Abstract: Various aspects related to techniques for harmonization between common reference signal (CRS) and demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) based transmission modes (TMs) in unlicensed spectrum are described. In one aspect, a downlink/uplink (DL/UL) subframe configuration may be signaled for each subframe. Information provided by the DL/UL subframe configuration may indicate whether the respective downlink subframe is a single-frequency network (MBSFN) subframe (associated with DM-RS-based TM) or a non-MBSFN subframe (associated with CRS-based TM). In another aspect, periodic as well as aperiodic channel state information (CSI) reporting requests may be supported. In yet another aspect, discontinued reception (DRX) wake ups for unlicensed carriers may be explicitly or implicitly indicated to a user equipment (UE) via a carrier in a licensed spectrum.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A transmitter, such as a user equipment and/or a base station, may perform polar coding to encode bits. The polar coding may be associated with a plurality of component channels associated with a polar code length. The transmitter may interleave the encoded bits. The transmitter may map the interleaved encoded bits to a modulation symbol. The interleaving and mapping of each encoded bit may be based on an asymmetry of a polar code construction. The transmitter may transmit the interleaved encoded bits based on the mapping.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to wireless communication systems configured to utilize a shared spectrum between two or more network operators. Coexistence between the different network operators on the shared spectrum may be provided by reserving resources for exclusive use by each of the network operators within a period of time that is variable based on the number of network operators. Non-exclusive use of resources may further be granted to one or more network operators in accordance with network operator priorities.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication between a first wireless device and a second wireless device are described. A second wireless device may determine that a channel condition satisfies at least one channel condition threshold. The second wireless device may identify, based on the determination, a time-interleaved transmission scheme for block(s) of encoded information. The second wireless device may transmit the block(s) of encoded information to a first wireless device in accordance with at least the time-interleaved transmission scheme. In some instances, the first wireless device may determine that the channel condition satisfies the at least one channel condition threshold and send a message to the second wireless device in order to trigger the use of the time-interleaved transmission scheme.

Abstract: Techniques for reservation coordination on a shared communication medium are disclosed. An access point, for example, may contend for access to a communication medium, and transmit a channel reservation message in accordance with a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) to reserve the communication medium for a transmission opportunity (TXOP) duration based on the contending. The access point may then transmit, during the reserved TXOP duration, a reservation coordination signal in accordance with a second RAT to convey reservation coordination information associated with the reserved TXOP duration.

Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to positioning techniques that can be used in a wireless communications network. For example, assistance data that includes predicted contents associated with messages that multiple neighboring nodes are configured to transmit at a synchronized time may be encoded and correlated with a signal received at one or more receive antennas on a user device. The correlation may be used to estimate a channel response from one or more transmit antennas at a current node that transmitted the signal to the one or more receive antennas on the user device, whereby an estimated time of arrival from the current node can be computed based at least in part on the estimated channel response.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to wireless communication systems configured to utilize a shared spectrum between two or more network operators. Coexistence between the different network operators on the shared spectrum may be provided by reserving resources for exclusive use by each of the network operators within a period of time that is variable based on the number of network operators. Non-exclusive use of resources may further be granted to one or more network operators in accordance with network operator priorities.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to wireless communication systems configured to utilize a shared spectrum between two or more network operators. Coexistence between the different network operators on the shared spectrum may be provided by reserving resources for exclusive use by each of the network operators within a period of time that is variable based on the number of network operators. Non-exclusive use of resources may further be granted to one or more network operators in accordance with network operator priorities.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication between a first wireless device and a second wireless device are described. A second wireless device may determine that a channel condition satisfies at least one channel condition threshold. The second wireless device may identify, based on the determination, a time-interleaved transmission scheme for block(s) of encoded information. The second wireless device may transmit the block(s) of encoded information to a first wireless device in accordance with at least the time-interleaved transmission scheme. In some instances, the first wireless device may determine that the channel condition satisfies the at least one channel condition threshold and send a message to the second wireless device in order to trigger the use of the time-interleaved transmission scheme.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to wireless communication systems configured to utilize a shared spectrum between two or more network operators. Coexistence between the different network operators on the shared spectrum may be provided by reserving resources for exclusive use by each of the network operators within a period of time that is variable based on the number of network operators. Non-exclusive use of resources may further be granted to one or more network operators in accordance with network operator priorities.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A transmitter, such as a user equipment and/or a base station, may perform polar coding to encode bits. The polar coding may be associated with a plurality of component channels associated with a polar code length. The transmitter may interleave the encoded bits. The transmitter may map the interleaved encoded bits to a modulation symbol. The interleaving and mapping of each encoded bit may be based on an asymmetry of a polar code construction. The transmitter may transmit the interleaved encoded bits based on the mapping.

