Abstract: A device and a method for job scheduling at a signal processing component with limited queue availability, in response to a request for one or more new jobs, the method comprising: calculating a metric for each job in the queue and a request metric for the one or more new jobs, wherein each job's metric is based on a difference between an estimate output of executing the job in current conditions and a previous output of the job; determining a minimum metric from the metrics calculated for the jobs in the queue; and comparing the minimum metric to the request metrics to determine whether to schedule to new job for execution.

Abstract: Apparatuses for transmitting and receiving a signal in a communication system are provided. An apparatus of a receive device includes a receiver configured to receive, from a transmit device, a signal comprising remaining bits of parity bits after puncturing, wherein the parity bits are obtained by adding at least one shortened bit to information bits to obtain input bits for an encoding, if a number of the information bits is less than a number of the input bits for the encoding; and a hardware processor configured to determine a number of puncture bits for the parity bits, generate an output signal by adding at least one value corresponding to the number of the puncture bits to the signal, and decode the output signal.

Abstract: A method for operating user equipment (UE) includes generating, by the UE, a transmit precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) list including one or more TPMIs selected from a set of available TPMIs stored at a base station (BS). Data indicative of the TPMI list is transmitted to the BS. An index of the TPMI list is transmitted to the BS. Downlink control information (DCI) is received from the BS including an indication of at least one TPMI from the TPMI list based on the index. Uplink data is transmitted to the BS on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) using the at least one TPMI.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for transmitting and receiving a signal in a communication system are provided. The method includes checking a type of the signal to be transmitted; determining a number of puncture bits according to the type of the signal; and puncturing an encoded signal to be transmitted according to the number of puncture bits.

Abstract: A communication device includes a controller configured to identify a plurality of carriers for carrier aggregation; and an estimation processor configured to determine, for a first device processing resource of the communication device, throughput gain values that estimate an increase in throughput from using the device processing resource with the plurality of carriers. The controller further is configured to determine efficiency metrics for the first device processing resource based on the throughput gain values and power penalty values that estimate a power penalty from using the first device processing resource with the plurality of carriers, and select, based on the efficiency metrics, a first carrier of the plurality of carriers to which to assign the first device processing resource.

Abstract: A communication device includes a controller configured to identify a plurality of carriers for carrier aggregation; and an estimation processor configured to determine, for a first device processing resource of the communication device, throughput gain values that estimate an increase in throughput from using the device processing resource with the plurality of carriers. The controller further is configured to determine efficiency metrics for the first device processing resource based on the throughput gain values and power penalty values that estimate a power penalty from using the first device processing resource with the plurality of carriers, and select, based on the efficiency metrics, a first carrier of the plurality of carriers to which to assign the first device processing resource.

Abstract: Devices and methods for determining a wideband Channel Quality Indicator (wbCQI) and a plurality of sub-band Channel Quality Indicators (CQIs) for reporting to a network, including deriving a first metric for a wideband and each of a plurality of sub-bands from a received signal; converting the wideband first metric and the plurality of sub-band first metrics to a wideband CQI and a plurality of sub-band CQIs; determining a skewness of the plurality of sub-band CQIs to the wideband CQI by comparing each of the plurality of sub-band CQIs to the wideband CQI; modifying the wideband CQI when a negative skewness is determined and recomputing the plurality of sub-band CQIs based on the modified wideband CQI; and providing the modified wideband CQI and the plurality of recomputed sub-band CQIs to the network.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for transmitting and receiving a signal in a communication system are provided. The method includes checking a type of the signal to be transmitted; determining a number of puncture bits according to the type of the signal; and puncturing an encoded signal to be transmitted according to the number of puncture bits.

Abstract: Devices and methods for determining a wideband Channel Quality Indicator (wbCQI) and a plurality of sub-band Channel Quality Indicators (CQIs) for reporting to a network, including deriving a first metric for a wideband and each of a plurality of sub-bands from a received signal; converting the wideband first metric and the plurality of sub-band first metrics to a wideband CQI and a plurality of sub-band CQIs; determining a skewness of the plurality of sub-band CQIs to the wideband CQI by comparing each of the plurality of sub-band CQIs to the wideband CQI; modifying the wideband CQI when a negative skewness is determined and recomputing the plurality of sub-band CQIs based on the modified wideband CQI; and providing the modified wideband CQI and the plurality of recomputed sub-band CQIs to the network.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for transmitting and receiving a signal in a communication system are provided. The method includes checking a type of the signal to be transmitted; determining a number of puncture bits according to the type of the signal; and puncturing an encoded signal to be transmitted according to the number of puncture bits.

