Abstract: A method and apparatus may include receiving, by a machine type communication user equipment, parameters for frequency hopping in downlink or uplink. The parameters comprise an “X,” “Y,” and “Z” parameters, “X” corresponds to a duration for which the same physical resource blocks are used for transmission. “Y” corresponds to a frequency hopping period, and “Z” corresponds to a frequency hopping pattern indication. The method may also include performing frequency hopping in accordance with the parameters.

Abstract: A method and apparatus may include receiving, by a machine type communication user equipment, parameters for frequency hopping in downlink or uplink. The parameters comprise an “X,” “Y,” and “Z” parameters, “X” corresponds to a duration for which the same physical resource blocks are used for transmission. “Y” corresponds to a frequency hopping period, and “Z” corresponds to a frequency hopping pattern indication. The method may also include performing frequency hopping in accordance with the parameters.

Abstract: A method includes communicating with a first cell using a first uplink and downlink configuration and a second cell using a second uplink and downlink configuration, said first cell having predetermined configuration; providing communication feedback for said first cell and the second cell on said second cell using a physical uplink shared channel; and determining a codebook size for said feedback in dependence on downlink assignment indicator information received in an uplink grant.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products of physical random access channel (PRACH) selection and random access response (RAR) detection are provided. One method includes specifying, by a network node, a starting point for preamble repetition having a repetition level such that all user equipment (UEs) of the same repetition level start the preamble repetition on a same physical random access channel (PRACH) resource, determining when a series of the preamble repetition is over, and transmitting a random access response (RAR) when the repetition series is finished.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus and computer program products are disclosed for determining transmission parameters in a wireless network. A method comprises: receiving transmission configuration information used by a network element for determining transmission parameters, wherein the transmission configuration information comprises a first set of parameters comprising at least a first repetition level set index, a first repetition level index, a first resource allocation and a first transport block size index, or a second set of parameters comprising at least a second repetition level index, a second resource allocation, and a second transport block size index, or a third set of parameters comprising at least a modulation and coding scheme level index, a third resource allocation and a third transport block size index; determining transmission parameters used by the network element based at least in part on the transmission configuration information.

Abstract: A method including: using first information and second information to determine a code book size, said first information including information for at least one first subframe of at least one cell for which feedback information is to be provided, said at least one first subframe is prior to subframe n and second information for at least one second subframe of at least one cell for which feedback information is to be provided, said at least one second subframe being after said subframe n; and using said code book size for providing feedback information.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus and computer program products are disclosed for determining transmission parameters in a wireless network. A method comprises: receiving transmission configuration information used by a network element for determining transmission parameters, wherein the transmission configuration information comprises a first set of parameters comprising at least a first repetition level set index, a first repetition level index, a first resource allocation and a first transport block size index, or a second set of parameters comprising at least a second repetition level index, a second resource allocation, and a second transport block size index, or a third set of parameters comprising at least a modulation and coding scheme level index, a third resource allocation and a third transport block size index; determining transmission parameters used by the network element based at least in part on the transmission configuration information.

Abstract: A method and apparatus can be configured to determine uplink-downlink configuration for a primary cell and at least one secondary cell. The method can also include broadcasting the uplink-downlink configuration to user equipment. The user equipment is configured for carrier aggregation. The method can also include enabling dynamic time-division-duplex configuration for the primary cell and/or the at least one secondary cell for the user equipment. The method can also include configuring the user equipment with downlink hybrid-automatic-repeat-request reference uplink-downlink configuration for each cell for which dynamic time-division-duplex configuration is enabled. The method can also include deriving uplink and/or downlink hybrid-automatic-repeat-request-acknowledgement timing for the at least one secondary cell based on at least one configured uplink-downlink configuration and at least one downlink hybrid-automatic-repeat-request reference uplink-downlink configuration.

Abstract: A method includes communicating with a first cell using a first uplink and downlink configuration and a second cell using a second uplink and downlink configuration, said first cell having predetermined configuration; providing communication feedback for said first cell and the second cell on said second cell using a physical uplink shared channel; and determining a codebook size for said feedback in dependence on downlink assignment indicator information received in an uplink grant.

Abstract: A technique is provided to control transmitting, by a mobile station (MS) that uses carrier aggregation, a message including an interoperability test (IOT) indication for one or more uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configuration combinations of time-division-duplex (TDD) radio frames for use by a primary cell and a secondary cell. In one example implementation, an IOT indication may be provided for one or more (or each) uplink-downlink configuration combinations (e.g., one IOT indication per UL-DL configuration combination). In another example implementation, an IOT indication may be provided for one or more sets of uplink-downlink configuration combinations, where each set may include a plurality of UL-DL configuration combinations.

