20090074098 | System and method for embedding OFDM in CDMA systems - Systems and methods of combining OFDM and CDMA signals are provided. An OFDM packet data channel is overlaid over CDMA transmissions. The channel is scheduled slotwise between multiple users. In some embodiments, there is a CDMA packet data channel which is scheduled together with the OFDM packet data channel. | 03-19-2009 |
20090086648 | Rank Adaptation for an Open Loop Multi-Antenna Mode of Wireless Communication - To perform rank adaptation for a mobile station in a wireless network, it is determined whether the mobile station is fast moving. In response to determining that the mobile station is fast moving, an open loop multi-antenna mode is selected to perform wireless communication between the mobile station and a base station. Also, selection is made from among plural ranks for the wireless communication according to the open loop multi-antenna mode between the mobile station and the base station. | 04-02-2009 |
20090129502 | WIRELESS FEEDBACK SYSTEM AND METHOD - A codebook C is provided in a MIMO transmitter as well as a MIMO receiver. The codebook C will include M codewords c | 05-21-2009 |
20090213948 | ADAPTIVE TWO-DIMENSIONAL CHANNEL INTERPOLATION - A method and apparatus for improving channel estimation within an OFDM communication system. Channel estimation in OFDM is usually performed with the aid of pilot symbols. The pilot symbols are typically spaced in time and frequency. The set of frequencies and times at which pilot symbols are inserted is referred to as a pilot pattern. In some cases, the pilot pattern is a diagonal-shaped lattice, either regular or irregular. The method first interpolates in the direction of larger coherence (time or frequency). Using these measurements, the density of pilot symbols in the direction of faster change will be increased thereby improving channel estimation without increasing overhead. As such, the results of the first interpolating step can then be used to assist the interpolation in the dimension of smaller coherence (time or frequency). | 08-27-2009 |
20090274112 | Initial Access Channel for Scalable Wireless Mobile Communication Networks - Physical layer structures and access schemes for use in such networks are described and in particular initial access channel (IACH) structures are proposed. A spectrum efficient downlink (DL) IACH design supports different types of User Equipment (UE) capabilities and different system bandwidths. An IACH includes the synchronization channel (SCH) and broadcast-control channel (BCH). A non-uniform SCH for all system bandwidths is provided, as well as scalable bandwidth BCH depending on system bandwidth. An initial access procedure is provided, as well as an access procedure. | 11-05-2009 |
20110075651 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SC-FDMA TRANSMISSION DIVERSITY - The present application provides methods, devices and transmitters that mitigate increases in peak to average power ratio (PAPR) from transmission diversity in a single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) modulated uplink A PAPR preserving precode matrix hopping method that utilizes cyclic shift delays is provided, as well as a sub-band based transmit diversity scheme. The present application also provides methods, devices and transmitters that relax the scheduling restrictions associated with uplink scheduling in the LTE standard. | 03-31-2011 |
20110228728 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPACE CODE TRANSMIT DIVERSITY OF PUCCH - Aspects of the invention are directed to a transmit diversity method for use in a wireless terminal having a plurality of antennas and a wireless terminal configured to implement the method. The transmit diversity method includes using a different orthogonal sequence for each antenna, or group of antennas, for transmitting an uplink control channel from a wireless terminal to a base station. A first step of the method involves assigning at least one orthogonal sequence to one or more of the plurality of antennas, each of the plurality of antennas being assigned at least one orthogonal sequence. Once the orthogonal sequence is assigned, a further step involves scrambling a signal to be transmitted on the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) using the at least one orthogonal sequence for each antenna thereby producing a scrambled PUCCH for transmission by each antenna. The scrambled PUCCH can then be transmitted on the plurality of antennas. | 09-22-2011 |
20110286349 | Method and System for User Equipment Location Determination on a Wireless Transmission System - Neighbor cell hearability can be improved by including an additional reference signal that can be detected at a low sensitivity and a low signal-to-noise ratio, by introducing non-unity frequency reuse for the signals used for a time difference of arrival (TDOA) measurement, e.g., orthogonality of signals transmitted from the serving cell sites and the various neighbor cell sites. The new reference signal, called the TDOA-RS, is proposed to improve the hearability of neighbor cells in a cellular network that deploys 3GPP EU-TRAN (LTE) system, and the TDOA-RS can be transmitted in any resource blocks (RB) for POSCH and/or MBSFN subframe, regardless of whether the latter is on a carrier supporting both PMCH and POSCH or not. Besides the additional TDOA-RS reference signal, an additional synchronization signal (TDOA-sync) may also be included to improve the hearability of neighbor cells. | 11-24-2011 |
20120163282 | Relay Techniques Suitable for User Equipment in Downlink - The present invention provides a solution to improve coverage and cell edge performance in a mobile user communication system is the use of fixed relays, which are pieces of infrastructure without a wired backhaul connection. The relays transmit or “relay” downlink messages between the base station (BS) and mobile stations (MSs) through a multi-hop communication. The present invention is a method and system for supporting a multiple user mobile broadband communication network that includes relay techniques suitable for user equipment in the downlink communication to the user equipment. | 06-28-2012 |
20120188946 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS COMMUNICATIONS - A method and system for wireless frequency division multiple access communications in the uplink and/or downlink directions. A first time duration for transmission of a data payload block is established, and the transmission is processed using a first frequency domain or a time domain. A second time duration for transmission of at least one pilot block is established, and the transmission is processed using a second frequency domain or the time domain, the second time duration is not greater than the first time duration. | 07-26-2012 |
20120219083 | WIRELESS FEEDBACK SYSTEM AND METHOD - A codebook C is provided in a MIMO transmitter as well as a MIMO receiver. The codebook C will include M codewords c | 08-30-2012 |
20120307928 | SIGNALING AND CHANNEL ESTIMATION FOR UPLINK TRANSMIT DIVERSITY - In a method of transmitting a data stream from a transmitter in a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communication system, where the transmitter comprises a plurality of transmit antennas, a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) is applied to the data stream to generate a plurality of symbol sequences; symbols of a first symbol sequence from the plurality of symbol sequences are paired with symbols of a second symbol sequence from the plurality of symbol sequences to generate a plurality of symbol pairs, wherein the pairing results in an orphan symbol; a space-time block code (STBC) is applied to the symbol pairs to generate a plurality of sets of STBC symbols, each set of STBC symbols being associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of antennas; a cyclic delay diversity (CDD) operation is applied to the orphan symbol to generate a plurality of CDD symbols, each CDD symbol being associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of antennas; and each one of the antennas transmits the corresponding set of STBC symbols and the corresponding CDD symbol. | 12-06-2012 |
20130039388 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In accordance with embodiments, a communication system includes a first device and a second device in communication with the first device. The second device has at least a first pair and a second pair of antennas. The second device spreads a communication bit by a predetermined spreading factor and forms a first set of spatial block codes in frequency domain based on the spread communication bit. The first set of spatial block codes being consecutively transmitted on one of the first and second pairs of antennas. | 02-14-2013 |
20130107857 | Pilot Scheme for a MIMO Communication System | 05-02-2013 |
20130128997 | Adaptive Two-Dimensional Channel Interpolation - A method and apparatus for improving channel estimation within an OFDM communication system. Channel estimation in OFDM is usually performed with the aid of pilot symbols. The pilot symbols are typically spaced in time and frequency. The set of frequencies and times at which pilot symbols are inserted is referred to as a pilot pattern. In some cases, the pilot pattern is a diagonal-shaped lattice, either regular or irregular. The method first interpolates in the direction of larger coherence (time or frequency). Using these measurements, the density of pilot symbols in the direction of faster change will be increased thereby improving channel estimation without increasing overhead. As such, the results of the first interpolating step can then be used to assist the interpolation in the dimension of smaller coherence (time or frequency). | 05-23-2013 |
