Patents Issued in April 3, 2014
  • Publication number: 20140092789
    Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from techniques for handling inter-band carrier aggregation (CA). For example, systems of the third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) advanced (LTE-A) may benefit from a uplink (UL) downlink (DL) configuration zero handling, particularly in cases where there is no physical hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) indicator channel (PHICH). For example, certain embodiments may be applicable to inter-band CA having different UL/DL configuration in use. A method can include triggering in a downlink subframe a first physical uplink shared channel transmission in a first hybrid automatic repeat request process. The method can also include triggering in the downlink subframe a second physical uplink shared channel transmission in a second hybrid automatic repeat request process. The secondary cell can be configured with time division duplex uplink/downlink configuration number zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Hai Peng LEI, Li ZHANG, Chun Hai YAO
  • Publication number: 20140092790
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment discloses a multi-subframe physical uplink control channel PUCCH resource arrangement for PUCCH format 1a/1b resource allocation for enhanced physical downlink control channel EPDCCH in time division duplex TDD transmission. A definition of a semi-static offset for each EPDCCH set is extended by considering multiple downlink subframes, and a dynamic offset mechanism is enhanced to avoid resource collision between multiple DL subframes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Nokia Siemens Networks Oy
    Inventors: Li ZHANG, Timo Erkki Lunttila, Esa Tapani Tiirola
  • Publication number: 20140092791
    Abstract: System and methods are provided for processing time-division signals and frequency-division signals using a multi-mode transceiver. The example system includes a power amplifier, a switching component, and a duplexer. The power amplifier is configured to receive a first time-division signal from the transceiver and to generate an amplified time-division signal based on the first time-division signal if the transceiver is in a time-division mode. The power amplifier is further configured to receive a first frequency-division signal from the transceiver and to generate an amplified frequency-division signal based on the first frequency-division signal if the transceiver is in a frequency-division mode. The switching component is configured to receive the amplified time-division signal from the power amplifier, and to output the amplified time-division signal for transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventor: Mingjie Fan
  • Publication number: 20140092792
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for receiving a downlink control channel in a wireless communication system, and a device therefore, more particularly, to the method and a device therefore, the method comprising the steps of: receiving an upper layer signal including a plurality of frequency resource sets; receiving a subframe carrying a plurality of downlink control channel candidates; and monitoring the plurality of control channel candidates in one specific frequency resource set from the plurality of frequency resource sets, for the downlink control channel, wherein the one specific frequency resource set is determined according to the type or the characteristic of the subframe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hakseong Kim, Hanbyul Seo
  • Publication number: 20140092793
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for setting a subframe in a wireless communication system and to an apparatus for same. More particularly, the method for setting the subframe in the wireless communication system that is operated by a time division duplex (TDD), comprises the steps of: setting at least one uplink subframe and at least one downlink subframe according to an uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configuration; receiving resetting information with respect to a specific uplink subframe from the at least one uplink subframes; and setting the specific uplink subframe so as to include a first section for an uplink and a second section for a downlink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Suckchel Yang, Joonkui Ahn, Dongyoun Seo
  • Publication number: 20140092794
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Suckchel Yang, Joonkui Ahn, Dongyoun Seo
  • Publication number: 20140092795
    Abstract: A tunable diplexer includes a high pass filter, a low pass filter, a high band port, a low band port, and an antenna port. The high pass filter is adapted to pass high band signals falling within a high pass band between the high band port and the antenna port, while attenuating signals outside of the high pass band. The low pass filter is adapted to pass low band signals falling within a low pass band between the low band port and the antenna port, while attenuating signals outside of the low pass band. The low pass filter includes a low stop band zero, which is adapted to attenuate signals within a low stop band. The low stop band zero is tunable, such that the low stop band can be adjusted to selectively attenuate signals within a given frequency band in the low pass band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: RF Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Marcus Granger-Jones
