Abstract: A method for determining resources to be decoded by the UE to retrieve physical downlink control channels. A method is in a UE or an eNB and comprises the following steps of: i. determining a start position of a unit of resources in one physical resource block pair; ii, determining a gap between two of the units; and iii. determining a set of units, in a given plurality of physical resource block pairs, according to said start position and said gap, as the resources to be decoded. In this way, the eNB and the UE can locate all the resources for the EPDCCH, namely the search space is determined. This aspect allows a balance between the number of blind decoding and eNB scheduling flexibility in the EPDCCH search space.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for determining ePDCCH-based downlink control information. Specifically, receiving a control signaling from an eNB, wherein the control signaling comprises at least one ePDCCH set and corresponding configuration information thereof; determining candidate resource index information based on the control signaling; performing DCI blind detection operation based on the candidate resource index information, so as to obtain downlink control information corresponding to the control signaling.

Abstract: One embodiment of the invention provides a mechanism to assist the eNodeB of the second cell, for example macrocell eNodeB or femtocell eNodeB to determine the configuration of ABSs. To be specific, the eNodeB of the first cell sends a request signaling to the eNodeB of the second cell to inform of the requirement for ABSs. The eNodeB of the second cell receives the request signaling from the eNodeB of the first cell, and then it determines the pattern of ABSs and sends the pattern of ABSs in the form of bitmap through a signaling to the eNodeB of the first cell. As the requirement for ABSs is determined by the eNodeB of the first cell on the basis of the number of the UEs and/or the traffic load of the UEs which are near the edge of coverage area of the picocell, it can help the eNodeB of the second cell to determine the configuration of ABSs, i.e. the pattern of ABSs, so that the efficient resource utilization is achieved.

Abstract: A method of facilitating coordinated multi-point communication (CoMP) in a wireless communications network including at least a first base station (BS) and a second BS, a plurality of user equipment (UEs) being associated with the second BS, includes generating, at the first BS, a status request message for requesting the second BS to report one or more types of status information, the status request message including at least one of an aggregation indicator and conditional reporting indicator, the aggregation indicator specifying whether the second BS is to report individual measurements or aggregated measurements to the first BS, the conditional reporting indicator indicating to the second BS to report measurements corresponding to the one or more types of resource status information to the first BS only when one or more conditions are met; and sending the status request message to the second BS.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling a rank information (RI) report. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for controlling an RI report of a User Equipment (UE) in a base station of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile communications network is provided. The method includes the following steps: determining a Channel State Information (CSI) report set for a UE, where the CSI report set includes multiple CSI feedback modes (CSI processes); sending to the UE Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling indicating the CSI report set; and sending to the UE signaling indicating a precoding codebook subset and/or rank restriction of each CSI feedback mode in the CSI report set. According to the above embodiment, rank selection and high rank transmission are supported for coordinated multi-point (CoMP) transmission in the LTE mobile communications network.

Abstract: A method of configuring user equipment in a wireless communication network to operate to receive a dynamically changing coordinated multipoint transmission from one or more transmission point in said network, a computer program product and network control node operable to perform that method. The method comprises: determining, for the user equipment, a set of two or more transmission points from which the user equipment may receive a transmission and allocating them to a coordinated multipoint transmission measurement set associated with the user equipment; allocating a set of modes of operation of the transmission points in the coordinated multipoint transmission measurement set for communication with the user equipment; associating a codepoint to each mode in the allocated set of modes of operation of the set of transmission points to form a codebook; and informing the user equipment of the codebook.

Abstract: One embodiment of the method includes defining, at the user equipment, a range for the maximum output power. The range includes a maximum value and a minimum value. The minimum value is based on a maximum power signalled by a base station, a power class of the user equipment, a maximum power reduction permitted, an additional maximum power reduction permitted, a reduction term dependent on transmission bandwidth, and a power management term. The method further includes setting, at the user equipment, the maximum output power within the defined range.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the method of configuring a common search space (CSS) for at least one user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system with at least a first type of physical downlink control channel includes broadcasting at least one parameter of a common search space (CSS), none of the parameters being the number of orthogonal frequency-division multiplex (OFDM) symbols. In one embodiment, a method of configuring a default user equipment-specific search space (USS) for a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system with at least a first type of physical downlink control channel includes broadcasting at least one parameter of the default USS, none of the parameters being based on an identifier of the UE. The broadcasting may occur before UE-specific signaling. In one embodiment, a method of configuring or reconfiguring the USS may include transmitting at least one parameter of the USS with UE-specific signaling.

Abstract: A method for supporting multiple-input-multiple-output communications, user equipment and a computer program product are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: determining whether an amount of data available for transmission that is greater than a maximum capacity of one the plurality of streams is below an associated threshold amount of at least another of the plurality of streams; and if so, preventing transmission of at least one of the plurality of streams. This helps to ensure that a stream is only used for transmission when the residual data is sufficient to warrant its use. This prevents, for example, inefficient use of a stream which may otherwise result in excessive transmission power, high usage of code resource and additional inter-stream interference.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus, in a base station of a communication network, for performing resource element mapping of an e PDCCH for respective user equipments served by the base station. Specifically the base station firstly determines resource element mapping patterns for the respective user equipments and performs the resource element mapping based upon the determined resource element mapping patterns, wherein the resource element mapping patterns include performing the resource element mapping for the e PDCCH by excluding resource elements corresponding to a legacy signal or performing the resource element mapping for the e PDCCH by puncturing the resource elements corresponding to the legacy signal; and then the base station sends information about the resource element mapping patterns determined for the respective user equipments and a downlink control signaling to the respective user equipments.

