Abstract: A shared control channel structure includes at least one control channel to be allocated at least to a user for at least one of uplink and downlink directions in a network, which the at least one control channel is arranged as at least a part of a modular structure comprising of modular code blocks on at least two different sizes. One of such modular structures may be represented as a tree structure in particular, where each of the modular code blocks define one node of the tree, respectively.

Abstract: A method, user equipment, network device, and software product employ indicators from a plurality of respective cells to indicate a difference, if any, regarding allocation in the respective cell as compared to neighbor cells. Mobility measurements are then performed according to the indicators, and also on the basis of configuration of a cell where the measurements are performed.

Abstract: A shared control channel structure includes at least one control channel to be allocated at least to a user for at least one of uplink and downlink directions in a network, which the at least one control channel is arranged as at least a part of a modular structure comprising of modular code blocks on at least two different sizes. One of such modular structures may be represented as a tree structure in particular, where each of the modular code blocks define one node of the tree, respectively.

Abstract: A shared control channel structure includes at least one control channel to be allocated at least to a user for at least one of uplink and downlink directions in a network, which the at least one control channel is arranged as at least a part of a modular structure comprising of modular code blocks on at least two different sizes. One of such modular structures may be represented as a tree structure in particular, where each of the modular code blocks define one node of the tree, respectively.

Abstract: A method, user equipment, network device, and software product employ indicators from a plurality of respective cells to indicate a difference, if any, regarding allocation in the respective cell as compared to neighbor cells. Mobility measurements are then performed according to the indicators, and also on the basis of configuration of a cell where the measurements are performed.

Abstract: A method, user equipment, network device, and software product employ indicators from a plurality of respective cells to indicate a difference, if any, regarding allocation in the respective cell as compared to neighbor cells. Mobility measurements are then performed according to the indicators, and also on the basis of configuration of a cell where the measurements are performed.

Abstract: In one non-limiting, exemplary embodiment, a method includes: receiving a message including a resource allocation map having a first portion and a second portion; utilizing the first portion to determine a specific mapping scheme of a plurality of mapping schemes, wherein the determined specific mapping scheme is used for the second portion; and obtaining, based on the determined specific mapping scheme, resource allocation information based on the second portion. In another non-limiting, exemplary embodiment, a method includes: generating a message including a resource allocation map having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is indicative of a specific mapping scheme of a plurality of mapping schemes that are applicable to the second portion; and transmitting the generated message.

Abstract: Introducing a set of limitations on where different payload sizes are allowed in a control channel element aggregation ‘tree’ is shown. Following these limitations, the network element (e.g. Node B) will have a large flexibility for scheduling users, while the terminal (e.g. User Equipment) will have an option for still keeping the number of blind decoding attempts at a quite low number.

Abstract: A method of transmitting a transmit vector comprising symbols to be delivered within a resource unit from a transmitting station with one or more transmit antennas to one or more receiving stations with one or more receive antennas. The method comprises obtaining information on the state of channels between the one or more transmit antennas and the one or more receive antennas; and computing, on the basis of the channel states between the one or more transmit antennas and the one or more receive antennas, a covariance matrix Rnn, a combined channel matrix H, and a block-diagonal linear operator V of decoding matrices of the receiving stations. The transmit vector is multiplied with a precoding matrix P fulfilling the equations (HHVHVH=?I)P=HHVH Vi(HiPPHHiH+Rnn,i)=PiHHiH, i=1 . . . K trace(PHP)=Ptr and corresponding performing filtering in the receiving station using a receiver filter corresponding to the block-diagonal linear operator V.

Abstract: There is provided a base station comprising: an estimation unit for estimating a second or higher order statistics for each user terminal in a set of user terminals to be served; an estimation unit for estimating a scheduling metric based on the estimated second or higher order statistics; and a scheduling unit for controlling scheduling based on the estimated scheduling metric.

Abstract: A method, user equipment, network device, and software product employ indicators from a plurality of respective cells to indicate a difference, if any, regarding allocation in the respective cell as compared to neighbor cells. Mobility measurements are then performed according to the indicators, and also on the basis of configuration of a cell where the measurements are performed.

Abstract: Introducing a set of limitations on where different payload sizes are allowed in a control channel element aggregation ‘tree’ is shown. Following these limitations, the network element (e.g. Node B) will have a large flexibility for scheduling users, while the terminal (e.g. User Equipment) will have an option for still keeping the number of blind decoding attempts at a quite low number.

Abstract: In one non-limiting, exemplary embodiment, a method includes: receiving a message including a resource allocation map having a first portion and a second portion; utilizing the first portion to determine a specific mapping scheme of a plurality of mapping schemes, wherein the determined specific mapping scheme is used for the second portion; and obtaining, based on the determined specific mapping scheme, resource allocation information based on the second portion. In another non-limiting, exemplary embodiment, a method includes: generating a message including a resource allocation map having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is indicative of a specific mapping scheme of a plurality of mapping schemes that are applicable to the second portion; and transmitting the generated message.

Abstract: A shared control channel structure includes at least one control channel to be allocated at least to a user for at least one of uplink and downlink directions in a network, which the at least one control channel is arranged as at least a part of a modular structure comprising of modular code blocks on at least two different sizes. One of such modular structures may be represented as a tree structure in particular, where each of the modular code blocks define one node of the tree, respectively.

Abstract: A method includes: for a selected modulation type and coding rate, calculating with a receiver of a multi-antenna communication system an average SINR per allocation unit in a spatial domain by using a certain tuning parameter; based on the calculated average SINR values, calculating an effective SINR through the use of another tuning parameter; and using the calculated effective SINR to determine a corresponding block error rate. Also disclosed is a computer program product that operates in accordance with the method, a receiver, a circuit and a link adaptation unit usable in a MIMO communication system.

Abstract: There is provided a base station comprising: an estimation unit for estimating a second or higher order statistics for each user terminal in a set of user terminals to be served; an estimation unit for estimating a scheduling metric based on the estimated second or higher order statistics; and a scheduling unit for controlling scheduling based on the estimated scheduling metric.

Abstract: A method of transmitting a transmit vector comprising symbols to be delivered within a resource unit from a transmitting station with one or more transmit antennas to one or more receiving stations with one or more receive antennas. The method comprises obtaining information on the state of channels between the one or more transmit antennas and the one or more receive antennas; and computing, on the basis of the channel states between the one or more transmit antennas and the one or more receive antennas, a covariance matrix Rnn, a combined channel matrix H, and a block-diagonal linear operator V of decoding matrices of the receiving stations. The transmit vector is multiplied with a precoding matrix P fulfilling the equations (HHVHVH=?I)P=HHVH Vi(HiPPHHiH+Rnn,k)=PiHHiH trace(PHP)=Ptr and corresponding performing filtering in the receiving station using a receiver filter corresponding to the block-diagonal linear operator V.