  • Publication number: 20140092796
    Abstract: An alarm system can provide security, fire, protection, or other alarm services for a premises, such as for a building or other property. A communication system can provide the alarm system with long-range connectivity, so the alarm system can communicate voice, data, or other information with a remote entity. In some embodiments, the communication system may utilize VoIP communications, for example flowing through an intermediary server to a central monitoring station. The alarm system can comprise an alarm panel into which the VoIP functionality is integrated, for example. In some embodiments, the alarm system can communicate with a remote entity utilizing an LTE communication data channel that may carry voice and data. The alarm system can comprise an alarm panel into which the LTE functionality is integrated, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventor: Michael Gregory
  • Publication number: 20140092797
    Abstract: Enhanced low power medium access (LPMA) processes involve the enhanced LPMA STA indicating low power capabilities during association and being allocated an AID. The AID(s) for one or a group of enhanced LPMA STA(s) are included in one TIM sent during a different BEACON interval than the AID(s) for another or another group of enhanced LPMA STA(s). In addition, or alternatively, the AID(s) for enhanced LPMA STA(s) are located at an edge of the AID set within a TIM, a portion of the TIM that may be easily truncated and therefore not sent. The enhanced LPMA STAs and associated access point negotiate unique offset and sleepinterval periods for polling or data uplink by the enhanced LPMA STAs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Liwen Chu, George A. Vlantis
  • Publication number: 20140092798
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a method performed by a mobile communication device in a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode. First, the device dumps contemporarily received data and performs multipath search while a beginning part of a relevant sub-frame in a control channel is being transmitted. Next, the device dumps contemporarily received data and decodes dumped data with an accelerated rake while a middle part of the relevant sub-frame is being transmitted. Then, the device decodes contemporarily received data with a normal rake while an ending part of the relevant sub-frame is being transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Wei-Jen Chen, Lun-Han Chang, Sung-Chiao Li, Wei-Nan Sun
  • Publication number: 20140092799
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for low power consumption in wireless communication systems are disclosed herein. An evolved node B (eNodeB) is configured to provide a connection reconfiguration message to user equipment (UE) connected to the eNodeB, the connection reconfiguration message configuring the UE to indicate a power preference. The eNodeB receives assistance information from the UE. The assistance information includes a low power preference indication and a timer length, wherein the timer length indicates a preferred duration for a low power mode. The eNodeB provides, in response to receiving the assistance information, a connection release message to the UE. The connection release message includes paging discontinuous reception (DRX) information that includes the timer length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: PUNEET K. JAIN, VARUN N. RAO, ALI T. KOC, MARUTI GUPTA
  • Publication number: 20140092800
    Abstract: Provided are a connection release method and apparatus for client cooperation in a wireless communication system. A source device and a base station exchange a release request message and a release response message at the stage of a connection release request. The source device releases connection with a cooperative device and then transmits a release report message, which includes the results of the connection release with the cooperative device, to the base station. The base station and the cooperative device are connected through a first system, and the source device and the cooperative device are connected through a second system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hee Jeong Cho, Eun Jong Lee, Young Soo Yuk
  • Publication number: 20140092801
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for transmitting multicast data to M2M devices, to a method for transmitting a reliable MAC control message, and to devices for supporting the methods. The method for receiving multicast data by an idle-mode M2M device in a wireless access system comprises the following steps: receiving a paging group identifier information message, including a multicast traffic indication (MTI) field indicating whether a paging message is transmitted; monitoring a paging frame for receiving the paging message in a paging listening period in an idle mode; if the paging message is not received in the paging frame, transmitting a ranging request message including an M2M operation code and an M2M group identifier; and receiving a ranging response message, including an M2M response code and a multicast transmission start time (MTST) field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jeongki Kim, Youngsoo Yuk
  • Publication number: 20140092802