20130136205 | Adaptive Two-Dimensional Channel Interpolation - A method and apparatus for improving channel estimation within an OFDM communication system. Channel estimation in OFDM is usually performed with the aid of pilot symbols. The pilot symbols are typically spaced in time and frequency. The set of frequencies and times at which pilot symbols are inserted is referred to as a pilot pattern. In some cases, the pilot pattern is a diagonal-shaped lattice, either regular or irregular. The method first interpolates in the direction of larger coherence (time or frequency). Using these measurements, the density of pilot symbols in the direction of faster change will be increased thereby improving channel estimation without increasing overhead. As such, the results of the first interpolating step can then be used to assist the interpolation in the dimension of smaller coherence (time or frequency). | 05-30-2013 |
20140064395 | Wireless Feedback System and Method - A codebook C is provided in a MIMO transmitter as well as a MIMO receiver. The codebook C will include M codewords c | 03-06-2014 |
20140079152 | Adaptive Two-Dimensional Channel Interpolation - A method and apparatus for improving channel estimation within an OFDM communication system. Channel estimation in OFDM is usually performed with the aid of pilot symbols. The pilot symbols are typically spaced in time and frequency. The set of frequencies and times at which pilot symbols are inserted is referred to as a pilot pattern. In some cases, the pilot pattern is a diagonal-shaped lattice, either regular or irregular. The method first interpolates in the direction of larger coherence (time or frequency). Using these measurements, the density of pilot symbols in the direction of faster change will be increased thereby improving channel estimation without increasing overhead. As such, the results of the first interpolating step can then be used to assist the interpolation in the dimension of smaller coherence (time or frequency). | 03-20-2014 |
20140119471 | Adaptive Two-Dimensional Channel Interpolation - A method and apparatus for improving channel estimation within an OFDM communication system. Channel estimation in OFDM is usually performed with the aid of pilot symbols. The pilot symbols are typically spaced in time and frequency. The set of frequencies and times at which pilot symbols are inserted is referred to as a pilot pattern. In some cases, the pilot pattern is a diagonal-shaped lattice, either regular or irregular. The method first interpolates in the direction of larger coherence (time or frequency). Using these measurements, the density of pilot symbols in the direction of faster change will be increased thereby improving channel estimation without increasing overhead. As such, the results of the first interpolating step can then be used to assist the interpolation in the dimension of smaller coherence (time or frequency). | 05-01-2014 |
20140211726 | Systems and Methods for SC-FDMA Diversity Transmission - The present application provides methods, devices and transmitters that mitigate increases in peak to average power ratio (PAPR) from transmission diversity in a single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) modulated uplink. A PAPR preserving precode matrix hopping method that utilizes cyclic shift delays is provided, as well as a sub-band based transmit diversity scheme. The present application also provides methods, devices and transmitters that relax the scheduling restrictions associated with uplink scheduling in the LTE standard. | 07-31-2014 |
20140211778 | Systems and Methods for SC-FDMA Diversity Transmission - The present application provides methods, devices and transmitters that mitigate increases in peak to average power ratio (PAPR) from transmission diversity in a single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) modulated uplink. A PAPR preserving precode matrix hopping method that utilizes cyclic shift delays is provided, as well as a sub-band based transmit diversity scheme. The present application also provides methods, devices and transmitters that relax the scheduling restrictions associated with uplink scheduling in the LTE standard. | 07-31-2014 |
20150016394 | Pilot Scheme for a MIMO Communication System - The present invention employs a pilot scheme for frequency division multiple access (FDM) communication systems, such as single carrier FDM communication systems. A given transmit time interval will include numerous traffic symbols and two or more short pilot symbols, which are spaced apart from one another by at least one traffic symbol and will have a Fourier transform length that is less than the Fourier transform length of any given traffic symbol. Multiple transmitters will generate pilot information and modulate the pilot information onto sub-carriers of the short pilot symbols in an orthogonal manner. Each transmitter may use different sub-carriers within the time and frequency domain, which is encompassed by the short pilot symbols within the transmit time interval. Alternatively, each transmitter may uniquely encode the pilot information using a unique code division multiplexed code and modulate the encoded pilot information onto common sub-carriers of the short pilot symbols. | 01-15-2015 |
20150045057 | Method and System for User Equipment Location Determination on a Wireless Transmission System - Neighbor cell hearability can be improved by including an additional reference signal that can be detected at a low sensitivity and a low signal-to-noise ratio, by introducing non-unity frequency reuse for the signals used for a time difference of arrival (TDOA) measurement, e.g., orthogonality of signals transmitted from the serving cell sites and the various neighbor cell sites. The new reference signal, called the TDOA-RS, is proposed to improve the hearability of neighbor cells in a cellular network that deploys 3GPP EUTRAN (LTE) system, and the TDOA-RS can be transmitted in any resource blocks (RB) for PDSCH and/or MBSFN subframe, regardless of whether the latter is on a carrier supporting both PMCH and PDSCH or not. Besides the additional TDOA-RS reference signal, an additional synchronization signal (TDOA-sync) may also be included to improve the hearability of neighbor cells. | 02-12-2015 |
20150049738 | Pilot Scheme for a MIMO Communication System - The present invention employs a pilot scheme for frequency division multiple access (FDM) communication systems, such as single carrier FDM communication systems. A given transmit time interval will include numerous traffic symbols and two or more short pilot symbols, which are spaced apart from one another by at least one traffic symbol and will have a Fourier transform length that is less than the Fourier transform length of any given traffic symbol. Multiple transmitters will generate pilot information and modulate the pilot information onto sub-carriers of the short pilot symbols in an orthogonal manner. Each transmitter may use different sub-carriers within the time and frequency domain, which is encompassed by the short pilot symbols within the transmit time interval. Alternatively, each transmitter may uniquely encode the pilot information using a unique code division multiplexed code and modulate the encoded pilot information onto common sub-carriers of the short pilot symbols. | 02-19-2015 |
20150103938 | Wireless Feedback System and Method - A codebook C is provided in a MIMO transmitter as well as a MIMO receiver. The codebook C will include M codewords c | 04-16-2015 |
20150124901 | Channel Quality Indicator Apparatus and Method - A method and apparatus are provided for a wireless communication system including a base station and at least one user equipment. A Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) table can be generated so that only an index corresponding to the measured CQI needs to be fed back to the base station. The CQI tables proposed herein may be suitable to different channel statistics, different Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) mode and may be optimized based on either performance or implementation complexity. Multiple CQI tables may be formed into one compound CQI table. The CQI tables may be stored at both a base station and user equipment. The base station can select a CQI table from the set of tables. The base station signals the selection of the CQI table to the user equipment and the user equipment feeds back indices from the selected CQI table to the base station. | 05-07-2015 |
20150257175 | Initial Access Channel for Scalable Wireless Mobile Communication Networks - Physical layer structures and access schemes for use in such networks are described and in particular initial access channel (IACH) structures are proposed. A spectrum efficient downlink (DL) IACH design supports different types of User Equipment (UE) capabilities and different system bandwidths. An IACH includes the synchronization channel (SCH) and broadcast-control channel (BCH). A non-uniform SCH for all system bandwidths is provided, as well as scalable bandwidth BCH depending on system bandwidth. An initial access procedure is provided, as well as an access procedure. | 09-10-2015 |
20150295632 | Communication Systems and Methods - In accordance with embodiments, a communication system includes a first device and a second device in communication with the first device. The second device has at least a first pair and a second pair of antennas. The second device spreads a communication bit by a predetermined spreading factor and forms a first set of spatial block codes in frequency domain based on the spread communication bit. The first set of spatial block codes being consecutively transmitted on one of the first and second pairs of antennas. | 10-15-2015 |
