Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and a user equipment for performing a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) transmission in a downlink from a base station to at least one user equipment are provided. An exemplary method comprises receiving a HARQ feedback to a HARQ transmission performed with respect to a transport block. The method further comprises determining whether the HARQ feedback is an ambiguous HARQ feedback with respect to a negative acknowledgement or a discontinuous transmission. The method additionally comprises setting (S206) the ambiguous HARQ feedback as the negative acknowledgement or the discontinuous transmission based on the number of HARQ transmissions having been performed and the corresponding received HARQ feedbacks within a target number of HARQ transmissions counting from a first HARQ transmission. With the methods and apparatuses, the ambiguity of the HARQ feedback can be overcome and communication efficiency may be improved.

Abstract: A method and system for allocating PDCCH resources in a wireless communication system are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes detecting at a first base station a condition of inter-cell interference, ICI, between a first cell and a neighboring cell, indicating that the first cell is in a coordination need state. The method includes generating at the first base station serving the first cell a request to lower a first PDCCH load of the neighboring cell to reduce the ICI between the first cell and the neighboring cell, a PDCCH load of a cell being defined as a ratio of used resource elements to total available resource elements within the cell.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and a user equipment for performing a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) transmission in a downlink from a base station to at least one user equipment are provided. An exemplary method comprises receiving a HARQ feedback to a HARQ transmission performed with respect to a transport block. The method further comprises determining whether the HARQ feedback is an ambiguous HARQ feedback with respect to a negative acknowledgement or a discontinuous transmission. The method additionally comprises setting (S206) the ambiguous HARQ feedback as the negative acknowledgement or the discontinuous transmission based on the number of HARQ transmissions having been performed and the corresponding received HARQ feedbacks within a target number of HARQ transmissions counting from a first HARQ transmission. With the methods and apparatuses, the ambiguity of the HARQ feedback can be overcome and communication efficiency may be improved.

Abstract: A method for using a high order modulation (HoM) mode for communications with a wireless device in a wireless communication network is provided. The method includes receiving downlink channel quality indicator (CQI) information from an uplink transmission of the wireless device and determining a downlink channel quality estimate from the CQI information. When a measurement of the downlink channel quality estimate satisfies the predetermined criteria for a first predetermined number of consecutive uplink transmissions from the wireless device, a downlink transmission mode of the wireless device is switched from a first modulation mode to the HoM mode.

Abstract: A method for using a high order modulation (HoM) mode for communications with a wireless device in a wireless communication network is provided. The method includes receiving downlink channel quality indicator (CQI) information from an uplink transmission of the wireless device and determining a downlink channel quality estimate from the CQI information. When a measurement of the downlink channel quality estimate satisfies the predetermined criteria for a first predetermined number of consecutive uplink transmissions from the wireless device, a downlink transmission mode of the wireless device is switched from a first modulation mode to the HoM mode.

Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamic cell breathing for power saving are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a radio access node includes determining a target transmit power level from multiple predetermined transmit power levels for the radio access node. The method also includes determining that the current transmit power level should be adjusted to reach the target transmit power level and, in response, adjusting a transmit power level of the radio access node from the current transmit power level to the target transmit power level via multiple transmit power level adjustments. Adjusting the power level of the radio access node via more than one transmit power level adjustment makes it possible to avoid some of the issues with the sleep mode proposal, according to some embodiments.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and a user equipment for performing a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) transmission in a downlink from a base station to at least one user equipment are provided. An exemplary method comprises receiving a HARQ feedback to a HARQ transmission performed with respect to a transport block. The method further comprises determining whether the HARQ feedback is an ambiguous HARQ feedback with respect to a negative acknowledgement or a discontinuous transmission. The method additionally comprises setting (S206) the ambiguous HARQ feedback as the negative acknowledgement or the discontinuous transmission based on the number of HARQ transmissions having been performed and the corresponding received HARQ feedbacks within a target number of HARQ transmissions counting from a first HARQ transmission. With the methods and apparatuses, the ambiguity of the HARQ feedback can be overcome and communication efficiency may be improved.