    Abstract: The purpose of this invention is to provide a technique for preventing collisions between a numerous response packets generated in broadcast communication. A communication device (A1-A16) transmits a response packet (220) using a time slot corresponding to the terminal number (A1-A16) of the device, in response to a broadcast packet (210) transmitted from an information processing unit (20). The information processing unit (20) transmits a broadcast retransmission packet (230) including information representing the terminal numbers of communication devices that have succeeded in transmitting a response packet. Among communication devices that have received the broadcast retransmission packet (230), the communication devices that require retransmission transmit a retransmission response packet (240) using the time slot of another randomly selected device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: MEGACHIPS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20140092803
    Abstract: Various embodiments of electronic communication systems and methods in which an infrastructure in-motion adapts from a first set of communication parameters to a second set of communication parameters while moving from one geographical region to a second geographical region, and associated transmission pattern of the infrastructure in-motion may be modified to either avoid a problem of multiple-region-coverage or to resolve such a problem once it has arisen. The infrastructure in-motion may be a base station or other infrastructure, and any or all of multiple techniques such as beam switching, beam selection, phased array, and null-steering, may be used to modify a transmission pattern. In various alternative embodiments, infrastructure in-motion in one geographical region establishes a first backhaul link with a first core network, moves to a second geographical region, and then establishes a second backhaul ink with a second core network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: PureWave Networks, Inc
    Inventor: Dan Picker
  • Publication number: 20140092804
    Abstract: An example system for satellite payload communications includes a digital channelizer and a regenerative communications subsystem (RCS). The digital channelizer includes a plurality of inputs for receiving a plurality of signals from a plurality of uplink beams and a plurality of outputs for outputting the plurality of signals. The RCS includes a plurality of inputs selectably coupled to the digital channelizer outputs to receive signals from selected ones of the digital channelizer outputs and a plurality of outputs selectably coupled to the digital channelizer inputs to transmit the processed signals to selected ones of the digital channelizer inputs. The RCS is configured to process selected ones of the plurality of signals to produce processed signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: The Boeing Company
  • Publication number: 20140092805
    Abstract: A method, system, and device for reducing connection time to a wireless access point includes recording wireless connection information in a log, remotely computing parameters as a function of past wireless connection information in the log, generating an ordered list of wireless access points most likely to be available for reconnection at a desired time as a function of recent wireless connection information in the log, and directly probing a wireless access point instead of initiating a wireless access point scan. In some embodiments, remotely computing parameters as a function of past wireless connection information in the log comprises performing genetic programming operations to generate prediction programs for later prediction of wireless access points most likely to be available for reconnection at a desired time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Adriaan van de Ven, James T. Kukunas, Dirk Hohndel
  • Publication number: 20140092806
    Abstract: Embodiments may comprise logic such as hardware and/or code to assign or offload Bluetooth applications from the main processor while maintaining the legacy interface to the OS protocol stack and compatibility to legacy Bluetooth applications. Embodiments may comprise selection logic such as a multiplexer in the Bluetooth radio controller to allow it to support multiple Bluetooth core stacks. The selection logic may enable offloading specific applications to an additional stack, such as an embedded stack while supporting the operating system (OS) stack in parallel. Embodiments may also comprise a Bluetooth radio controller with one or more additional host interface drivers to support multiple Bluetooth core stacks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Amihai Kidron, Albert O. Ho
  • Publication number: 20140092807
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system that tests wireless devices. The system includes a signal generator that generates a downlink signal. The system also includes a management apparatus that tests a first wireless device using the downlink signal. During testing of the downlink signal, the management apparatus configures a second wireless device to listen to the downlink signal and save a set of tuning circuit states for synchronizing to the downlink signal. The management apparatus may then configure the second wireless device to load the saved tuning circuit states to expedite synchronization with the downlink signal during subsequent testing of the second wireless device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Xuefeng Zhao
