Abstract: A technique for determining a received signal strength indicator of a target base station at a subscriber station includes performing a discrete Fourier transform on a received signal to provide a transformed signal. In this case, the transformed signal occupies one or more segments of a channel and the one or more segments each include multiple subcarriers. A shift-n cross-correlation is calculated based on the transformed signal and a preamble sequence of the target base station to provide a coarse received signal strength indicator for the target base station.

Abstract: A wireless terminal receives signaling information, pertaining to a reference signal transmission in at least one specifically designated sub frame, the signaling information including a list, the list including base station identities. The terminal determines, from at least one of the base station identities in the list, the time-frequency resources associated with a reference signal transmission intended for observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) measurements from a transmitting base station associated with said one base station identity. The time of arrival of a transmission from the transmitting base station, relative to reference timing, is measured. The wireless terminal can receive a command from a serving cell to start performing inter-frequency OTDOA measurement on a frequency layer containing reference signals, the frequency layer distinct from the serving frequency layer, the serving frequency layer not containing positioning reference signals.

Abstract: A method (300) and apparatus (106) for transmitting information based on a relationship between a first channel and a second channel is disclosed. The method can include taking (302) a first channel measurement corresponding to a first antenna of a wireless terminal and taking (304) a second channel measurement corresponding to a second antenna of the wireless terminal. The method can include determining (306) a relationship between the first channel and the second channel based on the first channel measurement and based on the second channel measurement. The method can include transmitting (310) information related to an uplink transmission where the information can be based on the relationship.

Abstract: A method of signaling particular types of resource elements in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method can include, at a wireless terminal, receiving (610) a message providing information of a set of allocated resource elements carrying data intended for the wireless terminal. The method can include receiving (620) an indication corresponding to a resource element of a particular type within the set of allocated resource elements. The method can include decoding (630) resource elements that carry data intended for the wireless terminal based on the message providing information and based on the indication.

Abstract: A base station communicates a positioning reference signal (PRS) to wireless communication devices over a downlink in a wireless communication system by encoding a PRS into a first set of transmission resources, encoding other information into a second set of transmission resources, multiplexing the two sets of resources into a subframe such that the first set of resources is multiplexed into at least a portion of a first set of orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) symbols based on an identifier associated with the base station and the second set of resources is multiplexed into a second set of OFDM symbols. Upon receiving the subframe, a wireless communication device determines which set of transmission resources contains the PRS based on the identifier associated with the base station that transmitted the subframe and processes the set of resources containing the PRS to estimate timing (e.g., time of arrival) information.

Abstract: A method in a relay node operating in a time division duplex system wherein the relay node transmits downlink pilot timeslot information to a user terminal in a first temporal region of a special sub-frame, communicates with a base station during a second temporal region of the special sub-frame, the second temporal region is configured as a guard period for communications between the relay node and the user terminal, and configures a third temporal region of the special sub-frame.

Abstract: A wireless communication unit and method therein including generating a transmission waveform based on a mapping of at least one directly-modulated sequence to a set of radio resource elements, wherein the directly-modulated sequence is a product of at least one transmitted coefficient and a corresponding base sequence and the transmitted coefficient is based on a first channel corresponding to a first transmit antenna and a second channel corresponding to a second transmit antenna, and transmitting the transmission waveform from a transceiver of the wireless communication unit.

Abstract: A wireless communication terminal including a controller coupled to a wireless transceiver wherein the transceiver is configured to receive a first control message on an anchor carrier, the first control message including a resource assignment for the anchor carrier. The transceiver is also configured to receive a second control message on the anchor carrier, the second control message associated with a set of component carriers, the set of component carriers are distinct from the anchor carrier. The controller determines a resource assignment for at least one component carrier in the set of component carriers using both the first and the second control messages.

Abstract: In a wireless communication system, a method and apparatus for closed loop transmission is disclosed. In accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a time frequency portion of an uplink frame is dynamically reserved as a sounding zone for uplink channel sounding. A first message is transmitted to a first subscriber station in a downlink frame assigning a time-frequency resource within the sounding zone, and a sounding waveform. Furthermore, a signal is received from the subscriber station within the assigned time-frequency resource, a partial channel response is determined from the received sounding signal, and the subsequent transmission to the subscriber station is tailored based on the at least partial channel response.

Abstract: A base station communicates a positioning reference signal (PRS) to wireless communication devices over a downlink in a wireless communication system by encoding a PRS into a first set of transmission resources, encoding other information into a second set of transmission resources, multiplexing the two sets of resources into a subframe such that the first set of resources is multiplexed into at least a portion of a first set of orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) symbols based on an identifier associated with the base station and the second set of resources is multiplexed into a second set of OFDM symbols, and transmitting the subframe. Upon receiving the subframe, a wireless device determines which set of transmission resources contains the PRS based on the identifier associated with the base station that transmitted the subframe and processes the set of resources containing the PRS to estimate timing (e.g., time of arrival) information.

