Abstract: The present disclosure generally discloses an autonomous wireless transmission mechanism. The autonomous wireless transmission mechanism may be configured to support autonomous transmissions by wireless end devices to wireless access nodes in a connectionless manner. In general, an autonomous wireless transmission by a wireless end device may include transmission of a preamble in a preamble transmission zone and autonomous transmission of a payload over one or more resource units of one or more payload transmission zones without requiring establishment of a connection between the wireless end device and the wireless access node. The autonomous wireless transmission mechanism, by obviating the need for a wireless end device to establish a connection with a wireless access node in order to transmit data to the wireless access node, also obviates a need for the wireless end device to operate in a scheduled transmission mode.

Abstract: Various methods and devices are provided to address the need for improved dual connectivity. For example, a network node (500) in a primary network includes a processing unit (501) and an interface unit (510), which includes a network interface (511) for communication with other network devices. The processing unit is communicatively coupled to the interface unit and configured to receive, from a user equipment (UE) via the interface unit, a secondary Internet Protocol (IP) address for the UE, the secondary IP address being associated with a secondary network of the UE. The processing unit is also configured to initiate via the interface unit the establishment of at least one tunnel to bridge the network node and the UE via the secondary network.

Abstract: Embodiments are described herein to provide improvements to known network interference cancellation techniques. One general approach involves a first network node attempting (801) to decode a received signal which includes signaling from a first wireless device transmission and at least one interfering transmission. If the first network node is unsuccessful in attempting to decode the received signal, it is determined (802) whether it would be cost effective to obtain decoded signaling from a serving network node of a wireless device that corresponds to the at least one interfering transmission. If (803) it is determined to be cost effective, the decoded signaling that corresponds to the at least one interfering transmission is requested.

Abstract: Various methods and devices are provided to address the need for improved mobile communications in heterogeneous networks. In one method, an anchor-cell transceiver node communicates with a mobile device via a primary link. The anchor-cell transceiver node conveys information for the mobile device to the mobile device by routing at least a portion of the information to the mobile device via a secondary-cell transceiver node.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally discloses an interference mitigation capability. The present disclosure discloses use of dirty paper coding in a wireless communication network in order to mitigate interference in the wireless communication network. The wireless communication network may be a heterogeneous wireless communication network, where heterogeneity may be based on wireless access device technology type, wireless access device transmit power, or the like. For example, the wireless communication network may be a heterogeneous wireless communication network including a first type of wireless access device (e.g., a small cell device, such as a metro cell, microcell, picocell, femtocell, or the like) and a second type of wireless access device (e.g., a large cell device, such as a macro cell), where the first type of wireless access device is configured to use dirty paper coding to mitigate interference from the second type of wireless access device.

Abstract: The downlink control and uplink data channels between wireless user equipment and a wireless cell site are decoupled, allowing the user equipment to send data payloads to a second cell site via a different uplink data channel that provides greater throughput and/or a higher quality-of-experience for a user of the user equipment.

Abstract: The efficiency of uplink data channels provided by a wireless cell is increased by using offset scheduling grants to control the transmission of data payloads from user equipment to the cell.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally discloses an autonomous wireless transmission mechanism. The autonomous wireless transmission mechanism may be configured to support autonomous transmissions by wireless end devices to wireless access nodes in a connectionless manner. In general, an autonomous wireless transmission by a wireless end device may include transmission of a preamble in a preamble transmission zone and autonomous transmission of a payload over one or more resource units of one or more payload transmission zones without requiring establishment of a connection between the wireless end device and the wireless access node. The autonomous wireless transmission mechanism, by obviating the need for a wireless end device to establish a connection with a wireless access node in order to transmit data to the wireless access node, also obviates a need for the wireless end device to operate in a scheduled transmission mode.

Abstract: Various methods and apparatuses are provided to address the need for improved multi-carrier communication. In one apparatus, a radio access network (RAN) (402) includes multiple network nodes (403, 406) operative to transmit, via multiple carriers (411-412), packet data to a user element (UE) (401) using a protocol stack. The protocol stack includes a radio link control (RLC) layer split into an upper RLC processing layer and multiple lower RLC processing layers. Each lower RLC processing layer is associated with one carrier of the multiple carriers and each lower RLC processing layer supports packet data transmission via its associated carrier. The upper RLC processing layer supports packet data transmission via the multiple carriers.

Abstract: In one example embodiment, a method for reducing an effect of an interference signal on data being transmitted over a communication channel includes determining, by a processor, a code word based on at least an information vector and an interference vector, the information vector representing the data, the interference vector representing the interference signal. The method further includes determining, by the processor, a code vector based on the determined code word. The method further includes generating, by the processor, a transmit vector based on the code vector and the interference vector.