20160006492 | Wireless Feedback System and Method - A codebook C is provided in a MIMO transmitter as well as a MIMO receiver. The codebook C will include M codewords c | 01-07-2016 |
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20080253469 | Methods and Systems for Ofdm Using Code Division Multiplexing - In some embodiments of the invention, OFDM symbols are transmitted as a plurality of clusters. A cluster includes a plurality of OFDM sub-carriers in frequency, over a plurality of OFDM symbol durations in time. Each cluster includes data as well as pilot information as a reference signal for channel estimation. In some embodiments, a plurality of clusters collectively occupy the available sub-carrier set in the frequency domain that is used for transmission. In some embodiments of the invention data and/or pilots are spread within each cluster using code division multiplexing (CDM). In some embodiments pilots and data are separated by distributing data on a particular number of the plurality of OFDM symbol durations and pilots on a remainder of the OFDM symbol durations. CDM spreading can be performed in time and/or frequency directions. | 10-16-2008 |
20090060081 | Systems and methods for ofdm channelization - Systems and methods for OFDM channelization are provided that allow for the co-existence of sub-band channels and diversity channels. Methods of defining diversity sub-channels and sub-band sub-channels are provided, and systematic channel definition and labeling schemes are provided. | 03-05-2009 |
20100322179 | Reference Signal Design For Wireless Communication System - A method and system for identifying a reference signal pattern in contiguous resource blocks received by a user agent (UA) in a wireless communication system where any of one through N contiguous resource blocks may be assigned to a UA, the method performed by a UA and comprising the steps of storing resource block reference signal patterns in a UA memory where the patterns include a separate reference signal pattern for each possible number of contiguous resource blocks that may be assigned to a UA, receiving a resource grant indicating a number contiguous resource block is assigned to the UA, based on the number of contiguous resource blocks assigned to the UA, identifying one of the reference signal patterns in the memory and using the identified one of the reference signal patterns to identify reference signals in contiguously received resource blocks. | 12-23-2010 |
20100323612 | Transparent Relay Using Dual-Layer Beam Forming Association Procedures - A system and method for use in a communication system that includes at least one base station and at least one relay node (RN) for communicating with a user agent (UA), the system comprising a base station that includes a processor and an antenna assembly capable of simultaneously transmitting at least first and second layer base station beams to the UA and a relay node (RN) that includes a processor and an antenna assembly capable of simultaneously transmitting at least first and second layer RN beams to the UA, wherein the first base station beam and first RN beam superpose on each other during transmission and the second base station beam and second RN beam superpose on each other during transmission so that the RN is transparent to the UA. | 12-23-2010 |
20110034175 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VIRTUAL CARRIER FOR MULTI-CARRIER AND COORDINATED MULTI-POINT NETWORK OPERATION - A method for implementing coordinated multi-point transmission and reception in a multi-carrier network system including a first serving network node and a second cooperating network node is disclosed. The method includes the steps of configuring a first transmission channel. The first transmission channel is established on the first serving network node. The method includes configuring a second transmission channel. The second transmission channel is established on the second cooperating node. The method includes transmitting control information using the first transmission channel. The control information allocates a resource on the second transmission channel and the second transmission channel is not established on the first serving network node. | 02-10-2011 |
20110044239 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARRIER ACTIVATION - A method for receiving data using a user agent (UA) configured to communicate with a wireless communications network using a first and second communication carrier is presented. The method includes receiving control information at a first time interval using the first communication carrier. The control information allocates a resource on at least one of the first communication carrier and the second communication carrier. The control information indicates whether a carrier switch is required. In one implementation, when the control information indicates a carrier switch is required, the method includes ceasing signal reception on the first communication carrier, and receiving a signal on the second communication carrier. | 02-24-2011 |
20110044261 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHANNEL TIMING OFFSET - A method for receiving data using a user agent (UA) configured to communicate with a wireless communications network using a first and second communication carrier is presented. The method includes receiving control information during a first time interval. The control information allocates a resource on at least one of the first communication carrier and the second communication carrier. When the control information allocates a resource on the first communication carrier, the method includes receiving data using the first communication carrier during a second time interval. When the control information allocates a resource on the second communication carrier, the method includes receiving data using the second communication carrier during a third time interval, the third time interval being offset from the first time interval. | 02-24-2011 |
20110149886 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM ANTENNA MANAGEMENT - Methods and apparatus to perform antenna management are described herein. One example method of establishing communication between user equipment and a network includes receiving a control channel message, decoding the control channel message, and sending an indication of whether interoperability of receiving signals from a first number of antennas is certified for the user equipment. Other examples are shown and described. | 06-23-2011 |
20110158156 | METHOD AND SYSTEM USING RELAYS WITH AGGREGATED SPECTRUM - International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) Advanced technology, also known as 4th Generation (4G) targets to support up to 100 MHz BW. LTE currently supports single carrier bandwidths of up to 20 MHz. The present application describes a multi-carrier approach in which some embodiments of the invention provide a simple solution of aggregating multiple single carrier bandwidths to obtain a wider bandwidth (>20 MHz). Such an approach may extend Long Term Evolution (LTE) bandwidth to greater than that provided by a single carrier, yet maintain full backward compatibility with technologies that predate 4G technology and utilize smaller, single carrier bandwidths. More generally, embodiments of the invention can apply to other communication standards than only LTE. | 06-30-2011 |
20110164491 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMBINING OFDM AND TRANSFORMED OFDM - Methods and systems are provided that enable an OFDM transmitter to be used for transmitting conventional OFDM or a form of transformed OFDM. A technique is provided for transforming a coded and modulated sequence of samples prior to an IFFT that enables the transformed sequence of samples to be transmitted using conventional OFDM or transformed OFDM. The selection of a transform function for transforming the coded and modulated sequence of samples may be based on optimizing the transform function for particular operating conditions between the transmitter and receiver. In some embodiments of the invention OFDM and time transformed OFDM are multiplexed in time and/or frequency in a transmission frame. In some embodiments of the invention a pilot pattern is provided in which the pilot are sent using OFDM and data is sent using OFDM and/or transformed OFDM. | 07-07-2011 |
20110164492 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMBINING OFDM AND TRANSFORMED OFDM - Methods and systems are provided that enable an OFDM transmitter to be used for transmitting conventional OFDM or a form of transformed OFDM. A technique is provided for transforming a coded and modulated sequence of samples prior to an IFFT that enables the transformed sequence of samples to be transmitted using conventional OFDM or transformed OFDM. The selection of a transform function for transforming the coded and modulated sequence of samples may be based on optimizing the transform function for particular operating conditions between the transmitter and receiver. In some embodiments of the invention OFDM and time transformed OFDM are multiplexed in time and/or frequency in a transmission frame. In some embodiments of the invention a pilot pattern is provided in which the pilot are sent using OFDM and data is sent using OFDM and/or transformed OFDM. | 07-07-2011 |