  • Publication number: 20140092808
    Abstract: A 3GPP monitoring architecture framework provides monitoring event configuration, detection, and reporting for machine-type and other mobile data applications using a machine type communication interworking function (MTC-IWF) that communicates monitoring event configuration, detection, and reporting messages through existing interfaces, such as Tsp, T4, and T5 interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Puneet K. Jain, Varun N. Rao, Muthaiah Venkatachalam
  • Publication number: 20140092809
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems for transmitting and receiving data based on multipath for transmitting data based on multipath include: establishing WiMAX connection-based multiple paths between a first device and a second device; transmitting data frames in a data queue in the multiple paths; obtaining the quality condition of the multiple paths; and based on the quality condition, adjusting the transmission of the data frames in the data queue in the multiple paths. According to one aspect, there is provided a method for receiving data based on multipath, which includes: establishing WiMAX connection-based multiple paths between a first device and a second device; receiving a plurality of data frames in the multiple paths; processing the received plurality of data frames based on quality condition of the multiple paths. There are further provided corresponding apparatuses and systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chang Jie Guo, Hongbin Lin, Qian Ma, Qing Wang, Su Su Xie, Lin Yang, Ji Zheng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140092810
    Abstract: Disclosed are a transmission device, a reception device and a method for providing a simultaneous data transmission for a data session through a plurality of heterogeneous networks. The transmission device divides particular data to be transmitted into two or more partial data, transmits first partial data after inserting first tunneling information which induces the first partial data to pass through a first network of two or more networks into the first partial data, and transmits second partial data of the two or more partial data after inserting second tunneling information which induces the second partial data to pass through a second network of the two or more networks into the second partial data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gyu Min LEE, Jeong Su KIM, In Jang JEONG, Kyung Hoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20140092811
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting/receiving channel status information on at least one of a plurality of nodes in a multi-node system. According the present invention, a channel status between a UE and a node which transmits data to the UE can be reported more accurately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kitae Kim, Jinyoung Chun, Sunam Kim, Jiwon Kang, Binchul Ihm, Sungho Park
  • Publication number: 20140092812
    Abstract: Operation of a terminal for determining which time alignment timer is applied to a certain condition when specific timers operate for each carrier-wave group in the event a wireless communication system using carrier aggregation techniques. A terminal performs communication without malfunctions using a timer suitable for a certain condition. The terminal operates the timer by receiving, from a base station, a message including a timing advance command and an index on a timing advance group (TAG), operating the timer for the TAG, the index has a value of 00 when the TAG includes a first cell. A terminal operates a timer by operating a first timer for a TAG including a first cell, operating a second timer upon receipt of a timing advance command for a second TAG that does not include the first cell, and, if the first timer has expired, deeming the second timer to also be expired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jae Hyuk Jang, Soeng Hun Kim, Kyeong In Jeong, Boon Loong Ng, Gert-Jan Van Lieshout
  • Publication number: 20140092813
    Abstract: An apparatus for enabling sharing of one or more connectivity parameters with one or more friends may include a processor and memory storing executable computer code causing the apparatus to at least perform operations including detecting one or more connection parameters and associated data of at least one access point. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to facilitate provision of the connection parameters and associated data for inclusion within at least one profile of a user. The profile may be associated with a social network service identifying one or more relationships among one or more determined friends of the user. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to enable provision of the connection parameters and associated data to at least one device of the user or one or more devices of the friends. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventor: Mikko Jaakkola
  • Publication number: 20140092814
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to reporting channel state information associated with a downlink channel in a wireless communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: KT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyung Joon Song, Jong Sik Lee
  • Publication number: 20140092815
