Abstract: An efficient uplink HARQ feedback channel resource allocation scheme is adopted for carrier aggregation in a multi-carrier LTE/LTE-A system. Two resource allocation schemes (e.g., explicit and hybrid) for HARQ ACK/NACK (A/N) are applied. Part of the resources is allocated based on explicit method via RRC configuration. Another part of the resources is allocated based on hybrid method via both RRC and implicit information carried by downlink schedulers. In an explicit method, the physical resource for A/N feedback information is determined based on a resource index in a DL scheduling grant. The DL grant corresponds to transport blocks over a configured CC. The resource index points to a physical resource from a set of candidate uplink A/N physical resources reserved for the CC. In an implicit method, the A/N physical resources are determined based on a logical address of the DL scheduling grant.

Abstract: The present disclosure is a novel utility of a software defined radio (SDR) based Distributed Antenna System (DAS) that is field reconfigurable and support multi-modulation schemes (modulation-independent), multi-carriers, multi-frequency bands and multi-channels. More specifically, the present invention relates to a DAS utilizing one or more Daisy-Chained Rings of Remote Units. The present invention enables a high degree of flexibility to manage, control, enhance, facilitate the usage and performance of a distributed wireless network such as Flexible Simulcast, automatic traffic load-balancing, network and radio resource optimization, network calibration, autonomous/assisted commissioning, carrier pooling, automatic frequency selection, frequency carrier placement, traffic monitoring, traffic tagging, pilot beacon, etc. As a result, a DAS in accordance with the present invention can increase the efficiency and traffic capacity of the operators' wireless network.

Abstract: The invention relates to a message for reporting a channel quality of a communication system, a corresponding method and apparatuses performing such method. The invention is inter alia applicable to a 3GPP LTE and LTE-A system as standardized by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). The invention provides a structure (message) that allows conveying channel quality information in a manner allowing an unambiguous identification of the size channel quality information. This is achieved by defining a message comprising a first channel quality field consisting of a known number of bits, and a second channel quality field consisting of a variable number of bits. The number of bits and structure (of the content of the bits) of the second channel quality field is indicated by the content of the bits of the first channel quality field.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for processing terminal membership based on a hybrid access mode cell, which method comprises: when the CSG member state of a terminal changes to a new CSG member state, a core network or a HNB gateway informing an access network element of the information about the new CSG member state; and the access network element processing the terminal according to information about the new CSG member state. The present invention further provides a system for processing terminal membership based on a hybrid access mode cell. In the present invention, when the subscription information changes when a terminal is in the connected state, not only the subscription information stored in the terminal and the core network or the HNB gateway is changed, but also the access network element which it accesses modifies its access identity to be a new CSG member state, thus the non-subscribed users and the subscribers can be processed differently and accurately.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for the feedback of channel information in a wireless communication system. User equipment transmits a recommended rank to a base station. The user equipment receives, from the base station, an indicating rank that has been determined in consideration of the recommended rank, and transmits a channel status determined on the basis of the indicating rank to the base station.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for hybrid session based Diameter routing are disclosed. According to one method, the method comprises receiving, at a first Diameter signaling router (DSR), a first Diameter message for processing by a Diameter server. The method also includes selecting, using a Diameter node selection algorithm that operates on at least one parameter in the first Diameter message without requiring use of stored Diameter binding information, a first Diameter server to which the first Diameter message is to be routed. The method further includes determining whether the first Diameter server is available. The method also includes, in response to determining that the first Diameter server is not available, selecting a second Diameter server to which the first Diameter message is to be routed and creating an exception binding record that associates the second Diameter server and information in the first Diameter message.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for efficiently allocating resources to a terminal in a random access system are provided. A method for transmitting an abnormal power down report from a Machine to Machine (M2M) device in a wireless communication system may include transmitting a Bandwidth Request (BR) preamble sequence and a first message to a base station, receiving an uplink resource allocation from the base station, transmitting the abnormal power down report using the uplink resource allocation, and starting a first timer for confirmation of the transmitted abnormal power down report, wherein the first message may include an identifier of the M2M device and a BR index for transmitting an abnormal power down report.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for triggering a status report in a RLC acknowledged mode protocol. The technical scheme includes: A, constructing and transmitting a status report at a data receiving end of a RLC layer when a reordering timer is timeout or a packet for setting a polling bit is received from a transmitting end; B, determining whether the data receiving window is in smoothly moving status, and if in the smoothly moving status, enabling a status prohibit timer immediately after the status report has been transmitted, and considering the retransmission triggered by the status report at this time to be successful; and if the data receiving window is not in the smoothly moving status, performing step C; C, detecting whether the retransmission triggered by the status report at this time is successful, and if successful, enabling the status prohibit timer.