Abstract: A downlink subframe on a single downlink carrier supports physical layer acknowledgment signaling for multiple physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions. The physical layer acknowledgement signaling may take the form of physical hybrid ARQ indicator channel (PHICH) signaling. A base unit reserves resource elements groups (REGs) for default PHICH signaling of default PUSCH transmissions. The base unit reserves control channel elements (CCEs) for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) signaling. A CCE contains multiple interleaved REGs. The base unit takes any unreserved CCEs and maps those CCEs for physical layer acknowledgement signaling of additional PUSCH transmissions.

Abstract: A method, a network base station, and a user communication device for transmitting data on an orthogonal frequency-division multiple access carrier are disclosed. A network base station 106 may have a common antenna set 110 to transmit on a subcarrier via a first effective channel able to be constructed based on at least one common reference symbol. The network base station 106 may have a dedicated antenna set 112 to transmit on a subcarrier via a second effective channel able to be estimated based on at least one dedicated reference symbol. The user equipment device 102 may demodulate a data transmission using the at least one common reference symbol and the at least one dedicated reference symbol.

Abstract: A wireless communication relay terminal including a controller coupled to a transceiver wherein the controller is configured to cause the transceiver to transmit a first portion of a first sub-frame during a first time-frequency region to a wireless communication device, to cause the transceiver to receive, from a base station, a portion of a second sub-frame during a second time-frequency region wherein the first and second time-frequency regions are non-overlapping The controller is also configured to detect a control region within the portion of the second sub-frame received by attempting to decode information in a possible control region of the second sub-frame having at least one of several possible starting locations that are known a priori by the terminal.

Abstract: A relay design backward compatible with existing wireless communication networks. The invention provides details of apparatus and methods to enable operation of inband relays. Using a grant-based inhibit mechanism, a Relay and an eNB can efficiently cooperate to improve the performance by allowing one of either UE or the Relay to transmit on the uplink. Similarly, the UE overrides any pre-determined schedule (i.e., absence of Reference Signals) by searching for a scheduling grant and if the UE find the scheduling grant, the UE can assume that the Relay has overridden the pre-determined schedule temporarily.

Abstract: A base station and method for selecting a modulation coding scheme (MCS) in an OFDM communication system, includes a first step 500 of estimating the channel response on each antenna based on the uplink feedback. A next step 502 includes calculating transmit weights from the uplink feedback. A next step 504 includes computing a beamformed Carrier-to-Interference plus Noise Ratio based on a broadcast Carrier-to-Interference plus Noise Ratio and the transmit weights and the channel response. A next step 506 includes choosing a best modulation coding scheme for a beamform allocation using the beamformed CINR. A best antenna gain and frequency band can also be chosen using the beamformed CINR.

Abstract: A method, a network base station, and a user communication device for transmitting data on an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing carrier are disclosed. An antenna array may transmit a signal decodable by a legacy user communication device designed for compatibility with a legacy set of transmission antennas. A processor 210 may encode a subframe of the signal with a legacy set of common reference symbols and a supplemental set of common reference symbols referring to the antenna array.

Abstract: A method for communicating a plurality of data streams between a transmitting device with multiple transmit antennas and a receiving device, is disclosed. The method comprises determining a list consisting of a subset of the multiple transmit antennas on which the transmitting device will transmit data, determining a set of power weightings, providing the set of power weightings and the list of the subset of the multiple transmit antennas to the transmitting device, weighting a plurality of data streams by the power weightings, and transmitting the power weighted data streams on the subset of the multiple transmit antennas to the receiving device. Another aspect of the invention comprises maintaining a codebook consisting of a plurality of transmit weight vectors at both the transmitting device and the receiving device.

Abstract: A mobile device estimates a data symbol from a received signal by using one or more interference cancellation algorithms. For one interference cancellation algorithm, the mobile device calculates a correction factor by estimating a Doppler speed and a time difference between a first time interval like a preamble symbol and a second time interval like any symbol of interest in an assigned data allocation in the data zone. Using the correction factor, the mobile device updates outdated interference information. The mobile device cancels interference in the received signal distorted by co-channel interference by using the updated interference information. Also, the mobile device is configured to combine results of multiple interference cancellation algorithms based on the applicability of the individual interference cancellation algorithms in particular scenarios.

Abstract: Access to a wireless communication system (100) by a subscriber station (101-103) is facilitated by selecting (705) an access sequence from a set of sequences that have been identified to have a low average of peak-to-average-power-ratios of access signals generated by the set of sequences and also based on a good cross-correlation of the access signals; forming (714) the access waveform by generating an access signal using the access sequence and appending in the time domain a cyclic prefix to the access signal; and transmitting (715) the access waveform. In some implementations, the access waveform is cyclically shifted (820) before the cyclic prefix is appended, and in some implementations, the signal is transmitted (710, 810) in a randomly selected sub-band of an access interval.

Abstract: A method for communicating control channel information in a wireless communication system, including transmitting a super-frame having a time-frequency resource region containing an allocation control channel and multiple pilot elements, at least some of which are associated with the allocation control channel, and indicating, in a configuration information control channel of the super-frame, a characteristic of the pilots elements associated with the allocation control channel.