Abstract: In a heterogeneous wireless network that includes a macro base station and one or more micro base stations, a wireless device to wirelessly transmit, in a first time slot at a first position in a first transmission subframe, data over a first physical communication channel. An ACK/NACK control message is received over a backhaul network connection a first time period after the first time slot. A response message is transmitted to the wireless device such that when the control message is received prior to the second time slot, then the response message uses data reception information from the control message and when the control message is not received prior to the second time slot, then the response message indicates that the data was successfully received.

Abstract: A heterogeneous wireless communication network comprises a macrocell base station that includes a first transmission point, at least one microcell base station that includes a second transmission point and a controller configured to enable transmission of wireless data from the macrocell base station and the at least one microcell base station to a user equipment (UE). The controller is configured to determine a set of transmission point combinations for providing downlink data, determine, using a statistics of ACKs and NACKs received for previous downlink transmissions from the transmission point combinations, a sequence of downlink transmissions to the UE from the transmission point combinations in the set.

Abstract: In a heterogeneous network deployment that includes one or more macro base stations and one or more low power nodes, a technique can be provided to encode network operational information using phase differences in synchronization signals transmitted by a network node. The synchronization signals may be one of the first signals that a user equipment (UE) attempts to locate when attempting to join a wireless network. The phase-encoded network operational information indicates to the UE where to locate a geometry indicator transmission from a low power node that is a part of the network, but is not the node that transmits the synchronization signals. The geometry indicator transmission may include identity information for the transmitting node and may be transmitted at a pre-determined nominal transmit power.

Abstract: In a heterogeneous network deployment that includes a macro base station and a low power node, a geometry indicator is transmitted by the low power node to facilitate the calculation of a path loss difference value at a user equipment using power estimates of the received synchronization signal from the macro base station and received geometry indicator signal from the low power node. Using the estimated path loss difference value, the user equipment adjusts the power level of an initial preamble signal transmission to the macro base station.

Abstract: The present document discloses an apparatus for receiving Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) in Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, comprising: blocks of system FFT performing system FFT on data from a plurality of antennas, blocks of PUCCH RB processing units receiving the allocated logic resource index table and the local base sequence and output of the blocks of system FFT, and generating DMRS despread outputs and data values; a block of SR detection for receiving the data values and the DMRS despread outputs, and for generating SR detection results; blocks of user data extraction receiving data values and DMRS despread outputs, and performing user data extraction; blocks of PUCCH user processing units receiving an orthogonal sequence index, the data values and an output from blocks of user data extraction, and generating a ACK/NAK/CQI signal for a concerned UE.

Abstract: A robust method of page indication (PI) detection improves the probability of detecting a transmitted PI under conditions that decrease the probability of accurate PI detection. The method includes choosing a standard value of a PI threshold against which to compare accumulated PI bits when the probability of correctly detecting the PI is high, and choosing a derived value of the PI threshold lower than the standard value when the probability of correctly detecting the PI is low. The derived PI threshold value determination includes a factor indicative of a desired probability of accurate PI detection.

Abstract: A robust method of page indication (PI) detection improves the probability of detecting a transmitted PI under conditions that decrease the probability of accurate PI detection. The method includes choosing a standard value of a PI threshold against which to compare accumulated PI bits when the probability of correctly detecting the PI is high, and choosing a derived value of the PI threshold lower than the standard value when the probability of correctly detecting the PI is low. The derived PI threshold value determination includes a factor indicative of a desired probability of accurate PI detection.

Abstract: A weaker cell is discovered in a mobile communication system that also includes a stronger cell. Discovery involves ascertaining a slot timing of a received signal that has passed through a channel. The slot timing is used to ascertain a stronger secondary synchronization vector contained in the received signal. A channel estimate is generated, and used with the stronger secondary synchronization vector to generate a cancellation signal that is an estimate of a stronger secondary synchronization vector component of the received signal. Removing the cancellation signal from the received signal yields a residual signal. The slot timing is used to ascertain a weaker secondary synchronization vector contained in the residual signal. The weaker secondary synchronization vector is used to ascertain a group identifier (ID) of the weaker cell. The group ID of the weaker cell and the residual signal are used to ascertain the weaker cell's scrambling code ID.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of adaptive weighting space-time transmit diversity, comprising: symbols to be transmitted at a transmitting end being output after being space-time encoded according to certain regulation, and the current transmission powers of the two antennae being real-timely adjusted according to the given transmission power weight values; after the transmission powers are determined, the space-time encoded output signals being sent out at two independent antennas by transmitting antenna array in terms of the current transmission power; the fading characters of two wireless channels being estimated by the receiver at a receiving end according to the present received signals and then fed back to the transmitting end; the transmitting end receiving and obtaining the fading amplitude characters of two wireless channels through feedback channel, calculating new adaptive weight values of transmission powers, and adjusting transmission powers according to these weight values.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide Method and apparatus for coding of an E-DCH Dedicated Physical Control Channel (E-DPCCH). The method includes encoding information bits of signalling on an E-DPCCH in a BLOCK coding manner. The apparatus includes a unit for encoding information bits of signalling on an E-DPCCH in a BLOCK coding manner. The embodiments of the present invention can solve the problem in which signalling overhead is high during signalling encoding, thus reduce transmission power of a terminal.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of adaptive weighting space-time transmit diversity, comprising: symbols to be transmitted at a transmitting end being output after being space-time encoded according to certain regulation, and the current transmission powers of the two antennae being real-timely adjusted according to the given transmission power weight values; after the transmission powers are determined, the space-time encoded output signals being sent out at two independent antennas by transmitting antenna array in terms of the current transmission power; the fading characters of two wireless channels being estimated by the receiver at a receiving end according to the present received signals and then fed back to the transmitting end; the transmitting end receiving and obtaining the fading amplitude characters of two wireless channels through feedback channel, calculating new adaptive weight values of transmission powers, and adjusting transmission powers according to these weight values.