20110176629 | DOWNLINK TRANSMISSION IN A MULTIPLE-USER MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT ("MU-MIMO") WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Information transmission in a multiple-input multiple-output (“MIMO”) wireless communication system is provided. In one embodiment, a method for transmitting information in a MIMO wireless communication system, comprising updating channel quality information (“CQI”) values of a plurality of wireless devices, wherein updating said CQI values consider the effects of interference from transmissions to those wireless devices associated with a pre-assigned companion codeword set; pairing said plurality of wireless devices using at least said CQI values, a precoding matrix index (“PMI”) value and said pre-assigned companion codeword set, wherein said pre-assigned companion codeword set, pre-assigned companion codewords associated with said pre-assigned companion codeword set and said PMI value are updated for each of said plurality of wireless devices; precoding the information for each of said plurality of wireless devices using said PMI value; and transmitting said precoded information to each of said plurality of wireless devices. | 07-21-2011 |
20110194540 | MULTI-SITE MIMO COOPERATION IN CELLULAR NETWORKS - A method of serving a given data stream to a target mobile terminal, in a cellular communications network that includes a plurality of transmitting sites wherein each transmitting site including at least one antenna, is provided. The method includes designating at least two of the plurality of transmitting sites as cooperating sites; assigning tones to each transmitting site from a sub-band associated with the cooperating sites; dividing the data stream into at least two sub-data streams, each of the sub-data streams for transmission over selected tones; and interlacing tones of the cooperating sites in accordance with a selected one of a time switching and a frequency switching transmit diversity technique. Other techniques for multi-site MIMO cooperation are also provided. | 08-11-2011 |
20110205955 | NETWORK-RELAY SIGNALING FOR DOWNLINK TRANSPARENT RELAY - In a method of providing downlink retransmissions to a mobile station in a wireless communication network, the wireless communication network comprising a base station communicatively linked to a transparent relay station, the base station receives a request for a retransmission from the mobile station; schedules resources for the retransmission; signals scheduling information for the retransmission to the transparent relay station via a control link; and the transparent relay station receives the scheduling information for the retransmission on the control link; and sends the retransmission to the mobile station in a retransmit subframe on a retransmit frequency band. | 08-25-2011 |
20110206157 | REFERENCE SIGNAL DESIGN FOR DOWNLINK HIGH-ORDER MIMO - In a cellular network supporting both legacy standard-compliant mobile terminals and next generation standard-compliant mobile terminals, both legacy reference signals and next generation reference signals are supported. A method of operation of a MIMO transmitter compliant with both standards includes: defining a matrix of resource blocks within an information channel of the cellular network, wherein each resource block corresponds to a region of subcarriers of a transmission timeslot at a given frequency subband; assigning a first set of reference signals (RSs) for the legacy standard-compliant mobile terminals to resource blocks at specific locations within the matrix to be transmitted by the MIMO transmitter, the specific locations being defined by the legacy standard; and assigning a second set of RSs for the next-generation standard-compliant mobile terminals to other resource blocks within the matrix to be transmitted by the MIMO transmitter. | 08-25-2011 |
20110268045 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION TRANSMISSION IN CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method for communicating uplink control information to a base station using a user equipment is presented. The method includes identifying component carriers on the user equipment scheduled for Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (PUSCH) transmissions, and identifying at least one first ranking for each of the component carriers for transmission of uplink control information. Each first ranking is at least partially determined by whether the component carrier is configured for delay-sensitive transmissions. The method includes using the at least one first ranking to select a first component carrier for transmission of uplink control information, and encoding uplink control information into the first component carrier for transmission to the base station. | 11-03-2011 |
20110306291 | ENABLING DOWNLINK TRANSPARENT RELAY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - Methods and apparatus are described for enabling downlink transparent relay in a wireless communication network. In a wireless communications network, a base station and a mobile station may communicate with each other via a relay station, as needed. Transparent relay may allow for relay communication between a base station and a mobile station although the mobile station is unaware of the relay station. However, non-contiguous transmission of a relay station may lead to channel quality measurement and channel estimation degradation during downlink transparent relay. According to some aspects, a base station may schedule a mobile station to a transmission mode that utilizes dedicated pilot signals for downlink transparent relay, and a relay station may transmit data and dedicated pilot signals over the same channel resources as the base station. According to some aspects, the relay station may null common pilot signals transmitted by the base station. | 12-15-2011 |
20110310986 | System and Method for Uplink Control Information Transmission in Carrier Aggregation - A method for communicating uplink control information to a base station using a user equipment is presented. The method includes identifying component carriers on the user equipment scheduled for Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (PUSCH) transmissions, and identifying at least one first ranking for each of the component carriers for transmission of uplink control information. Each first ranking is at least partially determined by whether the component carrier is configured for delay-sensitive transmissions. The method includes using the at least one first ranking to select a first component carrier for transmission of uplink control information, and encoding uplink control information into the first component carrier for transmission to the base station. | 12-22-2011 |
20120087335 | Multi-site mimo cooperation in cellular network - In a cellular communications network comprising a plurality of transmitting sites wherein each transmitting site comprises at least one antenna, a method of serving a given data stream to a target mobile terminal, comprising: designating at least two of the plurality of transmitting sites as cooperating sites; assigning tones to each transmitting site from a sub-band associated with the cooperating sites; dividing the data stream into at least two sub-data streams, each of the sub-data streams for transmission over selected tones; and interlacing tones of the cooperating sites in accordance with a selected one of a time switching and a frequency switching transmit diversity technique. | 04-12-2012 |
20120087394 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OFDM USING CODE DIVISION MULTIPLEXING - In some embodiments of the invention, OFDM symbols are transmitted as a plurality of clusters. A cluster includes a plurality of OFDM sub-carriers in frequency, over a plurality of OFDM symbol durations in time. Each cluster includes data as well as pilot information as a reference signal for channel estimation. In some embodiments, a plurality of clusters collectively occupy the available sub-carrier set in the frequency domain that is used for transmission. In some embodiments of the invention data and/or pilots are spread within each cluster using code division multiplexing (CDM). In some embodiments pilots and data are separated by distributing data on a particular number of the plurality of OFDM symbol durations and pilots on a remainder of the OFDM symbol durations. CDM spreading can be performed in time and/or frequency directions. | 04-12-2012 |
20120087442 | DESIGN ASPECTS TO SUPPORT LTE-A DOWNLINK HI-ORDER MIMO - A method of operation of a MIMO transmitter, in a cellular network supporting both legacy standard-compliant mobile terminals and next generation standard-compliant mobile terminals, the method comprising defining a matrix of resource blocks within an information channel of the cellular network, wherein each resource block corresponds to a region of subcarriers of a transmission timeslot at a given frequency subband; assigning a first set of reference signals (RSs) for the legacy standard-compliant mobile terminals to resource blocks at specific locations within the matrix to be transmitted by the MIMO transmitter, the specific locations being defined by, the legacy standard; and assigning a second set of RSs for the next-generation standard-compliant mobile terminals to other resource blocks within the matrix to be transmitted by the MIMO transmitter. | 04-12-2012 |
20120281554 | Methods and Systems of Wireless Communication with Remote Radio Heads - A method for transmitting control information in a telecommunications cell is provided. The method includes a transmission point in the cell transmitting a unicast PDCCH intended only for a specific UE in the cell. The unicast PDCCH contains at least one resource element in each resource element group. The at least one resource element contains a UE-specific DMRS that can be used for decoding the unicast PDCCH without the cell-specific reference signal. | 11-08-2012 |
