Abstract: Disclosed is a method including identifying a service availability requirement and a survival time requirement for a terminal device, estimating a reliability level of a feedback channel associated with the terminal device based at least partly on a link quality and one or more physical control channel attributes associated with the terminal device, and determining a first target block error rate value for a first operation mode of the terminal device and a second target block error rate value for a second operation mode of the terminal device based at least partly on the service availability requirement, the survival time requirement, and the estimated reliability level of the feedback channel.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising obtaining information indicating at least a mode of a plurality of terminal devices, and allocating a set of radio resources to the plurality of terminal devices based at least partly on the mode of the plurality of terminal devices.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing reduced feedback delay may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least selecting a frame format to be applied for configuring transmission and reception of data. The frame format may be selected from options including a downlink only format, an uplink only format and a downlink and uplink format. The apparatus may be further configured for communicating the frame format to a transceiver to enable configuration of the transceiver for transmission and reception of data according to the frame format selected. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided.

Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, an apparatus (50) includes: means for determining (52) a source timing parameter for a source node (70) and a relay timing parameter for a relay node (60), wherein the relay node (60) is disposed between the source node (70) and the apparatus (50); first means for transmitting (56) the relay timing parameter to the relay node (60); and second means for transmitting (56) the source timing parameter and the relay timing parameter to the source node (70). In another exemplary embodiment, an apparatus (70) includes: first means for receiving (76) a first timing parameter; second means for receiving (76) a second timing parameter; first means for transmitting (76) a message to a first node (60) in accordance with the first timing parameter; and second means for transmitting (76) the message to a second node (50) in accordance with the first and second timing parameters.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing reduced feedback delay may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least selecting a frame format to be applied for configuring transmission and reception of data. The frame format may be selected from options including a downlink only format, an uplink only format and a downlink and uplink format. The apparatus may be further configured for communicating the frame format to a transceiver to enable configuration of the transceiver for transmission and reception of data according to the frame format selected. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided.

Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, an apparatus (50) includes: means for determining (52) a source timing parameter for a source node (70) and a relay timing parameter for a relay node (60), wherein the relay node (60) is disposed between the source node (70) and the apparatus (50); first means for transmitting (56) the relay timing parameter to the relay node (60); and second means for transmitting (56) the source timing parameter and the relay timing parameter to the source node (70). In another exemplary embodiment, an apparatus (70) includes: first means for receiving (76) a first timing parameter; second means for receiving (76) a second timing parameter; first means for transmitting (76) a message to a first node (60) in accordance with the first timing parameter; and second means for transmitting (76) the message to a second node (50) in accordance with the first and second timing parameters.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing quantization of synchronization signals may include a processor and a memory storing executable instructions. In response to execution of the instructions by the processor, the apparatus may perform at least receiving an indication of a first variable defining a communication parameter with respect to communications associated with a serving node, receiving an indication of a second variable defining the communication parameter with respect to communications associated with a neighbor node, determining variable information based on a difference between the first variable and the second variable, and providing the variable information to the serving node in a quantized message enabling the serving node to modify a value associated with the first variable to reduce the difference between the first variable and the second variable. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided.

Abstract: In one exemplary aspect thereof the embodiments of this invention provide an apparatus that includes a wireless receiver configurable to receive resource units; a wireless transmitter configurable to transmit feedback information to a source of the received resource units; and a channel estimator and feedback generator coupled to the wireless receiver and to the wireless transmitter. The channel estimator and feedback generator is configurable to determine a weight for each of a first resource unit and a second resource unit that are received by the receiver spaced apart at least in frequency, to determine a weight for at least some of a plurality of resource units that are intermediate at least in frequency to the first and the second resource units, and to send feedback via the transmitter.

Abstract: A method of detecting a data stream comprising estimating a data stream from a received signal, generating an interference estimate based on said estimated data stream, detecting the data stream using said interference estimate.