Abstract: It is proposed a device to process data to be transmitted via a first radio module of a radio communications network, in which data to be transmitted is mapped on subcarriers and in the radio module subsequently up-converted to a radio frequency higher than the subcarrier frequencies, wherein the subcarriers are grouped into frequency subbands, and wherein at least one subband is scalable with at least one subband parameter, wherein a subband parameter is in particular a subcarrier spacing, and wherein in at least one subband at least two different parameters, in particular subcarrier spacings, can be used.

Abstract: Embodiments provide apparatuses, methods and computer programs for mobile communication systems comprising base station and mobile transceivers. An apparatus for a base station transceiver (and/or a mobile transceiver) of a mobile communication system, comprises a transceiver module to communicate with the mobile transceiver (and/or base station transceiver) using first and second communication channels, wherein the first channel is more reliable than the second channel. The apparatus further comprises a controller module to control the transceiver module, and to provide a data service to the mobile transceiver (and/or base station transceiver). The data service comprises first and second data packets, wherein the first data packets comprise information related to core data of the data service, and wherein the second data packets comprise information related to optional refinement data for the data service. The first data packets use the first channel, and the second data packets use the second channel.

Abstract: It is proposed a device to process data to be transmitted via a first radio module of a radio communications network, in which data to be transmitted is mapped on subcarriers and in the radio module subsequently up-converted to a radio frequency higher than the subcarrier frequencies, wherein the subcarriers are grouped into frequency subbands, and wherein at least one subband is scalable with at least one subband parameter, wherein a subband parameter is in particular a subcarrier spacing, and wherein in at least one subband at least two different parameters, in particular subcarrier spacings, can be used.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for a radio communications system, the device including: a processing unit; a memory unit; and a transceiver including a transmitter provided with a power amplifier; wherein said device is configurable to: send a request to a base station of said communications system for permission of transmission of one or more data symbols, the one or more data symbols being amplified with the power amplifier in an overdrive regime; receive a grant for such transmission; amplify the one or more data symbols with the power amplifier of the transmitter in the overdrive regime; and transmit the one or more data symbols to the base station.

Abstract: A device to process a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS and further data to be transmitted via a first radio module of a radio communications network, in which data to be transmitted is mapped on subcarriers and in the radio module subsequently up-converted to a radio frequency higher than the subcarrier frequencies is provided. The subcarriers are grouped into frequency subbands, and at least one subband is scalable with at least one subband parameter for a period of time. A subband parameter is in particular a subcarrier spacing, and in at least one subband at least two different parameters, in particular subcarrier spacings, can be used.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for a radio communications system, the device including: a processing unit; a memory unit; and a transceiver including a transmitter provided with a power amplifier; wherein said device is configurable to: send a request to a base station of said communications system for permission of transmission of one or more data symbols, the one or more data symbols being amplified with the power amplifier in an overdrive regime; receive a grant for such transmission; amplify the one or more data symbols with the power amplifier of the transmitter in the overdrive regime; and transmit the one or more data symbols to the base station.

Abstract: The device is configured to transmit a first data package according to a first transmission time interval schedule, re-transmit a representation of the first data package, after transmitting the first data package for the first time, according to a second transmission time interval schedule, until a condition is met and without waiting for a receipt of a receiver's acknowledgement or the negative acknowledge, transmit a second data package according to a third transmission time interval schedule, after transmitting the first data package for the first time, by superposing a first signal for re-transmitting symbols representing at least part of the first data package and a second signal for transmitting symbols representing at least part of the second data package, and send, if the condition is not met, the superposed signal at least once until the condition is met, the first and second data package being addressed to the same recipient.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for conditioning a multicarrier transmit signal using a first or a second set of subgroups of time-frequency resource elements, with a subgroup of the first set of subgroups and a subgroup of the second set of subgroups having common time or frequency resources and being neighbored in time or frequency, wherein a first filter module (FILT1) filters the first set of subgroups using a first filter characteristic by a first set of filter coefficients, and a second filter module (FILT2) filters the second set of subgroups using a second filter characteristic by a second set of filter coefficients, and a base station and a transmitter apparatus (TA) therefor.

Abstract: A device to process a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS and further data to be transmitted via a first radio module of a radio communications network, in which data to be transmitted is mapped on subcarriers and in the radio module subsequently up-converted to a radio frequency higher than the subcarrier frequencies is provided. The subcarriers are grouped into frequency subbands, and at least one subband is scalable with at least one subband parameter for a period of time. A subband parameter is in particular a subcarrier spacing, and in at least one subband at least two different parameters, in particular subcarrier spacings, can be used.

Abstract: A method of providing a multi-carrier modulated signal (mcs), which has at least one sub-band (sb1) having a plurality of subcarriers (sc), includes the following: receiving (200) an input signal vector (s), wherein each component of the input signal vector is associated with one of the plurality of subcarriers, expanding (210) the input signal vector by adding one or more additional vector elements in front of and/or after the components of the input signal vector to obtain an expanded signal vector (sext), upsampling (220) the expanded signal vector to obtain an upsampled signal vector (sup), and filtering (230) the upsampled signal vector to obtain a filtered sub-band output signal (Xfilt).

Abstract: Embodiments relate to a receiver (310) for receiving a multicarrier signal. The multicarrier signal comprises a first frequency block with a first group of subcarriers, the first frequency block being filtered with a first frequency block specific sideband suppression filter (106-1) for sideband suppression outside of said first frequency block, and at least a second frequency block with at least a second group of subcarriers, the second frequency block being filtered with a second frequency block specific sideband suppression filter (106-2) for sideband suppression outside of said second frequency block. The receiver (310) comprises a filter module (320) operable to perform an inverse sideband suppression filter operation for the first and at least the second frequency block.