Abstract: An apparatus for performing coordinated multiple point (CoMP) communication using a precoded sounding reference signal, and a method for same are discussed. The method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a base station receiving, from a terminal in a neighboring cell, a sounding reference signal (SRS) precoded by a first matrix; acquiring an effective neighboring channel matrix using a hermitian matrix of the first matrix from the received SRS, and a downstream link channel matrix between the terminal and base station; and determining a precoding matrix to be transmitted to one or more terminals served by the base station on the basis of the effective neighboring channel matrix. Here, the effective neighboring channel matrix indicates a direction toward which a receiving beam should be directed such that the terminal can receive data from a serving base station thereof.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication is provided which includes communicating with a base station on a first channel and tuning to a second channel concurrently with the base station tuning to a second or third channel. The method also includes measuring interference on the second channel and re-tuning to the first channel concurrently with the base station re-tuning to the first channel. The method further includes reporting channel quality, based on the interference, to the base station to enable channel selection.

Abstract: The invention relates to a data packet transmission process in a communication system comprising at least one terminal (UE) communicating with a base station (BS), the process comprising at least one transmission (S4) of the data packet with a given power, from the terminal to the base station based on a HARQ scheme to obtain a residual packet error rate PERres after a number of transmissions Trn, the process being characterized in that it comprises a step (S) for the joint selection of the following parameters: the number of transmissions Trn; the target packet error rate PERtg(i) of each transmission i, where i=1, . . . , Trn, to arrive at the residual packet error rate PERres; and the modulation and coding scheme m corresponding to each target packet error rate PERtg(i) so as to minimize the data packet transmission power.

Abstract: In wireless system, a group of Base station (BTSs) with smaller footprints have the capability to communicate with each other as well as with the BTSs with relatively larger footprints via wireless air-interfaces. One of such example is coordinated cell systems. A coordinated cell system comprises a group of coordinated cell base stations that have the capability to communicate with each other as well as with relevant macro cell or Pico cell base stations via wireless air-interfaces. Each coordinated cell BTS consists of an over the air control unit in addition to the conventional coordinated cell BTS system. A set of protocols in the form of messages and database are also defined to enable the networking capability. This enables enhancement in performing a variety of tasks by coordinated cell systems, including interference management and coordination, registration and authentication, quality of service coordination, installation and maintenance, location services, etc.

Abstract: A system and method for mitigating the delay associated with using GPS technologies to determine the location of a mobile device. The system utilizes a two-stage location determination process. During the first stage, an estimated position of the mobile device is immediately provided based on the most accurate stored location information that is available to the system. If greater accuracy is still required, during the second stage a more accurate position of the mobile device is provided using GPS-based technologies.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment, method of wireless communication includes sending a beacon frame (300), which includes at least one availability information element (AIE) (400, 404). The method also includes scheduling transmission and reception of traffic among a plurality of devices (101, 103), or systems (101, 103), or both based on the AIES from the receivers. A wireless network (100) is also disclosed.

Abstract: A scheduled transmission may be divided up into several segments so that a transmitting node may receive and transmit control messages between segments. In some implementations a monitoring period is defined after a scheduled transmission period to enable the transmitting node to acquire control information that may otherwise have been transmitted during the scheduled transmission period. In some implementations a wireless media access control supports asynchronous communication and overlapping transmissions. Here, a wireless node may determine whether to request or schedule a transmission based on control messages it receives from neighboring nodes. In some implementations data and control information are transmitted over different frequency division multiplexed channels to enable concurrent transmission of the data and control information.