20120281555 | Systems and Methods of Wireless Communication with Remote Radio Heads - A method for communication in a telecommunications cell is provided. The method includes a macro-eNB transmitting a UE-specific SRS to a specific UE in the cell over at least one TP. The method further includes the UE receiving the UE-specific SRS, measuring the UE-specific SRS, and feeding back to the macro-eNB information about a downlink channel from the TP to the UE, the information being based on the measurement. | 11-08-2012 |
20120281567 | Methods and Systems of Wireless Communication with Remote Radio Heads - A method of operating an eNB in a wireless communication network is provided. The method comprises transmitting, by the eNB to a UE, configuration information of first and second sets of CSI-RS resources, wherein the first set of CSI-RS resources is used for long term measurement and the second set of CSI-RS resources is used for short term CSI feedback. | 11-08-2012 |
20120281640 | Methods of PDCCH Capacity Enhancement in LTE Systems Based on a TP-Specific Reference Signal - A method is provided for providing reference signal information in a cell including a plurality of transmission points in a wireless telecommunication system. The method comprises transmitting, by one of a subset of transmission points in the cell, at least one reference signal for demodulating a PDCCH, wherein transmitting the at least one reference signal comprises transmitting the at least one reference signal in at least one CCE reserved in a PDCCH region for transmission of the at least one reference signal. | 11-08-2012 |
20120282936 | Methods of PDCCH Capacity Enhancement in LTE Systems - A method is provided for transmitting data scheduling information from at least one transmission point in a cell in a wireless telecommunication system. The method comprises, in a procedure for generating a PDCCH, the at least one transmission point inserting a DMRS into at least one resource element in at least one REG in at least one CCE that contains the PDCCH, wherein the PDCCH is intended only for at least one specific UE. | 11-08-2012 |
20130003604 | Method and Apparatus for Enhancing Downlink Control Information Transmission - A method is provided for transmitting an extended physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH). The method comprises transmitting control information in at least one time-frequency resource unit that would otherwise be used to carry a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The E-PDCCH and at least one PDSCH are multiplexed in a transmission time interval. A first set of configuration of the E-PDCCH is semi-statically signaled and a second set of configuration of the E-PDCCH is dynamically signaled. | 01-03-2013 |
20130003663 | Transmit Downlink Control Information With Higher Order Modulation - A method is provided for applying HOM to a PDCCH to transmit control information from an access node to a UE. The method comprises: selecting a DCI format for a HOM PDCCH; determining a DCI block of the HOM PDCCH according to the selected DCI format; generating a sequence of coded bits to be transmitted from the DCI block; multiplexing the sequence of coded bits of the HOM PDCCH with coded bits of other PDCCHs to form a sequence of multiplexed bits; scrambling the sequence of multiplexed bits to form a sequence of scrambled bits; modulating the scrambled bits to form a sequence of modulation symbols; and transmitting the sequence of modulation symbols, where a PDCCH is transmitted on an aggregation of one or more CCEs. | 01-03-2013 |
20130010681 | Network-Relay Signaling for Downlink Transparent Relay - In a method of providing downlink retransmissions to a mobile station in a wireless communication network, the wireless communication network comprising a base station communicatively linked to a transparent relay station, the base station receives a request for a retransmission from the mobile station; schedules resources for the retransmission; signals scheduling information for the retransmission to the transparent relay station via a control link; and the transparent relay station receives the scheduling information for the retransmission on the control link; and sends the retransmission to the mobile station in a retransmit subframe on a retransmit frequency band. | 01-10-2013 |
20130010709 | Downlink Control Information Set Switching When Using Carrier Aggregation - A method and apparatus for reconfiguring a user equipment configured for multi-carrier operation from a first downlink control information set to a second downlink control information set while carrier aggregation is being used, including receiving a physical downlink control channel with downlink control information formats containing a carrier indicator field. | 01-10-2013 |
20130010964 | System and Method for Multi-Carrier Network Operation - A system and method for configuring a component carrier is presented. A component carrier assignment message is received. The component carrier assignment message may be configured to identify the component carrier and include at least one of, at least one of a downlink carrier frequency, a carrier frequency of a paired uplink carrier, a bandwidth of the component carrier, and a bandwidth of the paired uplink carrier, an indication of whether the component carrier is a control channel monitoring component carrier configured to signal data channel assignment information for the component carrier, and a logical index of the component carrier. The component carrier assignment message may then be used to configure the component carrier on a user equipment (UE). | 01-10-2013 |
20130012119 | ENABLING DOWNLINK TRANSPARENT RELAY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - Methods and apparatus are described for enabling downlink transparent relay in a wireless communication network. In a wireless communications network, a base station and a mobile station may communicate with each other via a relay station, as needed. Transparent relay may allow for relay communication between a base station and a mobile station although the mobile station is unaware of the relay station. However, non-contiguous transmission of a relay station may lead to channel quality measurement and channel estimation degradation during downlink transparent relay. According to some aspects, a base station may schedule a mobile station to a transmission mode that utilizes dedicated pilot signals for downlink transparent relay, and a relay station may transmit data and dedicated pilot signals over the same channel resources as the base station. According to some aspects, the relay station may null common pilot signals transmitted by the base station. | 01-10-2013 |
20130016655 | Reducing Blind Decodings for Communications Using Carrier Aggregation - A method and apparatus for transmitting downlink control information when carrier aggregation is being used, by determining at least one downlink control information (DCI) format for a first carrier and at least once DCI format for a second carrier; and including padding in at least one DCI format corresponding to the second carrier such that the DCI format size of the padded DCI format equals the DCI format size of a DCI format corresponding to the first carrier. | 01-17-2013 |
20130016662 | MULTI-SITE MIMO COOPERATION IN CELLULAR NETWORK - In a cellular communications network comprising a plurality of transmitting sites wherein each transmitting site comprises at least one antenna, a method of serving a given data stream to a target-mobile terminal, comprising: designating at least two of the plurality of transmitting sites as cooperating sites; assigning tones to each transmitting site from a sub-band associated with the cooperating sites; dividing the data stream into at least two sub-data streams, each of the sub-data streams for transmission over selected tones; and interlacing tones of the cooperating sites in accordance with a selected one of a time switching and a frequency switching transmit diversity technique. | 01-17-2013 |
20130028180 | Method and system for access and uplink power control for a wireless system having multiple transmit points - A method and system for access and uplink power control for a wireless system having multiple transmit points. In one aspect a method operating in a wireless network having a plurality of transmission points (TP) including a macro evolved Node B (eNB) and at least one low power node (LPN) having transmit power lower than that of the macro eNB, the method detecting, by the user equipment, a transmission point having a lowest path loss to the user equipment; and transmitting, by the user equipment, a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble on a PRACH directed to the transmission points having the lowest path losses. | 01-31-2013 |
20130029657 | Method and System for Access and Uplink Power Control for a Wireless System Having Multiple Transmit Points - A method and system for access and uplink power control for a wireless system having multiple transmit points. In one aspect, a method at a user equipment operating in a wireless network having a plurality of transmission points including a macro evolved Node B (‘eNB’) and at least one low power node (‘LPN’) having transmit power lower than that of the macro eNB, the method finding, at the user equipment, at least one reference transmission point, the finding utilizing at least one of a calculation at the user equipment and a message from a network element; and performing, by the user equipment, uplink power control based on the at least one reference transmission. | 01-31-2013 |