Abstract: The embodiments of the invention relate to a transmitter apparatus (TA1) for conditioning a multicarrier signal (RFS). The transmitter apparatus (TA1) contains means (FE-PU) for grouping subcarriers of the multicarrier signal (RFS) into a first frequency block, which contains a first group of the subcarriers and into at least a second frequency block, which contains at least a second group of said subcarriers. The transmitter apparatus (TA1) further contains first filtering means (LPF-1) for sideband suppression outside of the first frequency block and at least second filtering means (LPF-2, LPF-M) for simultaneous and separate sideband suppression outside of the at least second frequency block. The embodiments of the invention further relate to a method for conditioning a multicarrier signal (RFS).

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for conditioning a multicarrier transmit signal using a first or a second set of subgroups of time-frequency resource elements, with a subgroup of the first set of subgroups and a subgroup of the second set of subgroups having common time or frequency resources and being neighbored in time or frequency, wherein a first filter module (FILT1) filters the first set of subgroups using a first filter characteristic by a first set of filter coefficients, and a second filter module (FILT2) filters the second set of subgroups using a second filter characteristic by a second set of filter coefficients, and a base station and a transmitter apparatus (TA) therefor.

Abstract: Embodiments provide apparatuses, methods and computer programs for mobile communication systems comprising base station transceivers and mobile transceivers. An apparatus (10, 20) for a base station transceiver (100) (and/or a mobile transceiver (200)) of a mobile communication system (300), comprises a transceiver module (12, 22) to communicate with the mobile transceiver (200) (and/or base station transceiver (100)) using at least a first communication channel and a second communication channel, wherein the first communication channel is more reliable than the second communication channel. The apparatus (10, 20) further comprises a controller module (14, 24) to control the transceiver module (12, 22), and to provide a data service to the mobile transceiver (200) (and/or base station transceiver (100)).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of providing a multi-carrier modulated signal (mcs) which comprises at least one sub-band (sb1), wherein said sub-band (sb1) comprises a plurality of subcarriers (sc), comprising the following steps: receiving (200) an input signal vector (s), wherein each component of said input signal vector (s) is associated with one of said plurality of subcarriers, expanding (210) said input signal vector (s) by adding one or more additional vector elements in front of and/or after the components of said input signal vector (s), whereby an expanded signal vector (sext) is obtained, upsampling (220) the expanded signal vector (sext)/whereby an upsampled signal vector (sup) is obtained, filtering (230) the upsampled signal vector (sup) to obtain a filtered sub-band output signal (Xfilt).

Abstract: Embodiments provide apparatuses, methods, and computer programs for a receiver and a transmitter of a wireless system. An apparatus (10) for a receiver (100) of a wireless communication system comprises means for receiving (12) radio signals, which are organized in repetitive radio frames, a radio frame being subdivided in sub-frames. The apparatus (10) further comprises means for extracting (14) a first payload data packet from the received radio signals using a single sub-frame of the received radio signals and for extracting a second payload data packet using two or more sub-frames of two or more radio frames. An apparatus (20) for a transmitter (200) comprises means for obtaining (22) information on a subset of radio resources for scheduled and/or non-scheduled transmission.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to a receiver (310) for receiving a multicarrier signal. The multicarrier signal comprises a first frequency block with a first group of subcarriers, the first frequency block being filtered with a first frequency block specific sideband suppression filter (106-1) for sideband suppression outside of said first frequency block, and at least a second frequency block with at least a second group of subcarriers, the second frequency block being filtered with a second frequency block specific sideband suppression filter (106-2) for sideband suppression outside of said second frequency block. The receiver (310) comprises a filter module (320) operable to perform an inverse sideband suppression filter operation for the first and at least the second frequency block. The Application proposes a new so-called Universal Filtered Multi-Carrier or UFMC system which can be interpreted as a generalization of FBMC and filtered OFDM.

Abstract: The embodiments of the invention relate to a transmitter apparatus (TA1) for conditioning a multicarrier signal (RFS). The transmitter apparatus (TA1) contains means (FE-PU) for grouping subcarriers of the multicarrier signal (RFS) into a first frequency block, which contains a first group of the subcarriers and into at least a second frequency block, which contains at least a second group of said subcarriers. The transmitter apparatus (TA1) further contains first filtering means (LPF-1) for sideband suppression outside of the first frequency block and at least second filtering means (LPF-2, LPF-M) for simultaneous and separate sideband suppression outside of the at least second frequency block. The embodiments of the invention further relate to a method for conditioning a multicarrier signal (RFS).

Abstract: An apparatus and method for detecting an implicit user ID of a received data packet is disclosed. When a data packet is received, at least one frequency on which the data packet has been received is determined. Further, a spreading code sequence of the data packet is determined, and the at least one determined frequency and the determined spreading code sequence are used to determine an implicit user ID of the data packet.

Abstract: Embodiments provide apparatuses, methods, and computer programs for a receiver and a transmitter of a wireless system. An apparatus (10) for a receiver (100) of a wireless communication system comprises means for receiving (12) radio signals, which are organized in repetitive radio frames, a radio frame being subdivided in sub-frames. The apparatus (10) further comprises means for extracting (14) a first payload data packet from the received radio signals using a single sub-frame of the received radio signals and for extracting a second payload data packet using two or more sub-frames of two or more radio frames. An apparatus (20) for a transmitter (200) comprises means for obtaining (22) information on a subset of radio resources for scheduled and/or non-scheduled transmission.