Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130223296 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REBALANCING THE SIZES OF THE DOWNLINK (DL) ASSOCIATION SETS FOR COMPONENT CARRIERS HAVING DIFFERENT TIME DIVISION DUPLEX SUBFRAME CONFIGURATIONS - Methods, apparatus and computer program products are provided for rebalancing the sizes of downlink (DL) association sets for component carriers having different time division duplex subframe configurations. A method is provided that includes determining DL subframes that are included in a DL association set for each of a plurality of component carriers. In an instance in which the number of acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgement (NACK) bits corresponding to the DL subframes included in the DL association sets for respective component carriers differ by at least a predetermined amount, the method modifies the number of ACK/NACK bits corresponding to the DL subframes that are included in the DL association sets for each of the respective component carriers. The method may also cause transmission of the ACK/NACK bits in accordance with the DL association sets, as modified, via the respective component carriers. Corresponding apparatus and computer program products are also provided. | 08-29-2013 |
20130242821 | Apparatus and Method to Reduce Interference between Frequency-Division Duplex and Time-Division Duplex Signals in a Communication System - An apparatus, method and system to reduce interference between frequency-division duplex and time-division duplex signals in a communication system. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a processor ( | 09-19-2013 |
20130286907 | SHORTENED SUBFRAME FORMAT FOR FDD - A method includes determining one of a multiplicity of subframes in a resource space in which a shortened subframe is to be communicated. Each of the subframes has a predetermined number of symbol positions. The resource space includes the multiplicity of subframes. The method includes communicating the shortened subframe in the determined subframe. The shortened subframe has a multiplicity of active symbols at first symbol positions in the determined subframe and has a multiplicity of blanked symbols at second symbol positions in the determined subframe. In an embodiment, each of the subframes is a first subframe carried on subcarrier. The resource space corresponds to a special subframe in a frame including the special subframe and a multiplicity of second subframes. The special subframe and the plurality of second subframes are located in different timeslots. Apparatus, computer programs, and program products are also disclosed. | 10-31-2013 |
20130336156 | Operating A Wireless System in an Unlicensed Band - A network access node identifies a component carrier within an unlicensed radio spectrum, determines whether or not to configure the component carrier for use as a secondary component carrier, and based on the determining configures the component carrier for use as a secondary component carrier companion to a primary component carrier within a licensed radio spectrum, In various non-limiting embodiments the network node senses the component carrier within the unlicensed radio spectrum, and as more data is needed to make the determination employs a mobile device to also sense and further to measure the component carrier within the unlicensed radio spectrum. Specific procedures are detailed for both the network node and the mobile device. | 12-19-2013 |
20130336177 | DYNAMIC UPLINK/DOWNLINK CONFIGURATION FOR TIME DIVISION DUPLEX - A method and apparatus which allows dynamic TDD UL/DL configuration that is able to adapt to an instantaneous traffic situation. The values of at least one uplink/downlink configuration indication bit in a predetermined region in a received downlink time division duplex subframe of wireless data transmission are examined. A time division duplex uplink/downlink configuration for a predetermined configuration period is determined based on the examined values. | 12-19-2013 |
20130343356 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURATION OF SPECIAL SUBFRAME PATTERN CONFIGURATION - A method is provided for configuration of a special subframe pattern configuration. The method may include determining a configuration of a primary special subframe pattern configuration. The first special subframe configuration may have a corresponding secondary special subframe pattern configuration for multiplexing with the primary special subframe pattern configuration. The method may further include, responsive to a downlink assignment following the configuration of the primary special subframe pattern configuration, using the secondary special subframe pattern configuration instead of the primary special subframe pattern configuration. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 12-26-2013 |
20140003305 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REBALANCING THE SIZES OF THE DOWNLINK (DL) ASSOCIATION SETS FOR COMPONENT CARRIERS HAVING DIFFERENT TIME DIVISION DUPLEX SUBFRAME CONFIGURATIONS | 01-02-2014 |