Abstract: A method (200) of determining mutual information of a composite receive signal, the composite receive signal comprising a reference signal and a data signal, includes the following acts: estimating (201) a base metric of the composite receive signal based on the reference signal, the base metric being indicative of a channel quality; and determining (202) the mutual information based on the base metric and the data signal.

Abstract: A correction circuit (200) for providing at least one correction parameter (206) for correcting channel state information includes: a first input (201) for receiving at least one transport performance indicator (202) indicating a transport performance of data received over a radio channel; a second input (203) for receiving channel state information (204); and an output (205) for providing the at least one correction parameter (206) based on a relationship between the at least one transport performance indicator (202) and the channel state information (204).

Abstract: A method of transmitting data by a transmitter in a broadcast system, a transmission device for transmitting at least one data stream in a broadcast system, a method of receiving data by a receiver in a broadcast system, and a receiving device for receiving data in a broadcast system are provided. The method of transmitting data by a transmission device includes generating a first frame including a preamble and a payload, wherein the preamble comprises first information related to the payload of the first frame and the payload comprises the data; and transmitting the first frame, wherein the preamble includes at least one parity bit for third information related to a payload of a second frame, wherein the second frame is a next frame of the first frame, and wherein the preamble of the first frame comprises second information related to the first information.

Abstract: A method (200) for power management in a radio receiver includes: receiving (201) a sequence of radio subframes over a radio channel, each radio subframe comprising at least one control region and at least one data region; monitoring (202) control information from at least one control region of at least one radio subframe; generating (203) a channel metric based on the monitored control information, the channel metric indicating a quality of the radio channel; and selecting (204) a control region decoding mode based on the channel metric, the control region decoding mode indicating a scheduling for disabling reception of at least part of the at least one data region of the sequence of radio subframes.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for transmitting and receiving a signal in a communication system are provided. The method includes checking a type of the signal to be transmitted; determining a number of puncture bits according to the type of the signal; and puncturing an encoded signal to be transmitted according to the number of puncture bits.

Abstract: An enhanced Node B (eNB) for precoding is generally described. In some embodiments, a first precoding-matrix indicator (PMI) and a second PMI is received on an uplink channel from user equipment (UE). Symbols for multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) beamforming may be precoded by the eNB using a precoder matrix recommended by the first and second PMIs, for a MIMO downlink orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) transmission. The first PMI and the second PMI are calculated by selecting a representative codeword that is indexed by i1 and i2 for a plurality of 2TX constituent beams, the 2TX constituent beam that provides the best system evaluation metric. The i1 index for wideband and the i2 index for each subband are identified from the defined 2TX constituent beam.

Abstract: An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) may include memory and processing circuitry coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry may be configured to estimate a communication channel for a multi-carrier signal based on a received reference signal, the multi-carrier signal aggregating a plurality of component carriers. During a transmission time interval of the multi-carrier signal, the UE can perform a global search over a beam search space to obtain a beam index recommendation for a component carrier of the plurality of component carriers. The beam index recommendation corresponds to a maximized channel quality metric of the estimated communication channel and is indicative of a beam grid within the beam search space. The UE can perform a localized search of a subset of the beam search space to obtain a second beam index recommendation for a second component carrier of the plurality of component carriers.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for transmitting and receiving a signal in a communication system are provided. The method includes checking a type of the signal to be transmitted; determining a number of puncture bits according to the type of the signal; and puncturing an encoded signal to be transmitted according to the number of puncture bits.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for encoding, transmitting, and receiving signaling information in a broadcasting/communication system are provided. The method includes generating the signaling information which comprises a plurality of pieces; determining a number of coded blocks to which the signaling information is to be encoded, based on a number of bits of the signaling information and a number of encoder input information bit; segmenting each piece of the signaling information based on the number of the coded blocks; constructing input information bits of each coded block to include segmented parts of each piece of the signaling information; encoding the input information bits to each coded block; and transmitting each coded block.

Abstract: A method of transmitting data by a transmitter in a broadcast system, a transmission device for transmitting at least one data stream in a broadcast system, a method of receiving data by a receiver in a broadcast system, and a receiving device for receiving data in a broadcast system are provided. The method of transmitting data by a transmission device includes generating a first frame including a preamble and a payload, wherein the preamble comprises first information related to the payload of the first frame and the payload comprises the data; and transmitting the first frame, wherein the preamble includes at least one parity bit for third information related to a payload of a second frame, wherein the second frame is a next frame of the first frame, and wherein the preamble of the first frame comprises second information related to the first information.