    Abstract: A method of specifying one or more sets of one or more physical resource block (PRB) pairs from among a plurality of PRB pairs in a subframe that a user equipment (UE) is to monitor for an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) includes sending, from a base station, a first representation of the PRB blocks, the representation including a plurality of bits, a total number of the plurality of bits being less than a product of total number of the plurality of PRB pairs and a total number of the one or more sets, the first representation indicating which of the plurality of PRB pairs are in at least one of the one or more sets of one or more PRB pairs the UE is to monitor for the EPDCCH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Sigen Ye, Matthew P. J. Baker, Fang-Chen Cheng, Shin Horng WONG
  • Publication number: 20140092816
    Abstract: A wireless device that includes a receiver to receive data transmission scheduling information from a first wireless communication access point and to receive data from a second wireless communication access point according to the data transmission scheduling information. The wireless device may also include a request generator to generate a data transmission request based on the data transmission scheduling information and a transmitter to transmit the data transmission request to the second wireless communication access point. The receiver may receive the data from the second wireless communication access point in response to the data transmission request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Akira ITO
  • Publication number: 20140092817
    Abstract: A scheduling component associated with a data channel configures initial reserved bandwidth allocations for each agency permitted access to a shared data channel. When sufficient bandwidth is available on the shared data channel to meet all bandwidth requests, the scheduling component schedules access to available random access slots on the shared data channel. When an agency accesses a scheduled random access slot, the agency is able to reserve additional reserved slots on the shared data channel for data transmission on an on-demand basis. The scheduling component enables bandwidth management controls when one or more requests for the additional reserved slots on the shared data channel cannot be fulfilled due to insufficient available additional reserved slots on the shared data channel and controls access to the shared data channel by distributing limited access permissions for future available random access slots to agencies permitted access to the shared data channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: STEPHEN H. SANDERS, III, YUNHAI YANG, LESLIE G. GUSTAFSON
  • Publication number: 20140092818
    Abstract: Techniques for efficiently and economically providing data transfer through wireless data networks. These techniques are particularly suitable for Internet data transfers. In one aspect, mobile devices are able to be allocated additional wireless channels to obtain increased data transfer capabilities. The additional wireless channels can be used for unicast, multicast or broadcast of data. These techniques provide additional wireless bandwidth to mobile devices and allows control over allocation of the additional wireless bandwidth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventor: Robert C. Yen
  • Publication number: 20140092819
    Abstract: An access point determines the buffered data for each station of a plurality of stations in a BSS and groups the stations with similar station characteristics. The transmission time to the stations in a group can be apportioned. The groups can be ordered based on station characteristics and a transmission history. A sounding for a group can be performed based on the order. The MU-MIMO transmission for the group can be performed until a first condition is met. If the first condition is met, then the sounding and the MU-MIMO transmission for a next group can be performed, according to the order, until a second condition is met. The first condition can include an apportioned transmission time having expired and/or the buffers for the group being flushed. The second condition can include new data having been buffered by the AP and/or all buffered data having been transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Shu Du, Zhanfeng Jia, Ning Zhang, Qinghai Gao, Balaji Srinivasan Babu
  • Publication number: 20140092820
    Abstract: In a method for transmitting control information in a wireless network, a wireless resource allocation module assigns at least one of (i) a first plurality of enhanced resource element groups to a first set of enhanced control channel elements, and (ii) a second plurality of enhanced resource element groups to a second set of enhanced control channel elements; and a transceiver transmits the control information to at least one radio frequency equipment using at least one of the first and second sets of enhanced control channel elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Alcatel-Lucent
    Inventors: Sigen YE, Matthew P J BAKER, Shin Horng WONG
  • Publication number: 20140092821