20130029677 | MULTI-SITE MIMO COOPERATION IN CELLULAR NETWORKS - A method of serving a given data stream to a target mobile terminal, in a cellular communications network that includes a plurality of transmitting sites wherein each transmitting site including at least one antenna, is provided. The method includes designating at least two of the plurality of transmitting sites as cooperating sites; assigning tones to each transmitting site from a sub-band associated with the cooperating sites; dividing the data stream into at least two sub-data streams, each of the sub-data streams for transmission over selected tones; and interlacing tones of the cooperating sites in accordance with a selected one of a time switching and a frequency switching transmit diversity technique. Other techniques for multi-site MIMO cooperation are also provided. | 01-31-2013 |
20130034007 | Systems and Methods for OFDM Channelization - Systems and methods for OFDM channelization are provided that allow for the co-existence of sub-band channels and diversity channels. Methods of defining diversity sub-channels and sub-band sub-channels are provided, and systematic channel definition and labeling schemes are provided. | 02-07-2013 |
20130039203 | REFERENCE SIGNAL FOR A COORDINATED MULTI-POINT NETWORK IMPLEMENTATION - A system and method of receiving a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) is presented. At a user equipment, a first CSI-RS transmitted from a base station is received. In some implementations, the first CSI-RS is transmitted at a first periodicity using a first set of antenna ports. At the user equipment, a second CSI-RS transmitted from the base station is received. In some implementations, the second CSI-RS is transmitted at a second periodicity using a second set of antenna ports. At least one of the first CSI-RS and the second CSI-RS is used to perform channel measurement. | 02-14-2013 |
20130039291 | Design on Enhanced Control Channel for Wireless System - A method is provided for communication in a cell in a wireless telecommunication system. The method comprises, in a region that would otherwise carry a PDSCH, the region being defined by a number of resource blocks and a number of OFDM symbols, instead transmitting at least one of an uplink grant and a downlink assignment in a plurality of OFDM symbols within a first slot, a second slot, or both slots of the region, wherein the region can use either localized or distributed resources, and wherein the region contains one of: a transmission point-specific reference signal; a UE-specific reference signal; and a cell-specific reference signal. | 02-14-2013 |
20130039349 | Methods of Channel State Information Feedback and Transmission in Coordinated Multi-Point Wireless Communications System - An apparatus and method for feedback solutions that function in conjunction with CoMP transmissions. The feedback solutions are applicable to joint transmission (JT) as well as coordinated scheduling (CS) and coordinated beamforming (CB). Embodiments of the present disclosure are described herein in the context of a wireless network in compliance with LTE standards. | 02-14-2013 |
20130044685 | Reference Signal for a Coordinated Multi-Point Network Implementation - A system and method for broadcasting a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) is disclosed. A CSI-RS that is orthogonal to CSI-RSs transmitted by each of a first network cell and each of a set of neighbor cells that interfere with the first network cell is identified. In one implementation, the first network cell has a coverage containing a coverage of a second network cell. The method includes transmitting, from the second network cell, the CSI-RS that is orthogonal to CSI-RSs transmitted by each of the first network cell and each of a set of interfering neighbor cells. | 02-21-2013 |
20130064196 | Searching Space and Operation for Enhanced PDCCH in LTE Systems - A method is provided for operating an eNB in a wireless communication network. The method comprises allocating, by the eNB, one or more resource units within one or more physical resource block pairs to a user equipment for transmitting enhanced control information. | 03-14-2013 |
20130064215 | Enhanced PDCCH with Transmit Diversity in LTE Systems - A method is provided for communication in a wireless telecommunications network. The method comprises transmitting an extended physical downlink control channel to a user equipment using transmit diversity from at least one demodulation reference signal port. | 03-14-2013 |
20130064216 | DMRS Association and Signaling for Enhanced PDCCH in LTE Systems - A method is provided for operating a UE in a wireless communication network. The method comprises sending, by the UE, an ACK/NACK message after receiving data on a PDSCH scheduled by an E-PDCCH, wherein the sending is from at least one antenna port and uses at least one physical resource, and wherein the at least one physical resource is determined based at least partially on a resource over which the E-PDCCH is received, and wherein the resource over which the E-PDCCH is received consists of at least one eCCE. | 03-14-2013 |
20130070583 | Network-Relay Signaling for Downlink Transparent Relay - In a method of providing downlink retransmissions to a mobile station in a wireless communication network, the wireless communication network comprising a base station communicatively linked to a transparent relay station, the base station receives a request for a retransmission from the mobile station; schedules resources for the retransmission; signals scheduling information for the retransmission to the transparent relay station via a control link; and the transparent relay station receives the scheduling information for the retransmission on the control link; and sends the retransmission to the mobile station in a retransmit subframe on a retransmit frequency band. | 03-21-2013 |
20130083681 | Methods of Channel State Information Feedback and Transmission in Coordinated Multi-Point Wireless Communications System - A method of operating an eNB in a wireless communication network is provided, wherein the eNB is configured for coordinated multipoint (CoMP) transmission. The method comprises determining, by the eNB, whether to use a fall back transmission scheme for communicating with a UE in the network, wherein the fall back transmission scheme is different from a regular transmission scheme. The method further comprises transmitting, by the eNB, data using the fall back transmission scheme in one or more selected subframes and/or on selected frequency resources. | 04-04-2013 |
20130094463 | System and Method for Improved Control Channel Transmit Diversity - A method for providing transmit diversity in wireless network communications is presented. An indication of a slot structure is received. The slot structure identifies at least a first location of a reference signal within a slot. A first reference signal is transmitted within a first slot using a first antenna. A location of the first reference signal within the first slot is determined by the slot structure. A second reference signal is transmitted within the first slot using a second antenna. A location of the second reference signal within the first slot is determined by the slot structure. In some cases, the slot structure identifies a second location of a reference signal within the slot structure. The second location being offset from the first location, and a third reference signal is transmitted within the first slot at the second location on the first antenna. | 04-18-2013 |
20130094524 | Transmit Diversity Using Low Code Rate Spatial Multiplexing - A system is provided for transmitting a low code rate spatially multiplexed channel on multiple antennas. The system includes a transmitter and a processor. The processor is configured such that the processor encodes a block of information bits to form channel coded bits, wherein the ratio of the number of channel coded bits to the number of information bits is greater than one; and the processor maps the channel coded bits to modulation symbols, and each channel coded bit is mapped once to a modulation symbol. The transmitter is configured to transmit a first portion of the modulation symbols using a spreading sequence on a first antenna of the multiple antennas and to transmit a second portion of the modulation symbols using the spreading sequence on a second antenna of the multiple antennas. | 04-18-2013 |
20130114517 | Inter-Cell Interference Coordination for E-PDCCH - A method is provided for communication in a wireless telecommunication system. The method comprises transmitting, by a first access node, an indicator to a second access node over an interface between the first access node and the second access node, wherein the indicator provides information on a transmission of a control channel by the first access node. | 05-09-2013 |
20130117622 | Method and System for Up-Link HARQ-ACK and CSI Transmission - A method and user equipment for simultaneous transmission of a first set of information bits and a second set of information bits by a user equipment, either separately encoded utilizing transmit power or rate matching to increase successful decoding of a set of information bits, or jointly encoding using a priori knowledge or bit positioning to increase successful decoding. Also, the use of joint coding where a first set of information bits is encoded first and then encoded with a second set of information bits, and modulation symbol mapping are provided. | 05-09-2013 |