20140087748 | Methods and Apparatus for Managing Wireless Communication Using Unlicensed Frequency Bands - Systems and techniques for managing the use of industrial-scientific-medical bands for cellular network communication. An apparatus comprises a processing system and a memory storing a set of program instructions. The processing system is configured to cause the apparatus to receive channel information from a UE reporting the control of an industrial-scientific-medical (ISM) band channel by the UE and cause the apparatus to schedule a communication session with the UE over the channel, with the channel being configured and activated as an ISM secondary component carrier (SCC). The apparatus may further request one or more user equipments (UEs) to report their wireless fidelity (WiFi) capability and request user equipments having WiFi capability to compete for the wireless medium and report occupation of the wireless medium in the form of a request to send command, to which the apparatus responds with a clear to send command. | 03-27-2014 |
20140098774 | Flexible Disabling/Enabling of Cross-Carrier Scheduling in Carrier-Aggregated Wireless Data Transmission - The invention allows flexible disabling/enabling of cross-carrier scheduling in carrier-aggregated wireless data transmission. In response to detecting a predetermined disabling indication of cross-carrier scheduling of received carrier aggregated wireless data transmission, the disabling indication targeting subframes allocated to uplink in a first component carrier transmitted from a cross-carrier scheduling cell and to downlink in a second component carrier transmitted from a cross-carrier scheduled cell: a downlink control region in the targeted subframes in the second component carrier is monitored for uplink/downlink grants; and in response to detecting an uplink/downlink grant, the detected uplink/downlink grant is utilized in uplink/downlink scheduling of the targeted subframe in the second component carrier. | 04-10-2014 |
20140140314 | Methods and Apparatuses for Provision of a Downlink Synchronization Group During Discontinuous Transmission in an Unlicensed Band - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for generating a downlink synchronization group utilized during a discontinuous transmission in an unlicensed band. A method and apparatus may determine a carrier(s) providing a signal(s) enabling timing and frequency tracking a downlink carrier(s) within a downlink synchronization group to devices responsive to discontinuous transmission via a medium(s) of an unlicensed band on a secondary component carrier. The medium(s) previously utilized to provide content to a device(s). The method and apparatus may also provide an indication of the carrier(s) to the device notifying the device that information of the signal is receivable via the carrier on the unlicensed band. The method and apparatus may also send the signal(s) to the device via the carrier enabling the device to obtain timing and frequency information. | 05-22-2014 |
20140148187 | A METHOD FOR OBTAINING A TIMING ADVANCE VALUE - Timing control procedure is needed for uplink transmissions in several communication networks. Some networks and bands have physical and regulatory limitations for obtaining timing advance value in conventional manner. One example of these limitations is disabled downlink channel in TV white spaces. The present invention provides an arrangement for obtaining timing advance value in a situation wherein the use of downlink channel is disabled. | 05-29-2014 |
20140161034 | CARRIER WITH CONFIGURABLE DOWNLINK CONTROL REGION - A first carrier of a carrier aggregation system has a downlink control region DCR which is selectively enabled and disabled. For the case the DCR of the first carrier is disabled, a DCR of a second carrier is used to cross-schedule a user equipment for radio resources on the first carrier. In various embodiments: the DCR of the first carrier lies within an unlicensed radio frequency band; the DCR of the first carrier is disabled by signaling which reduces to zero a number of symbols reserved for the DCR and is enabled by signaling which increases from zero a number of symbols reserved for the DCR; the signaling is downlink and group-based to a plurality of user equipments. The group-based signaling may be a broadcast system information block or a group RNTI, either of which give frequency information of the DCR and an enabled/disabled status indication. | 06-12-2014 |
20140161082 | SEARCH SPACE FOR COMPONENT CARRIER SPECIFIC UL/DL CONFIGURATION - A radio frame or subframe is checked and it is determined to satisfy at least one predefined condition. In response to that determination, a second search space is utilized such that a number Y of blind detections for a user equipment UE in the determined radio frame/subframe is greater than a number X of blind detections for the UE in the radio frame/subframe if a first search space were utilized. In various embodiments the predefined condition is: the number X of blind detections is less than a threshold value Z (Z>=Y) where Z is a maximum number M of blind detections defined by a transmission mode for the frame's/subframe's component carrier CC; a number of CCs configured for the UE; the radio frame or subframe is in the first CC but not in the second CC one of uplink or a special subframe (further conditions) or an almost blank subframe. | 06-12-2014 |