Abstract: Various traffic management techniques may be employed in a multi-hop wireless communication system. For example, a decision to transmit data to another node may be based on whether that node is able to effectively transmit its data. A decision to transmit an interference management message may be based on the amount of data a parent node may transmit. A decision to transmit an interference management message may be based on how effectively data is being transmitted. A weight may be assigned for an interference management message based on a traffic scheduling policy.

Abstract: A communication apparatus for communicating via a frame containing a plurality of first type blocks into which pilot information is inserted and a plurality of second type blocks into which control information or data is inserted, the communication apparatus including a channel estimation accuracy predicting unit for predicting channel estimation accuracy of each of the plurality of second type blocks based on channel estimate values of the plurality of first type blocks in the frame. The communication apparatus includes an allocation determining unit for determining an allocation based on priority information containing a priority of each type of the control information and data such that control information or data of a higher-priority type is inserted into a block among the plurality of second type blocks with higher channel estimation accuracy.

Abstract: Aspects relate to allowing peer nodes that establish a communication through a home agent to move that session to a directly connected link. Thus, the directly connected nodes can exchange packets natively without encapsulation. Further aspects allow a node that does not have any home agent entity to switch from a local network to a global network without losing ongoing sessions.

Abstract: A carrier for a femtocell is selected from a set of carriers available to femtocells. The femto node determines a preference order for the set and measures received signal strength (RSS) for each carrier. The femto node determines a least interference carrier from the set based on the RSS for each carrier, then defines a selected carrier for the femtocell by comparing the RSS of the least interference carrier to the RSS of other carriers in the set. The selected carrier may have a RSS larger than or equal to the RSS of the least interference carrier offset by a predefined margin. The comparisons may be performed in the preference order. The set available to femto nodes may be a subset of all carriers available to a combination of femtocells and macrocells and one or more of the carriers available to femtocells also may be a carrier available to macrocells.

Abstract: A method for providing cellular access to a mobile device when the device is out of a home network operated by a home wireless service provider. The method includes presenting an option to initiate a process to establish a temporary roaming agreement between the home wireless service provider and a foreign wireless service provider operating a foreign network in a location of the mobile device outside of the home network. The method also includes receiving a selection of the option, accessing a web application associated with a negotiation server in response to the selection, providing subscriber credentials to the negotiation server for use by the negotiation server to negotiate the temporary roaming agreement, and allowing the mobile device to access a foreign network operated by the foreign wireless service provider in accordance with the temporary roaming agreement.

Abstract: A Base Station (BS) includes an apparatus is configured to reduce a MAP overhead in a broadband wireless communication system. The BS operation method for reducing an overhead in a broadband wireless communication system includes transmitting control information for initial transmission and changing first information among the control information transmitted at the initial transmission into second information needed at a retransmission time when there is a retransmission request for the initial transmission. The BS also transmits control information for retransmission including the second information.

Abstract: In the event of detecting first information used for first random access and second information used for second random access, the second information being received from the base station unit, a wireless terminal selects one between the first information and the second information. Thereby, either one of the random accesses can be selectively performed, efficiently using resources such as signatures used for random access.

Abstract: Channel reservation in time division duplex for devices in systems involving, for example user devices and access points, may be accomplished using channel reservation request messages, such as request-to-send (RTS) messages and channel reservation grant messages, such as clear-to-send (CTS) messages. A method for channel reservation may include preparing a frame including at least one channel reservation request message and at least one channel reservation grant message. The preparing may include multiplexing the at least one channel reservation request message and the at least one channel reservation grant message at least by frequency-division multiplexing. The method may also include transmitting the frame from a first node to a second node, wherein the channel reservation request message and the channel reservation grant message relate to communications between the first node and the second node.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of exchanging data between a first station and a second station, said data being exchanged in packets. Said method comprises the steps of: receiving a packet from the second station; decoding said packet; —determining whether to transmit to the second station a resource allocation message on a signalling channel; if a said resource allocation message is transmitted, further transmitting to the second station a first indicator signal on an indicator channel; if both the decoding has not been successful and the said resource allocation message is not transmitted, transmitting to the second station a second indicator signal on the indicator channel.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for short range multi-device communications in personal area networks (PANs) using ultraviolet bands.

