Abstract: Disclosed is an air-gap type film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) including a substrate including an air-gap portion with a top surface in which a substrate cavity is formed, a lower electrode formed above the substrate while surrounding the air-gap portion, a piezoelectric layer formed above the lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed above the piezoelectric layer corresponding to a virtual area formed according to a vertical projection of the air-gap portion. Here, the piezoelectric layer includes a void portion having a piezoelectric cavity between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, and the void portion is formed below an edge portion corresponding to an end part of the upper electrode.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may select two transmit beams from a plurality of beams that the UE is capable of forming using an antenna array of the UE that includes a plurality of antenna elements, wherein the two transmit beams are to be used to transmit two corresponding layers of information; determine, after selecting the two transmit beams, a phase difference to be applied to the two transmit beams based at least in part on the two transmit beams; and transmit the information on the two corresponding layers concurrently via the two transmit beams using the phase difference. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a user equipment (UE) may use transmissions causing power density exposure (PDE) to nearby users. To reduce the PDE of an antenna module (e.g., below a maximum PDE threshold), the UE may implement a shielding strip around the antenna module. For example, the antenna module may include a substrate having a first surface and a set of antenna elements on the first surface. The shielding strip may enclose the set of antenna elements of the antenna module and extend away from the first surface above the antenna elements. The shielding strip may reduce PDE outside a field of view of the antenna module. Additionally, in some cases, the placement of the antenna module in the UE and the materials used for constructing the UE may further reduce PDE.

Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film resonator includes: a wafer; a lower electrode positioned on top of the wafer; a piezoelectric layer positioned on top of the lower electrode; and an upper electrode positioned on top of the piezoelectric layer, wherein the upper electrode has concavo-convex patterns formed on top thereof in such a manner as to surround a resonance area formed thereon.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a user equipment (UE) may perform calibration of a transceiver chain to maintain or improve operation of a device or comply with legal or protocol requirements. The UE may receive one or more wireless signals indicating a first set of resources where the first device is scheduled to transmit or receive communications. The UE may calibrate a wireless transceiver chain of the first device in a second set of resources. The second set of resources excludes the first set of resources and includes at least a portion of a third set of resources. The third set of resources are resource in which the first device has an option to transmit or receive communications based on a protocol configuration.

Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to communicating in a wireless network. Downlink control information having a dynamic resource allocation indicator can be received from a serving access point. It can be determined whether the dynamic resource allocation indicator indicates at least one symbol in a subframe is for uplink data communications or reference signal transmission. Uplink data communications can be transmitted using the at least one symbol based at least in part on the determination that the dynamic resource allocation indicator indicates the at least one symbol in the subframe is for the uplink data communication, though a broadcasted reference signal configuration may indicate otherwise. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for sounding reference signal (SRS) management in carrier aggregation (CA) are described. A user equipment (UE) may be scheduled for overlapping (e.g., concurrent) transmissions of SRS and uplink control or data on different cells of a CA configuration. In some cases, the SRS transmission may be dropped (e.g., the UE may refrain from transmitting a scheduled SRS). While in some cases, the UE may transmit both SRS and another uplink message in overlapping time intervals on different cells (e.g., SRS may be transmitted concurrently with another uplink message). A determination of whether to transmit or drop SRS may be based on whether the different cells have different cyclic prefix (CP) lengths or on whether the SRS is scheduled to be transmitted in a special subframe of a time division duplexing (TDD) configuration, for example.

Abstract: A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are disclosed for energy efficient multichannel communications. In one aspect, the apparatus may communicate using a plurality of channels working in parallel where the plurality of channels may share an LNA. Additionally, the apparatus may determine a set of parameters for the plurality of channels to maximize energy efficiency. The apparatus may therefore configure the plurality of channels based on the set of parameters. As such, the apparatus supports multichannel communications with a common LNA structure while providing energy optimization for the multichannel communications. Accordingly, multichannel communications can be provided using a shared LNA structure that reduces implementation cost and more efficiently utilizes available power resources.

Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to communicating in a wireless network. Downlink control information having a dynamic resource allocation indicator can be received from a serving access point. It can be determined whether the dynamic resource allocation indicator indicates at least one symbol in a subframe is for uplink data communications or reference signal transmission. Uplink data communications can be transmitted using the at least one symbol based at least in part on the determination that the dynamic resource allocation indicator indicates the at least one symbol in the subframe is for the uplink data communication, though a broadcasted reference signal configuration may indicate otherwise. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for mapping, by a UE, uplink transmissions to one or more antennas of the UE. In one aspect, a UE may receive an uplink resource allocation identifying a set of resource blocks (RBs) from a base station. The UE may map subsets of the set of RBs to one or more of a plurality of antennas of the UE and transmit one or more uplink transmissions, using the subsets of the set of resource blocks, on the one or more antennas based at least in part on the mapping. Additionally, in some aspects, the UE may determine channel characteristics or CSI associated with the downlink from the base station and base the mapping of subsets of RBs to one or more antennas of the UE on the determined channel characteristics/CSI.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for sounding reference signal (SRS) management in carrier aggregation (CA) are described. A user equipment (UE) may be scheduled for overlapping (e.g., concurrent) transmissions of SRS and uplink control or data on different cells of a CA configuration. In some cases, the SRS transmission may be dropped (e.g., the UE may refrain from transmitting a scheduled SRS). While in some cases, the UE may transmit both SRS and another uplink message in overlapping time intervals on different cells (e.g., SRS may be transmitted concurrently with another uplink message). A determination of whether to transmit or drop SRS may be based on whether the different cells have different cyclic prefix (CP) lengths or on whether the SRS is scheduled to be transmitted in a special subframe of a time division duplexing (TDD) configuration, for example.

Abstract: Methods and devices are disclosed for enabling improved performance on a multi-subscriber identification module (multi-SIM) wireless communication device. The wireless communication device may detect transmit activity on a modem stack associated with the first SIM, and detect a communication activity scheduled on a modem stack associated with the second SIM having a higher priority. If the transmit activity on the modem stack of the first SIM will impede the communication activity, the wireless device may identify subframes on the modem stack associated with the first SIM that overlap in time with the communication activity and for each identified subframe, blank symbols that conflict with the communication activity to develop a partially blanked subframe. The partially blanked subframe may be transmitted according to a blanking policy.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus determines an observed bit rate based on uplink transmissions of the UE, estimates an available link capacity for the UE, selects an estimate factor, and estimates available uplink throughput for future uplink transmissions of the UE as a function of the observed bit rate, the estimated available link capacity, and the estimate factor.

Abstract: Methods and devices are disclosed for enabling improved performance on a multi-subscriber identification module (multi-SIM) wireless communication device. The wireless communication device may detect transmit activity on a modem stack associated with the first SIM, and detect a communication activity scheduled on a modem stack associated with the second SIM having a higher priority. If the transmit activity on the modem stack of the first SIM will impede the communication activity, the wireless device may identify subframes on the modem stack associated with the first SIM that overlap in time with the communication activity and for each identified subframe, blank symbols that conflict with the communication activity to develop a partially blanked subframe. The partially blanked subframe may be transmitted according to a blanking policy.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for mapping, by a UE, uplink transmissions to one or more antennas of the UE. In one aspect, a UE may receive an uplink resource allocation identifying a set of resource blocks (RBs) from a base station. The UE may map subsets of the set of RBs to one or more of a plurality of antennas of the UE and transmit one or more uplink transmissions, using the subsets of the set of resource blocks, on the one or more antennas based at least in part on the mapping. Additionally, in some aspects, the UE may determine channel characteristics or CSI associated with the downlink from the base station and base the mapping of subsets of RBs to one or more antennas of the UE on the determined channel characteristics/CSI.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods for adapting one or more parameters for uplink transmissions based on a channel condition profile. An example method generally includes obtaining, from a base station, feedback relating to one or more uplink transmissions sent from the UE to a base station (BS); generating, based on the feedback, a channel condition profile of one or more channels associated with the one or more uplink transmissions; and taking one or more actions, based on the channel condition profile, to adjust at least one of a power, code rate, or modulation scheme for one or more subsequent uplink transmissions.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for scheduling transmission for a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT including, but not limited to, determining likelihood of successful transmission for each of a plurality of frames associated with the second RAT based on an activity pattern associated with the first RAT. Transmission cost associated with each of a plurality of data blocks is determined. Each of the plurality of data blocks is transmittable via the second RAT. A first data block of the plurality of data blocks is assigned to a frame of the plurality of frames based, at least in part, on the likelihood of successful transmission associated with the frame and the transmission cost associated with the first data block (the data with highest priority/delay sensitivity is assigned to the subframe with highest likelihood of success).

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus determines an observed bit rate based on uplink transmissions of the UE, estimates an available link capacity for the UE, selects an estimate factor, and estimates available uplink throughput for future uplink transmissions of the UE as a function of the observed bit rate, the estimated available link capacity, and the estimate factor.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method and an apparatus for simplified serial interference cancellation in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) and non-MIMO wireless systems by using a single hardware element for multiple interference cancelled streams.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method and an apparatus for unified iterative demodulation-decoding that can be employed in both multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) and non-MIMO wireless systems.