20130194908 | Method of Resource Allocation and Signaling for Aperiodic Channel Sounding - A method for resource allocation. The method includes signaling a set of SRS subframes in which an SRS can be transmitted, wherein a UE not capable of aperiodic SRS transmission can be instructed to transmit periodic SRS in any of the SRS subframes. The method further includes signaling which of the SRS subframes are to be used for periodic SRS transmissions and which are to be used for aperiodic SRS transmissions, wherein a periodic SRS transmission is an SRS transmission that is transmitted by a UE in a first subframe, the first subframe being determined at least by the subframe in which the UE transmitted a previous SRS and an SRS periodicity, and wherein an aperiodic SRS transmission is an SRS transmission that is transmitted by a UE in a second subframe, the second subframe being determined at least by a transmission on a physical control channel to the UE. | 08-01-2013 |
20130215849 | Total Remaining Power Estimation in Carrier Aggregation - A user equipment (UE), comprising at least one component configured to send power headroom (PH) information for each of a plurality of component carriers (CCs) of a carrier aggregation, CC specific configured maximum power information for the CCs, and UE configured maximum power information, wherein the PH information for each of the CCs, the CC specific configured maximum power information for the CCs, and the UE configured maximum power information allow the access device to estimate a total remaining power for the UE. | 08-22-2013 |
20130235812 | Enhanced PHICH Transmission for LTE-Advanced - A method is provided for communication in a wireless telecommunication system. The method comprises generating a sequence of signals of an enhanced physical HARQ (hybrid automatic repeat request) indicator channel (E-PHICH). The method further comprises mapping the sequence of signals of the E-PHICH to a first set of resource elements, wherein the first set of resource elements is multiplexed with a second set of resource elements over a set of virtual resource blocks, and wherein the second set of resource elements carries at least one of an enhanced physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH) and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). | 09-12-2013 |
20130242882 | Enhanced Common Downlink Control Channels - A method is provided for communication in a wireless telecommunication system. The method comprises designating, by a network element, a first set of time-frequency resources for transmitting a first set of downlink control channels for a plurality of UEs, wherein the first set of time-frequency resources is known to the plurality of UEs, and wherein the first set of time-frequency resources varies from a first time interval to a second time interval. The method further comprises mapping, by the network element, a first downlink control channel to the first set of time-frequency resources. The method further comprises transmitting, by the network element, the first downlink control channel together with a downlink data channel in a frequency-division multiplexing manner. | 09-19-2013 |
20130301685 | Methods and Systems for OFDM using Code Division Multiplexing - In some embodiments of the invention, OFDM symbols are transmitted as a plurality of clusters. A cluster includes a plurality of OFDM sub-carriers in frequency, over a plurality of OFDM symbol durations in time. Each cluster includes data as well as pilot information as a reference signal for channel estimation. In some embodiments, a plurality of clusters collectively occupy the available sub-carrier set in the frequency domain that is used for transmission. In some embodiments of the invention data and/or pilots are spread within each cluster using code division multiplexing (CDM). In some embodiments pilots and data are separated by distributing data on a particular number of the plurality of OFDM symbol durations and pilots on a remainder of the OFDM symbol durations. CDM spreading can be performed in time and/or frequency directions. | 11-14-2013 |
20140192842 | TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Methods, devices, and systems for the transmission of information in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for the transmission of information in a wireless communication system comprises receiving a downlink message, wherein the downlink message includes a first control channel element; determining a first index using the location of the first control channel element; determining a second index; determining a first orthogonal resource using the first index; determining a second orthogonal resource using the second index; spreading an uplink message using the first orthogonal resource to form a first spread signal; spreading the uplink message using a second orthogonal resource to form a second spread signal; transmitting the first spread signal using a first antenna; and transmitting the second spread signal using a second antenna. | 07-10-2014 |
20140204809 | Cell Identity Design for LTE-Advanced - A method for generating a synchronization signal is provided. The method comprises using a number other than 63 as an N | 07-24-2014 |
20140219240 | Method and System for Combining OFDM and Transformed OFDM - Methods and systems are provided that enable an OFDM transmitter to be used for transmitting conventional OFDM or a form of transformed OFDM. A technique is provided for transforming a coded and modulated sequence of samples prior to an IFFT that enables the transformed sequence of samples to be transmitted using conventional OFDM or transformed OFDM. The selection of a transform function for transforming the coded and modulated sequence of samples may be based on optimizing the transform function for particular operating conditions between the transmitter and receiver. In some embodiments of the invention OFDM and time transformed OFDM are multiplexed in time and/or frequency in a transmission frame. In some embodiments of the invention a pilot pattern is provided in which the pilot are sent using OFDM and data is sent using OFDM and/or transformed OFDM. | 08-07-2014 |
20140219387 | Method and System for Combining OFDM and Transformed OFDM - Methods and systems are provided that enable an OFDM transmitter to be used for transmitting conventional OFDM or a form of transformed OFDM. A technique is provided for transforming a coded and modulated sequence of samples prior to an IFFT that enables the transformed sequence of samples to be transmitted using conventional OFDM or transformed OFDM. The selection of a transform function for transforming the coded and modulated sequence of samples may be based on optimizing the transform function for particular operating conditions between the transmitter and receiver. In some embodiments of the invention OFDM and time transformed OFDM are multiplexed in time and/or frequency in a transmission frame. In some embodiments of the invention a pilot pattern is provided in which the pilot are sent using OFDM and data is sent using OFDM and/or transformed OFDM. | 08-07-2014 |
20140233407 | Interference Measurement Methods for Advanced Receiver in LTE/LTE-A - A method for receiving a PDCH is provided. The method comprises: receiving, by a UE, information identifying a plurality of resource elements that are transmitted with zero power in a resource block containing the PDCH; receiving, by the UE, a first DMRS on a first DMRS port transmitted from a first cell; and receiving, by the UE, the PDCH that is transmitted on the first DMRS port. | 08-21-2014 |
20140233466 | Methods of Interference Measurement for Advanced Receiver in LTE/LTE-A - A method for communication in a wireless communications network is provided. The method comprises: transmitting, by a network element in a first cell, a first DMRS on a first DMRS port; transmitting, by the network element, a first PDSCH on the first DMRS port; and transmitting, by the network, information indicating that the first DMRS port is used to transmit the first PDSCH, and information about a second DMRS port that is not used to transmit the first PDSCH but is used to transmit a second DMRS, wherein the first DMRS and the second DMRS are orthogonal to one another. | 08-21-2014 |
20140243002 | Methods of Inter-Cell Resource Sharing - A method for communication in a wireless telecommunication network is provided. The method comprises transmitting, by a first cell, to a first UE, a first signal on a resource block configured to be shared by more than one cell; and transmitting, by a second cell, to a second UE, a second signal on the same resource block, wherein a specification of a location of the resource block is included in configuration information available to the first cell and the second cell. | 08-28-2014 |
20140254521 | System and Method for Multi-Carrier Network Operation - A system and method for configuring a component carrier is presented. A component carrier assignment message is received. The component carrier assignment message may be configured to identify the component carrier and include at least one of, at least one of a downlink carrier frequency, a carrier frequency of a paired uplink carrier, a bandwidth of the component carrier, and a bandwidth of the paired uplink carrier, an indication of whether the component carrier is a control channel monitoring component carrier configured to signal data channel assignment information for the component carrier, and a logical index of the component carrier. The component carrier assignment message may then be used to configure the component carrier on a user equipment (UE). | 09-11-2014 |