20140254429 | SIGNALING FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software related product (e.g., a computer readable memory) for implementing a direct device-to-device communication of cellular devices, e.g., in LTE wireless systems, using discovery or discovery-like signaling To enable automatic discovery of other devices, a dedicated channel may be reserved for this purpose where devices may send a specific discovery signal with a predefined format, so that other devices listening in this channel can know the existence of the transmitters. For example, the discovery signal may be generated by one device for establishing a direct device-to-device communication, the discovery signal comprising a preamble part and a data part which comprises information for establishing the direct device-to-device communication, wherein a preamble resource for the preamble part is determined from a set of predefined resources and a data resource for the data part maps form the preamble resource. | 09-11-2014 |
20140301351 | Centralized Control Sharing of Spectrum for Coexistence of Wireless Communication Systems in Unlicensed Bands - In one embodiment information is received from one or more wireless networks indicating a request for a listen before transmit mode or a non-listen before transmit mode. In reply it is determined whether the one or more wireless networks is to utilize the listen before transmit mode or the non-listen in an unlicensed frequency band and the one or more wireless networks are informed of the determined mode. Centralized control of spectrum for coexistence of wireless communication systems in unlicensed bands according to exemplary embodiments of the invention can be performed by an enhanced coexistence manager or a network access node with information obtained from one or more base stations or user equipment. | 10-09-2014 |
20140302865 | Flexible Measurements in Unlicensed Band - The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software related product (e.g., a computer readable memory) for implementing enhanced and flexible radio aperiodic measurements, e.g., on an unlicensed band in LTE wireless systems and providing effective and timely reporting. A UE may receive from a wireless network an aperiodic measurement request to measure a special measurement object (e.g., a neighbor cell) specified in the aperiodic measurement request, e.g., in an unlicensed band. In response to the aperiodic measurement request, the UE may perform the measurement of the special management object until a further instruction from the wireless network or for a determined period of time. Inter-frequency measurements may be performed during the measurement gap determined from the aperiodic measurement request. | 10-09-2014 |
20140328306 | Methods and Devices Enabling Resource Sharing for Device-to-Device Communication in Unlicensed Band - The invention proposes a device, comprising a transceiver module, configured for communication on a first and at least one second band, the first band being reserved for communication using a specific communication standard, the second band being accessible for communication using different communication standards, and a control module, configured to control the transceiver module to receive and to transmit data, and to process received data. In one aspect, the control module is configured to request communication resources in the second band from another device using a first type of request, allocate said resources in the second band for communication upon receipt of a resource allocation confirmation from said another device, and to communicate using at least a part of the allocated resources in the second band A corresponding network device as well as related methods and computer program products are also disclosed. | 11-06-2014 |
20140348094 | Method and Apparatus for Synchronization Mechanisms on Un-Licensed Band - A method for synchronizing channels on unlicensed bands is described. The method includes determining whether a SCC channel has started to be used by a first network. The SCC channel is a CA channel shared with at least one other network. In response to determining that the SCC channel has been started to be used by the first network, the UE determines an off duration describing a period since a previous SCC channel ON period. A given channel ON period is a continuous period of use of the given channel by the first network, The method also includes, in response to determining that the off duration is less than a minimum threshold duration, performing fine synchronization based on CRS tracking on the SCC channel using course synchronization parameters of the previous SCC channel ON period. Apparatus and computer readable media are also described. | 11-27-2014 |
20140376483 | Control Mechanism for Communication Via Different Frequency Bands - There is provided a mechanism for controlling communications conducted via different frequency bands or communication spectrums. When a communication via a first communication path, for example an unlicensed or white space communication spectrum, is to be established, e.g. for offloading traffic from a second communication path, for example a licensed cellular communication spectrum, a preamble transmission command is generated and transmitted from a communication network control element, such as an eNB, via the second communication path to a communication element, such as a UE. By means of the preamble transmission command, the transmission of a preamble signal by the receiving communication element on the first communication path with predetermined communication resources is triggered. Based on a receipt or non-receipt of the preamble signal via the first communication path, the communication network control element is able to determine that the communication element can establish a connection on the first communication path, for example the unlicensed or white space communication spectrum. | 12-25-2014 |