Abstract: Example embodiments are directed to methods of reducing inter-cell interference in wireless networks using successive interference cancellation (SIC). Example embodiments use inter-cell cooperation between cells and/or sectors to successfully decode their associated users' data signals and pass on the decoded data signals to other cells/sectors in order to reduce inter-cell interference and allow for improved decoding of users' data signals. Example embodiments include passing the decoded data signals via the backhaul. Example embodiments also include static and dynamic ordering of user data signals in conjunction with the application of SIC.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the method includes determining, at a receiver, a total average received power over N resource elements and the L antennas, where N and L are integers greater than or equal to 1. The method further includes determining, at the receiver, a first bias in a first estimate of average received power for a received desired signal based on the determined total average received power; and generating, at the receiver, a first refined estimate of the average received power for the received desired signal based on the first estimate and the determined first bias.

Abstract: Embodiments are described herein to provide improvements to known network interference cancellation techniques. One general approach involves a first network node attempting (801) to decode a received signal which includes signaling from a first wireless device transmission and at least one interfering transmission. If the first network node is unsuccessful in attempting to decode the received signal, it is determined (802) whether it would be cost effective to obtain decoded signaling from a serving network node of a wireless device that corresponds to the at least one interfering transmission. If (803) it is determined to be cost effective, the decoded signaling that corresponds to the at least one interfering transmission is requested.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the method includes determining, at a receiver, a total average received power over N resource elements and the L antennas, where N and L are integers greater than or equal to 1. The method further includes determining, at the receiver, a first bias in a first estimate of average received power for a received desired signal based on the determined total average received power; and generating, at the receiver, a first refined estimate of the average received power for the received desired signal based on the first estimate and the determined first bias.

Abstract: Various methods and devices are provided to address the need for improved dual connectivity. For example, a network node (500) in a primary network includes a processing unit (501) and an interface unit (510), which includes a network interface (511) for communication with other network devices. The processing unit is communicatively coupled to the interface unit and configured to receive, from a user equipment (UE) via the interface unit, a secondary Internet Protocol (IP) address for the UE, the secondary IP address being associated with a secondary network of the UE. The processing unit is also configured to initiate via the interface unit the establishment of at least one tunnel to bridge the network node and the UE via the secondary network.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the method includes determining, at a network element, a first filter component based on reference sequences for user equipments in a first set. The method further includes determining a second filter component. The second component is based on a plurality of received signals and has estimated contributions to the plurality of received signals by the user equipments in the first set removed. The plurality of received signals are associated with a plurality of antennas. The method further includes filtering a selected received signal based on the first and second filter components to obtain an estimated signal for a selected user equipment.

Abstract: Various methods and apparatuses are provided to address the need for improved multi-carrier communication. In one apparatus, a radio access network (RAN) (402) includes multiple network nodes (403, 406) operative to transmit, via multiple carriers (411-412), packet data to a user element (UE) (401) using a protocol stack. The protocol stack includes a radio link control (RLC) layer split into an upper RLC processing layer and multiple lower RLC processing layers. Each lower RLC processing layer is associated with one carrier of the multiple carriers and each lower RLC processing layer supports packet data transmission via its associated carrier. The upper RLC processing layer supports packet data transmission via the multiple carriers.

Abstract: In one example embodiment, a method for reducing an effect of an interference signal on data being transmitted over a communication channel is disclosed. The method includes determining, by a processor, a code vector representing data based on an information vector and an interference vector, the information vector representing the data, the interference vector representing the interference signal. The method further includes generating, by the processor, a transmit vector for transmitting the data based on the code vector and the interference vector.

Abstract: In one example embodiment, a method for reducing an effect of an interference signal on data being transmitted over a communication channel includes determining, by the processor, a code word based on a base information vector and an auxiliary vector, the base information vector including base information bits representing the data to be transmitted over the communication channel, the auxiliary vector corresponding to an interference vector representing the interference signal. The method further includes generating, by the processor, a transmit vector for transmission based on the determined code word and the interference vector.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of coordinating the downlink transmissions from a plurality of base stations to at least one mobile unit. The method is implemented in a control plane entity and includes receiving, at the control plane entity and from each of the plurality of base stations, channel state information for a plurality of wireless communication channels between the plurality of base stations and one or more mobile units. The method also includes determining, at the control plane entity and based on the channel state information, transmission formats for downlink transmissions from the plurality of base stations to the mobile unit(s). The method further includes providing the transmission formats to the plurality of base stations.