20140269368 | Radio Link Quality Monitoring - Disclosed herein is a method of radio link monitoring (RLM) in a UE comprising the steps of: selecting a control channel type to perform RLM on, wherein the control channel type includes one or more of: a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); or an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH); receiving a transmission on a carrier, the transmission comprising one or more reference signals; and determining the quality of the radio link using the selected control channel type and the one or more reference signals. | 09-18-2014 |
20140269585 | Downlink Control Information Set Switching When Using Carrier Aggregation - A method and apparatus for reconfiguring a user equipment configured for multi-carrier operation from a first downlink control information set to a second downlink control information set while carrier aggregation is being used, including receiving a physical downlink control channel with downlink control information formats containing a carrier indicator field. | 09-18-2014 |
20140307676 | System and Method for Uplink Control Information Transmission in Carrier Aggregation - A method for communicating uplink control information to a base station using a user equipment is presented. The method includes identifying component carriers on the user equipment scheduled for Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (PUSCH) transmissions, and identifying at least one first ranking for each of the component carriers for transmission of uplink control information. Each first ranking is at least partially determined by whether the component carrier is configured for delay-sensitive transmissions. The method includes using the at least one first ranking to select a first component carrier for transmission of uplink control information, and encoding uplink control information into the first component carrier for transmission to the base station. | 10-16-2014 |
20150016295 | Methods of Channel State Information Feedback and Transmission in Coordinated Multi-Point Wireless Communications System - A method of operating an eNB in a wireless communication network is provided, wherein the eNB is configured for coordinated multipoint (CoMP) transmission. The method comprises determining, by the eNB, whether to use a fall back transmission scheme for communicating with a UE in the network, wherein the fall back transmission scheme is different from a regular transmission scheme. The method further comprises transmitting, by the eNB, data using the fall back transmission scheme in one or more selected subframes and/or on selected frequency resources. | 01-15-2015 |
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20150036666 | Timing Advance Group in LTE Small Cell Enhancement - A method for communication in a wireless telecommunication system is provided. The method includes assigning a first cell of a first network node to a first timing advance group (TAG) of a user equipment (UE) and assigning a second cell of a second network node to a second TAG of the UE, wherein the second network node has a separate MAC (medium access control) scheduler from the first network node, and wherein the UE is able to transmit data on both the first and the second cell. | 02-05-2015 |
20150049649 | WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORK NODE HAVING AN OFF STATE - A wireless access network node receives a configuration for a discovery signal for transmission by the wireless access network when in an off state. The wireless access network node in the off state transmits the discovery signal according to the configuration for detection by a user equipment (UE). | 02-19-2015 |
20150085677 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BAND-LIMITED SUBFRAMES IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Systems, methods, and apparatuses for using band-limited subframes in wireless communication networks are provided. During the band-limited subframes, the macro cell base station may mute its transmission or transmit at a low power over some frequency sub-band, while transmitting at a normal or higher power over other frequency sub-band. Correspondingly, the small cell base station may communicate with UEs within its coverage at the frequency sub-band that the macro cell base station transmits at a low power. The band-limited subframe enables the small cell base station to communicate with the UE with reduced interference, and in the meantime, increases the throughput of macro cell base station as it does not require the macro cell base station to completely mute its transmission during the band-limited subframe. | 03-26-2015 |
20150085821 | Methods and Systems for OFDM using Code Division Multiplexing - In some embodiments of the invention, OFDM symbols are transmitted as a plurality of clusters. A cluster includes a plurality of OFDM sub-carriers in frequency, over a plurality of OFDM symbol durations in time. Each cluster includes data as well as pilot information as a reference signal for channel estimation. In some embodiments, a plurality of clusters collectively occupy the available sub-carrier set in the frequency domain that is used for transmission. In some embodiments of the invention data and/or pilots are spread within each cluster using code division multiplexing (CDM). In some embodiments pilots and data are separated by distributing data on a particular number of the plurality of OFDM symbol durations and pilots on a remainder of the OFDM symbol durations. CDM spreading can be performed in time and/or frequency directions. | 03-26-2015 |
20150085945 | Systems and Methods for OFDM Channelization - Systems and methods for OFDM channelization are provided that allow for the coexistence of sub-band channels and diversity channels. Methods of defining diversity sub-channels and sub-band sub-channels are provided and systematic channel definition and labeling schemes are provided. | 03-26-2015 |
20150215879 | TRANSMITTING A SYNCHRONIZATION INDICATION - A first wireless access network node sets a synchronization indication based on whether the first wireless access network node is synchronized with a synchronization source. The first wireless access network node transmits the synchronization indication. | 07-30-2015 |
20150312013 | TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Methods, devices, and systems for the transmission of information in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for the transmission of information in a wireless communication system comprises receiving a downlink message, wherein the downlink message includes a first control channel element; determining a first index using the location of the first control channel element; determining a second index; determining a first orthogonal resource using the first index; determining a second orthogonal resource using the second index; spreading an uplink message using the first orthogonal resource to form a first spread signal; spreading the uplink message using a second orthogonal resource to form a second spread signal; transmitting the first spread signal using a first antenna; and transmitting the second spread signal using a second antenna. | 10-29-2015 |
20150333889 | Downlink Control Information Set Switching When Using Carrier Aggregation - A method and apparatus for reconfiguring a user equipment configured for multi-carrier operation from a first downlink control information set to a second downlink control information set while carrier aggregation is being used, including receiving a physical downlink control channel with downlink control information formats containing a carrier indicator field. | 11-19-2015 |
20160065333 | Enhanced Common Downlink Control Channels - A method is provided for communication in a wireless telecommunication system. The method comprises designating, by a network element, a first set of time-frequency resources for transmitting a first set of downlink control channels for a plurality of UEs, wherein the first set of time-frequency resources is known to the plurality of UEs, and wherein the first set of time-frequency resources varies from a first time interval to a second time interval. The method further comprises mapping, by the network element, a first downlink control channel to the first set of time-frequency resources. The method further comprises transmitting, by the network element, the first downlink control channel together with a downlink data channel in a frequency-division multiplexing manner. | 03-03-2016 |
20160081067 | Method and System for Signaling Transmission Layers for Single User and Multi User MIMO - A method and system to signal transmission layers or dedicated reference signal ports to be used in a multiple input multiple output system, the method including providing a downlink control signal containing information for transmission layers or dedicated reference signal ports utilized, the dedicated reference signal ports being associated with the transmission layers; and using the information to demodulate data on each transmission layer. | 03-17-2016 |
20160105266 | Enhanced PHICH Transmission for LTE-Advanced - A method is provided for communication in a wireless telecommunication system. The method comprises generating a sequence of signals of an enhanced physical HARQ (hybrid automatic repeat request) indicator channel (E-PHICH). The method further comprises mapping the sequence of signals of the E-PHICH to a first set of resource elements, wherein the first set of resource elements is multiplexed with a second set of resource elements over a set of virtual resource blocks, and wherein the second set of resource elements carries at least one of an enhanced physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH) and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). | 04-14-2016 |