20140378157 | Methods and Apparatuses for Provision of a Flexible Time Sharing Scheme on an Unlicensed Band of a System - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided facilitating flexible time sharing among systems. A method and apparatus may generate a secondary component carrier transmission plan including planned on and off durations. The planned on durations correspond to a time period for an apparatus and devices to communicate via an unlicensed band of the secondary component carrier. The planned off durations correspond to a time interval in which the devices may deactivate from the unlicensed band or remain disconnected from the unlicensed band. The method and apparatus may also enable provision of the plan to the devices via a licensed band of a primary component carrier and detecting a medium of the unlicensed band prior to the expiration of the time period to determine whether the medium is available in order to decide whether to turn on transmissions to the unlicensed band after one of the planned off durations. | 12-25-2014 |
20150031377 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide methods, devices and computer programs arranged to control access to a Secondary Cell Carrier (SCC) by a user terminal. The user terminal having a first functional state in which the user terminal is arranged to monitor for a broadcast channel associated with the SCC, and a second functional state, different to said first functional state. One embodiment comprises an apparatus comprising a processing system arranged to cause the apparatus to: receive data indicative of a plurality of operational modes assigned to the SCC; and transmit a signalling message comprising data indicative of said plurality of operational modes for receipt by the user terminal, whereby to configure the user terminal into the first functional state, wherein the user terminal is arranged to selectively request access to resources of the SCC on the basis of a comparison between data contained in said signalling message and data contained in a transmission received on the broadcast channel. | 01-29-2015 |
20150043520 | Methods and Apparatuses for Provision of Reference Signal Design for Downlink Tracking in Occupied Shared Band - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for generating Reference Signals utilized in downlink tracking of an unlicensed band. A method and apparatus may determine whether carriers of an unlicensed band secondary component carrier are available for usage to provide a signal(s), enabling timing and frequency tracking of downlink carriers responsive to discontinuous transmission via a medium(s) of the unlicensed band utilized to provide content to devices. The method and apparatus may also select the signal based on a band of the carriers and a detection indicating whether communication terminals of a coexisting system are using a carrier of the band. The method and apparatus may provide the signal to a device(s) via a carrier responsive to determining that the carrier is available or via an occupied carrier utilized by the coexisting system enabling the device to continue tracking of timing and frequency information of the downlink carriers. | 02-12-2015 |
20150071146 | Aperiodical Discovery Channel Design for Small RRHS - An apparatus and a method is provided by which it is determined that at least one user equipment should perform detection and/or measurements with respect to at least one network control node, the at least one network control node is instructed to send a predetermined aperiodic signal to the at least one user equipment, and the at least one user equipment is instructed to detect the predetermined aperiodic signal. | 03-12-2015 |
20150072687 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING A S1 HANDOVER OF A MOBILE TERMINAL THAT HAS EXPERIENCED IN-DEVICE COEXISTENCE INTERFERENCE AT ONE OR MORE FREQUENCIES - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided to reduce coexistence interference that may occur following a S 1 handover. The method, apparatus and computer program product may provide the target access point with information regarding one or more frequencies to be avoided so as to reduce instances of coexistence interference that might otherwise occur following a SI handover. | 03-12-2015 |
20150085659 | Method and Apparatus For Offloading Data - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for enabling efficient allocation of discovery resources for device to device communications. An example method may comprise establishing a cellular network connection to an access point. The method may further comprise establishing a local area network connection to a user equipment. Additionally, the method may comprise either receiving offloaded data for the user equipment from the access point via the cellular network connection and relaying the offloaded data to the user equipment via the local area network connection, or receiving offloaded data for the access point from the user equipment via the local area network connection and relaying the offloaded data to the access point via the cellular network connection. Similar and related example methods, example apparatuses, and example computer program products are also provided. | 03-26-2015 |