Abstract: Techniques for reservation coordination on a shared communication medium are disclosed. An access point, for example, may contend for access to a communication medium, and transmit a channel reservation message in accordance with a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) to reserve the communication medium for a transmission opportunity (TXOP) duration based on the contending. The access point may then transmit, during the reserved TXOP duration, a reservation coordination signal in accordance with a second RAT to convey reservation coordination information associated with the reserved TXOP duration.

Abstract: Various aspects related to techniques for harmonization between common reference signal (CRS) and demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) based transmission modes (TMs) in unlicensed spectrum are described. In one aspect, a downlink/uplink (DL/UL) subframe configuration may be signaled for each subframe. Information provided by the DL/UL subframe configuration may indicate whether the respective downlink subframe is a single-frequency network (MBSFN) subframe (associated with DM-RS-based TM) or a non-MBSFN subframe (associated with CRS-based TM). In another aspect, periodic as well as aperiodic channel state information (CSI) reporting requests may be supported. In yet another aspect, discontinued reception (DRX) wake ups for unlicensed carriers may be explicitly or implicitly indicated to a user equipment (UE) via a carrier in a licensed spectrum.

Abstract: A method of data transmission and recovery over a communications channel comprising encoding, by an encoder, data using a forward error correction (FEC) code such that a plurality of encoded FEC frames results wherein each encoded FEC frame comprises a FEC codeword mapped to a plurality of symbols from a plurality of constellations, at least two of the constellations being different from one another, transmitting the encoded FEC frames across a communications channel using a transmitter, and decoding the received encoded FEC frames using a decoder at a receiver.

Abstract: A method of searching for candidate codewords for a telecommunications system, the method comprising receiving a sequence of constellation points, producing a received FEC vector comprised of bits from the received constellation points, comparing the received FEC vector with a plurality of candidate codewords within a Dorsch decoding process using an ordered pattern, and terminating the search when a candidate codeword from among the plurality of candidate codewords is found residing within a predetermined range of a specified distance of the received FEC vector.

Abstract: A method of receiving and reassembling non-sequential meta-data information embedded within an original burst carrier signal that receives multiple composite burst carrier signals each with an original burst carrier signal and a meta-carrier signal, wherein the meta-carrier signal occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original burst carrier signal and includes one or more bits of meta-data information of a meta-data message about the original burst carrier signal that is non-contiguous in reference to a temporal order in which the meta-data information is received, detecting a DSSS spreading sequence and extracting the meta-carrier signals from the composite burst carrier signals, determining a phase progression of the meta-carrier signals based on a PRN spreading code, and reassembling the one or more bits of meta-data information from each meta-carrier signal into a sequential order after an entire meta-data message is received and extracted.

Abstract: A method of searching for candidate codewords for a telecommunications system, the method comprising receiving a sequence of constellation points, producing a received FEC vector comprised of bits from the received constellation points, comparing the received FEC vector with a plurality of candidate codewords within a Dorsch decoding process using an ordered pattern, and terminating the search when a candidate codeword from among the plurality of candidate codewords is found residing within a predetermined range of a specified distance of the received FEC vector.

Abstract: Methods of transmitting and recovering data traversing a telecommunication channel. Implementations may include forming a first frame of a plurality of frames using a frame module where the first frame includes a first control codeword including information relating to a first format used for a first data payload included in the first frame and where the first control codeword is selected from a non-linear block code and has a first distance spectrum. The method may include forming a second frame of the plurality of frames using the frame module where the second frame includes a second control codeword selected from the non-linear block code and has a second distance spectrum where the second distance spectrum is different from the first distance spectrum. The method may also include transmitting the plurality of frames into a telecommunication channel using a frame transmission module.

Abstract: A method of embedding and transmitting a meta-data message in an original burst carrier signal for message reassembly comprising spreading a meta-carrier signal using a Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) spreading code having a Pseudo-Random Noise (PRN) spreading code sequence, the meta-carrier signal comprising one or more bits of meta-data information about the original burst carrier signal, lowering a power spectral density of the meta-carrier signal using the PRN spreading code such that interference with the original signal is reduced, combining the original burst carrier and the meta-carrier signals using a modulator such that a composite burst carrier signal results wherein the meta-carrier signal occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier, and transmitting the composite burst carrier using a transmitter over a telecommunications channel in which only one burst carrier signal is expected to be present within a predetermined frequency bandwidth at a point in time.

Abstract: Techniques for controlling operation of control loops in a receiver are described. The operation of at least one control loop is modified in conjunction with a change in operating state, which may correspond to a change in linearity state, gain state, operating frequency, antenna configuration, etc. A change in linearity state may occur when jammers are detected and may cause bias current of analog circuit blocks to be adjusted. The at least one control loop to be modified may include a DC loop, an AGC loop, etc. The operation of a control loop may be modified by disabling the control loop or changing its time constant prior to changing operating state, waiting a predetermined amount of time to allow the receiver to settle, and enabling the control loop or restoring its time constant after waiting the predetermined amount of time.