Abstract: At least one example embodiment discloses a user equipment (UE) including a memory configured to store a selected physical random access channel (PRACH) repetition level and a processor configured to monitor a duration of a timer, the duration indicating a length of time to use the PRACH repetition level.

Abstract: One embodiment of a method for inter-base station signaling includes receiving, at a first base station, first information from a second base station. The first information indicates commitments regarding transmission power by the second base station. The embodiment further includes determining, at the first base station, whether the second base station will follow the commitments indicated in the first infatuation based on second information. The second information indicates for at least one of the first and second base stations which subframes in a series of subframes will be special subframes. Each special subframe has at least one of less transmit power than a maximum transmission power and less data than a fully loaded subframe.

Abstract: A method and device for detecting a Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, are provided. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method for detecting a PDCCH at a UE includes: receiving (100) a configuration of an Enhanced-PDCCH, E-PDCCH; receiving (101) a subframe; determining (102) whether the received subframe is a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service Single Frequency Network, MBSFN, subframe; and according to a determination result, detecting (103) the PDCCH, where if the received subframe is an MBSFN subframe, a common PDCCH in the MBSFN subframe is detected, and if the received subframe is a non-MBSFN subframe, an E-PDCCH in the non-MBSFN subframe is detected.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating a network comprising a primary station communicating with a plurality of secondary stations, the method comprising the primary station communicating with a secondary station in a discontinuous mode; the secondary station transmitting to the primary station a control message based on the current status of the secondary station; and the primary station changing a parameter of the discontinuous mode based on the control message.

Abstract: A method for supporting multiple-input-multiple-output communications with a base station of a wireless telecommunications network, user equipment and a computer program product are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of establishing a grant associated with a secondary stream; and determining a transport block size for said secondary stream in accordance with a relationship between grant and transport block size, said relationship differing from a primary relationship between grant and transport block size used to determine a primary transport block size for a primary stream. By using this approach, where a different relationship, mapping, function or lookup table is used to derive the transport block size for the secondary stream to that relationship, mapping or function used to derive the transport block size for the primary stream from the grant of the primary stream enables different transport block sizes to be used, each of which may be appropriate to its associated stream.

Abstract: A method of controlling uplink multiple input multiple output transmission between user equipment and a base station of a wireless communications network, user equipment and a computer program product are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: identifying whether insufficient capacity exists on a primary uplink stream to carry pending uplink data packets; and if insufficient capacity exists, preventing establishment of a secondary uplink stream when it is determined that pending uplink data packets which would not be carried by the primary uplink stream would under-utilise the secondary uplink stream. In this way, the disproportionate interference and consumption of resources that would otherwise result from the establishment of a secondary stream in order to carry relatively little data is avoided which reduces the resources utilized, increases power efficiency and minimizes interference.

Abstract: The invention provides modified forms of bouganin protein having biological activity and a reduced propensity to activate human T cells as compared to the non-modified bouganin protein. The invention also provides T-cell epitope peptides of bouganin, and modified T-cell epitope peptides of bouganin which have a reduced propensity to activate human T cells as compared to the non-modified T-cell epitope peptide. The invention also provides cytotoxins having the having a ligand that binds to a cancer cells attached to the modified bouganin proteins. Also provided are methods of inhibiting or destroying mammalian cancer cells using the cytotoxins of the invention and pharmaceutical compositions for treating human cancer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating a network comprising a primary station communicating with a plurality of secondary stations, the method comprising the primary station communicating with a secondary station in a discontinuous mode; the secondary station transmitting to the primary station a control message based on the current status of the secondary station; the primary station changing a parameter of the discontinuous mode based on the control message.

Abstract: Method, apparatus and computer program for a mobile transceiver 200 and a base station transceiver 300 of a cellular mobile communication network communicating with the mobile transceiver 200 using packet switched data, the mobile communication network comprising a plurality of base station transceivers 300, 301. A base station transceiver 300, 301 operating one or more cells 300a, 301a. The mobile station is associated with a first cell 300a. Interference reduction information is received from a second cell 301a, the interference reduction information comprising an indication on a request of the second cell 301a to reduce the transmission power of the mobile transceiver 200 to reduce the interference power received at the second cell 301a. A transmission power of the mobile transceiver 200 is reduced based on the interference reduction information from the second cell 301a and based on a reduction criterion.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to methods and apparatuses for performing a random access procedure from a mobile terminal to communicate with a wireless communication network, the random access procedure providing a first (41) and a second group (42) of available random access radio resources, wherein the first and the second group (41; 42) comprise a plurality of random access radio resources assigned to the mobile terminal for sending a random access preamble to the wireless communication network.