Abstract: A method for using a high order modulation (HoM) mode for communications with a wireless device in a wireless communication network is provided. The method includes receiving downlink channel quality indicator (CQI) information from an uplink transmission of the wireless device and determining a downlink channel quality estimate from the CQI information. When a measurement of the downlink channel quality estimate satisfies the predetermined criteria for a first predetermined number of consecutive uplink transmissions from the wireless device, a downlink transmission mode of the wireless device is switched from a first modulation mode to the HoM mode.

Abstract: A method and base station for adjusting outer-loop adjustment values used for link adaptation in a wireless communication network is provided. A modulation of a user equipment is determined and a success or failure of a Transport Block (TB) based on a TB feedback message is determined. Based on the TB feedback, one of an acknowledgement counter and a non-acknowledgement counter is incremented corresponding to the determined modulation. An upward step size for the determined modulation is updated based on the respective acknowledgement counter and the non-acknowledgement counter to affect link adaption.

Abstract: An MEMS microphone package includes a substrate, an MEMS microphone, an IC chip and an electrically conductive cover. The substrate includes a first hole, an upper surface, a bottom surface, a side surface, a first electrically conductive layer and a second electrically conductive layer. The side surface has two sides connected to the upper surface and the bottom surface, respectively. The first electrically conductive layer is disposed on the upper surface. The second electrically conductive layer is disposed on the bottom surface. The MEMS microphone is electrically coupled to the substrate. The IC chip is electrically coupled to the substrate. The electrically conductive cover includes a second hole. The electrically conductive cover is bonded to the substrate to form a chamber for accommodating the MEMS microphone and the IC chip. The first hole and the second hole together form an acoustic hole.

Abstract: An MEMS microphone package includes a substrate, an MEMS microphone, an IC chip and an electrically conductive cover. The substrate includes a first hole, an upper surface, a bottom surface, a side surface, a first electrically conductive layer and a second electrically conductive layer. The side surface has two sides connected to the upper surface and the bottom surface, respectively. The first electrically conductive layer is disposed on the upper surface. The second electrically conductive layer is disposed on the bottom surface. The MEMS microphone is electrically coupled to the substrate. The IC chip is electrically coupled to the substrate. The electrically conductive cover includes a second hole. The electrically conductive cover is bonded to the substrate to form a chamber for accommodating the MEMS microphone and the IC chip. The first hole and the second hole together form an acoustic hole.

Abstract: A method and base station for outerloop adjustment for link adaptation of a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, in a communication network to determine a control channel element, CCE, aggregation level of a downlink assignment downlink control information, DCI, and a CCE aggregation level of an uplink grant DCI is provided. A downlink data packet feedback corresponding to the downlink assignment is received. A status of the downlink data packet feedback is determined. An uplink data packet corresponding to the uplink grant is received and a status thereof is determined. An outerloop downlink adjustment and outerloop uplink adjustment are updated based on at least one of the status of the downlink data packet feedback corresponding to the downlink assignment and status of the uplink data packet corresponding to the uplink grant. An outerloop uplink adjustment is determined as a sum of the outerloop downlink adjustment and an offset adjustment.