Abstract: A method including: using first information and second information to determine a code book size, said first information including information for at least one first subframe of at least one cell for which feedback information is to be provided, said at least one first subframe is prior to subframe n and second information for at least one second subframe of at least one cell for which feedback information is to be provided, said at least one second subframe being after said subframe n; and using said code book size for providing feedback information.

Abstract: A method including: using first information and second information to determine a code book size, said first information including information for at least one first subframe of at least one cell for which feedback information is to be provided, said at least one first subframe is prior to subframe n and second information for at least one second subframe of at least one cell for which feedback information is to be provided, said at least one second subframe being after said subframe n; and using said code book size for providing feedback information.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products of PRACH selection and random access response (RAR) detection are provided. One method includes specifying, by a network node, a starting point for preamble repetition having a repetition level such that all user equipment (UEs) of the same repetition level start the preamble repetition on a same physical random access channel (PRACH) resource, determining when a series of the preamble repetition is over, and transmitting a random access response (RAR) when the repetition series is finished.

Abstract: A method and apparatus may include receiving, by a machine type communication user equipment, parameters for frequency hopping in downlink or uplink. The parameters comprise an “X,” ‘Y,” and “Z” parameters, “X” corresponds to a duration for which the same physical resource blocks are used for transmission. ‘Y” corresponds to a frequency hopping period, and “Z” corresponds to a frequency hopping pattern indication. The method may also include performing frequency hopping in accordance with the parameters.

Abstract: A method includes communicating with a first cell using a first uplink and downlink configuration and a second cell using a second uplink and downlink configuration, said first cell having predetermined configuration; providing communication feedback for said first cell and the second cell on said second cell using a physical uplink shared channel; and determining a codebook size for said feedback in dependence on downlink assignment indicator information received in an uplink grant.

Abstract: A method and apparatus can be configured to determine uplink-downlink configuration for a primary cell and at least one secondary cell. The method can also include broadcasting the uplink-downlink configuration to user equipment. The user equipment is configured for carrier aggregation. The method can also include enabling dynamic time-division-duplex configuration for the primary cell and/or the at least one secondary cell for the user equipment. The method can also include configuring the user equipment with downlink hybrid-automatic-repeat-request reference uplink-downlink configuration for each cell for which dynamic time-division-duplex configuration is enabled. The method can also include deriving uplink and/or downlink hybrid-automatic-repeat-request-acknowledgement timing for the at least one secondary cell based on at least one configured uplink-downlink configuration and at least one downlink hybrid-automatic-repeat-request reference uplink-downlink configuration.

Abstract: There are provided measures for common control deactivation in carrier aggregation, said measures exemplarily including a configuration of a secondary carrier for carrier aggregation with a primary carrier of a terminal, including a deactivation of a common control for the secondary carrier, an indication of the deactivation of the common control for the secondary carrier via the primary carrier, and a signaling of control information, substituting control information of the deactivated common control, for facilitating selection of or operation on the secondary carrier without the deactivated common control via the primary carrier from a base station to the terminal. Said measures may exemplarily be applied for common control deactivation in carrier aggregation in heterogeneous network environments based on LTE, LTE-Advanced, HSPA and/or UMTS radio access systems.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for ACK/NAK bit bundling in carrier aggregation scenarios. Such measures exemplarily comprise generating a set of acknowledgement bits confirming receipt of payload data of a radio frame in a carrier aggregation mode aggregating a primary and at least one secondary carrier, said radio frame being divided into a plurality of downlink subframes and uplink subframes, each of said downlink subframes comprising at least one codeword per carrier, each of said acknowledgement bits is allocated to one of said codewords of one of said downlink subframes, and applying spatial domain bundling and/or time domain bundling on said set of acknowledgement bits distinctive for each of said primary and said at least one secondary carrier, wherein said spatial domain bundling is an AND operation of all acknowledgement bits allocated to each codeword of one carrier of said primary and said at least one secondary carrier and one downlink subframe.

Abstract: The exemplary embodiments of the invention provide at least a method and apparatus to perform operations including transmitting an indication of a default configuration for a sub-frame having a downlink transmission portion and an uplink transmission portion; transmitting an indication of a preferred configuration for said sub-frame; and scheduling at least one of transmissions to and transmissions from a communication device according to said preferred sub-frame configuration.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from techniques for handling inter-band carrier aggregation (CA). For example, systems of the third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) advanced (LTE-A) may benefit from a uplink (UL) downlink (DL) configuration zero handling, particularly in cases where there is no physical hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) indicator channel (PHICH). For example, certain embodiments may be applicable to inter-band CA having different UL/DL configuration in use. A method can include triggering in a downlink subframe a first physical uplink shared channel transmission in a first hybrid automatic repeat request process. The method can also include triggering in the downlink subframe a second physical uplink shared channel transmission in a second hybrid automatic repeat request process. The secondary cell can be configured with time division duplex uplink/downlink configuration number zero.