Abstract: The application relates to a method for communication from a second mobile station to a base station or vice versa. In a given multiframe, a first SACCH slot associated with the second mobile station is communicated (i.e. received or transmitted or both) via the second VAMOS subchannel. In the same multiframe, a redundant second SACCH slot associated with the second mobile station is communicated. The communicating step is performed either by the second mobile station or by the base station. The second SACCH slot may be communicated via the second VAMOS subchannel, in case the second VAMOS subchannel is in DTX mode. In an alternative embodiment, the second SACCH slot may be communicated via a first VAMOS subchannel, in case the first VAMOS subchannel is in DTX mode, wherein the first and second VAMOS subchannels share a common time slot and have the same carrier frequency. Both embodiments may be combined: I.e.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for automatically managing one or more operations of one or more IPTVs located in a femtocell network. The femtocell network includes one or more femtocell base stations. The one or more femtocell base stations determine presence information of one or more mobile stations located in the femtocell network. Thereafter, the one or more femtocell base stations transfer the presence information to a controller. In response to receiving the presence information of the one or more mobile stations, the controller manages the one or more operations of the one or more IPTVs.

Abstract: Various example embodiments are disclosed. According to one example, a method may include permuting, by a superordinate station in a wireless network, physical resource units to logical resource units, the physical resource units of sequential logical resource units being noncontiguous. The method may also include sending at least one allocation message allocating a block of sequential logical resource units to each of a plurality of mobile stations, each of the allocated blocks being contiguous with at least one other allocated block. The method may also include de-allocating at least a first block of sequential logical resource units from a first mobile station selected from the plurality of mobile stations and a second block of sequential logical resource units from a second mobile station selected from the plurality of mobile stations, the first block of sequential logical resource units being noncontiguous with the second block of logical resource units.

Abstract: Embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, and software for transmitting or receiving information on at least one coverage carrier and/or at least one capacity carrier of a multi-carrier cell.

Abstract: Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) technology in conjunction with the IEEE 802.11 standard enables simultaneous communication of data packets to or from multiple users in the same frequency. Spatial divisional multiple access (SDMA) is thus provided. In this way, system capacity can be increased to an extent that depends on available antenna resources and the multipath characteristics of the communication channel. Doubling or quadrupling of network throughput can be achieved.

Abstract: Disclosed are a wireless communication base station device, a wireless communication terminal device, and a wireless communication method with which the amount of signaling is reduced while maintaining a high scheduling gain. A judgment unit (117) stores in advance a correspondence between the number of code words and the number of clusters to reduce the maximum value for the number of clusters allocated to each terminal as the number of code words increases, and thus determines the maximum value for the number of clusters based on the number of code words acquired.

Abstract: A method in a wireless communication device comprises determining transmission powers for at least two clusters, wherein each cluster includes at least one physical resource block (RB), determining a difference in a characteristic of the transmission powers determined for the at least two clusters, and varying a transmit power allocated to at least one cluster if the difference in the characteristic exceeds a power spread threshold, wherein the power allocated to each cluster is a function of pathloss between the wireless communication device and a serving base station.

Abstract: The present invention discloses method for allocating radio resources of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and a radio resource manager, wherein the method includes: a radio resource manager generating a resource pool; the radio resource manager sorting PUCCH resources in the resource pool according to a generating sequence thereof, and making a pointer point to a first PUCCH resource; and the radio resource manager allocating a PUCCH resource pointed by the pointer currently to a terminal and then making the pointer point to a next PUCCH resource. The present invention has the advantage that it is unnessesary to perform a resource search at each allocation of resource, the time for searching resources is saved, the resource search is simplified, and the complexity of a system is reduced greatly.

Abstract: A method for transmitting and receiving an ACKnowledgment (ACK) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes transmitting a bandwidth request indicator to a Base Station (BS); and receiving an ACK for the transmitted bandwidth request indicator from the BS, the ACK including an extended A-MAP Type field, wherein the extended A-MAP Type field indicates a format of the ACK.