    Abstract: In embodiments, an evolved Node B (eNB) of a wireless communication network may configure an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) physical resource block (PRB) set for a user equipment (UE). The EPDCCH-PRB set may include a plurality of PRB-pairs. The EPDCCH-PRB set may further include a plurality of enhanced resource element groups (EREGs) organized into localized enhanced control channel elements (ECCEs) having EREGs of the same PRB-pair and distributed ECCEs having EREGs of different PRB-pairs. In some embodiments, the eNB may determine a set of distributed EPDCCH candidates for the UE from the EPDCCH-PRB set, wherein the individual distributed EPDCCH candidates include one or more of the distributed ECCEs, and wherein the set of distributed EPDCCH candidates includes at least one EREG from each of the plurality of localized ECCEs. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Yuan Zhu, Xiaogang Chen, Seunghee Han, Jong-Kae Fwu, Qinghua Li
  • Publication number: 20140092822
    Abstract: Methods of operating a network node are provided. Various embodiments may provide methods of processing enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) information by a network node of a radio telecommunications system. The methods may include differentiating between sets of physical resource block (PRB) pairs in an ePDCCH control region when defining blind decoding candidates. Moreover, the methods may include scheduling a resource for a User Equipment (UE) in response to differentiating between the sets of PRB pairs. Related network nodes and UEs are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Havish Koorapaty, Jung-Fu Cheng, Erik Eriksson, Mattias Frenne, Johan Furuskog
  • Publication number: 20140092823
    Abstract: A method is provided for communication in a wireless telecommunication network. The method comprises providing, by a network element, one of an uplink grant or a downlink grant to at least one UE that the network element has determined, based on information received from a plurality of UEs, is closer to the network element than is another UE, wherein the uplink grant is scheduled such that the UE transmits to the network element only during at least one flexible subframe, and wherein the downlink grant is scheduled such that the network element transmits to the UE only during at least one flexible subframe. The method further comprises transmitting, by the network element, to at least one UE that the network element has determined, based on information received from a plurality of UEs, is closer to the network element than is another UE, only during at least one flexible subframe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Yi Song, Chandra Sekhar Bontu, Zhijun Cai
  • Publication number: 20140092824
    Abstract: Technology for conditional hybrid automatic retransmission re-quest (HARQ) mapping for carrier aggregation (CA) is disclosed. One method can include a user equipment (UE) determining when a subframe for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission is configured for downlink semi-persistent scheduling (SPS). The subframe configured for downlink SPS can generate a first condition. The UE can generate HARQ-ACK states for the first condition for a HARQ bundling window with discontinuous transmission (DTX) padding for a secondary HARQ bundling window size for a secondary cell (SCell) and a primary HARQ bundling window size for a primary cell (PCell). The UE can generate HARQ-ACK states for a second condition for the HARQ bundling window with DTX padding including a DTX padding exception. The second condition can include conditions not covered by the first condition. The DTC padding exception can generate a set of HARQ-ACK states to uniquely define each padded HARQ-ACK state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: HONG HE, SEUNGHEE HAN, DEBDEEP CHATTERJEE, JONG-KAE FWU, RUI HUANG
  • Publication number: 20140092825
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for identifying carrier-aggregation band combinations that may be supported by a mobile terminal with limited performance. According to one example method, a mobile terminal sends (710) a band capability information element to the network (e.g., to a 3GPP eNB). The band capability information element contains data indicating which band combinations the mobile terminal supports for carrier aggregation. In addition, the mobile terminal sends (720) additional information (e.g., one or more new parameters) associated with at least one specific band combination. In some cases, this new information indicates that a specific band combination has limited support. In these or in other embodiments, the new information contains information about an amount or type of limitation. This latter information may be present on its own, or in combination with the information that more generally indicates that the mobile terminal is capable of only limited support for a specific band combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Lisa Boström, Magnus Larsson, Christian Skärby
  • Publication number: 20140092826
    Abstract: A method performed by a network node of a wireless communication network is provided for communicating an enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel, ePDCCH, to a user equipment, UE. The method comprises transmitting (606) a configuration message to the UE. The configuration message comprises an indication of a first mapping of the ePDCCH to resource elements belonging to a first ePDCCH set, where the resource elements of the first ePDCCH set are different from resource elements used for a first type of signal. The method further comprises an indication of a second mapping of the ePDCCH to resource elements belonging to a second ePDCCH set, where the resource elements of the second ePDCCH set are different from resource elements used for a second type of signal, thereby enabling dynamically mapping ePDCCH to the resource elements of the first ePDCCH set or the second ePDCCH set. Further methods, UEs and computer programs are provided for communicating an ePDCCH between a network node and a UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Erik Eriksson, Mattias Frenne, David Hammarwall, George Jöngren