Abstract: A method and system for carrier aggregation scheduling in a communication system are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for carrier aggregation scheduling includes selecting a set of at least one component carrier from a group of candidate component carriers upon which to transmit data in a queue. The selecting of all component carriers in the set is performed prior to determining an amount of data to be assigned to any one of the component carriers in the set. Blocks of data from the queue are assigned to at least one of the component carriers in the set of selected component carriers based at least in part on an estimated amount of data that can be carried by each component carrier in the set.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for a generalized outer loop link adaptation procedure. A normal outer-loop control procedure corrects an estimated SINR, which may be inaccurate if the estimate SINR is mapped from a channel quality estimate that does not reflect the true radio link condition. A normal outer control procedure functions properly only when a normal Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) is selected. A normal MCS is the highest Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) with which the target Block Error Rate (BLER) can be achieved given a certain number of HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request) transmissions. The present application discloses a generalized outer loop link adaptation procedure that functions properly whether the selected MCS is normal, aggressive, or conservative.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for assigning resources for an acknowledgement channel, such as the PHICH in LTE systems. Acknowledgement channels for the mobile terminals are assigned to channel groups based on a predetermined assignment criteria. All acknowledgment channels in the same channel group receive acknowledgements on the same downlink resources (e.g., resource elements in OFDM system). A required transmit energy for each channel is determined. If the total required transmit energy for all channels exceeds an available transmit power, the allocated transmit energy for each channel is either scaled down so that the total actual transmit power for all acknowledgment channels is equal to the available transmit power, or some acknowledgment channels are not transmitted.

Abstract: A method and system for allocating PDCCH resources in a wireless communication system are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes detecting at a first base station a condition of inter-cell interference, ICI, between a first cell and a neighboring cell, indicating that the first cell is in a coordination need state. The method includes generating at the first base station serving the first cell a request to lower a first PDCCH load of the neighboring cell to reduce the ICI between the first cell and the neighboring cell, a PDCCH load of a cell being defined as a ratio of used resource elements to total available resource elements within the cell.

Abstract: A clinical specimen detector includes a clip having a clamping end and a pressing end; and wherein a pair of compressing slices are disposed on the clamping end, and a channel is disposed in the lower end of at least one of the pair of compressing slices. A detecting reagent test chip is attached to the outer surface of the compressing slice. The lower end of the detecting reagent test chip is substantially aligned with and is adjacent to the channel. The lower ends of the compressing slices clamp an adsorptive material adsorbed with body fluid such that the body fluid can be released from the adsorptive material because of the compression of the compressing slices and can be delivered to the lower end of the detecting reagent test chip via the channel, so as to perform disease testing and physiological condition testing with the detecting reagent test chip.

Abstract: A method and base station for outerloop adjustment for link adaptation of a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, in a communication network to determine a control channel element, CCE, aggregation level of a downlink assignment downlink control information, DCI, and a CCE aggregation level of an uplink grant DCI is provided. A downlink data packet feedback corresponding to the downlink assignment is received. A status of the downlink data packet feedback is determined. An uplink data packet corresponding to the uplink grant is received and a status thereof is determined. An outerloop downlink adjustment and outerloop uplink adjustment are updated based on at least one of the status of the downlink data packet feedback corresponding to the downlink assignment and status of the uplink data packet corresponding to the uplink grant. An outerloop uplink adjustment is determined as a sum of the outerloop downlink adjustment and an offset adjustment.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a clinical specimen sampler, including a filtering device; and a sampling device. The sampling device includes a sampling adsorber and a rod. The sampling adsorber is connected with one end of the rod, and the sampling adsorber is encompassed in the filtering device. The sampling adsorber is utilized to absorb the body fluid secreted by the intima of an organ, and the filtering device is employed to prevent the mucosal tissue of the intima of the organ from entering the sampling adsorber and enable the body fluid secreted by the intima of the organ to enter the sampling adsorber, so as to be absorbed by the sampling adsorber.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for a generalized outer loop link adaptation procedure. A normal outer-loop control procedure corrects an estimated SINR, which may be inaccurate if the estimate SINR is mapped from a channel quality estimate that does not reflect the true radio link condition. A normal outer control procedure functions properly only when a normal Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) is selected. A normal MCS is the highest Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) with which the target Block Error Rate (BLER) can be achieved given a certain number of HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request) transmissions. The present application discloses a generalized outer loop link adaptation procedure that functions properly whether the selected MCS is normal, aggressive, or conservative.