Abstract: A method of power reporting for a mobile device configured with a plurality of uplink component carriers and/or parallel PUCCH and PUSCH transmission in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises being configured a maximum output power for at least a uplink component carrier, determining to start or stop a maximum output power reporting for the at least a uplink component carrier according to a characteristic associated to the mobile device or a network of the wireless communication system, and reporting the maximum output power for the at least a uplink component carrier to the network when the maximum output power reporting is triggered and the maximum output power reporting is started.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a sounding reference signal from a terminal in an uplink coordinative multi-point (CoMP) communication system. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of: receiving parameters for transmitting a sounding reference signal from a serving base station included in a CoMP set; assigning a resource for the sounding reference signal on the basis of the parameters; and transmitting the sounding reference signal to the serving base station included in the CoMP set and to at least one neighboring base station according to the assigned resource, wherein basis sequences of the parameters for the sounding reference signal are different for base stations included in the CoMP set.

Abstract: A reference signal transmission scheduling device, which performs scheduling on uplink transmission of a reference signal (SRS) from a mobile terminal to a base station in a wireless communication system, is designed to appropriately allocate an SRS transmission resource to the mobile terminal in consideration of the current circumstances of the mobile terminal. Herein, the maximum value of an SRS bandwidth is calculated based on the maximum transmission-enabled power of the mobile terminal, while the minimum value of the SRS bandwidth is calculated based on the mobility of the mobile terminal. Additionally, the SRS bandwidth, which is actually used by the mobile terminal subjected to SRS transmission resource allocation, is determined within the range between the maximum value and the minimum value of the SRS bandwidth.

Abstract: The invention relates to a random access procedure for use in a mobile communication system. Furthermore, the invention also provides a mobile terminal and a base station that as suitably adapted to perform the random access procedure as well as the definition of a special format of a random access response message signalled during the random access procedure. To suggest a random access procedure that allows more information to be conveyed in the first scheduled transmission of the random access procedure, the invention proposes a random access procedure for use in a mobile communication system, wherein a base station transmits a random access response in response to receiving a random access preamble from a mobile terminal, wherein the random access response message comprises a grant for a scheduled transmission by the mobile terminal and an indication on the uplink transmission mode for the scheduled transmission.

Abstract: The present invention relates to transmitting a sounding signal in a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless mobile communication system. According to the present invention, a user equipment that supports a plurality of transmitting antennas receives a plurality of uplink sounding transmission control information elements from a base station. Each of the plurality of uplink sounding transmission control information elements includes respective cyclic period information for periodically repeating sounding signal transmission and respective antenna designation information for designating one or more antennas through which the sounding signal is to be transmitted among a plurality of transmission antennas of the user equipment.

Abstract: Provided are a radio communication terminal apparatus and a radio transmission method by which intersymbol interference of DM-RS of a CoMP terminal and a Non-CoMP terminal can be reduced. A CoMP set setting unit (102) sets the cell IDs of all cells in the CoMP set in a cell selection unit (104), and a serving cell setting unit (103) sets the cell ID of the serving cell in the cell selection unit (104). The cell selection unit (104) selects the cell ID having a number closest to the cell ID of the serving cell from the cells in the CoMP set. A sequence information calculation unit (106) derives a sequence group number from the selected cell ID, and the sequence information calculation unit (106) calculates a sequence number from the derived sequence group number and a transmission bandwidth of the DM-RS.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method and an antenna weight determining device (37) for improving handling of two data streams sent in downlink data communication channels to a user equipment (14) via a first and a second cell of a wireless communication network, where the antenna weight determining device comprises a unit (38) for processing data obtained in relation to communication signals sent at least between at least one of the second cells and the user equipment, and a unit (41) for determining an antenna weight to be applied by the second cell based on the processing.

Abstract: A power control method and a base station are disclosed. The method includes obtaining, by a base station, INPUCCH(i). The INPUCCH(i) is an average interference noise power of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) carried by radio resources that are allocated by the base station at a subframe i. The base station sends a parameter P0—NOMINAL—PUCCH(i) for power control at the subframe i.