  • Publication number: 20140092827
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a method in a user equipment (10) for performing channel estimation of one or more long term channel properties at the user equipment (10), wherein the user equipment (10) is served by a radio network node (12). The user equipment (10) assumes that a default Channel State Information Reference Signal, CSI-RS, resource is co-located with a Demodulation Reference signal, DMRS, port when co-location is not explicitly signalled from the radio network node (12), wherein the default CSI-RS resource is configured by reading a predetermined entry in a configurable list of candidate co-location CSI-RS resources for a dynamic indication of co-location options in a Downlink Control Information, DCI, format. When assumed to be co-located, the user equipment (10) estimates one or more long term channel properties of the DMRS port and the default CSI-RS resource based on the assumption that the default CSI-RS resource is co-located with the DMRS port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: George Jöngren, Stefano Sorrentino
  • Publication number: 20140092828
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine readable mediums for utilizing both wireless links simultaneously in an efficient and seamless manner. A virtual network interface at the Operating System level of both the femto base station and the mobile station may multiplex and demultiplex packets across both wireless links, thus increasing bandwidth, all while keeping the existence of these multiple links hidden to the application layers, which allows flexibility and increases reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Alexander Sirotkin
  • Publication number: 20140092829
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for transmission and reception of SPS communications are disclosed herein. User equipment (UE) is configured to receive, in a first subframe, a physical downlink control channel or enhanced physical downlink control channel (PDCCH/EPDCCH) corresponding to semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) activation. The PDCCH/EPDCCH conveys a value of nSCID. The UE configures, based on the SPS activation, a downlink (DL) assignment in a second subframe for receiving an SPS physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) without a corresponding PDCCH/EPDCCH. The UE determines a reference signal sequence corresponding to the SPS PDSCH using nSCID derived from the PDCCH/EPDCCH corresponding to the associated SPS activation. The UE receives the SPS PDSCH in a second subframe. The UE processes the SPS PDSCH based on the reference signal sequence for the SPS PDSCH in the second subframe using the nSCID derived from the PDCCH/EPDCCH corresponding to the associated SPS activation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: SEUNGHEE HAN, YUAN ZHU, XIAOGANG CHEN, ALEXEI DAVYDOV, JONG-KAE FWU
  • Publication number: 20140092830
    Abstract: Technology for blind decoding downlink control information (DCI) from an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) is disclosed. In an example, a user equipment (UE) can include a processor configured to: Recursively attempt to decode the DCI from enhanced control channel elements (ECCE) of the EPDCCH from physical resource block (PRB) region candidates in a PRB set using a selected set of enhanced resource element group (EREG) index maps for the ECCE until the DCI is successfully decoded; and decode the DCI with an EREG index map associated with a same aggregation level used to encode the DCI. Each EREG index map can be configured for a different aggregation level (AL).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Xiaogang Chen, Seunghee Han, Yuan Zhu, Qinghua Li, Jong-Kae Fwu
  • Publication number: 20140092831
    Abstract: CPU in a multi-wireless terminal, that allows simultaneous wireless communication for communication of a 1x system and communication of an LTE system, executes a process of monitoring a protocol state for the communication of the 1x system. When the protocol state for the communication of the 1x system is during transmission, the CPU executes a process of performing maximum value control for limiting a maximum value of transmission power for the communication of the LTE system. Moreover, when the protocol state for the communication of the 1x system is any state other than during the transmission, for example, during idle or during position registration operation, the CPU executes a process of stopping the maximum value control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventor: Naritoshi SAITO
  • Publication number: 20140092832
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, to an ACK/NACK (Acknowledgement/Negative ACK) transmission method in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor. The ACK/NACK transmission method preformed by user equipment in a wireless communication system comprises: receiving a PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel); receiving a PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel) indicated by the PDCCH; and transmitting an ACK/NACK for the PDSCH. According to the ACK/NACK transmission method and apparatus of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seunghee Han, Hyunsoo Ko, Jaehoon Chung, Moonil Lee
