Abstract: A method, network node, wireless device and system are provided. In one or more embodiments, the network node is configured to communicate with a wireless device. The network node includes processing circuitry configured to: determine to transition the wireless device to one of a beamforming mode and non-beam forming mode, in response to the determination to transition the wireless device, modify at least one measurement report trigger associated with the wireless device, and transmit an indication of the modification of the at least one measurement report trigger to the wireless device.

Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for realizing FD_MIMO in codebook-based transmissions. The method, system and apparatus include the combing of one or more horizontal codebooks and one or more vertical codebooks. A 2D beamformer for downlink transmissions is generated based on the combination of the one or more horizontal codebooks and one or more vertical codebooks.

Abstract: A method, network node, wireless device and system are provided. In one or more embodiments, the network node is configured to communicate with a wireless device. The network node includes processing circuitry configured to: determine to transition the wireless device to one of a beamforming mode and non-beam forming mode, in response to the determination to transition the wireless device, modify at least one measurement report trigger associated with the wireless device, and transmit an indication of the modification of the at least one measurement report trigger to the wireless device.

Abstract: A method and network node for beamforming a physical downlink shared channel and broadcasting a reference signal, the network node having N antenna elements and M reference signal ports, N being greater than M. A method includes assigning the M reference signal ports to M antenna elements of the N antenna elements. A reference signal is transmitted using the M antenna elements, the M antenna elements used to form a first beam sufficiently broad to broadcast the reference signal over a geographical area sized to support a plurality of wireless devices (WDs). A precoding matrix indicator is received from a first WD of the plurality of WDs, using the N antenna elements, signals received at the N antenna elements being weighted to form a second beam sufficiently narrow to enable spatial selection of the first WD of the plurality of WDs by the network node.

Abstract: A network node for a Frequency Division Duplex, FDD, wireless communication network is provided. The network node includes processing circuitry configured to determine a transformation matrix for transforming an uplink codebook to a downlink codebook where the transformation matrix is based at least in part on channel state information, CSI. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine a first uplink codebook based at least in part on uplink signals, determine a first downlink codebook based at least in part on the transformation matrix and the first uplink codebook, and cause transmission of downlink signals to a wireless device based at least in part on the first downlink codebook.

Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for downlink precoder codebook modification. The precoder codebook having a plurality of beamformers. The method including determining a radiation pattern for each of the plurality of beamformers, determining whether the determined radiation pattern for each of the plurality of beamformers satisfies a design criterion and excluding from the codebook the beamformers that have determined radiation patterns that meet the design criterion. The system and apparatus having one or more processors and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system and apparatus to perform the method.

Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for realizing FD_MIMO in codebook-based transmissions. The method, system and apparatus include the combing of one or more horizontal codebooks and one or more vertical codebooks. A 2D beamformer for downlink transmissions is generated based on the combination of the one or more horizontal codebooks and one or more vertical codebooks.

Abstract: Systems and methods for outer loop Link Adaptation (LA) with bundled feedback are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a radio access node in a cellular communications network to provide outer loop LA includes receiving, from a wireless device, a bundled feedback acknowledging reception of data by multiple Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request HARQ) processes at the wireless device. The method also includes, in response to receiving the bundled feedback, updating an outer loop LA parameter based on the number of HARQ processes in the HARQ processes and/or a metric indicative of channel correlation for a channel from the radio access node to the wireless device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for outer loop Link Adaptation (LA) with bundled feedback are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a radio access node in a cellular communications network to provide outer loop LA includes receiving, from a wireless device, a bundled feedback acknowledging reception of data by multiple Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request HARQ) processes at the wireless device. The method also includes, in response to receiving the bundled feedback, updating an outer loop LA parameter based on the number of HARQ processes in the HARQ processes and/or a metric indicative of channel correlation for a channel from the radio access node to the wireless device.

Abstract: Scheduling of delay-sensitive downlink traffic in a downlink carrier aggregation scenario is performed in such a way as to take advantage of the unambiguous HARQ feedback that is available when the downlink assignment is transmitted coincident with an uplink TDD subframe on the secondary carrier. An example method, in a wireless network node supporting downlink carrier aggregation of a primary carrier in Frequency Division Duplexing, FDD, mode and a secondary carrier in Time-Division Duplexing, TDD, mode, includes determining (710) that a first user device supported or to be supported with said downlink carrier aggregation has Bela sensitive downlink traffic. Subsequent scheduling of the first user device's delay-sensitive downlink traffic is prioritized (720) in transmission-time intervals, TTIs, in which the subframe of the secondary carrier is an uplink subframe. The delay-sensitive downlink traffic may be voice-over-Internet-Protocol, VoIP, traffic, for example.

Abstract: A method and node for adjusting an outer loop for link adaptation of downlink channels, such as Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) and Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), in a communication network to establish a control channel element aggregation level is provided. A period of time between receipt of two consecutive channel events from a user equipment, UE, is determined by a base station. At least one of an upward step and a downward step of an outer loop adjustment is adjusted based on the determined period of time, the adjusted at least one of the upward step size and downward step size affecting the outer loop adjustment for link adaptation of the downlink channel.