Abstract: A terminal that includes a control channel demodulating part configured to have a control channel format notified from a base station which transmits a control channel with the use of the control channel format, selected from among a plurality of control channel formats, each including modulation scheme information, having different number of types of control parameters according to whether Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) transmission is applied or not, and demodulate the control channel received from the base station; and a data channel demodulating part configured to demodulate a data channel received from the base station with the use of a result of the demodulation of the control channel carried out by the control channel demodulating part, and when the number of bits indicating a modulation scheme selected format when the MIMO transmission is applied is greater than when the MIMO transmission is not applied.

Abstract: A method for execution on an apparatus configured to operate in a telecommunications network comprising a processor, wherein said processor is configured to execute said method, said method comprising encoding a plurality of uplink feedback information elements for carrier aggregation, by a set of codewords where each codeword comprises a channel, wherein at least two information elements have the same channel distribution.

Abstract: A field unit includes circuitry configured to receive a signal and determine whether the received signal has a predetermined quality; circuitry configured to select a signal from a plurality of signals including a first signal indicating that the field unit is requesting an assignment of resources and the received signal was received with the predetermined quality, a second signal indicating that the field unit is requesting an assignment of resources and the received signal was not received with the predetermined quality, a third signal indicating that the field unit is not requesting an assignment of resources and the received signal was received with the predetermined quality, and a fourth signal indicating that the field unit is not requesting an assignment of resources and the received signal was not received with the predetermined quality; and circuitry configured to transmit the selected signal over a control channel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. In more detail, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting an uplink in a wireless communication system and to a device therefore, wherein the method for transmitting an uplink in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving a control channel signal including resource allocation information; and transmitting an uplink signal according to control channel signal.

Abstract: A wireless transmission method includes providing a commanding node and a plurality of sub-networks. Each of the sub-networks includes at least one responding node. Corresponding ones of a plurality of time slots are assigned to individual ones of the sub-networks based on at least one operational characteristic of the sub-networks. The time slots are disposed within a plurality of frequency channels. Communication is conducted between the commanding node and the sub-networks within the assigned time slots of the sub-networks.

Abstract: A method for controlling channel signaling between a UE and a wireless network access node is described. The method includes determining whether an examined sub-frame of a plurality of sub-frames in a first resource region is unused. The index of the examined sub-frame is a last index of the plurality of sub-frames allocated for use in a first channel. The plurality of sub-frames is organized in a reverse indexing manner such that a last indexed sub-frame is adjacent to a second resource region. The second resource region is allocated to a second channel. In response to determining that the examined sub-frame is unused, the examined sub-frame is re-allocated for temporary use in the second channel. The method also includes providing an indication of the allocation. Apparatus and computer readable media are also described.

Abstract: A pilot and channel estimation method for SDMA MIMO transmission downlink is provided in the present invention, and the method provides possibility for saving the orthogonal pilot resources; the pilot signals of different users in the transmitting antenna domain can occupy the same time-frequency resources, and thereby the pilot overhead of system resources can be reduced greatly; the method includes: for the MIMO transmission downlink that employs pre-coding for SDMA, taking the quantity of orthogonal pilot resources occupied by the users in the pre-coding domain as the number of data streams that can be transmitted or the number of spatial dimensions occupied first, at the transmitting end of the base station; then, performing SDMA transmission pre-coding for the orthogonal pilots in the pre-coding domain in the same way as the data signals, to obtain the pilot signals of the users in the transmitting antenna domain; wherein, the pilots of the users in the pre-coding domain can be orthogonal in the frequenc

Abstract: An ASN coding unit of a mobile station apparatus generates mobile station component carrier capability information including information that defines a component carrier that supported by communication with a base station apparatus. A transceiver device transmits, to the base station apparatus, mobile station component carrier capability information. A control unit controls a communication with a base station apparatus, the control being made by using a component carrier allocated by a base station apparatus, the allocation being made based on mobile station component carrier capability information.