  • Publication number: 20140092833
    Abstract: The present disclosure presents embodiments of a system and method for improved uplink transmission management in a network that includes one or more machine-type communication (MTC) devices. For example, in an aspect, the present disclosure presents a method of cluster head selection for a MTC device cluster, the method comprising transmitting a polling message from an eNodeB to one or more MTC devices of the MTC cluster, receiving one or more polling responses at the eNodeB from the one or more MTC devices, and determining the set of cluster heads based on the one or more polling responses; and transmitting cluster head information associated with each cluster head of the set of cluster heads to the one or more MTC devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Rath Vannithamby, Maruti Gupta, Mei-Ju Shih
  • Publication number: 20140092834
    Abstract: A mobile communication device having a Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS) Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI) is provided. In the mobile communication device, a wireless module performs wireless transmission and reception to and from a cellular station, and a controller module performs operations for communication controls. The operations include: determining whether SPS has been enabled for downlink (DL), and instructing the wireless module to monitor a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) for a DL assignment reception from the cellular station for a Transmission Time Interval (TTI), in response to the mobile communication device having the SPS C-RNTI and SPS having been enabled for DL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Shiang-Rung YE
  • Publication number: 20140092835
    Abstract: A network controller as well as a method in a network controller for coordinating resource assignments to radio access points of a superdense, SDN, network is provided. The method comprises identifying a set of radio access points in the SDN network whose respective radio resource assignment is to be independently coordinated. The method also comprises obtaining interference information indicative of the extent to which radio transmissions to or from different radio access points in the set would interfere with one another absent radio resource assignment coordination. The method then forms subsets of the radio access points in the set based on this obtained interference information. The method also assigns different subsets of radio resources to the different subsets of the radio access points, and reports assignment information to the radio access points in the set, indicating the assignment of radio resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Fredrik Athley, Martin Johansson, Sven Petersson
  • Publication number: 20140092836
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to adjusting a blind decoding of a downlink control channel in a base station. A method of adjusting a blind decoding of a downlink control channel may include creating an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) using the number of EPDCCH candidates per aggregation level (AL) in each of one or more EPDCCH sets for user equipment; and transmitting the created EPDCCH to the user equipment. Herein, the number of EPDCCH candidates is determined based on at least one of (i) a resource size associated with configuration of each EPDCCH set and (ii) the total number of EPDCCH sets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: KT Corporation
    Inventors: Kyu Jin PARK, Seung Hyun KANG, Woo-Jin CHOI
  • Publication number: 20140092837
    Abstract: In a multi-carrier wireless system, potential problems from reconfiguring mobile station resources to accommodate changes in component-carrier configuration are mitigated by inserting a guard period each time the configuration of component carriers changes, so that transceiver reconfiguration can be carried out without interfering with ongoing transmission. A base station is configured to transmit data to a mobile station according to a first configuration of two or more component carriers, to determine that a change of configuration to a second component-carrier configuration is required, and to signal the change of configuration to the mobile station, using the first configuration of component carriers. The base station then refrains from transmitting data to the mobile station during a pre-determined guard interval of at least one transmission-time interval subsequent to the signaling of the change of configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Ghyslain Pelletier, Lars Sundström
  • Publication number: 20140092838
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes determining spectral positions of intermodulation distortion products for a multi-cluster transmission. The method also includes mapping the spectral positions to corresponding spectral regions. The method further includes determining a maximum power reduction value of the multi-cluster transmission based on the corresponding spectral regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Philip David COAN, Paul Joseph DRAXLER, In Hyuck YEO